Annals ofCardiology

Volume: 7 - Number: 73 - May 15, 2007

Outstanding

Multislice Computed Tomography for Detection of Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis and Quantification of Severity

Drug-Eluting Stents Are Safe and Effective: Right or Wrong?

Measurement of Strain and Strain Rate by Echocardiography: Ready for Prime Time?

Regionalization of ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Care: Putting a National Policy in Proper Perspective

Atheroesclerosis

Remodeling Index Compared to Actual Vascular Remodeling in Atherosclerotic Left Main Coronary Arteries as Assessed With Long-Term (12 Months) Serial Intravascular Ultrasound

C-Reactive Protein Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 and -10 in Human Endothelial Cells: Implications for Clinical and Subclinical Atherosclerosis

Cardiac Failure

Prognostic Value of Pacing-Induced Mechanical Alternans in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Sinus Rhythm

Cardiac Image

Multislice Computed Tomography for Detection of Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis and Quantification of Severity

Impact of Body Mass Index on Cardiac Mortality in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Prognosis of Negative Adenosine Stress Magnetic Resonance in Patients Presenting to an Emergency Department With Chest Pain

Cardiovascular Effect of Aging

Effects of Normal Aging on Left Ventricular Lusitropic, Inotropic, and Chronotropic Responses to Dobutamine

Cardiovascular Effect of Sleep Apnea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: More Insights on Structural and Functional Cardiac Alterations, and the Effects of Treatment With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Cardiovascular genomic medicine

Molecular and Cellular Imaging of Atherosclerosis: Emerging Applications

Congenital Heart Disease

Independent Factors Associated With Mortality, Reintervention, and Achievement of Complete Repair in Children With Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect

Covered Cheatham-Platinum Stents for Aortic Coarctation: Early and Intermediate-Term Results

Editorial Commentary

Drug-Eluting Stents Are Safe and Effective: Right or Wrong?

C-Reactive Protein and the Vascular Endothelium: Implications for Plaque Instability

Highest Dominant Frequencies in Atrial Fibrillation: A New Target for Ablation?

Potential Bioeffects of Ultrasonic Destruction of Microbubble Contrast Agents

Sildenafil Improves Coronary Artery Patency in a Canine Model of Platelet-Mediated Cyclic Coronary Occlusion After Thrombolysis

Heart rhythm disorders

Robotic Magnetic Navigation for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Frequency Analysis in Different Types of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Interventionist cardiology

Two-Year Outcomes After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation: Results From the Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in de Novo Native Coronary Lesions (SIRIUS) Trial

Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Remain Superior to Bare-Metal Stents at Two Years: Medium-Term Results From the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) Registry

JAAC Meeting

Highlights of the 2005 Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Seattle, Washington, September 29–October 2, 2005

JACC news

President’s Page: Making Imaging Meaningful

Preclínical Study

Microvascular Permeabilization and Cardiomyocyte Injury Provoked by Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in a Canine Model

State of the Art

Measurement of Strain and Strain Rate by Echocardiography: Ready for Prime Time?

Viewpoint and commentary

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Recommendations on Triage of Patients to Heart Attack Centers: Is it Time for a National Policy for the Treatment of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction?

Regionalization of ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Care: Putting a National Policy in Proper Perspective