JACC

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Table of Contents and Abstracts

Baseline Anemia With Advanced HF or Severe Renal Dysfunction Anemia that persists after medical optimization may have an important prognostic role. What makes persistent anemia a unique predictor?
Journal Article, January 2012
Hypothermia Therapy Due to its protective effect on the brain and the myocardium, hypothermia therapy has been extensively studied in cardiac arrest patients with coma. Should non-comatose patients with acute coronary syndromes "chill out", too?
Journal Article, January 2012
Prognostic Value of New-onset AF Following TAVI New-onset atrial fibrillation is a well-known complication of cardiovascular interventions, and has been associated with a higher rate of periprocedural cerebrovascular events and cardiac mortality.
Journal Article, January 2012
Cardiac Uses of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors What can phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors do to improve cardiovascular health - besides improve erectile function?
Journal Article, January 2012
Secondary Prevention for Patients With Atherosclerotic Disease In the 15 years since these guidelines were first published recent new developments have made them even more important in clinical care.
Journal Article, January 2012
ACCF/AHA Guideline for Managing Peripheral Artery Disease Get expert commentary on late-breaking clinical trials and other new data that bring the 2005 peripheral artery disease guidelines up to the moment.
Journal Article, December 2011
CAD Severity, CAC Scores of Zero, and Coronary CT Angiography Prognostic CAC scoring rules may be changing very soon - at least for some clinical situations.
Journal Article, December 2011
Antiplatelet and Antithrombotic Therapy in ACS Patients With CKD Patients with CKD have a higher risk of acute coronary syndromes and associated mortality, but can their related risk for bleeding complications be cut?
Journal Article, December 2011
Stroke Associated With Treatment of Aortic Stenosis Stroke is a potential complication of surgical aortic valve replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and balloon aortic valvuloplasty. Which method is least likely to lead to stroke?
Journal Article, November 2011
Outcomes After TAVI in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Transcatheter aortic valve implantation was developed as an alternative to AVR in this high-risk patient population. How well do long-term outcomes support it?
Journal Article, November 2011
Everolimus-Eluting vs Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in PCI Do angiographic outcomes vary significantly between these two drug-eluting stents?
Journal Article, November 2011
Impact of In-Hospital Major Bleeding After Primary PCI in AMI Potent antiplatelet agents and early revascularization have improved AMI outcomes, but bleeding complications persist. What needs to be done?
Journal Article, October 2011
High Serum Testosterone and Cardiovascular Risk in Elderly Men Should testosterone be used like a vaccine - to prevent cardiovascular events in elderly men?
Journal Article, October 2011
Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Is vitamin D supplementation associated with reduction in cardiovascular diseases?
Journal Article, October 2011
PCI Versus CABG Surgery in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease Current guidelines recommend PCI with stents as an alternative to CABG in patients with LMCA disease and increased risk of adverse outcomes. Is the evidence for this recommendation solid?
Journal Article, October 2011
Biodegradable Polymer vs Permanent Polymer DES and EES vs SES What types of stents are most likely to improve late outcomes in patients with CAD?
Journal Article, October 2011
Global Cardiovascular Health International cardiovascular interventions need to be synergistically linked across key domains and mutually reinforced for maximum effect.
Journal Article, September 2011
Experience of Drug-Eluting Balloons in Infrapopliteal Arteries Restenosis rates with percutaneous interventions for infrapopliteal arterial disease are problematic, but drug-eluting balloons may help pave the way for brighter days.
Journal Article, September 2011
Trends in the Infection Burden for Pacemakers and ICDs Factors influencing rising infection rates for patients with implanted cardiac devices are detailed in this review.
Journal Article, September 2011
Influence of Global Region on HF Beta-Blocker Trials Globalization of clinical trials represents an advance for researchers and patients, but new challenges come with a geographically diverse patient population.
Journal Article, September 2011