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Heart and Vessels

Issue 4/2022

Content (22 Articles)

Angiography Original Article

Agreement between single plane and biplane derived angiographic fractional flow reserve in patients with intermediate coronary artery stenosis

Jiro Ando, Katharina Otani, Thomas Redel, Shun Minatsuki, Hironobu Kikuchi, Satoshi Kodera, Issei Komuro

Arterial Diseases Original Article

Clinical outcomes and predictors of restenosis in patients with femoropopliteal artery disease treated using polymer-coated paclitaxel-eluting stents or drug-coated balloons

Naoki Yoshioka, Takahiro Tokuda, Akio Koyama, Takehiro Yamada, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Shimamura, Kensuke Takagi, Yasuhiro Morita, Akihito Tanaka, Hideki Ishii, Itsuro Morishima, Toyoaki Murohara

Correction to: Clinical outcomes and predictors of restenosis in patients with femoropopliteal artery disease treated using polymer-coated paclitaxel-eluting stents or drug-coated balloons

Naoki Yoshioka, Takahiro Tokuda, Akio Koyama, Takehiro Yamada, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Shimamura, Kensuke Takagi, Yasuhiro Morita, Akihito Tanaka, Hideki Ishii, Itsuro Morishima, Toyoaki Murohara

Original Article

One-year results for Japanese patients in RANGER II SFA

Yoshimitsu Soga, Masahiko Fujihara, Yoshito Yamamoto, Shigeru Nakamura, Osamu Iida, Daizo Kawasaki, Kazushi Urasawa, Hiroshi Ando, Shinsuke Mori, Kenji Suzuki, Kazunori Horie, Juan Diaz-Cartelle, Amane Kozuki

Echocardiography Original Article

Prognostic value of an echocardiographic index reflecting right ventricular operating stiffness in patients with heart failure

Ryosuke Fujisawa, Kazunori Okada, Sanae Kaga, Michito Murayama, Masahiro Nakabachi, Shinobu Yokoyama, Hisao Nishino, Asuka Tanemura, Nobuo Masauzi, Ko Motoi, Suguru Ishizaka, Yasuyuki Chiba, Shingo Tsujinaga, Hiroyuki Iwano, Toshihisa Anzai

Open Access Echocardiography Original Article

Cardiac acoustic biomarkers as surrogate markers to diagnose the phenotypes of pulmonary hypertension: an exploratory study

Nobuhide Yamakawa, Norihiko Kotooka, Tomoyuki Kato, Tatsuhiko Kuroda, Koichi Node

Heart Failure Original Article

Liver fibrosis index as a novel prognostic factor in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Asuka Furukawa, Yuichi Tamura, Kenta Yamada, Hirohisa Taniguchi, Narutaka Ohashi, Teruo Okabe, Akio Kawamura

Right bundle branch block and risk of cardiovascular mortality: the Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study

Naomi Nakazawa, Tomoko Ishizu, Toshimi Sairenchi, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Nobuyuki Murakoshi, Daishi Nakagawa, Tomofumi Nakatsukasa, Naoto Kawamatsu, Kimi Sato, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Machino-Otsuka, DongZhu Xu, Fujiko Irie, Takuji Tomizawa, Akihiko Nogami, Kazutaka Aonuma, Hiroyasu Iso, Masaki Ieda, Yasushi Kawakami, Hitoshi Ota

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Clinical impact of perioperative atrial fibrillation on long-term recurrence of malignancy

Satoshi Higuchi, Yusuke Kabeya, Kenichi Matsushita, Keisei Tachibana, Riken Kawachi, Hidefumi Takei, Ryota Tanaka, Yutaka Suzuki, Yorihisa Imanishi, Shigeki Shibata, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Koichiro Saito, Kiyoshi Moriyama, Tomoko Yorozu, Nobutsugu Abe, Haruhiko Kondo, Takeaki Matsuda, Hideaki Yoshino

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Reduced atrial conduction velocity is associated with the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation

Tetsuro Sato, Hidehira Fukaya, Jun Oikawa, Daiki Saito, Gen Matsuura, Yuki Arakawa, Shuhei Kobayashi, Yuki Shirakawa, Ryo Nishinarita, Ai Horiguchi, Naruya Ishizue, Jun Kishihara, Shinichi Niwano, Junya Ako

Application of the proximal isovelocity surface area method for estimation of the effective orifice area in aortic stenosis

Masahiro Nakabachi, Hiroyuki Iwano, Michito Murayama, Hisao Nishino, Shinobu Yokoyama, Shingo Tsujinaga, Yasuyuki Chiba, Suguru Ishizaka, Ko Motoi, Kazunori Okada, Sanae Kaga, Mutsumi Nishida, Takanori Teshima, Toshihisa Anzai

Echocardiography Original Article

Proximal ascending aorta size is associated with the incidence of de novo aortic insufficiency with left ventricular assist device

Hidefumi Nishida, Tae Song, David Onsager, Ann Nguyen, Jonathan Grinstein, Bow Chung, Bryan Smith, Sara Kalantari, Nitasha Sarswat, Gene Kim, Sean Pinney, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Takeyoshi Ota

Coronary Heart Disease Original Article

Aortic arch calcification with pericardial fat mass detected on a single chest X-ray image is closely associated with the predictive variables of future cardiovascular disease

Kentaro Watanabe, Yurika Hada, Kota Ishii, Kyoko Nagaoka, Kaoru Takase, Wataru Kameda, Shinji Susa, Taro Saigusa, Fujiko Egashira, Hisamitsu Ishihara, Kenichi Ishizawa

Open Access Original Article

Disparate effects of ankle-brachial index on mortality in the ‘very old’ and ‘younger old’ populations-the PolSenior survey

Jarosław Królczyk, Anna Skalska, Karolina Piotrowicz, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Tomasz Grodzicki, Jerzy Gąsowski

Original Article

Association of Nephronophthisis 4 genetic variation with cardiorenal syndrome and cardiovascular events in Japanese general population: the Yamagata (Takahata) study

Yoichiro Otaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Junya Sato, Yuta Kobayashi, Tomonori Aono, Yuji Saito, Jun Goto, Hiroki Takahashi, Takanori Arimoto, Hidenori Sato, Tsuneo Konta, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Masafumi Watanabe

Aneurysm Original Article

Early diastolic mitral regurgitation in left ventricular aneurysm

Atsuko Uema, Yuma Tamura, Tokuhisa Uejima, Megumi Hoshiai, Asuka Ueno, Moeko Nagao, Takashi Tomoe, Shoya Ono, Eikou Maeno, Satoshi Mizuguchi, Atsuhiko Kawabe, Takushi Sugiyama, Takanori Yasu

Heart Surgery Original Article

Catheter-related thrombosis after cardiac surgery in patients with both central venous and pulmonary artery catheters inserted into the right internal jugular vein: a single-center, prospective, observational study

Masafumi Idei, Yusuke Seino, Nobuo Sato, Yumi Saishu, Shunsaku Goto, Motoki Namekawa, Shota Moriwaki, Junya Ishikawa, Daigo Kamei, Masashi Nakagawa, Shingo Ichiba, Takeshi Nomura

Open Access Original Article

Safety evaluation of high-risk myocardial micro-biopsy in a swine model

Arvin Chireh, Mikael Sandell, Rikard Grankvist, Victoria Lövljung, Jonathan al-Saadi, Fabian Arnberg, Johan Lundberg, Magnus Settergren, Staffan Holmin

Publisher Correction

Publisher Correction to: 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