Annals ofCardiology

Volume: 4 - Number: 35 - February 15, 2004

Outstanding

Plaque Vulnerability, Plaque Rupture, and Acute Coronary Syndromes: (Multi)-Focal Manifestation of a Systemic Disease Process

Microvascular Structural Correlates of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Implications for the Assessment of Myocardial Hibernation

Principles From Clinical Trials Relevant to Clinical Practice: Part I

Principles From Clinical Trials Relevant to Clinical Practice: Part II

Basics sciences in cardiology

Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Paradoxical Embolism

Postsystolic Shortening in Ischemic Myocardium: Active Contraction or Passive Recoil?

Preservation of the Baroreceptor Heart Rate Reflex by Chemical Sympathectomy in Experimental Heart Failure

Prevention of Diabetes-Induced Microangiopathy by Human Tissue Kallikrein Gene Transfer

Radioactive 133-Xenon Gas-Filled Balloon to Prevent Restenosis: Dosimetry, Efficacy, and Safety Considerations

Cardiovascular Image

Pericardial Adhesion Shown in Echocardiographic Subxiphoid View in a Patient With Postsurgical Pericardial Constriction

Pulmonary Site Bioprosthesis: Failure at 15 Years

Clinical cardiology: new frontiers

Principles From Clinical Trials Relevant to Clinical Practice: Part I

Principles From Clinical Trials Relevant to Clinical Practice: Part II

Congress

Meeting Highlights: Highlights of the 51st Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology

Editorial

Vegetations in endocarditis: Big is bad, but is there more to it?

Heart failure and the elderly: Disease diversity, data, and delivery of care

Are heart rate and blood pressure responses to mental stress predictive of clinical cardiovascular events? The answer varies by coronary artery disease

Inflammation in atherosclerosis: Causal or casual? The need for randomized trials

Does race matter in heart failure?

Subclinical diabetes mellitus: Is it really “sub-clinical”?

Hippocrates and prognosis in heart failure: The challenge of static and dynamic measurements

Perspectives and Editorial

Low molecular weight heparins for acute coronary syndrome: Tackling the issues head-on

Myocardial factor for timing of surgery in asymptomatic patients with mitral regurgitation

Percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with renal insufficiency: A high-risk, under-studied cohort

Percutaneous coronary interventions without on-site cardiac surgery: A stretch for much-needed evidence

Plaque Vulnerability, Plaque Rupture, and Acute Coronary Syndromes: (Multi)-Focal Manifestation of a Systemic Disease Process

Platelet-Derived CD40: The Switch-Hitting Player of Cardiovascular Disease

Reports and clinical investigation

Low Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Is Associated With Increased Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

Low-Output, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis in Patients With Depressed Left Ventricular Systolic Function: The Clinical Utility of the Dobutamine Challenge in the Catheterization Laboratory

Mapping and Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation

Microvascular Structural Correlates of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Implications for the Assessment of Myocardial Hibernation

Multiple Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Three-Vessel Intravascular Ultrasound Study

Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of ST-Segment Depression During Repeated Submaximal Exercise Tests Among Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease: The Exposure and Risk Assessment for Fine and Ultrafine Particles in Ambient Air (ULTRA) Study

Patterns of Coronary Compromise Resulting in Acute Right Ventricular Ischemic Dysfunction

Persistent Infarct–Related Artery Occlusion Is Associated With an Increased Myocardial Apoptosis at Postmortem Examination in Humans Late After an Acute Myocardial Infarction

Positive Association of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms With High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Prediction of Long-Term Prognosis in 12 169 Men Referred for Cardiac Rehabilitation

Prognostic Implications of Abnormalities in Renal Function in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Prognostic Value of Coronary Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction

Randomized Trial of 90Sr/90Y ß-Radiation Versus Placebo Control for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis

Special Report

Recommendations of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Heart and Lung Xenotransplantation Working Group