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Heart and Vessels

Issue 10/2018

Content (17 Articles)

Open Access Original Article

Predictive performance of dual modality of computed tomography angiography and intravascular ultrasound for no-reflow phenomenon after percutaneous coronary stenting in stable coronary artery disease

Masaaki Okutsu, Takeshi Horio, Hisataka Tanaka, Maki Akiyama, Niro Okimoto, Toshiyuki Tsubouchi, Kenji Kawajiri, Yasuhiro Ohashi, Satoru Sumitsuji, Yuji Ikari

Original Article

Influence of visual–functional mismatch on coronary flow profiles after percutaneous coronary intervention: a propensity score-matched analysis

Masahiro Hoshino, Taishi Yonetsu, Tadashi Murai, Yoshihisa Kanaji, Eisuke Usui, Masahiro Hada, Rikuta Hamaya, Yoshinori Kanno, Tetsumin Lee, Tsunekazu Kakuta

Original Article

Modifiable factors associated with prolonged door to balloon time in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Masahiko Noguchi, Junya Ako, Takeshi Morimoto, Yosuke Homma, Takashi Shiga, Kotaro Obunai, Hiroyuki Watanabe

Original Article

The relationship between timing of prasugrel pretreatment and in-stent thrombus immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study

Yosuke Katayama, Takashi Kubo, Yasushi Ino, Takeyoshi Kameyama, Yoshiki Matsuo, Hironori Kitabata, Kosei Terada, Hiroki Emori, Hiroshi Aoki, Akira Taruya, Kunihiro Shimamura, Shingo Ota, Atsushi Tanaka, Takeshi Hozumi, Takashi Akasaka

Original Article

Clinical impact of thrombus aspiration on in-hospital mortality in each culprit lesion in the setting of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Satoshi Higuchi, Makoto Suzuki, Yu Horiuchi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Mike Saji, Hideaki Yoshino, Ken Nagao, Takeshi Yamamoto, Morimasa Takayama

Original Article

Impact of the triglyceride level on coronary plaque components in female patients with coronary artery disease treated with statins

Motoki Yamashita, Atsushi Iwata, Yuta Kato, Makito Futami, Satoshi Imaizumi, Takashi Kuwano, Amane Ike, Makoto Sugihara, Hiroaki Nishikawa, Bo Zhang, Shin’ichiro Yasunaga, Keijiro Saku, Shin-ichiro Miura

Original Article

Extracellular volume fraction assessed using cardiovascular magnetic resonance can predict improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Keisuke Inui, Kuniya Asai, Masaki Tachi, Aya Yoshinaga, Yuki Izumi, Yoshiaki Kubota, Koji Murai, Yayoi Tetsuou Tsukada, Yasuo Amano, Shinichiro Kumita, Wataru Shimizu

Original Article

The effects of tolvaptan dose on cardiac mortality in patients with acute decompensated heart failure after hospital discharge

Kenji Matsumoto, Shoichi Ehara, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Keiko Otsuka, Yoshio Kawase

Original Article

Predictors of in-hospital cardiac complications in patients with Takotsubo syndrome

Ken Kato, Yoshiaki Sakai, Iwao Ishibashi, Toshiharu Himi, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Yoshio Kobayashi

Open Access Original Article

Usefulness of scoring right ventricular function for assessment of prognostic factors in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Yoshihiro Kamimura, Naoki Okumura, Shiro Adachi, Shigetake Shimokata, Fumitaka Tajima, Yoshihisa Nakano, Akihiro Hirashiki, Toyoaki Murohara, Takahisa Kondo

Original Article

Comparison of midterm outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with and without previous coronary artery bypass grafting

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

Original Article

Radiofrequency needle for transseptal puncture is associated with lower incidence of thromboembolism during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: propensity score-matched analysis

Michifumi Tokuda, Seigo Yamashita, Seiichiro Matsuo, Mika Kato, Hidenori Sato, Hirotsuna Oseto, Eri Okajima, Hidetsugu Ikewaki, Ryota Isogai, Kenichi Tokutake, Kenichi Yokoyama, Ryohsuke Narui, Shin-ichi Tanigawa, Keiichi Inada, Michihiro Yoshimura, Teiichi Yamane

Original Article

Differences in laser lead extraction of infected vs. non-infected leads

Simon Pecha, Liesa Castro, Julia Vogler, Matthias Linder, Nils Gosau, Stephan Willems, Hermann Reichenspurner, Samer Hakmi

Original Article

A therapeutic angiogenesis of sustained release of basic fibroblast growth factor using biodegradable gelatin hydrogel sheets in a canine chronic myocardial infarction model

Motoyuki Kumagai, Kenji Minakata, Hidetoshi Masumoto, Masaya Yamamoto, Atsushi Yonezawa, Takafumi Ikeda, Kyokun Uehara, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Tadashi Ikeda, Kazuo Matsubara, Masayuki Yokode, Akira Shimizu, Yasuhiko Tabata, Ryuzo Sakata, Kenji Minatoya

Original Article

Linagliptin prevents atrial electrical and structural remodeling in a canine model of atrial fibrillation

Tazuru Igarashi, Shinichi Niwano, Hiroe Niwano, Tomoharu Yoshizawa, Hironori Nakamura, Hidehira Fukaya, Tamami Fujiishi, Naruya Ishizue, Akira Satoh, Jun Kishihara, Masami Murakami, Junya Ako