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Eric J. Topol, Jeanette McCarthy, Stacey Gabriel, David J. Moliterno, William J. Rogers, L. Kristin Newby, Matt Freedman, Jennifer Metivier, Ruth Cannata, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Gurunathan Murugesan, Edward F. Plow, Olga Stenina, and George Q. Daley: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Multiple Novel Thrombospondin Genes May Be Associated With Familial Premature Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 0: hc4701.100910-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshihisa Okamoto, Shinji Kihara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Makoto Nishida, Yukio Arita, Masahiro Kumada, Koji Ohashi, Naohiko Sakai, Iichiro Shimomura, Hideki Kobayashi, Naoki Terasaka, Toshimori Inaba, Tohru Funahashi, and Yuji Matsuzawa: Adiponectin Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000042707.50032.19-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Renu Virmani, Francesco Liistro, Goran Stankovic, Carlo Di Mario, Matteo Montorfano, Andrew Farb, Frank D. Kolodgie, and Antonio Colombo: Mechanism of Late In-Stent Restenosis After Implantation of a Paclitaxel Derivate-Eluting Polymer Stent System in Humans
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000041632.02514.14-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Abu S.M. Shamsuzzaman, Mikolaj Winnicki, Paola Lanfranchi, Robert Wolk, Tomas Kara, Valentina Accurso, and Virend K. Somers: Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000018948.95175.03-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Timothy M. Olson, Margaret L. Karst, Frank G. Whitby, and David J. Driscoll: Myosin Light Chain Mutation Causes Autosomal Recessive Cardiomyopathy With Mid-Cavitary Hypertrophy and Restrictive Physiology
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000018444.47798.94-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christian K. Roberts, Nosratola D. Vaziri, and R. James Barnard: Effect of Diet and Exercise Intervention on Blood Pressure, Insulin, Oxidative Stress, and Nitric Oxide Availability
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000040584.91836.0D-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christophe Leclercq, Owen Faris, Richard Tunin, Jennifer Johnson, Ritsuchi Kato, Frank Evans, Julio Spinelli, Henry Halperin, Elliot McVeigh, and David A. Kass: Systolic Improvement and Mechanical Resynchronization Does Not Require Electrical Synchrony in the Dilated Failing Heart With Left Bundle-Branch Block
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000035037.11968.5C-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Massimo Porqueddu, Rita Spirito, Alessandro Parolari, Marco Zanobini, Giulio Pompilio, Gianluca Polvani, Francesco Alamanni, Davide Stangalini, Elena Tremoli, and Paolo Biglioli: Lack of Association Between Serum Immunoreactivity and Chlamydia pneumoniae Detection in the Human Aortic Wall
Circulation 0: 01.CIR.0000041626.38101.DB-. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lars Rothermund, Roland Vetter, Maike Dieterich, Peter Kossmehl, Ozlem Gogebakan, Chana Yagil, Yoram Yagil, and Reinhold Kreutz: Endothelin-A Receptor Blockade Prevents Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dysfunction in Salt-Sensitive Experimental Hypertension
Circulation 106: 2305-2308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Angelo Livolsi, Josiane Feldman, Josue Feingold, Laurence Weiss, Yves Alembik, Ismail M. Sharifah-Anion, Michel Fischbach, Jean Messer, and Pascal Bousquet: First Model of Spontaneous Vagal Hyperreactivity and Its Mode of Genetic Transmission
Circulation 106: 2301-2304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seiji Maeda, Takashi Miyauchi, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Takumi Tanabe, Yoko Irukayama-Tomobe, Katsutoshi Goto, Iwao Yamaguchi, and Mitsuo Matsuda: Involvement of Endogenous Endothelin-1 in Exercise-Induced Redistribution of Tissue Blood Flow: An Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Reduces the Redistribution
Circulation 106: 2188-2193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Hurlimann, Adrian Forster, Georg Noll, Frank Enseleit, Remy Chenevard, Oliver Distler, Markus Bechir, Lukas E. Spieker, Michel Neidhart, Beat A. Michel, Renate E. Gay, Thomas F. Luscher, Steffen Gay, and Frank Ruschitzka: Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ Treatment Improves Endothelial Function in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Circulation 106: 2184-2187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joerg Herrmann, Amir Lerman, Dietrich Baumgart, Lothar Volbracht, Rainer Schulz, Clemens von Birgelen, Michael Haude, Gerd Heusch, and Raimund Erbel: Preprocedural Statin Medication Reduces the Extent of Periprocedural Non–Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 106: 2180-2183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koen Nieman, Filippo Cademartiri, Pedro A. Lemos, Rolf Raaijmakers, Peter M.T. Pattynama, and Pim J. de Feyter: Reliable Noninvasive Coronary Angiography With Fast Submillimeter Multislice Spiral Computed Tomography
Circulation 106: 2051-2054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Debabrata Mukherjee, Prasanth Lingam, Stanley Chetcuti, P. Michael Grossman, Mauro Moscucci, Ann E. Luciano, and Kim A. Eagle: Missed Opportunities to Treat Atherosclerosis in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Insights From the University of Michigan Peripheral Vascular Disease Quality Improvement Initiative (PVD-QI²)
Circulation 106: 1909-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christophe Leclercq, Owen Faris, Richard Tunin, Jennifer Johnson, Ritsuchi Kato, Frank Evans, Julio Spinelli, Henry Halperin, Elliot McVeigh, and David A. Kass: Systolic Improvement and Mechanical Resynchronization Does Not Require Electrical Synchrony in the Dilated Failing Heart With Left Bundle-Branch Block
Circulation 106: 1760-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ronen Beeri, J. Luis Guerrero, Gregory Supple, Suzanne Sullivan, Robert A. Levine, and Roger J. Hajjar: New Efficient Catheter-Based System for Myocardial Gene Delivery
Circulation 106: 1756-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vivek M. Shah, Gary S. Mintz, Sue Apple, and Neil J. Weissman: Background Incidence of Late Malapposition After Bare-Metal Stent Implantation
Circulation 106: 1753-1755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Henry Ooi, Wilson S. Colucci, and Michael M. Givertz: Endothelin Mediates Increased Pulmonary Vascular Tone in Patients With Heart Failure: Demonstration by Direct Intrapulmonary Infusion of Sitaxsentan
Circulation 106: 1618-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jurgen F. Leikert;, Thomas R. Rathel;, Paulus Wohlfart, Veronique Cheynier, Angelika M. Vollmar, and Verena M. Dirsch: Red Wine Polyphenols Enhance Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Subsequent Nitric Oxide Release From Endothelial Cells
Circulation 106: 1614-1617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Muzaffer Degertekin, Patrick W. Serruys, David P. Foley, Kengo Tanabe, Evelyn Regar, Jeroen Vos, Peter C. Smits, Wim J. van der Giessen, Marcel van den Brand, Pim de Feyter, and Jeffrey J. Popma: Persistent Inhibition of Neointimal Hyperplasia After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation: Long-Term (Up to 2 Years) Clinical, Angiographic, and Intravascular Ultrasound Follow-Up
Circulation 106: 1610-1613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oliver Zolk, Leong L. Ng, Russell J. O'Brien, Michael Weyand, and Thomas Eschenhagen: Augmented Expression of Cardiotrophin-1 in Failing Human Hearts Is Accompanied by Diminished Glycoprotein 130 Receptor Protein Abundance
Circulation 106: 1442-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Senthil Kumar Venugopal, Sridevi Devaraj, Ivan Yuhanna, Philip Shaul, and Ishwarlal Jialal: Demonstration That C-Reactive Protein Decreases eNOS Expression and Bioactivity in Human Aortic Endothelial Cells
Circulation 106: 1439-1441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahiko Goya, Feifan Ouyang, Sabine Ernst, Marius Volkmer, Matthias Antz, and Karl-Heinz Kuck: Electroanatomic Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Breakthroughs From the Right Atrium to the Superior Vena Cava in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Circulation 106: 1317-1320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frank D. Kolodgie, Michael John, Charanjit Khurana, Andrew Farb, Patricia S. Wilson, Eduardo Acampado, Neil Desai, Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Renu Virmani: Sustained Reduction of In-Stent Neointimal Growth With the Use of a Novel Systemic Nanoparticle Paclitaxel
Circulation 106: 1195-1198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shuichi Jono, Yuji Ikari, Atsushi Shioi, Katsuhito Mori, Takami Miki, Kazuhiro Hara, and Yoshiki Nishizawa: Serum Osteoprotegerin Levels Are Associated With the Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 106: 1192-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson, Daniel Levy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Michelle J. Kupka, Warren J. Manning, Melvin E. Clouse, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Peter W.F. Wilson, and Christopher J. O'Donnell: C-Reactive Protein Is Associated With Subclinical Epicardial Coronary Calcification in Men and Women: The Framingham Heart Study
Circulation 106: 1189-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ulrich P. Jorde, Timothy Vittorio, Stuart D. Katz, Paolo C. Colombo, Farhana Latif, and Thierry H. Le Jemtel: Elevated Plasma Aldosterone Levels Despite Complete Inhibition of the Vascular Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme in Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation 106: 1055-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Abbate, Rossana Bussani, Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Raffaele Rossiello, Furio Silvestri, Feliciano Baldi, Luigi M. Biasucci, and Alfonso Baldi: Persistent Infarct–Related Artery Occlusion Is Associated With an Increased Myocardial Apoptosis at Postmortem Examination in Humans Late After an Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 106: 1051-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shuntaro Kagiyama, Satoru Eguchi, Gerald D. Frank, Tadashi Inagami, Yuan Clare Zhang, and M. Ian Phillips: Angiotensin II–Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy and Hypertension Are Attenuated by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antisense
Circulation 106: 909-912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rajat S. Barua, John A. Ambrose, Dhanonjoy C. Saha, and Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds: Smoking Is Associated With Altered Endothelial-Derived Fibrinolytic and Antithrombotic Factors: An In Vitro Demonstration
Circulation 106: 905-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew J. Luisi Jr, James A. Fallavollita, Gen Suzuki, and John M. Canty Jr: Spatial Inhomogeneity of Sympathetic Nerve Function in Hibernating Myocardium
Circulation 106: 779-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ron Waksman, Andrew E. Ajani, Ellen Pinnow, Edouard Cheneau, Laurent Leborgne, Regina Dieble, Anh B. Bui, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth K. Kent, and Joseph Lindsay: Twelve Versus Six Months of Clopidogrel to Reduce Major Cardiac Events in Patients Undergoing ${gamma}$ -Radiation Therapy for In-Stent Restenosis: Washington Radiation for In-Stent restenosis Trial (WRIST) 12 Versus WRIST PLUS
Circulation 106: 776-778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mieke D. Trip, Yvo M. Smulders, Jurgen J. Wegman, Xiaofeng Hu, Jolanda M.A. Boer, Jacoline B. ten Brink, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, John J.P. Kastelein, Edith J.M. Feskens, and Arthur A.B. Bergen: Frequent Mutation in the ABCC6 Gene (R1141X) Is Associated With a Strong Increase in the Prevalence of Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 106: 773-775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marie-Paule Jacob, Michele Cazaubon, Anthony Scemama, Dominique Prie, Francoise Blanchet, Marie-Claude Guillin, and Jean-Baptiste Michel: Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as a Marker of Blood Stasis in Varicose Veins
Circulation 106: 535-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karen M. Horton, Wendy S. Post, Roger S. Blumenthal, and Elliot K. Fishman: Prevalence of Significant Noncardiac Findings on Electron-Beam Computed Tomography Coronary Artery Calcium Screening Examinations
Circulation 106: 532-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tae-Ho Park, Nasser M. Lakkis, Katherine J. Middleton, Jennifer Franklin, William A. Zoghbi, Miguel A. Quinones, William H. Spencer III, and Sherif F. Nagueh: Acute Effect of Nonsurgical Septal Reduction Therapy on Regional Left Ventricular Asynchrony in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 106: 412-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Razeghi, Martin E. Young, Tonya C. Cockrill, O. Howard Frazier, and Heinrich Taegtmeyer: Downregulation of Myocardial Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C and Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C–Regulated Gene Expression in Diabetic Patients With Nonischemic Heart Failure
Circulation 106: 407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael J. LaMonte, J. Larry Durstine, Frank G. Yanowitz, Tobin Lim, Katrina D. DuBose, Paul Davis, and Barbara E. Ainsworth: Cardiorespiratory Fitness and C-Reactive Protein Among a Tri-Ethnic Sample of Women
Circulation 106: 403-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Cipollone, Andrea Mezzetti, Ettore Porreca, Concetta Di Febbo, Michele Nutini, Maria Fazia, Angela Falco, Franco Cuccurullo, and Giovanni Davi: Association Between Enhanced Soluble CD40L and Prothrombotic State in Hypercholesterolemia: Effects of Statin Therapy
Circulation 106: 399-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregory P. Sanders, Susan B. Yeon, Jason Grunes, Todd B. Seto, and Warren J. Manning: Impact of a Specific Echocardiographic Report Comment Regarding Endocarditis Prophylaxis on Compliance With American Heart Association Recommendations
Circulation 106: 300-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

W. Yong Kim, Matthias Stuber, Peter Bornert, Kraig V. Kissinger, Warren J. Manning, and Rene M. Botnar: Three-Dimensional Black-Blood Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Coronary Vessel Wall Imaging Detects Positive Arterial Remodeling in Patients With Nonsignificant Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 106: 296-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carol Fisher, Margaret MacLean, Ian Morecroft, Alison Seed, Fiona Johnston, Christopher Hillier, and John McMurray: Is the Pregnancy Hormone Relaxin Also a Vasodilator Peptide Secreted by the Heart?
Circulation 106: 292-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mikolaj Winnicki, Virend K. Somers, Valentina Accurso, Bradley G. Phillips, Massimo Puato, Paolo Palatini, and Paolo Pauletto: Fish-Rich Diet, Leptin, and Body Mass
Circulation 106: 289-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph C. Wu, Masayuki Inubushi, Gobalakrishnan Sundaresan, Heinrich R. Schelbert, and Sanjiv S. Gambhir: Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Cardiac Reporter Gene Expression in Living Rats
Circulation 106: 180-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhiping Chen, Tatsuya Fukutomi, Alexandre C. Zago, Raila Ehlers, Patricia A. Detmers, Samuel D. Wright, Campbell Rogers, and Daniel I. Simon: Simvastatin Reduces Neointimal Thickening in Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor–Deficient Mice After Experimental Angioplasty Without Changing Plasma Lipids
Circulation 106: 20-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ruchira Glaser, Min Min Lu, Navneet Narula, and Jonathan A. Epstein: Smooth Muscle Cells, But Not Myocytes, of Host Origin in Transplanted Human Hearts
Circulation 106: 17-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jun Dong, Gjin Ndrepepa, Claus Schmitt, Julinda Mehilli, Sebastian Schmieder, Markus Schwaiger, Albert Schomig, and Adnan Kastrati: Early Resolution of ST-Segment Elevation Correlates With Myocardial Salvage Assessed by Tc-99m Sestamibi Scintigraphy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After Mechanical or Thrombolytic Reperfusion Therapy
Circulation 105: 2946-2949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frederic Fumeron, Dina Betoulle, Viviane Nicaud, Alun Evans, Frank Kee, Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, Dominique Arveiler, Gerald Luc, and Francois Cambien: Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism and Myocardial Infarction: Etude Cas-Témoins de l’Infarctus du Myocarde (ECTIM)
Circulation 105: 2943-2945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven E. Reis, Marian B. Olson, Linda Fried, Virginia Reeser, Sunil Mankad, Carl J. Pepine, Richard Kerensky, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Barry L. Sharaf, George Sopko, William J. Rogers, and Richard Holubkov: Mild Renal Insufficiency Is Associated With Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease in Women
Circulation 105: 2826-2829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dipen Shah, Michel Haissaguerre, Pierre Jais, Meleze Hocini, Teiichi Yamane, Laurent Macle, Kee Joon Choi, and Jacques Clementy: Left Atrial Appendage Activity Masquerading as Pulmonary Vein Potentials
Circulation 105: 2821-2825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lukas E. Spieker, David Hurlimann, Frank Ruschitzka, Roberto Corti, Frank Enseleit, Sidney Shaw, Daniel Hayoz, John E. Deanfield, Thomas F. Luscher, and Georg Noll: Mental Stress Induces Prolonged Endothelial Dysfunction via Endothelin-A Receptors
Circulation 105: 2817-2820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J.H.F. Rudd, E.A. Warburton, T.D. Fryer, H.A. Jones, J.C. Clark, N. Antoun, P. Johnstrom, A.P. Davenport, P.J. Kirkpatrick, B.N. Arch, J.D. Pickard, and P.L. Weissberg: Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation With [¹⁸F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
Circulation 105: 2708-2711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomohiko Ai, Yuichiro Fujiwara, Keiko Tsuji, Hideo Otani, Shozo Nakano, Yoshihiro Kubo, and Minoru Horie: Novel KCNJ2 Mutation in Familial Periodic Paralysis With Ventricular Dysrhythmia
Circulation 105: 2592-2594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen Westaby, Adrian P. Banning, Satoshi Saito, David W. Pigott, Xu Y. Jin, Pedro A. Catarino, Desiree Robson, Narain Moorjani, Attila Kardos, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Robert Jarvik, and O.H. Frazier: Circulatory Support for Long-Term Treatment of Heart Failure: Experience With an Intraventricular Continuous Flow Pump
Circulation 105: 2588-2591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshihiro Morino, Thosaphol Limpijankit, Yasuhiro Honda, Alexandra J. Lansky, Ron Waksman, Heidi N. Bonneau, Paul G. Yock, Gary S. Mintz, and Peter J. Fitzgerald: Late Vascular Response to Repeat Stenting for In-Stent Restenosis With and Without Radiation: An Intravascular Ultrasound Volumetric Analysis
Circulation 105: 2465-2468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Abu S.M. Shamsuzzaman, Mikolaj Winnicki, Paola Lanfranchi, Robert Wolk, Tomas Kara, Valentina Accurso, and Virend K. Somers: Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Circulation 105: 2462-2464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy M. Olson, Margaret L. Karst, Frank G. Whitby, and David J. Driscoll: Myosin Light Chain Mutation Causes Autosomal Recessive Cardiomyopathy With Mid-Cavitary Hypertrophy and Restrictive Physiology
Circulation 105: 2337-2340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel T. Eitzman, Randal J. Westrick, Xiaoming Bi, Sara L. Manning, John E. Wilkinson, George J. Broze, and David Ginsburg: Lethal Perinatal Thrombosis in Mice Resulting From the Interaction of Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor Deficiency and Factor V Leiden
Circulation 105: 2139-2142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Horst Sievert, Michael D. Lesh, Thomas Trepels, Heyder Omran, Antonio Bartorelli, Paola Della Bella, Toshiko Nakai, Mark Reisman, Carlo DiMario, Peter Block, Paul Kramer, Dirk Fleschenberg, Ulrike Krumsdorf, and Detlef Scherer: Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion to Prevent Stroke in High-Risk Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Early Clinical Experience
Circulation 105: 1887-1889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Liistro, Goran Stankovic, Carlo Di Mario, Takuro Takagi, Alaide Chieffo, Shahram Moshiri, Matteo Montorfano, Mauro Carlino, Carlo Briguori, Paolo Pagnotta, Remo Albiero, Nicola Corvaja, and Antonio Colombo: First Clinical Experience With a Paclitaxel Derivate–Eluting Polymer Stent System Implantation for In-Stent Restenosis: Immediate and Long-Term Clinical and Angiographic Outcome
Circulation 105: 1883-1886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David M. Herrington, Timothy D. Howard, K. Bridget Brosnihan, Donald P. McDonnell, Xiaolin Li, Gregory A. Hawkins, David M. Reboussin, Jianfeng Xu, Siqun L. Zheng, Deborah A. Meyers, and Eugene R. Bleecker: Common Estrogen Receptor Polymorphism Augments Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on E-Selectin but Not C-Reactive Protein
Circulation 105: 1879-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Arno Buecker, Elmar Spuentrup, Alexander Ruebben, and Rolf W. Gunther: Artifact-Free In-Stent Lumen Visualization by Standard Magnetic Resonance Angiography Using a New Metallic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Stent
Circulation 105: 1772-1775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claudio Ferri, Giuliana Properzi, Gianluca Tomassoni, Anna Santucci, Giovambattista Desideri, Anna Elisa Giuliani, Randall C. Starling, Norman B. Ratliff, Daniel J. Cook, Patrick McCarthy, James B. Young, and Mohamad H. Yamani: Patterns of Myocardial Endothelin-1 Expression and Outcome After Cardiac Transplantation
Circulation 105: 1768-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan P. Christiansen, Howard Leong-Poi, Alexander L. Klibanov, Sanjiv Kaul, and Jonathan R. Lindner: Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Reperfusion Injury Using Leukocyte-Targeted Contrast Echocardiography
Circulation 105: 1764-1767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marc S. Sabatine, David A. Morrow, James A. de Lemos, C. Michael Gibson, Sabina A. Murphy, Nader Rifai, Carolyn McCabe, Elliott M. Antman, Christopher P. Cannon, and Eugene Braunwald: Multimarker Approach to Risk Stratification in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Simultaneous Assessment of Troponin I, C-Reactive Protein, and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide
Circulation 105: 1760-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masato Eto, Toshiyuki Kozai, Francesco Cosentino, Hana Joch, and Thomas F. Luscher: Statin Prevents Tissue Factor Expression in Human Endothelial Cells: Role of Rho/Rho-Kinase and Akt Pathways
Circulation 105: 1756-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Imo E. Hoefer, Niels van Royen, John E. Rectenwald, Elizabeth J. Bray, Zaher Abouhamze, Lyle L. Moldawer, Michiel Voskuil, Jan J. Piek, Ivo R. Buschmann, and C. Keith Ozaki: Direct Evidence for Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ Signaling in Arteriogenesis
Circulation 105: 1639-1641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bernd van der Loo, Ralf Labugger, Claude P. Aebischer, Jeremy N. Skepper, Markus Bachschmid, Volker Spitzer, Juliane Kilo, Lukas Altwegg, Volker Ullrich, and Thomas F. Luscher: Cardiovascular Aging Is Associated With Vitamin E Increase
Circulation 105: 1635-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph C. Wu, Masayuki Inubushi, Gobalakrishnan Sundaresan, Heinrich R. Schelbert, and Sanjiv S. Gambhir: Optical Imaging of Cardiac Reporter Gene Expression in Living Rats
Circulation 105: 1631-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chris L. de Korte, Marion J. Sierevogel, Frits Mastik, Chaylendra Strijder, Johannes A. Schaar, Evelyn Velema, Gerard Pasterkamp, P.W. Serruys, and Anton F.W. van der Steen: Identification of Atherosclerotic Plaque Components With Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography In Vivo: A Yucatan Pig Study
Circulation 105: 1627-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

N. Ohno, H. Itoh, T. Ikeda, K. Ueyama, K. Yamahara, K. Doi, J. Yamashita, M. Inoue, K. Masatsugu, N. Sawada, Y. Fukunaga, S. Sakaguchi, M. Sone, T. Yurugi, H. Kook, M. Komeda, and K. Nakao: Accelerated Reendothelialization With Suppressed Thrombogenic Property and Neointimal Hyperplasia of Rabbit Jugular Vein Grafts by Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer of C-Type Natriuretic Peptide
Circulation 105: 1623-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Douglas B. Sawyer, Christian Zuppinger, Thomas A. Miller, Hans M. Eppenberger, and Thomas M. Suter: Modulation of Anthracycline-Induced Myofibrillar Disarray in Rat Ventricular Myocytes by Neuregulin-1ß and Anti-erbB2: Potential Mechanism for Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Circulation 105: 1551-1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Annemarieke E. Loot, Anton J.M. Roks, Robert H. Henning, Rene A. Tio, Albert J.H. Suurmeijer, Frans Boomsma, and Wiek H. van Gilst: Angiotensin-(1–7) Attenuates the Development of Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction in Rats
Circulation 105: 1548-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akihiro Masumoto, Masahiro Mohri, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Lemmy Urakami, Makoto Usui, and Akira Takeshita: Suppression of Coronary Artery Spasm by the Rho-Kinase Inhibitor Fasudil in Patients With Vasospastic Angina
Circulation 105: 1545-1547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tohru Minamino, Hideaki Miyauchi, Toshihiko Yoshida, Yasuo Ishida, Hideo Yoshida, and Issei Komuro: Endothelial Cell Senescence in Human Atherosclerosis: Role of Telomere in Endothelial Dysfunction
Circulation 105: 1541-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dinesh K. Kalra, Xi Zhu, Mahesh K. Ramchandani, Gerald Lawrie, Michael J. Reardon, Dorellyn Lee-Jackson, William L. Winters, Natarajan Sivasubramanian, Douglas L. Mann, and William A. Zoghbi: Increased Myocardial Gene Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ and Nitric Oxide Synthase-2: A Potential Mechanism for Depressed Myocardial Function in Hibernating Myocardium in Humans
Circulation 105: 1537-1540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert D. Brook, Jeffrey R. Brook, Bruce Urch, Renaud Vincent, Sanjay Rajagopalan, and Frances Silverman: Inhalation of Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Ozone Causes Acute Arterial Vasoconstriction in Healthy Adults
Circulation 105: 1534-1536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kwang Kon Koh, William H. Schenke, Myron A. Waclawiw, Gyorgy Csako, and Richard O. Cannon III: Statin Attenuates Increase in C-Reactive Protein During Estrogen Replacement Therapy in Postmenopausal Women
Circulation 105: 1531-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Scheinert, V. Strnad, R. Muller, R. Burckhard, S. Ropers, R. Sauer, W.G. Daniel, R. Bonan, and J. Ludwig: High-Dose Intravascular ß-Radiation After De Novo Stent Implantation Induces Coronary Artery Spasm
Circulation 105: 1420-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lishan Aklog, Christopher S. Williams, John G. Byrne, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber: Acute Pulmonary Embolectomy: A Contemporary Approach
Circulation 105: 1416-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian Mueller, Heinz J. Buettner, John M. Hodgson, Stephan Marsch, Andre P. Perruchoud, Helmut Roskamm, and Franz-Josef Neumann: Inflammation and Long-Term Mortality After Non–ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated With a Very Early Invasive Strategy in 1042 Consecutive Patients
Circulation 105: 1412-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

B. Sachdev, T. Takenaka, H. Teraguchi, C. Tei, P. Lee, W.J. McKenna, and P.M. Elliott: Prevalence of Anderson-Fabry Disease in Male Patients With Late Onset Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 105: 1407-1411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Theodore P. Abraham, Rick A. Nishimura, David R. Holmes Jr, Marek Belohlavek, and James B. Seward: Strain Rate Imaging for Assessment of Regional Myocardial Function: Results From a Clinical Model of Septal Ablation
Circulation 105: 1403-1406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lukas E. Spieker, Isabella Sudano, David Hurlimann, Peter G. Lerch, Markus G. Lang, Christian Binggeli, Roberto Corti, Frank Ruschitzka, Thomas F. Luscher, and Georg Noll: High-Density Lipoprotein Restores Endothelial Function in Hypercholesterolemic Men
Circulation 105: 1399-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert J. Lederman, Michael A. Guttman, Dana C. Peters, Richard B. Thompson, Jonathan M. Sorger, Alexander J. Dick, Venkatesh K. Raman, and Elliot R. McVeigh: Catheter-Based Endomyocardial Injection With Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Circulation 105: 1282-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Byung-Kwan Lim, Seong-Choon Choe, Jae-Ok Shin, Seong-Hyun Ho, Jong-Mook Kim, Seung-Shin Yu, Sunyoung Kim, and Eun-Seok Jeon: Local Expression of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist by Plasmid DNA Improves Mortality and Decreases Myocardial Inflammation in Experimental Coxsackieviral Myocarditis
Circulation 105: 1278-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Faizel Osman, Jayne A. Franklyn, Michael C. Sheppard, and Michael D. Gammage: Successful Treatment of Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis
Circulation 105: 1275-1277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kristina Edfeldt, Jesper Swedenborg, Goran K. Hansson, and Zhong-qun Yan: Expression of Toll-Like Receptors in Human Atherosclerotic Lesions: A Possible Pathway for Plaque Activation
Circulation 105: 1158-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahiko Tsuchiya, Akira Asada, Emiko Kasahara, Eisuke F. Sato, Mitsuo Shindo, and Masayasu Inoue: Smoking a Single Cigarette Rapidly Reduces Combined Concentrations of Nitrate and Nitrite and Concentrations of Antioxidants in Plasma
Circulation 105: 1155-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Bauer, Heinrike Wilkens, Frank Langer, Sven O. Schneider, Henning Lausberg, and Hans-Joachim Schafers: Selective Upregulation of Endothelin B Receptor Gene Expression in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulation 105: 1034-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anuradha Aggarwal, Murray D. Esler, Gavin W. Lambert, Jacqueline Hastings, Leonie Johnston, and David M. Kaye: Norepinephrine Turnover Is Increased in Suprabulbar Subcortical Brain Regions and Is Related to Whole-Body Sympathetic Activity in Human Heart Failure
Circulation 105: 1031-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nobukazu Ishizaka, Yuko Ishizaka, Eiko Takahashi, Ei-ichi Toda, Hideki Hashimoto, Minoru Ohno, Ryozo Nagai, and Minoru Yamakado: Increased Prevalence of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Hepatitis B Virus Carriers
Circulation 105: 1028-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hakuoh Konishi, Youichi Katoh, Norihide Takaya, Yuji Kashiwakura, Seigo Itoh, Chisei Ra, and Hiroyuki Daida: Platelets Activated by Collagen Through Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Activation Motif Play Pivotal Role in Initiation and Generation of Neointimal Hyperplasia After Vascular Injury
Circulation 105: 912-916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerald F. Greil, Matthias Stuber, Rene M. Botnar, Kraig V. Kissinger, Tal Geva, Jane W. Newburger, Warren J. Manning, and Andrew J. Powell: Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Adolescents and Young Adults With Kawasaki Disease
Circulation 105: 908-911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Federica del Monte, Sian E. Harding, G. William Dec, Judith K. Gwathmey, and Roger J. Hajjar: Targeting Phospholamban by Gene Transfer in Human Heart Failure
Circulation 105: 904-907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshiyu Takeda, Takashi Yoneda, Masashi Demura, Mikiya Usukura, and Hiroshi Mabuchi: Calcineurin Inhibition Attenuates Mineralocorticoid-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy
Circulation 105: 677-679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Martijn Akkerhuis, John H. Alexander, Barbara E. Tardiff, Eric Boersma, Robert A. Harrington, A. Michael Lincoff, and Maarten L. Simoons: Minor Myocardial Damage and Prognosis: Are Spontaneous and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention–Related Events Different?
Circulation 105: 554-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A.J. Wardeh, R. Albiero, I.P. Kay, A.H.M. Knook, W. Wijns, K. Kozuma, T. Nishida, V. Ferrero, P.C. Levendag, W.J. van der Giessen, A. Colombo, and P.W. Serruys: Angiographical Follow-Up After Radioactive "Cold Ends" Stent Implantation: A Multicenter Trial
Circulation 105: 550-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephanie H. Wilson, Joerg Herrmann, Lilach O. Lerman, David R. Holmes Jr, Claudio Napoli, Erik L. Ritman, and Amir Lerman: Simvastatin Preserves the Structure of Coronary Adventitial Vasa Vasorum in Experimental Hypercholesterolemia Independent of Lipid Lowering
Circulation 105: 415-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. Nemmar, P.H.M. Hoet, B. Vanquickenborne, D. Dinsdale, M. Thomeer, M.F. Hoylaerts, H. Vanbilloen, L. Mortelmans, and B. Nemery: Passage of Inhaled Particles Into the Blood Circulation in Humans
Circulation 105: 411-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer K. Bendall, Alison C. Cave, Christophe Heymes, Nicholas Gall, and Ajay M. Shah: Pivotal Role of a gp91^phox-Containing NADPH Oxidase in Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice
Circulation 105: 293-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohamad Navab, G.M. Anantharamaiah, Susan Hama, David W. Garber, Manjula Chaddha, Greg Hough, Roger Lallone, and Alan M. Fogelman: Oral Administration of an Apo A-I Mimetic Peptide Synthesized From D-Amino Acids Dramatically Reduces Atherosclerosis in Mice Independent of Plasma Cholesterol
Circulation 105: 290-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jens Fielitz, Andreas Dendorfer, Reinhard Pregla, Elisabeth Ehler, Heinz R. Zurbrugg, Jozef Bartunek, Roland Hetzer, and Vera Regitz-Zagrosek: Neutral Endopeptidase Is Activated in Cardiomyocytes in Human Aortic Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure
Circulation 105: 286-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brad G. Angeja, Madhavi Gunda, Sabina A. Murphy, Burton E. Sobel, Amy C. Rundle, Mushabbar Syed, Abdelrahim Asfour, Steven Borzak, Steven G. Gourlay, Hal V. Barron, Raymond J. Gibbons, and C. Michael Gibson: TIMI Myocardial Perfusion Grade and ST Segment Resolution: Association With Infarct Size as Assessed by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Imaging
Circulation 105: 282-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ilka Ott, Valerie Malcouvier, Albert Schomig, and Franz-Josef Neumann: Proteolysis of Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor-1 by Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 105: 279-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koh Arakawa, Kousukue Hagisawa, Hiroyuki Kusano, Satoru Yoneyama, Akira Kurita, Tsunenori Arai, Makoto Kikuchi, Isao Sakata, Shin-ichirou Umenura, and Fumitaka Ohsuzu: Sonodynamic Therapy Decreased Neointimal Hyperplasia After Stenting in the Rabbit Iliac Artery
Circulation 105: 149-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mariavittoria Pitzalis, Francesco Massari, Pietro Guida, Massimo Iacoviello, Filippo Mastropasqua, Brian Rizzon, Cinzia Forleo, and Paolo Rizzon: Shortened Head-Up Tilting Test Guided by Systolic Pressure Reductions in Neurocardiogenic Syncope
Circulation 105: 146-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luciano Bernardi, Cesare Porta, Lucia Spicuzza, Jerzy Bellwon, Giammario Spadacini, Axel W. Frey, Leata Y.C. Yeung, John E. Sanderson, Roberto Pedretti, and Roberto Tramarin: Slow Breathing Increases Arterial Baroreflex Sensitivity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation 105: 143-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tiziana Sampietro, Federico Bigazzi, Beatrice Dal Pino, Simone Fusaro, Francesco Greco, Mario Tuoni, and Alberto Bionda: Increased Plasma C-Reactive Protein in Familial Hypoalphalipoproteinemia: A Proinflammatory Condition?
Circulation 105: 11-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael H. Gollob, John J. Seger, Tanya N. Gollob, Terry Tapscott, Oscar Gonzales, Linda Bachinski, and Robert Roberts: Novel PRKAG2 Mutation Responsible for the Genetic Syndrome of Ventricular Preexcitation and Conduction System Disease With Childhood Onset and Absence of Cardiac Hypertrophy
Circulation 104: 3030-3033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian Butter, Angelo Auricchio, Christoph Stellbrink, Eckart Fleck, Jiang Ding, Yinghong Yu, Etienne Huvelle, and Julio Spinelli: Effect of Resynchronization Therapy Stimulation Site on the Systolic Function of Heart Failure Patients
Circulation 104: 3026-3029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephan Fichtlscherer, Lothar Rossig, Susanne Breuer, Mariuca Vasa, Stefanie Dimmeler, and Andreas M. Zeiher: Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonism With Etanercept Improves Systemic Endothelial Vasoreactivity in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
Circulation 104: 3023-3025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marco T. Castagna, Gary S. Mintz, Ron Waksman, Javed M. Ahmed, Akiko Maehara, Andrew E. Ajani, Anh B. Bui, Lowell F. Satler, William O. Suddath, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, and Neil J. Weissman: Comparative Efficacy of ${gamma}$ -Irradiation for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Graft Versus Native Coronary Artery In-Stent Restenosis: An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation 104: 3020-3022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Tomomi Ide, Tetsuya Shiomi, Dongchon Kang, Shunji Hayashidani, Nobuhiro Suematsu, Jing Wen, Hideo Utsumi, Naotaka Hamasaki, and Akira Takeshita: 8-Oxo-dGTPase, Which Prevents Oxidative Stress-Induced DNA Damage, Increases in the Mitochondria From Failing Hearts
Circulation 104: 2883-2885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Subodh Verma, Satish R. Raj, Lana Shewchuk, Kieren J. Mather, and Todd J. Anderson: Cyclooxygenase-2 Blockade Does Not Impair Endothelial Vasodilator Function in Healthy Volunteers: Randomized Evaluation of Rofecoxib Versus Naproxen on Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilatation
Circulation 104: 2879-2882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiuwu Zhang, Kang Hu, and Chuan-Yuan Li: Protection Against Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein–Induced Vascular Endothelial Cell Death by Integrin-Linked Kinase
Circulation 104: 2762-2766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chantal M. Boulanger, Alexandra Scoazec, Talin Ebrahimian, Patrick Henry, Eric Mathieu, Alain Tedgui, and Ziad Mallat: Circulating Microparticles From Patients With Myocardial Infarction Cause Endothelial Dysfunction
Circulation 104: 2649-2652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jingxiong Wang, Huizhen Wang, Hong Han, Yiqiang Zhang, Baofeng Yang, Stanley Nattel, and Zhiguo Wang: Phospholipid Metabolite 1-Palmitoyl-Lysophosphatidylcholine Enhances Human Ether-a-Go-Go-Related Gene (HERG) K⁺ Channel Function
Circulation 104: 2645-2648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eric J. Topol, Jeanette McCarthy, Stacey Gabriel, David J. Moliterno, William J. Rogers, L. Kristin Newby, Matt Freedman, Jennifer Metivier, Ruth Cannata, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Gurunathan Murugesan, Edward F. Plow, Olga Stenina, and George Q. Daley: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Multiple Novel Thrombospondin Genes May Be Associated With Familial Premature Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 104: 2641-2644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jiqiu Chen, Peter J. Kuhlencordt, Joshua Astern, Robert Gyurko, and Paul L. Huang: Hypertension Does Not Account for the Accelerated Atherosclerosis and Development of Aneurysms in Male Apolipoprotein E/Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Double Knockout Mice
Circulation 104: 2391-2394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yasunori Nakayama, Hiroshi Miyano, Toshiaki Shishido, Masashi Inagaki, Toru Kawada, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa: Heart Rate–Independent Vagal Effect on End-Systolic Elastance of the Canine Left Ventricle Under Various Levels of Sympathetic Tone
Circulation 104: 2277-2279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Markus Flesch, Kenneth B. Margulies, Hans-Christian Mochmann, David Engel, Natarajan Sivasubramanian, and Douglas L. Mann: Differential Regulation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in the Failing Human Heart in Response to Mechanical Unloading
Circulation 104: 2273-2276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alessandra Tavani, Claudio Pelucchi, Eva Negri, Michaela Bertuzzi, and Carlo La Vecchia: n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Fish, and Nonfatal Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 104: 2269-2272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Uwe Schonbeck, Nerea Varo, Peter Libby, Julie Buring, and Paul M. Ridker: Soluble CD40L and Cardiovascular Risk in Women
Circulation 104: 2266-2268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bernard De Bruyne, Nico H.J. Pijls, Leif Smith, Maria Wievegg, and Guy R. Heyndrickx: Coronary Thermodilution to Assess Flow Reserve: Experimental Validation
Circulation 104: 2003-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nadim Al-Mubarak, Gary S. Roubin, Jiri J. Vitek, Sriram S. Iyer, Gishel New, and Martin B. Leon: Effect of the Distal-Balloon Protection System on Microembolization During Carotid Stenting
Circulation 104: 1999-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lawrence W. Dobrucki, Camilo L. Cabrera, David F. Bohr, and Tadeusz Malinski: Central Hypotensive Action of Clonidine Requires Nitric Oxide
Circulation 104: 1884-1886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Kohl, Martin Westphal, Danja Strumper, Sarah Achenbach, Susan Halimeh, Philipp Petry, Sebastian Aryee, Tim Buller, Rasa Aleksiene, Boulos Asfour, Ralf Witteler, Johannes Vogt, Hugo Van Aken, and Hans H. Scheld: Multimodal Fetal Transesophageal Echocardiography for Fetal Cardiac Intervention in Sheep
Circulation 104: 1757-1760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kevin Krasinski, Ioakim Spyridopoulos, Marianne Kearney, and Douglas W. Losordo: In Vivo Blockade of Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ Accelerates Functional Endothelial Recovery After Balloon Angioplasty
Circulation 104: 1754-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard J. Rivers, Travis W. Hein, Cuihua Zhang, and Lih Kuo: Activation of Barium-Sensitive Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels Mediates Remote Dilation of Coronary Arterioles
Circulation 104: 1749-1753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hidemi Nonaka, Noriaki Emoto, Koji Ikeda, Hiroyuki Fukuya, Mohammad Saifur Rohman, Sunu Budhi Raharjo, Kazuhiro Yagita, Hitoshi Okamura, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama: Angiotensin II Induces Circadian Gene Expression of Clock Genes in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Circulation 104: 1746-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ronglih Liao, Mohit Jain, Paige Teller, Lawreen H. Connors, Soeun Ngoy, Martha Skinner, Rodney H. Falk, and Carl S. Apstein: Infusion of Light Chains From Patients With Cardiac Amyloidosis Causes Diastolic Dysfunction in Isolated Mouse Hearts
Circulation 104: 1594-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hector De Leon, Jeremy D. Ollerenshaw, Kathy K. Griendling, and Josiah N. Wilcox: Adventitial Cells Do Not Contribute to Neointimal Mass After Balloon Angioplasty of the Rat Common Carotid Artery
Circulation 104: 1591-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiaoming Yang, Ergin Atalar, Dechun Li, Jean-Michel Serfaty, Danming Wang, Ananda Kumar, and Linzhao Cheng: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Permits In Vivo Monitoring of Catheter-Based Vascular Gene Delivery
Circulation 104: 1588-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. A. Croft, N. J. Samani, M. D. Teare, K. K. Hampton, R. P. Steeds, K. S. Channer, and M. E. Daly: Novel Platelet Membrane Glycoprotein VI Dimorphism Is a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 104: 1459-1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heinrike Wilkens, Angelika Guth, Jochem Konig, Nicole Forestier, Bodo Cremers, Benno Hennen, Michael Bohm, and Gerhard W. Sybrecht: Effect of Inhaled Iloprost Plus Oral Sildenafil in Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulation 104: 1218-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Garth M. Beache, Daniel A. Herzka, Jerrold L. Boxerman, Wendy S. Post, Sandeep N. Gupta, Anthony Z. Faranesh, Meiyappan Solaiyappan, Paul A. Bottomley, James L. Weiss, Edward P. Shapiro, and Martha N. Hill: Attenuated Myocardial Vasodilator Response in Patients With Hypertensive Hypertrophy Revealed by Oxygenation-Dependent Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Circulation 104: 1214-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenichi Watanabe, Mikio Nakazawa, Koichi Fuse, Haruo Hanawa, Makoto Kodama, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Toshio Ohnuki, Fumitake Gejyo, Hiroki Maruyama, and Jun-ichi Miyazaki: Protection Against Autoimmune Myocarditis by Gene Transfer of Interleukin-10 by Electroporation
Circulation 104: 1098-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Toshiaki Kadokami, Carole Frye, Bonnie Lemster, Carrie L. Wagner, Arthur M. Feldman, and Charles F. McTiernan: Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ Antibody Limits Heart Failure in a Transgenic Model
Circulation 104: 1094-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Johann Bauersachs, Paolo Galuppo, Daniela Fraccarollo, Michael Christ, and Georg Ertl: Improvement of Left Ventricular Remodeling and Function by Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibition With Cerivastatin in Rats With Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 104: 982-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shinji Negoro, Keita Kunisada, Yasushi Fujio, Masanobu Funamoto, Martine I. Darville, Decio L. Eizirik, Tomoaki Osugi, Masahiro Izumi, Yuichi Oshima, Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Hisao Hirota, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, and Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara: Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Protects Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Oxidative Stress Through the Upregulation of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase
Circulation 104: 979-981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jong-Won Ha, Jae K. Oh, Lieng H. Ling, Rick A. Nishimura, James B. Seward, and A. Jamil Tajik: Annulus Paradoxus: Transmitral Flow Velocity to Mitral Annular Velocity Ratio Is Inversely Proportional to Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Patients With Constrictive Pericarditis
Circulation 104: 976-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hideaki Senzaki, Satoshi Masutani, Jun Kobayashi, Toshiki Kobayashi, Hirofumi Nakano, Hironori Nagasaka, Nozomu Sasaki, Haruhiko Asano, Shunei Kyo, and Yuji Yokote: Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Inhibitors in Patients with Kawasaki Disease
Circulation 104: 860-863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Javed M. Ahmed, Gary S. Mintz, Ron Waksman, Roxana Mehran, Borjanka Leiboff, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, and Neil J. Weissman: Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of the Efficacy of Intracoronary ${gamma}$ -Radiation Therapy for Preventing Recurrence in Very Long, Diffuse, In-Stent Restenosis Lesions
Circulation 104: 856-859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sanjay Rajagopalan, Manan Shah, Ann Luciano, Ronald Crystal, and Elizabeth G. Nabel: Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer of VEGF₁₂₁ Improves Lower-Extremity Endothelial Function and Flow Reserve
Circulation 104: 753-755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vincent Richard, Sonia Hurel-Merle, Elizabeth Scalbert, Gilles Ferry, Francoise Lallemand, Jean-Paul Bessou, and Christian Thuillez: Functional Evidence for a Role of Vascular Chymase in the Production of Angiotensin II in Isolated Human Arteries
Circulation 104: 750-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David A. Smith, Sandra D. Irving, Joanna Sheldon, Della Cole, and Juan Carlos Kaski: Serum Levels of the Antiinflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-10 Are Decreased in Patients With Unstable Angina
Circulation 104: 746-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nikolaos Tzemos, Pitt O. Lim, and Thomas M. MacDonald: Nebivolol Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction in Essential Hypertension: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Study
Circulation 104: 511-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mikolaj Winnicki, Bradley G. Phillips, Valentina Accurso, Philippe van de Borne, Abu Shamsuzzaman, Kirti Patil, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, and Virend K. Somers: Independent Association Between Plasma Leptin Levels and Heart Rate in Heart Transplant Recipients
Circulation 104: 384-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yasuhiro Honda, Eberhard Grube, Luis M. de la Fuente, Paul G. Yock, Simon H. Stertzer, and Peter J. Fitzgerald: Novel Drug-Delivery Stent: Intravascular Ultrasound Observations From the First Human Experience With the QP2-Eluting Polymer Stent System
Circulation 104: 380-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Taku Tsunekawa, Toshio Hayashi, Hatsuyo Kano, Daigo Sumi, Hisako Matsui-Hirai, Navin Kumar Thakur, Kensuke Egashira, and Akihisa Iguchi: Cerivastatin, a Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor, Improves Endothelial Function in Elderly Diabetic Patients Within 3 Days
Circulation 104: 376-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tiziano Scarabelli, Anastasis Stephanou, Neil Rayment, Evasio Pasini, Laura Comini, Salvatore Curello, Roberto Ferrari, Richard Knight, and David Latchman: Apoptosis of Endothelial Cells Precedes Myocyte Cell Apoptosis in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Circulation 104: 253-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roberto Corti, Zahi A. Fayad, Valentin Fuster, Stephen G. Worthley, Gerard Helft, James Chesebro, Michele Mercuri, and Juan J. Badimon: Effects of Lipid-Lowering by Simvastatin on Human Atherosclerotic Lesions: A Longitudinal Study by High-Resolution, Noninvasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Circulation 104: 249-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eisaku Harada, Michihiro Yoshimura, Hirofumi Yasue, Osamu Nakagawa, Masayo Nakagawa, Masaki Harada, Yuji Mizuno, Masafumi Nakayama, Yukio Shimasaki, Teruhiko Ito, Shota Nakamura, Koichiro Kuwahara, Yoshihiko Saito, Kazuwa Nakao, and Hisao Ogawa: Aldosterone Induces Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Gene Expression in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiocytes
Circulation 104: 137-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Tomomi Ide, Shunji Hayashidani, Nobuhiro Suematsu, Tetsuya Shiomi, Jing Wen, Kei-ichiro Nakamura, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Hideo Utsumi, and Akira Takeshita: Enhanced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Limb Skeletal Muscles From a Murine Infarct Model of Heart Failure
Circulation 104: 134-136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael J. Davidson, J. Mark Jones, Sitaram M. Emani, Katrina H. Wilson, James Jaggers, Walter J. Koch, and Carmelo A. Milano: Cardiac Gene Delivery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Circulation 104: 131-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sherif F. Nagueh, Linda L. Bachinski, Denise Meyer, Rita Hill, William A. Zoghbi, James W. Tam, Miguel A. Quinones, Robert Roberts, and A.J. Marian: Tissue Doppler Imaging Consistently Detects Myocardial Abnormalities in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Provides a Novel Means for an Early Diagnosis Before and Independently of Hypertrophy
Circulation 104: 128-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takuya Watanabe, Rajbabu Pakala, Takashi Katagiri, and Claude R. Benedict: Synergistic Effect of Urotensin II With Mildly Oxidized LDL on DNA Synthesis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Circulation 104: 16-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bernhard Reimers, Nicola Corvaja, Sharam Moshiri, Salvatore Sacca, Remo Albiero, Carlo Di Mario, Pietro Pascotto, and Antonio Colombo: Cerebral Protection With Filter Devices During Carotid Artery Stenting
Circulation 104: 12-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Prediman K. Shah, Juliana Yano, Odette Reyes, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Sanjay Kaul, Charles L. Bisgaier, Sandra Drake, and Bojan Cercek: High-Dose Recombinant Apolipoprotein A-I_Milano Mobilizes Tissue Cholesterol and Rapidly Reduces Plaque Lipid and Macrophage Content in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice : Potential Implications for Acute Plaque Stabilization
Circulation 103: 3047-3050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Randal J. Westrick, Peter F. Bodary, ZuoJun Xu, Yue-Chun Shen, George J. Broze, and Daniel T. Eitzman: Deficiency of Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor Promotes Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis in Mice
Circulation 103: 3044-3046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marek Belohlavek, Kazuaki Tanabe, Decho Jakrapanichakul, Jerome F. Breen, and James B. Seward: Rapid Three-Dimensional Echocardiography : Clinically Feasible Alternative for Precise and Accurate Measurement of Left Ventricular Volumes
Circulation 103: 2882-2884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cheol Whan Lee, Jung Hee Lee, Tae-Hwan Lim, Hyun Suk Yang, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Kwan Song, Seong-Wook Park, Seung-Jung Park, and Jae-Joong Kim: Prognostic Significance of Cerebral Metabolic Abnormalities in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation 103: 2784-2787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark J. Ricciardi, Edwin Wu, Charles J. Davidson, Kelly M. Choi, Francis J. Klocke, Robert O. Bonow, Robert M. Judd, and Raymond J. Kim: Visualization of Discrete Microinfarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Associated With Mild Creatine Kinase-MB Elevation
Circulation 103: 2780-2783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Satoshi Shintani, Toyoaki Murohara, Hisao Ikeda, Takafumi Ueno, Tomoki Honma, Atsushi Katoh, Ken-ichiro Sasaki, Toshifumi Shimada, Yuichi Oike, and Tsutomu Imaizumi: Mobilization of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 103: 2776-2779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephan Achenbach, Tom Giesler, Dieter Ropers, Stefan Ulzheimer, Hans Derlien, Christoph Schulte, Evelyn Wenkel, Werner Moshage, Werner Bautz, Werner G. Daniel, Willi A. Kalender, and Ulrich Baum: Detection of Coronary Artery Stenoses by Contrast-Enhanced, Retrospectively Electrocardiographically-Gated, Multislice Spiral Computed Tomography
Circulation 103: 2535-2538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vincenzo Pasceri, Jed Chang, James T. Willerson, and Edward T. H. Yeh: Modulation of C-Reactive Protein–Mediated Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Induction in Human Endothelial Cells by Anti-Atherosclerosis Drugs
Circulation 103: 2531-2534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian E. Hunt, William B. Farquhar, and J. Andrew Taylor: Does Reduced Vascular Stiffening Fully Explain Preserved Cardiovagal Baroreflex Function in Older, Physically Active Men?
Circulation 103: 2424-2427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David M. Kaye, Darren Mansfield, Ann Aggarwal, Matthew T. Naughton, and Murray D. Esler: Acute Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiac Sympathetic Tone in Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation 103: 2336-2338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ron Waksman, Andrew E. Ajani, R. Larry White, Ellen Pinnow, Regina Dieble, Anh B. Bui, Maeve Taaffe, Luis Gruberg, Gary S. Mintz, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth K. Kent, and Joseph Lindsay: Prolonged Antiplatelet Therapy to Prevent Late Thrombosis After Intracoronary ${gamma}$ -Radiation in Patients With In-Stent Restenosis : Washington Radiation for In-Stent Restenosis Trial Plus 6 Months of Clopidogrel (WRIST PLUS)
Circulation 103: 2332-2335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. P. Collet, G. Montalescot, C. Lesty, Z. Mishal, J. Soria, R. Choussat, G. Drobinski, C. Soria, P. Pinton, P. Barragan, and D. Thomas: Effects of Abciximab on the Architecture of Platelet-Rich Clots in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Coronary Intervention
Circulation 103: 2328-2331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John Danesh, Peter Whincup, Mary Walker, Lucy Lennon, Andrew Thomson, Paul Appleby, Ann Rumley, and Gordon D.O. Lowe: Fibrin D-Dimer and Coronary Heart Disease : Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis
Circulation 103: 2323-2327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mamoo Nakamura, Paul G. Yock, Heidi N. Bonneau, Katsuhiro Kitamura, Tadanori Aizawa, Hideo Tamai, Peter J. Fitzgerald, and Yasuhiro Honda: Impact of Peri-Stent Remodeling on Restenosis : A Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation 103: 2130-2132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jun Feng, Benjamin J. Schaus, James A. Fallavollita, Te-Chung Lee, and John M. Canty Jr: Preload Induces Troponin I Degradation Independently of Myocardial Ischemia
Circulation 103: 2035-2037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Merten, Jing Fei Dong, Jose A. Lopez, and Perumal Thiagarajan: Cholesterol Sulfate : A New Adhesive Molecule for Platelets
Circulation 103: 2032-2034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. Jialal, D. Stein, D. Balis, S. M. Grundy, B. Adams-Huet, and S. Devaraj: Effect of Hydroxymethyl Glutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor Therapy on High Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels
Circulation 103: 1933-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter J. Fitzgerald, Atsushi Takagi, M. Pauliina Moore, Motoya Hayase, Frank D. Kolodgie, Doug Corl, Menahem Nassi, Renu Virmani, and Paul G. Yock: Intravascular Sonotherapy Decreases Neointimal Hyperplasia After Stent Implantation in Swine
Circulation 103: 1828-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wojciech Mazur, Sherif F. Nagueh, Nasser M. Lakkis, Katherine J. Middleton, Donna Killip, Robert Roberts, and William H. Spencer III: Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy After Nonsurgical Septal Reduction Therapy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 103: 1492-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julio I. Osende, Valentin Fuster, Eli I. Lev, Daichi Shimbo, Ursula Rauch, Jonathan D. Marmur, Merwin Richard, David Varon, and Juan Jose Badimon: Testing Platelet Activation With a Shear-Dependent Platelet Function Test Versus Aggregation-Based Tests : Relevance for Monitoring Long-Term Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition
Circulation 103: 1488-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hartmut Hanke, Christina Lenz, Beate Hess, Klaus-Dieter Spindler, and Wolfgang Weidemann: Effect of Testosterone on Plaque Development and Androgen Receptor Expression in the Arterial Vessel Wall
Circulation 103: 1382-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chris Hillier, Colin Berry, Mark C. Petrie, Patrick J. O'Dwyer, Carlene Hamilton, Amanda Brown, and John McMurray: Effects of Urotensin II in Human Arteries and Veins of Varying Caliber
Circulation 103: 1378-1381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas P. Zwaka, Vinzenz Hombach, and Jan Torzewski: C-Reactive Protein–Mediated Low Density Lipoprotein Uptake by Macrophages : Implications for Atherosclerosis
Circulation 103: 1194-1197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul M. Ridker, Nader Rifai, and Susan Pitman Lowenthal: Rapid Reduction in C-Reactive Protein With Cerivastatin Among 785 Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia
Circulation 103: 1191-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Otto-Erich Brodde, Rainer Buscher, Ralph Tellkamp, Joachim Radke, Stefan Dhein, and Paul A. Insel: Blunted Cardiac Responses to Receptor Activation in Subjects With Thr164Ile ß₂-Adrenoceptors
Circulation 103: 1048-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Biykem Bozkurt, Guillermo Torre-Amione, Marshelle Smith Warren, James Whitmore, Ozlem Z. Soran, Arthur M. Feldman, and Douglas L. Mann: Results of Targeted Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy With Etanercept (ENBREL) in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
Circulation 103: 1044-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Do-Sun Lim, Silvia Lutucuta, Pavan Bachireddy, Keith Youker, Alida Evans, Mark Entman, Robert Roberts, and Ali J. Marian: Angiotensin II Blockade Reverses Myocardial Fibrosis in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 103: 789-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atsuhiko Kawamoto, Heon-Cheol Gwon, Hideki Iwaguro, Jun-Ichi Yamaguchi, Shigeki Uchida, Haruchika Masuda, Marcy Silver, Hong Ma, Marianne Kearney, Jeffrey M. Isner, and Takayuki Asahara: Therapeutic Potential of Ex Vivo Expanded Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Myocardial Ischemia
Circulation 103: 634-637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shiro Hoshida, Junji Kato, Masami Nishino, Yasuyuki Egami, Toshihiro Takeda, Masayoshi Kawabata, Jun Tanouchi, Yoshio Yamada, and Takenobu Kamada: Increased Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Activity in Coronary Artery Specimens From Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
Circulation 103: 630-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Javed M. Ahmed, Gary S. Mintz, Ron Waksman, Neil J. Weissman, Borjanka Leiboff, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, and Martin B. Leon: Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of the Impact of Lesion Length on the Efficacy of Intracoronary ${gamma}$ -Irradiation for Preventing Recurrent In-Stent Restenosis
Circulation 103: 188-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martijn Meuwissen, Steven A. J. Chamuleau, Maria Siebes, Carl E. Schotborgh, Karel T. Koch, Robbert J. de Winter, Matthijs Bax, Angelina de Jong, Jos A. E. Spaan, and Jan J. Piek: Role of Variability in Microvascular Resistance on Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Blood Flow Velocity Reserve in Intermediate Coronary Lesions
Circulation 103: 184-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Che-Ming Chang, Tsu-Juey Wu, Shengmei Zhou, Rahul N. Doshi, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Toshihiko Ohara, Michael C. Fishbein, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, Peng-Sheng Chen, and Lan S. Chen: Nerve Sprouting and Sympathetic Hyperinnervation in a Canine Model of Atrial Fibrillation Produced by Prolonged Right Atrial Pacing
Circulation 103: 22-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

U. Eriksson, M. O. Kurrer, R. Bingisser, H. P. Eugster, P. Saremaslani, F. Follath, S. Marsch, and U. Widmer: Lethal Autoimmune Myocarditis in Interferon- ${gamma}$ Receptor–Deficient Mice : Enhanced Disease Severity by Impaired Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Induction
Circulation 103: 18-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. Patrick Kay, Alexander J. Wardeh, Ken Kozuma, David P. Foley, A. H. Marco Knook, Attila Thury, George Sianos, Willem J. van der Giessen, Peter C. Levendag, and Patrick W. Serruys: Radioactive Stents Delay but Do Not Prevent In-Stent Neointimal Hyperplasia
Circulation 103: 14-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, James E. Lock, Susan M. Ferndandes, and Michael J. Landzberg: Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulation 103: 10-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlo Briguori, Takahiro Nishida, Angelo Anzuini, Carlo Di Mario, Eberhard Grube, and Antonio Colombo: Emergency Polytetrafluoroethylene-Covered Stent Implantation to Treat Coronary Ruptures
Circulation 102: 3028-3031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xinghua Zhou, Antonino Nicoletti, Rima Elhage, and Goran K. Hansson: Transfer of CD4⁺ T Cells Aggravates Atherosclerosis in Immunodeficient Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice
Circulation 102: 2919-2922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gary S. Mintz, Neil J. Weissman, Paul S. Teirstein, Steven G. Ellis, Ron Waksman, Robert J. Russo, Issam Moussa, Prabhaker Tripuraneni, Shrish Jani, Yoshio Kobayashi, Joseph A. Giorgianni, Chrysoula Pappas, Richard A. Kuntz, Jeffrey Moses, and Martin B. Leon: Effect of Intracoronary ${gamma}$ -Radiation Therapy on In-Stent Restenosis : An Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis from the Gamma-1 Study
Circulation 102: 2915-2918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roxana Mehran, George Dangas, Sotiris C. Stamou, Albert J. Pfister, Mercedes K. C. Dullum, Martin B. Leon, and Paul J. Corso: One-Year Clinical Outcome After Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass
Circulation 102: 2799-2802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tiina Rissanen, Sari Voutilainen, Kristiina Nyyssonen, Timo A. Lakka, and Jukka T. Salonen: Fish Oil–Derived Fatty Acids, Docosahexaenoic Acid and Docosapentaenoic Acid, and the Risk of Acute Coronary Events : The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study
Circulation 102: 2677-2679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Teiichi Yamane, Pierre Jais, Dipen C. Shah, Meleze Hocini, Jing Tian Peng, Isabel Deisenhofer, Jacques Clementy, and Michel Haissaguerre: Efficacy and Safety of an Irrigated-Tip Catheter for the Ablation of Accessory Pathways Resistant to Conventional Radiofrequency Ablation
Circulation 102: 2565-2568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michel Haissaguerre, Dipen C. Shah, Pierre Jais, Meleze Hocini, Teiichi Yamane, Isabel Deisenhofer, Michel Chauvin, Stephane Garrigue, and Jacques Clementy: Electrophysiological Breakthroughs From the Left Atrium to the Pulmonary Veins
Circulation 102: 2463-2465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Agnes Veyradier, Toshiya Nishikubo, Marc Humbert, Martine Wolf, Olivier Sitbon, Gerald Simonneau, Jean-Pierre Girma, and Dominique Meyer: Improvement of von Willebrand Factor Proteolysis After Prostacyclin Infusion in Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Circulation 102: 2460-2462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Bauersachs, D. Fraccarollo, G. Ertl, N. Gretz, M. Wehling, and M. Christ: Striking Increase of Natriuresis by Low-Dose Spironolactone in Congestive Heart Failure Only in Combination With ACE Inhibition : Mechanistic Evidence to Support RALES
Circulation 102: 2325-2328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stanley G. Rockson, Paul Kramer, Mahmood Razavi, Andrzej Szuba, Steven Filardo, Peter Fitzgerald, John P. Cooke, Shuja Yousuf, Arthur R. DeVault, Markus F. Renschler, and Daniel C. Adelman: Photoangioplasty for Human Peripheral Atherosclerosis : Results of a Phase I Trial of Photodynamic Therapy With Motexafin Lutetium (Antrin)
Circulation 102: 2322-2324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Visioli, Claudio Galli, Elena Plasmati, Serena Viappiani, Alicia Hernandez, Claudio Colombo, and Angelo Sala: Olive Phenol Hydroxytyrosol Prevents Passive Smoking–Induced Oxidative Stress
Circulation 102: 2169-2171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vincenzo Pasceri, James T. Willerson, and Edward T. H. Yeh: Direct Proinflammatory Effect of C-Reactive Protein on Human Endothelial Cells
Circulation 102: 2165-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Rodriguez-Porcel, Amir Lerman, Erik L. Ritman, Stephanie H. Wilson, Patricia J. M. Best, and Lilach O. Lerman: Altered Myocardial Microvascular 3D Architecture in Experimental Hypercholesterolemia
Circulation 102: 2028-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephan Baldus, Ralf Koster, Mathias Elsner, Dirk H. Walter, Roman Arnold, Wolfgang Auch-Schwelk, Jurgen Berger, Mathias Rau, Thomas Meinertz, Andreas M. Zeiher, and Christian W. Hamm: Treatment of Aortocoronary Vein Graft Lesions With Membrane-Covered Stents : A Multicenter Surveillance Trial
Circulation 102: 2024-2027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Benoit Drolet, Guy Rousseau, Pascal Daleau, Rene Cardinal, and Jacques Turgeon: Domperidone Should Not Be Considered a No-Risk Alternative to Cisapride in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
Circulation 102: 1883-1885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Natale, Ennio Pisano, Jeannie Shewchik, Dianna Bash, Raffaele Fanelli, Domenico Potenza, Pietro Santarelli, Robert Schweikert, Richard White, Walid Saliba, Logan Kanagaratnam, Patrick Tchou, and Michael Lesh: First Human Experience With Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Through-the-Balloon Circumferential Ultrasound Ablation System for Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation
Circulation 102: 1879-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomasz J. Guzik, Nick E. J. West, Edward Black, Denise McDonald, Chandi Ratnatunga, Ravi Pillai, and Keith M. Channon: Functional Effect of the C242T Polymorphism in the NAD(P)H Oxidase p22phox Gene on Vascular Superoxide Production in Atherosclerosis
Circulation 102: 1744-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Kohl, Danja Strumper, Ralf Witteler, Gregor Merschhoff, Rasa Alexiene, Claudia Callenbeck, Boulos Asfour, Julia Reckers, Sebastian Aryee, Christian Vahlhaus, Johannes Vogt, Hugo Van Aken, and Hans H. Scheld: Fetoscopic Direct Fetal Cardiac Access in Sheep : An Important Experimental Milestone Along the Route to Human Fetal Cardiac Intervention
Circulation 102: 1602-1604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher T. Minson, John R. Halliwill, Tamica M. Young, and Michael J. Joyner: Sympathetic Activity and Baroreflex Sensitivity in Young Women Taking Oral Contraceptives
Circulation 102: 1473-1476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Raza, J. Thambyrajah, J. N. Townend, A. R. Exley, C. Hortas, A. Filer, D. M. Carruthers, and P. A. Bacon: Suppression of Inflammation in Primary Systemic Vasculitis Restores Vascular Endothelial Function: Lessons for Atherosclerotic Disease?
Circulation 102: 1470-1472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sherif F. Nagueh, Helen A. Kopelen, Do-Sun Lim, William A. Zoghbi, Miguel A. Quinones, Robert Roberts, and Ali J. Marian: Tissue Doppler Imaging Consistently Detects Myocardial Contraction and Relaxation Abnormalities, Irrespective of Cardiac Hypertrophy, in a Transgenic Rabbit Model of Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 102: 1346-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frank M. Bengel, Martina Anton, Norbert Avril, Thomas Brill, Ngoc Nguyen, Roland Haubner, Elisabeth Gleiter, Bernd Gansbacher, and Markus Schwaiger: Uptake of Radiolabeled 2'-Fluoro-2'-Deoxy-5-Iodo-1-ß-D-Arabinofuranosyluracil in Cardiac Cells After Adenoviral Transfer of the Herpesvirus Thymidine Kinase Gene : The Cellular Basis for Cardiac Gene Imaging
Circulation 102: 948-950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Silvia G. Priori, Carlo Napolitano, Peter J. Schwartz, Raffaella Bloise, Lia Crotti, and Elena Ronchetti: The Elusive Link Between LQT3 and Brugada Syndrome : The Role of Flecainide Challenge
Circulation 102: 945-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laine J. Murphey, James V. Gainer, Douglas E. Vaughan, and Nancy J. Brown: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism Modulates the Human In Vivo Metabolism of Bradykinin
Circulation 102: 829-832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shlomo Matetzky, Shigemasa Tani, Simon Kangavari, Paul Dimayuga, Juliana Yano, Helen Xu, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Michael C. Fishbein, Prediman K. Shah, and Bojan Cercek: Smoking Increases Tissue Factor Expression in Atherosclerotic Plaques : Implications for Plaque Thrombogenicity
Circulation 102: 602-604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Mulder, Houssaine Boujedaini, Vincent Richard, Genevieve Derumeaux, Jean Paul Henry, Sylvanie Renet, Jerry Wessale, Terry Opgenorth, and Christian Thuillez: Selective Endothelin-A Versus Combined Endothelin-A/Endothelin-B Receptor Blockade in Rat Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation 102: 491-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Geelen, Benoit Drolet, Jimmy Rail, Jocelyn Berube, Pascal Daleau, Guy Rousseau, Rene Cardinal, Gilles E. O'Hara, and Jacques Turgeon: Sildenafil (Viagra) Prolongs Cardiac Repolarization by Blocking the Rapid Component of the Delayed Rectifier Potassium Current
Circulation 102: 275-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan S. Go, Elaine M. Hylek, Kathleen A. Phillips, Leila H. Borowsky, Lori E. Henault, YuChiao Chang, Joe V. Selby, and Daniel E. Singer: Implications of Stroke Risk Criteria on the Anticoagulation Decision in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation : The Anticoagulation and Risk Factors In Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study
Circulation 102: 11-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Javed M. Ahmed, Gary S. Mintz, Neil J. Weissman, Alexandra J. Lansky, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, and Kenneth M. Kent: Mechanism of Lumen Enlargement During Intracoronary Stent Implantation : An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation 102: 7-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andreas Goette, Marco Arndt, Christoph Rocken, Antje Spiess, Thorsten Staack, J. Christoph Geller, Christof Huth, Siegfried Ansorge, Helmut U. Klein, and Uwe Lendeckel: Regulation of Angiotensin II Receptor Subtypes During Atrial Fibrillation in Humans
Circulation 101: 2678-2681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oliver Zolk, Pico Caroni, and Michael Bohm: Decreased Expression of the Cardiac LIM Domain Protein MLP in Chronic Human Heart Failure
Circulation 101: 2674-2677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ralph V. Shohet, Shuyuan Chen, Yan-Ting Zhou, Zhuowei Wang, Robert S. Meidell, Roger H. Unger, and Paul A. Grayburn: Echocardiographic Destruction of Albumin Microbubbles Directs Gene Delivery to the Myocardium
Circulation 101: 2554-2556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nipon Chattipakorn, Parwis C. Fotuhi, Xiangsheng Zheng, and Raymond E. Ideker: Left Ventricular Apex Ablation Decreases the Upper Limit of Vulnerability
Circulation 101: 2458-2460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Remo Albiero, Takahiro Nishida, Milena Adamian, Antonio Amato, Marco Vaghetti, Nicola Corvaja, Carlo Di Mario, and Antonio Colombo: Edge Restenosis After Implantation of High Activity ³²P Radioactive ß-Emitting Stents
Circulation 101: 2454-2457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olivier Tricot, Ziad Mallat, Christophe Heymes, Joel Belmin, Guy Leseche, and Alain Tedgui: Relation Between Endothelial Cell Apoptosis and Blood Flow Direction in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques
Circulation 101: 2450-2453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tony C. Lee, Yidan D. Zhao, David W. Courtman, and Duncan J. Stewart: Abnormal Aortic Valve Development in Mice Lacking Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
Circulation 101: 2345-2348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen Bakir, Tatsuhiko Mori, Joan Durand, Yiu-Fai Chen, J. Anthony Thompson, and Suzanne Oparil: Estrogen-Induced Vasoprotection Is Estrogen Receptor Dependent : Evidence From the Balloon-Injured Rat Carotid Artery Model
Circulation 101: 2342-2344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David R. Murray, Sumanth D. Prabhu, and Bysani Chandrasekar: Chronic ß-Adrenergic Stimulation Induces Myocardial Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression
Circulation 101: 2338-2341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Javed M. Ahmed, Gary S. Mintz, Ron Waksman, Neil J. Weissman, Roxana Mehran, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Kenneth M. Kent, and Martin B. Leon: Safety of Intracoronary ${gamma}$ -Radiation on Uninjured Reference Segments During the First 6 Months After Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis : A Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation 101: 2227-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoko Eto, Katsunori Yonekura, Makoto Sonoda, Naoto Arai, Masataka Sata, Seiryo Sugiura, Katsu Takenaka, Antonio Gualberto, Mary L. Hixon, Mark W. Wagner, and Teruhiko Aoyagi: Calcineurin Is Activated in Rat Hearts With Physiological Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Induced by Voluntary Exercise Training
Circulation 101: 2134-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naoki Sawada, Hiroshi Itoh, Koji Ueyama, Jun Yamashita, Kentaro Doi, Tae-Hwa Chun, Mayumi Inoue, Ken Masatsugu, Takatoshi Saito, Yasutomo Fukunaga, Satsuki Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Arai, Nobuhisa Ohno, Masashi Komeda, and Kazuwa Nakao: Inhibition of Rho-Associated Kinase Results in Suppression of Neointimal Formation of Balloon-Injured Arteries
Circulation 101: 2030-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert J. Siegel, Shaul Atar, Michael C. Fishbein, Andrea V. Brasch, Thomas M. Peterson, Tomoo Nagai, Dharmendra Pal, Toshihiko Nishioka, Jang-Seong Chae, Yochai Birnbaum, Claudio Zanelli, and Huai Luo: Noninvasive, Transthoracic, Low-Frequency Ultrasound Augments Thrombolysis in a Canine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 101: 2026-2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Felix C. Tanner, Manfred Boehm, Levent M. Akyurek, Hong San, Zhi-Yong Yang, Jun Tashiro, Gary J. Nabel, and Elizabeth G. Nabel: Differential Effects of the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors p27^Kip1, p21^Cip1, and p16^Ink4 on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation
Circulation 101: 2022-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ron Waksman, Balram Bhargava, Larry White, Rosanna C. Chan, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Martin B. Leon, and Kenneth K. Kent: Intracoronary ß-Radiation Therapy Inhibits Recurrence of In-Stent Restenosis
Circulation 101: 1895-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Oliver Strohm, Jurgen Waigand, Frank Uhlich, Rainer Dietz, and Matthias G. Friedrich: The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy After Septal Artery Embolization
Circulation 101: 1764-1766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Kothe, K. Dalhoff, J. Rupp, A. Muller, J. Kreuzer, M. Maass, and H. A. Katus: Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors Modify the Inflammatory Response of Human Macrophages and Endothelial Cells Infected With Chlamydia pneumoniae
Circulation 101: 1760-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph Mitchel, David Waters, Tianjie Lai, Michael White, Tod Alberghini, Ahmad Salloum, David Knibbs, Dadong Li, and Gary V. Heller: Identification of Coronary Thrombus With a IIb/IIIa Platelet Inhibitor Radiopharmaceutical, Technetium-99m DMP-444 : A Canine Model
Circulation 101: 1643-1646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chun Hwang, Tsu-Juey Wu, Rahul N. Doshi, C. Thomas Peter, and Peng-Sheng Chen: Vein of Marshall Cannulation for the Analysis of Electrical Activity in Patients With Focal Atrial Fibrillation
Circulation 101: 1503-1505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans Vink, Alina A. Constantinescu, and Jos A. E. Spaan: Oxidized Lipoproteins Degrade the Endothelial Surface Layer : Implications for Platelet-Endothelial Cell Adhesion
Circulation 101: 1500-1502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guohong Li, Shi-Juan Chen, Suzanne Oparil, Yiu-Fai Chen, and John A. Thompson: Direct In Vivo Evidence Demonstrating Neointimal Migration of Adventitial Fibroblasts After Balloon Injury of Rat Carotid Arteries
Circulation 101: 1362-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gad Cotter, Edo Kaluski, Alex Blatt, Olga Milovanov, Yaron Moshkovitz, Ronit Zaidenstein, Ahmed Salah, Daniela Alon, Yoav Michovitz, Michael Metzger, Zvi Vered, and Ahuva Golik: L-NMMA (a Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor) is Effective in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock
Circulation 101: 1358-1361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eileen Hsich, Brahm H. Segal, Patrick J. Pagano, Federico E. Rey, Beverly Paigen, John Deleonardis, Robert F. Hoyt, Steven M. Holland, and Toren Finkel: Vascular Effects Following Homozygous Disruption of p47^phox : An Essential Component of NADPH Oxidase
Circulation 101: 1234-1236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward Rocnik, Lawrence H. Chow, and J. Geoffrey Pickering: Heat Shock Protein 47 Is Expressed in Fibrous Regions of Human Atheroma and Is Regulated by Growth Factors and Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein
Circulation 101: 1229-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mahomed Y. Salame, Stefan Verheye, Stephen P. Mulkey, Nicolas A. F. Chronos, Spencer B. King III, Ian R. Crocker, and Keith A. Robinson: The Effect of Endovascular Irradiation on Platelet Recruitment at Sites of Balloon Angioplasty in Pig Coronary Arteries
Circulation 101: 1087-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gilles Montalescot, Valerie Polle, Jean P. Collet, Pascal Leprince, Agnes Bellanger, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Daniel Thomas: Low Molecular Weight Heparin After Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement
Circulation 101: 1083-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Ewert, Felix Berger, Ingo Daehnert, John van Wees, Matthias Gittermann, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, and Peter E. Lange: Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects Without Fluoroscopy : Feasibility of a New Method
Circulation 101: 847-849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ulrich P. Jorde, Pierre V. Ennezat, Jay Lisker, Vanarani Suryadevara, Jason Infeld, Sonja Cukon, Adam Hammer, Edmund H. Sonnenblick, and Thierry H. Le Jemtel: Maximally Recommended Doses of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors Do Not Completely Prevent ACE-Mediated Formation of Angiotensin II in Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation 101: 844-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ziad Mallat, Hakim Benamer, Benedicte Hugel, Joelle Benessiano, P. Gabriel Steg, Jean-Marie Freyssinet, and Alain Tedgui: Elevated Levels of Shed Membrane Microparticles With Procoagulant Potential in the Peripheral Circulating Blood of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Circulation 101: 841-843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christophe Bauters, Carole Amant, Agnes Boulier, Philippe Cabrol, Eugene McFadden, Patrick Duriez, Michel E. Bertrand, and Philippe Amouyel: Paraoxonase Polymorphism (Gln192Arg) as a Determinant of the Response of Human Coronary Arteries to Serotonin
Circulation 101: 740-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Colin A. J. Farquharson and Allan D. Struthers: Spironolactone Increases Nitric Oxide Bioactivity, Improves Endothelial Vasodilator Dysfunction, and Suppresses Vascular Angiotensin I/Angiotensin II Conversion in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation 101: 594-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian Muller, Heinz J. Buttner, Jens Petersen, and Helmut Roskamm: A Randomized Comparison of Clopidogrel and Aspirin Versus Ticlopidine and Aspirin After the Placement of Coronary-Artery Stents
Circulation 101: 590-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen G. Worthley, Gerard Helft, Valentin Fuster, Azfar G. Zaman, Zahi A. Fayad, John T. Fallon, and Juan J. Badimon: Serial In Vivo MRI Documents Arterial Remodeling in Experimental Atherosclerosis
Circulation 101: 586-589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gary L. Brodsky, Francesco Muntoni, Snjezana Miocic, Gianfranco Sinagra, Caroline Sewry, and Luisa Mestroni: Lamin A/C Gene Mutation Associated With Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Variable Skeletal Muscle Involvement
Circulation 101: 473-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yasunori Nakayama, Kei Tsumura, Naotoshi Yamashita, Kiyomichi Yoshimaru, and Tomoshige Hayashi: Pulsatility of Ascending Aortic Pressure Waveform Is a Powerful Predictor of Restenosis After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Circulation 101: 470-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georg M. Wieselthaler, Heinrich Schima, Michael Hiesmayr, Richard Pacher, Gunther Laufer, George P. Noon, Michael DeBakey, and Ernst Wolner: First Clinical Experience With the DeBakey VAD Continuous-Axial-Flow Pump for Bridge to Transplantation
Circulation 101: 356-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carmen Urbich, Michael Fritzenwanger, Andreas M. Zeiher, and Stefanie Dimmeler: Laminar Shear Stress Upregulates the Complement-Inhibitory Protein Clusterin : A Novel Potent Defense Mechanism Against Complement-Induced Endothelial Cell Activation
Circulation 101: 352-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vincenzo Pasceri, Henry D. Wu, James T. Willerson, and Edward T. H. Yeh: Modulation of Vascular Inflammation In Vitro and In Vivo by Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor- ${gamma}$ Activators
Circulation 101: 235-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yanwen Li, Thomas Bourlet, Laurent Andreoletti, Jean-Francois Mosnier, Tianqing Peng, Yingzhen Yang, Leonard C. Archard, Bruno Pozzetto, and Hongyi Zhang: Enteroviral Capsid Protein VP1 Is Present in Myocardial Tissues From Some Patients With Myocarditis or Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 101: 231-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Johan Bjorkegren, Susanna Boquist, Ann Samnegard, Pia Lundman, Per Tornvall, Carl-Goran Ericsson, and Anders Hamsten: Accumulation of Apolipoprotein C-I–Rich and Cholesterol-Rich VLDL Remnants During Exaggerated Postprandial Triglyceridemia in Normolipidemic Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 101: 227-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jane A. McCrohon, Alison K. Death, Shirley Nakhla, Wendy Jessup, David J. Handelsman, Keith K. Stanley, and David S. Celermajer: Androgen Receptor Expression Is Greater in Macrophages From Male Than From Female Donors : A Sex Difference With Implications for Atherogenesis
Circulation 101: 224-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paresh Dandona, Rajaram Karne, Husam Ghanim, Wael Hamouda, Ahmad Aljada, and Cesar H. Magsino Jr: Carvedilol Inhibits Reactive Oxygen Species Generation by Leukocytes and Oxidative Damage to Amino Acids
Circulation 101: 122-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert C. Hendel, Timothy D. Henry, Krishna Rocha-Singh, Jeffrey M. Isner, Dean J. Kereiakes, Frank J. Giordano, Michael Simons, and Robert O. Bonow: Effect of Intracoronary Recombinant Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Myocardial Perfusion : Evidence for a Dose-Dependent Effect
Circulation 101: 118-121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michihisa Jougasaki, Issei Tachibana, Andreas Luchner, Hanna Leskinen, Margaret M. Redfield, and John C. Burnett Jr: Augmented Cardiac Cardiotrophin-1 in Experimental Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation 101: 14-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Franz-Josef Neumann, Adnan Kastrati, Thomas Miethke, Gisela Pogatsa-Murray, Melchior Seyfarth, and Albert Schomig: Previous Cytomegalovirus Infection and Risk of Coronary Thrombotic Events After Stent Placement
Circulation 101: 11-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Noriyuki Ouchi, Shinji Kihara, Yukio Arita, Kazuhisa Maeda, Hiroshi Kuriyama, Yoshihisa Okamoto, Kikuko Hotta, Makoto Nishida, Masahiko Takahashi, Tadashi Nakamura, Shizuya Yamashita, Tohru Funahashi, and Yuji Matsuzawa: Novel Modulator for Endothelial Adhesion Molecules : Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein Adiponectin
Circulation 100: 2473-2476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Geraldine G. Miller, Stacy F. Davis, James B. Atkinson, Donald B. Chomsky, Pedro Pedroso, V. Seenu Reddy, Davis C. Drinkwater, Xiao-Ming Zhao, and Richard N. Pierson: Longitudinal Analysis of Fibroblast Growth Factor Expression After Transplantation and Association With Severity of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Circulation 100: 2396-2399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy F. Christian, Peter B. Berger, Michael K. O�Connor, David O. Hodge, and Raymond J. Gibbons: Threshold Values for Preserved Viability With a Noninvasive Measurement of Collateral Blood Flow During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Direct Coronary Angioplasty
Circulation 100: 2392-2395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Federica del Monte, Sian E. Harding, Ulrich Schmidt, Takashi Matsui, Zhao Bin Kang, G. William Dec, Judith K. Gwathmey, Anthony Rosenzweig, and Roger J. Hajjar: Restoration of Contractile Function in Isolated Cardiomyocytes From Failing Human Hearts by Gene Transfer of SERCA2a
Circulation 100: 2308-2311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Catherine Communal, Krishna Singh, Douglas B. Sawyer, and Wilson S. Colucci: Opposing Effects of ß₁- and ß₂-Adrenergic Receptors on Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis : Role of a Pertussis Toxin–Sensitive G Protein
Circulation 100: 2210-2212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georg Nickenig, Anselm T. Baumer, Yavuz Temur, Daniela Kebben, Friedrich Jockenhovel, and Michael Bohm: Statin-Sensitive Dysregulated AT1 Receptor Function and Density in Hypercholesterolemic Men
Circulation 100: 2131-2134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Allen Jeremias, Mathew L. Kolz, Tuija S. Ikonen, Jan F. Gummert, Akio Oshima, Motoya Hayase, Yasuhiro Honda, Nobuyuki Komiyama, Gerald J. Berry, Randall E. Morris, Paul G. Yock, and Peter J. Fitzgerald: Feasibility of In Vivo Intravascular Ultrasound Tissue Characterization in the Detection of Early Vascular Transplant Rejection
Circulation 100: 2127-2130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eric Boersma, K. Martijn Akkerhuis, Pierre Theroux, Robert M. Califf, Eric J. Topol, and Maarten L. Simoons: Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Inhibition in Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes : Early Benefit During Medical Treatment Only, With Additional Protection During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Circulation 100: 2045-2048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan Neubauer, Helga Remkes, Matthias Spindler, Michael Horn, Frank Wiesmann, Jurgen Prestle, Bernd Walzel, Georg Ertl, Gerd Hasenfuss, and Theo Wallimann: Downregulation of the Na⁺-Creatine Cotransporter in Failing Human Myocardium and in Experimental Heart Failure
Circulation 100: 1847-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefano Taddei, Agostino Virdis, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Isabella Sudano, Massimo Notari, and Antonio Salvetti: Vasoconstriction to Endogenous Endothelin-1 Is Increased in the Peripheral Circulation of Patients With Essential Hypertension
Circulation 100: 1680-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carl Timmermans, Ashish Nabar, Luz-Maria Rodriguez, Gregory Ayers, and Hein J. J. Wellens: Use of Sedation During Cardioversion With the Implantable Atrial Defibrillator
Circulation 100: 1499-1501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroshi Azumi, Nobutaka Inoue, Saori Takeshita, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Seinosuke Kawashima, Yoshitake Hayashi, Hiroshi Itoh, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama: Expression of NADH/NADPH Oxidase p22^phox in Human Coronary Arteries
Circulation 100: 1494-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ralf Dechend, M. Maass, J. Gieffers, R. Dietz, C. Scheidereit, A. Leutz, and D. C. Gulba: Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection of Vascular Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cells Activates NF- ${kappa}$ B and Induces Tissue Factor and PAI-1 Expression : A Potential Link to Accelerated Arteriosclerosis
Circulation 100: 1369-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Theo Hoorntje, Marielle Alders, Peter van Tintelen, Karin van der Lip, Narayanswami Sreeram, Allard van der Wal, Marcel Mannens, and Arthur Wilde: Homozygous Premature Truncation of the HERG Protein : The Human HERG Knockout
Circulation 100: 1264-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Henning Morawietz, Uwe Rueckschloss, Bernd Niemann, Nicole Duerrschmidt, Jan Galle, Kavous Hakim, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, Tatsuya Sawamura, and Juergen Holtz: Angiotensin II Induces LOX-1, the Human Endothelial Receptor for Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein
Circulation 100: 899-902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marco A. Costa, Manel Sabate, Wim J. van der Giessen, I. Patrick Kay, Pavel Cervinka, Jurgen M. R. Ligthart, Pedro Serrano, Veronique L. M. A. Coen, Peter C. Levendag, and Patrick W. Serruys: Late Coronary Occlusion After Intracoronary Brachytherapy
Circulation 100: 789-792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Shintaro Kinugawa, Hideo Utsumi, and Akira Takeshita: Amiodarone Protects Cardiac Myocytes Against Oxidative Injury by its Free Radical Scavenging Action
Circulation 100: 690-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Taina A. Partanen, Taija Makinen, Johanna Arola, Toshio Suda, Herbert A. Weich, and Kari Alitalo: Endothelial Growth Factor Receptors in Human Fetal Heart
Circulation 100: 583-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sandra I. Reynertson, Ramesh Kundur, G. Martin Mullen, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Thomas L. McKiernan, and Eric K. Louie: Asymmetry of Right Ventricular Enlargement in Response to Tricuspid Regurgitation
Circulation 100: 465-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Duanxiang Li, Terry Tapscoft, Oscar Gonzalez, Paula E. Burch, Miguel A. Quinones, William A. Zoghbi, Rita Hill, Linda L. Bachinski, Douglas L. Mann, and Robert Roberts: Desmin Mutation Responsible for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 100: 461-464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marianne C. Verhaar, Robert M. F. Wever, John J. P. Kastelein, Douwe van Loon, Sheldon Milstien, Hein A. Koomans, and Ton J. Rabelink: Effects of Oral Folic Acid Supplementation on Endothelial Function in Familial Hypercholesterolemia : A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Circulation 100: 335-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Morales, John Madigan, Suzanne Cullinane, Jonathan Chen, Mark Heath, Mehmet Oz, Juan A. Oliver, and Donald W. Landry: Reversal by Vasopressin of Intractable Hypotension in the Late Phase of Hemorrhagic Shock
Circulation 100: 226-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guido Grassi, Carlo Turri, Sabrina Vailati, Raffaella Dell'Oro, and Giuseppe Mancia: Muscle and Skin Sympathetic Nerve Traffic During the "White-Coat" Effect
Circulation 100: 222-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Scott Kinlay, James C. Fang, Hiroyuki Hikita, Ivan Ho, Danielle M. Delagrange, Balz Frei, Jung H. Suh, Marie Gerhard, Mark A. Creager, Andrew P. Selwyn, and Peter Ganz: Plasma ${alpha}$ -Tocopherol and Coronary Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilator Function
Circulation 100: 219-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luz-Maria Rodriguez, Carl Timmermans, and Hein J. J. Wellens: Are Electrophysiological Changes Induced by Longer Lasting Atrial Fibrillation Reversible? : Observations Using the Atrial Defibrillator
Circulation 100: 113-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. C. Stoclet, M. C. Martinez, P. Ohlmann, S. Chasserot, C. Schott, A. L. Kleschyov, F. Schneider, and R. Andriantsitohaina: Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase and Dual Effects of Nitric Oxide and Cyclooxygenase Products in Regulation of Arterial Contraction in Human Septic Shock
Circulation 100: 107-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhihong Yang, Nazmi Krasnici, and Thomas F. Luscher: Endothelin-1 Potentiates Human Smooth Muscle Cell Growth to PDGF : Effects of ET_A and ET_B Receptor Blockade
Circulation 100: 5-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anita Deswal, Biykem Bozkurt, Yukihiro Seta, Semahat Parilti-Eiswirth, F. Ann Hayes, Consuelo Blosch, and Douglas L. Mann: Safety and Efficacy of a Soluble P75 Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor (Enbrel, Etanercept) in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
Circulation 99: 3224-3226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mauro Carlino, Joseph De Gregorio, Carlo Di Mario, Angelo Anzuini, Flavio Airoldi, Remo Albiero, Carlo Briguori, Aniruddha Dharmadhikari, Imad Sheiban, and Antonio Colombo: Prevention of Distal Embolization During Saphenous Vein Graft Lesion Angioplasty : Experience With a New Temporary Occlusion and Aspiration System
Circulation 99: 3221-3223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaroslav A. Hubacek, Jan Pit'ha, Zdena Skodova, and Rudolf Poledne: C(-260) $->$ T Polymorphism in the Promoter of the CD14 Monocyte Receptor Gene as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 99: 3218-3220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David M. Roth, Mei Hua Gao, N. Chin Lai, Jeff Drumm, Nancy Dalton, Jin Yao Zhou, Jian Zhu, Daniel Entrikin, and H. Kirk Hammond: Cardiac-Directed Adenylyl Cyclase Expression Improves Heart Function in Murine Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 99: 3099-3102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ivan Philip, Gaetan Plantefeve, Sandrine Vuillaumier-Barrot, Eric Vicaut, Claude LeMarie, Daniel Henrion, Odette Poirier, Bernard I. Levy, Jean Marie Desmonts, Genevieve Durand, and Joelle Benessiano: G894T Polymorphism in the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Is Associated With an Enhanced Vascular Responsiveness to Phenylephrine
Circulation 99: 3096-3098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akira Ito, Philip S. Tsao, Shanthi Adimoolam, Masumi Kimoto, Tadashi Ogawa, and John P. Cooke: Novel Mechanism for Endothelial Dysfunction : Dysregulation of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase
Circulation 99: 3092-3095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas E. R. Goodfield, David E. Newby, Christopher A. Ludlam, and Andrew D. Flapan: Effects of Acute Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonism and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition on Plasma Fibrinolytic Parameters in Patients With Heart Failure
Circulation 99: 2983-2985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HuSheng Qian, Valentina Neplioueva, Geetha A. Shetty, Keith M. Channon, and Samuel E. George: Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Therapy Rapidly Reduces Adhesion Molecule Expression and Inflammatory Cell Infiltration in Carotid Arteries of Cholesterol-Fed Rabbits
Circulation 99: 2979-2982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Trude C. Leertouwer, Elma J. Gussenhoven, Lukas C. van Dijk, Jeroen A. van Essen, Jan Honkoop, Jaap Deinum, and Peter M. T. Pattynama: Intravascular Ultrasound Evidence for Coarctation Causing Symptomatic Renal Artery Stenosis
Circulation 99: 2976-2978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tiziana Bachetti, Evasio Pasini, Enrico Clini, George Cremona, and Roberto Ferrari: High-Dose Heparin Impairs Nitric Oxide Pathway and Vasomotion in Rats
Circulation 99: 2861-2863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hideki Doi, Keiji Takazoe, Hiroaki Kawano, Hirofumi Soejima, Yuji Mizuno, Ryusuke Tsunoda, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Takamitsu Nakano, Katsuyuki Nakajima, Hisao Ogawa, Seigo Sugiyama, Michihiro Yoshimura, and Hirofumi Yasue: Remnant Lipoprotein Levels in Fasting Serum Predict Coronary Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 99: 2858-2860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahiro Terashima, Hozuka Akita, Kenji Kanazawa, Nobutaka Inoue, Shinichiro Yamada, Keiichi Ito, Yasuaki Matsuda, Eiji Takai, Chikao Iwai, Hiroyuki Kurogane, Yutaka Yoshida, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama: Stromelysin Promoter 5A/6A Polymorphism Is Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation 99: 2717-2719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John L. Gibbs, Orhan Uzun, Michael E.C. Blackburn, Christopher Wren, J.R. Leslie Hamilton, and Kevin G. Watterson: Fate of the Stented Arterial Duct
Circulation 99: 2621-2625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Allan Lawrie, Axel F. Brisken, Sheila E. Francis, David I. Tayler, Janet Chamberlain, David C. Crossman, David C. Cumberland, and Christopher M. Newman: Ultrasound Enhances Reporter Gene Expression After Transfection of Vascular Cells In Vitro
Circulation 99: 2617-2620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Katia Varani, Francesco Portaluppi, Stefania Merighi, Ennio Ongini, Luiz Belardinelli, and Pier Andrea Borea: Caffeine Alters A_2A Adenosine Receptors and Their Function in Human Platelets
Circulation 99: 2499-2502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ikuo Hashimoto, Fukiko Ichida, Masayoshi Miura, Takashi Okabe, Hirokazu Kanegane, Kei-ichiro Uese, Yuji Hamamichi, Takuro Misaki, Shoichi Koizumi, and Toshio Miyawaki: Automatic Border Detection Identifies Subclinical Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity in Children With Malignancy
Circulation 99: 2367-2370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Issam Moussa, Mathew Oetgen, Gary Roubin, Antonio Colombo, Xangdong Wang, Sriram Iyer, Roberta Maida, Michael Collins, Edward Kreps, and Jeffrey W. Moses: Effectiveness of Clopidogrel and Aspirin Versus Ticlopidine and Aspirin in Preventing Stent Thrombosis After Coronary Stent Implantation
Circulation 99: 2364-2366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jacob George, Dror Harats, Boris Gilburd, Arnon Afek, Yair Levy, Jacob Schneiderman, Iris Barshack, Juri Kopolovic, and Yehuda Shoenfeld: Immunolocalization of ß₂-Glycoprotein I (Apolipoprotein H) to Human Atherosclerotic Plaques : Potential Implications for Lesion Progression
Circulation 99: 2227-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ingrid M. van Beynum, Jan A. M. Smeitink, Martin den Heijer, Maria T. W. B. te Poele Pothoff, and Henk J. Blom: Hyperhomocysteinemia : A Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke in Children
Circulation 99: 2070-2072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoram Agmon, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Irene Meissner, Federico Gentile, Jack P. Whisnant, JoRean D. Sicks, W. Michael O'Fallon, Jody L. Covalt, David O. Wiebers, and James B. Seward: Frequency of Atrial Septal Aneurysms in Patients With Cerebral Ischemic Events
Circulation 99: 1942-1944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhengyu Luo, Masataka Sata, Thao Nguyen, Johanne M. Kaplan, Geoffrey Y. Akita, and Kenneth Walsh: Adenovirus-Mediated Delivery of Fas Ligand Inhibits Intimal Hyperplasia After Balloon Injury in Immunologically Primed Animals
Circulation 99: 1776-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koichi Tanaka, Jian-Ping Zou, Kazuyo Takeda, Victor J. Ferrans, Gordon R. Sandford, Thomas M. Johnson, Toren Finkel, and Stephen E. Epstein: Effects of Human Cytomegalovirus Immediate-Early Proteins on p53-mediated Apoptosis in Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells
Circulation 99: 1656-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julia Krushkal, Robert Ferrell, Stephen C. Mockrin, Stephen T. Turner, Charles F. Sing, and Eric Boerwinkle: Genome-Wide Linkage Analyses of Systolic Blood Pressure Using Highly Discordant Siblings
Circulation 99: 1407-1410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Glenn Hamroff, Stuart D. Katz, Donna Mancini, Ira Blaufarb, Rachel Bijou, Rajoo Patel, Guillaume Jondeau, Maria-Teresa Olivari, Sylvia Thomas, and Thierry H. Le Jemtel: Addition of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade to Maximal Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition Improves Exercise Capacity in Patients With Severe Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation 99: 990-992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John Danesh and Paul Appleby: Coronary Heart Disease and Iron Status : Meta-Analyses of Prospective Studies
Circulation 99: 852-854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lan Zhao, Lu Long, Nicholas W. Morrell, and Martin R. Wilkins: NPR-A–Deficient Mice Show Increased Susceptibility to Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulation 99: 605-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sherif F. Nagueh, Nasser M. Lakkis, Katherine J. Middleton, Donna Killip, William A. Zoghbi, Miguel A. Quinones, and William H. Spencer: Changes in Left Ventricular Diastolic Function 6 Months After Nonsurgical Septal Reduction Therapy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 99: 344-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert Y.L. Zee, Paul M. Ridker, Meir J. Stampfer, Charles H. Hennekens, and Klaus Lindpaintner: Prospective Evaluation of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and the Risk of Stroke
Circulation 99: 340-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dipen Shah, Michel Haissaguerre, Pierre Jais, Atsushi Takahashi, Meleze Hocini, and Jacques Clementy: High-Density Mapping of Activation Through an Incomplete Isthmus Ablation Line
Circulation 99: 211-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul G. A. Volders, Karin R. Sipido, Edward Carmeliet, Roel L. H. M. G. Spatjens, Hein J. J. Wellens, and Marc A. Vos: Repolarizing K⁺ Currents I_TO1 and I_Ks Are Larger in Right Than Left Canine Ventricular Midmyocardium
Circulation 99: 206-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eric C. Svensson, Deborah J. Marshall, Karen Woodard, Hua Lin, Fang Jiang, Lein Chu, and Jeffrey M. Leiden: Efficient and Stable Transduction of Cardiomyocytes After Intramyocardial Injection or Intracoronary Perfusion With Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors
Circulation 99: 201-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Uri Rosenschein, Georg Gaul, Raimund Erbel, Franz Amann, Diego Velasguez, H. Stoerger, Ruediger Simon, German Gomez, Joerg Troster, Antonio Bartorelli, Michael Pieper, Zenon Kyriakides, Shlomo Laniado, Hylton I. Miller, Alain Cribier, and Jean Fajadet: Percutaneous Transluminal Therapy of Occluded Saphenous Vein Grafts : Can the Challenge Be Met With Ultrasound Thrombolysis?
Circulation 99: 26-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jozef Bartunek, Ellen O. Weinberg, Minori Tajima, Susanne Rohrbach, and Beverly H. Lorell: Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Blockade Amplifies the Early Signals of Cardiac Growth Response to Angiotensin II in Hypertrophied Hearts
Circulation 99: 22-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sabine Genth-Zotz, Rainer Zotz, Stefanie Geil, Thomas Voigtlander, Jurgen Meyer, and Harald Darius: Recombinant Growth Hormone Therapy in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy : Effects on Hemodynamics, Left Ventricular Function, and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity
Circulation 99: 18-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Douglas W. Losordo, Peter R. Vale, James F. Symes, Cheryl H. Dunnington, Darryl D. Esakof, Michael Maysky, Alan B. Ashare, Kishor Lathi, and Jeffrey M. Isner: Gene Therapy for Myocardial Angiogenesis : Initial Clinical Results With Direct Myocardial Injection of phVEGF₁₆₅ as Sole Therapy for Myocardial Ischemia
Circulation 98: 2800-2804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul M. Ridker, Charles H. Hennekens, Meir J. Stampfer, and Fred Wang: Prospective Study of Herpes Simplex Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and the Risk of Future Myocardial Infarction and Stroke
Circulation 98: 2796-2799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ferhaan Ahmad, Duanxiang Li, Akihiko Karibe, Oscar Gonzalez, Terry Tapscott, Rita Hill, Donald Weilbaecher, Peter Blackie, Michael Furey, Martin Gardner, Linda L. Bachinski, and Robert Roberts: Localization of a Gene Responsible for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia to Chromosome 3p23
Circulation 98: 2791-2795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Allen Jeremias, Sven Kutscher, Michael Haude, Dagmar Heinen, Gerald Holtmann, Wolfgang Senf, and Raimund Erbel: Nonischemic Chest Pain Induced by Coronary Interventions : A Prospective Study Comparing Coronary Angioplasty and Stent Implantation
Circulation 98: 2656-2658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Benno J. Rensing, Alfons Bongaerts, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Peter van Ooijen, Matthijs Oudkerk, and Pim J. de Feyter: Intravenous Coronary Angiography by Electron Beam Computed Tomography : A Clinical Evaluation
Circulation 98: 2509-2512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Barry J. Maron, Rick A. Nishimura, and Gordon K. Danielson: Pitfalls in Clinical Recognition and a Novel Operative Approach for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Severe Outflow Obstruction Due to Anomalous Papillary Muscle
Circulation 98: 2505-2508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dave A. MacLean, Lawrence I. Sinoway, and Urs Leuenberger: Systemic Hypoxia Elevates Skeletal Muscle Interstitial Adenosine Levels in Humans
Circulation 98: 1990-1992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ran Kornowski, Mun K. Hong, and Martin B. Leon: Comparison Between Left Ventricular Electromechanical Mapping and Radionuclide Perfusion Imaging for Detection of Myocardial Viability
Circulation 98: 1837-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Philippe Linscheid, Andreas Schaffner, Nenad Blau, and Gabriele Schoedon: Regulation of 6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin Synthase Activity and Messenger RNA Abundance in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells
Circulation 98: 1703-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard J. Price, Danny M. Skyba, Sanjiv Kaul, and Thomas C. Skalak: Delivery of Colloidal Particles and Red Blood Cells to Tissue Through Microvessel Ruptures Created by Targeted Microbubble Destruction With Ultrasound
Circulation 98: 1264-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Satoshi Takeshita, Takaaki Isshiki, Masahiko Ochiai, Koji Eto, Hidezo Mori, Etsuro Tanaka, Keiji Umetani, and Tomohide Sato: Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation of Collateral Microvessels After Intramuscular Gene Transfer of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in a Rat Model of Hindlimb Ischemia
Circulation 98: 1261-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dirk H. Walter, Judith Haendeler, Jan Galle, Andreas M. Zeiher, and Stefanie Dimmeler: Cyclosporin A Inhibits Apoptosis of Human Endothelial Cells by Preventing Release of Cytochrome C From Mitochondria
Circulation 98: 1153-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Howard A. Cohen, Marco Zenati, A.J. Conrad Smith, Joon S. Lee, Simon Chough, Zubair Jafar, Peter Counihan, Mark Izzo, J.E. Burchenal, Arthur M. Feldman, and Bartley Griffith: Feasibility of Combined Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty and Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 98: 1048-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pierre Jais, Michel Haissaguerre, Dipen C. Shah, Atsushi Takahashi, Meleze Hocini, Thomas Lavergne, Stephane Lafitte, Alain Le Mouroux, Bruno Fischer, and Jacques Clementy: Successful Irrigated-Tip Catheter Ablation of Atrial Flutter Resistant to Conventional Radiofrequency Ablation
Circulation 98: 835-838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul M. Ridker, Julie E. Buring, Jessie Shih, Mathew Matias, and Charles H. Hennekens: Prospective Study of C-Reactive Protein and the Risk of Future Cardiovascular Events Among Apparently Healthy Women
Circulation 98: 731-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Danny M. Skyba, Richard J. Price, Andre Z. Linka, Thomas C. Skalak, and Sanjiv Kaul: Direct In Vivo Visualization of Intravascular Destruction of Microbubbles by Ultrasound and its Local Effects on Tissue
Circulation 98: 290-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Avinoam Shiran, Gary S. Mintz, Ron Waksman, Roxana Mehran, Andrea Abizaid, Kenneth M. Kent, Augusto D. Pichard, Lowell F. Satler, Jeffrey J. Popma, and Martin B. Leon: Early Lumen Loss After Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis : An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation 98: 200-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Samuel C. Y. Wong, Mitsumasa Fukuchi, Peter Melnyk, Ian Rodger, and Adel Giaid: Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Activation of Nuclear Factor- ${kappa}$ B in Myocardium of Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation 98: 100-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christiane P. Tiefenbacher, David V. DeFily, and William M. Chilian: Requisite Role of Cardiac Myocytes in Coronary ${alpha}$ ₁-Adrenergic Constriction
Circulation 98: 9-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ylva Hellsten, Dave Maclean, Goran Radegran, Bengt Saltin, and Jens Bangsbo: Adenosine Concentrations in the Interstitium of Resting and Contracting Human Skeletal Muscle
Circulation 98: 6-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Flordeliza S. Villanueva, Ron J. Jankowski, Sasha Klibanov, Maris L. Pina, Sean M. Alber, Simon C. Watkins, Gary H. Brandenburger, and William R. Wagner: Microbubbles Targeted to Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Bind to Activated Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells
Circulation 98: 1-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Toru Kubota, Dennis M. McNamara, Jue J. Wang, Mary Trost, Charles F. McTiernan, Douglas L. Mann, and Arthur M. Feldman: Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Gene Polymorphisms on Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation 97: 2499-2501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Barry S. Oemar, Marcel R. Tschudi, Nelson Godoy, Victor Brovkovich, Tadeusz Malinski, and Thomas F. Luscher: Reduced Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Production in Human Atherosclerosis
Circulation 97: 2494-2498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Masamichi Ohgushi, Takeshi Motoyama, Osamu Hirashima, Hirofumi Soejima, Kenji Misumi, Michihiro Yoshimura, Hisao Ogawa, Seigo Sugiyama, and Hirofumi Yasue: Intracoronary Infusion of Reduced Glutathione Improves Endothelial Vasomotor Response to Acetylcholine in Human Coronary Circulation
Circulation 97: 2299-2301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georg Nickenig, Anselm T. Baumer, Christian Grohe, Stefan Kahlert, Kerstin Strehlow, Stephan Rosenkranz, Alexander Stablein, Frank Beckers, Jos F. M. Smits, Mat J. A. P. Daemen, Hans Vetter, and Michael Bohm: Estrogen Modulates AT₁ Receptor Gene Expression In Vitro and In Vivo
Circulation 97: 2197-2201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Linda Becker, Mickey Eisenberg, Carol Fahrenbruch, and Leonard Cobb: Public Locations of Cardiac Arrest : Implications for Public Access Defibrillation
Circulation 97: 2106-2109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masanori Asakura, Yasunori Ueda, Shinsuke Nanto, Atsushi Hirayama, Takayoshi Adachi, Masafumi Kitakaze, Masatsugu Hori, and Kazuhisa Kodama: Remodeling of In-Stent Neointima, Which Became Thinner and Transparent Over 3 Years : Serial Angiographic and Angioscopic Follow-up
Circulation 97: 2003-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takahiro Shiota, Michael Jones, Masahide Chikada, Craig E. Fleishman, John B. Castellucci, Bruno Cotter, Anthony N. DeMaria, Olaf T. von Ramm, Joseph Kisslo, Thomas Ryan, and David J. Sahn: Real-time Three-dimensional Echocardiography for Determining Right Ventricular Stroke Volume in an Animal Model of Chronic Right Ventricular Volume Overload
Circulation 97: 1897-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ziad Mallat, Ivan Philip, Maryline Lebret, Didier Chatel, Jacques Maclouf, and Alain Tedgui: Elevated Levels of 8-iso-Prostaglandin F₂ in Pericardial Fluid of Patients With Heart Failure : A Potential Role for In Vivo Oxidant Stress in Ventricular Dilatation and Progression to Heart Failure
Circulation 97: 1536-1539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Randall S. Stafford and Daniel E. Singer: Recent National Patterns of Warfarin Use in Atrial Fibrillation
Circulation 97: 1231-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Katsushi Shibata, Akira Hirasawa, Rudolf Foglar, Satoshi Ogawa, and Gozoh Tsujimoto: Effects of Quinidine and Verapamil on Human Cardiovascular ${alpha}$ ₁-Adrenoceptors
Circulation 97: 1227-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Philippe J. H. van de Borne, Nicola Montano, Mark E. Dyken, Bradley G. Phillips, and Virend K. Somers: Contribution of Tonic Chemoreflex Activation to Sympathetic Activity and Blood Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Circulation 97: 943-945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John Gorcsan III, Arthur M. Feldman, Robert L. Kormos, William A. Mandarino, Anthony J. Demetris, and Randas J. V. Batista: Heterogeneous Immediate Effects of Partial Left Ventriculectomy on Cardiac Performance
Circulation 97: 839-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas G. Kambouris, H. Bradley Nuss, David C. Johns, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Eduardo Marban, and Jeffrey R. Balser: Phenotypic Characterization of a Novel Long-QT Syndrome Mutation (R1623Q) in the Cardiac Sodium Channel
Circulation 97: 640-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshinori Seko, Naoyuki Takahashi, Shigeru Ishiyama, Toshiro Nishikawa, Takeshi Kasajima, Michiaki Hiroe, Shin Suzuki, Sugao Ishiwata, Sachio Kawai, Miyuki Azuma, Hideo Yagita, Ko Okumura, and Yoshio Yazaki: Expression of Costimulatory Molecules B7–1, B7–2, and CD40 in the Heart of Patients With Acute Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Circulation 97: 637-639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Elizabeth H. Hammond, Liping Zhao, Sanjeev Trehan, Eric P. Schwobe, and John F. Carlquist: Infection With Chlamydia pneumoniae Accelerates the Development of Atherosclerosis and Treatment With Azithromycin Prevents It in a Rabbit Model
Circulation 97: 633-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel R. Wagner, Charles McTiernan, Virginia J. Sanders, and Arthur M. Feldman: Adenosine Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Secretion of Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ in the Failing Human Heart
Circulation 97: 521-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul M. Ridker, Mary Cushman, Meir J. Stampfer, Russell P. Tracy, and Charles H. Hennekens: Plasma Concentration of C-Reactive Protein and Risk of Developing Peripheral Vascular Disease
Circulation 97: 425-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christophe Bauters, Jean-Luc Banos, Eric Van Belle, Eugene P. Mc Fadden, Jean-Marc Lablanche, and Michel E. Bertrand: Six-Month Angiographic Outcome After Successful Repeat Percutaneous Intervention for In-Stent Restenosis
Circulation 97: 318-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koichiro Harada, Issei Komuro, Doubun Hayashi, Takeshi Sugaya, Kazuo Murakami, and Yoshio Yazaki: Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor Is Involved in the Occurrence of Reperfusion Arrhythmias
Circulation 97: 315-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. Elhage, A. Maret, M.-T. Pieraggi, J. C. Thiers, J. F. Arnal, and F. Bayard: Differential Effects of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist and Tumor Necrosis Factor Binding Protein on Fatty-Streak Formation in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice
Circulation 97: 242-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marianne C. Verhaar, Robert M. F. Wever, John J. P. Kastelein, Thea van Dam, Hein A. Koomans, and Ton J. Rabelink: 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate, the Active Form of Folic Acid, Restores Endothelial Function in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Circulation 97: 237-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shojiro Naomi, Taisuke Iwaoka, Tumba Disashi, Junnosuke Inoue, Yoshie Kanesaka, Hiroshi Tokunaga, and Kimio Tomita: Endothelin-1 Inhibits Endothelin-Converting Enzyme-1 Expression in Cultured Rat Pulmonary Endothelial Cells
Circulation 97: 234-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. Krams, M. J. M. Kofflard, D. J. Duncker, C. Von Birgelen, S. Carlier, M. Kliffen, F. J. ten Cate, and P. W. Serruys: Decreased Coronary Flow Reserve in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Is Related to Remodeling of the Coronary Microcirculation
Circulation 97: 230-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Priya Duggal, Mark R. Vesely, Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon, Juan Villafane, Vineet Kaushik, and Alan H. Beggs: Mutation of the Gene for IsK Associated With Both Jervell and Lange-Nielsen and Romano-Ward Forms of Long-QT Syndrome
Circulation 97: 142-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ali Moustapha, Arabi Naso, Maher Nahlawi, Anjan Gupta, Kristopher L. Arheart, Donald W. Jacobsen, Killian Robinson, and Vincent W. Dennis: Prospective Study of Hyperhomocysteinemia as an Adverse Cardiovascular Risk Factor in End-Stage Renal Disease
Circulation 97: 138-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nobutaka Inoue, Seinosuke Kawashima, Kenji Kanazawa, Shinichiro Yamada, Hozuka Akita, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama: Polymorphism of the NADH/NADPH Oxidase p22 phox Gene in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation 97: 135-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yochai Birnbaum, Huai Luo, Tomoo Nagai, Michael C. Fishbein, Thomas M. Peterson, Shouping Li, David Kricsfeld, Thomas R. Porter, and Robert J. Siegel: Noninvasive In Vivo Clot Dissolution Without a Thrombolytic Drug : Recanalization of Thrombosed Iliofemoral Arteries by Transcutaneous Ultrasound Combined With Intravenous Infusion of Microbubbles
Circulation 97: 130-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven E. Reis, Vishwajeth Bhoopalam, Kathleen A. Zell, Peter J. Counihan, A. J. Conrad Smith, Si Pham, and Srinivas Murali: Conjugated Estrogens Acutely Abolish Abnormal Cold-Induced Coronary Vasoconstriction in Male Cardiac Allografts
Circulation 97: 23-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steve R. Ommen, David O. Hodge, Richard J. Rodeheffer, Christopher G. A. McGregor, Stephen P. Thomson, and Raymond J. Gibbons: Predictive Power of the Relative Lymphocyte Concentration in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
Circulation 97: 19-22. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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