Circulation Electronic Pages:

February 18, 2003

James T. Willerson
Circulation 2003 107: 793
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Cardiovascular News:

Cardiovascular News

Ruth SoRelle
Circulation 2003 107: e9010 - e9011, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000062827.05236.0B
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Editorials:

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: One Size Does Not Fit All

Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang, and Joe Bisera
Circulation 2003 107: 794, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000057524.47305.B3
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Brief Rapid Communications:

Intracardiac Echocardiography Is Superior to Conventional Monitoring for Guiding Device Closure of Interatrial Communications

Thomas Bartel, Thomas Konorza, Jawed Arjumand, Tiko Ebradlidze, Holger Eggebrecht, Guido Caspari, Ulrich Neudorf, and Raimund Erbel
Circulation 2003 107: 795 - 797; published online before print February 10 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000057547.00909.1C
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Alterations in Janus Kinase (JAK)-Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) Signaling in Patients With End-Stage Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Edith K. Podewski, Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Andres Hilfiker, Henning Morawietz, Artur Lichtenberg, Kai C. Wollert, and Helmut Drexler
Circulation 2003 107: 798 - 802; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000057545.82749.FF
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Angiostatin: A Negative Regulator of Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilation

Ryoji Koshida, Jingsong Ou, Toshiro Matsunaga, William M. Chilian, Keith T. Oldham, Allan W. Ackerman, and Kirkwood A. Pritchard, Jr
Circulation 2003 107: 803 - 806; published online before print February 10 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000057551.88851.09
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Inhibitory Effect of Natriuretic Peptides on Aldosterone Synthase Gene Expression in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiocytes

Teruhiko Ito, Michihiro Yoshimura, Shota Nakamura, Masafumi Nakayama, Yukio Shimasaki, Eisaku Harada, Yuji Mizuno, Megumi Yamamuro, Masaki Harada, Yoshihiko Saito, Kazuwa Nakao, Hiroki Kurihara, Hirofumi Yasue, and Hisao Ogawa
Circulation 2003 107: 807 - 810; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000057794.29667.08
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Clinical Investigations and Reports:

Validity of a Simple ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk Index: Are Randomized Trial Prognostic Estimates Generalizable to Elderly Patients?

Saif S. Rathore, Kevin P. Weinfurt, Cary P. Gross, and Harlan M. Krumholz
Circulation 2003 107: 811 - 816; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000049743.45748.02
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Antianginal and Antiischemic Effects of Ivabradine, an I_f Inhibitor, in Stable Angina: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicentered, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Jeffrey S. Borer, Kim Fox, Patrice Jaillon, Guy Lerebours for the Ivabradine Investigators Group
Circulation 2003 107: 817 - 823; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048143.25023.87
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Reductions in Systemic and Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow and Oxygen Delivery Limit Maximal Aerobic Capacity in Humans

José González-Alonso and José A.L. Calbet
Circulation 2003 107: 824 - 830; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000049746.29175.3F
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Myocardial Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Mitral Regurgitation

Hakan Oral, Natarajan Sivasubramanian, David B. Dyke, Rajendra H. Mehta, P. Michael Grossman, Kerri Briesmiester, William P. Fay, Francis D. Pagani, Steven F. Bolling, Douglas L. Mann, and Mark R. Starling
Circulation 2003 107: 831 - 837; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000049745.38594.6D
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Exercise Stress Test Amplifies Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the LQT1 and LQT2 Forms of the Long-QT Syndrome

Kotoe Takenaka, Tomohiko Ai, Wataru Shimizu, Atsushi Kobori, Tomonori Ninomiya, Hideo Otani, Tomoyuki Kubota, Hiroshi Takaki, Shiro Kamakura, and Minoru Horie
Circulation 2003 107: 838 - 844; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048142.85076.A2
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Pulmonary Vein Diameter Reduction After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Evaluated by Contrast-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Thorsten Dill, Thomas Neumann, Okan Ekinci, Christiane Breidenbach, Anna John, Ali Erdogan, Georg Bachmann, Christian W. Hamm, and Heinz-F. Pitschner
Circulation 2003 107: 845 - 850; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048146.81336.1D
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Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of Neovasculature Volume in Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque

William Kerwin, Andrew Hooker, Mary Spilker, Paolo Vicini, Marina Ferguson, Thomas Hatsukami, and Chun Yuan
Circulation 2003 107: 851 - 856; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048145.52309.31
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Immunosuppressive Therapy for Active Lymphocytic Myocarditis: Virological and Immunologic Profile of Responders Versus Nonresponders

Andrea Frustaci, Cristina Chimenti, Fiorella Calabrese, Maurizio Pieroni, Gaetano Thiene, and Attilio Maseri
Circulation 2003 107: 857 - 863; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048147.15962.31
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Left Ventricular Mass and Systolic Performance in Pediatric Patients With Chronic Renal Failure

Mark M. Mitsnefes, Thomas R. Kimball, Sandra A. Witt, Betty J. Glascock, Philip R. Khoury, and Stephen R. Daniels
Circulation 2003 107: 864 - 868; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000049744.23613.69
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Basic Science Reports:

Failure of Thrombus to Resolve in Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Gene–Knockout Mice: Rescue by Normal Bone Marrow–Derived Cells

I. Singh, K.G. Burnand, M. Collins;, A. Luttun, D. Collen, B. Boelhouwer;, and A. Smith
Circulation 2003 107: 869 - 875; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000050149.22928.39
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Induction of Coxsackievirus-Adenovirus–Receptor Expression During Myocardial Tissue Formation and Remodeling: Identification of a Cell-to-Cell Contact–Dependent Regulatory Mechanism

Henry Fechner, Michel Noutsias, Carsten Tschoepe, Kerstin Hinze, Xiaomin Wang, Felicitas Escher, Matthias Pauschinger, Dick Dekkers, Roland Vetter, Martin Paul, Jos Lamers, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, and Wolfgang Poller
Circulation 2003 107: 876 - 882; published online before print February 10 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000050150.27478.C5
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Defining the Transmurality of a Chronic Myocardial Infarction by Ultrasonic Strain-Rate Imaging: Implications for Identifying Intramural Viability: An Experimental Study

Frank Weidemann, Christoph Dommke, Bart Bijnens, Piet Claus, Jan D’hooge, Paul Mertens, Eric Verbeken, Alex Maes, Frans Van de Werf, Ivan De Scheerder, and George R. Sutherland
Circulation 2003 107: 883 - 888; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000050146.66577.4B
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Spironolactone and Its Main Metabolite, Canrenoic Acid, Block Human Ether-a-Go-Go–Related Gene Channels

Ricardo Caballero, Ignacio Moreno, Teresa González, Cristina Arias, Carmen Valenzuela, Eva Delpón, and Juan Tamargo
Circulation 2003 107: 889 - 895; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048189.58449.F7
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Potent Metalloporphyrin Peroxynitrite Decomposition Catalyst Protects Against the Development of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction

Pál Pacher, Lucas Liaudet, Péter Bai, Jon G. Mabley, Pawel M. Kaminski, László Virág, Amitabha Deb, Éva Szabó, Zoltán Ungvári, Michael S. Wolin, John T. Groves, and Csaba Szabó
Circulation 2003 107: 896 - 904; published online before print January 27 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048192.52098.DD
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Widening of the Excitable Gap and Enlargement of the Core of Reentry During Atrial Fibrillation With a Pure Sodium Channel Blocker in Canine Atria

Ayaka Kawase, Takanori Ikeda, Kazuo Nakazawa, Takashi Ashihara, Tsunetoyo Namba, Tetsuya Kubota, Kaoru Sugi, and Hironori Hirai
Circulation 2003 107: 905 - 910; published online before print February 3 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000050148.72502.3A
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Rapamycin Induces Heme Oxygenase-1 in Human Pulmonary Vascular Cells: Implications in the Antiproliferative Response to Rapamycin

Gary A. Visner, Fuhua Lu, Hailan Zhou, Jun Liu, Kristy Kazemfar, and Anupam Agarwal
Circulation 2003 107: 911 - 916; published online before print January 20 2003, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048191.75585.60
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Cardiology Patient Pages:

Aortic Aneurysm

Patrick T. O’Gara
Circulation 2003 107: e43 - e45, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000054210.62588.ED
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Special Review: Current Perspective:

Radiation Dose in Computed Tomography of the Heart

Richard L. Morin, Thomas C. Gerber, and Cynthia H. McCollough
Circulation 2003 107: 917 - 922, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000048965.56529.C2
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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine:

Coronary Hematoma Visualized by Intravascular Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Akiko Maehara, Naoaki Yamada, Osamu Seguchi, Satoshi Yasuda, Yoritaka Otsuka, Shunichi Miyazaki, and Masakazu Yamagishi
Circulation 2003 107: e46, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000050690.57234.E9
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Generalized Large Vessel Arteritis Visualized by ¹⁸Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography

Martin Wenger, Rudolf Gasser, Eveline Donnemiller, Hermann Erler, Hartmut Glossmann, Josef R. Patsch, Roy Moncayo, and Michael Schirmer
Circulation 2003 107: 923, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000050689.89407.87
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