Initial and late efficacy of everolimus-eluting stents for small and non-small coronary lesions from evaluating delayed late loss study

Naoto Tama, Hiroyasu Uzui, Yuki Horita, Masanobu Namura, Hiroshi Tada

Sex-related differences in serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 screening non-calcified and mixed coronary atherosclerotic plaques in outpatients with chest pain

Chun Gu, Fang Wang, Zhihui Hou, Bin Lv, Yang Wang, Xiangfeng Cong, Xi Chen

Time course of the antiplatelet effect after switching to clopidogrel from initial prasugrel therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Erito Furuse, Hitoshi Takano, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Kubota, Takashi Yoshizane, Mitsunobu Kitamura, Hideki Miyachi, Yusuke Hosokawa, Wataru Shimizu

Impact of Killip classification on acute myocardial infarction: data from the SAIKUMA registry

Eiji Taguchi, Yutaka Konami, Masayuki Inoue, Hiroto Suzuyama, Kazuhisa Kodama, Masayoshi Yoshida, Shinzo Miyamoto, Koichi Nakao, Tomohiro Sakamoto

Transradial versus transfemoral approach in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: insight from the CREDO-Kyoto AMI registry

Yugo Yamashita, Hiroki Shiomi, Takeshi Morimoto, Hidenori Yaku, Shuichiro Kaji, Yutaka Furukawa, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Kenji Ando, Kazushige Kadota, Mitsuru Abe, Masaharu Akao, Kazuya Nagao, Satoshi Shizuta, Koh Ono, Takeshi Kimura

Perioperative depression or anxiety and postoperative mortality in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hisato Takagi, Tomo Ando, Takuya Umemoto

Epidemiological and outcome data in Japanese patients with deep vein thrombosis with and without malignancy

Kensuke Yokoi, Masahiko Hara, Yasunori Ueda, Keiichi Yamamoto, Keiko Ota, Daijiro Kabata, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Yasushi Sakata, Ayumi Shintani

Prognostic role of a new risk index for the prediction of 30-day cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: the Age-Mean Arterial Pressure Index (AMAPI)

Marco Zuin, Gianluca Rigatelli, Claudio Picariello, Mauro Carraro, Pietro Zonzin, Loris Roncon

A retrospective comparison of inhaled milrinone and iloprost in post-bypass pulmonary hypertension

Kassiani Theodoraki, Apostolos Thanopoulos, Panagiota Rellia, Evangelos Leontiadis, Dimitrios Zarkalis, Konstantinos Perreas, Theophani Antoniou

Prognostic importance of sodium level trajectory in acute heart failure

Yuya Matsue, Kenji Yoshioka, Makoto Suzuki, Sho Torii, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Seiji Fukamizu, Yuichi Ono, Hiroyuki Fujii, Takeshi Kitai, Toshihiko Nishioka, Kaoru Sugi, Yuko Onishi, Makoto Noda, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Yasuhiro Satoh, Kazuki Yoshida, Steven R. Goldsmith

High molecular weight fibroblast growth factor-2 as a promising prognostic biomarker to predict the occurrence of heart failure in atrial fibrillation patients

Ling-Yue Sun, Xiang Qu, Ling-Zhi Chen, Xing-Xing Chen, Gao-Shu Zheng, Zhi-Ting Wang, Wei-Jian Huang, Hao Zhou

Clinical implications of eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio (EPA/AA) in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Miki Kanoh, Kei Inai, Tokuko Shinohara, Hirofumi Tomimatsu, Toshio Nakanishi

Interleukin-6 downregulated vascular smooth muscle cell contractile proteins via ATG4B-mediated autophagy in thoracic aortic dissection

Zhao An, Fan Qiao, Qijue Lu, Ye Ma, Yang Liu, Fanglin Lu, Zhiyun Xu

Tumor necrosis factor alpha-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6) inhibits the inflammatory response by inhibiting the activation of P38 and JNK signaling pathway and decreases the restenosis of vein grafts in rats

Chengxin Zhang, Biao Zhang, Huiping Wang, Qianshan Tao, Shenglin Ge, Zhimin Zhai

Acknowledgement to reviewers