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Heart and Vessels

Issue 5/2022

Content (20 Articles)

Acute Coronary Syndrome Original Article

Differential prognostic value of resistin for cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease according to the presence of metabolic syndrome

Loukianos S. Rallidis, Andreas Katsimardos, Nikolaos Kosmas, Taxiarchoula Rallidi, Dimitrios Zapantiotis, Christos Varounis, Antonia Kountouri

Acute Kidney Injury Original Article

Admission free-fatty acid level is a predictor of the mid-term worsening renal function in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Masaomi Gohbara, Noriaki Iwahashi, Kozo Okada, Yugo Minamimoto, Yasushi Matsuzawa, Masaaki Konishi, Kiyoshi Hibi, Masami Kosuge, Toshiaki Ebina, Teruyasu Sugano, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Kouichi Tamura, Kazuo Kimura

Delayed stenosis regression after drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal artery lesions

Takenobu Shimada, Yuki Shima, Kotaro Takahashi, Katsuya Miura, Makoto Takamatsu, Akihiro Ikuta, Seiji Habara, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Goto, Yasuhiro Izumiya, Kazushige Kadota

Which plantar region can predict peripheral arterial disease by using laser speckleflowgraphy?

Kazuhiro Tsunekawa, Tamon Kato, Soichiro Ebisawa, Shigetoshi Tsuzuki, Ikkei Takashimizu, Shunsuke Yuzuriha

Care Original Article

Current conditions and significance of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and home nursing-care services in heart failure patients with mid-range or preserved ejection fraction: post-hoc analysis of the REAL-HF registry

Toshiro Kitagawa, Takayuki Hidaka, Noriaki Watanabe, Makiko Naka, Mizuho Yamaguchi, Kana Kanai, Mitsuaki Isobe, Yasuki Kihara, Yukiko Nakano

Right ventricular contractility affects the clinical efficacy of add-on tolvaptan following hospitalization for heart failure in patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation

Rumi Hachiya, Yasuhide Mochizuki, Mina Shibakai, Yui Omomo, Yui Kuroki, Yukiko Endo, Saaya Ichikawa, Haruka Miyazaki, Saori Chino, Eiji Toyosaki, Masashi Ota, Hiroto Fukuoka, Toshiro Shinke

Echocardiography Original Article

Cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation without the use of a contrast medium: a combination of the intracardiac echocardiography and pressure wave monitoring guided approach

Yuichiro Makino, Yoshiaki Mizutani, Daiki Yamashita, Jun Yonekawa, Akinori Satake, Masanari Kurobe, Takatsugu Hiramatsu, Hitoshi Ichimiya, Yasuhiro Uchida, Junji Watanabe, Masaaki Kanashiro, Satoshi Ichimiya, Satoshi Yanagisawa, Yasuya Inden, Toyoaki Murohara

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Short coupling interval with high burden of atrial ectopy predicts recurrence after atrial fibrillation ablation

Takashi Okajima, Yasuya Inden, Satoshi Yanagisawa, Hajime Imai, Yosuke Murase, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Katsuhiro Kawaguchi, Toyoaki Murohara

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Characteristics of patients with atrial flutter and spontaneous 1:1 atrioventricular conduction with and without anti-arrhythmic drug treatment

Kanako Ito-Hagiwara, Yu-ki Iwasaki, Yuhi Fujimoto, Eiichiro Oka, Hiroshi Hayashi, Teppei Yamamoto, Kenji Yodogawa, Meiso Hayashi, Yasushi Miyauchi, Wataru Shimizu

Sleep Apnea Original Article

Impact of nocturnal hypoxemia on the recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Keisuke Suzuki, Koji Miyamoto, Akinori Wakamiya, Nobuhiko Ueda, Kenzaburo Nakajima, Tsukasa Kamakura, Mitsuru Wada, Kenichiro Yamagata, Kohei Ishibashi, Yuko Inoue, Takashi Noda, Satoshi Nagase, Takeshi Aiba, Tomoyuki Yambe, Kengo Kusano

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Modified ablation index: a novel determinant of a successful first-pass left atrial posterior wall isolation

Satoshi Hayashida, Koichi Nagashima, Sayaka Kurokawa, Masaru Arai, Ryuta Watanabe, Yuji Wakamatsu, Naoto Otsuka, Seina Yagyu, Kazuki Iso, Yasuo Okumura

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Acute myocardial injury after radiofrequency catheter ablation: impact on pulmonary vein reconnection and relevant factors

Masamichi Yano, Yasuyuki Egami, Syodai Kawanami, Hiroki Sugae, Kohei Ukita, Akito Kawamura, Hitoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Matsuhiro, Koji Yasumoto, Masaki Tsuda, Naotaka Okamoto, Yasuharu Matsunaga-Lee, Masami Nishino, Jun Tanouchi

Dabigatran Original Article

Dabigatran plasma concentration indicated the risk of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Zhu Zhu, Zhu Shen, Aiming Shi, Cunjin Su, Jiaojiao Mao, Hong Tao, Feng Xu, Zhanhong Hu, Jie Pan

Open Access Ventricular Tachycardia Original Article

Clinical outcome of out-of-hospital vs. in-hospital cardiac arrest survivors presenting with ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Julian Müller, Michael Behnes, Tobias Schupp, Linda Reiser, Gabriel Taton, Thomas Reichelt, Dominik Ellguth, Martin Borggrefe, Niko Engelke, Armin Bollow, Seung-Hyun Kim, Kathrin Weidner, Uzair Ansari, Kambis Mashayekhi, Muharrem Akin, Philipp Halbfass, Dirk Große Meininghaus, Ibrahim Akin, Jonas Rusnak

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Identification of high priority focal activations in persistent atrial fibrillation using a novel mapping strategy

Masafumi Shimojo, Yasuya Inden, Satoshi Yanagisawa, Shuro Riku, Kazumasa Suga, Koichi Furui, Toshifumi Nakagomi, Takashi Okajima, Rei Shibata, Toyoaki Murohara

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Catheter ablation of ganglionated plexi in patients with adenosine triphosphate-induced atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation

Taku Nishida, Akihiro Takitsume, Junichi Sugiura, Ayaka Keshi, Koshiro Kanaoka, Kaeko Hirai, Hiroki Yano, Yukihiro Hashimoto, Tomoya Ueda, Hitoshi Nakagawa, Kenji Onoue, Tsunenari Soeda, Makoto Watanabe, Rika Kawakami, Yoshihiko Saito

Outcomes of duct stenting and modified Blalock–Taussig shunt in cyanotic congenital heart disease with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation

Sarin Lekchuensakul, Rattawanlop Somanandana, Jule Namchaisiri, Vichai Benjacholamas, Pornthep Lertsapcharoen

Streptococci Original Article

Double-valve infective endocarditis: clinical features and prognostic impact—a retrospective study in a surgical centre

Valentina Scheggi, Stefano Del Pace, Nicole Ceschia, Francesco Vanni, Irene Merilli, Nicola Zoppetti, Bruno Alterini, Niccolò Marchionni, Pier Luigi Stefàno