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CONTENTS INDEX JANUARY 1, 2001, VOL. 87, NO. 1 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Effect of Preinfarction Angina Pectoris on Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty (Results from the Myocardial PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY — ~— [MIR]) Effects of Atorvastatin Versus Fenofibrate on Lipoprotein Profiles, Low-Density Lipoprotein Subfraction Distribution, and Hemorheologic Parameters in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Mixed rear ag geen 44 Magnesium Use in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States (Observations from the ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION Second anise Registry ofH e anger Infarction) DISTURBANCES Association of Ventricular Premature Complexes With Electrocardiographic-Estimated Left Ventricular Mass in a Population of African-American and White Men and Women (The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] 49 Does Angina the Week Before Protect Against First rrp inbaretion ii n Elderly Patients? 1 07|8 A D C oO N @m2 won O 5 Q UO wn© Q SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION Effect of Electrocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy on Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Systemic Low-Grade Exercise Enhances Platelet Aggregability in pees (The UFE Study) Patients With Obstructive Coronary Disease A lacnt ecg oH ofm oar as e Ka moan go TU) Left Ventricular Midwall Function Improves With Antihypertensive Therapy and Regression of Left Expression of CD40 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients With Asymptomatic Macrophages Is Associated With Early Development of Hypertension 61 HDeunmnaisn BArrtiuihea emrmoesrc,l erUPor|t etiee cL Reisgigeornosrs,e J; ohy annes c PAah d UaC mnV oc c-L. e SJCcHhUiSjSsIsInEe Ac Set A . J1 rY }4 aInNaG Rohert Matthias VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Usefulness of Nisoldipine for Prevention of Restenosis Comparison of Quantitative and Semiquantitative After Percutaneous Transluminale unenns ected Methods for Assessing Mitral Regurgitation by (Results of the NICOLEStudy) —r asi ity Joseph A. Dens, Walt er}. VD esmet c- K "Ceoe ussememMn !, ivaa n K. De Scheerder, Konstantinos OouUlIoOsS. pF-i | tsan U pa Kerdsinchai, Chumpol Supanantaroek, andJ CARDIOMYOPATHY Restenosis After Coronary Placement of Various Stent Molecular Genetic, Biochemical, and Clinical Studies in Types .. Three Families With Cardiaco e sDisease 71 Adnan Kastrati, Julinda Mehill losef Dirs Takashi Yosnitama Sho chiro Nakao oshihiro Takenaka Pache, Kurt Ulm, Helmut Schishlen Melchi or Hiroyuki Ter raog uc h f OKeaSc h SPaAScGaK! I, ( “hincwWsyr Schmitt, Rudolf Blasini, Franzjoset Neumann AAkkiinhiirroo Tanaka, Akira Kisanuki, and ¢ Schémig CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Lessons from the Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Study in Evaluating and Controlling Technical Variability Comparison of Two Transcatheter Closure Methods of in Angiographic Trials Persistently Patent Arterial Duct 76 ©2001 by Excerpta Medica, Inc. All rights reserved. 0002-9149/01/$-see front matter 1473 The American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 87 June 15, 2001 Pll $0002-91949(01]01716-7 One-Year Follow-Up of the Amplatzer Device to Close MISCELLANEOUS Atri_al — Defects 116 Ace RP Kimnao Acute and Delayed Antithrombotic Effects of Alcohol in Humans 82 Association Between C-Reactive Protein, Anti-Chlamydia Comparison of New Doppler Echocardiographic Methods Pneumoniae Antibodies, and Vascular Function in Healthy to Differentiate Constrictive Pericardial Heart Disease and Adults 119 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy 86 tiqJaQgQaIrQd A Noninvasive Measurement of Reactive Hyperemia That Can Be Used to Assess Resistance Artery Endothelial METHODS Function in Humans Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Real-Time Imaging of Left Ventricular Function With Conventional Magnetic Ka Resonance Imaging and Echocardiography — 95 READERS’ COMMENTS Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation 126 EDITORIALS Scalar Versus Vector Electrocardiography to Determine The Time Has Come to Reexamine the Gold Standard Right Coronary Artery or Left Circumflex Coronary Artery When Evaluating NoninvasiveTesting 100 Occlusion in Inferior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction 126 BRIEF REPORTS Electrocardiographic Lead Reversal 126 Acute Increases in Plasma Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Immediately After Percutaneous Transluminal ABCs of Thrombolysis 127 Coronary Angioplasty 102 Hiroyuki Fujii, Masami Shin Correction 128 JANUARY 15, 2001, VOL. 87, NO. 2 High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Vascular Siliness at regis inn the oe ne viel 104 ara>| | Ha DIOC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Usefulness of Cardiovascular Family History Data for Population-Based Preventive Medicine and Medical LStUIVOLV O Research (The Health antialTr ee nei and the NHLBI Family HeartS tudy) | ae. 12 Effect of Aortic Valve Replacement on Plasma Soluble P- VIEl ©a VIIcChHIoCeS in Selectin, Von peireere arnsF actor, and Fibrinogen 107 aOg RA Goldsmith A narevWww D RDiIAa nn RaOQmiMe€sesh Patel, and wSrreegaoogo rryy YH LID Intravascular Ultrasound Criteria for the Assessment of Outcome of Reoperation for Aortic Valve Prosthesis- the Functional Significance of Intermediate Coronary Patient Mismatch Artery Stenoses and a With Fractional Flow Steven E IFOra Fletcher A arses ratbids antici’ VO S\ngtoonom ero lY VVVV aG mi!) me -= arlo Briguori, Angelo SSePcO aer VAIgQiIoOuUt. lames n6 < simelli, Takahiro Nishi moA NSSZ7VIUIIOCk K Corvaja, . Carlo rD i MAAa rio, and / Assessment of QT Dispersion as a Prognostic Marker for A New Coronary Artery Disease Index of Treadmill Sudden Death in a Regional Nonreferred bescialieatte Exercise Electrocardiograms Based on the Step-Up Cardiomyopathy Cohort Diagnostic Method ....... 1474 AL OF CARDIOLOGY® VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Hemodynamic Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Women With Mitral Stenosis ands rag atnd yen 188 QT Dispersion, T-Wave Projection, and Heterogeneity of PyA UT LU VIaGnHoOnNee y ruc v 4 c Repolarization in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease : CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Visualization of Coronary Artery Anomalies and Their Final Results of a Randomized Trial Comparing the NIR Anatomic Course by Contrast-Enhanced Electron Beam Stent to the Palmaz-Schatz Stent in Native Coronary ws and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction 193 se opers, Werner Moshage, We iS VOU JIQS artin (V5O0TtThW, IK AINQn d oieEtpaNnnhaa n Ac-haennko pac Postoperative Hemodynamics After Norwood Palliation for +i gs eeoengLeef tH earte e 198 Snn k narpie Final Results of a Randomized Trial Comparing the MULTI-LINK Stent With the Palmaz-Schatz Stent in MISCELLANEOUS Impact of Presentation of Research Results on Likelihood of Prescribing Medications to Patients With Left Ventriculor Dysfunction AC ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION EDITORIAL DISTURBANCES From Phenotype to Genotype Effects of Age and Gender on the QT Response to Exercise , Kenneth A e Fer e BRIEF REPORTS Variability of Repreated Coronary Artery Calcium Hemostatic State and Atrial Fibrillation (The nee” Measurements_ Electron Beama haa aang A Offspring Study) seats : 168 4d0aVlaUyE— 4 Efficacy and Safety of Moricizine in the Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in Patients With Recurrent Atrial Prognostic Value of Peak Exercise Systolic Blood Pressure Fibrillation on Long-Term Survival After Myocardial Infarction 213 San DUUo rn CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Impaired Vascular Responses to Nitroglycerin in Subjects Fractal Analysis and Time- and Frequency-Domain With| Coronary penne 217 Measures of Heart Rate Variability as Predictors of VY Rag fakar ‘| U Sea4 2 a4 na U/OaVv ia S slarmai4 a Mortality iin Patients With Heart Failure . imo= Mdkikalalilo,e s. Heikki Vt. eHeuik V/ i4 de| baekR,a u Prevalence of the APOC3 Promoter Polymorphisms T- NVy iyveerr ourgeaJ e 455C and C-m arshi n Aden indians 2. ey, U Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in Peripheral Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Patients With Chronic Instability of Coronary Lesions in Unstable Angina Congestive Heart Failure 183 Assessed by C-Reactive Protein Values Following Yasuhiko Mitsuke, Jong-Dae Lee, Hiromasa Shimizu Coronary Interventions 221 Hiroyasu Uzui Hicewnichi |\I AW OSOK!I, aGnNaA |aA KkOa nori | UEeQdQa HarIuFUoO Tomodaaa a and NlNaQaOn!tOo Ac Prognosis of Congestive Heart Failure After Prior FEBRUARY 1, 2001, VOL. 87, NO. 3 Myocardial Infarction in Older Persons With Atrial — Versus Sinus Rhythm sett S. Aronow hul Ahn. and Itzhak Kronzor CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Usefulness of In-Hospital Prescription of Statin Agents Usefulness of Spiral Computed Tomography (Dual-Slice After Angiographic Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease Mode) for the Detection of Coronary Artery Calcium in in Improving Continued Compliance and Reduced Patients With Chronic Atypical Chest Pain, in Typical Mortality Angina Pectoris, and in Asymptomatic Subjects With Prominent Atherosclerotic Risk Factors Shemesh Role of Novel Markers of Inflammation in Patients With “— reer Heart Disease lor ecnt Hoffmeis stee r Diee Dissociation Between Improvement in Angina Pectoris and rgit Frohlich, Herman Myocardial Perfusion After Transmyocardial Revascularization With an eeeure Laser S/ ara\ ld\ KWaY vVaU naIaSh Risk Variables fore an ibe Disease in Asian Indians Ambady Ramachar \dran, Iimmanen Effectiveness of High Doses of Simvastatin as Chamukuttan Snehalatha lean oe in» Mixed Hyperlipidemia 140) ri2s tinaU UD olinar VV liGa m Effect of Diabetes Mellitus and Insulin Use on Survival Simple Clinical Variables Are Markers of the Propensity After Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly (The for Readmission in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Cooperative Cardiovascular Project 272 Failure AA lan K. Bearmgesr , Jetetreey. A DB reall, BD ernard a4 } Gersh, Ayah E KNiIcOhHoIOrNeS J Hamruinayia HinlmiamnUr,y VVA joonn nstoe)Sn o) William J. OetgJe n gTo hOe oma2 s A. MKAa rcians iak, and ah Chah Kevin A. Schulman Effect of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Plus Estradiol on Usefulness of Power Doppler Contrast Echocardiography Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Postmenopausal to Identify Reperfusion After Acute nena Women 238 nine ~ Prognostic Interaction Between Viability and Residual Myocardial Ischemia by Dobutamine Stress Detection of Coronary Artery Anomalies in Tetralogy of Echocardiography in Patients With Acute Myocardial ree Using a Specific Angiographic Protocol . 241 Infarction and — nianL eft Ventricular aj Gupta, Anita Saxena, Shyam Sunder Kothari, Rajnish Function Sanjeev Shar ma, anae ) Riccardo Bigi,A les UQAOONVDad Galati, Claudio Colett Fioretti Sudden Changes in Heart Rate ean During the 1999 arreun Ratiquene Sex-Based Differences in Clinical and Angiographic Vee n-Wang C~h—HiHoOU , W Outcomes After Primary —oe or Stenting for Acute >| Sh ih-Ann C han Myocardial ictenction David Antoniuc , Renato Valenti, Guia Meas: Angela Migliorini, Mau wieie Trapani, Giovanni Maria Santoro Effect of Dofetilide on the Pharmacokinetics of Leonardo Bolognese, and Emilio Vincenzo Dovellini Digoxin ...... acces Diane Kleinermans, DonaldJ . Nichols, and Isobel Dalrymple Usefulness of Serum Troponin T Levels on Day Three or Four in Predicting Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction FROM THE EDITOR Masahiko Kanna, Hiroshi Nonogi, Hitoshi Sumida, Shunichi Good Books in Cardiovascular Disease Appearing in Miyazaki, Satoshi Daikoku, Isao Morii, Satoshi Yasuda, 2000 . Yasuo Sutani, Takeshi Baba, and Yoichi Goto 1476 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY® VOL JUNE 15, 2001 Fibrinogen Response With SimvastatinVersus Atorvastatin VALVULAR HEART DISEASE in Familial Hypercholesterolemia 338 Prevalence and Correlates of Mitral Regurgitation in a ¥Y Oo. VVIEFZDICK Peter LUMO sea aes“ Based 988 7 — Heart —_ 298 Erica anniter Effect of Atorvastatin 15 mg/Week on Serum Lipids in VVE Patients With Hypercholesterolemia JOSs eon p R ndone JIE UZU L VEDb ra Hiller.= aAnNdG Belinda ae Sliiltlas)) CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Normal Development of the Pulmonary Veins in Human Interval-Dependent Potentiation of Left Ventricular Embryos and Formulation of a ene Concept Contractility is Preserved in Patients With Atrial Sinus Venosus Defects Fibrillation and Depressed Ejection Fraction YooO NN IlNaagaag ahama EdaJa r ~ Sc*h ick aInnda Risk of Stroke ii n Patients With Atrial Flutter A ek xUOr Aerobic Capacity in Adults With Various eau Heart Diseases Lethal Ventricular Arrhythmias Following One-Step Pacemaker Reprogramming for Rapid Tracking of Atrial bone re: re 349 Serrg io ||L p nsk je anine© AAI VIr n ~VW . TTl1 frroonnmmaan MISCELLANEOUS Usefulness of Tranesophageal Echocardiographic Trends and Patterns in Electrophysiologic and Ablation Monitoring to Improve the Outcome of Stent-Graft Catheter Reuse in the United States Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms . Steven N AicckK eisen ,a ra a Mic ) _S HG ligg ROaAnpee ZZr l JlOarFaOmMiHlNlOo cS am Basse,c oGCa inl WAe sta,c t Aa N aq rraSqoU KA Clu Effect of Low Estrogen States in Healthy Women on Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization 354 Prevalence of Diastolic Dysfunction in Normotensive, Samir Saba Mark S. Link, \ Munther K. Homoud, Pau Asymptomatic Patients With Well-Controlled Type 2 Wang, and N.A. Mark Estes Diabetes Mellitus ... cFM aQit ihYd Y U EPlar .y Z a\a bDNAaaN lKaAgIa9OOo dQ YI IAU VIqUaGqUaY r FA NNnOaSeT rcoSnO DPyrsefvuanlcetnicoen oifn IHsyolpaetretde nLseifot nV enast riAcsusleasrs eDdi asbtyol iCco mbined Transmitral and Pulmonary Vein Flow Doppler Effects of Exercise Rehabilitation on Endothelial Reactivity in Older Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease 324 TDYa vid CC. BrBreen dle, le |L yndon JW.Y O. J| oseph, Mary C. Corrn re + AA ndarree,w VVA. (G>as arqdrnaenre,r aanndd |L S BRIEF REPORTS Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass in Normotensive and Hypertensive Patients 361 Haptoglobin Phenotype as a Predictor of Restenosis After A do —— fe) ric ~ + Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty .....330 Ariel Roguin, Irit Hochberg, Eugenia NIiNtikkaolles ky Walter Markiewicz, Simcha R. Meise jlaa ma! Hir Ehud Gree naUqCiGie€r Raff ae | Beyar, and An drewP . Lev Effect of Coronary Bypass and Cardiac Valve Surgery on Systemic Endothelial Function 364 Comparison of Effects of Clopidogrel Versus Ticlopidine Martha Morelo on Platelet Function in Patients Undergoing anid Rodriguez, pean NV Stent Placement sttiasehnatas Anarea Biagi ni Meinrad Gawaz, Melchior 1 Seyfarth Iris R \A/AIL Rudiger, Gisela Pogatsa-Murra y, Beate VVolr Schémig Insights into Ventricular Repolarization Abnormalities in —— ys Vasculopathy — 367 Effect of Audit on Door-to-Inflation Times in Primary ad Ali M \andeCeopV - NA enra, F ' Angioplasty/ Stenting for Acute einen A ‘Uber and Hector O. Venture Infarction Michael R. Ward _ SidneyT Plasma Levels of Cardiac Troponin | After Prolonged lee, and Alan C. Yeung Strenuous Endurance Exercise 369 1477 CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Importance of Heart Failure With Preserved Systolic Function in Patients =65 Years oafg ed Da ane VV Kitz Effect of Increased Body Mass Index on Accuracy of Two- Dimensional Echocardiography for Measurement of Left —- Volume, sn Fraction, and Mass 371 Yania CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Comparisen of Three-Dimensional Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Axial FEBRUARY 15, 2001, VOL. 87, NO. 4 Radiographic Angiography for Diagnosing Congenital Stenoses iin _— sire ete Arteries laka@d) a tako Vokes CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Upstream Use of Tirofiban in Patients Admitted for an Acute Coronary Syndrome in Hospitals With or Without Facilities for are re 375 MISCELLANEOUS erre Théroux, Joe Vascular Antithrombin and Clinical Outcome in Heart rierre Be Transplant Patients s>errreeé : Laroa rem s A. Labarre onald J. Torry, D S2aax,x Oyn n DD ena y Prognostic Value of Stress-Gated Tc-99m Sestamibi SPECT poee Acute eaWVVAa elid \ A pFaaA raI hn farWGcVet oiorn ae R eVeIcN K anhdwas CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY Bioavailability of Amiodarone Tablets Administered With and Without Food in Healthy Subjects 432 Xu J Meng, Parviz Mojaverian, Marijo Doedée, Emil Lin, Ira Coronary Remodeling of Proximal and Distal Stenotic \ Weinryr b SoADo ng TT CC niang an.d Draetfaer r R Kow Atherosclerotic Plaques Within the Same Artery by Intravascular Ultrasound Study Toshinit ko Nishioka EDITORIAL Gated SPECT After Myocardial Infarction: New Techniques/CO ld Principles Raymond J. Gibbons and Darryl L. Kawalsky Relation Between Preintervention Remodeling and Late BRIEF REPORTS Arterial Responses to saat nadia or Effectiveness and Safety of Abciximab After Failed Thrombolytic Therapy Sustained Benefit Over Four Years from an Initial Combined Antiplatelet Regimen Aftero men Stent Effect of Quinapril on Intimal Hyperplasia After Coronary Placement in the ISAR Trial Stenting as Assessed by Intravascular Ultrasound Helmut Schihlen, Adnan Kastrat Jui nichiroc k mina g 1}OLKAAhNiItT O O¢ ONe~ Hideyuk Tsuboi Hiroaki DVIiFrSeCcNhIiNnQaEeer aQnndaa MA ukawa Influence of Gender on Early and One-Year Clinical Outcomes After Saphenous Vein Graft Stenting 401 Impact of Preexisting Statin Use on Adhesion Molecule Javed M. Ahmed, GeorgeD angas, Alexandra J. Lansky Expression in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Roxana Mehran, Mun K. Hong Gary S Mintz, Augusto D. Syndromes 446 Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent Gregg W. oSitoonnee, aanndd /MVaiarrtiiin n BBb » !L eECo n Ross T. Murphy renn dan Foley, Niall Mulvihill, Peter Crean, and Michael J. Walsh PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY Value of ST Elevation in Lead Ill Greater Than Lead Il in Relation of Coronary Artery Calcium Identified by Electron Inferior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction for Predicting Beam Tomography to Serum Lipoprotein Levels and In-Hospital Mortality and Diagnosing Right Ventricular Implications for Treatment 406 IE Suni dor civttuebep teecceaanc es Harvey S. Hecht, H. Robert Superko, L. Kent Smith, and Jacqueline Saw, Chery! Davies, Anthony Fung, JohnJ . Brian P. McColgan Spinelli, and John Jue 1478 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY® VOL. 87 JUNE 15, 2001 Can We Replace the 90-Minute Thrombolysis In Prognostic Value of Midwall Shortening Fraction and Its Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Flow Grades With Those at Relation With Left Ventricular Mass in Systemic 60 Minutes as a Primary End Point in aaninnen Hypertension Trials? erdYeEcCcCnHiIaO sFiiI Nscon JsIiUuSsEeDooPpEe / AmorDoIOsSi!cIO Effect of Combined Aspirin and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy Versus Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy Alone on Readmission Rates in Age- and Sex-Based Nomograms from Coronary Artery Heart Failure 483 Calcium Scores as Determined by Electron Beam Kichora Hara ee no J An Computed Tomography 4 Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Second- Generation Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers in Heart Failure 487 Usefulness of Diabetic Retinopathy as a Marker of Risk for Thallium Myocardial Perfusion Defects in Non-Insulin- megs wae Mellitus 456 Exercise Capacity in Children With Hypertrophic IL YUNQ-I Cardiomyopathy and Its Relation to Diastolic Left Ventricular Function 491 A Yetman Robart SCA DA Bik PaRKart rrO\A and RvUrIiIaG n Selectively Increased Risk of Cancer in Men With Sane Heart Disease 459 Large Ductal Flow May Cause High Velocity in the Reicher-Reiss Descending Aorta Without Coarctation: Improved and C4 IUC rs iy ae they ee pd gg 493 7 tharatn aJr Scitso Usefulness of Intracoronary Brachytherapy for In-Stent Restenosis bru a iy: _— iene Balloon Effectiveness of Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis in Infants and Children aS1n0\o8)n An Rama Usefulness of Stroke Distance by Echocardiography as a Results and Significance of Holter Monitoring After Direct Surrogate Marker of Cardiac Output That Is Independent Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty for of Gender and Size in a Normal seers 499 Acute Myocardial Infarction 466 € VU INTERACTIVE GRAND ROUNDS Case 4: Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, and Combination Therapy With Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel Dyslipidemia Versus Aspirin Plus Ticlopidine for Prevention of Subacute 7 Ralla4n hsne 7 Thrombosis After Successful Native Coronary 470 READER’S COMMENT Efficacy of Invasive Vascular Closure Devices for Femoral Hemostasis 504 FEBRUARY 16, 2001, VOL 87, NO. 4A Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of the Morphologic A Symposium: Utilization of Surrogate Markers of Similarities Between Stenoses Located in Different Arteries Atherosclerosis for the Clinical Development of in the Same Patient 473 Rainer Hoffmann. ‘ Pharmaceutical Agents MARCH 1, 2001, VOL 87, NO. 5 Safety and Effectiveness of Niaspan When Added Sequentially to a Statin for Treatment of CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Dyslipidemia M \egan L \ Usefulness of Transthoracic Echocardiography as a Tool for Risk Stratification of Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery 505 1479 Myocardial Damage and Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With and Without Persistent Negative T Waves SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION After Q-Wave Anterior ssa cre yeneheey 510 Effects of Omapatrilat on Systemic Arterial Function in AAmN Y SakK aOntIag HideJrC QK == : HousUhSNaAk i ¥niniAaJ C VIOASc¢t y < Yaotaikiira and k JZ PVaOAtrUiiGaenSan! t s RW itV hcC CUC IhClrOeoa nn ic MaHmeiadr t bF<r1a@a}i ml ureA man)} nan4G WwW in sarlic Immediate Effect of Percutaneous Myocardial Laser Revascularization on Hemodynamics and Left Ventricular VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Pause asa in varia — paciants Simon R_ Dix e Effect of Losartan on Degree of Mitral Regurgitation U/OaqNniiee LlEeEe KeviV n l| K.e lco aInnaa \ QKaural ntSci. fni Deudj ardbiyn, EcMho qcguuarrriicdceei ogEC rnraipah UyEa Z7--SO . a no, K/e nt ‘Ri. BD aile| lames B. Sewar dQ, aanndd A ; la}m i! aT aai ik Safety, Feasibility, and Diagnostic Accuracy of Accelerated High-Dose ene Stress ee CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE sseiia Va Valvular Hemodynamics and —— With Exercise Sa6] lvat4 ore 7 Pira / Antanalia — the Ross Procedure ohn R. Phillios, Curt }. Daniels, David Application of Tissue Doppler to Interpretation of Nemees allen miH . Ors|i nelli, Daniel M Dobutamine Echocardiography and Comparison With or 4 UC f U/ A ien Queniitetiee iy“ or. 525 ww DOaGIir —O Sustained Atrial ee in Adults Late After Repair fm (O nhoor t aonnaa ThomacO S HW MAAVa IOnrwWwiiIcic k of —* ofF allot . 584 Davaivdi d AA H ar Siu, FF aFrarrruukkh h Hussain, Cynthhiiag J|. M aclo| gnaiinnn|., Cs~ ar : VVAs ) n d LOoo uise Harris c Prognostic Importance of Concomitant Heparin With ey wei n — any a Validation of Pulmonary Venous Obstruction by Electron Beam Computed Tomography in Children With Congenital Heart Disease _. Shyh-yveC hen, Jou-Kou Wang, Yiu-Wah li | © ChengTau Swuu,, a© nd HuUnIgI Chi LLUuGe Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness and Safety of Abciximab Versus Eptifibatide or Tirofiban in Percutaneous Coronary Evaluation of Fetal Heart Dimensions from 12 Weeks to IDVOnVtaIeOrCvv eLniL. t.i doBrno w n.N \ CCaOtIhMyN Y SoO. . J| . Faa nn. andCG Chelee e| |. .. 337 Tbse oOrrfmoa ~ . TrpOoO, jju lNeine n i1| .C E.F . Hoj Mtotam mmaan , aanr METHODS Effects of Quinapril on Clinical Outcome After Coronary Artery ap — (The Quo VADIS — 542 Biventricular Response to Supine Physical Exercise in Young Adults Assessed With Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Aro A. W. Roest, Patrik Kunz, HildoJ . Helbing, Ernst E. van der Wall PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY EDITORIALS Evaluation of Coronary Risk Factors in Patients With Heterozygous Familial pwr eenagcrmed Are Angiotensin Il Receptor Blockers More Efficacious Paul N. Hopk ns, Susan Stee pnenson Lily L.W u W ara A j Than Placebo in Heart Failure? Implications RAiHSl eyY , Yuaarn pe i aaine a Mofaeaveln | IH unt of ELITE-2 Colin Berry, John Norrie and John J.V. McMurray Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Atorvastatin (10 Lipoprotein(a), Friedewald Formula, and NCEP mg) With Simvastatin we — at Six — : é Guidelines Willia Angelo M. Scanu Franklin aaa on behalf of the ‘SET |h aat: INTERVIEW Usefulness of Electron Beam Tomography to Detect MELVIN MAYER SCHEINMAN, MD: A Conversation With Progression of Coronary and Aortic Calcium in Middle- Editor Aged Women William C. Roberts 1480 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY® VOL. 87 JUNE 15, 2001 BRIEF REPORTS Mechanisms and Immediate Outcome of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Death or Nonfatal Stroke in Patients With Acute Secondary to Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Myocardial Infarction Treated With Tissue Plasminogen a 655 _Bsnr aJ d—J 8 627 PAprAmmar nJaOc > \IVQAQ GrIa4Q iNnO , A4tnAI dG r\ v 7 YUHO Gianturco-Grifka Vascular Occlusion Device for Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus 657 Evaluation of Long-Term Survival After Successful vN\Oa kra4 m R ELUbGeIiGd Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Patients With VUYaVvIiUa JSO\ RVirUaUdu US Chronic Renal Failure 630 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Adults After the Mustard rrmige-sag? 660 Hacr-htar Impact of Early Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Prevalence and Relation to Risk Factors of Carotid Infarction Atherosclerosis and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Antibody — Association of White Blood Cell Count With Increased kKiCcnnaarraa -F VEeVvEerT EUX x Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina Pectoris Usefulness of Routine Surveillance Biopsies in Children More Than One Year After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation 667 KR aVAO m Kertesz, Susar Characterization of Contraction and Perfusion in the Lateral Border Zone Between Normal and Ischemic Enhanced Detection of Right-to-Left Shunt Through Patent Myocardium Following Coronary Occlusion by Foramen Ovale by Transthoracic Contrast Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography . rarneri¥ sag Harmonicn de se 669 ring ona- na Shin Effect of Simvastatin in Preventing Progression of Carotid From New Orleans to Buenos Aires: My Meeting With Dr. Artery Stenosis ... 643 René Geronimo Favaloro 672 @ivind Hegland, Kenneth Dickstein, and Jan P. Larser LaStClaU,l VL vea ntiJrIaG Lipid Management Among Coronary Artery Disease READER’S COMMENT Patients With Diabetes Mellitus oc rw Adkeoneed Age 646 Mark W. — ng, Carla A Sueet a, Mridul Chowahury Tachyphylaxis and Statin Drugs ID David P. Biggs, and RosJs. S Complete Atrioventricular Block After Valvular Heart MARCH 8, 2001, VOL. 87, NO. 5A Surgery and the Timing of Pacemaker Implantation 649 Michael H. Kim, G. 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