Differences of side branch jailing between left main–left anterior descending artery stenting and left main–left circumflex artery stenting with Nobori biolimus-eluting stent

Fumiaki Nakao, Takayuki Okamura, Takeshi Suetomi, Jutaro Yamada, Takeshi Nakamura, Tooru Ueda, Takamasa Oda, Masashi Kanemoto, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Takashi Fujii, Masafumi Yano

A simple and rapid method for identification of lesions at high risk for the no-reflow phenomenon immediately before elective coronary stent implantation

Akira Suda, Shigeto Namiuchi, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Taro Nihei, Toru Takii, Kenya Saji, Tadashi Sugie, Atsushi Kato, Hiroaki Shimokawa

New insights into spotty calcification and plaque rupture in acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study

Mikumo Sakaguchi, Takao Hasegawa, Shoichi Ehara, Kenji Matsumoto, Kazuki Mizutani, Tomokazu Iguchi, Hideshi Ishii, Masashi Nakagawa, Kenei Shimada, Minoru Yoshiyama

Lipoprotein(a) levels predict adverse vascular events after acute myocardial infarction

Takayuki Mitsuda, Yusuke Uemura, Hideki Ishii, Kenji Takemoto, Tomohiro Uchikawa, Masayoshi Koyasu, Shinji Ishikawa, Ayako Miura, Ryo Imai, Satoshi Iwamiya, Yuta Ozaki, Tomohiro Kato, Rei Shibata, Masato Watarai, Toyoaki Murohara

Comparison of first- and second-generation drug-eluting stent efficacies for treating left main and/or three-vessel disease: a propensity matched study

Norihiro Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Ito, Keisuke Hirano, Masahiro Yamawaki, Motoharu Araki, Tsuyoshi Sakai, Hideyuki Takimura, Yasunari Sakamoto, Shinsuke Mori, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Takuro Takama, Hiroya Takafuji, Takashi Maruyama, Yohsuke Honda, Takahiro Tokuda, Kenji Makino, Shigemitsu Shirai, Toshiya Muramatsu

Moderate vasomotor response to acetylcholine provocation test as an indicator of long-term prognosis

Masahiro Hoshino, Taishi Yonetsu, Akira Mizukami, Yuji Matsuda, Kenji Yoshioka, Yuta Sudo, Ryo Ninomiya, Masao Soeda, Shunsuke Kuroda, Maki Ono, Ryota Iwatsuka, Makoto Suzuki, Akihiko Matsumura, Yuji Hashimoto

Is cardiac and hepatic iron status assessed by MRI T2* associated with left ventricular function in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy?

Yumiko Kanzaki, Masako Yuki, Ken-ichiro Yamamura, Yoshifumi Narumi, Nobukazu Ishizaka

Clinical significance of endomyocardial biopsy in conjunction with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to predict left ventricular reverse remodeling in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Shunsuke Ishii, Takayuki Inomata, Teppei Fujita, Yuichiro Iida, Yuki Ikeda, Takeru Nabeta, Tomoyoshi Yanagisawa, Takashi Naruke, Tomohiro Mizutani, Toshimi Koitabashi, Ichiro Takeuchi, Junya Ako

Late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance predicts coronary vasomotor abnormality and myocardial lactate production in patients with chronic heart failure

Tomoaki Uemura, Megumi Yamamuro, Koichi Kaikita, Seiji Takashio, Daisuke Utsunomiya, Kyoko Hirakawa, Mina Nakayama, Kenji Sakamoto, Eiichiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Tsujita, Sunao Kojima, Seiji Hokimoto, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Hisao Ogawa

Renal function on admission modifies prognostic impact of diuretics in acute heart failure: a propensity score matched and interaction analysis

Yuya Matsue, Atsushi Shiraishi, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Kazuki Yoshida, Teruyoshi Kume, Hiroyuki Okura, Makoto Suzuki, Akihiko Matsumura, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Yuji Hashimoto

Impact of left ventricular systolic dysfunction on the outcomes of percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using MitraClip

Hidehiro Kaneko, Michael Neuss, Thomas Schau, Jens Weissenborn, Christian Butter

Hemodynamic response during standing test after blood donation can predict the late phase vasovagal reaction

Masayoshi Yoshida, Shin-ichi Ando, Emi Eura, Atsumi Hayashi, Natsumi Kawamura, Sumito Narita, Mari Matsumoto, Hidetoshi Momii, Toshiaki Kadokami, Hiroyuki Kiyokawa

Relationship between HRV measurements and demographic and clinical variables in a population of patients with atrial fibrillation

Carmelo Buttà, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Alessandra Casuccio, Rossella Petrantoni, Giuseppe Miceli, Francesco Cuttitta, Antonio Pinto

Filling defects of the left atrial appendage on multidetector computed tomography: their disappearance following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and the detection of LAA thrombi by MDCT

Mika Hioki, Seiichiro Matsuo, Kenichi Tokutake, Kenichi Yokoyama, Ryohsuke Narui, Keiichi Ito, Shinichi Tanigawa, Michifumi Tokuda, Seigo Yamashita, Ikuko Anan, Keiichi Inada, Toru Sakuma, Ken-ichi Sugimoto, Michihiro Yoshimura, Teiichi Yamane

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: the Fushimi AF Registry

Yugo Yamashita, Daisuke Takagi, Yasuhiro Hamatani, Moritake Iguchi, Nobutoyo Masunaga, Masahiro Esato, Yeong-Hwa Chun, Hitoshi Itoh, Masato Nishimura, Hiromichi Wada, Koji Hasegawa, Hisashi Ogawa, Mitsuru Abe, Masaharu Akao

Insight into specific pro-arrhythmic triggers in Brugada and early repolarization syndromes: results of long-term follow-up

Ahmed Karim Talib, Nobuyuki Sato, Takuya Myojo, Eitaro Sugiyama, Naoki Nakagawa, Naka Sakamoto, Yasuko Tanabe, Takayuki Fujino, Toshiharu Takeuchi, Kazumi Akasaka, Hironobu Matsuhashi, Yasuaki Saijo, Yuichiro Kawamura, Atsushi Doi, Naoyuki Hasebe

Comparison of anti-anginal effect of cilnidipine with those of nicardipine and nifedipine in the vasopressin-induced angina model of rats

Xin Cao, Yuji Nakamura, Takeshi Wada, Hiroko Izumi-Nakaseko, Kentaro Ando, Bingmei Zhu, Bin Xu, Akira Takahara, Masaki Saitoh, Atsushi Sugiyama

Effect of irbesartan on development of atrial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation in a canine atrial tachycardia model with left ventricular dysfunction, association with p53

Naoya Kataoka, Kunihiro Nishida, Koshi Kinoshita, Tamotsu Sakamoto, Yosuke Nakatani, Yasushi Tsujino, Koichi Mizumaki, Hiroshi Inoue, Koichiro Kinugawa

iMAP™ imaging of tumorous lesions surrounding the coronary arteries in a patient with an elevated serum level of immunoglobulin G4

Shigenori Ito, Takahiro Hasuo, Yuki Nimura

Pathological autopsy of a patient that underwent a successful ablation of an electrical storm from the left ventricular summit

Yuichi Hori, Shiro Nakahara, Sohtaro Mine, Naofumi Anjo, Akiko Fujii, Yoshihiko Ueda, Isao Taguchi

Iron is associated with the development of hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling in mice

Yoshiro Naito, Manami Hosokawa, Hisashi Sawada, Makiko Oboshi, Toshihiro Iwasaku, Yoshitaka Okuhara, Akiyo Eguchi, Koichi Nishimura, Yuko Soyama, Shinichi Hirotani, Toshiaki Mano, Masaharu Ishihara, Tohru Masuyama

RETRACTED ARTICLE: TIEG1 suppression enhances the therapeutic efficacy of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in myocardial infarct repair

Guofan Chen, Changfu Xu, Mingqiu Cen

Acknowledgment to reviewers