Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002: Vol 39 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 39
JANUARY 2, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 1
CLINICAL STUDIES HEART FAILURE
Confirmation of a Heart Failure Epidemic: Findings
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
From the Resource Utilization Among Congestive
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates Improved
Heart Failure (REACH) Study Peser A. McCullough,
Regional Systolic Wall Motion and Thickening and
Edward F. Philbin, John A. Spertus, Scott Kaatz, Keisha R.
Myocardial Perfusion of Myocardial Territories
Sandberg, W. Douglas Weaver
Treated by Laser Myocardial Revascularization
Roger J. Laham, Michael Simons, Justin D. Pearlman,
Neurohormonal and Clinical Responses to High-
Kalon K. L. Ho, Donald S. Baim Versus Low-Dose Enalapril Therapy in Chronic Heart
Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Registry Failure W. H. Wilson Tang, Randall H. Vagelos, Yin-Gail
Yee, Claude R. Benedict, Kathy Willson, Charles L. Liss,
Comparisons of Ticlopidine With Clopidogrel After
Patrice LaBelle, Michael B. Fowler
Stenting Deepak L. Bhatt, Michel E. Bertrand, Peter B.
Berger, Philippe P. L’Alher, Issam Moussa, Jeffrey W. Moses,
Editorial Comment Neurohormonal Blockade in Chronic
George Dangas, Megumi Tantuchi, John M. Lasala, David
Heart Failure: How Much Is Enough? Can There Be
R. Holmes, Stephen G. Elhs, Eric J. Topol
Too Much? Barry M. Massie
Randomized Trial of an Education and Support
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Intervention to Prevent Readmission of Patients With
A Randomized Comparison of Direct Stenting With
Heart Failure Harlan M. Krumholz, Joan Amatruda,
Conventional Stent Implantation in Selected Patients
Grace L. Smith, Jennifer A. Mattera, Sarah A. Roumanis,
With Acute Myocardial Infarction Christophe Loubeyre,
Martha J. Radford, Paula Crombie, Viola Vaccarino
Marie-Claude Morice, Thierry Lefevre, Jean-Frangots
Growth Hormone Corrects Vascular Dysfunction in
Piéchaud, Yves Louvard, Pierre Dumas
Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Raffaele Napoli,
The Prognostic Value of Creatine Kinase Elevations
Vincenzo Guardasole, Margherita Matarazzo, Emiliano A.
Extends Across the Whole Spectrum of Acute
Palmiert, Ugo Ohtviero, Serafino Fazio, Luigi Sacca
Coronary Syndromes Stefano Savonitto, Christopher B.
Granger, Diego Ardissino, Laura Gardner, Claudio
Cavallini, Marcello Galvani, Filippo Ottant, Harvey D. VALVE DISEASE
White, Paul W. Armstrong, E. Magnus Ohman, Karen S. Progression of Human Aortic Valve Stenosis Is
Pieper, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, on behalf of the Associated With Tenascin-C Expression Jari Satta,
GUSTO-IIb Investigators Jukka Melkko, Raimo Péllinen, Juha Tuukkanen, Paavo
Paakké, Past Ohtonen, Ari Mennander, Ylermi Soini
The Relationships of Left Ventricular Ejection
Fraction, End-Systolic Volume Index and Infarct Size
to Six-Month Mortality After Hospital Discharge
CARDIAC SURGERY
Following Myocardial Infarction Treated by The Effects of Hypothermia on Human Left
Thrombolysis Robert J. Burns, Raymond J. Gibbons, Ventricular Contractile Function During Cardiac
Qilong Yi, Robin S. Roberts, Todd D. Miller, Gary L.
Surgery Michael E. Lewis, Abdhul-Hakam Al-Khalidi,
Schaer, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Salim Yusuf, for the CORE John N. Townend, John Coote, Robert S. Bonser
Study Investigators
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
ANGINA
Endocardial Wave Front Organization During
Randomized Trial of a Medical Food for the Dietary
Ventricular Fibrillation in Humans Gregory P. Walcott,
Management of Chronic, Stable Angina Andrew J.
G. Neal Kay, Vance J. Plumb, William M. Smith, Jack M.
Maxwell, Michael P. Zapien, Greg L. Pearce, Gail
Rogers, Andrew E. Epstein, Raymond E. Ideker
MacCallum, Peter H. Stone
Relative Expression of Immunolocalized Connexins
Editorial Comment Oral L-Arginine (and Other Active
40 and 43 Correlates With Human Atrial Conduction
Ingredients) for Ischemic Heart Disease?
Properties Prapa Kanagaratnam, Stephen Rothery,
Richard O. Cannon III
Pravina Patel, Nicholas J. Severs, Nicholas S. Peters
RISK FACTORS
NEW METHODS
A Prospective Study of Dietary Fiber Intake and Risk
The Usefulness of a 10% Air-10% Blood-80% Saline
of Cardiovascular Disease Among Women Simin Liu,
Mixture for Contrast Echocardiography: Doppler
Julie E. Buring, Howard D. Sesso, Eric B. Rimm, Walter C.
Measurement of Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
Willett, JoAnn E. Manson
Doo-Soo Jeon, Huai Luo, Takahiro Iwamt, Takashi
Editorial Comment Dietary Fiber and Prevention of Miyamoto, Andrea V. Brasch, James Mirocha, Tasneem Z.
Cardiovascular Disease Wayne D. Rosamond Naqvi, Robert J. Siegel
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Lack of Effect of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade on
Outcome of Children With Fetal, Neonatal or Myocardial Platelet or Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte
Childhood Diagnosis of Isolated Congenital Accumulation and on Infarct Size After Transient
Atrioventricular Block: A Single Institution’s Coronary Occusion in Pigs José A. Barrabés, David
Experience of 30 Years Edgar T: Jaeggi, Robert M. Garcia-Dorado, Maribel Mirabet, Rosa-Martia Lidén,
Hamilton, Earl D. Silverman, SamuelA . Zamora, Bernat Soriano, Martsol Ruiz-Meana, Pilar Pizcueta,
Lisa K. Hornberger José Blanco, Yolanda Puigfel, Jordi Soler-Soler
Origin of Ischemia-Induced Phase 1b Ventricular
VIEWPOINT
Arrhythmias in Pig Hearts Ruben Coronel,
Diastolic Heart Failure: Neglected or Misdiagnosed?
Francien J. G. Wilms-Schopman, Joris R. deGroot
Prithwish Banerjee, Tumpa Banerjee, Aleem Khand,
Andrew L. Clark, John G. F. Cleland
EDITOR’S PAGE
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES New Year, New Editor, New Location, New Format,
Short-Term Endothelin Receptor Blockade With New World William W. Parmley
Tezosentan Has Both Immediate and Long-Term
Beneficial Effects in Rats With Myocardial Infarction
Martine Clozel, Changbin Qiu, Chang-Shen Qiu, Patrick SPECIAL SECTIONS
Hess, Jean-Paul Clozel
ACC News
Improved Post-Myocardial Infarction Survival With President’s Page: Cardiologists Without Borders
Probucol in Rats: Effects on Left Ventricular Function,
Douglas P. Zipes
Morphology, Cardiac Oxidative Stress and Cytokine
Expression Ying Tung Sia, Thomas G. Parker, Peter Liu,
James N. Tsoporis, Albert Adam, Jean L. Rouleau LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JANUARY 16, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 2
REVIEW ARTICLES ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Coronary In-Stent Restenosis: Current Status and Effects of Acute Hormone Therapy on Recurrent
Future Strategies Harry C. Lowe, Stephen N. Oesterle, Ischemia in Postmenopausal Women With Unstable
Levon M. Khachigian Angina Steven P. Schulman, David R. Thiemann, Pamela
Ouyang, Nisha C. Chandra, Douglas S. Schulman, Steven
Retiming the Failing Heart: Principles and Current
E. Rets, Michael Terrin, Sandra Forman, Cicero Piva de
Clinical Status of Cardiac Resynchronization
Albuquerque, Raymond D. Bahr, Susan N. Townsend,
Christophe Leclercq, David A. Kass
Rosalie Cosgriff, Gary Gerstenblith
Editorial Comment Estrogen Therapy for Unstable Angina:
CLINICAL STUDIES
Another Bump for the Bandwagon David D. Waters
HEART FAILURE
Utility of a Rapid B-Natriuretic Peptide Assay in
Differentiating Congestive Heart Failure from Lung
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Disease in Patients Presenting With Dyspnea Prognostic Significance of Peripheral Monocytosis
L. Katherine Morrison, Alex Harrison, Padma Krishnaswamy, After Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction:
Radmila Kazanegra, Paul Cloptom, Alan Masel A Possible Role for Left Ventricular Remodeling
A Standardized Definition of Ischemic Yuichiro Maekawa, Toshthisa Anzai, Tsutomu Yoshikawa,
Cardiomyopathy for Use in Clinical Research Yasushi Asakura, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Shiro Ishikawa,
G. Michael Felker, Linda K. Shaw, Hideo Mitamura, Satoshi Ogawa
Christopher M. O’Connor
Editorial Comment Monocytosis and Adverse Left
The Prevalence of Treatable Left Ventricular Systolic Ventricular Remodeling After Reperfused Myocardial
Dysfunction in Patients Who Present With Infarction Bodh I. Jugdutt
Noncardiac Vascular Episodes: A Case-Control Study
Robert Kelly, Anthony Staines, Ron MacWalter, Peter
Stonebridge, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Allan D. Struthers
ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
Contribution of Nicotine to Acute Endothelial
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Dysfunction in Long-Term Smokers Thomas Neunteuft,
High Coronary Artery Calcium Scores Pose an Sandra Heher, Karam Kostner, Goran Mitulovic, Stephan
Extremely Elevated Risk for Hard Events Lehr, Gholamali Khoschsorur, Rainer W. Schmid, Gerald
Roberto Wayhs, Allan Zelinger, Paolo Raggi Maurer, Thomas Stefenelh
TECHNIQUE REPORT Olivotto, Pietro Bellone, Maria Rosa Conte, Franco Cecchi,
Guidelines for the Ultrasound Assessment of Bjorn P. Flygenring, Susan A. Casey, Thomas E. Gohman,
Endothelial-Dependent Flow-Mediated Vasodilation of Sergio Bongioannt, Paolo Spirito
the Brachial Artery: A Report of the International
Impact of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area
Brachial Artery Reactivity Task Force Mary C. Corretti,
on Systolic Outflow Velocity in Hypertrophic
Todd J. Anderson, Emelia J. Benjamin, David Celermayer,
Cardiomyopathy: A Real-Time Three-Dimensional
Francois Charbonneau, Mark A. Creager, John Deanfield,
Echocardiographic Study Jian Xin Qin, Takahiro Shiota,
Helmut Drexler, Marie Gerhard-Herman, David
Harry M. Lever, DavidN . Rubin, Fabrice Bauer, Yong Jin
Herrington, Patrick Vallance, Joseph Vita, Robert Vogel
Kim, Marta Sitges, Neil L. Greenberg, Jeanne K. Drinko,
Maureen Martin, Deborah A. Agler, James D. Thomas
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary
HYPERTENSION
Bypass Graft Surgery for Patients With Medically
Evidence-Based Evaluation of Calcium Channel
Refractory Myocardial Ischemia and Risk Factors for
Blockers for Hypertension: Equality of Mortality and
Adverse Outcomes With Bypass: The VA AWESOME
Cardiovascular Risk Relative to Conventional Therapy
Multicenter Registry: Comparison With the
Lionel H. Opie, Robert Schall
Randomized Clinical Trial Douglass A. Morrison,
Hypertensive Response to Exercise: A Potential Cause
Gulshan Sethi, Jerome Sacks, Wiliam Henderson, Frederick
for New Wall Motion Abnormality in the Absence of
Grover, Steven Sedlis, Rick Esposito, Kodagundi B.
Coronary Artery Disease jJong-Won Ha, Eldyn M.
Ramanathan, Darryl Weiman, J. David Talley, Jorge
Juracan, Douglas W. Mahoney, Jae K. Oh, Clarence Shub,
Saucedo, Tamim Antakh, Venki Paramesh, Stuart Pett,
James B. Steward, Patricia A. Pellikka
Sarah Vernon, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Frederick Welt, Mitchell
Krucoff, Walter Wolfe, John C. Lucke, Sundeep Mediratta,
VALVE DISEASE
David Booth, Charles Barbiere, Dan Lewts, for the
Serial Echocardiographic Evaluation of Restenosis
Investigators of the Department of Veterans Affairs
After Successful Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy
Cooperative Study #385, the Angina With Extremely Serious
Operative Mortality Evaluation (AWESOME) Andrew Wang, Richard A. Krasuski, John J. Warner,
Karen Pieper, Katherine B. Kisslo, Thomas M. Bashore,
Quantitative Angiographic Methods for Appropriate
J. Kevin Harrison
End-Point Analysis, Edge-Effect Evaluation, and
Prediction of Recurrent Restenosis After Coronary
MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY
Brachytherapy With Gamma Irradiation Alexandra J.
Gadolinium-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Magnetic
Lansky, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Karttk J. Desai,
Resonance Angiography of Pulmonary and Systemic
Gary S. Mintz, Hongsheng Wu, Martin Fahy, Gregg W.
Venous Anomalies Gerald F. Greil, Andrew J. Powell,
Stone, Ron Waksman, Martin B. Leon
Hans P. Gildein, Tal Geva
Local Intracoronary Administration of Antisense
Oligonucleotide Against c-myc for the Prevention of PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
In-Stent Restenosis: Results of the Randomized Isolated Neonatal Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm Sheng-
Investigation by the Thoraxcenter of Antisense DNA Ling Jan, Betau Hwang, Yun-Ching Fu, Jyh-Wen Chai,
Using Local Delivery and IVUS After Coronary
Ching-Shiang Chi
Stenting (ITALICS) Trial Michael J. B. Kutryk, David
Editorial Comment Congenital Ductus Arteriosus
P. Foley, Marcel van den Brand, Jaap N. Hamburger,
Aneurysm Lisa K. Hornberger
Willem J. van der Giessen, Pim J. deFeyter, Nico Bruining,
Manel Sabate, Patrick W. Serruys
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Addition of Spironolactone to Angiotensin-Converting
Plasma Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Concentration
Enzyme Inhibition in Heart Failure Improves
Inversely Correlates With Left Atrial Collagen Volume
Endothelial Vasomotor Dysfunction: Role of Vascular
Fraction in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Plasma
Superoxide Anion Formation and Endothelial Nitric
ANP as a Possible Biochemical Marker to Predict the
Oxide Synthase Expression Johann Bauersachs, Marina
Outcome of the Maze Procedure Fumiki Yoshihara,
Heck, Daniela Fraccarollo, Steven K. Hildemann, Georg
Toshio Nishikimi, Yoshikado Sasako, Jun Hino, Junjiro
Ertl, Martin Wehling, Michael Christ
Kobayashi, Kenji Minatoya, Ko Bando, Yoshio Kosakat,
Takeshi Horio, Shin-tchi Suga, Yuhet Kawano, Hiroaki Biphasic Waveform External Defibrillation Thresholds
Matsuoka, Chtkao Yutani, Hisayuki Matsuo, Soichiro for Spontaneous Ventricular Fibrillation Secondary to
Kitamura, Tohru Ohe, Kenji Kangawa Acute Ischemia Gregory P. Walcott, Cheryl R.
Killingsworth, William M. Smith, Raymond E. Ideker
Onset Heart Rate of Microvolt-Level T-Wave
Alternans Provides Clinical and Prognostic Value in Effects of Thyroid Hormone on the Arrhythmogenic
Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Hidetsuna Activity of Pulmonary Vein Cardiomyocytes
Kitamura, Yoshio Ohnishi, Katsunort Okajima, Akihiko Yao-Chang Chen, Shih-Ann Chen, Yi-Jen Chen, Mau-Song
Ishida, Erdulfo Javier Galeano, Kazumasa Adachi, Chang, Paul Chan, Cheng-I Lin
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama
ACC News
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY President's Page:
Clinical Profile of Stroke in 900 Patients With Teaching: Today’s Investment in Tomorrow
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Barry J. Maron, Iacopo Douglas P. Zipes
FEBRUARY 6, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 3
CLINICAL STUDIES Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation Modulates the
Sympathoexcitatory Response to Acute Myocardial
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Ischemia Shuji Joho, Hidetsugu Asanoi, Junya Takagawa,
Eptifibatide and Low-Dose Tissue Plasminogen
Tomoki Kameyama, Tadakazu Hirai, Takashi Nozawa,
Activator in Acute Myocardial Infarction:
Katsumi Umeno, Masashi Shimizu, Hikaru Seto, Hiroshi Inoue
The Integrilin and Low-Dose Thrombolysis in
Acute Myocardial Infarction (INTRO AMI) Trial
Strain Rate Measurement by Doppler
Sorin J. Brener, Uwe Zeymer, A. A. Jennifer Adgey, Thomas R.
Echocardiography Allows Improved Assessment of
Vrobel, Stephen G. Elhs, Karl-Ludwig Neuhaus, Nadine Juran,
Myocardial Viability in Patients With Depressed Left
Thomas B. Ivanc, E. Magnus Ohman, John Strony, Michael
Ventricular Function Rainer Hoffmann, Ertunc Altiok,
Kitt, Eric J. Topol, for the INTRO AMI Investigators
Bernd Nowak, Nicole Heussen, Harald Kihl, Hans-Jirgen
Kaiser, Udalrich Bill, Peter Hanrath
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Initial Experience With Hyperoxemic Reperfusion
After Primary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial
CARDIOMYOPATHY
Infarction: Results of a Pilot Study Utilizing
Isolated Ventricular Noncompaction Is Associated
Intracoronary Aqueous Oxygen Therapy Simon R.
With Coronary Microcirculatory Dysfunction
Dixon, Antonio L. Bartorelli, Pamela A. Marcovitz, Richard
Rolf Jenni, Christophe A. Wyss, Erwin N. Oechstin,
Spears, Shukri David, Isaac Grinberg, Mansoor A. Qureshi, Philipp A. Kaufmann
Mauro Pepi, Daniela Trabattoni, Franco Fabbtiocchi, Piero
Montorsit, Wiltam W. O’Neill Immunohistologic Evidence of Myocardial Disease in
A Randomized Comparison of the Value of Additional Apparently Healthy Relatives of Patients With Dilated
Stenting After Optimal Balloon Angioplasty for Long Cardiomyopathy Nia// G. Mahon, Brendan P. Madden,
Coronary Lesions: Final Results of the Additional Alida L. P. Caforio, Perry M. Elhott, Aldwyn J. Haven,
Value of NIR Stents for Treatment of Long Coronary Bruce E. Keogh, Michael J. Davies, Wilham J. McKenna
Lesions (ADVANCE) Study Patrick W. Serruys, David
P. Foley, Martin-Jan Suttorp, Benno J. W. M. Rensing,
Harry Suryapranata, Phillipe Materne, Arijan van den Bos, HEART FAILURE
Edouard Benit, Angelo Anzuini, Wolfgang Rutsch, Victor Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in Heart Failure: Meta-
Legrand, Keith Dawkins, Michael Cobaugh, Marco Bressers, Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Philip Jong,
Bianca Backx, Wilham Wins, Antonio Colombo Catherine Demers, Robert 8. McKelvie, Peter P. Liu
Vascular Morphometric Changes After Radioactive Stent
A Randomized Trial of the Efficacy of
Implantation: A Dose-Response Analysis Paul Wexberg,
Multidisciplinary Care in Heart Failure Outpatients at
Christian Kirisits, Mariann Gyéngyést, Michael Gottsauner- High Risk of Hospital Readmission Edward K. Kasper,
Wolf, Meinhard Ploner, Boris Pokrajac, Richard Potter,
Gary Gerstenbhith, Gail Hefter, Ehzabeth Van Anden, Jeffrey
Dietmar Glogar
A. Brinker, David R. Thiemann, Michael Terrin, Sandra
Forman, Sheldon H. Gottlieb
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Ethnic Differences in Coronary Atherosclerosis Apoptotic Pathway Activation From Mitochondria
Matthew J. Budoff; Ted P. Yang, Robert M. Shavelle, and Death Receptors Without Caspase-3 Cleavage in
Daniel H. Lamont, Bruce H. Brundage Failing Human Myocardium: Fragile Balance of
Myocyte Survival? Robert J. Scheubel, Babett Bartling,
Acute Effects of Heparin Administration on the
Ischemic Threshold of Patients With Coronary Artery Andreas Simm, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Kostas Drogaris, Dorothea
Darmer, Juergen Holtz
Disease: Evaluation of the Protective Role of the
Metabolic Modulator Trimetazidine Gadriele Fragasso,
Doppler Myocardial Imaging to Evaluate the
Pier Marco Piatti, Lucilla Monti, Altin Palloshi, Chunzeng
Effectiveness of Pacing Sites in Patients Receiving
Lu, Gianptietro Valsecchi, Emanuela Setola, Giliola Calori,
Biventricular Pacing Gerardo Ansalone, Paride
Guido Pozza, Alberto Margonato, Sergio Chierchia
Giannanton1, Renato Ricc1, Paolo Trambaiolo, Francesco
Fedele, Massimo Santini
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Absolute Blood Flow and Oxygen Consumption in
Stunned Myocardium in Patients With Coronary
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Artery Disease Edward Barnes, Roger J. C. Hall,
Repetitive Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
David P. Dutka, Paolo G. Camici
Originating From the Aortic Sinus Cusp:
The Histology of Viable and Hibernating Myocardium Electrocardiographic Characterization for Guiding
in Relation to Imaging Characteristics Mark G. Catheter Ablation Feifan Ouyang, Parwis Fotuhi, Siew
Gunning, Raffi R. Kaprielian, John Pepper, Dudley J. Yen Ho, Joachim Hebe, Marius Volkmer, Masahiko Goya,
Pennell, Mary N. Sheppard, Nicholas J. Severs, Kim M. Mark Burns, Matthias Antz, Sabine Ernst, Riccardo
Fox, §. Richard Underwood Cappato, KeA r Flee Kuck
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NEW METHODS Myocardial and Microcirculatory Kinetics of BR14,
Intracardiac Phased-Array Imaging: Methods and A Novel Third-Generation Intravenous Ultrasound
Initial Clinical Experience With High Resolution, Contrast Agent Nicholas G. Fisher, Jonathan P.
Under Blood Visualization: Initial Experience With Christiansen, Howard Leong-Poi, Ananda R. Jayaweera,
Intracardiac Phased-Array Ultrasound Douglas L. Jonathan R. Lindner, Sanjiv Kaul
Packer, Carolyn L. Stevens, Michael G. Curley, Charles J.
Bruce, Fletcher A. Miller, Byoy K. Khandheria, Jae K. Oh,
Lawrence J. Sinak, James B. Seward
EDITOR’S PAGE
Life Goes On William W. Parmley
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Flecainide and Sotalol: A New Combination Therapy
for Refractory Supraventricular Tachycardia in
Children <1 Year of Age Jack F. Price, Naomi J.
SPECIAL SECTIONS
Kertesz, Christopher S. Snyder, Richard A. Friedman,
Arnold L. Fenrich, Jr. ACC News
President’s Page: Dollars Without the Sense
PERSPECTIVE Douglas P. Zipes
Why Do Cyclo-Oxygenase-2 Inhibitors Cause
Cardiovascular Events? Richard J. Bing,
Magdalena Lomnicka ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines
ACC/AHA Guideline Update for Perioperative
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery—
Detection of Coronary Stenosis and Myocardial Executive Summary Kim A. Eagle, Chair
Viability Using a Single Intravenous Bolus Injection of
BR14 Nicholas G. Fisher, Howard Leong-Pot, Tadamichi
Sakuma, Se-Joong Rim, Jian Ping Bin, Sanjiv Kaul LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FEBRUARY 20, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 4
CLINICAL STUDIES
Augusto D. Pichard, Wiliam O. Suddath, Lowell F. Satler,
REVASCULARIZATION Joseph Lindsay, Jr.
The Effect of Completeness of Revascularization on
Event-Free Survival at One Year in the ARTS Trial MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Marcel J. B. M. van den Brand, Benno J. W. M. Rensing, Increased Plasma Levels of the Soluble Form of Fas
Ligand in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Marie-angéle M. Morel, David P. Foley, Vincent de Valk,
and Unstable Angina Pectoris Masumi Shimizu, Keisuke
Arno Breeman, Harry Suryapranata, Maximiliaan M. P.
Fukuo, Shigekazu Nagata, Toshimitsu Suhara, Masashi
Haalebos, Wiliam Wins, Francis Wellens, Rafael Balcon,
Okuro, Kenshi Fujit, Yorthtko Higashino, Masaki Mogi,
Patrick Magee, Expedito Ribeiro, Enio Buffolo, Felix Unger,
Patrick W. Serruys Yasuko Hatanaka, Toshio Ogthara
Impact of Normalized Myocardial Perfusion After
BYPASS SURGERY Successful Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction
What Constitutes Optimal Surgical Revascularization? Gregg W. Stone, Michael A. Peterson, Alexandra J. Lansky,
Answers From the Bypass Angioplasty George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Martin B. Leon
Revascularization Investigation (BARI)
Primary Angioplasty Reduces the Risk of Left
Thomas J. Vander Salm, Kevin E. Kip, Robert H. Jones, Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Compared With
Hartzell V. Schaff, Richard J. Shemin, Gabriel S. Aldea, Thrombolysis in Patients With Acute Myocardial
Katherine M. Detre
Infarction Rail Moreno, José Lépez-Sendén, Eulogio
In Vivo Early and Mid-Term Flow-Mediated Garcia, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Esteban Lopez de Sa,
Endothelial Function of the Radial Artery Used Ana Ortega, Mar Moreno, Rafael Rubio, Javier Soriano,
as a Coronary Bypass Graft Mahmoud H. Al-Bustami, Manuel Abeytua, Miguel-Angel Garcia-Fernandez
M. Amrani, Adrian H. Chester, Charles J. Ilsley,
Magdi H. Yacoub ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Visualization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques in
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Patients Using Optical Coherence Tomography:
The Impact of Obesity on the Short-Term and Long- Comparison With Intravascular Ultrasound [k-Kyung
Term Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Jang, Brett E. Bouma, Dong-Heon Kang, Seung-Jung Park,
Intervention: The Obesity Paradox? Luis Gruberg, Neil Seong-Wook Park, Ki-Bae Seung, Kyu-Bo Choi, Milen
J. Weissman, Ron Waksman, Shmuel Fuchs, Regina Deible, Shishkov, Kelly Schlendorf, Eugene Pomerantsev, Stuart L.
Ellen E. Pinnow, Lanja M. Ahmed, Kenneth M. Kent, Houser, H. Thomas Aretz, Guillermo J. Tearney
610 Effects of Probucol and Pravastatin on Common Rondon, Maria Janterie N. N. Alves, Ana Maria F. W.
Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients With Braga, Odtla Tomoko U. N. Teixeira, Antonio Carlos P.
Asymptomatic Hypercholesterolemia: Fukuoka Barretto, Eduardo M. Krieger, Carlos Eduardo Negrao
Atherosclerosis Trial (FAST) Yasunori Sawayama,
Chie Shimizu, Naoyasu Maeda, Masafumi Tatsukawa, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
Naoko Kinukawa, Samon Koyanagi, Seizaburo Kashiwagi, Sympathetic Activation Markedly Reduces
Jun Hayashi Endothelium-Dependent, Flow-Mediated Vasodilation
Michel L. Hijmering, Erik 8. G. Stroes, Jobien Olijhoek,
Barbara A. Hutten, Peter J. Blankestijn, Ton J. Rabelink
AORTIC ANEURYSM
Predictors of Aneurysmal Formation After Surgical
Correction of Aortic Coarctation Yskert von Kodolttsch, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Is Electrical Stimulation During Administration of
Muhammet A. Aydin, Dietmar H. Koschyk, Roger Loose,
Ilka Schalwat, Matthias Karck, Jochen Cremer, Axel Catecholamines Required for the Evaluation of Success
Haverich, Jiirgen Berger, Thomas Meinertz, Christoph A. After Ablation of Atrioventricular Node Re-entrant
Nienaber Tachycardias? Peter Weismiiller, Simone Kuly, Bodo
Brandts, Klaus Kattenbeck, Carsten Ranke,
Hans J. Trappe
STRESS TESTING
Prognostic Value of Exercise Echocardiography in
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
5,798 Patients: Is There a Gender Difference? Adelaide
Cardiac Calcification in Adult Hemodialysis Patients:
M. Arruda-Olson, Eldyn M. Juracan, Douglas W. Mahoney,
A Link Between End-Stage Renal Disease and
Robert B. McCully, Veronique L. Roger, Patricia A. Pellikka
Cardiovascular Disease? Paolo Raggi, Amy Boulay,
Scott Chasan-Taber, Naseem Amin, Maureen Dillon,
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Steven K. Burke, Glenn M. Chertow
C-Reactive Protein and Angiographic Coronary Artery
Disease: Independent and Additive Predictors of Risk
NEW TECHNIQUES
in Subjects With Angina James S. Zebrack, Joseph B.
Bedside Quantification of Atherosclerosis Severity
Muhlestein, Benjamin D. Horne, Jeffrey L. Anderson, for the for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification: A Prospective
Intermountain Heart Collaboration Study Group
Cohort Study Patrick R. Hunziker, Christophe Imsand,
Dagmar Keller, Niki Hess, Vania Barbosa, Fabian
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY Mietlispach, Noah Ltel-Cohen, Arthur E. Weyman,
Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Apical Matthias Pfisterer, Peter Buser
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Maria J. Eriksson, Brian
Sonnenberg, Anna Woo, Paul Rakowski, Thomas G. Parker,
E. Douglas Wigle, Harry Rakowski
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Crosstalk of Endothelin-1 and Platelet-Derived
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
Growth Factor in Cardiac Allograft Arteriosclerosis
Removal of Cardiodepressant Antibodies in Dilated
Roope K. Sihvola, Ville P. Pulkkinen, Petri K. Koskinen,
Cardiomyopathy by Immunoadsorption Stephan B.
Karl B. Lemstrém
Felix, Alexander Staudt, Martin Landsberger, Yvonne
High Levels of Fatty Acids Delay the Recovery of
Grosse, Verena Stangl, Thomas Spielhagen Gerd Wallukat,
Intracellular pH and Cardiac Efficiency in
Klaus D. Wernecke, Gert Baumann, Karl Stangl
Post-Ischemic Hearts by Inhibiting Glucose
Oxidation Que Liu, John C. Docherty, John C. T. Rendell,
HEART FAILURE Alexander §. Clanachan, Gary D. Lopaschuk
Physical Training Modulates Proinflammatory
Influence of Injection Site, Microvascular Pressure and
Cytokines and the Soluble Fas/Soluble Fas Ligand
Ultrasound Variables on Microbubble-Mediated
System in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Delivery of Microspheres to Muscle ji Song, John C.
Stamatis Adamopoulos, John Parissis, Dimitrios Karatzas,
Chappell, Ming Qi, Eric J. VanGieson, Sanjiv Kaul,
Christos Kroupis, Michael Georgiadis, George Karavolias,
Richard J. Price
John Paraskevaidis, Katerina Kontavitou, Andrew J. S.
Coats, Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos Decoy Oligodeoxynucleotide Against Activator
Protein-1 Reduces Neointimal Proliferation After
Heart Failure in Pressure Overload Hypertrophy:
Coronary Angioplasty in Hypercholesterolemic
The Relative Roles of Ventricular Remodeling
and Myocardial Dysfunction Gavin R. Norton, Minipigs Arnd B. Buchwald, Andreas H. Wagner,
Christian Webel, Markus Hecker
Angela J. Woodiwiss, William H. Gaasch, Theofanie Mela,
Eugene 8. Chung, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Theo E. Meyer
ACC News
Editorial Comment Pressure Overload Hypertrophy and
President’s Page: Fighting Terrorism: Our Role as
Congestive Heart Failure: Where Is the “Achilles’
Physicians Douglas P. Zipes
Heel”? Kirk L. Peterson
HYPERTENSION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Postexercise Blood Pressure Reduction in Elderly
Hypertensive Patients Maria Urbana P. Brandao CORRECTION
MARCH 6, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 5
REVIEW ARTICLE Expression of the Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoforms
Na*/H* Exchange Inhibitors for Cardioprotective Lourdes Sanchez de Miguel, M* Mar Arriero, Jerénimo
Therapy: Progress, Problems and Prospects Farré, Petra Jiménez, Antonio Garcia-Mendéz, Trinidad de
Metin Avkiran, Michael §. Marber Frutos, Ana Jiménez, Rosa Garcia, Fernando Cabestrero,
Juan Gomez, Raimundo de Andrés, Mercedes Montén, Edita
CLINICAL STUDIES Martin, Luz M. De la Calle-Lombana, Luis Rico, José
HEART FAILURE Romero, Antonio Lépez-Farré
Repeated Sauna Treatment Improves Vascular
Endothelial and Cardiac Function in Patients With INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Chronic Heart Failure Takashi Kihara, Sadatoshi Biro, Primary Angioplasty and Selection Bias in Patients
Masakazu Imamura, Shiro Yoshifuku, Kunitsugu Takasakt, Presenting Late (>12 h) After Onset of Chest Pain
Yoshiyuki Ikeda, Yutaka Otuji, Shinichi Minagoe, Yoshifumi and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Yaron Elad,
Toyama, Chuwa Tet Wilham J. French, David M. Shavelle, Lori S$. Parsons,
Mark J. Sada, Nathan R. Every, for the Participants in the
Heart Failure in a Cold Climate: Seasonal Variation in
Heart Failure-Related Morbidity and Mortality National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2
Simon Stewart, Kate McIntyre, Simon Capewell, The Impact of Body Mass Index on Short- and
John J. V. McMurray Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing
Gradual Reactivation Over Time of Vascular Tissue Coronary Revascularization: Insights From the Bypass
Angiotensin I to Angiotensin IT Conversion During Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)
Chronic Lisinopril Therapy in Chronic Heart Failure Fittinder S. Gurm, Patrick L. Whitlow, Kevin E. Kip,
Colin A. J. Farquharson, Allan D. Struthers for the BARI Investigators
Editorial Comment Activation of Vascular Tissue Multicenter Evaluation of Carotid Artery Stenting
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) in Heart With a Filter Protection System Nadim Al-Mubarak,
Failure: Effects of ACE Inhibitors Nathalie Lapointe, Antonio Colombo, Peter A. Gaines, Sriram 8. Iyer, Nicola
Jean-Lucten Rouleau Corvaja, Trevor J. Cleveland, Sumaira Macdonald,
Cristina Brennan, Jiri J. Vitek
Implantable Defibrillator Event Rates in Patients With
Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Nonsustained
Ventricular Tachycardia on Holter and a Left
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Ventricular Ejection Fraction Below 30% Coronary Microvascular Spasm Causes Myocardial
Wolfram Grimm, Jirgen Hoffmann, Hans-Helge Miller, Ischemia in Patients With Vasospastic Angina
Bernhard Maisch Hongtao Sun, Masahiro Mohri, Hiroaki Shimokawa,
Editorial Comment Primary Prevention of Sudden Death Makoto Usui, Lemmy Urakamt, Akira Takeshita
Using ICD Therapy: Incremental Steps Alan Kadish
Prognostic Value of Coronary Blood Flow Velocity and
Initial Experience With an Implantable Cardioverter- Myocardial Perfusion in Intermediate Coronary
Defibrillator Incorporating Cardiac Resynchronization Narrowings and Multivessel Disease Szeven A. J.
Therapy Volker Kihlkamp, for the InSync 7272 ICD Chamuleau, Rene A. Tio, Carel C. de Cock, Ebo D. de
World Wide Investigators Munck, Nico H. J. Pyls, Berthe L. F. van Eck-Smit, Karel
Effect of Nesiritide Versus Dobutamine on Short-Term T. Koch, Martijn Meuwissen, Marcel G. W. Dykgraaf,
Outcomes in the Treatment of Patients with Acutely Angelina de Jong, HeinJ . Verberne, Rob A. M. van
Liebergen, Gert Jan Laarman, Jan G. P. Tyssen, Jan J.
Decompensated Heart Failure Marc A. Silver, Darlene
Piek, on behalf of the Intermediate Lesions: Intracoronary
P. Horton, Jalal K. Ghah, Uri Elkayam
Flow Assessment versus ?”” Tc-MIBI SPECT (ILIAS)
HEART TRANSPLANT Investi gators
The Role of Vitronectin Receptor (av3) and Tissue Editorial Comment Coronary Flow Studies for Risk
Factor in the Pathogenesis of Transplant Coronary
Stratification in Multivessel Disease: A Physiologic
Vasculopathy Mohamad H. Yamani, Carolina $8. Masri,
Bridge Too Far? D. Douglas Miller
Norman B. Ratliff; Meredith Bond, Randall C. Starling,
Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve: Comparison
E. Murat Tuzcu, Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young
Between Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance
Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Tareq
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Ibrahim, Stephan G. Nekolla, Karin Schreiber, Kenichi
Rebound Thrombin Generation After Heparin
Odaka, Stefan Volz, Julinda Mehilh, Martin Githlin,
Therapy in Unstable Angina: A Randomized
Wolfram Delius, Markus Schwaiger
Comparison Between Unfractionated and Low-
Molecular-Weight Heparin Nick R. Biysterveld,
Pharmacologic Preconditioning of Estrogen by
Arno H. Moons, Joost C. M. Meyers, Jan G. P. Tiyssen, Activation of the Myocardial Adenosine Triphosphate-
Harry R. Biller, Marcel Levi, Ron J. G. Peters Sensitive Potassium Channel in Patients Undergoing
Nitric Oxide Production by Neutrophils Obtained Coronary Angioplasty Tsung-Ming Lee, Sheng-Fang Su,
from Patients During Acute Coronary Syndromes: Tsai-Fwu Chou, Chang-Her Tsai
HYPERTENSION Atrium: Relationship to Rate, Anatomic Location
Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to and Antidromic Penetration Joseph B. Morton,
Achieved Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Prashanthan Sanders, Vincent Deen, Jithendra K. Vohra,
Control in Treated Hypertensive Subjects Paolo Jonathan M. Kalman
Verdecchia, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Carlo Porcellati, Giuseppe
Schillaci, Sergio Pede, Maurizio Bentivogho, Fabio Angeli, EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Silvia Norgiolini, Giuseppe Ambrosio The Antioxidant N-2-Mercaptopropionyl Glycine
Attenuates Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in In Vivo
VALVE DISEASE Murine Pressure-Overload Model Moto-o Date,
A Prognostic Model for Predicting the Disappearance Takashi Morita, Nobushige Yamashita, Kazuhiko Nishida,
of Left Atrial Thrombi Among Candidates for Osamu Yamaguchi, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Shinichi Hirotani,
Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy Yasushi Matsumura, Masatsugu Hori, Michihiko Tada,
Songkwan Silaruks, Bandit Thinkhamrop, Wirote Kinya Otsu
Tantikosum, Chatiyasith Wongvipaporn, Pyatat
Tatsanavivat, Virat Klungboonkrong EDITOR’S PAGE
Top Line Mentality William W. Parmley
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
The Detection of Cardiotropic Viruses in the SPECIAL SECTIONS
Myocardium of Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right
ACC News
Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy Nei/ E. Bowles,
President’s Page: Mission Possible: With Help From
Jiyuan Ni, Frank Marcus, Jeffrey A. Towbin
Our Friends Douglas P. Zipes
Sensitivity and Specificity of Concealed Entrainment
for the Identification of a Critical Isthmus in the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MARCH 20, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 6
REVIEW ARTICLE Marguerite E. I. Schipper, Jaap R. Lahpor, Frits H. J.
Refractory Angina Pectoris: Mechanism and Gmelig-Meyling, Etienne O. Robles de Medina,
Therapeutic Options Michael C. Kim, Annapoorna Kini, Roel A. de Weger
Samin K. Sharma Myocardial Ischemic-Fibrotic Injury After Human
Heart Transplantation Is Associated With Increased
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES Progression of Vasculopathy, Decreased Cellular
Particulate Air Pollution Induces Progression of Rejection and Poor Long-Term Outcome Mohamad
Atherosclerosis Tatsushi Suwa, James C. Hogg, H.. Yamant, Showkat A. Haji, Randall C. Starling,
E. Murat Tuzcu, Norman B. Ratliff; Daniel J. Cook,
Kevin B. Quinlan, Akira Ohgami, Renaud Vincent,
Stephan F. van Eeden Ashraf Abdo, Tim Crowe, Michelle Secic, Patrick McCarthy,
James B. Young
Editorial Comment Air Pollution as a Cause of Heart
Disease: Time for Action Stanton A. Glantz Editorial Comment Are We Clear About the Mechanisms
by Which Biopsy Evidence of Interstitial Fibrosis
Following Cardiac Transplantation Helps Predict
CLINICAL STUDIES
Late Post-Transplant Coronary Artery Disease?
HEART FAILURE Ahbvie Herskowitz, Aftab A. Ansari
Clinical Benefits of Low Serum Digoxin
Concentrations in Heart Failure Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr,
CARDIOMYOPATHY
Mthai Gheorghtade, Barry F. Uretsky, J. Herbert Patterson,
Autosomal Dominant Dilated Cardiomyopathy With
Todd A. Schwartz, James B. Young
Atrioventricular Block: A Lamin A/C Defect-Related
Editorial Comment Low-Dose Digoxin in Patients With
Disease Eloisa Arbustini, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandra
Heart Failure: Less Toxic and at Least as Effective?
Repetto, Maurizia Grasso, Andrea Negri, Marta Diegoli,
Dirk J. van Veldhutsen
Carlo Campana, Laura Scelst, Elsa Baldini, Antonello
Plasma Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein as a Gavazzi, Luigi Tavazzi
Prognostic Predictor in Patients With Chronic
Congestive Heart Failure Takashi Tsutsui, Takayoshi
STRESS TESTING
Tsutamoto, Atsuyukit Wada, Keiko Maeda, Naoko Mabuchi,
Reversible Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities on
Masaru Hayashi, Masato Ohnishi, Masahiko Kinoshita
Exercise Technetium-99m—Gated Cardiac Single
Left Ventricular Assist Device in End-Stage Heart Photon Emission Computed Tomography Predict
Failure: Persistence of Structural Myocyte Damage: High-Grade Angiographic Stenosis Louise Emmett,
An Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Contractile Robert M. Iwanochko, Michael R. Freeman, Alan Barolet,
Myofilaments Nicolaas de Jonge, Dick F. van Wichen, Douglas S. Lee, Mansoor Husain
999 Low Event Rate for Stress-Only Perfusion Imaging in Three-Dimensional Nonfluoroscopic Mapping and
Patients Evaluated for Chest Pain Peter B. Gibson, Ablation of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia:
Diane Demus, Richard Noto, Wiliam Hudson, Procedural Strategies and Long-Term Outcome Nassir
Lynne L. Johnson F. Marrouche, Salwa Behetry, Gery Tomassont, Christopher
Cole, Dianna Bash, Thomas Dresing, Walid Saliba, Ahmad
Abdul-Karim, Patrick Tchou, Robert Schwetkert, Fabio
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Leonelh, Andrea Natale
Increased Central Pulse Pressure and Augmentation
Index in Subjects With Hypercholesterolemia Jan B.
LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
Wilkinson, Krishna Prasad, Ian R. Hall, Anne Thomas,
Gender Differences and Normal Left Ventricular
Helen MacCallum, David J. Webb, Michael P. Frenneaux,
Anatomy in an Adult Population Free of
John R. Cockcroft
Hypertension: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Pulse Transmission Coefficient: A Novel Study of the Framingham Heart Study Offspring
Nonhyperemic Parameter for Assessing the Cohort Carol J. Salton, Michael L. Chuang, Christopher J.
Physiological Significance of Coronary Artery Stenoses
O'Donnell, Michelle J. Kupka, Martin G. Larson, Kraig V.
David Brosh, Stuart T. Higano, Marvin J. Slepian, Kissinger, Robert R. Edelman, Daniel Levy, Warren J.
Hylton I. Miller, Morton J. Kern, Ryan J. Lennon, Manning
David R. Holmes, Jr, Amir Lerman
Early and Late Complications Associated With
Transcatheter Occlusion of Secundum Atrial Septal
HYPERTENSION Defect Massimo Chessa, Mario Carminati, Gianfranco
Intensive Cholesterol Reduction Lowers Blood Butera, Roberta Margherita Bini, Manuela Drago, Luca
Pressure and Large Artery Stiffness in Isolated Systolic Rosti, Alessandro Giamberti, Giuseppe Pome, Eduardo
Hypertension Kathryn E. Ferrier, Michael H. Muhlmann, Bossone, Alessandro Frigiola
Jean-Philippe Baguet, James D. Cameron, Garry L.
Jennings, Anthony M. Dart, Bronwyn A. Kingwell CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Long-Term Outcome of Patients With Ventricular
Septal Defect Considered Not to Require Surgical
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Closure During Childhood Harald M. Gabriel,
Management of Coronary Artery Fistulae: Patient
Maria Heger, Petra Innerhofer, Manfred Zehetgruber,
Selection and Results of Transcatheter Closure
Gerald Mundigler, Maria Wimmer, Gerald Maurer,
Laurie R. Armsby, John F. Keane, Megan C. Sherwood,
Helmut Baumgartner
Joseph M. Forbess, Stanton B. Perry, James E. Lock
Overproduction of Platelet Microparticles in Cyanotic
Congenital Heart Disease With Polycythemia
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Hitoshi Horigome, Yuji Hiramatsu, Osamu Shigeta, Toshiro
Intrinsic Sinus and Atrioventricular Node
Nagasawa, Akira Matsui
Electrophysiologic Adaptations in Endurance Athletes
Ricardo Stein, Claudio M. Medeiros, Guido A. Rosito,
ACC News
Leandro I. Zimerman, Jorge P. Ribeiro
President’s Page: The Making of a President
Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity Declines Before Arterial Douglas P. Zipes
Pressure in Patients With Orthostatic Vasovagal
Presyncope Dan Dan, Jeffrey B. Hoag, Kenneth A. Newly Elected Members of the College
Ellenbogen, Mark A. Wood, Dwain L. Eckberg,
David M. Gilligan CORRECTION
APRIL 3, 2002 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 7
REVIEW ARTICLE 1104 Development of a Risk Adjustment Mortality Model
Using the American College of Cardiology—National
Benefits, Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions of
Herbal Therapies With Cardiovascular Effects Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR)
Georgianne Valh, Elsa-Grace V. Giardina Experience: 1998-2000 Richard E. Shaw, H. Vernon
Anderson, Ralph G. Brindis, Ronald J. Krone, Lloyd W.
Klein, Charles R. McKay, Peter C. Block, Leslee J. Shaw,
CLINICAL STUDIES
Kathleen Hewitt, William S. Weintraub, on behalf of the
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY ACC-—NCDR
A Contemporary Overview of Percutaneous Coronary
Interventions: The American College of Cardiology—
National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR) The Impact of Renal Insufficiency on Clinical
Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous
H. Vernon Anderson, Richard E. Shaw, Ralph G. Brindts,
Coronary Interventions Patricia J. M. Best, Ryan
Kathleen Hewitt, Ronald J. Krone, Peter C. Block,
Charles R. McKay, William S. Weintraub, on behalf of the Lennon, Henry H. Ting, Malcolm R. Bell, Charanyit S.
ACC-—NCDR Rihal, David R. Holmes, Jr., Peter B. Berger
Limited Role of Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting in Nicholls, Richard W. Troughton, John G. Lainchbury,
Coronary Spastic Angina With Organic Stenosis John Elhott, Christopher Frampton, Eric A. Espiner,
Yasuhiko Tanabe, Etichi Itoh, Kaoru Suzuki, Masahiro Ito, Ian G. Crozier, Timothy G. Yandle, John Turner
Yukio Hosaka, Iwao Nakagawa, Makoto Kumakura Severe Energy Deprivation of Human Hibernating
Myocardium as Possible Common Pathomechanism of
ATHEROSCLEROSIS Contractile Dysfunction, Structural Degeneration and
Transcutaneous Detection of Aortic Arch Cell Death Albrecht Elsasser, Klaus-Detlev Miiller, Wottek
Atheromas by Suprasternal Harmonic Imaging
Skwara, Christoph Bode, Wolfgang Kibler, Achim M. Vogt
Ehud Schwammenthal, Yvonne Schwammenthal,
David Tanne, Alexander Tenenbaum, Alex Garniek,
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Michael Motro, Babeth Rabinowitz, Michael Eldar, The Effect of Supplemental L-Arginine on Tolerance
Micha S. Feinberg Development During Continuous Transdermal
Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 and Long- Nitroglycerin Therapy John O. Parker, John D. Parker,
Term Risk of Acute Coronary Events in Patients With Robert W. Caldwell, Bernice Farrell, Wayne H. Kaesemeyer
Chronic Coronary Heart Disease: Data From the
Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) Study Moz: ENDOCARDITIS
Haim, David Tanne, Valentina Boyko, Tamar Reshef, Uri Periannular Extension of Infective Endocarditis
Goldbourt, Jonathan Leor, Yoseph A. Mekori, Solomon Behar Catherine Graupner, Isidre Vilacosta, José Alberto San
Evaluation of Carotid Artery and Aortic Intima-Media Roman, Ricardo Ronderos, Cristina Sarria, Cristina
Thickness Measurements for Exclusion of Significant Fernandez, Ricardo Mijica, Olga Sanz, Juan Victor
Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Scheduled for Sanmartin, Angel Gonzalez Pinto
Heart Valve Surgery Laurent Belhassen, Claudine Editorial Comment Endocarditis Beyond the Annulus:
Carville, Gabriel Pelle, Jean Luc Monin, Emmanuel Teiger, Eat Your Heart Out Ann F. Bolger
Anne-Marie Duval-Moulin, Patrick Dupouy, Jean Luc
Dubois Rande, Pascal Gueret PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Postprandial Endothelial Activation in Healthy Echocardiographic Predictors of Adverse Outcomes in
Subjects and in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Role of Fat Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Ronald J. Raymond,
and Carbohydrate Meals Francesco Nappo, Katherine Alan L. Hinderliter, Park W. Willis, IV, David Ralph,
Esposito, Michele Cioffi, Giovanni Giughano, Anna Edgar J. Caldwell, Wilham Wilhams, Neil A. Ettinger,
Maria Molinari, Giuseppe Paolisso, Raffaele Marfella, Nicholas §. Hill, Warren R. Summer, Bennett de Botsblanc,
Dario Giuglhano Todd Schwartz, Gary Koch, Linda M. Clayton,
Maria M. Jobsis, James W. Crow, Walker Long, for the
CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study Group
Myocardial Viability Testing and Impact of
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Revascularization on Prognosis in Patients With
Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricular A Comparison of Mechanical and Laser
Dysfunction: A Meta-Analysis Kevin C. Allman, Transmyocardial Revascularization for Induction of
Angiogenesis and Arteriogenesis in Chronically
Leslee J. Shaw, Rory Hachamovitch, James E. Udelson
Ischemic Myocardium G. Chad Hughes, Shankha S.
Editorial Comment Myocardial Viability and Prognosis in
Biswas, Banglang Yin, Dmitri V. Baklanov, Brian H.
Patients With Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Annex, R. Edward Coleman, Timothy R. DeGrado,
Robert O. Bonow
Carolyn K. Landolfo, Kevin P. Landolfo, James E. Lowe
Improved Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in
HEART FAILURE
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Restores Optimal Mice Lacking Tumor Necrosis Factor-a@ Naoya
Atrioventricular Mechanical Timing in Heart Failure Maekawa, Hisayasu Wada, Tsugtyasu Kanda, Tamikazu
Patients With Ventricular Conduction Delay Angelo Niwa, Yasuhiro Yamada, Kuniaki Saito, Hisayoshi
Aurtchio, Jiang Ding, Julio C. Spinel, Andrew P. Kramer, Fujiwara, Kenji Sekikawa, Mitsuru Setshima
Rodney W. Salo, Walter Hoersch, Bruce H. KenKnight,
EDITOR’S PAGE
Helmut U. Klein, for the PATH-CHF Study Group
Heart Hospitals: Are They the Next Wave?
Deconditioning Fails to Explain Peripheral Skeletal
William W. Parmley
Muscle Alterations in Men With Chronic Heart
Failure Brian D. Duscha, Brian H. Annex, Howard J.
ACC News
Green, Anne M. Pippen, William E. Kraus
President’s Page: Convocation Address: The Art of
Reduction of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Expression Medicine W. Bruce Fye
in the Skeletal Muscle of Noncachectic Patients With
Chronic Heart Failure Rainer Hambrecht, Paul Christian
ACC Revised Recommendations
Schulze, Stephan Gielen, Axel Linke, Sven Mébius-Winkler,
ACC Revised Recommendations for Training in Adult
Jiangtao Yu, Jiirgen Kratzsch, Gerhard Baldauf, Martin W. Cardiovascular Medicine Core Cardiology Training II
Busse, Andreas Schubert, Volker Adams, Gerhard Schuler
(COCATS 2) (Revision of the 1995 COCATS
Antecedent Hypertension and Heart Failure After Training Statement) George A. Beller, Co-Chair,
Myocardial Infarction 4. Mark Richards, M. Gary Robert O. Bonow, Co-Chair, Valentin Fuster, Co-Chair