The American Journal of Cardiology January 01-June 15, 2001: Vol 87 Table of Contents

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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
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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
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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 .......
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
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Usefulness of Electron Beam Tomography to Detect MELVIN MAYER SCHEINMAN, MD: A Conversation With
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BRIEF REPORTS Mechanisms and Immediate Outcome of In-Hospital
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Death or Nonfatal Stroke in Patients With Acute
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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
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Angina Pectoris Usefulness of Routine Surveillance Biopsies in Children
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Optimal Time for Predicting Myocardial Viability After Amlodipine in Patients With Mild on
Successful Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial ——
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Sensitivity in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure
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Electrophysiologic and Clinical Effects of Angiotensin-
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