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Subject Index: Volume 6

Ablation procedures Atrial automatic tachycardia treatment by

ablation procedures, 405 Closed chest catheter ablation of accessory

pathway with permanent junctional reCiprocating tachycardia, 1167

Right atrial thrombus formation after transvenous catheter ablation of atrioventricular node, 1428

Right coronary artery spasm complicating electrode catheter ablation of right lateral accessory pathway, 250

Adenosine Diagnostic and therapeutic use of adenosine

for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, 417

American College of Cardiology news Philip Reichert, MD, FACC, 1897-1985,

262 President's page: Certification, recertification

and continuing medical education, 1180 President's page: Funding for graduate

medical education, 715 President's page: Strategic planning•

whither now, 495 President's page: The College and affiliates•

in-training, 262 Amiodarone

American way and amiodarone (editorial), 822

Life-threatening ventricular tachycardia treatment with amiodarone: role of Holter monitoring in predicting long•term clinical efficacy, 806

Pulmonary toxicity of amiodarone: early changes in pulmonary function tests during amiodarone rechallenge, 802

Quinidine-resistant persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, therapy with amiodarone, 1402

Rate-dependent effects of intravenous lidocaine, procainamide and amiodarone on intraventricular conduction, 179

Risk factors for recurrence of symptomatic ventricular tachycardia identified in electrophysiologic study with amiodarone therapy, 814

Amyloidosis Echocardiographic findings in systemic

amyloidosis: spectrum of cardiac involvement and relation to survival, 737

Aneurysms Atrial septal aneurysm diagnosis and

classification by two-dimensional echocardiography: report of 80 consecutive cases, 1370

Ductus arteriosus aneurysm presenting as pulmonary artery obstruction: diagnosis and management, 234

Extracardiac left to right shunt with biventricular postinfarction rupture and pseudoaneurysm, 246

Fatal vasculitis (periarteritis nodosa) of coronary arteries: angiographic ambiguities and absence of aneurysms at autopsy, 707

Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two•dimensional echocardiographic findings, 1164

Systemic embolism in chronic left ventricular aneurysm: incidence and role of anticoagulation, 534

Ultrasound diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm and contiguous ventricular septal defect complicating inferior myocardial infarction, 1160

Angina pectoris Absence of rebound from diltiazem therapy

in Prinzmetal's variant angina, 174 Clinical correlates and angiographic

occurrence of intraluminal coronary artery thrombus: role of unstable angina, 285

Coronary angiographic morphology in myocardial infarction: link between pathogenesis of unstable angina and myocardial infarction, 1233

Myocardial revascularization for postinfarction angina: results and long•term follow-up, 1121

Nifedipine vs isosorbide dinitrate double•blind crossover comparison for antianginal effects with propranolol exertional angina therapy, 1395

Nisoldipine: dose-ranging, placebo•controlled, double-blind study in effort angina: duration and extent of antianginal effects, 447

Serial exercise testing of effort angina: variable tolerance, fixed threshold, 1011

Silent myocardial ischemia: hemodynamic changes during exercise in cases of proven coronary artery disease with absence of angina pectoris, 275

Variant angina in II year old boy. Chest pain evaluation in children (letter), 1178

Variant angina in II year old boy. Sickle cell trait (letter), 1178

Angiography Abnormal coronary flow reserve and

abnormal radionuclide exercise test results with normal coronary angiograms, 1245

Clinical and angiographic assessment 6 months after double vessel percutaneous coronary angioplasty, 1239

Clinical correlates and angiographic occurrence of intraluminal coronary artery thrombus: role of unstable angina, 285

Clinical, scintigraphic, angiographic and functional evaluation after myocardial

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infarction with and without right venticular dysfunction, 995


Coronary flow reserve with normal coronary angiograms, 1254

Dopamine: its potential for inducing ischemic left ventricular dysfunction, 84

Exercise electrocardiography, thallium-20 I myocardial perfusion imaging and radionuclide angiography in coronary artery disease assessment, 75


Hypotensive response potentiated by nifedipine and diltiazem after contrast angiography, 785

Angioplasty, coronary Clinical and angiographic assessment 6

months after double vessel percutaneous coronary angioplasty, 1239

Epidural wall motion and left ventricular function during coronary graft angioplasty in humans, 695

Immediate and short-term benefit of multi lesion coronary angioplasty: influence of degree of revascularization, 983

Intimal smooth muscle cell proliferation as cause of recurrent coronary artery stenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, 369

Nitroglycerin amelioration of left ventricular ischemia induced by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, 267

Percutaneous balloon angioplasty in infant with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary vein return, 894

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (editorial), 992

Regional wall motion improvement after coronary thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: importance of coronary angioplasty, 426

Total coronary artery occlusion therapy with angioplasty: experience in 76 consecutive patients, 526

Angioscopy Coronary angioscopy during cardiac

catheterization, 93 Angiotensin

See Renin-angiotensin system Antiarrhythmic agents

See also specific agents Ambulatory monitoring vs programmed

stimulation in assessing efficacy of class IA antiarrhythmic agents for ventricular tachycardia, 539

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Anticoagulant therapy Systemic embolism in chronic left

ventricular aneurysm: incidence and role of anticoagulation, 534

Aorta See also Coarctation of aorta Two-dimensional measurement of aortic

vessel diameter in Doppler echocardiographic estimates of left ventricular stroke volume, 66

Aortic valve Continuous wave Doppler velocities

correlated to cardiac catheterization gradients: experimental model of aortic stenosis, 1306

Flow rate changes affecting aortic, pulmonary and mitral valve area and flow velocity: impact on quantitative Doppler flow calculations, 653

Frequency content of systolic murmurs: an answer to the riddle of aortic stenosis" (editorial), 64

Intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography, localization of aortic dissection intimal flap, II S5

Right ventricular wall thickness increase in left ventricular pressure overload: echocardiographic evaluation of hypertrophic response of nonstressed ventricle, 550

Spectral analysis of murmur in evaluation of aortic stenosis, 55

Transposition of great arteries with functional aortic valve atresia, 630

Arrhythmias See also Tachyarrhythmias; Ventricular

arrhythmias Arrhythmias, 1225 Cardiac arrhythmias with surgical repair of

Ebstein's anomaly, 1351 Occurrence and transmission of localized

repolarization abnormalities and transmission in vitro, 152

Repolarization abnormalities and arrhythmias (editorial), 161

Aspergillosis Angioinvasive pulmonary aspergillosis:

presentation as massive pulmonary saddle embolism in immunocompromised patient, 486

Atherosclerosis See also Coronary artery disease Cardiac transplant patient with accelerated

atherosclerosis, 243 Coronary luminal shape and arc of disease•

free wall: morphologic observations and clinical relevance (editorial), 1100

Disease-free wall in coronary atherosclerosis: its relation to degree of obstruction, 1096

Failure of verapamil to retard atherosclerosis in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit: animal model of familial hypercholesterolemia, 141

Athlete 16th Bethesda conference: cardiovascular

abnormalities in athlete: recommendations regarding eligibility for competition, 1189

Classification of sports, 1198 Left ventricular diastolic function in elite

athletes with physiologic cardiac hypertrophy, 545

Legal consequences of standard setting for competitive athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities, 1191

Task Force I: congenital heart disease, 1200 Task Force II: acquired valvular heart

disease, 1209 Task Force Ill: hypertrophic

cardiomyopathy, other myopericardial diseases and mitral valve prolapse, 1215

Task Force IV: systemic arterial hypertension, 1218

Task Force V: ischemic heart disease, 1222 Task Force VI: Arrhythmias, 1225

Atrial fibrillation Cardiac arrhythmias with surgical repair of

Ebstein's anomaly, 1351 Digoxin and quinidine effects on atrial

fibrillation threshold in dogs, 119 Quinidine-resistant persistent and

paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, therapy with amiodarone, 1402

Pediatric atrial flutter: a collaborative study of 380 cases, 871

Atriai septal defects See Septal defects

Atrial size Pacemaker hemodynamics assessed

noninvasively by Doppler echocardiography: importance of left atrial size, 196

Atrial tachycardias Ablation procedures for treatment of atrial

automatic tachycardia, 40S Atrioventricular node

Atrioventricular nodal or atriojunctional reentrant tachycardia? (editorial), 1393

Curative surgery for atrioventricular junctional ( .. A V nodal") reentrant tachycardia, 1383

Pseudosimultaneous fast and slow pathway conduction: electrophysiologic findings with dual atrioventricular nodal pathways, 927

Right atrial thrombus formation after transvehous catheter ablation of atrioventricular node, 1428

Azathioprine Lack of objective improvement in

ventricular systolic function from azathioprine and prednisone therapy for myocarditis, 797

Beta-adrenergic blocking agents Cardioselective and nonselective beta•

adrenoceptor blocking drugs in hypertension: blood pressure effects compared in mental and physical activity, 186

Decreased mortality after myocardial infarction with beta-receptor blockers (editorial), 973

Bethanidine sulfate Efficacy in prevention of ventricular

tachyarrhythmias during programmed stimulation, 510

Bethesda conference 16th Bethesda conference: cardiovascular

abnormalities in athlete: recommendations regarding eligibility for competition, 1189

Biopsy Percutaneous endomyocardial biopsy

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monitoring by two-dimensional echocardiography, 609

Blood pressure

1445

See Hypertension; Hypotension; Pulmonary artery

Calcium Cardiac calcium channels and their control

by neurotransmitters and drugs, 1409 Contrast agent effects on coronary sinus

ionized calcium and left ventricular hemodynamics in dogs, 845

Mechanism of cardiovascular effects of contrast media: evidence for transient myocardial calcium ion imbalance (editorial), 854

Captopril Hemodynamic and clinical significance of

pulmonary vascular response to long•term captopril therapy with severe chronic heart failure, 635

Cardiac arrest See also Heart failure Duration of inadequate coronary perfusion

pressure effect on resuscitation from cardiac arrest, 113

Cardiac glycosides See Digoxin; Digitalis

Cardiac tamponade Intravascular volume alterations affecting

relation between right ventricular diastolic collapse and hemodynamic severity of cardiac tamponade, \057

Cardiokymography Accuracy of cardiokymography during

exercise testing: results of multicenter study, 502

Cardiomyopathies Dynamic subaortic obstruction in

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler echocardiography siudy, I

Dynamic subaortic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathies: criteria and controversy (editorial), 16

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, other myopericardial diseases and mitral valve prolapse, 1215

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in the young: clinical profile and natural history, 1126

Right ventricular wall thickness increase in left ventricular pressure overload: echocardiographic evaluation of hypertrophic response of nonstressed ventricles, 550

Tachycardia and cardiomyopathies: the chicken-egg dilemma revisited (editorial), 1172

Catheter ablation See Ablation procedures

Catheterization, cardiac Continuous wave Doppler determination of

right ventricular pressure: a simultaneous Doppler calhetetization study in 127 patients, 750

Continuous wave Doppler velocities correlated to cardiac catheterization gradients: experimental model of aortic stenosis, 1306

Coronary angioscopy during cardiac catheterization, 93

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Surgery for uncomplicated atrial septal defect without routine preoperative cardiac catheterization, 49

Chest pain Prognostic significance of normal

quantitative planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy with chest pain, 27

Variant angina in II year old boy. Chest pain evaluation in children (letter), 1178

Coarctation of aorta Left ventricular hyperkinesia at rest and

during exercise in normotensive patients 2 to 27 years after coarctation repair, 879

Surgery for coarctation of aorta (editorial), 887

Computed tomography Myocardial infarction fraction measurement

with single photon emission computed tomography, 145

Congenital heart defects See also Pediatric cardiology; specific

defects Anomalous left coronary artery from

pulmonary artery: significance of associated cardiac defects, 237

Congenital heart disease, 1200 Incidence increase among offspring of

affected parents, 376 Intelligence and hypoxemia in children with

congenital heart disease: fact or artifact?, 889

Results of modified Fontan operation for congenital heart lesions in patients without preoperative sinus rhythm, 228


Congestive heart failure Enalapril effect on cardiovascular response

to exercise and exercise tolerance in patients with congestive heart failure, 163

Hemodynamic effects of an orai dopamine receptor agonist (fenoldopam) for congestive heart failure, 792

Milrinone for congestive heart failure: acute and chronic hemodynamic and clinical evaluation, 453

Contrast media Effects of contrast agents on coronary sinus


Mechanism of cardiovascular effects of contrast media: evidence for transient myocardial calcium ion imbalance (editorial), 854

Coronary artery Anomalous left coronary artery from


Artifactual regional gray level variability in contrast -enhanced two-dimensional echocardiographic images: effect on coronary perfusion bed measurements, 831


Leukotriene C4 reduction in blood flow in

normal and narrowed coronary arteries of dogs, 1047

Smooth muscle contraction bands in media of coronary arteries: postmortem marker of antemortem coronary spasm?, 1329

Coronary artery disease See also Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery

occlusion Collateral vessels affecting prognosis with

one vessel coronary artery disease, 1257

Dopamine: its potential for inducing ischemic left ventricular dysfunction, 84


Identification of subtle regional ventricular dysfunction from gated blood pool scans at rest in cases of coronary artery disease, 589

Left ventricular asynchrony effect on time constant and extrapolated pressure of left ventricular pressure decay in coronary artery disease, 597

Methionine intolerance: a possible risk factor for coronary artery disease, 725

Multivessel coronary disease diagnosis by interaction of supplementary scintigraphic indicators of ischemia and stress electrocardiography, 581

Prognostic significance of normal quantitative planar thallium-20l stress scintigraphy with chest pain, 27


Tomographic gated blood pool radionuclide ventriculography: analysis of wall motion and left ventricular volumes with coronary artery disease, 349

Coronary artery fistula Contrast echocardiographic recognition of

left coronary artery fistula to the left and right ventricles, 923

Right coronary artery-pulmonary artery arteriovenous fistula secondary to open heart surgery, 933

Coronary artery occlusion See also Coronary artery disease; Coronary

artery stenosis; Ischt)mia Abnormalities in cardiac metabolism

sustained regionally after transient coronary artery occlusion, 336

Angioplasty in total coronary artery occlusion: experience in 76 consecutive patients, 526

Comparative echocardiographic study of recovery of diastolic vs systolic function after brief periods of coronary occlusion: differential nifedipine effects before and during occlusion, 1289

Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia. Effect of injection site of contrast agent effect on estimation of atea at risk for necrosis after coronary occlusion, 825

Coronary anatomic explanation for ischemia


during intermittent coronary artery occlusion, 41

Creatine kinase release after brief coronary occlusion (editorial), 1304

Creatine kinase release not associated with myocardial necrosIs after short periods of coronary artery occlusion in conscious baboons, 1299

Experimental myocardial infarction effect on ST segment response to tachycardia, 665

Infarct size in relation to occluded bed size in barbiturate-anesthetized vs conscious dogs, 1035

Nitroglycerin-induced hypotension effect on myocardial blood flow in two vessel occlusion-stenosis, anesthetized canine model, 856

Synchronized diastolic retroperfusion study during coronary artery occlusion, 328

Total coronary artery occlusion therapy with angioplasty: experience in 76 consecutive patients, 526

Coronary artery spasm Electrode catheter ablation of right lateral

accessory pathway complicated by right coronary spasm, 250

Histamine-induced spasm not significantly modulated by prostanoids in swine model,321

Smooth muscle contraction bands in media of coronary arteries: postmortem marker of antemortem coronary spasm?, 1329

Coronary artery stenosis Intimal smooth muscle cell proliferation as

cause of recurrent coronary artery stenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, 369

Nitroglycerin-induced hypotension: effect on myocardial blood flow in two vessel occlusion-stenosis, anesthetized canine model,856

Coronary artery thrombus Clinical correlates and angiographic

occurrence of intraluminal coronary artery thrombus: role of unstable angina, 285

Laser recanalization of acutely thrombosed coronary arteries in live dogs: early results, 1052

Right atrial thrombus formation after trans venous catheter ablation of atrioventricular node, 1428

Creatine kinase Creatine kinase release after brief coronary

occlusion (editorial), 1304 Creatine kinase release not associated with

myocardial necrosis after short periods of coronary artery occlusion in conscious baboons, 1299

Cystic fibrosis Cardiac function with cystic fibrosis:

evaluation by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, 701

Defibrillator Automatic implantable cardioverter•

defibrillator: overview, 461 Electrode chest wall coupling agents of

defibrillator: influence on transthoracic


impedance and shock success, 682 Implanted defibrillator: relation of

defibrillating lead configuration and clinical variables to defibrillation threshold, 1315

Out-of-hospital automatic cardioversion of ventricular tachycardia with cardioverter-defibrillator, 482

Digitalis Mortality in survivors of acute myocardial

infarction associated with digitalis therapy: observations in Beta-Blocker Heart Attack Trial, 976

Digoxin Digoxin and quinidine effects on atrial

fibrillation threshold in dogs, 119 Diitiazem

Absence of rebound from diltiazem therapy in Prinzmetal's variant angina, 174

Hyperglycemia-coma and diltiazem (letter), 494


Dopamine Hemodynamic effects of an oral dopamine

receptor agonist (fenoldopam) for congestive heart failure, 792

Inotropic stimulation of reperfused myocardium wi'th dopamine: infarct size and myocardial function effects, 1026

Ischemic left ventricular dysfunction potentially induced by dopamine, 84

Doppler ultrasound See Echocardiography; Ultrasound

Ductus arteriosus Aneurysm of ductus arteriosus presenting as

pulmonary artery obstruction: diagnosis and management, 234

Histologic studies of normal and persistent ductus arteriosus, 394

Transitional circulation of newborn: two•dimensional Doppler echocardiographic study, 623

Echocardiography See also Ultrasound Amyloidosis echocardiographic findings:

spectrum of cardiac involvement and relation to survival, 737

Aortic dissection intimal flap localization by intraoperati ve two-dimensional echocardiography, 1155

Artifactual regional gray level variability in contrast-enhanced two-dimensional echocardiographic images: effect on coronary perfusion bed measurements, 831

Atrial level right to left intracardiac shunt associated with postoperative hypoxemia: contrast two-dimensional echocardiography demonstration, 920

Atrial septal aneurysm diagnosis and classification by two-dimensional echocardiography: report of 80 consecutive cases, 1370

Cardiac abnormalities echocardiographic study in families of patients with Marfan's syndrome, 1016

Cardiac function with cystic fibrosis:

evaluation by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, 70 I

Cardiac output determination by echocardiographic Doppler methods: relative accuracy of various sites for measurement (editorial), 663


Conduction system with prolonged QT interval. 1110

Constrictive pericarditis analysis with M•mode echocardiography, 471

Continuous wave Doppler determination of right ventricular pressure: a simultaneous Doppler catheterization study in 127 patients, 750

Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia. Effect of injection site of contrast agent on estimation of area at risk for necrosis after coronary occlusion, 825

Contrast echocardiography recognition of left coronary artery fistula to the left and right ventricles, 923

Diastolic forward blood flow in pulmonary artery detected by Doppler echocardiography, 1372

Double orifice mitral valve findings using two-dimensional echocardiography, 383

Dynamic subaortic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler echocardiography study, I

Flow rate changes affecting aortic, pulmonary and mitral valve area and flow velocity: impact on quantitative Doppler flow calculations, 653

Functional and pathologic effects of multiple echocardiographic contrast injections on myocardium, brain and kidney, 687

High pulse repetition frequency vs continuous wave Doppler echocardiography in assessing high flow velocity in valvular stenosis and regurgitation, 565

Left coronary artery fistula to the left and right ventricles recognized by contrast echocardiography, 923

Left ventricular mass and volume/mass ratio determination by two-dimensional echocardiography in normal adults, 1021

Myocardial perfusion imaging by contrast echocardiography: where are we going') (editorial), 621

Myocardial perfusion imaging in humans by contrast echocardiography using polygelin colloid solution, 612

Osteogenic sarcomas mimicking left atrial myxomas: clinical and two-dimensional echocardiographic features, 1422

Pacemaker hemodynamics assessed noninvasively by Doppler echocardiography: importance of left atrial size, 196

Paraseptal structure recognition by echocardiography, 913

Percutaneous endomyocardial biopsy monitoring by two-dimensional

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echocardiography, 609 Smoke-like echo in left atrial cavity in

mitral valve disease: its features and significance, 744


Tense pericardial effusion manifested by echocardiography, 467


Two-dimensional measurement of aortic vessel diameter in Doppler echocardiographic estimates of left ventricular stroke volume, 66

Ventricular septal defect detection by pulsed Doppler echocardiography (letter), 493

Editorials A new look at repolarization abnormalities

and arrhythmias, 161 A long look at surgery for coarctation of

aorta, 887 Amiodarone and the American way, 822 Atrioventricular nodal or atriojunctional

reentrant tachycardia", 1393 Coronary luminal shape and the arc of

disease-free wall: morphologic observations and clinical relevance, 1100

Creatine kinase release after brief coronary occlusion, 1304

Determination of cardiac output by echocardiographic Doppler methods: relative accuracy of various sites for measurement, 663

Dynamic subaortic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathies: criteria and controversy, 16

Frequency content of systolic murmurs: an answer to the riddle of aortic stenosis", 64

Increasing importance of Doppler echocardiography, 366

Is the renin-angiotensin system really unnecessary in patients with severe chronic heart failure: price we pay for interfering with evolution, 171

Ischemia at a distance-so close yet so far, 46

Malignant ventricular arrhythmias early after myocardial infarction: brighter prospects, 769

Management of sustained ventricular tachycardia, 213

Mechanism of cardiovascular effects of contrast media: evidence for transient myocardial calcium ion imbalance, 854

Myocardial perfusion imaging by contrast echocardiography: where are we going,!,621

Noninvasive intracardiac pressure measurement using Doppler ultrasound, 757

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, 992

Role of ventricular ectopic activity in sudden death, 40

Tachycardia and cardiomyopathy: the chicken-egg dilemma revisited, 1172

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Threshold of pericardial constraint: pericardial reserve volume and auxiliary pericardial functions, 296

Why do beta-receptor blockers decrease mortality after myocardial infarction?, 973 '

Education update Adult and pediatric cardiovascular training

programs in United States, 942 Ejection fraction

Cardiac function with cystic fibrosis: evaluation by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, 701

Dynamic subaortic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler echocardiography, I

Left ventricular hyperkinesia at rest and during exercise in normotensive patients 2 to 27 years after coarctation repair, 879

Pericardium: significance in human subjects: effect on left ventricular volume, pressure and ejection, 290

Tomographic gated blood pool radionuclide ventriculography: analysis of waH motion and left ventricular volumes with coronary artery disease, 349

Electrocardiography Acute right ventricular infarction

electrocardiographic findings: sensitivity and specificity of alterations in right precordial leads V4R, V3R, VI, V2 'lnd V3 , 1273

Cardiokymography accuracy during exercise testing: results of multicenter study, 502

Determinants of outcome of electrophysiologic study of ventricular tachyarrhythmias, 298

Exercise electrocardiography, thallium-201 mypcardial perfusion irp.aging and radionuclide angiography in coronary artery disease assessment, 75

Left ventricular hypertrophy detection by electrocardiography: development and prospective validation of improved criteria, 572


Spatial R Wave amplitude changes during exercise: relation to left ventricular ischemia and function, 603

Ventricular tachycardia and sudden death in myotonic dystrophy: clinical, electrophysiologic and pathologic features, 254

Electrode catheter ablation See Ablatipn procedures

Embolism, pulmonary Angioinvasive pulmonary aspergillosis:

presentation as massive pulrponary saddle embolism in immunocompromised patient, 486

Systemic embolism in chronic left ventricular aneurysm: incidence and role of anticoagulation, 534

Enalapril Enalapril effects on cardiovascular response

to exercise and exercise tolerance with congestive heart failure, 163

Exercise testing Abnormal coronary flow reserve and


Cardiokymography: accuracy during exercise testing: results of multicenter study, 502

Clinical data for predicting improvement in exercise capacity after cardiac rehabilitation, 19

Effort angina evaluation with serial exercise testing: variable tolerance, fixed threshold, 10 II

Enalapril effect on cardiovascular response to exercise and exercise tolerance in patients with congestive heart failure, 163

Exercise electrocardiography, thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging and radionuclide angiography in coronary artery disease assessment, 75

Lactale production during maximal and submaximal exercise with chronic heart failure, 717


Limb circulation and metabolism during exercise affected by renin-angiotensin system in cases of heart failure, 556

Respiratory-dependent ventricular pacing vs fixed ventricular and atrial-ventricular synchronous pacing: aerobic and hemodynamic vari"bles, 646

Reversal of rest myocardial asynergy during exercise: radionuclide scintigraphic study, 1004


Spatial R wave amplitude changes during exercise: relation to left ventricular ischemia and function, 603

Fenoldopam Hemodynamic effects of an oral dopamine

receptor agonist (fenoldopam) for congestive heart failure, 792

Fibrillation, atrial See Atrial fibrillation

Fibrillation, ventricular See Ventricular fibrillation

Fistula Contrast echocardiography recognition of

left coronary artery fistula to the left and right ventricles, 923

Left coronary artery fistula to the left and right ventricles recognized by contrast echocardiography, 923


Flecainide acetate Refractory life-threatening ventricular

arrhythmia management with flecainide acetate, 772

Glycosides, cardiac See Digoxin; Digitalis

Heart failure

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See also Congestive heart failure Hemodynamic and clinical significance of

pulmonary vascular response to long•term captopril therapy in patients with severe chronic heart failure, 635

Lactate production during maximal and submaximal exercise in chronic heart failure, 717

Limb circulation and metabolism during exercise affected by renin-angiotensin system in cases of heart failure, 556

Massive myocardial invasion of malignant lymphoma as cause of intractable heart failure, conduction disturbances and myocardial infarction, 937

Renin-angiotensin system in severe chronic heart failure (editorial), 171

Heart murmur Frequency content of systolic murmurs: an

answer to the riddle of aortic stenosis? (edi torial), 64

Spectr;li analysis of murmur in evaluation of aortic stenosis, 55

Heart transplantation Accelerated atherosclerosis in cardiac

transplant patient, 243 Histamine'

Prostanoid effect on histamine-induced coronary artery spasm, 321

HQlter monitoring Ambulatory monitoring vs programmed

stimulation in assessing efficacy of class fA antiarrhythmic agents for ventricular tachycardia, 539


Hypercholesterolemia Failure of verapamil (0 retard atherosclerosis

in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit: animal model of familial hypercholesterolemia, 141

Hypertension Cardioselective and nonselective beta•

adrenoceptor blocking drugs in pypertension: blood pressure effects compared in mental and physical activity, 186

Nitroglycerin-induced paradoxical pulmonary vasoconstriction in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, 490

Quantitative assessment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with tricuspid regurgitation using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, 359

Systemic arterial hypertension, 1218 Hypertrophy, cardiac

Dynamic subaortic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler echocardiography, I

Electrocardiographic detection of left ventricular hypertrophy: development and prospective validation of improved criteria, 572

Left ventricular diastolic function in elite athletes with physiologic cardiac hypertrophy, 545

Right ventricular wall thickness increase in left ventricular pressure overload: echocardiographic evaluation of

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hypertrophic response of nonstressed ventricles, 550

Hypotension Hemodynamic and clinical significance of

pUlmonary vascular response to long•term captopril therapy with severe chronic heart failure, 635

Nifedipine and diltiazem potentiation of hypotensive response after contrast angiography, 785

Nitroglycerin-induced hypotension: effect on myocardial blood flow in two vessel occlusion-stenosis, anesthetized canine model,856

Intraaortic baBoon counterpulsation therapy Nitroglycerin and intraaortic balloon

counterpulsation therapy for acute myocardial infarction, 434

lohexol Contrast agent effects on coronary sinus


Ischemia See also Myocardial infarction C-II palmitic acid retention and clearance in

ischemic and reperfused canine myocardium, 311

Cardiac metabolism abnormalities sustained regionally after transient ischemia in chronic dog model, 336

Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia. Effect of injection site of contrast agent on estimation of area at risk for necrosis after coronary occlusion, 825

Coronary anatomic explanation of ischemia during intermittent coronary artery occlusion, 41

Dopamine potential for inducing ischemic left ventricular dysfunction, 84

Energy metabolism in reperfused heart muscles: metabolic correlates to function, 864

Ischemia at a distance--so close yet so far (editorial), 46

Ischemic heart disease, 1222 Left ventricular global and regional function

in relation to extent of myocardial ischemia, 104


Nitroglycerin amelioration of left ventricular ischemia induced by percutaneous trans luminal coronary angioplasty, 267

Oxygen free radical system as potential mediator of myocardial injury, 215


Spatial R wave amplitude changes during exercise: relation to left ventricular ischemia and function, 603

Synchronized diastolic retroperfusion treatment study of acute myocardial ischemia, 328

Isosorbide dlnitrate Antianginal effects of nifedipine vs

isosorbide dinitrate with propranolol, exertional angina therapy, 1395

Kidney Functional and pathologic effects of multiple

echocardiographic contrast injections on myocardium, brain and kidney, 687

Laser therapy Excimer laser: gross, light microscopic and

ultrastructural analysis of potential advantages for use in laser therapy of cardiovascular disease, 1102

Laser recanalization of acutely thrombosed coronary arteries in live dogs: early results, 1052

Letters to the editor Aneurysm of the interatrial septum, 956 Diltiazem and hyperglycemia-coma, 494 Doppler detection of ventricular septal

defect, 493 Inotropic effect of methylxanthines, 260 Ioxaglate, iopamidol and diatrizoate in

coronary arteriography, 956 Precordial ST segment deviations during

acute myocardial infarction, 260 Variant angina in an II year old boy.

Evaluation of chest pain in children, 1178

Variant angina in an II year old boy. Sickle cell trait, 1178

Leukotriene C4 Blood flow reduction by leukotriene C4 in

normal and narrowed coronary arteries of dogs, 1047

Lidocaine Rate-dependent effects of intravenous

lidocaine, procainamide and amiodarone on intraventricular conduction, 179

Verapamil and lidocaine effects in canine model of sudden coronary death, 674

Lymphoma Massive myocardial invasion of malignant

lymphoma as cause of intractable heart failure, conduction disturbances and myocardial infarction, 937

Marran's syndrome Cardiac abnormalities echocardiographic

study in families of patients with Marfan's syndrome, 1016

Metabolism Abnormalities in cardiac metabolism

sustained regionally after transient ischemia in dog model, 336

Creatine kinase release after brief coronary occlusion (editorial), 1304

Creatine kinase release not associated with myocardial necrosis after short periods of coronary artery occlusion in conscious baboons, 1297


Lactate production during maximal and submaximal exercise with chronic heart failure, 717

Methionine intolerance: a possible risk

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factor for coronary artery disease, 725 Methionine

Intolerance to methionine as possible risk factor for coronary artery disease, 725

Mexiletine Clinical evaluation of oral mexiletine

therapy for ventricular arrhythmias, 780 Milrinone

Congestive heart failure therapy with milrinone: acute and chronic hemodynamic and clinical evaluation, 453

Mitral valve Flow rate changes affecting aortic,

pulmonary and mitral valve area and flow velocity: impact on quantitative Doppler flow calculations, 653

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, other myopericardial diseases and mitral valve prolapse, 1215

Smoke-like echo in the left atrial cavity in mitral valve disease: its features and significance, 744


Two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in double orifice mitral valve, 383

Myocardial infarction See also Ischemia; Myocardial injury Acute right ventricular infarction

electrocardiographic findings: sensitivity and specificity of alterations in right precordial leads V4R, V3R, VI, V2 and V3, 1273

Beta-receptor blockers for decreased mortality after myocardial infarction (editorial), 973

Clinical, scintigraphic, angiographic and functional evaluation after myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular dysfunction, 995


Coronary artery thrombus: importance in acute myocardial infarction, 285

Crista supra ventricularis anatomy: importance for understanding right ventricular function, right ventricular infarction and related conditions, 1083

Digitalis therapy associated with mortality in survivors of acute myocardial infarction: observations in Beta-Blocker Heart Attack Trial, 976

Early infarct expansion: structural or functional?, 839

Experimental myocardial infarction: effect on ST segment response to tachycardia, 665


High dose intravenous streptokinase for acute myocardial infarction: preliminary results of multicenter trial, 957

Inotropic stimulation of reperfused myocardium with dopamine: infarct size and myocardial function effects, 1026

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Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation and intravenous nitroglycerin for acute myocardial infarction, 434

Malignant ventricular arrhythmias early after myocardial infarction: brighter prospects (editorial), 769


Myocardial revascularization for postinfarction angina: results and long•term follow-up, 1121

Occluded bed size in relation to infarct size in barbiturate-anesthetized vs conscious dogs, 1035

Pacing mode importance in initiation of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in canine model of chronic myocardial infarction, 99

Photon emission computed tomography in measurement of myocardial infarction fraction, 145

Precordial ST segment deviations during acute myocardial infarction (letter), 260

Reentrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period: spontaneous vs induced reentry and intramural vs epicardial circuits, 124

Regional wall motion improvement after coronary thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: importance of coronary angioplasty, 426

Scintigraphically detected predominant right ventricular dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction: clinical and hemodynamic correlates and implications for therapy and prognosis, 1264


Survival after hospital discharge in matched popUlations with inferior or anterior myocardial infarction, 731

Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias within 2 months of acute myocardial infarction: medical and surgical therapy results after resuscitation from initial episode, 759

Time from onset of symptoms to thrombolytic therapy: major determinant of myocardial salvage with acute transmural infarction, 518


Ventricular arrhythmia treatment with oxprenolol: the European Infarction Study experience, 963

~yocardial injury See also Myocardial infarction; Ischemia Oxygen free radical system as potential

mediator of myocardial injury, 215 ~yocardial ischemia

See Ischemia ~yocarditis

Lack of objective improvement in ventricular systolic function from

azathioprine and prednisone therapy for myocarditis, 797

Nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug exacerbation of Coxsackie B3 murine myocarditis, 1078

Myocardium C-I I palmitic acid retention and clearance in



Functional and pathologic effects of multiple echocardiographic contrast injections on myocardium, brain and kidney, 687

Inotropic stimulation of reperfused myocardium with dopamine: infarct size and myocardial function effects, 1026


Revascularization of myocardium for postinfarction angina: results and long•term follow-up, 1121

~yotonic dystrophy Ventricular tachycardia and sudden death in

myotonic dystrophy: clinical, electrophysiologic and pathologic features, 254

Nifedipine Antianginal effects of nifedipine vs




Nisoldipine Dose-ranging, placebo-controlled, double

blind trial of nisoldipine in effort angina: duration and extent of antianginal effects, 447

Nitroglycerin Hypotension induced by nitroglycerin: effect

on myocardial blood flow in two vessel occlusion-stenosis, anesthetized canine model,856

Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation and intravenous nitroglycerin for acute myocardial infarction, 434

Paradoxical pulmonary vasoconstriction induced by nitroglycerin in idiopathic pUlmonary hypertension, 490

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty-induced left ventricular ischemia ameliorated by nitroglycerin, 267

Oxprenolol Ventricular arrhythmia treatment with

oxprenolol: the European Infarction Study experience, 963

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Oxygen free radical system Myocardial injury potentially mediated by

oxygen free radical system, 215

Pacemakers Atrial sensing and pacing stability after dual

chamber pulse generator implantation, 1338

Doppler echocardiographic noninvasive assessment of pacemaker hemodynamics: importance of left atrial size, 196

Permanent triggered antitachycardia pacemakers in management of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, 206

Respiratory-dependent ventricular pacing vs fixed ventricular and atrial-ventricular synchronous pacing: aerobic and hemodynamic variables, 646

Supraventicular tachycardias automatically terminated by pacemaker, 201

Pacing, cardiac See Atrioventricular node; Pacemakers

Palmitic acid C-II palmitic acid retention and clearance in


Pediatric cardiology Anomalous left coronary artery from


Atrial flutter in the young: a collaborative study of 380 cases, 871

Congenital heart defect incidence increase among offspring of affected parents, 376

Double orifice mitral valve findings using two-dimensional echocardiography, 383


Fetal hydrops in newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: tricuspid valve "stopper," 1365

Fetal tachycardia and intramyocardial tumors, 1358

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in the young: clinical profile and natural history, 1126

Intelligence and hypoxemia in children with congenital heart disease: fact or artifact?, 889

Intracardiac undifferentiated sarcoma in infancy, 1362


Results of modified Fontan operation for congenital heart lesions in patients without preoperative sinus rhythm, 228

Normal and persistent ductus arteriosus histologic studies in dog, 394

Palliative Mustard operation: long-term results, 1138


Sudden death prevention after repair of tetralogy of Fallo!: ventricular arrhythmia treatment, 221

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Surgery for coarctation of aorta (editorial), 887

Systolic pulmonary artery pressure estimation by Doppler echocardiography in pediatric patients with intraventricular communications, 1132


Transposition of great arteries with functional aortic valve atresia, 630

Two-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of right ventricular size and function in newborns with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, 388

Variant angina in an I I year old boy. Evaluation of chest pain in children, 1178

Variant angina in an II year old boy. Sickle cell trait, 1178

Pericardial effusion Echocardiographic manifestation of tense

pericardal effusion, 467 Pericarditis

M-mode echocardiography of constrictive pericarditis, 471

Pericardium Significance of pericardium: effects on left

ventricular volume, pressure and ejection, 290

Threshold of pericardial constraint: pericardial reserve volume and auxiliary pericardial functions (editorial), 296

Plasminogen activator Regional wall motion improvement after

coronary thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: importance of coronary angioplasty, 426

Positron emission tomography Cardiac metabolism abnormalities after

transient ischemia in chronic dog model,336

Prednisone Lack of objective improvement in

ventricular systolic function from azathioprine and prednisone therapy for myocarditis, 797

Procainamide Failure of procainamide during

electrophysiologic testing to predict responses to other medical therapy, 410

Rate-dependent effects of intravenous lidocaine, procainamide and amiodarone on intraventricular conduction, 179

Propranolol Antianginal effects of nifedipine and


Prostanoids Histamine-induced spasm not significantly

modulated by prostanoids in swine model,321

Pseudoaneurysms See Aneurysms

Pulmonary artery Anomalous left coronary artery from


Diastolic forward blood flow in pulmonary artery detected by Doppler echocardiography, 1372

Doppler echocardiographic estimation of systolic pulmonary artery pressure in pediatric patients with intraventricular communications, 1132


Paradoxical pulmonary vasoconstriction induced by nitroglycerin in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, 490

Quantitative assessment of pulmonary hypertension with tricuspid regurgitation using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, 359



Pulmonary valve Flow rate changes affecting aortic,

pulmonary and mitral valve area and flow velocity: impact on quantitative Doppler flow calculations, 653

Pulmonary blood supply with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect, 1343

Pulmonary vein Percutaneous balloon angioplasty in infant

with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary vein return, 894

Quinidine Digoxin and quinidine effects on atrial

fibrillation threshold in dogs, 119 Quinidine-resistant persistent and

paroxysmal atrial fibrillation therapy with amiodarone, 1402

Radionuclide techniques Abnormal coronary flow reserve and


Accuracy of radionuclide ventriculography for estimation of left ventricular volume changes and end-systolic pressure•volume relations, 1064

Clinical, scintigraphic, angiographic and functional evaluation after myocardial infarction with and without right venticular dysfunction, 995

Exercise electrocardiography, thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging and radionuclide angiography in coronary artery disease assessment, 75


Tomographic gated blood pool radionuclide ventriculography: analysis of wall motion and left ventricular volumes in patients with coronary artery disease, 349

SUBJECT INDEX 1451

Recombinant tissue plasminogen activation See Tissue plasminogen activation

Renin-angiotensin system Limb circulation and metabolism during

exercise affected by renin-angiotensin system in cases of heart failure, 556

Renin-angiotensin system in severe chronic heart failure (editorial), 171

Renografin-76 See Sodium meglumine diatrizoate

Resuscitation Duration of inadequate coronary perfusion

pressure effect on resuscitation from cardiac arrest, 113

Pharmacokinetic differences between peripheral and central drug administration during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 1073

Retraction Retraction of two articles, 1440

Scintigraphy See Thallium scintigraphy

Seminars on cardiac valve replacement Introduction: valve replacement: first quarter

century, 897 Monostrut Bjork-Shiley heart valve, 1142 Seven and one-half years' experience with

the Medtronic-Hall valve, 1417 Six year experience with the St. Jude

Medical valve: hemodynamic performance, surgical results, biocompatibility and follow-up, 904

Starr-Edwards valve, 899 Third generation Carpentier-Edwards

bioprothesis: early results, 1149 Septal defects

Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery: significance of associated cardiac defects, 237

Atrial septal aneurysm diagnosis and classification by two-dimensional echocardiography: report of 80 consecutive cases, 1370

Congenital heart defect incidence increase among offspring of affected parents, 376

Doppler detection of ventricular septal defect (letter), 493 _

Doppler echocardiographic estimation of systolic pulmonary artery pressure in pediatric patients, with intraventricular communications, 1132

Pulmonary blood supply with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect, 1343

Surgery for uncomplicated atrial septal defect without routine preoperative cardiac catheterization, 49


Shunts Atrial level right to left intracardiac shunt

associated with postoperative hypoxemia: contrast two-dimensional echocardiographic demonstration, 920


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Sickle cell trait Variant angina in II year old boy. Sickle

cell trait (letter), 1178 Sodium meglumine diatrizoate

Contrast agent effects on coronary sinus ionized calcium and left ventricular hemodynamics in dogs, 845

ST segment Experimental myocardial infarction: effect

on ST segment response to tachycardia, 665

Precordial ST segment deviations during acute myocardial infarction (letter), 260

Predicting improvement in exercise capacity after cardiac rehabilitation, 19

Stenoses See also Aortic valve; Mitral valve;

Pulmonary valve High pulse repetition frequency vs

continuous wave Doppler echocardiography in assessing high flow velocity in valvular stenosis and regurgitation, 565

Streptokinase High dose intravenous streptokinase for

acute myocardial infarction: preliminary results of multicenter trial, 957

Sudden death Electrophysiologic testing of patients at high

risk for sudden death: nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and abnormal ventricular function, 31

Myotonic dystrophy with ventricular tachycardia and sudden death: clinical, electrophysiologic and pathologic features, 254

Prevention of sudden death after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: ventricular arrhythmia treatment, 221

Ventricular ectopic activity in sudden death (editorial), 40

Verapamil and lidocaine effects in canine model of sudden coronary death, 674

Surgery Aortic dissection intimal flap localization by

intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography, 1155

Atrioventricular junctional (" A V nodal") reentrant tachycardia curative surgery, 1383

Cardiac arrhythmias with surgical repair of Ebstein's anomaly, 1351

Coarctation of aorta surgery (editorial), 887 Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

followed by ventricular arrhythmias: incidence, risk factors, and long-term prognosis, 307


Modified Fontan operation results for congenital heart lesions in cases without preoperative sinus rhythm, 228

Palliative Mustard operation: long-term results, 1138

Repair of uncomplicated atrial septal defect without "routine" preoperative cardiac catheterization, 49


SI. Jude medical valve: hemodynamic performance, surgical results, biocompatibility and follow-up in 6-year study, 904


Third generation Carpentier-Edwards bioprosthesis: early results, 1149

Tachyarrhythmia See Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Tachycardia See also Atrial tachycardias; Ventricular

tachycardias Atrioventricular junctional ( .. A V nodal")

reentrant tachycardia curati ve surgery, 1383

Atrioventricular nodal or atriojunctional reentrant tachycardia? (editorial), 1393

Circus movement tachycardia entrainment via accessory pathway with long retrograde conduction times during ventricular and atrial stimulation, 1431

Fetal tachycardia and intramyocardial tumors, 1358

Tetralogy of Fallot Sudden death prevention after repair of

tetralogy of Fallot: ventricular arrhythmia treatment, 221

Thallium scintigraphy Clinical, scintigraphic, angiographic and

functional evaluation after myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular dysfunction, 995



Prognostic significance of normal quantitative planar thallium-20l stress scintigraphy in patients with chest pain, 27


Thrombolytic therapy Regional wall motion improvement after


Time from onset of symptoms to thrombolytic therapy: major determinant of myocardial salvage with acute transmural infarction, 518

Thrombus See Coronary artery thrombus

Tissue plasminogen activation Regional wall motion improvement after


Transplantation, cardiac heart See Heart transplantation

Tricuspid valve

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Fetal hydrops in newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: tricuspid valve "stopper," 1365

Prolapse of tricuspid valve, 475 Pulmonary hypertension quantitative

assessment with tricuspid regurgitation using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, 359

Two-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation in newborns with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, 388

Tumors Fetal tachycardia and intramyocardial

tumors, 1358 Intracardiac undifferentiated sarcoma in

infancy, 1362 Massive myocardial invasion of malignant

lymphoma as cause of conduction disturbances, myocardial infarction and intractable heart failure, 937

Osteogenic sarcomas mimicking left atrial myxomas: clinical and two-dimensional echocardiographic features, 1422

Ultrasound See also Echocardiography Continuous wave Doppler velocities

correlated to cardiac catheterization gradients: experimental model of aortic stenosis, 1306

Diagnosis by ultrasound of pseudoaneurysm and contiguous ventricular defect complicating inferior myocardial infarction, 1160

Pulmonary hypertension: quantitative assessment in patients with tricuspid regurgitation using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, 359

Valves, heart See also Aortic valve; Mitral valve;

Pulmonary valve; Tricuspid valve Acquired valvular heart disease, 1209 Medtronic-Hall valve experience over seven

and one-half years, 1417 Monostrut Bjork-Shiley heart valve, 1142 Replacement of valves: the first quarter

century, 897 SI. Jude medical valve: hemodynamic

performance, surgical results, biocompatibility and follow-up in 6-year study, 904

Starr-Edwards valve, 899 Third generation Carpentier-Edwards

bioprosthesis: early results, 1149 Vasculitis

Coronary artery vasculitis (periarteritis nodosa): angiographic ambiguities and absence of aneurysms, 707

Ventricular arrhythmias See also Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular

tachyarrhythmias; Ventricular tachycardia

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery followed by ventricular arrhythmias: incidence, risk factors, and long-term prognosis, 307

Malignant ventricular arrhythmias early after

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myocardia! infarction: brighter prospects (editorial), 769

Mexiletine therapy for treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, 780


Oxprenolol effect on ventricular arrhythmias: the puropean Infarction Study experience, 963

Pacing mode importance in initiation of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in canine model of chronic myocardial infarction, 99

Reentrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period: spontaneous vs induced, reentry and intramural vs epicardial circuits, 124

Refractory life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia management with flecainide acetate, 772

Role of biventricular ectopic activity in sudden death (editorial), 40

Sudden death prevention after repair of tetralogy of Fallo!: ventricular arrhythmia treatment, 221

Verapamil-induced polymorphous ventricular tachycardia, 257

Ventricular fibrillation See also Ventricular arrhythmias Automatic implantable cardioverterl

defibrillator: overview, 461 Bethanidine sulfate efficacy in prevention of

ventricular tachyarrhythmias in programmed stimulation, 510

Defibrillator electrode chest wall coupling agents: influence on transthoracic impedance and shock success, 682


Failure of procainamide suppression of ventricular tachyarrhythrpias in predicting responses to other medical therapy, 410

Pacing mode importance in initiation of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in canine model of chronic myocardial infarction, 99

Sudden death risk assessment in patients with non sustained ventricular tachycardia and abnormal ventricl.t1ar function, 31

Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias within 2 months of acut~ myocardial infarction: medical and surgical therapy results after resuscitation from initial episode, 759

Ventricular function Clinical, scintigraphic, angiographic and

functional evaluation after myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular dysfunction, 995

Contrast agent effects on coronary sinus ionized calcium and left ventricular hemodynamics in dogs, 845

Crista supraventricularis anatomy: importance for understanding right ventricular function, right ventricular infarction and related conditions, 1083

Dopamine potential for inducing i.chemic

left ventricular dysfunction, 84 Dynamic subaortic obstruction in

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler echocardiography study, I

Electrophysiologic testing of patients at high risk for sudden death: non sustained ventricular tachycardia and abnormal ventricular function, 31

Epicardial wall motion and left ventricular function during coronary graft angioplasty in humans. 695

Identification of subtle regional ventricular dysfunction from gated blood pool scans at rest in cases of coronary artery disease. 589

Inotropic stimulation of reperfused myocardium with dopamine: effects on infarct size and myocardial function, 1026

Intravascular volume alterations affecting relation between right ventricular diastolic collapse and hemodynamic severity of cardiac tamponade. 1057

Lack of objective improvement in ventricular systolic function from azathioprine and prednisone therapy for myocarditis. 797

Left ventricular asynchrony effect on time constant and extrapolated pressure of left ventricular pressure decay in coronary artery disease, 597

Left ventricular diastolic function in elite athletes with physiologic cardiac hypertrophy, 545

Left ventricular global and regional fl!Dction in relation to extent of myocardial ischemia, 104


Pericardium: significance in human subjects: effect on left ventricular volume, pressfJre and ejection, 290

Premature ventricular extrastimuli inhibition by subthreshold conditioning stimuli, 133

Pseudosimultaneous fast and slow pathway conduction: electrophysiologic findings with dual atrioventricular nodal pathways, 927

Radionuclide ventriculography: accuracy for estimation of left ventricular volume changes and end-systolic pressure•volume relations. 1064

Rate-dependent effects of intravenous lidocaine, procainamide and amiodarone on intraventricular conduction. 179

Scintigraphically detected predominant right ventricular dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction: clinical and hemodyriamic correlates and implications for therapy and prognosis, 1264

Spatial R wave amplitUde changes during exercise: relation to left ventricular ischemia and function, 603

Threshold of pericardial constraint: pericardial reserve volume and auxiliary pericardial functions (editorial), 296

SUBJECT INDEX 1453

Tomographic gated blood pool radionuclide ventriculography: analysis of wall motion and left ventricular volumes with coronary artery disease, 349


Ventricular hypertrophy See Hypertrophy. cardiac

Ventricular tachyarrhythmias See also Ventricular arrhythmias Adenosine: diagnostic and therapeutic use

for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. 417

Bethanidine sulfate efficacy in prevention of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in programmed stimulation, 510


Failure of procainamide suppression of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in predicting responses to other medical therapy, 410

Oxprenolol effect on ventricular arrhythmias: the European Infarction Study experience. 963

Pacing mode: importance in initiation of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in canine model of chronic myocardial infarction, 99

Sudden death risk assessment with non sustained ventricular tachycardia and abnormal ventricular function, 31


Risk factors for recurrence of symptomatic ventricular tachycardia identified at electrophysiologic study with amiodarone therapy, 814

Ventricular tachycardia See also Ventricular arrhythmias Adenosine use for supraventricular

tachyarrhythmias, 417 Ambulatory monitoring vs programmed

stimulation in assessing efficacy of class IA antiarrhythmic agents for ventricular tachycardia, 539

Automatic implantable cardioverter•defibrillator: overview, 461

Bethanidine sulfate efficacy in prevention of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in programmed stimulation, 510

Cardiac arrhythmias with surgical repair of Ebstein's anomaly, 1351

Cardiomyopathies and tachycardia: the chicken-egg dilemma revisited (editorial), 1172


Electrophysiologic study minimally appropriate for initial assessment of documented sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, 1174

Electrophysiologic testing of patients at high risk for sudden death: non sustained

454 SUBJECT INDEX

ventricular tachycardia and abnormal ventricular function, 31

Endocardial activation pattern during sustained ventricular tachycardia, 1280

Fililure of procainamide suppression of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in predicting responses to other medical therapy, 410


Management of sustained ventricular tachycardia (editorial), 213


Out-of-hospital automatic cardioversion of ventricular tachycardia, 482

Pacemaker automatic termination of differing types of supraventicular

tachycardias, 20 I Permanent triggered antitachycardia

pacemakers in management of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, 206

Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias within 2 months of acute myocardial infarction: medical and surgical therapy results after initial episode resuscitation, 759

Verapamil-induced polymorphous ventricular tachycardia, 257

Ventricular volumes and size Accuracy of radionuclide ventriculography

for estimation of left ventricular volume changes and end-systolic pressure•volume relations, 1064

Left ventricular mass and volume/mass ratio determination by two-dimensional echocardiography in normal adults, 1021

Pericardium: significance in human subjects: effect on left ventricular volume,


pressure and ejection, 290 Tomographic gated blood pool radionuclide

ventriculography: analysis of wall motion and left ventricular volumes with coronary artery disease, 349


Two-dimensional measurement of aortic vessel diameter in Doppler echocardiographic estimates of left ventricular stroke volume, 66

Verapamil Failure of verapamil to retard atherosclerosis

in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit: animal model of familial hypercholesterolemia, 141

Lidocaine and verapamil effects in canine model of sudden coronary death, 674

Polymorphous ventricular tachycardia induced by verapamil, 257

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