Heart and Vessels

Lower on-treatment platelet reactivity during everolimus-eluting stent implantation contributes to the resolution of post-procedural intra-stent thrombus: serial OCT observation in the PRASFIT-Elective study

• Original Article

Akihide Konishi, Masamichi Iwasaki, Toshiro Shinke, Hiromasa Otake, Masayuki Nakagawa, Hirotoshi Hariki, Tsuyoshi Osue, Takumi Inoue, Yu Taniguchi, Ryo Nishio, Hiroto Kinutani, Noritoshi Hiranuma, Masaru Kuroda, Ken-ichi Hirata, Shigeru Saito, Masato Nakamura, Junya Shite, Takashi Akasaka

Subclinical atherosclerosis and vascular stiffness in premenopausal women: association with NOS3 and CYBA polymorphisms

• Original Article

Irene Lambrinoudaki, Panagiota Chatzivasileiou, Stefanos Stergiotis, Eleni Armeni, Dimitrios Rizos, George Kaparos, Areti Augoulea, Andreas Alexandrou, Georgios Georgiopoulos, Aggeliki Laina, Kimon Stamatelopoulos

Combined effect of nutritional status on long-term outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

• Original Article

Hideki Wada, Tomotaka Dohi, Katsumi Miyauchi, Hirohisa Endo, Shuta Tsuboi, Manabu Ogita, Takatoshi Kasai, Shinya Okazaki, Kikuo Isoda, Satoru Suwa, Hiroyuki Daida

Age-dependent effects of homocysteine and dimethylarginines on cardiovascular mortality in claudicant patients with lower extremity arterial disease

• Open Access
• Original Article

Philipp Jud, Franz Hafner, Nicolas Verheyen, Thomas Gary, Andreas Meinitzer, Marianne Brodmann, Gerald Seinost, Gerald Hackl

Predictors of oxygenation impairment in medical treatment for type B acute aortic dissection

• Original Article

Yusuke Kashiwagi, Kimiaki Komukai, Kenichiro Suzuki, Yuhei Oi, Mitsutoshi Tominaga, Kotaro Nakata, Satoru Miyanaga, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kosuke Minai, Tomohisa Nagoshi, Michihiro Yoshimura

Inflammatory features, including symptoms, increased serum interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein, in IgG4-related vascular diseases

• Original Article

Satomi Kasashima, Atsuhiro Kawashima, Fuminori Kasashima, Masamitsu Endo, Yasushi Matsumoto, Kengo Kawakami

Clinical significance of discrepant mid-wall late gadolinium enhancement in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

• Original Article

Shoichi Ehara, Kenji Matsumoto, Ryoko Kitada, Satoshi Nishimura, Kenei Shimada, Minoru Yoshiyama

A novel predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved left-ventricular ejection fraction: a pilot study

• Original Article

Takashi Kanda, Masaaki Uematsu, Masashi Fujita, Osamu Iida, Masaharu Masuda, Shin Okamoto, Takayuki Ishihara, Kiyonori Nanto, Takuya Tsujimura, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Shota Okuno, Toshiaki Mano

Prognostic benefit of acute heart failure associated with atherosclerosis: the importance of prehospital medication in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure

• Original Article

Hirotake Okazaki, Akihiro Shirakabe, Noritake Hata, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Masato Matsushita, Yusaku Shibata, Suguru Nishigoori, Saori Uchiyama, Kazutaka Kiuchi, Kuniya Asai, Wataru Shimizu

Clinical characteristics associated with pacing-induced cardiac dysfunction: a high incidence of undiagnosed cardiac sarcoidosis before permanent pacemaker implantation

• Original Article

Yasushi Wakabayashi, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Naoyuki Akashi, Takekuni Hayashi, Tomio Umemoto, Yoshitaka Sugawara, Hideo Fujita, Shin-ichi Momomura

Short-term effects of Finnish sauna bathing on blood-based markers of cardiovascular function in non-naive sauna users

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• Original Article

Setor K. Kunutsor, Arja Häkkinen, Francesco Zaccardi, Tanjaniina Laukkanen, Earric Lee, Peter Willeit, Hassan Khan, Jari A. Laukkanen

Effects of prehospital epinephrine administration on neurologically intact survival in bystander-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with non-shockable rhythm depend on prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration required to hospital arrival

• Original Article

Akira Funada, Yoshikazu Goto, Hayato Tada, Masaya Shimojima, Kenshi Hayashi, Masa-aki Kawashiri, Masakazu Yamagishi

Clinical characteristics and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving rhythm-control therapy: the Fushimi AF Registry

• Original Article

Yoshimori An, Masahiro Esato, Mitsuru Ishii, Moritake Iguchi, Nobutoyo Masunaga, Hikari Tsuji, Hiromichi Wada, Koji Hasegawa, Hisashi Ogawa, Mitsuru Abe, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Masaharu Akao

Correction to: Clinical characteristics and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving rhythm-control therapy: the Fushimi AF Registry

• Correction

Yoshimori An, Masahiro Esato, Mitsuru Ishii, Moritake Iguchi, Nobutoyo Masunaga, Hikari Tsuji, Hiromichi Wada, Koji Hasegawa, Hisashi Ogawa, Mitsuru Abe, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Masaharu Akao

Heterogeneity in the left atrial wall thickness contributes to atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation

• Original Article

Yosuke Nakatani, Tamotsu Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Yamaguchi, Yasushi Tsujino, Naoya Kataoka, Koichiro Kinugawa

CD34+ circulating cells display signs of immune activation in patients with acute coronary syndrome

• Original Article

Lisa Riesinger, Michael Saemisch, Markus Nickmann, Heiko Methe

Intravenous nicorandil versus adenosine for fractional flow reserve measurement: a crossover, randomized study

• Short Communication

Takeshi Nishi, Hideki Kitahara, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Takashi Nakayama, Kengo Nagashima, Hideki Hanaoka, Yoshio Kobayashi

Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in muscular dystrophy patients with heart failure

• Short Communication

Masataka Ogiso, Toshiaki Isogai, Ken Kato, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tamotsu Tejima, Eiji Isozaki

Correction to: Outcomes of plasma exchange for severe dilated cardiomyopathy in children

• Correction

Keiichi Koizumi, Minako Hoshiai, Takeshi Moriguchi, Takako Toda, Nobuyuki Katsumata, Hiroaki Kise, Yohei Hasebe, Yousuke Kouno, Junko Goto, Norikazu Harii, kenichi Matsuda, Shigeaki Kaga, Shoji Suzuki, Kanji Sugita

Acknowledgement for reviewers

• Acknowledgment