Urinary KIM-1, NGAL and L-FABP for the diagnosis of AKI in patients with acute coronary syndrome or heart failure undergoing coronary angiography

Isidro Torregrosa, Carmina Montoliu, Amparo Urios, María Jesús Andrés-Costa, Carla Giménez-Garzó, Isabel Juan, María Jesús Puchades, María Luisa Blasco, Arturo Carratalá, Rafael Sanjuán, Alfonso Miguel

Effects of the topographical extent of coronary artery ectasia on coronary blood flow in patients with aortic aneurysms

Hiroki Ikenaga, Satoshi Kurisu, Noriaki Watanabe, Takashi Shimonaga, Tadanao Higaki, Toshitaka Iwasaki, Hiroto Utsunomiya, Naoya Mitsuba, Ken Ishibashi, Yoshihiro Dohi, Katsuhiko Imai, Taijiro Sueda, Yasuki Kihara

Impact of thin-cap fibroatheroma on predicting deteriorated coronary flow during interventional procedures in acute as well as stable coronary syndromes: insights from optical coherence tomography analysis

Tadatsugu Gamou, Kenji Sakata, Takao Matsubara, Toshihiko Yasuda, Kenji Miwa, Masaru Inoue, Honin Kanaya, Tetsuo Konno, Kenshi Hayashi, Masaaki Kawashiri, Masakazu Yamagishi

Usefulness of serum bilirubin levels as a biomarker for long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention

Hyun-Wook Kim, Dong-Hyun Choi, Leejin Lim, Young-Min Lee, Joon Tae Kang, Seung Seok Chae, Young-Jae Ki, Heesang Song, Young-Youp Koh

The effects of weight gain after smoking cessation on atherogenic α1-antitrypsin–low-density lipoprotein

Maki Komiyama, Hiromichi Wada, Shuichi Ura, Hajime Yamakage, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Sayaka Shimada, Masaharu Akao, Hiroshi Koyama, Koichi Kono, Akira Shimatsu, Yuko Takahashi, Koji Hasegawa

Differences in ward-to-cath lab systolic blood pressure predicts long-term adverse outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation

Ae-Young Her, Soe Hee Ann, Jun Ho Lee, Jong Min Kim, Yong Hoon Kim, Scot Garg, Gillian Balbir Singh, Eun-Seok Shin

Comparison of long-term clinical outcomes between sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in real-world clinical practice

Ryo Naito, Katsumi Miyauchi, Hirokazu Konishi, Shuta Tsuboi, Manabu Ogita, Takatoshi Kasai, Hiroshi Tamura, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroyuki Daida

Is pentraxin 3 a biomarker, a player, or both in the context of coronary atherosclerosis and metabolic factors?

Ayumi Nakamura, Shin-ichiro Miura, Yuhei Shiga, Kenji Norimatsu, Yuiko Miyase, Yasunori Suematsu, Ryoko Mitsutake, Keijiro Saku

Contribution of apolipoprotein A-I to the reduction in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels by different statins: comparative study of pitavastatin and atorvastatin

Shigemasa Tani, Atsuhiko Takahashi, Ken Nagao, Atsushi Hirayama

Maximal acetylcholine dose of 200 μg into the left coronary artery as a spasm provocation test: comparison with 100 μg of acetylcholine

Shozo Sueda, Hiroaki Kohno, Toru Miyoshi, Tomoki Sakaue, Yasuhiro Sasaki, Hirokazu Habara

Characteristics and clinical relevance of late gadolinium enhancement in cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with systemic sclerosis

Makoto Sano, Hiroshi Satoh, Kenichiro Suwa, Mamoru Nobuhara, Takeji Saitoh, Masao Saotome, Tsuyoshi Urushida, Hideki Katoh, Kumiko Shimoyama, Daisuke Suzuki, Noriyoshi Ogawa, Yasuo Takehara, Harumi Sakahara, Hideharu Hayashi

“Ballooning” patterns in takotsubo cardiomyopathy reflect different clinical backgrounds and outcomes: a BOREAS-TCM study

Junichi Nishida, Hidemichi Kouzu, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, Takefumi Fujito, Mina Kawamukai, Atsushi Mochizuki, Atsuko Muranaka, Nobuaki Kokubu, Shinya Shimoshige, Satoshi Yuda, Mamoru Hase, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Tetsuji Miura

Effects of the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan on hemodynamics and exercise capacity in Japanese patients with mildly symptomatic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Masaru Hatano, Hidehiro Yamada, Keiichi Fukuda, Koichiro Yoshioka, Masanori Funauchi, Masataka Kuwana, Masataka Sata, Mitsugu Taniguchi, Norifumi Nakanishi, Takefumi Saito, Tsutomu Saji, Shigetake Sasayama

Adaptive servo-ventilation therapy using an innovative ventilator for patients with chronic heart failure: a real-world, multicenter, retrospective, observational study (SAVIOR-R)

Shin-ichi Momomura, Yoshihiko Seino, Yasuki Kihara, Hitoshi Adachi, Yoshio Yasumura, Hiroyuki Yokoyama

Effect of novel modified bipolar radiofrequency ablation for preoperative atrial fibrillation combined with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Zhaolei Jiang, Nan Ma, Min Tang, Hao Liu, Fangbao Ding, Hang Yin, Ju Mei

Simultaneous occlusion of left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries by very late stent thrombosis: vascular response to drug-eluting stents assessed by intravascular ultrasound

Masahiro Yamawaki, Yoshinobu Onuma, Masatsugu Nakano, Takashi Muramatsu, Shimpei Nakatani, Yuki Ishibashi, Hiroshi Ishimori, Keisuke Hirano, Yoshiaki Ito, Reiko Tsukahara, Toshiya Muramatsu

First clinical experience of the looped Inoue balloon technique for antegrade percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty

Mariko Yano, Naritatsu Saito, Shin Watanabe, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Takeshi Fujino, Bingyuan Bao, Erika Yamamoto, Hiroki Watanabe, Kenji Nakatsuma, Masao Imai, Takeru Makiyama, Yoshihito Sakata, Takeshi Kimura, Kanji Inoue

A novel cardiac ryanodine receptor gene (RyR2) mutation in an athlete with aborted sudden cardiac death: a case of adult-onset catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Junko Arakawa, Akira Hamabe, Takeshi Aiba, Tomoo Nagai, Mikoto Yoshida, Takumi Touya, Norio Ishigami, Hideki Hisadome, Shuichi Katsushika, Hirotsugu Tabata, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Wataru Shimizu

Cardiac tamponade leading to the diagnosis of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg−Strauss syndrome): a case report and review of the literature

Toshiyuki Yano, Shutaro Ishimura, Tetsuaki Furukawa, Masayuki Koyama, Marenao Tanaka, Shinya Shimoshige, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, Tetsuji Miura

Oxidation-induced loss of the ability of HDL to counteract the inhibitory effect of oxidized LDL on vasorelaxation

Laurence Perségol, Marie-Claude Brindisi, David Rageot, Jean-Paul Pais de Barros, Serge Monier, Bruno Vergès, Laurence Duvillard

Acknowledgment to reviewers