Annals ofCardiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 62 - June 15, 2006

Outstanding

Particulate Pollution and Endothelial Function: Déjà Vu All Over Again in the Air

Strut Position, Blood Flow, and Drug Deposition: Implications for Single and Overlapping Drug-Eluting Stents

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Conservative Therapy in Nonacute Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Inflammation of Atrium After Cardiac Surgery Is Associated With Inhomogeneity of Atrial Conduction and Atrial Fibrillation

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Freedom From Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Randomized Comparison Between 2 Current Ablation Strategies

Inflammation of Atrium After Cardiac Surgery Is Associated With Inhomogeneity of Atrial Conduction and Atrial Fibrillation

Intracellular Calcium Dynamics and Anisotropic Reentry in Isolated Canine Pulmonary Veins and Left Atrium

Appropriate and Inappropriate Ventricular Therapies, Quality of Life, and Mortality Among Primary and Secondary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients: Results From the Pacing Fast VT REduces Shock ThErapies (PainFREE Rx II) Trial

Cardiac Failure

Critical Role of Endogenous Thrombospondin-1 in Preventing Expansion of Healing Myocardial Infarcts

Delayed Onset of Subendocardial Diastolic Thinning at Rest Identifies Hypoperfused Myocardium

Contemporary Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Neurocardiogenic Syncope and Related Disorders of Orthostatic Intolerance

Coronary Heart Disease

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Conservative Therapy in Nonacute Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Editorial

Comparing Different Strategies for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Particulate Pollution and Endothelial Function: Déjà Vu All Over Again in the Air

Alpha-Linolenic Acid: A Gift From the Land?

Epidemiology

Diabetes Enhances Vulnerability to Particulate Air Pollution–Associated Impairment in Vascular Reactivity and Endothelial Function

Dietary Linolenic Acid Is Inversely Associated With Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Coronary Arteries: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study

Increased Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated With the Glutathione S Transferase Theta–Null Genotype: A Go-DARTS Study

Interventionist cardiology

Changes in False Lumen After Transluminal Stent-Graft Placement in Aortic Dissections: Six Years’ Experience

Strut Position, Blood Flow, and Drug Deposition: Implications for Single and Overlapping Drug-Eluting Stents

Molecular Cardiology

Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide Regulates Postischemic Myocardial Oxygenation and Oxygen Consumption by Modulation of Mitochondrial Electron Transport

Intracellular Proatherogenic Events and Cell Adhesion Modulated by Extracellular Thiol/Disulfide Redox State

Vascular Medicine

Reduced Number of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events: Proof of Concept for the Clinical Importance of Endogenous Vascular Repair

Development of Occlusive Neointimal Lesions in Distal Pulmonary Arteries of Endothelin B Receptor–Deficient Rats: A New Model of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension