Issue 1/2022
Content (19 Articles)
Progression from normal vessel wall to atherosclerotic plaque: lessons from an optical coherence tomography study with follow-up of over 5 years
Ryo Takeshige, Hiromasa Otake, Hiroyuki Kawamori, Takayoshi Toba, Yuichiro Nagano, Yoshiro Tsukiyama, Ken-ichi Yanaka, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Akira Nagasawa, Hiroyuki Onishi, Yoichiro Sugizaki, Shinsuke Nakano, Yoichiro Matsuoka, Kosuke Tanimura, Ken-ichi Hirata
Clinical outcomes for intracoronary imaging strategies at different medical facilities in Japanese patients with coronary artery disease: the SAKURA imaging PCI Registry
Nobuhiro Murata, Daisuke Fukamachi, Naoya Matsumoto, Eizo Tachibana, Koji Oiwa, Michiaki Matsumoto, Toshiaki Kojima, Makoto Ichikawa, Kazumiki Nomoto, Ken Arima, Yasuo Okumura
The diagnostic performance of on-site workstation-based computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve. Comparison with myocardium perfusion imaging
Ryota Fukuoka, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Kyoko Umeji, Taichi Okonogi, Nobuhiko Koga
Left ventricular longitudinal strain is a major determinant of CT-derived three-dimensional maximum principal strain: comparison with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography
Masaki Kinoshita, Yuki Tanabe, Kazuki Yoshida, Akira Kurata, Yusuke Kobayashi, Teruyoshi Uetani, Katsuji Inoue, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Shuntaro Ikeda, Teruhito Mochizuki, Teruhito Kido, Osamu Yamaguchi
Association between thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grade and clinical outcome after emergent percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction who have suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Yamagata AMI registry
Yoichiro Otaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Jun Goto, Masahiro Wanezaki, Shigehiko Kato, Harutoshi Tamura, Satoshi Nishiyama, Takanori Arimoto, Hiroki Takahashi, Masafumi Watanabe
Relationship between electrocardiographic interatrial blocks and echocardiographic indices of left atrial function in acute heart failure
Giuseppe D. Sanna, Dario Argiolas, Paolo Franca, Laura Saderi, Giovanni Sotgiu, Guido Parodi
Changes in prognostic nutritional index during hospitalization and outcomes in patients with acute heart failure
Takayuki Kawata, Atsushi Ikeda, Hiroshi Masuda, Shunsuke Komatsu
Accuracy of high-sensitive troponin depending on renal function for clinical outcome prediction in patients with acute heart failure
Jakob Ledwoch, Anna Krauth, Jana Kraxenberger, Alisa Schneider, Katharina Leidgschwendner, Vera Schneider, Alexander Müller, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Christian Kupatt, Eimo Martens
Older phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation patients engaged in gardening maintained physical function during the COVID-19 pandemic
Asami Ogura, Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Hideto Tawa, Fumie Kureha, Masaaki Wada, Nobuko Harada, Yuki Ikeda, Kaemi Kimura, Naomi Kondo, Masashi Kanai, Ikko Kubo, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Yuichi Matsuda
Association between the health insurance status and clinical outcomes among patients with acute heart failure in Japan
Hidesato Fujito, Daisuke Kitano, Yuki Saito, Kazuto Toyama, Daisuke Fukamachi, Yoshihiro Aizawa, Masatsugu Miyagawa, Shunichi Yoda, Yasuo Okumura
Real-time venography-guided extrathoracic puncture technique for cardiovascular implantable electronic device implantation
Manabu Kashiwagi, Yosuke Katayama, Akio Kuroi, Akira Taruya, Kosei Terada, Takashi Tanimoto, Teruaki Wada, Kunihiro Shimamura, Yasutsugu Shiono, Takashi Kubo, Atsushi Tanaka, Takashi Akasaka
Decrease in red cell distribution width as a useful predictor of success after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a retrospective multi-center study
Issei Yoshimoto, Koichi Inoue, Naoya Oketani, Hitoshi Ichiki, Masato Okada, Nobuaki Tanaka, Yuko Hirao, Takafumi Oka, Koji Tanaka, Shinichi Harada, Toshinari Onishi, Yasushi Koyama, Atsunori Okamura, Katsuomi Iwakura, Kenshi Fujii, Masaaki Miyata, Mitsuru Ohishi
Transition of the heart rate and atrial premature complex after cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Hidenori Sato, Michifumi Tokuda, Hirotsuna Oseto, Masaaki Yokoyama, Hirotsugu Ikewaki, Ryota Isogai, Kenichi Tokutake, Kenichi Yokoyama, Mika Kato, Ryohsuke Narui, Shinichi Tanigawa, Seigo Yamashita, Seiichiro Matsuo, Michihiro Yoshimura, Teiichi Yamane
Fluoroscopy and contrast media use in cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation using a novel imaging system
Vincenzo Schillaci, Giuseppe Stabile, Alberto Arestia, Gergana Shopova, Alessia Agresta, Sara Poggi, Armando Salita, Carmine Romano, Carlo Maria Giannitti, Andrea Natalizia, Antonio De Simone, Francesco Solimene
Acute myocarditis: prognostic role of speckle tracking echocardiography and comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance features
Simona Sperlongano, Andrea D’Amato, Ercole Tagliamonte, Vincenzo Russo, Alfonso Desiderio, Federica Ilardi, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Giovanna Esposito, Gianluca Pontone, Giovanni Esposito, Antonello D’Andrea
Computed tomography imaging using split-bolus contrast injection with volume scan of aortic root and heart for preoperative evaluation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Hitomi Koyanagi, Yoshinori Tsutsumi, Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Akihito Tanaka, Maki Endo, Yasushi Furukawa, Shinji Abe
Absent pulmonary valve with tricuspid atresia/stenosis: literature review with new three long-term cases
Yuki Kawasaki, Yosuke Murakami, Mitsuhiro Fujino, Takeshi Sasaki, Kae Nakamura, Yoko Yoshida, Tsugutoshi Suzuki, Kyoichi Nishigaki, Eiji Ehara
SAHA could inhibit TGF-β1/p38 pathway in MI-induced cardiac fibrosis through DUSP4 overexpression
Kaihao Wang, Ruijie Tang, Siyuan Wang, Wenyao Wang, Kuo Zhang, Jun Li, Ping Li, Yi-Da Tang
Anti-inflammatory HDL effects are impaired in atrial fibrillation
Erik Holzwirth, Tina Fischer-Schaepmann, Danilo Obradovic, Mirjam von Lucadou, Edzard Schwedhelm, Günter Daum, Gerhard Hindricks, Gunther Marsche, Markus Trieb, Holger Thiele, Jelena Kornej, Petra Büttner