Left ventricular apical aneurysm following primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Masayuki Mori, Kenichi Sakakura, Hiroshi Wada, Nahoko Ikeda, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Yoshitaka Sugawara, Norifumi Kubo, Shin-ichi Momomura, Junya Ako

Identification of very high risk octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: results of a multicenter study

Stefano Rosato, Fausto Biancari, Alice Maraschini, Paola D’Errigo, Fulvia Seccareccia

Abnormal P-wave terminal force in lead V1 is associated with cardiac death or hospitalization for heart failure in prior myocardial infarction

Gang Liu, Akira Tamura, Kumie Torigoe, Yoshiyuki Kawano, Kazuhiro Shinozaki, Munenori Kotoku, Junichi Kadota

Serum adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein is independently associated with complex coronary lesions in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Masahito Kajiya, Toru Miyoshi, Masayuki Doi, Shinichi Usui, Mutsumi Iwamoto, Ko Takeda, Kazumasa Nosaka, Rie Nakayama, Satoshi Hirohata, Shozo Kusachi, Kazufumi Nakamura, Hiroshi Ito

Re-elevation of T-wave from day 2 to day 4 after successful percutaneous coronary intervention predicts chronic cardiac systolic dysfunction in patients with first anterior acute myocardial infarction

Fumie Nishizaki, Hirofumi Tomita, Hiroaki Yokoyama, Takumi Higuma, Naoki Abe, Akiko Suzuki, Tomohide Endo, Shunta Tateyama, Yuji Ishida, Tomohiro Osanai, Ken Okumura

Incidence of periprocedural myocardial infarction and cardiac biomarker testing after percutaneous coronary intervention in Japan: results from a multicenter registry

Takahide Arai, Shinsuke Yuasa, Hiroaki Miyata, Akio Kawamura, Yuichiro Maekawa, Shiro Ishikawa, Shigetaka Noma, Soushin Inoue, Yuji Sato, Shun Kohsaka, Keiichi Fukuda

Erratum to: Incidence of periprocedural myocardial infarction and cardiac biomarker testing after percutaneous coronary intervention in Japan: results from a multicenter registry

Takahide Arai, Shinsuke Yuasa, Hiroaki Miyata, Akio Kawamura, Yuichiro Maekawa, Shiro Ishikawa, Shigetaka Noma, Soushin Inoue, Yuji Sato, Shun Kohsaka, Keiichi Fukuda

Analysis of 10-year nationwide population-based data on sex differences in hospitalization for heart failure

Hung-Yu Yang, Wan-Chun Chiu, Jen-Hung Huang, Chien-Yeh Hsu, Yung-Kuo Lin, Yi-Jen Chen

Short-term use of adaptive servo ventilation improves renal function in heart failure patients with sleep-disordered breathing

Akiomi Yoshihisa, Satoshi Suzuki, Takashi Owada, Shoji Iwaya, Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Makiko Miyata, Takayoshi Yamaki, Koichi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Kunii, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Hitoshi Suzuki, Shu-ichi Saitoh, Yasuchika Takeishi

Acidic urine is associated with poor prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure

Yoichiro Otaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiromasa Hasegawa, Shintaro Honda, Akira Funayama, Shunsuke Netsu, Mitsunori Ishino, Takanori Arimoto, Tetsuro Shishido, Takehiko Miyashita, Takuya Miyamoto, Tsuneo Konta, Isao Kubota

High signal intensity on T2-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging correlates with the ventricular tachyarrhythmia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Yasuki Hen, Nobuo Iguchi, Haruhiko Machida, Kaori Takada, Yuko Utanohara, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi

Blunted heart rate recovery is associated with exaggerated blood pressure response during exercise testing

Umuttan Dogan, Mehmet Akif Duzenli, Kurtulus Ozdemir, Hasan Gok

Acute hyperglycemia reduces myocardial blood flow reserve and the magnitude of reduction is associated with insulin resistance: a study in nondiabetic humans using contrast echocardiography

Sahar S. Abdelmoneim, Mary E. Hagen, Edward Mendrick, Vishwanath Pattan, Benjamin Wong, Barbara Norby, Tamara Roberson, Troy Szydel, Rita Basu, Ananda Basu, Sharon L. Mulvagh

Mid-term results of small-sized St. Jude Medical Regent prosthetic valves (21 mm or less) for small aortic annulus

Hiroki Mizoguchi, Masayuki Sakaki, Kazushige Inoue, Takashi Iwata, Keikou Tei, Takuya Miura

Longitudinal strain predicts left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular function

Sandro Gelsomino, Fabiana Lucà, Orlando Parise, Roberto Lorusso, Carmelo Massimiliano Rao, Enrico Vizzardi, Gian Franco Gensini, Jos G. Maessen

Mutations in the cardiac troponin T gene show various prognoses in Japanese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Etsuko Fujita, Toshio Nakanishi, Tsutomu Nishizawa, Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Rumiko Matsuoka

Ghrelin protects the heart against ischemia-induced arrhythmias by preserving connexin-43 protein

Takeshi Soeki, Toshiyuki Niki, Etsuko Uematsu, Sachiko Bando, Tomomi Matsuura, Kenya Kusunose, Takayuki Ise, Yuka Ueda, Noriko Tomita, Koji Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Koshiba, Shusuke Yagi, Daiju Fukuda, Yoshio Taketani, Takashi Iwase, Hirotsugu Yamada, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Masashi Akaike, Michio Shimabukuro, Ichiro Kishimoto, Kenji Kangawa, Masataka Sata

Improvement in non-tachycardia-induced cardiac failure after radiofrequency catheter ablation in a child with a right-sided accessory pathway

Hideo Fukunaga, Katsumi Akimoto, Takeshi Furukawa, Ken Takahashi, Masahiko Kishiro, Toshiaki Shimizu, Hiroshi Kamiyama, Naokata Sumitomo

A rare case of myocardial infarction related to diagnostic intravascular ultrasound

Ken Otsuji, Fumihiko Kamezaki, Shinjo Sonoda, Kuninobu Kashiyama, Yoshitaka Muraoka, Yuki Tsuda, Masaru Araki, Masahiro Okazaki, Masaaki Takeuchi, Yutaka Otsuji

Acknowledgment to reviewers