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Heart and Vessels

Issue 3/2021

Content (18 Articles)

Myocardial Infarction Original Article

Impact of high-dose statin on cardiovascular outcomes in real-world patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

Takenobu Shimada, Kohei Osakada, Koya Okabe, Yuki Shima, Haruki Eguchi, Seiji Habara, Takeshi Tada, Yuya Taguchi, Akihiro Ikuta, Makoto Takamatsu, Ryosuke Murai, Katsuya Miura, Masanobu Ohya, Hidewo Amano, Shunsuke Kubo, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takeshi Maruo, Yasushi Fuku, Harumi Katoh, Tsuyoshi Goto, Kazushige Kadota

Aortic Aneurysm Original Article

Impact of pre-operative coronary artery disease on the clinical outcomes of patients with aortic aneurysms

Ken Watanabe, Tetsu Watanabe, Yoichiro Otaki, Shigehiko Kato, Harutoshi Tamura, Satoshi Nishiyama, Hiroki Takahashi, Takanori Arimoto, Tetsuro Shishido, Masafumi Watanabe

Kidney Injury Original Article

Trajectory of renal function change and kidney injury after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Yuki Deguchi, Yuichi Saito, Motohiro Nakao, Hirokazu Shiraishi, Naoya Sakamoto, Satoru Kobayashi, Yoshio Kobayashi

Sarcoidosis Original Article

Vasospastic angina and overlapping cardiac disorders in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest

Kazuya Tateishi, Yuichi Saito, Hideki Kitahara, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Yusuke Kondo, Takashi Nakayama, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Yoshio Kobayashi

Acute Kidney Injury Original Article

Association of decreasing hemoglobin levels with the incidence of acute kidney injury after percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective multi-center study

Toshiki Kuno, Yohei Numasawa, Takahisa Mikami, Nozomi Niimi, Mitsuaki Sawano, Masaki Kodaira, Masahiro Suzuki, Koji Ueno, Ikuko Ueda, Keiichi Fukuda, Shun Kohsaka

Original Article

Assessment of coronary vasomotor responses to acetylcholine in German and Japanese patients with epicardial coronary spasm—more similarities than differences?

Akira Suda, Andreas Seitz, Yuji Odaka, Anastasios Athanasiadis, Giancarlo Pirozzolo, Koichi Sato, Kiyotaka Hao, Raffi Bekeredjian, Jun Takahashi, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Peter Ong

Comparison of effects of triple antithrombotic therapy and dual antiplatelet therapy on long-term outcomes of acute myocardial infarction

Mei-Tzu Wang, Cheng Chung Hung, Kun-Chang Lin, Guang-Yuan Mar, Shu-Hung Kuo, Cheng-Hung Chiang, Chin-Chang Cheng, Feng-You Kuo, Hsing-Li Liang, Wei-Chun Huang

Original Article

Safety, effectiveness and mid-term follow-up in 136 consecutive patients with moderate to severely calcified lesions undergoing phoenix atherectomy

Sorin Giusca, Michael Lichtenberg, Melanie Schueler, Ulrike Heinrich, Christoph Eisenbach, Martin Andrassy, Grigorios Korosoglou

Ultrasound Original Article

Usefulness of ultrasound-guided intraluminal approach for long occlusive femoropopliteal lesion

Shinsuke Mori, Keisuke Hirano, Masahiro Yamawaki, Norihiro Kobayashi, Yasunari Sakamoto, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Yohsuke Honda, Kenji Makino, Shigemitsu Shirai, Yoshiaki Ito

Obesity Original Article

Reverse J-shaped relationship between body mass index and in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized for heart failure in Japan

Hidetaka Itoh, Hidehiro Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kiriyama, Tatsuya Kamon, Katsuhito Fujiu, Kojiro Morita, Haruki Yotsumoto, Nobuaki Michihata, Taisuke Jo, Norifumi Takeda, Hiroyuki Morita, Hideo Yasunaga, Issei Komuro

Malnutrition Original Article

Low coenzyme Q10 levels in patients with acute cardiovascular disease are associated with long-term mortality

Megumi Shimizu, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Atsutoshi Takagi, Yurina Sugita, Shohei Ouchi, Tatsuro Aikawa, Tomoyuki Shiozawa, Masaru Hiki, Shuhei Takahashi, Makoto Hiki, Kazunori Shimada, Hiroyuki Daida

Pre-procedural pacing bias among transcatheter aortic valves with higher post-procedure pacing rates: evidence from the UK TAVI Registry

R. Hilling-Smith, J. Smethurst, J. Cockburn, T. Williams, U. Trivedi, A. Banning, S. Redwood, A. de Belder, P. MacCarthy, S. Khogali, D. Blackman, P. Ludman, D. Hildick-Smith

Open Access Chronic Kidney Disease Original Article

Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) level is associated with ultrafiltration rate in patients on hemodialysis

Yoko Nishizawa, Yumi Hosoda, Ai Horimoto, Kiyotsugu Omae, Kyoko Ito, Chieko Higuchi, Hiroshi Sakura, Kosaku Nitta, Tetsuya Ogawa

Lamotrigine Original Article

Reverse translational analysis of clinically reported, lamotrigine-induced cardiovascular adverse events using the halothane-anesthetized dogs

Ai Goto, Mihoko Hagiwara-Nagasawa, Ryuichi Kambayashi, Yoshio Nunoi, Hiroko Izumi-Nakaseko, Shinichi Kawai, Yoshinori Takei, Akio Matsumoto, Atsushi Sugiyama