The American Journal of Cardiology

Noninvasive strategies for the estimation of cardiac risk in stable chest pain patients
pp. 1-7(7)
Authors: Shaw L.J.; Hachamovitch R.; Heller G.V.; Marwick T.H.; Travin M.I.; Iskandrian A.E.; Kesler K.; Lauer M.S.; Hendel R.; Borges-Neto S.; Lewin H.C.; Berman D.S.; Miller D.

Rates of progression of coronary calcium by electron beam tomography
pp. 8-11(4)
Authors: Budoff M.J.; Lane K.L.; Bakhsheshi H.; Mao S.; Grassmann B.O.; Friedman B.C.; Brundage B.H.

Transthoracic stress echocardiography with transesophageal atrial pacing for bedside evaluation of inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with new-onset chest pain
pp. 12-16(5)
Authors: Atar S.; Cercek B.; Nagai T.; Luo H.; Lewin H.C.; Naqvi T.Z.; Siegel R.J.

Program participation, exercise adherence, cardiovascular outcomes, and program cost of traditional versus modified cardiac rehabilitation
pp. 17-23(7)
Authors: Carlson J.J.; Johnson J.A.; Franklin B.A.; VanderLaan R.L.

Use of resources, quality of life, and clinical outcomes in patients with and without new Q waves after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (from the GUSTO-I trial)
pp. 24-29(6)
Authors: Barbagelata A.; Califf R.M.; Sgarbossa E.B.; Goodman S.G.; Knight D.; Mark D.B.; Granger C.B.; Agranatti D.A.; Mautner B.; Ohman E.M.; Suarez L.D.; Armstrong P.W.; Gates K.; Wagner G.S.

Angiographic and clinical characteristics associated with increased in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous intervention (a pooled analysis of the primary angioplasty in myocardial infarction trials)
pp. 30-34(5)
Authors: DeGeare V.S.; Stone G.W.; Grines L.; Brodie B.R.; Cox D.A.; Garcia E.; Wharton T.P.; Boura J.A.; O'Neill W.W.; Grines C.L.

Detection of coronary restenosis by exercise electrocardiography thallium-201 perfusion imaging and coronary angiography in asymptomatic patients after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
pp. 35-40(6)
Authors: Beygui F.; Le Feuvre C.; Maunoury C.; Helft G.; Antonietti T.; Metzger J.P.; Vacheron A.

Safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary interventions performed immediately after diagnostic catheterization in northern New England and comparison with similar procedures performed later
pp. 41-45(5)
Authors: Shubrooks S.J.; Malenka D.J.; Piper W.D.; Bradley W.A.; Watkins M.W.; Ryan T.J.; Hettleman B.D.; VerLee P.N.; O'Meara J.R.; Robb J.F.; Kellett M.A.; Hearne M.A.; McGrath P.D.; Wennberg D.E.; O'Rourke D.J.; Silver T.M.

Incremental reduction of serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with the addition of plant stanol ester-containing spread to statin therapy
pp. 46-52(7)
Authors: Blair S.N.; Capuzzi D.M.; Gottlieb S.O.; Nguyen T.; Morgan J.M.; Cater N.B.

Maximal exercise test as a predictor of risk for mortality from coronary heart disease in asymptomatic men
pp. 53-58(6)
Authors: Gibbons L.W.; Mitchell T.L.; Wei M.; Blair S.N.; Cooper K.H.

Clinical characteristics of patients intolerant to VVIR pacing
pp. 59-63(5)
Authors: Ellenbogen K.A.; Stambler B.S.; Orav E.J.; Sgarbossa E.B.; Tullo N.G.; Love C.A.; Wood M.A.; Goldman L.; Lamas G.A.

Atrial fibrillation after beating heart surgery
pp. 64-67(4)
Authors: Stamou S.C.; Dangas G.; Hill P.C.; Pfister A.J.; Dullum M.K.C.; Boyce S.W.; Bafi A.S.; Garcia J.M.; Corso P.J.

Nonobstructive aortic valve calcium as a window to atherosclerosis of the aorta
pp. 68-71(4)
Authors: Adler Y.; Vaturi M.; Wiser I.; Shapira Y.; Herz I.; Weisenberg D.; Sela N.; Battler A.; Sagie A.

Richard John Bing, MD: a conversation with John Willis Hurst, MD
pp. 72-79(8)
Authors: Bing R.J.; Hurst J.W.

Effects of simvastatin or hormone replacement therapy, or both, on fibrinogen, factor VII, and plasminogen activator inhibitor levels in postmenopausal women with proven coronary artery disease
pp. 80-83(4)
Authors: Sbarouni E.; Melissari E.; Kyriakides Z.S.; Kremastinos D.T.

Relation between C-reactive protein levels on admission and pattern of acute myocardial infarction onset
pp. 83-86(4)
Authors: Kosuge M.; Kimura K.; Ishikawa T.; Endo T.; Shigemasa T.; Okuda J.; Sugiyama M.; Tochikubo O.; Umemura S.

Effectiveness of rotational atherectomy in narrowed left internal mammary artery grafts to the left anterior descending coronary artery
pp. 86-88(3)
Authors: Thomas W.J.; Cowley M.J.; Vetrovec G.W.; Malloy W.; Goudreau E.

Effectiveness of rotational atherectomy in aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts
pp. 88-91(4)
Authors: Thomas W.J.; Cowley M.J.; Vetrovec G.W.; Malloy W.; Goudreau E.

Prevalence of the Brugada syndrome in an apparently healthy population
pp. 91-94(4)
Authors: Hermida J.-S.; Lemoine J.-L.; Aoun F.B.; Jarry G.; Rey J.-L.; Quiret J.-C.

Comparison of intravenous adrenomedullin with atrial natriuretic peptide in patients with congestive heart failure
pp. 94-98(5)
Authors: Oya H.; Nagaya N.; Furuichi S.; Nishikimi T.; Ueno K.; Nakanishi N.; Yamagishi M.; Kangawa K.; Miyatake K.

The spectrum of pulmonary abnormalities on computed chest tomographic imaging in patients with advanced heart failure
pp. 98-100(3)
Authors: Lewin S.; Goldberg L.; Dec G.W.

Pilot study of guided imagery use in patients with severe heart failure
pp. 101-104(4)
Authors: Klaus L.; Beniaminovitz A.; Choi L.; Greenfield F.; Whitworth G.C.; Oz M.C.; Mancini D.M.

Analysis of agreement between dobutamine stress echocardiography and exercise nuclear angiography in severe aortic regurgitation
pp. 104-107(4)
Authors: De Rito V.; Natali R.; Vigna C.; Perna G.P.; Stanislao M.; Lombardo A.; Russo A.; Forleo G.; Fanelli R.; Loperfido F.

Dose and duration of fenfluramine-phentermine therapy impacts the risk of significant valvular heart disease
pp. 107-110(4)
Authors: Lepor N.E.; Gross S.B.; Daley W.L.; Samuels B.A.; Rizzo M.J.; Luko S.P.; Hickey A.; Buchbinder N.A.; Naqvi T.Z.

Clinical and echocardiographic features of hypereosinophilic syndromes
pp. 110-113(4)
Authors: Ommen S.R.; Seward J.B.; Tajik A.J.

Usefulness of Doppler echocardiography to determine the timing of surgery for supravalvar aortic stenosis
pp. 114-116(3)
Authors: Tani L.Y.; Minich L.L.; Pagotto L.T.; Shaddy R.E.

Effect of low molecular weight heparin on coronary endothelial function in acute cellular heart transplant rejection
pp. 117-120(4)
Authors: Schlaifer J.D.; Mills R.M.

Anatomic landmarks for use when measuring intracardiac pressure with fluid-filled catheters
pp. 121-124(4)
Authors: Brown L.K.; Kahl F.R.; Link K.M.; Hamilton C.A.; Goff D.C.; Little W.C.; Hundley W.G.

Why not phenytoin?
pp. 125-125(1)
Author: Lane D.M.

Reply
pp. 125-126(2)
Authors: Boden W.E.; Pearson T.A.

Association between elevated plasma fibrinogen and the small, dense low-density lipoprotein phenotype among postmenopausal women
pp. 126-126(1)
Authors: Edmunds E.; Landray M.; Lip G.Y.H.