Sommaire

• • ·Distal coronary flow velocity immediately after direct angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

    Page :251-257

    Masato Nakamura, Taro Tsunoda, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Katsuto Ui, Toshiyuki Degawa, So Yabuki, Tetsu Yamaguchi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·β-Estradiol, but not ⍺-estradiol, reduces myocardial necrosis in rabbits after ischemia and reperfusion

    Page :258-262

    Sharon L. Hale, Yochai Birnbaum, Robert A. Kloner

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Comparison of elective Wiktor stent placement with conventional balloon angioplasty for new-onset lesions of the right coronary artery

    Page :263-268

    Eric Eeckhout, Jean-Christophe Stauffer, Pierre Vogt, Nadia Debbas, Lukas Kappenberger, Jean-Jacques Goy

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·High serum concentration of lipoprotein(a) is a risk factor for restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Japanese patients with single-vessel disease

    Page :269-273

    Masaaki Miyata, Sadatoshi Biro, Shinichi Arima, Shuichi Hamasaki, Hiroshi Kaieda, Shoichiro Nakao, Masamitsu Kawataki, Kunihiro Nomoto, Hiromitsu Tanaka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Characterization of spontaneous recurrent ventricular arrhythmias detected by electrogram-storing defibrillators in sudden cardiac death survivors with no inducible ventricular arrhythmias at baseline electrophysiologic testing

    Page :274-279

    Sina Zaim, Bulent Zaim, Jeffrey Rottman, Isabel Mendoza, Nadim Nasir, Antonio Pacifico

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Reciprocating supraventricular tachycardia in children: Low rate at rest as a major factor related to propensity to syncope during exercise

    Page :280-285

    Fabrizio Drago, Attilio Turchetta, Armando Calzolari, Ugo Giordano, Vincenzo Di Ciommo, Antonella Santilli, Emanuela Pompei, Pietro Ragonese

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Characterization of left atrial appendage Doppler flow in atrial fibrillation and flutter by Fourier analysis

    Page :286-296

    Richard A. Grimm, Shalabh Chandra, Allan L. Klein, William J. Stewart, Ian W. Black, Gregory A. Kidwell, James D. Thomas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Twenty-four—hour ambulatory electrocardiography in elderly subjects: Prevalence of various arrhythmias and prognostic implications (report from the Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study)

    Page :297-302

    William H. Frishman, Mark Heiman, Alexander Karpenos, Wee Lock Ooi, Anne Mitzner, Ronen Goldkorn, Stephen Greenberg

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Potential clinical implications of abnormal myocardial perfusion patterns immediately after reperfusion in a canine model: A myocardial contrast echocardiography study

    Page :303-313

    Marc A. Kates, Mario F. Meza, R.Wayne Barbee, Susan Revall, Carlos A. Moreno, Bret Perry, Joseph P. Murgo, Jorge Cheirif

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Bolus recombinant urokinase versus heparin in deep venous thrombosis: A randomized controlled trial

    Page :314-318

    Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Denise R. Hirsch, Regina C. MacDougall, Joseph F. Polak, Mark A. Creager

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Effects of aging per se on arterial stiffness: Systemic and regional compliance in beagles

    Page :319-327

    George C. Haidet, Paul W. Wennberg, Stanley M. Finkelstein, Dennis J. Morgan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Distortion of intravascular ultrasound images because of nonuniform angular velocity of mechanical-type transducers

    Page :328-336

    Bruce J. Kimura, Valmik Bhargava, Wulf Palinski, Robert J. Russo, Anthony N. DeMaria

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Doppler transesophageal echocardiographic determination of aortic valve area in adults with aortic stenosis

    Page :337-342

    Marcus F. Stoddard, Robert T. Hammons, Rita A. Longaker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Combined rest and exercise electrocardiographic repolarization findings in relation to structural and functional abnormalities in asymptomatic aortic regurgitation

    Page :343-347

    Jack Chen, Peter M. Okin, Mary J. Roman, Clare Hochreiter, Richard B. Devereux, Jeffrey S. Borer, Paul Kligfield

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Relation between severity of mitral regurgitation and prognosis of mitral valve prolapse: Echocardiographic follow-up study

    Page :348-355

    Seungbum Kim, Toshio Kuroda, Masanori Nishinaga, Masanori Yamasawa, Shintaro Watanabe, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Sou Ueda, Kazuyuki Shimada

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Immediate and long-term effect of mitral balloon valvotomy on left ventricular volume and systolic function in severe mitral stenosis

    Page :356-360

    Mohamed E. Fawzy, W.B. Choi, L. Mimish, V. Sivanandam, J. Lingamanaicker, A. Khan, A. Patel, B. Khan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·A novel inotropic vasodilator, OPC-18790, reduces myocardial oxygen consumption and improves mechanical efficiency with congestive heart failure

    Page :361-368

    Hirofumi Kanda, Mitsuhiro Yokota, Hitoshi Ishihara, Kohzo Nagata, Ryozo Kato, Toshikazu Sobue

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Effects of β-blockade with bisoprolol on heart rate variability in advanced heart failure: Analysis of scatterplots of R-R intervals at selected heart rates

    Page :369-375

    Xavier Copie, Françoise Pousset, Philippe Lechat, Patrice Jaillon, Louis Guize, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study Investigators

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Volume-rendered, three-dimensional echocardiographi determination of the size, shape, and position of atrial septal defects: Validation in an in vitro model

    Page :376-381

    Giuseppina Magni, Qi-Ling Cao, Lissa Sugeng, Alain Delabays, Gerald Marx, Achi Ludomirski, Michael Vogel, Natesa G. Pandian

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Juxtaposition of the morphologically right atrial appendage in solitus and inversus atria: A study of 35 postmortem cases

    Page :382-390

    Stella Van Praagh, John O'Sullivan, Stella Brili, Richard Van Praagh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Juxtaposition of the morphologically left atrial appendage in solitus and inversus atria: A study of 18 postmortem cases

    Page :391-402

    Stella Van Praagh, John O'Sullivan, Stella Brili, Richard Van Praagh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Feasibility and effectiveness of repeated balloon dilatation of restenosed congenital obstructions after previous balloon valvuloplasty/angioplasty

    Page :403-407

    P. Syamasundar Rao, Omar Galal, Allen D. Wilson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Progression of valvular aortic stenosis in adults: Literature review and clinical implications

    Page :408-417

    Pompilio Faggiano, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Cesare Rusconi, William H. Gaasch

    
• • ·Remodeling cardiac rehabilitation into secondary prevention programs

    Page :418-427

    C.Noel Bairey Merz, Alan Rozanski

    
• • ·Management of restenosis after coronary intervention

    Page :428-436

    George Dangas, Valentin Fuster

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·The holmes heart: Historic associations and pathologic anatomy

    Page :437-445

    Anthony R.C. Dobell, Richard Van Praagh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Suppression of ventricular tachycardia by sotalol in myotonic dystrophy

    Page :446-448

    Mitchell B. Cohen, Jeffrey S. Snow, Kenneth A. Merkatz, Dipak Kholwadwala, Ram L. Jadonath, Bruce G. Goldner, Todd J. Cohen

    
• • ·Anomalous sinus node artery originating from the left main coronary artery

    Page :449-451

    Brian Holdaway, Edgardo Hernandez, Pramod K. Mohanty, On Topaz

    
• • ·Exercise-induced neurocardiogenic syncope

    Page :451-452

    Daniel Kosinski, Blair P. Grubb, Katrinka Kip, Harry Hahn

    
• • ·Right atrial thrombus mimicking myxoma in a heart transplant recipient

    Page :452-454

    James M. Rankin, Greta D. Hartland, Mark A. Ireland

    
• • ·Intramural left atrial hematoma complicating mitral annular calcification

    Page :455-457

    Stuart O. Schecter, Billie Fyfe, Ricardo Pou, Martin E. Goldman

    
• • ·Intravascular ultrasonographic characterization of calcification of the patent ductus arteriosus in adults

    Page :457-459

    Yi-Lwun Ho, Hsien-Li Kao, Chau-Chung Wu, Ming-Fong Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee

    
• • ·Training in cardiac catheterization at high-volume and low-volume centers: Is there a difference in case mix?

    Page :460-462

    Raj S. Ballal, Mark J. Eisenberg, Stephen G. Ellis