The American Journal of Cardiology 1993: Vol 72 Table of Contents

27 Pages·1993·9 MB·English

JULY 1, 1993 THROUGH DECEMBER 30, 1993
JULY 1, 1993, VOL. 72, NO. 1
1 and Neurohormonal Importance
Therapeutic of Exercise-induced of Atrial Contriinb Rautet-Reispoonsniv e
ST-Segment Elevation in Patients Without Pacing
Previous Myocardial infarction Yoshihiko Seino, Shinichiro Shimai, Yasuhiro Nagae,
Donna M. Gallik, John J. Mahmarian, and Mario S. Chikao Ibuki, Teruo Takano, Shigeo Tanaka, and
Verani Hirokazu Hayakawa
8
Prognostic Value of Ischemia During Holter SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
Monitoring and Exercise Testing After Acute
Myocardial infarction
Matthias Jereczek, Dietrich Andresen, Joachim
Schréder, Heinz Voller, Thomas Briiggemann, Christel
Deutschmann, and Rolf Schréder Groups (Young, Oid, Biack and Nonblack) Using
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Joel M. Neutel, David H. G. Smith, C. Venkata S.
Ram, Martin P. Lefkowitz, M. Kazem Kazempour, and
Michael A. Weber, and the Bisoprolol Investigators
Group
Cardiac Events During and After Native
47
Coronary Balloon
Walter R. M. Hermans, David P. Foley, Benno J. Effects of Nadolol on Hemodynamic and
Rensing, Wolfgang Rutsch, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Hemostatic Responses to Potential Mental and
Nicolas Danchin, Gijs Mast, Claude Hanet, Jean-Marc Physical Triggers of Myocardial Infarction in
Lablanche, Wolfgang Rafflenbeul, Rainer Uebis, Subjects with Mild Systemic Hypertension
Raphael Balcon, Pim J. de Feyter, and Patrick W. Alfredo H. Jimenez, Geoffrey H. Tofler, Xianghong
Serruys, on behalf of the CARPORT and MERCATOR Chen, Miguel E. Stubbs, Harold S. Solomon, and
Study Groups James E. Muller
21 53
Long-Term Outcome Following Successful Effects of Enalapril on the
Reopening of Abrupt Closure After Coronary Response to Severe Salt Restriction in Obese
Angioplasty Young Men with Mild
Alan N. Tenaglia, Donald F. Fortin, David J. Frid, Brent M. Egan and Konrad Stepniakowski
Laura H. Gardner, Charlotte L. Nelson, James E.
Tcheng, Richard S. Stack, and Robert M. Califf 58
Blood Pressure 24-Hour Patter in Two
industrialized Countries (aly and Japan) with
Rehospitalizations After Coronary a Different Culture in Salt Intake
Revascularization Among Medicare Pietro Cugini, Terukazu Kawasaki, Loredana Di Palma,
Beneficiaries Giuseppe Leone, Paola Battisti, Alessandro Coppola,
James D. Lubitz, Marian E. Gornick, Renee M. Angela Ciamei, Antonietta De Luca, Haruka Sasaki,
Mentnech, and Floyd D. Loop and Keiko Uezono
31
Design and Recruitment in the United States
of a Multicenter Quantitative Angiographic
Trial of Pravastatin to Limit Atherosclerosis in
the Coronary Arteries (PLAC I)
Bertram Pitt, Stephen G. Ellis, G. B. John Mancini, Cardiomyopathy
Howard S. Rosman, and Mark E. McGovern, for the Leslie A. Saxon, William G. Stevenson, Holly R.
PLAC I Investigators Middlekauff, Gregg Fonarow, Mary Woo, Debra Moser,
and Lynne W. Stevenson
CONTENTS INDEX 1481
Effects of Mitral Stenosis on Pulmonary
Venous Flow as Measured by Doppler
Transesophageal Echocardiography Robert A. Chahine, Maureen H. Lowery, and E. Joseph
Allan L. Klein, Alexander S. Bailey, Gerald I. Cohen, Bauerlein
William J. Stewart, Kathleen Husbands, Gregory L.
Pearce, and Emesto E. Salcedo 102
The Case of a Fascinating Dimple
73 Paolo Angelini
Results of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral
Valvotomy in Young Adults
Christian R6thlisberger, Mohammed R. Essop, Daniel
Skudicky, John Skoularigis, Tom Wisenbaugh, and
Pinhas Sareli 104
ErgoTnestoingv aind nFoerea rm
Plethysmion gCorcaianep-Rhelayte d
CARDIOMYOPATHY Myocardial ischemia
A. Arthur Halle III, Jay M. Sullivan, and Kodangudi B.
78 Ramanathan
Usefulnesso f
in Idiopathic Dilated
Cardiofomr iydentoifypinga Ptatiehntsy wi th influence on Early Outcome and Restenosis of
Ventricular Arrhythmias UroBkefoire nElecatives Coeron ary
Philip J. Keeling, Piotr Kulakowski, Gang Yi, Alistair Angioplasty
K.B. Slade, Sonia E. Bent, William J. McKenna Vivek K. Mehan, Bernhard Meier, and Philip Urban
108
Comparison of Mortality in Patients Treated
with Propafenone to Those Treated with a
Variety of Antiarrhythmic Drugs for
Doubie-iniet Ventricle in Chinese Patients
Supraventricular Arrhythmias
Jou-Kou Wang, Hung-Chi Lue, Mei-Hwan Wu, Ing-Sh
Edward L. C. Pritchett, William E. Wilkinson, Walter
Chiu, and Chi-Ren Hung
K. Clair, and Elizabeth A. McCarthy
111
Right and Left Ventricular Area and Function
Effects of Rate-Scnoothing Function During
Treadmill Exercise Testing
Yasuhiko Takei
113
Design and Clinical Application of a Low-Pass
Input Filter for the Evaluation of intracardiac
Electrograms During Radiofrequency Catheter
Ablation
Michael J. Silka, Jack Kron, Blair D. Halperin, John H.
McAnulty, Jeanny K. Park, Ronald P. Oliver, and
Charles G. Walance
Elizabeth S. Kaufman, Matthew S. Bosner, J. Thomas 115
Bigger, Jr., Phyllis K. Stein, Robert E. Kleiger, Linda Chemoprophyiaxis Before
M. Rolnitzky, Richard C. Steinman, and Joseph L.
Fleiss or
Rami A. Gal, Thomas C. Gaeckle, Suresh Gadasalli,
James M. Kubota, William G. Robbins, and Donald H.
Schmidt
1482 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY VOLUME 72 DECEMBER 15, 1993
CASE REPORTS 149
Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic
118 Function, and Exercise Capacity Six to Eight
Coronary Ostial Dimple (in the Posterior Aortic Weeks After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sinus) in the Absence of Other Coronary Basil S. Lewis, Steven N. Emmott, John Smyllie,
Arterial Abnormalities Andrea B. MacNeill, and Jacobus Lubsen, and the
Jamshid Shirani and William C. Roberts DEFIANT Study Group
154
JULY 15, 1993, VOL. 72, NO. 2
Economic Evaluation of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Soon After Acute Infarction
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Neil Oldridge, William Furlong, David Feeny, George
Torrance, Gordon Guyatt, Jean Crowe, and Norman
Jones
121
Development of Angina Pectoris Pain and
Cardiac Events in Asymptomatic Patients with
Myocardial ischemia
Conrad Droste, Giinther Ruf, Mark W. Greenlee, and
Helmut Roskamm
Tetsuro Sugiura, Toshiji lwasaka, Kazuya Takehana, Yo
Nagahama, Noritaka Tarumi, and Mitsuo Inada
128
Supporf Heypesrvenstiliatioon-innduc ed
165
Attacks with Infusion of Atrial Natriuretic
Angiographic Predictors of Recurrence of
Peptide in Patients with Variant Angina
Restenosis After Wiktor Stent Implantation in
Pectoris
Native Arteries
Hidenori Tanaka, Hirofumi Yasue, Michihiro
Peter De Jaegere, Patrick W. Serruys, Michel Bertrand,
Yoshimura, Etsuo Morita, Michihisa Jougasaki, Hideji
Volker Wiegand, Jean Francois Marquis, Matthias
Kato, Yuji Miyao, and Kazuwa Nakao
Vrolicx, Jan Piessens, Bernard Valeix, Gisbert Kober,
Hans Bonnier, Wolfgang Rutsch, and Rainer Uebis
134
Comparison of Regional Myocardial Blood Flow
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
in Syndrome X and One-VesCosroenlar y
Artery Disease
171
Alfredo R. Galassi, Filippo Crea, Luis I. Araujo,
Diagnosing Heterozygous Familial
Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Giuseppe Pupita, Yusuke
Hypercholesterolemia Using New Practical
Yamamoto, Eldad Rechavia, Terry Jones, Juan Carlos
Criteria Validated by Molecular Genetics
Kaski, and Attilio Maseri, with the technical assistance
Roger R. Williams, Steven C. Hunt, M. Catherine
of Claire Taylor and Graham Lewington
Schumacher, Robert A. Hegele, Mark F. Leppert, Erwin
H. Ludwig, and Paul N. Hopkins
140
Usefulness of Plasma Beta-Endorphin Level,
Pain Threshold and Autonomic Function in
Assessing Silent Myocardial Ischemia in
Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus
Hiroyuki Hikita, Akira Kurita, Bonpei Takase, Hirokazu 177
Nagayoshi, Akimi Uehata, Toshihiko Nishioka, Hideki Cardiac Electrophysiologic Effects of
Mitani, Kyoichi Mizuno, and Haruo Nakamura
Midazolam Combined with
Wendy Lau, Pramesh Kovoor, and David L. Ross
iad
Prevalence and Signifiofc Traannsicenet — 183
Predominantly Asymptomatic —- Myocardial Variability of Cardiac Output as Determined by
Ischemia on Holter Monitoring in Unstable impedance Cardiography in Pacemaker
Angina Pectoris, and Correlation with Exercise Patients
Test and ThalliMyoucarmdi-al 2Pe0rfu1si on Ilya Ovsyshcher, Jay N. Gross, Stephen Blumberg,
Imaging Carolyn Andrews, Roseanne Ritacco, and Seymour
Aman M. Amanullah and Kaj Lindvall Furman
CONTENTS INDEX 91483
RadiofrCeathqetuer eAbnlatcioyn of
Accessory Pathway During Entrainment of the
Atrioventricular Reciprocating T.
Ken Okumura, Hiroshige Yamabe, and Hirofumi Yasue
VALVHUEARLT ADISREAS E Charles B. Seelig, Carmen E. Montano, and Jane E.
Ranney
194
Clinical Factors Useful in Predicting Aortic 227
Valve Structure in Patients >40 Years of Age Serum Lipoprotein (a) as a Risk Factofro r
with Isolated Valvular Aortic Stenosis Thoracic Aortic Atherosclerosis in Subjects
Gisela C. Mautner, Susanne L. Mautner, Richard O. Aged >40 Years
Cannon III, Sally A. Hunsberger, and William C. Masami Nishino, Tatsuo Ito, Masao Yasuno, Toshiki
Roberts Kuryu, Yoshio Yamada, Hiroshi Abe, Masatsugu Hori,
and Takenobu Kamada
231
199
Long-Term Echocardiographic Doppler
Regional Systolic Function, Myocardial Blood
Monitoring of Hancock Bioprostheses in the
Flow and Glucose Uptake at Rest in
Aortic Valve Position
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Paola Melacini, Carla Villanova, Gaetano Thiene,
Pasquale Perrone-Filardi, Stephen L. Bacharach,
Marco Minarini, Giuseppe Fasoli, Uberto Bortolotti,
Vasken Dilsizian, Julio A. Panza, Simone Maurea, and
Giuseppe Ramuscello, and Sergio Dalla Volta
Robert O. Bonow
233
205
Fatal Cor Pulmonale Caused by Extensive
Long-Term Echocardiographic Follow-Up of
Tumor Emboli in the Small Pulmonary Arteries
Acromegalic Heart Disease
Without Emboli in the Major Pulmonary
Jaromir Hradec, Josef Marek, Jiri Kral, Tomas Janota,
Arteries or Metasint thae sPuelmosnar y
Jan Poloniecki, and Marek Malik
Michael J. Domanski, Robert E. Cunnion, Daniel J.
211
Fernicola, and William C. Roberts
Regional Thailium-201 Washout and Myocardial
Hypertrophy in Hypertrophic
and Its Relation to Exertional Chest Pain
Dynamic Geometry During Systole in Normally
Jun Takata, Peter J. Counihan, Jeff N. Gane, Yoshinori
Doi, Taishiro Chikamori, Toshio Ozawa, and William J.
Dimensional Studies with Technetium-99m
McKenna
Isonitrile Scans
Shimon Rosenheck, Henry Atlan, Dan Sapoznikov,
David Stone, and Mervyn S. Gotsman
Beneficial Effects of a Serine Protease Superior Vena Cava and Hepatic Vein Velocity
Inhibitor in Vascular Disease Patterns in Normal Children
Yoshio Urabe, Munehito Ideishi, Manabu Sasaguri, Robyn J. Meyer, Stanley J. Goldberg, and Richard L.
Masaharu Ikeda, and Kikuo Arakawa Donnerstein
240
Menopause-induced Changes in Left
Ventricular Wali Thickness
Amos Pines, Enrique Z. Fisman, Yoram Levo, Yaacov
The Impact of Selection Bias on Measurement Drory, Efraim Ben-Ari, Michael Motro, and Daniel
of Noninvasive Test Accuracy Ayalon
David M. Salerno, Kyuhyun Wang, Irvin F.
Goldenberg, and Robert A. Van Tassel
1484 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY VOLUME 72 DECEMBER 15, 1993
241
Complete Membranous Obstruction of the
Paul Chan, Ching-Ping Lee, and Ying-Hsiung Lee Randomized Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in
Survivors of Cardiac Arrest (the CASCADE
243
Study)
Effects of Cocaine on Human Platelets in The CASCADE Investigators
Healthy Subjects
Shereif H. Rezkalla, Joseph J. Mazza, Robert A.
Kloner, Veronica Tillema, and Sheng-Hsiung Chang 288
Noninvasive Prediction of Efficacy of Type [A
Antiarrhythmic Drugs by the SignalAveraged
AUGUST 1, 1993, VOL. 72, NO. 3
Electrocardiogram in Patients with Coronary
Artery Disease and Sustained Ventricular
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
T
James R. Hopson, Michael G. Kienzle, Ann M.
247
Aschoff, and Donna R. Shirkey
Diffine Prrevaleencne acnd eExtsent of
Coronary Artery Calcium Detected by Ultrafast
Computed Tomography in AsymptomatiMcen
294
and Women
Usefulness of Propafenone for
Warren R. Janowitz, Arthur S. Agatston, Glenn Kaplan,
Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Infants and
and Manuel Viamonte, Jr.
Children
Jan JanouSek, Thomas Paul, Annette Reimer, Hans-
Carlo Kallfelz
Prognostic Value of Plasma Atrial Natriuretic
Factor, Norepinephrine and Epinephrine in 301
Acute Myocardial Infarction Expewitrh Tihreee Dinffercent eTh ird
Torbjgrn Omland, Torbjgrn Aarsland, Asbjgrn Aakvaag,
Generation Cardioverter-Defibrillators in
Rol Terje Lie, and Kenneth Dickstein
Patients with Coronary Artery Disease or
Cardiomyopathy
James G. Porterfield, Linda M. Porterfield, Bobby A.
Noninvasive Computerized Assessment of Left
Smith, and Louise Bray
Ventricular Performance and Systemic
Hemodynamics by Study of Aortic Root
Pressure and Flow Estimates in Healthy Men, 305
and Men with Acute and Healed Myocardial information on Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and
infarction QT Interval from identical Twins
Svend Aakhus, Carsten Soerlie, Audun Faanes, Svein Simon S. S. Lo, Martin St. John Sutton, and R. David
O. Hauger, Knut Bjoernstad, Liv Hatle, and Bjoern G. Leslie
A. J. Angelsen
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
Wall Motion Asynchrony is a Major
Determinant of Impaired Left Ventricular Filling 310
in Patients with Healed Infarction Sex Differences in Cardiac Adaptation to
Teruhiko Aoyagi, Hubert Pouleur, Christian Van Eyll, Isolated S Hypertension
Michel F. Rousseau, and Israel Mirsky Harlan M. Krumholz, Martin Larson, and Daniel Levy
273
Quantitative Severity of Stress Thallium-201 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission
Computed Tomography Defects in One-Vessel 314
Coronary Artery Disease Frequency of Ring Abscess and Cuspal
Lisa Matzer, Hosen Kiat, Kenneth Van Train, Guido Infection in Active infective Endocarditis
involving Bi Val
Germano, Michael Papanicolaou, Gerrard Silagan, Neil
Eigler, Jamshid Maddahi, and Daniel S. Berman Daniel J. Fernicola and William C. Roberts
CONTENTS INDEX 1485
354
Percutaneous Mitral Vaivuloplasty with Severe Catheter Creation of an Open Outflow Tract in
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension Previously Atretic Right Ventricular Outflow
Fernando Alfonso, Carlos Macaya, Rosa Hernandez, Tract Associated with Ventricular Septal Defect
Camino Bafiuelos, Andres Ifiguez, Javier Goicolea, Gerd Hausdorf, Martin Schneider, and Peter E. Lange
Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, Jose Zamorano, and Pedro
Zarco 356
Quanotf Leift tVentaricutlari Voolumens a nd
Ejection Fraction by Biplane Transesophageal
Echocardiography
Takeshi Hozumi, Masahiro Shakudo, and Pravin M.
331
Shah
Effects of Serotonin on Coronary Arteries of
Cardiac Transplant Recipients
359
Guy Berkenboom, Philippe Unger, Philippe Dequenne,
On-Line Quantification of Left Ventricular
Arnaud Marchant, Michel Goldman, Martine Antoine,
Function by Automatic Boundary Detection and
and Jean-Louis LeClerc
Ultrasonic Backscatter Imaging
Marie-Christine Herregods, Jos Vermylen, Bart Bynens,
HISTORICAL STUDY Hilaire De Geest, and Frans Van De Werf
CASE REPORTS
Spa Therapy for Heart Disease Bad Nauheim
(circa 1900) 363
Claus A. Pierach, Sarah D. Wangensteen, and Howard Both Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death and End-
B. Burchell Stage Phase in
Barry J. Maron, Gabriela Hecht, Heinrich G. Klues,
Steven H. Kunkes, Lynda E. Rosenfeld, and Franco
Cecchi
365
The Paradox of Nitrates in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure, Dilated Cardiac Ventri-
Angina Pectoris and AngiographicaNlorlmyal cles, and Sudden Death in
Coronary Arteries Jamshid Shirani, Margaret M. Barron, Marie-Lydie Y.
Raffaele Bugiardini, Alberico Borghi, Andrea Pozzati, Pierre-Louis, and William C. Roberts
Filippo Ottani, Gian Luigi Morgagni, and Paolo Puddu
347
Serum Ferritin is Not a Risk Factor for
Coronary Artery Disease in Men and Women
Ag>e62 dYea rs
WilbSe. Arrotno w Jamshid Shirani, Abarmard Maziar Zafari, and William
C. Roberts
READERS’ COMMENTS
371
Myocardial
Triglycerides, High-Density Lipoproteins and
Giinter Steurer, Josep Brugada, Dirc De Bacquer, Sinan
The FraminHgeahrt aSmtud y
Giirsoy, Bernhard Frey, Kallinikos Tsakonas, Alpay
Jacques Massé
Celiker, Eric Andries, and Pedro Brugada
Are Autopsies Still Useful? Thank Goodness
We Didn’t Know. Not All Tumors Are Bad
Tumors. Most of the Cavity Has to be Filled
Before Trouble Occurs
Dory B. Altmann, Jeffrey J. Popma, Augusto D.
Jamshid Shirani, Jeffrey M. Isner, and William C.
Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler, Michael B.
Roberts
Keller, Robert A. Gallino, Gary S. Mintz, and Martin
B. Leon
1486 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY VOLUME 72 DECEMBER 15, 1993
372
Great Expectations and Disappointment with
Laser Angioplasty
Herbert J. Geschwind 402
Elevated Plasr 1 Lipoprotein(a) Associated
with Abnormal Stress Thallium Scans in
AUGUST 12, 1993, VOL. 72, NO. 4 Children with Familial
Robert A. Hegele, Philip W. Connelly, Geraldine
A SYMPOSIUM: Cullen-Dean, and Vera Rose
SOTALOL IN LIFE-THREATENING VENTRICULAR
ARRHYTHMIAS: A UNIQUE CLASS Ill
ANTIARRHYTHMIC SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
AUGUST 15, 1993, VOL. 72, NO. 5
Bong Hee Sung, William R. Lovallo, Steve M. Teague,
373 Gwendolyn A. Pincomb, and Michael F. Wilson
Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Coronary
Patency After ThrombolThyertapiy cfo r
Myocardial
Miguel A. Gomez, Labros A. Karagounis, Ann Allen,
and Jeffrey L. Anderson, for the TEAM-2 Investigators 413
Clinical and Hemodynamic Predictors of
Cardiomyopathy
Manuel Anguita, José M. Arizén, Gregorio Bueno, José
Amin Hag, Christopher D. Morgan, Robert F. Wilson, M. Latre, Manuel Sancho, Francisco Torres, Diego
Paul A. Daly, Robert S. Baigrie, Carl W. White, Robert Giménez, Manuel Concha, and Federico Vallés
Roberts, Michael Gent, and Paul W. Armstrong, and the
Toronto Tissue Plasminogen Activator Trial Study
Tage N. Jacobsen, Eli Kassis, and Ole Amtorp
Myocardial
Roberto Pedretti, Enrica Colombo, Simona Sarzi Braga,
and Bruno Cari
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Effect of intravenous Nitroglycerin on Heparin
Dosage Requirements in Coronary Artery
Insease
Steven I. Berk, Andrew Grunwald, Somnath Pal, and
John Skoularigis, Christian R6thlisberger, Daniel
Monty M. Bodenheimer
Skudicky, Mohammed R. Essop, Tom Wisenbaugh, and
Pinhas Sareli
397
Interrelation Between Angiographic Severity of
Coronary Artery Disease and Plasma Levels of
Insulin, C-Peptide and Plasminogen Activator
Inhibitor-1
Mauro Negri, Imad Sheiban, Pasquale Luigi Arigliano,
Silvia Tonni, Graziano Montresor, Stefano Carlini, and
Franco Manzato
CONTENTS INDEX 1487
BRIEF REPORTS
458
Myocardial Respiratory Insulin Resistance, Glucose Intolerance,
Activities in idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hyperinsulinemia and Dyslipidemia in Patients
and Comparison with Those in Atherosclerotic with Angiographically Demonstrated Coronary
Coronary Artery Disease and Valvular Aortic Artery Disease
Stenosis Mason H. Young, Chii- Yuan Jeng, Wayne H-H. Sheu,
Iris Maurer and Stephan Zierz Shyh-Ming Shieh, Martin M-T. Fuh, Y-D. Ida Chen,
and Gerald M. Reaven
ClinicopFeaatturhes oofl Hoypgertirocphi c 460
CardiomyManoagped abty Charydia c AngiEloigibgilitry oaf Copmmuhnityi Hcospi tal
Transplantation Patients with MultivCoeronsarsy eArlter y
Jamshid Shirani, Barry J. Maron, Richard O. Cannon Disease for Percutaneous Transiuminal
Il, Sheyda Shahin, and William C. Roberts Coronary Angioopr lCoraonasry tAryte ry
Bypass Grafting
JoKe. lKah n
aaa
Expression of intercellular Adhesion Molecule-
1 on Cardiac Myocytes for Myocarditis Before Anti-Streptokinase Antibodies Inhibit
and During Immunosuppressive Fibrinolytic Effects of Anistrepilna Ascuet e
Tetsuya Toyozaki, Toshihiro Saito, Hiroyuki Takano, Myocardial Infarction
Kazuyuki Yorimitsu, Satoru Kobayashi, Haruhiko Johan Briigemann, Jan van der Meer, Victor J. J. Bom,
Ichikawa, Ken Takeda, and Yoshiaki Inagaki Wim van der Schaaf, Pieter A. de Graeff, and Kong I.
Lie
465
Acute Myocardial Gray Level Intensity Changes
A New Hemostatic Puncture Closure Device Detected by Transesophageal
for the immediate Sealing of Arterial Puncture Echocardiography During intraoperative
Sites ischemia
Hans de Swart, Lidwien Dijkman, Leo Hofstra, Frits W. Alessandro Pingitore, Michaela Kozakova, Eugenio
Bar, Vincent Van Ommen, Jan Tordoir, and Hein J. J. Picano, Marco Paterni, Luigi Landini, and Alessandro
Wellens Distante
CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
of a Positive Passive Upright
450 Tilt Test at a Seven-Day Interval in Patients
Comparison of Efficacy of Low Molecular with Syncope
Weight Heparin (Pamaparin) with That of Jean-Jacques Blanc, Jacques Mansourati, Benoit
Unfractionated Heparin in the Presence of Maheu, Driss Boughaleb, and Loic Genet
Activated Platelets in Healthy Subjects
Giovanni Melandri, Franco Semprini, Vittorio Cervi,
Nicoletta Candiotti, Angelo Branzi, Ernesto Palazzini,
and Bruno Magnani
Charlie Young, Michael R. Lauer, L. Bing Liem, and
Ruey J. Sung
Evaluaoft Trieaotmnen t
Michael J. Domanski and Sanjeev Saksena
1488 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY VOLUME 72 DECEMBER 15, 1993
475 CASE REPORTS
Responses to Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty for
Dilated 493
Ray C.-J. Chiu, Jonah N. K. Odim, John H. Burgess, Blood Cyst of the Pulmonary Valve Causing
and The McGill Cardiomyoplasty Group Pulmonic Valve Stenosis
Ilhan Pasaoglu, Riza Dogan, Metin Demircin, and A.
Yiiksel Bozer
479
Effects of Captopril on Renal Function Before
and After Surgical Correction of Aortic
Coarctation
Jens Sehested and Edmund Wudel 495
Surgical Back-Up in Percutaneous Transiuminal
481 Coronary
Echocardiography in George Louridas, Stavros Hadjimiltiades, John
Submitral Gourassas, and Takis Karoulas
Mohammed R. Essop, John Skoularigis, and Pinhas
Sareli
G. B. John Mancini
Absence of Adenosine-induced Chest Pain
After Total Cardiac Afferent Denervation ABSTRACTS
Barry D. Bertolet, Luiz Belardinelli, and James A. Hill
497
Abstracts
Effects of Acute Administration of
Cyclosporine on Levels of Cardiovascular
Hormones in Heart Transplant Recipients
Jens Sehested, Sgren Schifter, Erni Schmitzer, Vera
AUGUST 26, 1993, VOL. 72, NO. 6
Regitz, and Roland Hetzer
A SYMPOSIUM:
QT. INTERVAL PROLONGATION:
Systemic But Not Renal Production of
IS If BENEFIORC HIARAMFLUL ?
Prostacyclin is Highly Reduced in Cyclosporin-
Treated Heart Transplant Recipients
Jean-Claude Bordet, Michel de Lorgeril, Seta Durbin, SEPT1,E 199M3, BVOL.E 72R, NO . 7
Pascale Boissonnat, Serge Renaud, George Dureau, and
Marc Dechavanne CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
487 507
Survey of Selected Cardiologifsotr sa n Outcome After Acute Myocardial Infarction in
Operational Definition of Normal Sinus Heart Patients with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass
Rate
Surgery
David H. Spodick Howard C. Dittrich, Elizabeth Gilpin, Pascal Nicod,
Hartmut Henning, Geraldine Cali, Francois Ricou, and
489 John Ross Jr.
Accuracy of a New Nongeometric Pulsed
Doppler Method in Cardiac Output Evaluation
Renato De Domenico, Roberto Zeppellini, Giuseppe
Gheno, Leonida Compostella, Antonio Iavernaro, and
Francesco Cucchini
491 Ming Wei Liu, John S. Douglas, Jr., Nicholas J.
Proper Probe Size for Pediatric Lembo, and Spencer B. King III
Transesophageal Echocardiography
J. Geoffrey Stevenson and Gregory K. Sorensen
CONTENTS INDEX 1489
Ulrich Tebbe, Rainer von Essen, Adalbert Smolarz, Artery
Peter Limbourg, Jiirgen Rox, Jérg Rustige, Albrecht Rainer Hoffmann, Harald Lethen, Eduard Kleinhans,
Vogt, Joachim Wagner, Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek, and Monika Weiss, Frank A. Flachskampf, and Peter
Karl-Ludwig Neuhaus Hanrath
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
DISTURBANCES
560
Time Course of Hemodynamic Changes and
Pietro Santarelli, Gaetano A. Lanza, Francesco improvement of Exercise Tolerance After
Biscione, Andrea Natale, Giancarlo Corsini, Carmine Cardioversion of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Riccio, Eraldo Occhetta, Paolo Rossi, Maurizio Gronda, Unassociated with Cardiac Valve Disease
Johannes Makmur, Marco Zanetta, Umberto Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Harry J. G. M. Crijns, Paul K.
Parravicini, and Salvatore Toscano Blanksma, Martin L. J. Landsman, Jan L. Posma, Maarten
P. Van Den Berg, Frits L. Meijler, and Kong I. Lie
567
Effectiveness and Costs of Digoxin Treatment
for Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
Sheila A. Roberts, Claro Diaz, Paul E. Nolan, David
M. Salerno, J. Stephan Stapczynski, Arthur S. Zbrozek,
Cheuk-Kit Wong and S. Ben Freedman Elsbeth G. Ritz, Jerry L. Bauman, and Peter H. Vlasses
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
538
Alteration in Regulation of Myocardial Blood 574
Flow in One-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease Disparate Cardiovascular Responses to Stress
Determined by Positron Emission T. Tests During Isradipine and Fosinopril
Gianmario Sambuceti, Oberdan Parodi, Claudio Ehud Grossman, Franz H. Messerli, Shmuel Oren,
Marcassa, Danilo Neglia, Piero Salvadori, Assuero Federico Soria, and Roland E. Schmieder
Giorgetti, Riccardo C. Bellina, Sonia Di Sacco, Nicola
Nista, Paolo Marzullo, Roberto Testa, and Antonio
L’ Abbate CARDIOMYOPATHY
580
Comparison of Clinical Findings in Idiopathic
Relation Between Clinical Presentatioann d Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Women Versus Men
AngioFingdingrs ain Upnsthablie Acngi na Renata De Maria, Antonello Gavazzi, Fabio Recalcati,
Le Giorgio Baroldi, Claudio De Vita, and Fulvio Camerini,
on Behalf of the Italian Multicenter Cardiomyopathy
Wagar H. Ahmed, John A. Bittl, and Eugene Study Group (SPIC)
Braunwald
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Relation of CardiovasRecspuonlseas rt o
Wei Jiang, Junichiro Hayano, E. R. Coleman, Michael
W. Hanson, David J. Frid, Christopher O’Connor, David
Thurber, Robert A. Waugh, and James A. Blumenthal Teiji Akagi, Lee N. Benson, William G. Williams,
George A. Trusler, and Robert M. Freedom
1490 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY VOLUME 72 DECEMBER 15, 1993