The American Journal of Cardiology 2000: Vol 85 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS INDEX 2000 THROUG
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
JANUARY 1, 2000, VOL. 85, NO. 1
High Carbohydrate Diets, Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins,
onae ge 4H eart veerees Rsk 45
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Effects of the Repeated Administration of Adenosine and searai1q
Heparin on Myocardial Perfusion in Patients With Chronic
Stable Angina ee *
Correlation of Homocysteine Levels With the Extent of
Hal V. Barron, Maria G.
Pax _~ ka | | cl: ' Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Low
Andrew D. Michaels, and Elias H
Cardiovascular Risk Profiles 49
“
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G-33A Mutation in the Promoter Region of
Thrombomodulin Gene and Its Association With Coronary
Artery Disease and Plasma Soluble Thrombomodulin Effect of Combined Fluvastatin-Fenofibrate Therapy
IE siescscsssinczcvans Bee ead ee Compared with Fenofibrate Monotherapy in Severe
Yirleng Li, Jyn-Hong Chen ‘Hualin 1 Wu, Guey-Yueh Shi pron Hypercholesterolemia 53
HLiuaenyg--CMihiunn TsHauia ngH,o w-TRi. nagn- H| sGiungo \Ca W)h Aea no- ShWiaLnefn iWu, aSIe nsnc nQ aQ lzZ hih- VcS ItVuQdcO Yh e 7W SIrOGoAQUi riLnr i e5ro T CUaNG ndO YSI VI}a oE DejaVeg|AG ANA the Franch F
laa om
Chemg nen
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Role of Cine-Fluoroscopy, Transthoracic, and
Benefit of Coronary Reperfusion Before Intervention on
Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients With
Outcomes After Primary ee for Acute
ee ree Valve Thrombosis 58
Myocardial Infarction . Francesca~C A DL/ e Ber I nar] a an
Bruce R. Brodie ThomasD . Stuckey
VOlO W c)u|i ra Pi an
Denise Muncy
Serial Changes and Prognostic Implications of a Doppler- METHODS
Derived Index of Combined Left Ventricular Systolic and Defining Left Ventricular Segmental and Global Function
Diastolic Myocardial Performance in Acute Myocardial by Echocardiographic Intraventricular Contrast Flow
Infarction ............... igi peiou cee .
Steen H. Poulsen, SvendE . Jensen, Jens C. Nielsen, Jacob nigQaarraa e—oa mn h r snnath RB
E Maller and Kenneth Egstrup
CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Myocardial Ischemia Due to Coronary Artery Spasm
During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography ............26 Effect of Phenylephrine With And Without Atropine on QT
Hiroaki Kawano, Hiromi Fujii Hirani Motoyama, Kiyotaka Dispersion in— — Normotensive 69
Kugiyama, Hisao Ogawa, and Hirot ymi Yasue Kok “Meng Yoo Pit m Simor ctayn
Alll an iD) trutners
Viability of Q-Wave Infarcted Myocardium With Restored HISTORICAL STUDY
Positive and Persistent Negative T Waves After Optimal
To Die in One’s Prime: The eg of Paul Wood
Revascularization Compared With Dobutamine Stress MVA q rk CE. OSCN VEe rm Qa n and | Al] tar SJOa mer
Echocardiography ............... se
Shintaro Watanabe, Yutaka Kawan nura,1 Yaas ushi Wat tanabe
Kimio Tanaka, Kazushi Tanaka, Yasuhiko Takei, Nariaki Ejiri EDITORIAL
and Kazuyuki Shimada
Cardiologist ii n theD ugout
jJoOhNNn VU. \Y Caa ntw e]
Pathologic Validation of a New Method to Quantify
Coronary Calcific Deposits In Vivo Using Intravascular
BRIEF REPORTS
Ultrasound
Douglas S. Scott, Umesh K. Arora, Andrew Farb, Renu Predictive Value of C-Reactive Protein in Patients With
Virmani, and Neil J. Weissman Unstable Angina Pectoris Undergoing —" Artery
Stent Implantation ..
Prognostic Value of Negative Transesophageal Francesco | Versaci
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Men at High Risk Filijl ippoen Crea, Luilian g
for Coronary Artery Disease
Mascor Kamalesh, Stephen Sawada, Aaron Humphreys, Ten-Year Clinical and since Follow-t ieso f
Mouaz Tawam, Rene Blessent, and Lewis Winter Coronary Wallstent
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DDPi;d Ai;e r C"agrrrei e y, Phili ppe eCanoti e Micheal A. Kuhn, Ranae L. Larsen Neda F. Mulla, Joyce K
|dell| e cF ourcade, and Jacque johnston Richard EG hinnock and Leonard L. Bailey
Difference in Fibrinolytic Activity Between Multivessel Late Onset of Pulmonary Hypertension After Successful
— mage and One- Vessel Coronary Spasm 98 Mustard Surgery for d-n ena of the Great Arteries
Hisao Ogaw Hisak KAZ Suetuii Keiji Takazoe, Hirofumi
Sakamoto, Shinzo Miyamoto, Koich Fr C ) Five iets ene A. Hura ca 7 an
limura, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, ana
INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS
Case 1. A Patient With Elevated ee nae
ST-Segment Elevation in Leads | and aVL Predicts Short-
Cholesterol 131
Term Prognosis in Acute Anterior Wall Myocardial
Vincent E Friedewal d, i ana | Antonin M. G aes lr.
Infarction
|
eaki Yosnino, Cisel
tcenikiira nA KVIAZ falas READERS’ COMMENTS .132
Association of Diabetes Mellitus Using Old and New
Diagnostic Criteria With Incidence of New Coronary
VOL. 85, NO. 2 JANUARY 15, 2000
Events in Older Men and Women
Wilbert S. Aronow and Chul Ahn
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Obesity Does Not Influence ian Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasonic Volumetric
Parameters in ae Patients . Quantification of Stent Recoil and Neointimal Formation
A | ]
Atsunobu Nomura, Wojciech Zareb of Two New Generation Tubular Stents .................. 135
Marco A. Costa, Manel Sabaté, |. Patrick Kay, Pim J. de
Comparison of Results of an 8-mm Split-Tip Versus a 4- ozuma, Pedro Serrano, Vincent de Valk
mm Tip Ablation Catheter to Perform Radiofrequency NV\ariano Albertal, Jurgen M.R. Ligthart, Clemens Disco
Ablation of Type | Atrial Flutter 110 DAaUvViIUdL PI d Patrick W. Se fruys
LuzMaria Rodriguez, Ashi sh Nabar, Carl limmermans ana
Hein J.}.VVellens
Effects of Total Pathogen Burden on Coronary Artery
Disease Risk and C-Reactive Protein Levels
Predictors of Conversion to Sinus Rhythm Using Ibutilide jianhui ZZ hu, Arshed A. Quyyumi mnierty Norman, Gyorgy
AY é A“
for Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter .. Csako, Myron A. Waclawiw, Gene N Shades and
Munir Zaqga, Hamid Afshar Abdi Rasekh Stephen E. Epstein
yl] Vv 1 Al: AA -
Khoshnevis. William k and Ali Massumi
Clinical Trial (GUSTO-1 and INJECT) Evidence of Earlier
Effect of Rhythm Regularization on Left Ventricular
Death for Men than Women After Acute Myocardial
Contractility in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
AA . | Infarction 147
Mohamed Effat, Edgar C. Schick, David T Martin, ana
Dwaine Rieves, George Wright, Ghanshyam Gupta, and
William H. Gaasch
Emily Shacter
Effect of Ethanol on Defibrillation tied wane” in
Assessment of Coagulation and Platetlet Activation in
Humans 117
Coronary Sinus Blood Induced by Transcatheter Coronary
S. Adam Strickberger, Barry E. Bleske, Theresa Davidson
Intervention for Narrowing of the Left Anterior
Emmanuel N. Papasafakis, Frank Pelosi
Descending Coronary Artery ...
Gregory F. Michaud, Bradley P. Knight, and Fred Morady
Osamy Mizuno, Yukihiro Hojo, Uichi Ikeda, Taka-aki
Katsuki, Hiroshi Fukazawa, Kenji Kurosaki, Hideyuki
Outcome of Men With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Fujikawa, and Kazuyuki Shimada
Asymptomatic Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia, and
Negative Electrophysiologic Studies ...................... 119
Effect of Plasma Insulin Level on Myocardial Blood Flow
Michael H. Kim, David Bruckman, Marvin M. Kirsh, and
and Its Mechanism of Action
William H. Kou
Patrick H. McNulty, Steven Pfau, and
Lawrence |. Deckelbaum
Transesophageal Echocardiographic Findings in
Subcortical and Cortical Stroke 2.00... 121
Relation of Coronary Artery Size to One-Year Clinical
Rita A. Falcone EdwardP . Shapiro, Julie e CC.. Jangula, and
Events After New Device Angioplasty of Native Coronary
ConstanceJ . Johnson
Arteries (A New Approach to Coronary Intervention
[NACI] Registry Report)
Outcome of Infants With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Jorge F. Saucedo, Jeffrey J. Popma, Elizabeth D. Kennard, J.
Who Undergo Atrial Septostomy Before Heart David Talley, Alexandra Lansky, Martin B. leon, and Donald
Transplantation _. S. Baim, for the NACI Investigators
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Effect of Atenolol and Celiprolol on Acetylcholine-induced
Coronary Vasomotion in Coronary Artery Disease .... 172
Wolfram Burger, ¢C hii stian Hampel, Martin Ke itenbach
Andreas Hartmann Manfred Herrmann, Josef A HolaOtNtMmAoNan!n
and Harald ce.
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Homograft Insertion for Pulmonary Regurgitation After
Effects of NK-104, a New Hydroxymethylglutaryl- Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot Improves Cardiorespiratory
Coenzyme Reductase Inhibitor, on Low-Density Exercise Performance 221
Lipoprotein Cholesterol in — Familial RRne neaicte Evsk snc n avbro y an Raanart
Hypercholesterolemia ntJy Ik SK A iat
Kouji Kajinami, Junji Koizumi, Kosei |U eda ~~
| ay eee
Miyamoto, Tadayoshi hs sh Mirosnt WMV\abduU
Hokuriku NK-104 Study Group
MISCELLANEOUS
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION Progression of Atherosclerosis at One-Year Follow-Up
DISTURBANCES Seen With Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound in
sayy eam Arteries 226
Potential Risk of Vasovagal a for Motor Vehicle jiie<o be Hac } cima p
Driving ine Krar NO *ndonk “ae5 pP ieatteor Cc (se
Huagui Li, Marc Weitzel, Arthur Haymm Rbaarrrriinnogt nA Aan van ne
and John Windle
Comparison of Autonomic Withdrawal in Men With
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Systemic
Meta-Analysis of Observed Mortality Data from All- Hypertension, and Neither Condition —
Controlled, Double-Blind, Multiple-Dose Studies of
Losartan in Heart Failure 187
Divakar Sharma Marc Buyse Berta Pit Ey va Rucinsk«
and the Losartan Heart |Fa ilure MVoIrOtFIoOlIi hT y A V\etaa--aannaallv sYiSIcS St
yon
\ofOUpD
METHODS
National Use of the Transesophageal Echocardiographic-
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Guided Approach to Cardioversion for Patients in
Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to Mitral Valve Prolapse: AtrialFibrillation 239
Risk Factors for Development, Progression, and Need for 2) Danie Artis < Sannaman Flizaheth
Mitral Valve Surgery ... 193
Rampaul G. Singh, ps 9 Cappt
Mary |.R oman, Paul Kligfield, Jeffr
Hochreiter, O. Wayne Isom, anc
Echocardiographic Quantification of Regional Left
Ventricular Well wore With rw Kinesis 245
Effect of General Anesthesia on the Severity of Mitral AV in tgang Kran Sa0qrq Hoa} nN. ana Hartmut
Regurgitation by pains
Echocardiography SAAS ares Lok 199
EDITORIAL
Karanvir S. Grewal, | Michael | Mca lkowski Amir R. Piracha
Jeffrey C. Astbury, C faiskaghes M. Kramer Sinda Elevated Systolic Blood Pressure as a Cardiovascular Risk
Dianzumba, and Nathaniel Reichek Factor 251
liam BR. Kanne
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in Adult Patients With
Symptomatic Valvular Aortic Stenosis 204 BRIEF REPORTS
Pompitio Faggiano, Francesco Antonini-Canterin, Flavio
Ribichini, Antonio D’Aloia Vax8l eria Fc errero, cE ugenio- Comparison of Time Course of Target Lesion
Cervesato, Daniela Pavan, Cl|a udio: Burelli,|. and 4 aGeian luig Revascularization Following Successful Saphenous Vein
Nicolosi Graft Angioplasty Versus Successful Native Coronary
— 256
Hong Roxa AA eennrraa n
CARDIOMYOPATHY andreiale )
Echocardiographic Dimensions and Functions in Adults
With Primary Growth Hormone Resistance (Laron
Syndrome).
Micha S. Feinberg, |Mi ckey Scheinowitz, and Zvi Laron Prognostic Value of Exercise Echocardiography in Women
int he ey Setting 258
Indium-111 Monoclonal Antimyosin Cardiac Scintigraphy Charle G. ace ames E sedom. Susan
in Men With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Gary G Koch
Significance of Newly Acquired Negative T Waves After
Interruption of Paroxysmal Reentrant Supraventricular
Tachycardia With Narrow QRS Complex 261
ST-Segment Resolution and Infarct-Related Artery Patency
and Flow After Thrombolytic Therapy 299
Early Repolarization: An Electrocardiographic Predictor of
Enhanced Aerobic Fitness _ 264
Cyclosporine Versus Tacrolimus (FK 506) for Prevention of A Novel Telephone-Based System for Management of
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 266 Secondary Prevention to a Low-Density Lipoprotein
ene irk =100 a: .. 305
Ss Kier sinniiee Bibinean Cin neous. veal Welllion Wie laaneadan
Magnitude and Consequences of Error in Coronary
rr iy ce racnery ae ACRE Study) . 309
Testosterone Enhances Flow-Mediated Brachial Artery riee, Angela N J. Rex Dawson, Adam
Reactivity in Men With Coronary Artery Disease ......269 mm ) ING HarArY HeminaVwW a
Cardiac Energy Metabolism in Patients With Chest Pain
ond Normal Coronary ee 315
Py der Rc agger Anne 1SS and
INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS
Case 2: A Patient With Systemic Hypertension and
Ten-Year Outcome After Coronary Angioplasty in Patients
Diabetes Mellitus
With Single-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease and
Comparison With the Results of the Coronary Artery
— — (CASS) 321
Case 3: A Patient With Syncope Yinola-Klein. H
FROM THE EDITOR Stenting the Stent: Initial Results and Long-Term Clinical
Good Books in Cardiovascular Disease Appearing in and Angiographic Outcome of Coronary a for
1999 275 ienei sW ith - Stent Restonosis ae x
READERS’ COMMENTS 280
VOL. 85,NO.3 FEBRUARY 1, 2000 Optimally Deployed Stents in the Treatment of Restenotic
Versus De igre aes it ;
1K. Hong Ga z, Roxana
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
angas, Kenneth M
Evaluation of Chest Pain in Patients With Low to r, Alexandra J. Lansky
Intermediate Pretest Probability of Coronary Artery oSttoonnee,. aanndd M/aV\ratr in BD.. Lelce on
Disease " Recon poem oe ee .. 283
> Raa }
Influence of Patient Age on Acute and Late Clinical
le ray, and Randcolnh FF Pottercon
Outcomes Following Palmaz-Schatz Coronary Stent
Implantation eesti ‘i
Significance of R-en-T Phenomenon in Early Ventricular Andrea S. Abizaid, Gary S. Mintz, Alexandre Abizaid
Tachyarrhythmia Susceptibility After Acute amen rJIaGe F Saucedo, Roxana Mehran, Augusto D. Picr eer d
Infarction in the Thrombolytic Era Kent, Lov vell1 ] F. Satler and MA artin B. Leon
niladakis. Georag e Karapoar
Clinical Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients
With Myocardial Infarction or Revascularization Who
Underwent Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Importance of
Intracranial Hemorrhage Rates and Effect of Immediate Diabetes Mellitus and Exercise Capacity
Beta-Blocker Use in Patients With Acute Myocardial Cheuk-Man Yu, Chu-Pak Lau, Bernard Man-Y ung Cheung
Infarction Treated With Tissue Plasminogen Yee-Man Fong, Yin-Yu Ho, Kam-Bik Lam, and Leonard
Activator |. Sheung-Wai Li
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PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY Major Complications During Spasm Provocation Tests
With an Intracoronary Injection of Acetylcholine 391
Effect of Atorvastatin on Hemorheologic-Hemostatic
Parameters and Serum Fibrinogen Levels in
rat iy gecee grerd
UNOS UU
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Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain in a Chest Pain
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
Center ;
DISTURBANCES IUSO =
Usefuiness of Left Atrial Abnormality for Predicting Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Presence of Left Bundle
— ware ; 354 Temporal Response of Brachial Artery Dilation After
—— - _—
Usefulness of Clinical Factors in Predicting Outcomes of Memoirs of My Practice .
Pensive TiltT ests iin Potlents With Syncope 360
R \D ell Oo AIC CVE . $ aInNdC Vary lLouO U K KOSN nmoarN n
INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Case 2. A Patient With Low Levels of High-Density
Impact of a Home-Based Walking and Resistance Lipoprotein Cholesterol
Training Program on Quality of Life in Patients With Vincent E. Friedewald, |r Antor
Heart Failure . ' 365
Roberta K. Oka, Teresa De Marco, William L. Haske READERS’ COMMENTS
; M Dae, Karen Bolen
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE FEBRUARY 10, 2000 VOL. 85 (3A)
Immediate Effect of Balloon Valvuloplasty on Hemostatic A Symposium: Lipid Management Summit on Improving
Changes in Mitral Stenosis 370 Practice Outcome
VOL. 85, NO. 4 FEBRUARY 15, 2000
CARDIOMYOPATHY
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Changes in Cardiac Function at Rest Before and After
Treatment in Primary Hypothyroidism 376 Relation Between Myocardial Viability and Abnormalities
on the Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram in Patients
with Low (<40%) Ejection Fraction and Coronary Artery
Disease 405
MISCELLANEOUS
Resistance Vessel Endothelial Function in Humans During
bare Postprandial hig« Pi ang org: 381 Usefulness of the Severity and Extent of Wall Motion
ae ee| = GU Wualeml unansd sonN n sStTIiNnEe OSjI NKE¢ Y Q > A Abnormalities as Prognostic Markers of an Adverse
— henara©rrda VU|I S J Stumbo ana VViili am EWow . bhMay nes Outcome After a First Myocardial Infarction Treated With
Thrombolytic Therapy
EDITORIAL LIVDEMOW
Electron-Beam Computed aati in the Evaluation
of Patients With Chest Pain ....... .. 386
ThoOmMaQss ( WY AA na\ rew Maximal Exercise Systolic Pressure, Exercise Training,
and Mortality in Myocardial Infarction Patients 416
BRIEF REPORTS
Serial Automated Three-Dimensional Intravascular
Ultrasound — of the Self-Expanding Radius Comparison of Troponin T Versus Creatine Kinase-MB in
| re a — Ore: mag set 421
Akio Oshima Mas hike Oc hie Satoshi Tokechai ta, Na
Yokoyama, HHia ruo Mitani, Koji Eto, Takaaki Isshiki, and
Tomohide Sato
Timing of and Risk Factors for Myocardial Ischemic Events CARDIOMYOPATHY
After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Impact of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction on
(IMPACT- It)
Maximal Treadmill Performance in Normotensive Subjects
Aark ¢
With Well-Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus .........473
Paul Poirier, Caroline Garneau, Peter ey André
ouis Marois Clat idette Brochu, C écile Gingras
Qain d Q | | jleeaa!n -G>.. UDuummeessnii l
Efficacy of Abciximab Readministration in Coronary
MISCELLANEOUS
Intervention 435
iermiller Usefulness of Hypotension During Dobutamine
aad in seein Perioperative Cardiac
Events 478
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Sharlenee M. Day Johin GY ounger Dean Karavite, Dewd
Bach, William F. Armstrono and Kim A. Eagle
Intravascular Ultrasonic Predictors of Angiographic
Restenosis Aftera Coronary Stenting 44) EDITORIAL
eong-Ki ) ng-VVook Park, Gary S. Mintz, Nae
Treating Isolated Low High-Density Lipoprotein
VVhan Lee, Jae-loong Kim, and Seung-jung
ig Prescient or Premature? ...................... 484
Charles R. Harper and Terry A. Jacobson
Outcomes Following Interventions in Small Coronary
BRIEF REPORTS
Arteries With the Use of Hand- we Palmaz-Schatz
eed 446 Prediction of the Site of Total Occlusion in the Left
Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Using Admission
Electrocardiogram in Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial
Infarction
AA
ilika Arbane an
Increased Platelet Reactivity in Patients Given Orbofiban
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
After an Acute Coronary oe An OPUS-TIMI 16
Association Between Elevated Plasma Fibrinogen and the Substudy ...... 491
Small, Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Phenotype Among Michael B. Holmes “Burt on E. Sobel, Chrirsi stopher Pp.
Postmenopausal Women eer) Cannon, and David J. Schneider
eVv In ( IV\OK) I
Formation of Platelet Aggregates After Attacks Coronary
Spastic Angina Pectoris ae 494
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION Shinzo Miyamoto, Hisao¢ e e Hirotumi Soejima, Keiji
Takazoe, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Michihiro Yoshimura,
DISTURBANCES
Kiyotaka Kugiyama, and ie Yasue
Clinical and Genetic Variables Associated With Acute
Arousal and Nonarousal-Related Cardiac Events Among
Frequency of Collateral Blood Flow in the Infarct-Related
Subjects With the _ QT Syndrome lattes 457
AA Coronary Artery in Rupture of the Ventricular Septum
Raef H Aaj Ali, Wojciech Zare ba Arthur J IVIOSS Peter 2
After Acute Myocardial Infarction
ochwariz, jesaia Benki orin, G. Mic chael \V incent, Emanuela
René Prétre, Hans Rickli, Qing Ye, Peter Benedikt, and
H. Locati z » Napolitano, Jeffrey A. TToo wbin ne ae ee
Viarko |. |urina
W. Jackson Hall, Jenniter L. _—_ yn, Mark L Andrews, Li
Z /7 nIanOaNgG KaOtMhE\ e rine) Tfri: r noiny ar id Ah aron M edina
Serum Cholesterol Level, Cigarette Smoking, and
Vasomotor Responses to L-Arginine in Narrowed
Effectiveness of Amiodarone as a Single Oral Dose for
Epicardial Coronary Arteries
Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation 462
Costas Tentolouris, Dimitris Tousoulis, GrahamJ . Davies,
Keijo Peuhkurinen, Matti Niemela Antti Ylitalo, N Narkku
Christodoulos Stefanadis, and Pavlos Toutouzas
Linnaluoto, Maun Lilia, and Jukka Juvonen
Clinical and Cost Comparison of /butilide and Direct-
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION Current Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation and
Flutter
Left Ventricular Filling Patterns in Patients With Systemic
David K. Murdock, Glen T. Schumock, Jeffrey Kaliebe,
— and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (The LIFE
Karen Olson, and AmyJ . Guenette
Study) . 466
Kristian Wacth tell, Gunnar Smith, Eva Gunde. ‘Bid Dahlof
Markku S. Nieminen, Vasilios Papademetriou, JonathanN Vasopressin in the Treatment of Milrinone-Induced
Bella, Hans Ibsen Jens Reo kkedal, and Richard B. Devereux Hypotension in Severe Heart Failure
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Jeffrey Gold, Suzanne Cullinane Jona than Chen Susan
Seo, Mehmet C. Oz Juan A. ( liver, and D« onald W
Landn,
Beta-Blocker Titration Failure is Independent of Severity of Correlation of Myocardial Doppler Velocity Response to
Heart Failure 509 Exercise With Independent Evidence of Myocardial
Rutger | Anthonio, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, A. Breekland Ischemia by Dual-lsotope Single-Photon Emission
Harry J.G.M. Crijns ana VVie 1. VON list we ae 536
Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Mitral Stenosis
Accurately Reflects Mean Left Atrial Pressure but
Overestimates Transmitral Gradient Relation of Temporal Creatine Kinase-MB Release and
David J.R. Hildick-Smith, John T YVs Valsh aenea Leonard |) /V Outcome After Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute
Shapiro Myocardial Infarction . 543
Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Steohen Pe
Myocardial Perfusion setae in Patients With Mitral
ae wg
Aehmet Ozkan, Citi nangir Kaymaz, Ha akan Din
fea Nihal Ozdemir, Ihvas Akdemir in
Quality of Life After Coronary Revascularization in the
Biilent Mutlu, Veda t Sansoy, and Cetin Ons
Unies States and Conade
Comparison of Central Venous and Inferior Vena Caval
Pressures . 518
LAs «bi
lohn T. Walsh, Davi
Martin D. Lowe Duwarakan K
lLaeaOq!n olara rd IV \ Shapirc
Coronary Morphologic atten After Stent
sarge sed
CASE REPORT Peter eneke
JriqQeSr
Life-Saving Needle Aspiration of a Cardiac-Compressing
Pericardial Cyst eae 521
Kimie Okubo Masao Chino, Jun Fini Shisei Yo, and Comparison of Coronary Stent Expansion by
Fumiaki Nishimura Intravascular Ultrasonic Imaging in Younger Versus Older
hemary=5 With — Matias 2 559
7 Rob
INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS
Case 3: A Patient With Systemic ne and Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy ..522
Effectiveness of Rotational cements of Right Coronary
Robert A. Kloner and Vincent E
Artery Ostial Stenosis * 563
loseop n Y VIOItWwOa ni R\iUSs ccallF RO
Ciaphing Bika racl Didar
VOL. 85, NO. 5 MARCH 1, 2000
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE DISTURBANCES
Accentuated Remodeling on the a Side of Frequency of Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation and
Atherosclerotic Lesions ......... . ce Reasons for its Non-Use at a Veterans Affairs Medical
M ichaelR . Ward, Allen Jeremias He ike vegel Peter J. 568
Fitzgerald, and Alan C. Yeung
Effect of Aspirin and Ticlopidine on Plasma Tissue Factor
Levels in Stable and Unstable Angina Pectoris Familial Effort Polymorphic Ventricular Arrhythmias in
Jean Marco, Robert A.S. Ariéns, Jean Fajadet, Irene M Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Map
Bossi, Isabelle Marco, Monique Bernies, Salvatore M. to Chromosome 1q42-43 573
Romano, Francesco Donatelli, Gabri M. Brambilla Barbara Bauce, Andrea Nava, Alessandra Rampazzo
Francesco Somalvico, Daniela Mari, and Luisa Gregorini Luciano Daliento , Michela Muriago, Cristina Bass
Gaetano Thiene, and Gian Antonio Danieli
Dipyridamole Adminisi: ation at the End of an Insufficient
Exercise Tc-99m MIBI SPECT Improves Detection of Analysis of intracardiac Electrograms Showing
Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With
Previous Myocardial Infarction .......................... .532 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators 580
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y Mahapatra, Majd METHODS
t Contreras, Craig
ii iment Assessment of Coronary Plaque With Optical Coherence
Estes Ill, and Paul
Tomography and High-Frequency Ultrasound
Parth Patwari, NeilJ .W eissman, Stephen A. Boppart,
Christine Jesser, Debra Stamper, James G. Fujimoto, and
Medical Device Tracking: Results of a Cose Study of the Mark E. Brezinski
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator 588
r A p) ied Is ‘4
Ronald G. Kaczmarek, Malia D. Beaulieu, and Larry G
EDITORIAL
Raising Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein
Feasibility, Safety, and Determinants of Extraction Time of
Cholesterol Is an Important Target of Therapy
Percutaneous Extraction of Endocardial Implantable
William E. Boden and Thomas A. Pearson
Cardioverter Defibrillator Leads by Intravascular
Countertraction Method . 593
Bharat K. Kantharia, Farooq A. Padder, Joseph S BRIEF REPORTS
Pennington Sltie L. Wilbur, Fania L. Samuels March
MMAAAi qaaqnuiiiiilaanr, aCCn da reo sfteavvee n i fF. Ki Kiutfaa ie| k Serial Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of the
Efficacy of Beta Irradiation in Preventing Recurrent In-
Stent Restenosis
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Balram Bhargava, Gary S. Mintz, Roxana Mehran
Long-Term Survival After Valve nae With Bjérk- Ale xandra J.L ansky, Neil J. Weissman, Carol Walsh
— cc Valves _ yr Rosanna C. Chan, and Ron Waksman
jon Kalle
Effects of Transcendental Meditation on Symptoms and
Electrocardiographic Changes in Patients With Cardiac
Syndrome X
Structural Determinants of Aortic Regurgitation in Type A
Charles Cunningham, Sue Brown, and Juan Carlos Kaski
Dissection and the Role of Valvular Resuspension as
Determined by Intraoperative manieniatatiiedit
reeset neg a Plasma Adrenomedullin Levels in the Coronary Circulation
Ma yr : K usaN eE iWa n c ars E an Yang Victe Or in Vasospastic Angina Pectoris ........................... .656
h E. Bavaria Hiroki Kamiya, Kenji Okumura, Takahito Sone, Hideyuki
Tsuboi, Junichiro Kondo, Hiroaki Mukawa, Hideo Matsui,
Flow Dynamics of Stenotic Aortic Valves Assessed by Yukio Toki, Takayuki Ito, and Tetsuo Hayakawa
Signal Processing of Doppler Spectrograms 611
javier Bermejo, | Carlo s Antoranz, Miguel A. Garcia-
tA KA AG Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
\. IVAG reno, and Juan Luis De lean
(Enalapril or Imidapril) on Ventilation During Exercise in
Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Secondary to
CARDIOMYOPATHY Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Long-Term Prognostic Value of Time Domain Analysis of Hiroaki Kitaoka, Jun Takata, Nobuhiko Hitomi,
Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography in —_— Dilated Takashi Furuno, Hiromi Seo, Taishiro Chikamori, and
Cardiomyopathy | 618 Yoshinori L. Doi
Laurent Fauchier Domi que Babuty Pierre (C osnay, Phil ippe
Poret, Philippe hee and Jean Pau | Fauchier
Monitoring Gas Exchange During a Constant Work Rate
Exercise in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Usefulness of Left Ventricular Mass in Predicting Recovery Treated With Carvedilol
of Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients With Marco Guazzi and Pier Giuseppe Agostoni
Symptomatic Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy ......624
Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Rishi K. Goel, James S. Forrester, Robert
M. Davidson, and RobertJ Siegel Five or More Years of Survival in Patients With Primary
Systemic Amyloidosis and Biopsy-Proven Cardiac
Involvement
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Martha Grogan, Morie A Gertz, Robert A. Kyle, and A.
Transthoracic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Jamil Tajik
Preoperative Assessment of Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Morphology ......... .630
Aleksanara Lange, Pankaj Mankad, Mohammed Walayat, Effect of Volume Reduction on Mitral Annular Diastolic
Przemystaw Palka, Janet E. Burns, and MichaelJ .G odman Velocities in Hemodialysis Patients
Yoram Agmon, Jae K. Oh, James T. McCarthy, Bijoy K.
Khandheria, Kent R. Bailey, and James B. Seward
Transcatheter Closure of Surgical Shunts in Patients With
Congenital Heart Disease
John W. Moore, Frank F. Ing, Danielle Drummond, Farhouch Stereophonic Stethoscope With Teaching
Berdjis, Sandra K. Clapp, Ronald G. Grifka, Michael R. Attachment
Nihill, and Charles E. Mullins Denis Abelson
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Association of Mitral Annular Calcium With Prior A T7®°_,C Mutation in the 5’-Flanking Region of the
Thromboembolic Stroke in Older White, African- Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene and Coronary
American, and Hispanic Men and Women .
Arterialn e
Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn, Itzhak Kronzon, and Hal MAAVi: cni-Lh:hi roro \ YYoosshnL-ii: mmuurraa |K A l\aOss of umi Na KOaYmQ
Gutstein
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INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS
Case 4: A Patient With Symptomatic Bradycardia .674
DanieJl. Newton Brian Olshansky, JosephP . Ornato, and
Vincent E. Friedey wald YIP:
Eosinophil Counts and Plasma Fibrinogen in Patients With
Vasospastic Angina Pectoris 715
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A Symposium: The Acute Coronary Syndromes
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
VOL. 85, NO. 6 MARCH 15, 2000 The Cardiovascular Event Reduction Tool (CERT)—A
Simplified Cardiac Risk Prediction Model Developed from
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study
(WOSCOPS)
Short- and Medium-Term Outcome Differences in Women
Gilbert L ltalien. lan Ford Jonn Norrie
and Men After Primary Percutaneous Transluminal Je= niter Ehreth JOSEsePoNO n JaOcC( kKScOolr aU n
Mechanical Revascularization for Acute Myocardial
—— RREISERAAE SINP U vedas Beran Ae ee 675
RabihR . Azar, David D. Waters, RaymondG . McKay ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
Satyendra Giri, Jeffrey A. Hirst, Joses a F. Mitchell
DISTURBANCES
Daniel B. Fram, and Francis J. Kierna
Comparison of Event Rates and Survival in Patients With
Unexplained Syncope Without Documented Ventricular
Comparison of Electrocardiographic-Gated Technetium-
Tachyarrhythmias Versus Patients With Documented
99m Sestamibi Single-Photon Emission Computed
Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Both Treated
Tomographic Imaging and Rest-Redistribution Thallium-
With gay ee — Defibrillators 725
201 in the Prediction of Myocardial Viability 680 Luis A. Pires, Ly te M. /. Srinar Ra nomas Farr
Brett H. Duncan, Alan W nis MichaelG . Levine V “ih K. Llaall, aann d nChaarlrecl |L .e NNlsiinn co
Carol C.M cGill April Mann, Michael P. White, Jeff re F
Mather, David D. Waters, and Gary V. Heller
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Applying the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale to the Extracardiac Anomalies in the Heterotaxy Syndromes
Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial With Focus on Anomalies of Midline-Associated
Edmund R. Becker, Patrick D. Mauldin, Steven reawe g
Andrzej S. Kosinski, William S. Weintraub, and Spencer B. Bar
King Ill Drrraagangnnh
A Comparison of lonic Versus Nonionic Contrast Medium MISCELLANEOUS
During Primary Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary
Reversal of Severe Late Left Ventricular Failure After
Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Pediatric Heart Transplantation and Possible Role of
(GUSTO IIb)
Plasmapheresis .......
Wayne B. Batchelor, Christopher B. Granger, Neil S
Elfriede Pahl, Su san E. Crawford, Richard A. Cohn, Sherrie
Kleiman, Harry R. Phillips, StephenG . Ellis, Amadeo Betriu RDoadwgeer.s, FDYa vid A \W/ ax, Carl | L.
Doug A. Criger, Amanda L. Stebbins, EricJ .T opol, and pgs
Mavroudis, and Samuel S. Gi
Robert M. Calliff, for the GUSTO Ilb Investigators
METHODS
Early Mobilization After Protamine Reversal of Heparin
Following Implantation of Phosphorylcholine-Coated Clinical Impact of Second Harmonic Imaging and Left
Stents in Totally Occluded Coronary Arteries Heart Contrast in Echocardiographic Stress Testing 740
Karel K.J. Kuiper and Jan Erik Nordrehaug Robert S. Finkelhor, Mehdi Pajouh, Attila Kett, Richelle
Stefanski, Georgene Bosich, Mojtaba E. Youseffi, and
Effects of Surgery for Postinfarction Ventricular Robert C. Bahler
Tachycardia on Parameters of Left Ventricular
Function Use of Echocardiography for Predicting Myocardial
John P. Bourke, Terry Hawkins, ColinJ .‘ Hilton, Pauline M. Viability in Patients With wn Anterior Wall
Keavey, Stephen S. Furniss, and Ronald W.F. Campbell Myocardial Infarction 744
CONTENTS INDEX 1551 }
Serum Profiles of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-
Stimulating Factor and C-C Chemokines in Hypertensive
Patients With or Without —
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Pp arissis, KOuIad F venelsanou
Effect of Patient Obesity on the Accuracy of Thallium-201
ice ann ermuslon Imaging .. 749
= e= ans sé S>)h eil Q VVOO Influence of Aortopulmonary Rotation on the Anomalous
Coronary Artery Pattern in Tomelogy of Fallot 780
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Hsun Chu, Chi-Rer Huna and Hyu ng|- Chn i LLUuCe
BRIEF REPORTS
Gender Differences in Triggering of Acute Myocardial
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 in Adults With
Infarction
Down Syndrome and Protection Against Macrovascular
Disease . : ..784
Villic Hopkins, Nac Fukagawa, Burton E. Sobel
Schneider
Frequency of Left Ventricular Free-Wall Rupture in
Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction TreatedW
Primary Angioplasty Evidence of a Role of Endogenous Estrogen in the
a of Autonomic Nervous System
Acute Myocardial infarction and Vascular Impaired Glucose Tolerance as a Determinant of Early
Remodeling Deterioration of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in
Middle-“ Aged Healthy Subjects
OYUK Okura Hiroo Inove
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Preoperative Factors Predisposing to Early Postoperative Prognosis of Aortic Intramural Hemorrhage Compared
Atrial Fibrillation After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass With ere Aortic Dissection
ee: 763 1S! Sh NiZ iaqeak
Ett VVafanuki, Kone!
Usefulness of Harmonic Imaging for Left Ventricular
Usefulness of the QTc Interval in Predicting Myocardial Opacification and Endocardial Border Delineation by
Ischemia in Patients Undergoing Exercise Stress Optison , 795
Testing 764
INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS
Accuracy of a Pretest Questionnaire in Exercise Test
Protocol Selection 767 Case 5: Atrial Fibrillation Afters evens Artery ar
VaVId oO. DAGe a
rierce Ina . Ornato and
Frequency of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Following
a Modification of the Sinus Node and Its
Management ..
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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Acute Complications of Permanent Pacemaker Comparison of Cardiac Troponin T Versus Creatine
Implantation: Their Financial Implication and Relation to Kinase-MB for Risk Stratification in a Chest Pain
Volume and Operator Experience Evaluation Unit
Kenneth Tobin, James Stewart, Douglas Westveer, and L. Kristin Newby, Andrew L. Kaplan, Bradi B. Granger
Howard Frumin Frank Sedor, Robert M. Calliff, and E. Magnus Ohman
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