The American Journal of Cardiology January 01-June 15, 2003: Vol 91 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS INDEX JANUARY 1, 2003 THROUGH JUNE 15, 2003
Comparison of the Effects of Atorvastatin Versus
JANUARY 1, 2003, VOL. 91, NO. 1
Simvastatin on Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Primary
Prevention as Determined by Electron
Beam Tomography
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Harvey S. Hecht and S. Mitchell Harman
Efficacy and Safety of Minimal Dose (=1,000 Units)
Unfractionated Heparin with Abciximab in Percutaneous ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
Coronary Intervention
DISTURBANCES
ScottJ Denardo, Keith E. Davis, Phi
E. Tcheng Mechanism of Conversion of Atypical Right Atrial Flutter
toA trial Fibrillation
Yantei Yang, Iqwal Mangat, Kathryn A. Glatter
Impact of Deep Vessel Wall Injury on Acute Response ond and Melvin M. Scheinman
Remodeling of Coronary — nel afte—r
= Angioplasty . cee 6
Sympathoadrenal Imbalance Before iinet
Mamoo Nakamura, Paul G. Yock, Toru Kataoka, Heidi N
onneau, Takahiko Suzuki, Tetsu Yamaguchi Yasuhiro eee
David S. Goldstein, Courtney ‘Holos. —_ en M Front
Honda, and Peter J. Fitzgerald
Mohammad Naagibuddin Raghuveer Dendi Sally Snader
and Hugh Calkins
Long-Term (Three-Year) Outcomes After Stenting of
Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis in QTc-Prolonging Drugs and Hospitalizations for Cardiac
Patients With Normal Left Ventricular Function ..........12 Arrhythmias a Renee a Rer Alona wide eae r Bree 59
Seungjung Park, Seong-Wook Park, Myeong-Ki Hon g Marie L. De Bruin, Arno W. Hoes, and HubertG
"ec x /L. ce
Cheo! Whan lee, Jae-Hwan Lee JaeJoong Kim Yang Soo Leufkens
ang, Eak-Kyun Shin Yosh inori Yoshida, Takashi Tamalu [ a
anc
Talk eshi KimM UlQ Qing asakiyo Nobuy /oshi
MISCELLANEOUS
Abnormal Left Ventricular Filling With Increasing Age
Treatment Effects of Eptifibatide in Planned Coronary Reflects Abnormal Myocardial Characteristics Independent
Stent Implantation in Patients With Chronic Kidney of Ischemia or Hypertrophy
IIE so ccsckvevr eceen eeadeseecus ees 17 Satoshi Yuda, Leanne Short, Rodel Leano, and Thomas H.
Donal N. Reddan John Conor O'Shea, lan |. Sarembock Marwick
Kathryn A. Williams, Karen S. Pieper, Edward Santoian
William F. Owen, Jr., Michael M. Kitt, and James E. Tcheng
EDITORIAL
Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Common Links in the
Comparison of Intracoronary Gamma Radiation for In-
Emerging Epidemic of Coronary Artery Disease
Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts Versus Native
Prakash C. Deedwania
Coronary Arteries Boerics eines 22
Andrew E. Ajani, Ron Waa ksman, Edouard Cheneau Dong-
Hun Cha, Laurent Leborgne, Arvind K. Sharma, Elle BRIEF REPORTS
Pinnow, Daniel A. Canos, Lowell F. Satler Fase D.
Relation of Cyclooxygenase Isoenzyme Expression and
Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Rebecca Torguson, and Joseph
aoie 2 Coronary Artery Remodeling
Lindsa Y
Hitinder S. Gurm, D. Geoffery Vince, Paul Schoenhagen, E
Murat Tuzcu, and Steven E. Nissen
Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Wall Thickness
Measured by High-Frequency Transthoracic and Right Precordial and Posterior Chest Leads Do Not
Epicardial Echocardiography Includes Adventitia ....... 27 Increase Detection of Positive Response in
rmina = ustP izlo, Brian Bigelow, Yousuf Mahomed Electrocardiogram During Exercise Treadmill
wada, Karen Rieger and Harvey Testing
Rajendran Sabapathy, Heathe L. Bloom, William R. Lewis
and Ezra A. Amsterdam
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Sudden
Comparative Effects of Rosuvastatin and Atorvastatin Unexpected Cardiac Arrest in Thailand
Across Their Dose Ranges in Patients With Rungroj Krittayaphong, Gumpanart Veerakul, Kiertijai
Hypercholesterolemia and Without Active Arterial Bhuripanyo, Kriengkrai Jirasirirojanakorn, and Koonlawee
Disease .... Nademanee
Dennis W. Schneck, Robert H. Knn opp, Christie M.
Ballantyne, Ruth McPherson, Rohini R. Chitra, and Steven G. Variation in the Utilization of Antiarrhymthic Drugs in
Simonson Patients With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
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CONTENTS INDEX JANUARY 1, 2003 THROUGH JUNE 15, 2003
Comparison of the Effects of Atorvastatin Versus
JANUARY 1, 2003, VOL. 91, NO. 1
Simvastatin on Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Primary
Prevention as Determined by Electron
Beam Tomography
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Harvey S. Hecht and S. Mitchell Harman
Efficacy and Safety of Minimal Dose (=1,000 Units)
Unfractionated Heparin with Abciximab in Percutaneous ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
Coronary Intervention
DISTURBANCES
ScottJ Denardo, Keith E. Davis, Phi
E. Tcheng Mechanism of Conversion of Atypical Right Atrial Flutter
toA trial Fibrillation
Yantei Yang, Iqwal Mangat, Kathryn A. Glatter
Impact of Deep Vessel Wall Injury on Acute Response ond and Melvin M. Scheinman
Remodeling of Coronary — nel afte—r
= Angioplasty . cee 6
Sympathoadrenal Imbalance Before iinet
Mamoo Nakamura, Paul G. Yock, Toru Kataoka, Heidi N
onneau, Takahiko Suzuki, Tetsu Yamaguchi Yasuhiro eee
David S. Goldstein, Courtney ‘Holos. —_ en M Front
Honda, and Peter J. Fitzgerald
Mohammad Naagibuddin Raghuveer Dendi Sally Snader
and Hugh Calkins
Long-Term (Three-Year) Outcomes After Stenting of
Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis in QTc-Prolonging Drugs and Hospitalizations for Cardiac
Patients With Normal Left Ventricular Function ..........12 Arrhythmias a Renee a Rer Alona wide eae r Bree 59
Seungjung Park, Seong-Wook Park, Myeong-Ki Hon g Marie L. De Bruin, Arno W. Hoes, and HubertG
"ec x /L. ce
Cheo! Whan lee, Jae-Hwan Lee JaeJoong Kim Yang Soo Leufkens
ang, Eak-Kyun Shin Yosh inori Yoshida, Takashi Tamalu [ a
anc
Talk eshi KimM UlQ Qing asakiyo Nobuy /oshi
MISCELLANEOUS
Abnormal Left Ventricular Filling With Increasing Age
Treatment Effects of Eptifibatide in Planned Coronary Reflects Abnormal Myocardial Characteristics Independent
Stent Implantation in Patients With Chronic Kidney of Ischemia or Hypertrophy
IIE so ccsckvevr eceen eeadeseecus ees 17 Satoshi Yuda, Leanne Short, Rodel Leano, and Thomas H.
Donal N. Reddan John Conor O'Shea, lan |. Sarembock Marwick
Kathryn A. Williams, Karen S. Pieper, Edward Santoian
William F. Owen, Jr., Michael M. Kitt, and James E. Tcheng
EDITORIAL
Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Common Links in the
Comparison of Intracoronary Gamma Radiation for In-
Emerging Epidemic of Coronary Artery Disease
Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts Versus Native
Prakash C. Deedwania
Coronary Arteries Boerics eines 22
Andrew E. Ajani, Ron Waa ksman, Edouard Cheneau Dong-
Hun Cha, Laurent Leborgne, Arvind K. Sharma, Elle BRIEF REPORTS
Pinnow, Daniel A. Canos, Lowell F. Satler Fase D.
Relation of Cyclooxygenase Isoenzyme Expression and
Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Rebecca Torguson, and Joseph
aoie 2 Coronary Artery Remodeling
Lindsa Y
Hitinder S. Gurm, D. Geoffery Vince, Paul Schoenhagen, E
Murat Tuzcu, and Steven E. Nissen
Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Wall Thickness
Measured by High-Frequency Transthoracic and Right Precordial and Posterior Chest Leads Do Not
Epicardial Echocardiography Includes Adventitia ....... 27 Increase Detection of Positive Response in
rmina = ustP izlo, Brian Bigelow, Yousuf Mahomed Electrocardiogram During Exercise Treadmill
wada, Karen Rieger and Harvey Testing
Rajendran Sabapathy, Heathe L. Bloom, William R. Lewis
and Ezra A. Amsterdam
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Sudden
Comparative Effects of Rosuvastatin and Atorvastatin Unexpected Cardiac Arrest in Thailand
Across Their Dose Ranges in Patients With Rungroj Krittayaphong, Gumpanart Veerakul, Kiertijai
Hypercholesterolemia and Without Active Arterial Bhuripanyo, Kriengkrai Jirasirirojanakorn, and Koonlawee
Disease .... Nademanee
Dennis W. Schneck, Robert H. Knn opp, Christie M.
Ballantyne, Ruth McPherson, Rohini R. Chitra, and Steven G. Variation in the Utilization of Antiarrhymthic Drugs in
Simonson Patients With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
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The American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 91 June 15, 2003 doi 10.1016:S0002-9194(03}00608-8
Peter Zimetbaum, Kalon K.L. Ho, Brian Olshaa nny Association of Diabetes Mellitus With Abnormal Heart
Hadjis, Robert Lemery, Paul A. Friedman, Dav Rate Recovery in Patients Without Known Coronary
Xiao Hua Chen, and Mark E. Josephson, { Artery Disease 108
Investigators Niranian Sest ladO F
Delayed Cure Despite Early Recurrence After nies Noninvasive Assessment of Nitrate Tolerance Using Mitral
Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation ...83 Doppler and Brachial Artery wy atest 11
avid O'Donnell, Steve S. Furniss, Asunga Dunuwille ana ~ Karsst en Muff Munk, Ulrik Markus Mo
John P. Bourke lsen-Kudsk, and Keld E. Sorensen
Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Traffic During Spontaneous- Effects of Treadmill Exercise on Mitral Inflow and Annular
Versus Adenosine-Mediated Termination of Idiopathic ee ina yes — 114
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia ............86 JONG V\V i
DavidJ . Slotwiner, David J. Christini, Kenneth M. St Stein Pellikka ae
Steven M. Markowitz Suneet Mittal Sei Iwai, Mithilesh
Das, and Bruce B. Lerman
CASE REPORT
Medical Events in the Life of William K. Nasser, MD 116
Prevalence and Significance of Lead-Related Thrombi in
William K. Nasser
Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators 88
Benjamin J.W W. Chow Ali H. Hassan, Kwan Lt. Chan
Anthony S.L. Tang READERS’ COMMENTS
— Factor acninnine and Sudden Cardiac
Outpatient Prescribing of Antiarrhythmic ~— from Death .. 118
1995 to 2000
Sana M. AlKhatib ey M. Allen LaPointe Lesle
Neurobiology of Atypical Presentations Among Medicare
Curtis, Judith M Peter Hon
Beneficiaries With Unstable Angina Pectoris 118
Robert M. Calliff
Seasonal Variation of Myocardial Infarct Size 119
Usefulness of Myocardial Tissue Doppler
Echocardiography to Evaluate Left Ventricular
Dyssynchrony Before and After Biventricular Pacing in
Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Pains JANUARY 15, 2003, VOL. 91, NO. 2
Jeroen J. Bax, Sander G. Molhoek, Thomas H. Marwick,
lieselot van Erven, PaulJ .V oogd, Soeresh Somer, Eric
Boersma, Paul Steendijk, MartiJn. Schalij, and Ernst Van der CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Wall Predictors of Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Among
14, “ Patients With Coronary iteesto men 121
Relation Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Rachel Dankner, Uri Goldbou it, Valent )
Nonrheumatic Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis Among or the BIP Stud
Patients With a Three- ~Cuspid Aortic Valve
Marcel Peltier, Faouzi Trojette, Maurice Enriquez Sarano Effect of Prodromal Angina Pectoris on Altering the
Francesco Grigioni Michel A. Slama, and Christophe M. Relation Between Time to Reperfusion and Outcomes
Tribouilloy After a First Anterior Wall Acutee n
Infarction _....
Progression of Aortic Valve Sclerosis to Aortic Masaharu Isninara Ichiro Innoovvee O
Stenosis Shimatani, Satoshi Kyr isu, Kenji Nis
Pompilio Faggiano, Francesco Antonini-Canterir Umemura, Shuji Nakamura, and Ma
Erlicher, Cristina Romeo Eugenio Cervesato, Dan
Pavan, Rita Piazza, Guogian Huang, and Gian Luigi Concentrations of Interleukins, Interferon, and C-Reactive
Nicolosi Protein in Stable and Unstable Angina Pectoris 133
Haruyo Yama shita Ka zunori Shimada, Eriko Seki, Hirost "
Comparison of Outcome of the Marfan Syndrome in Mokuno, and Hiroyuki Daida
Patients Diagnosed at Age <6 Years Versus Those
Diagnosed at >6 Years of Age eee 102 Effects of Propranolol on Recovery of Heart Rate
Anji T. Yetman, Pip Huang, Renee A. Bornemeier, and Brian Variability Following Acute Myocardial Infarction and
W=. McCrindle Relation to Outcome in the Beta-Blocker Heart Attack
Trial . ot
Rachel. Lampert Jeannette R. Ickovics, Catherine|
Effect of Catheter Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defect
Ralph| Horwitz and Forrester A. lee
on Diastolic Mitral Annular Motion .. 104
Aleksandra Lange, David M. Coleman, Przemystcaw Palka
Darryl J. Burstow, James L. Wilkinson, and Michael } Cost-Effectiveness of Intracoronary Ultrasound for
Godman Percutaneous Coronary Interventions 143
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Christian Mueller, John McB. Hodgson, Christian Schindler, MISCELLANEOUS
André P. Perruchoud, Helmut Roskamm, and HeinzJ .
Long-Term Cardiorespiratory Results of Exercise Training
Buettner
Following Cardiac Transplantation
Terence Kavanagh, DonaldJ .M ertens, RoyJ .S hepard,
Influence of Residual Stenosis After Percutaneous Joseph Beyene, Johanna Kennedy, Robin Campbell, Paul
Coronary Intervention With Stent Implantation on Sawyer, and Magdi Yacoub
Development of Restenosis and Stent Thrombosis . .. 148
Peter Sick, Tobias Hiittl, Josef Niebauer, Holger Thiele,
Comparison of Aortic Elasticity Determined by
Bernward Lauer, Rainer Hambrecht, Bettina Hentschel, and
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Obese
Gerhard Schuler Versus Lean Adults 195
Peter G. Danias, Nicholas A. Tritos, Matthias Stuber, Rene
Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition on M. Botnar, Kraig V. Kissinger, and WarrenJ .M anning
Restenosis After Coronary Stenting
Flavio Ribichini, William Wijns, Valeria Ferrero, Giuseppe EDITORIAL
Matullo, Terenzio Camilla, Mauro Feola, Simonetta
Guarrera, Antonello Vado, Alberto Piazza, and Eugenio Role of C-Reactive Protein in the Assessment of
Uslenghi Cardiovascular Risk
Ishwarlal Jialal and Sridevi Devaraj
ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
INTERVIEW
DISTURBANCES
GEORGE ALLAN BELLER, MD: A Conversation With The
Circumferential Mapping and Electric Isolation of Pulmonary
Veins in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
William C. Roberts
lsabel Deisenhofer, Michael A.E. Schneider, Marion Bohlen-
Knauf, Bernhard Zrenner, Gjin Ndrepepa, Sebastian
Schmieder, Stefan Weber, Jiirgen Schreieck, Sonja BRIEF REPORTS
Weyerbrock, and Claus Schmitt Frequency, Characteristics, and Outcome of Patients
Hospitalized With Acute Coronary Syndromes With
HEART FAILURE Undetermined Electrocardiographic Patterns
Eli |. Lev, Alexander Battler, Solomon Behar, Avital Porter,
Impact of Serial Changes in Cardiac Hemodynamics on Moti Haim, Valentina Boyko, and David Hasdai
Exercise Performance in Patients With Heart Failure Due
to Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy ........164
Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients
Peter D. Sutcliffe, Keith D. Aaronson, RobertJ .C ody, and
With Acute Myocardial Infarction Transferred from
Todd M. Koelling
Remote Hospitals
Dariusz Dudek, Krzysztof Zmudka, Grzegorz L. Katuza,
Clinical Outcomes in Patients on Beta-Blocker Therapy Marcin Kuta, Piotr Pieniazek, Tadeusz Przewtocki, Cater
Admitted With Worsening Chronic Heart Failure Zorkun, Jacek Legutko, Grzegorz Gajos, Stanislaw Bartus,
Wendy A. Gattis, Christopher M. O'Connor, Jeffrey D. Leszek Bryniarski, Artur Dziewierz, Mieczystaw Pasowicz,
Leimberger,G . Michael Felker, Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., and and Jacek S. Dubiel
Mihai Gheorghiade
Relation of Erectile Dysfunction to Angiographic Coronary
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Artery Disease
Hemant Solomon, Jonathan W. Man, Anthony S.
Detection of Mechanisms of Immediate Failure by
Wierzbicki, and Graham Jackson
Transesophageal Echocardiography in Quadrangular
Resection Mitral Valve Repair Technique for Severe Mitral
IEReer rer t e Se ere ae ie Usefulness of Atrial Fibrillation as a Marker of Outcome
Eustachio Agricola, Michele Oppizzi, Francesco Maisano After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ............. 232
Tiziana Bove, Michele De Bonis, Lucia Toracca, and Magdi M. E-Omar, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran,
Ottavio Alfieri AlexandraJ . Lansky, Nicholas N. Kipshidze, Sotir Polena,
Martin Fahy, Issam Mousa, Lynne Glasser, Jeffrey W
Moses, Gregg W. Stone, and Martin B. Leon
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Deficiency of the Vestibular Spine in Atrioventricular Outcome in Patients Treated With Primary Angioplasty
Septal Defects in Human Fetuses With Down for Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Left Main
Syndrome Coronary Artery Occlusion
Nico A. Blom, Jaap Ottenkamp, Arnold G.C. Wenink, and Giuseppe De Luca, Harry Suryapranata, Karen Thomas,
Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot Arnoud W.J. van’t Hof, Menko-Jan de Boer, Jan C.A.
Hoorntie, and Felix Zijlstra
Effect of Cutting Balloon Angioplasty on Resistant
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis... 185 Frequency of Creatine Kinase Elevation During Treatment
LisaJ .B ergersen, Stanton B. Perry, and With Fluvastatin in Combination With Fibrates
James E. Lock (Bezafibrate, Fenofibrate, or Gemfibrozil)
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Michel Farnier, Michele Bortolini, Thomas Salko, Marie
Odile Freudenreich, Jonathan L. Isaacsohn, August J =Q
Troendle, and leonardG onasun ©5m¢ (42)
Influence of Native Conduction Status on Clinical Results Comparison of Effects of Nisoldipine-Extended Release
With Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Pacing ...240 and Amlodipine in Patients With Systemic Hypertension
Michael C. Giudici, S. Serge Barold, Angela L. Moeller and _— Stable Angina Pectoris _
CindyJ . Meierbachtol, Deborah L. Paul, and Mary C. Carl D epil ne Rhonda MA. Cooper-D YeHot ff
Walton A Michael Ke >
Ainkwitz
Long-Term Prognostic Significance of Complex Ventricular MD fo
Arrhythmias Induced During Dobutamine Stress nd Anlodie
Echocardiography
Johan De Sutter, Don Poldermans, Eleni Vourvouri
Time-Dependent Predictors of Primary Cardiac Arrest in
Donburg, Abdou Elhendy, Jeroen Bax, Fabiola Sozzi
Patients With Acute Myocardial §In farction .280
Jordaens, Marc De Buyzere, and Jos Roelandt y P. Selker, Merritt H. Raitt, Christopher H rage
“ewe Joni R Beshansky John L _ Griffith, Robert
Neurohormonal Prediction of Mortality Following onald H. Selvester, Charles ene Ralph B
Admission for Decompensated Heart Failure 245 nd W. Douglas Weaver
Doron Aronson and AndrewJ . Burger
Involvement of C-Reactive Protein Obtained by Directional
Compression of Pulmonary Veins Between the Left Atrium Coronary Atherectomy in Plaque Instability and
and the DescendiAnogrt a ...................... ..2 48 Developing Restenosis in Patients With Stable or Unstable
lare P. O'Donnell, James E. Lock, Andrew J. Powell, and
Angina Pectoris .. 287
Stanton B. Perry 1etsunor! Ishikawa, Kinta Hatakey ama, lakuron Imam
Haruhiko Date Yoshisato Shibata, Yutaka Hikichi, Yuj
Effect of Hormonal Replacement Therapy on C-Reactive Asada and Tl anenao Ctyt o
Protein and Cell-Adhesion Molecules in Postmenopausal
Women 252
Relative Contributions of Intimal Hyperplasia and
Stefania Lamon- Fon Bor bale Posfai and Ernst| .S chaefer
Vascular Remodeling in Early Cardiac Transplant-
Mediated Coronary Artery Disease
Influence of Age on Assessment of Diastolic Function by Sumeet K. Mainigi, lee R. Goldberg, Brett
Doppler Tissue Imaging ..254 Y. See, Jr., and Robert L. Wilensky
Dennis A. Tighe, Craig S. Vinch leffrey C Hil Theo E.
Meyer, Robert J.G oldberg, and Gerard P. Aurigemma
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
READER’S COMMENT Functional Relevance of Aldosterone for the Determination
of Left Ventricular Mass _.
Expression of an ew enema Phenotype in
Christian Delleles, s Bernhard M
the Postprandial Period | 258
oepdastian UO Yehmer, Arniried U. Klin
ocnmieder
FEBRUARY 1, 2003, VOL. 91, NO. 3
INTERVIEW
LESLIE DAVID HILLIS, MD: A Conversation With the
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
eral ..302
Prognostic Value of Exercise Cardiac Tomography
Performed Late After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
in Symptomatic and Symptom-Free Patients aoe
BRIEF REPORTS
Wanda Acampa, Mario Petretta, Luigia Florimonte, Angela
Mattera, and Alberto Cuocolo Long-Term Changes in Exercise Capacity, Quality of Life,
Body Anthropometry, and Lipid Profiles After a Cardiac
Comparison of Late Outcome in Patients With Versus Rehabilitation en in Obese Patients With Coronary
Without Angina Pectoris Having Reversible Perfusion Heart Disease ..3 21
Abnormalities During Dobutamine Stress Technetium-99m Cheuk-\ Vian Yu
Sestamibi — Emission Computed Chu-Pak Lat
Tomography ...... ..264
Abdou Elhendy, Aren nd F.L . Schinkel, Bon T f Domburg Impairment of Myocardial Perfusion in Both Culprit and
JeroenJ . Bax, and Don Poldermans Nonculprit Arteries in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A
LIMIT AMI Substudy
Usefulness of Coronary Flow Reserve Over Regional Wall Sabina A. Murphy, Christopher Chen
Motion When Added to Dual-“ Imaging enaneneaia Raymond | Gibbon s, Hal V. Barron, and ¢
Echocardiography ..2 69 GibDssoorn for the LIMIT AMI Study Group
Echocardiographic Characteristics of Patients Surviving Rupa Puttappa, Francis Raia, Subramaniah Bhat, Robert
Nonsurgically Treated Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Braff, Vikram R. Mandadi, Rajat S. Barua, Mary C. DeVoe,
After Acute Myocardial Infarction ......000000000.......... 328 Bernard H. Boal, and John A. Ambrose
— si Hung, WenJin Cherng, Li-Tang Kuo, and Chao-
Hun¢ 3 Wang Dissociation Between Exercise Hemodynamics and
Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Relation of C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 to Culprit and Marked Increase in Ejection Fraction After Treatment
Coronary Artery Plaque Size in Patients With Acute With Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists ..356
Myocardial Infarction eect - ‘as Mathew Maurer, Stuart D. Katz, John LaManca, Monica
Makoto StU ZUKi, Shinji Inaba Takayuki Nagai, Hironna ri Manandhar, and Donna Mancini
eae and Yukio Kazatani
Prevalence and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation in Chronic
increased Concentrations of Tirofiban in Blood and Their Systolic Heart Failure ee en ORNS he .360
Correlation With Inhibition of Platelet Aggregation After Joel D. Robbins, Parimal B. Maniar, William Cotts, Michele
Greater Bolus Doses of Tirofiban .................. 334 A. Parker, Robert O. Bonow, and Mihai Gheorghiade
DaviJd. Schneider, HowardC . Henman: Nasser tables
Frank eei rre Man-Wai lo, Kuo-Chang Yin Atul Aggarwal Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Inhibitor or Angiotensin
Samer . Kabbani, and Peter M. DiBattiste Receptor Blocker on One-Year Survival in Patients =65
Years Hospitalized With a Left Ventricular Ejection
Comparison of Clinical, Angiographic, and Intravascular Fraction =>50% A Depa nee ee Rss <a
Ultrasound Parameters After Direct Stenting Versus Carla A. Sueta, Allison \USSO, ANNG <S chenck, David W.
Predilation Brown, and RossJ . Simpson, Jr.
Marco von Firstenberg, Asivn Latsch
Stefan Pfllee ger, Christian Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis
garete, and Karl K. Haase of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia and
Agreement With Electrocardiographic Criteria .. 365
Impact of Acute Myocardial Infarct Location on Hein W. M. Kayser, Albert de Roos, Martin J. Schalij
Myocardial Salvage After Stenting or Thrombolysis Marianne Bootsma, Hein J. J. \W edlens and Ernst E Van der
(Results from the STOPAMI 1 and 2 Trials): Stent Versus Wall
Thrombolysis for Occluded Coronary Arteries in Patients
With Acute Myocardial Infarction 341 Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity on
laNrYaG Hausleiter, Adnan Kastrati, Julinda Mehilli, Helmut Inflammation Markers (C-Reactive Protein, White Cell
Sc huh leo N, JUF gen Pache, Josef Dirsc hinger, Ullrich Schrick Blood Count, Serum Amyloid A, and Fibrinogen) in
Mar rkus Schwaiger, Christina Ma“r nnw ard, and Albert Healthy Subjects (from the ATTICA Study).
Sch OIMMIOg Christos Pitsavos, Christina Chrysohoou, Dem« osthenes B
Panagiotakos, John Skoumas, Akis Zeir teek is, Peter
Rapid Sealing of Coronary Perforations Using Kokkinos, Christodoulos Stefanadis, and Pavlos K. Toutouzas
escerrrere wy/ vainl- Covered Stents <a
Niall T.Mu lvihill, Marco Boccalatte, Paulino Sousa, Bruno Effect of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Tissue Factor
Fish Jean Claude Laborde, Jean Fajadet, and Jean Marco Activity, C-Reactive Protein, and the Tissue Factor
Pathway Inhibitor .
Kwang Kon Koh, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Dae Sung Kim Seung
Effects of Tirofiban on Hemostatic Activation and
Hwan Han, Mi-Seung Shin, Won Seok Ryu, Gi Soo Park
Inflammatory Response During Cardiopulmonary
Tae Hoon Ahn, In Suck Choi, and Eak Kyun Shin
Bypass
Andreas Koster Wolfgang Kuebler, Helmut
Habazettl, Matthias Bauer Harald Hausmann, Roland Myocardial Perfusion in Children With Sickle Cell
Hetzer, Herman Kuppe, and Christia n W. Hamm Disease
Christophe Maunoury, Philippe Acar Mariane de
Montalembert, and Daniel Sidi
Comparison of Effectiveness of Statin Monotherapy
Versus Statin and Niacin Combination Therapy in Primary
Prevention and Effects on Calcified Plaque Burden 348 Noninvasive Visualization and Measurement of Posterior
Harvey S. Hecht and S. Mitchell Harman Descending Coronary Artery Flow Velocity by
Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography in Normal
Children
Comparison of Left Atrial Volume Assessed by Magnetic
Mieko Aoki, Kenji Harada, and Goro Takada
Endocardial Catheter Mapping Versus Transthoracic
Echocardiography
Vickas V. Patel, Jian-Fang Ren, Maren E. Jeffery, TheodoreJ . CASE REPORT
Plappert, Martin G. St. John Sutton, and Francis E.
Definitive Repair of Double-Outlet Right Ventricle With
Marchlinski
Subaortic Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary
Atresia in Adulthood
Peripheral Conduction Disease in Left Ventricular Scott A. McKee, Charles S. Roberts, and Efthymios N.
Dysfunction Deliargyris
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William Dock’s Contribution to Cardiac Auscultation _.. 383
Statin and Adverse Events: It Does Not Add Up 383
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
FEBRUARY 6, 2003, VOL. 91 (3A) Effectiveness of Percutaneous Mechanical Mitral
A Symposium: Biology of Atherosclerosis and its Commissurotomy Using the Metallic Commissurotome in
Implication for Treatment Strategies Patients With Restenosis After Balloon or Previous
Surgical Commissurotomy 425
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CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Prenatal Diagnosis by Echocardiogram and Outcome of
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome .....429
Effects of Acute Myocardial Ischemia on QT Dispersion by RKRaErZ A Oo Raaqz7a0vVi Gurilrelaeen K. Shhoa rland |
Dipyridamole Stress trey 385
Erberto Carluccio, Paolo Biaa gioli Mc YUCIZ
EDITORIAL
\yriam Ma Massimo Politar
Mariagrazia Senioie Emanuela H Locati Comparative Prognostic Value of Systolic, Diastolic, and
Ambrosio Pulse Pressure 433
IISHHIIOOSS 1\GdeeTm etr
Usefulness of Quantitative Echocardiographic Techniques
to Predict Recovery of Regional and Global Left BRIEF REPORTS
Ventricular Function After Acute Myocardial
Comparison of Presentation, Perception, and Six-Month
Infarction
Outcome Between Women and Men =75 Years of Age
Peter Cain, Vincent Khoury, Leanne Short, and Tt
ena ses pers sey vgPse ctoris 436
IV\QTWICK
Incremental Value of Myocardial Contrast
Echocardiography for the Prediction of Recovery of
Function in Dobutamine Nonresponsive Myocardium Early
After Acute Myocardial Infarction 397
Roxy Senior and Jonathan M. Swinburr
Usefulness of Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography for
the Long-Term Prognostic Assessment of Patients With
Predicting Angiographic Distal Embolization Following — Versus ee ae — 440
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute
ig ics neers
1ijU Fu ike da Ats
Nishida, Takahiko Ka
Atherosclerotic Plaque Distribution in the Left Anterior
Incremental Value of Exercise Technetium-99m
Descending Coronary Artery as Assessed by Intravascular
Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission
Ultrasound 443
Computed maniutii for the Prediction of Cardiac
Events
Arend F. |
o USTAC AQrICOlKK
d Don Poldermans Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography, Single-Photon
Emission Computed Tomography, and Regional Function
Analysis for Coronary Stenosis Description During
Comparison of Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography
Vasodilator Stress
to Intracoronary Doppler Guidewire Measurements for
Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve in the Left Anterior
schrdder Uwe Janssens, Sanjiv Kau!, Udalr
Descending Artery for Detection of Restenosis After
Hanrath, and Rainer Hoffmann
Coronary Angioplasty 412
Harald Lethen Hans Peter Tries, Johannes Bre chtken, Stefan
Kersting, and Heinz Lambertz Usefulness of Concomitant Myoglobin and Troponin
Elevation as a Biochemical Marker of Mortality in Non-
ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary _— 448
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
juan Sanchis Vicent Bodi, Angel Llacer, Lorenzo Facila, Julio
Efficacy and Safety of Ezetimibe Coadministered With Nunez, Vicente Bertomeu, Mauricio Pellicer 1d Fr QNCISCO
Lovastatin in Primary Hypercholesterolemia 418 Chori O
ST-Segment Resolution and Late (6-Month) Left Ventricular Pedro A. Lemos, Paul Cummins, Chi-hang lee, Muzaffer
Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction Degertekin, Martin Gardien, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Pascal
José C. Nicolau, Lilia N. Maia, Jodo Vitola, Vinicius D. Vranckx, Pim de Feyter, and Patrick W. Serruys
Vaz, Mauricio N. Machado, Moacir F. Godoy, RobertoR
Giraldez, and José A. F. Ramires
Effect of Elevated Triglyceride Levels on Endothelium-
Dependent Vasodilation in Patients With
Prediction of Long-Term Outcome by the Extent of Existing Hypercholesterolemia
S$T-Segment Deviation in a Single Electrocardiographic Markus P. Schneider, Christ “he Delles, Erwin Fleischmann
Lead Shortly After Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Bernhard M. W. Schmidt, Stefan John and Roland E.
Infarction . Schmieder
Klaus Schréder, Karl Wegscheider, Uwe Zeymer, and Rolf
Schrdder Effect of Serum Albumin and Bilirubin on the Risk of
Myocardial Infarction (the Framingham Offspring
Interactions Between Age, Outcome of Acute Coronary Study)
Syndromes, and nenacer Therapy Luc Djoussé, Kenneth J. Rothman, L. Adrienne Cupples,
James L. Januzzi, Marc S. Sabatine, Ying Wan, Stephen J Daniel Levy, and R. Curtis Ellison
: Paettoerr IM /\ . DiBattiste, IkKyung Jang, and Pierre
Effectiveness of Prehospital Synchronous Direct-Current
Cardioversion for Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
Effectso fC ombined Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis Causing Unstable Hemodynamic States
and Aggressive Statin Therapy on Coronary Calcified Arie Roth, llana Elkayam, Itzhak Shapira, Judith Sander,
Plaque as Measured by Computed nee bs — Nomi Malov, Mayera Kehati, and Michal Golovner
» Hottme Kurt Derfler, Martin Haas, Alfred Stadl
S pier Brady and Karam Kostner P-Wave Signal Averaging Identifies Patients Prone to
Alcohol-Induced Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Comparison of the i-STAT Handheld Activated Clotting Peter Steinbigler, Ralph Haberl, Bernhard Konig, and
Time With the Hemochron Activated Clotting Time During Gerhard Steinbeck
and After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ......... 464
\ hussler, James J. Aguanno, Elizabeth N. Effect of Short- and Long-Duration Spaceflight on QTc
VA. \ ish Laurie A. Wissinger, John R Intervals in Healthy Astronauts
nd Kevin R Wheelan Dominick S. D'Aunno, Anne H. Dougherty Heidi F
DeBlock, and Janice V. Meck
Relation of Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI)
Frame Count to Coronary Flow Parameters .............466 Endothelial Dysfunction and Reduced Myocardial
Cem Barcin, Ali E. Denktas, Kirk N. Garratt, Stuart T. Perfusion Reserve in Heart Failure Secondary to Coronary
minQaanno , VD AQVviVIdA DkK Holmes, Jr., and Amir Lerman Artery Disease
Richard M. deJ ong, Paul K. Blanksma, Jan H. Cornel, Ad F
Effects of Left Ventricular Volume and Ejection on M. van den Heuvel, Hans-Marc J. Siebelink Willem
Myocardial Blood Flow Measured by Oxygen-15 Water Vaalburg, and DirkJ . van Veldhuisen
Positron Emission Tomography in Coronary Heart
Comparison of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Three-
Wolfgang M arl-Christian Koch, Harald P. Kuhl Dimensional Echocardiography for Assessment of Atrial
-atricl artz, Har energ en Kaiser, Juergen vom Dahl Septal Defect Diameter in Children ..................... 500
Osama Sabri, Udalrich Buell, and Bernd Nowak Philippe Acar, Yves Dulac, Daniel Roux, Pierre Rougé, David
Duterque, and Yacine Aggoun
Association of Body Mass Index With Outcome After
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Normal Aortic Arch Growth and Comparison With
riqn f) PP oo well Rya nj. lennon Amir Lerman, Malcolm R Isolated Coarctation of the Aorta
Stuart T.H igano, David R. Holmes, Jr. Vincent P. R. Aluquin, Deborah Shutte, Michael R. Nihill
Arthur Y. Lu, Lingyu Chen, Javier Gelves, Michael L. Epstein,
and ThomasJ . Forbes
Usefulness of Endothelin, Receptor Antagonists for the
Prevention of In-Stent Restenosis in Patients With Stable Usefulness of Peripheral Artery Tonometry for Determining
Angina Pectoris or Silent Myocardial Ischemia Peripheral Vascular Responses During Exercise
Zenon S. Kyriakides, Stavroula N. Psychari, Theofilos M. Diwakar Jain, Tammy M. Joska, and Yolani Edrisinghe
Kolettis, Michael Georgiadis, Aias Antoniadis, and Dimitrios
Th. Kremastinos
Diagnostic Usefulness and Impact on Management of
Transesophageal Echocardiography in Surgical Intensive
Usefulness of Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assistance to Care Units
Support High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Christian Bruch, Maurice Comber, Axel Schmermund
Interventions Holger Eggebrecht, Thomas Bartel, and Raimund Erbel
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Santoro, Renato
QRS Interval Time-Related Changes and iene in
Antoniucci
a Loto eaesys« eee rates 514
Comparison of One-Year Outcomes . . . ESPRIT ..514 Prognostic Value of Pseudonormal and Restrictive Filling
Patterns on Left Ventricular Remodeling and Cardiac
Events Averd rsanvtg 8— _— a 550
Disappearance of Septal Q Waves Following Percutaneous
Transluminal Septal Myocardial Ablation for Obstructive }QassUu aQ k!| WVAV aadGaa,| KD:R iikkiimmoarr u UyWaa AMA } aNnad
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ................... 516
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
FEBRUARY 20, 2003, VOL. 91 (4A) Effect of Plasma C-Reactive Protein Levels in Modulating
the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Associated With
Statins and the Vascular Wall: Clinical and Mechanistic Small, Dense, Low-Density Lipoproteins in Men (The
Correlates of Early Benefit —_ enenen wel 555
INE es Kk VUQES e
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ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
DISTURBANCES
Effects of Oral Magnesium Therapy on Exercise Optimizing the Detection of Bidirectional Block Across the
Tolerance, Exercise-induced Chest Pain, and Quality of Flutter Isthmus for Patients With Typical isthmus-
Life in Patients With re ey Disease 517 Dependent Atrial Flutter . 559
Mict 1ael She chter cs, >| Bca ire \erz, Hermann-Ge A V\aO nanJtO} Yaanntreeil Yae| no
Stuehlinger, Joerg ak ‘Ole Fachinger and Babeth Scheinmar
Rabinowitz
Outcome of Patients With Dual-Chamber Pacemakers
Noninvasive Coronary Flow Reserve Assessed by
Implanted for the Prevention of Neurally Mediated
Transthoracic Coronary Doppler Ultrasound in Patients With
Syncope 565
Left Anterior rg ened any nana ; 522 i|s n rf KK. Ra ) ar '. Koac; hmar wna R
Francesco Pizzuto, Paolo Voci, Enrica Maria aolo E
Puddu
METHODS
Pseudonormalized Doppler Total Ejection Isovolume (Tei) Usefulness of Tissue Doppler Echocardiography for
Index in Patients With Right Ventricular Acute Myocardial
Evaluating Ventricular Function in Children Without Heart
Infarction ee ..527 Disease 570
Shiro Yoshifuku, Yutaka Otsuji
Yuge Akira Kisanuki, Koichi Tc
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N\urayama Hitoshi Nat
oPOnGi nicE ni MMAiinna goee, eand oTCa h uwa ]l e
EDITORIALS
Contrast Echocardiographic Evaluation of Early Changes Importance of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and
in Myocardial Perfusion After Recanalization Therapy in inainngesionL evels ii n ar heres Disease ; 575
Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction and Their L L SUI
Relation With Early Contractile — « .532 Visca4 Bitten Manna B bins, aNd E
Luigi Paolo Badano, Marika We erren, Antonio Di Chiara
and Paolo Maria Fioretti
implementing Clinical Trial Results into Clinical Practice
for Patients With Heart Failure 581
Relation of Frequency and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation to Tho mas WU Kilt RichaWrld R! odAe het' ter=
Survival Among Patients With Left Ventricular — Kopecky
Dysfunction and Heart Failure ..538
Benjamin H. Trichon, G. Michael Felker, Linda K. Shaw
Christopher H. Cabell, and Christopher M. O'Connor Using ine Devices to Improve End-of-Life
Care 583
David Martin
Angiographic Findings, Time Course of Regional and
Global Left Ventricular Function, and Clinical Outcome in
Diabetic Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction How to Avoid Being Swept Away by the Rising Tide of
Treated With Primary Percutaneous Transluminal Malpractice Litigation 585
Coronary Angioplasty ......................cc0csecceceesee ssS M Charles H. Beckmann
BRIEF REPORTS Monitoring of Hepatic Function ase Amiodarone
Therapy .613
Effect of Uncoated Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty
P. Timothy Pollak and Yong Dong You
Alone of Long Coronary (>20 mm) Versus Shorter
Narrowings on One-Year Event-Free Survival
Fernando A. Cura, Samir R.K apadia, Philippe L. L’Allie Role of the Cryopreserved eed in Isolated Elective
Khaled M. Ziada sete Mukherjee Katherine E. Aortic Valve Replacement
Wolski, Jay S. Yadav, SorinJ .B rener, Patrick L. Whitlow JohnG . Byrne, Alexandros N. Kenan As Tsien Mihaljevic
Eric Topol, and Stephen G. Ellis James D. Rawn, Sary F. Aranki, and Lawrence H. Cohn
Effect of Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty on Prevalence of and Predictors of Bicuspid Aortic Valves in
Myocardial Perfusion, Function, and Wall Thickness as Patients With Dilated Aortic Roots ............ .. O19
Assessed by Quantitative Gated Single-Photon Emission Josep M. Alegret, Ignasi Duran, Oscar Palazon, J
Computed Tomography ... aie Vernis, Alberto Ameijide, Antoni Rabassa, and Lluis M
Satoshi Hida, Taishiro Chikamori, Yasuhiro Usui, Hidetum
Yanagisawa, Takayuki Morishima, and Akira Yamashina
Quantification of Regional Right and Left Ventricular
Function by Ultrasonic Strain Rate and Strain Indexes in
Usefulness of Gamma Intracoronary Radiation for Totally Friedreich’s Ataxia &
Occluded In-Stent Restenotic Coronary Narrowing ....595 Frank Weidemann, Benedicte Eys kens, Luc A \ertens
Arvind K. Sharma, Andrew E. Ajani, Nidhi Garg Edou 1s Giovanni Salvo, Jérg Strotmann, Gunnar Buyse, Piet
Cheneau, Roswitha Wolfram, Rosanna Chan, Ellen Pinno\ D'hooge Bart Bijnens Marc Gewillig, and
Daniel Canos, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Salt ler, Kenr ni oR Sutherlan
M. Kent, Joseph Lindsay, and Ron Waksman
Relation of Extreme Left Ventricular sated to Age
Comparison of the Radial and the Femoral Approaches in in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 62
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute — Barry J. Maron, / arco Pic cininno Gussie A raea sey Pooks
Infarction . ..598 Bernabo, and Paolo Spirito
Anton iO Ziakis efee *K inks Richard M ildenberger, txC
Fretz Malcolm \W i ms, Antony Della Siega, Dav
Echocardiographic Atrioventricular Interval Optimization
Kinloc h, and Davi Hilton
in Patients With Dual-Chamber Pacemakers and
Symptomatic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction 629
C-Reactive Protein and ST-Segment Monitoring by David M. Gilligan, Donna Sargent, Vidyas ‘evs
Continuous 12-Lead Electrocardiogram in Patients With Ponnathpur, Dan Dan, John S. Zakaib, and Ken
Primary Unstable Angina Pectoris ........................600 Ellenbogen
Michael N. Zairis, John A. Ambrose, Olga A. Papadaki
StavrosJ .M anousakis, Alexander S. Stefanidis, Mary C.
DeVoe, Stelios M. Handanis, Christopher D. Olympios, and Usefulness of Epoprostenol Therapy in the Severely Ill
tetanos G. Foussas Adolescent/Adult With Eisenmenger Physiology
Susan M. Fernandes, Jane WW. Newburger, Peter Lang
Dorothy D. Pearson, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Kimberlee
Effect of Atorvastatin (80 mg) and Simvastatin (40 mg) on
Gauvreau, and MichaelJ . Landzberg
Plasma Fibrinogen Levels and on Carotid Intima Media
Thickness in Patients With Familial
Hypercholesterolemia Cosegregation of the Marfan Syndrome and the Long QT
Mieke D. Trip, Sanne van Wissen, TinekeJ . Smil de Syndrome in the Same Family Leads to a Severe Cardiac
Barbara A. Hutten, Anton F.H. Stalenhoef, and John J.P. Phenotype
Kastelein Vincent Probst Marie Allouis, Florence Kyndt Gilles Lande
Jean-Noél Trochu, Jean-Jacques Schott, and Hervé le Marec
Evidence That Nonsustained Polymorphic Ventricular
Tachycardia Causes Syncope (Data From Implantable Comparison of Aortic Elasticity in Patients With the
Cardioverter Defibrillators) Marfan Syndrome With and Without Aortic Root
D. Michael Farmer, Craig A. Swygman, Paul JJ.. Wang Replacement
N. A. Mark Estes Ill, and Mark S. Link GijsJ .N ollen, Lilian J. Meijboom, Maarten Groenink,
Janneke Timmermans, Jelle O. Barentsz, Naeem Merchant
Gary D. Webb, HildoJ . Lamb, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Ernst E
Prevalence of Interatrial Block in a General Hospital
Van der Wall, and Barbara J.M. Mulder
Population
Navaid Asad and David H. Spodick
Echocardiographic Features of Pheochromocytoma of the
Comparison of the Transseptal Approach to the
Martin Osranek, Francesca Bursi, George M. Gura
Transaortic Approach for Ablation of Left-Sided Accessory
William F. Young, Jr., and James B. Seward
Pathways in Patients With Wolff-Parkinson-White
Syndrome
Demosthenes Kotritsis, Eleftherios Giazitzoglou, Socrates Balance and Gait in Older Adults With Systemic
Korovesis, and Constantinos Zambartas Hypertension
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