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Heart and Vessels

Issue 3/2022

Content (20 Articles)

Angiography Original Article

Serial changes in the quantitative flow ratio in patients with intermediate residual stenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

Hitoshi Takenaka, Takayuki Okamura, Yosuke Miyazaki, Tatsuhiro Fujimura, Akinori Ono, Takeshi Nakamura, Hiroki Tateishi, Mamoru Mochizuki, Hideaki Akase, Takeshi Suetomi, Hitoshi Uchinoumi, Tetsuro Oda, Masafumi Yano

Aneurysm Original Article

Rivaroxaban versus Vitamin K Antagonists (warfarin) based on the triple therapy for left ventricular thrombus after ST-Elevation myocardial infarction

Zhongfan Zhang, Daoyuan Si, Qian Zhang, Ming Qu, Miao Yu, Zhenya Jiang, Delin Li, Ping Yang, Wenqi Zhang

Nutrition Original Article

Prognostic impact of malnutrition in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

Tomohiro Nakamura, Yumiko Haraguchi, Mitsunari Matsumoto, Takeshi Ishida, Shin-ichi Momomura

Impact of red blood cell distribution width and mean platelet volume in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Toshiaki Ebina, Shiori Tochihara, Mai Okazaki, Kazuyo Koike, Yuko Tsuto, Megumi Tayama, Yukiko Takanami, Haruka Hirose, Mutsuo Horii, Kozo Okada, Yasushi Matsuzawa, Nobuhiko Maejima, Noriaki Iwahashi, Kiyoshi Hibi, Masami Kosuge, Kouichi Tamura, Kazuo Kimura

CT Angiography Original Article

Dual-energy CT plaque characteristics of post mortem thin-cap fibroatheroma in comparison to infarct-related culprit lesions

Hussam Mahmoud Sheta, Helle Precht, Carol Ann Gloroso Rexen Busk, Laurits Juhl Heinsen, Koen Nieman, Kenneth Egstrup, Jess Lambrechtsen

Myocardial Infarction Original Article

Total brachial artery reactivity and incident heart failure and heart failure subtypes: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Daniela Charry, Jasper Xu, Hirofumi Tanaka, Kevin S. Heffernan, M. Ryan Richardson, James R. Churilla

Acute Heart Failure Original Article

Temporal changes and prognostic value of plasma ghrelin level in patients with acute heart failure: a prospective study

Yanbo Chen, Sani Zhou, Aiyuan Zhang, Jing Huang, Guangfang Zhang, Lianqun Cui

Echocardiography Original Article

Right ventricular longitudinal fractional shortening: a substitute to right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain?

Philippe Unger, Marianne Paesmans, Jean-Luc Vachiery, Michael Rietz, Mihaela Amzulescu, Aurelia David-Cojocariu

Diuretics Original Article

Effect of oral tolvaptan for 1 year in patients with functional mitral regurgitation

Fukuko Nagura, Akihisa Kataoka, Ruri Ishibashi, Miho Mitsui, Hirofumi Hioki, Masanari Kuwabara, Kiyoko Uno, Yusuke Watanabe, Naoyuki Yokoyama, Ken Kozuma

Electrocardiography Original Article

Initial evaluation of a novel electrocardiography sensor-embedded fabric wear during a full marathon

Daiki Ousaka, Kenta Hirai, Noriko Sakano, Mizuki Morita, Madoka Haruna, Kazuya Hirano, Takahiro Yamane, Akira Teraoka, Kazuo Sanou, Susumu Oozawa, Shingo Kasahara

Heart Failure Original Article

Prognostic predictors and echocardiographic time course after device replacement in patients treated chronically with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices

Takahiko Nagase, Maya Ishiguro, Kei Mabuchi, Ruiko Seki, So Asano, Hiroshi Fukunaga, Kanki Inoue, Yukio Sekiguchi, Kohei Tanizaki, Mamoru Nanasato, Nobuo Iguchi, Junichi Nitta, Mitsuaki Isobe

Comparison of left ventricular pacing performance among pre-shaped guidewires designed for transfemoral-approach transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Yudai Tamura, Yuichi Tamura, Yutaka Konami, Hiroto Suzuyama, Eiji Horio, Masahiro Yamada, Toshiharu Sassa, Eiji Taguchi, Yoko Horibata, Ichiro Ideta, Akio Kawamura, Tomohiro Sakamoto

Stroke Original Article

Sex-related difference in bleeding and thromboembolic risks in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with direct oral anticoagulants

Mikiko Matsumura, Yohei Sotomi, Akio Hirata, Yasushi Sakata, Atsushi Hirayama, Yoshiharu Higuchi

Original Article

PESI score for predicting clinical outcomes in PE patients with right ventricular involvement

Sharon Shalom Natanzon, Alexander Fardman, Fernando Chernomordik, Israel Mazin, Romana Herscovici, Orly Goitein, Sagit Ben-Zekry, Anan Younis, Avishay Grupper, Shlomi Matetzky, Roy Beigel

Arterial Diseases Original Article

Validation of the correlation between angiosome-based target arterial path, mid-term limb-based patency, and the global limb anatomical staging system

Takehiro Yamada, Taro Shibahara, Masaru Nagase, Daiju Ono, Gen Tanabe, Keita Suzuki, Makoto Yamaura, Takahisa Ido, Takashi Nakashima, Shigekiyo Takahashi, Takuma Aoyama

CT Angiography Original Article

Risk factors for incomplete thrombosis in false lumen in sub-acute type B aortic dissection post-TEVAR

Zhichun Gao, Zhexue Qin, Dehui Qian, Wenxu Pan, Guiquan Zhou, Zhixia An, Changchun Hou, Luyu Wang, Liying Zhang, Tao Gu, Jun Jin

Distensibility of the ductus arteriosus in neonates and young infants undergoing transcatheter closure

Kota Nagasawa, Jun Muneuchi, Yuichiro Sugitani, Hiroki Ezaki, Hirohito Doi, Takashi Furuta, Masaru Kobayashi, Mamie Watanabe

Niclosamide Original Article

Niclosamide downregulates LOX-1 expression in mouse vascular smooth muscle cells and changes the composition of atherosclerotic plaques in ApoE−/− mice

Tao Yang, Manabu Minami, Kazumichi Yoshida, Manabu Nagata, Yu Yamamoto, Naoki Takayama, Keita Suzuki, Takeshi Miyata, Masakazu Okawa, Susumu Miyamoto

Cardiomyopathy Original Article

Effects of trehalose on recurrence of remodeling after ventricular reconstruction in rats with ischemic cardiomyopathy

Tetsuya Hieda, Yasushige Shingu, Satoshi Sugimoto, Hidetsugu Asai, Tomoji Yamakawa, Satoru Wakasa