Heart and Vessels

Association of onset-season with characteristics and long-term outcomes in acute myocardial infarction patients: results from the Japanese registry of acute myocardial infarction diagnosed by universal definition (J-MINUET) substudy

Taishi Okuno, Jiro Aoki, Kengo Tanabe, Koichi Nakao, Yukio Ozaki, Kazuo Kimura, Junya Ako, Teruo Noguchi, Satoshi Yasuda, Satoru Suwa, Kazuteru Fujimoto, Yasuharu Nakama, Takashi Morita, Wataru Shimizu, Yoshihiko Saito, Atsushi Hirohata, Yasuhiro Morita, Teruo Inoue, Atsunori Okamura, Toshiaki Mano, Kazuhito Hirata, Yoshisato Shibata, Mafumi Owa, Kenichi Tsujita, Hiroshi Funayama, Nobuaki Kokubu, Ken Kozuma, Shiro Uemura, Tetsuya Tobaru, Keijiro Saku, Shigeru Ohshima, Kunihiro Nishimura, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Hisao Ogawa, Masaharu Ishihara

Prognostic impact of body mass index and culprit lesion calcification in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Hiroaki Yokoyama, Takumi Higuma, Tomohide Endo, Fumie Nishizaki, Kenji Hanada, Takashi Yokota, Masahiro Yamada, Ken Okumura, Hirofumi Tomita

Clinical features of potential after-effects of percutaneous coronary intervention in the treatment of silent myocardial ischemia

Shinichiro Doi, Makoto Suzuki, Takehiro Funamizu, Itaru Takamisawa, Tetsuya Tobaru, Hiroyuki Daida, Mitsuaki Isobe

Effect of drug-coated balloon angioplasty on in-stent restenotic coronary lesions analyzed with optical coherence tomography and serial coronary artery angioscopy

Naotaka Akutsu, Akihito Ogaku, Yutaka Koyama, Hidesato Fujito, Yasunari Ebuchi, Suguru Migita, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Takehiro Tamaki, Takashi Mineki, Takaaki Kougo, Keisuke Kojima, Korehito Iida, Nobuhiro Murata, Toshihiko Nishida, Toru Oshima, Mitsumasa Sudo, Daisuke Kitano, Hironori Haruta, Daisuke Fukamachi, Tadateru Takayama, Takafumi Hiro, Atsushi Hirayama, Yasuo Okumura

Left atrial remodeling index is a feasible predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Naoto Hashimoto, Tetsu Watanabe, Harutoshi Tamura, Hayato Tsuchiya, Masahiro Wanezaki, Shigehiko Kato, Satoshi Nishiyama, Takanori Arimoto, Hiroki Takahashi, Tetsuro Shishido, Masafumi Watanabe

Influence of mild cognitive impairment on activities of daily living in patients with cardiovascular disease

Kodai Ishihara, Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Masahiro Kitamura, Takayuki Shimogai, Yuji Kanejima, Tomoyuki Morisawa, Ikki Shimizu

Acetazolamide as a potent chloride-regaining diuretic: short- and long-term effects, and its pharmacologic role under the ‘chloride theory’ for heart failure pathophysiology

Hajime Kataoka

Association between C-reactive protein levels at hospital admission and long-term mortality in patients with acute decompensated heart failure

Hiroki Matsumoto, Takatoshi Kasai, Akihiro Sato, Sayaki Ishiwata, Shoichiro Yatsu, Jun Shitara, Azusa Murata, Takao Kato, Shoko Suda, Yuya Matsue, Masaru Hiki, Atsutoshi Takagi, Hiroyuki Daida

Aortic annulus angulation does not attenuate procedural success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a novel self-expanding bioprosthesis

Giuseppe D’Ancona, Stephan Kische, Mohamed El-Mawardy, Martin Dißmann, Helmut Heinze, Dietlind Zohlnhöfer-Momm, Hakan Gürer, Hüseyin Ince

The MAGGIC risk score predicts mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: sub-analysis of the OCEAN-TAVI registry

Hirofumi Hioki, Yusuke Watanabe, Ken Kozuma, Hideyuki Kawashima, Fukuko Nagura, Makoto Nakashima, Akihisa Kataoka, Masanori Yamamoto, Toru Naganuma, Motoharu Araki, Norio Tada, Shinichi Shirai, Futoshi Yamanaka, Akihiro Higashimori, Kazuki Mizutani, Minoru Tabata, Kensuke Takagi, Hiroshi Ueno, Kentaro Hayashida

Network meta-analysis of new-generation valves for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Hisato Takagi, Yosuke Hari, Kouki Nakashima, Toshiki Kuno, Tomo Ando

Predictive value of preprocedural procalcitonin for short- and long-term mortality after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Stanislav Keranov, Won-Keun Kim, Mani Arsalan, Matthias Renker, Till Keller, Timm Bauer, Oliver Dörr, Holger M. Nef, Luise Gaede, Helge Möllmann, Thomas Walther, Christian W. Hamm, Christoph Liebetrau

Prognostic impact of mitral L-wave in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without risk factors for sudden cardiac death

Yuki Sugiura, Ryota Morimoto, Soichiro Aoki, Shogo Yamaguchi, Tomoaki Haga, Tasuku Kuwayama, Tsuyoshi Yokoi, Hiroaki Hiraiwa, Toru Kondo, Naoki Watanabe, Naoaki Kano, Kenji Fukaya, Akinori Sawamura, Takahiro Okumura, Toyoaki Murohara

Responses of prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time to edoxaban in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: characteristics of representative reagents in Japan (CVI ARO 7)

Shinya Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Morishima, Atsushi Takita, Naoharu Yagi, Takayuki Otsuka, Takuto Arita, Takeshi Yamashita

Oral anticoagulant use and clinical outcomes in elderly Japanese patients: findings from the SAKURA AF Registry

Toshihiko Nishida, Yasuo Okumura, Katsuaki Yokoyama, Naoya Matsumoto, Eizo Tachibana, Keiichiro Kuronuma, Koji Oiwa, Michiaki Matsumoto, Toshiaki Kojima, Shoji Hanada, Kazumiki Nomoto, Kazumasa Sonoda, Ken Arima, Rikitake Kogawa, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Tomobumi Kotani, Kimie Ohkubo, Seiji Fukushima, Satoru Itou, Kunio Kondo, Masaaki Chiku, Yasumi Ohno, Motoyuki Onikura, Atsushi Hirayama

The potential of cardiac rehabilitation as a method of suppressing abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion: a pilot study

Atsuko Nakayama, Eisuke Amiya, Hiroyuki Morita, Kanako Hyodo, Naoko Takayama, Yuto Konishi, Masanobu Taya, Takayuki Fujiwara, Yumiko Hosoya, Katsuyuki Hoshina, Issei Komuro

Correction to: The potential of cardiac rehabilitation as a method of suppressing abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion: a pilot study

Atsuko Nakayama, Eisuke Amiya, Hiroyuki Morita, Kanako Hyodo, Naoko Takayama, Yuto Konishi, Masanobu Taya, Takayuki Fujiwara, Yumiko Hosoya, Katsuyuki Hoshina, Issei Komuro

Regulation mechanism of aquaporin 9 gene on inflammatory response and cardiac function in rats with myocardial infarction through extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 pathway

Xingmei Huang, Xiaobin Yu, Hongxia Li, Lianhua Han, Xiangjun Yang

Structural relation between the superior vena cava and pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation

Kentaro Yoshida, Masako Baba, Hideyuki Hasebe, Yasutoshi Shinoda, Tomohiko Harunari, Mari Ebine, Yoshiko Uehara, Hiroaki Watabe, Noriyuki Takeyasu, Hitoshi Horigome, Akihiko Nogami, Masaki Ieda

Acknowledgement to reviewers