Issue 6/2021
Content (19 Articles)
Coincidence between spontaneous and inducible coronary spasm: acetylcholine test is clinically valued for diagnosing coronary spasm
Shozo Sueda, Tomoki Sakaue
Clinical significance of microvessels detected by in vivo optical coherence tomography within human atherosclerotic coronary arterial intima: a study with multimodality intravascular imagings
Toshihiko Nishida, Takafumi Hiro, Tadateru Takayama, Mitsumasa Sudo, Hironori Haruta, Daisuke Fukamachi, Atsushi Hirayama, Yasuo Okumura
Improvements in exercise tolerance with an exercise intensity above the anaerobic threshold in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Satoshi Tagashira, Satoshi Kurose, Yutaka Kimura
Impaired coronary flow reserve evaluated by phase-contrast cine magnetic resonance imaging in patients with atrial fibrillations
Yoichiro Sugimoto, Shingo Kato, Kazuki Fukui, Tae Iwasawa, Daisuke Utsunomiya, Kazuo Kimura, Kouichi Tamura
Association between acute myocardial infarction-to-cardiac rupture time and in-hospital mortality risk: a retrospective analysis of multicenter registry data from the Cardiovascular Research Consortium-8 Universities (CIRC-8U)
Kihei Yoneyama, Yuki Ishibashi, Yorihiko Koeda, Tomonori Itoh, Yoshihiro Morino, Takao Shimohama, Junya Ako, Yuji Ilari, Koichiro Yoshioka, Tomoyuki Kunishima, Shu Inami, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Sugimura, Ken Kozuma, Keiki Sugi, Hideaki Yoshino, Yoshihiro J. Akashi
Independent predictors of discordance between the resting full-cycle ratio and fractional flow reserve
Reiji Goto, Hiroaki Takashima, Hirofumi Ohashi, Hirohiko Ando, Akihiro Suzuki, Shinichiro Sakurai, Yusuke Nakano, Hiroaki Sawada, Masanobu Fujimoto, Yasushi Suzuki, Katsuhisa Waseda, Wataru Ohashi, Tetsuya Amano
Impact of the clinical frailty scale on clinical outcomes and bleeding events in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Masanari Kurobe, Yasuhiro Uchida, Hideki Ishii, Daiki Yamashita, Jun Yonekawa, Akinori Satake, Yuichiro Makino, Takatsugu Hiramatsu, Koji Mizutani, Yoshiaki Mizutani, Hitoshi Ichimiya, Tetsuya Amano, Junji Watanabe, Masaaki Kanashiro, Tatsuaki Matsubara, Satoshi Ichimiya, Toyoaki Murohara
Validation of Global Limb Anatomical Staging System (GLASS) in patients with hemodialysis and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia after endovascular treatment
Takahiro Tokuda, Yasuhiro Oba, Ryoji Koshida, Ai Kagase, Hiroaki Matsuda, Yoriyasu Suzuki, Akira Murata, Tatsuya Ito
Efficacy of optical frequency domain imaging in detecting peripheral artery disease: the result of a multi-center, open-label, single-arm study
Hiroyuki Kawamori, Akihide Konishi, Toshiro Shinke, Hirokuni Akahori, Masaharu Ishihara, Hiroaki Tsujita, Hiromasa Otake, Takayoshi Toba, Shinsuke Nakano, Kosuke Tanimura, Yoshiro Tsukiyama, Isao Nanba, Yasumasa Kakei, Takahiro Yasuda, Takashi Omori, Takashi Kubo, Amane Kozuki, Junya Shite, Ken-ichi Hirata
Assessment of visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure over 5 years and phasic left atrial function by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography
Shinichiro Tanaka, Tomonori Segawa, Toshiyuki Noda, Natsumi Tsugita, Takahiro Fuseya, Tomonori Kawaguchi, Makoto Iwama, Sachiro Watanabe, Taro Minagawa, Shinya Minatoguchi, Okura Hiroyuki
Clinical effectiveness and adverse events associated with tolvaptan in patients above 90 years of age with acute decompensated heart failure
Yusuke Morita, Akihiro Endo, Yuzo Kagawa, Kazuto Yamaguchi, Hirotomo Sato, Takeshi Ouchi, Nobuhide Watanabe, Kazuaki Tanabe
Effects of whole-body neuromuscular electrical stimulation device on hemodynamics, arrhythmia, and sublingual microcirculation
Megumi Hoshiai, Kaori Ochiai, Yuma Tamura, Tomoki Tsurumi, Masato Terashima, Hajime Tamiya, Eikou Maeno, Satoshi Mizuguchi, Takashi Tomoe, Atsuhiko Kawabe, Atsuko Uema, Asuka Ueno, Takushi Sugiyama, Yasuto Horie, Hiroyuki Sugimura, Ryousuke Koike, Takanori Yasu
Left and right atrial appendage functional features as predictors for voltage-defined left atrial remodelling in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation
Radoslaw Marek Kiedrowicz, Maciej Wielusinski, Andrzej Wojtarowicz, Jaroslaw Kazmierczak
Electrocardiographic features of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in school-aged children
Mitsuhiro Fujino, Aya Miyazaki, Ouki Furukawa, Junpei Somura, Yoko Yoshida, Yohsuke Hayama, Shiro Kamakura, Jun Negishi, Mitsuru Wada, Kengo Kusano, Hideo Ohuchi
Immediate electrophysiological characteristics following modified thoracoscopic ablation via unilateral approach for non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Nan Ma, Shiao Ding, Lijun Zeng, Chen Tan, Shengchao Li, Xingpeng Liu, Ju Mei
Safe and effective transvenous lead extraction for elderly patients utilizing non-laser and laser tools: a single-center experience in Japan
Ayako Okada, Hiroaki Tabata, Morio Shoda, Wataru Shoin, Hideki Kobayashi, Takahiro Okano, Koji Yoshie, Ken Kato, Tatsuya Saigusa, Soichiro Ebisawa, Hirohiko Motoki, Koichiro Kuwahara
Investigating the cause of hemolysis in patients supported by a pulsatile ventricular assist device
Takeaki Harada, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Yasuhisa Oishi, Hiromichi Sonoda, Satoshi Kimura, Satoshi Fujita, Tomoki Ushijima, Ryo Kosaka, Koichi Kojima, Akira Shiose
Continuous measurement of surface electrical potentials from transplanted cardiomyocyte tissue derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells under physiological conditions in vivo
Hiroshi Goto, Hyoe Komae, Hidekazu Sekine, Jun Homma, Sunghoon Lee, Tomoyuki Yokota, Katsuhisa Matsuura, Takao Someya, Minoru Ono, Tatsuya Shimizu
Evolution of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension treated by balloon pulmonary angioplasty, according to their anticoagulant regimens
Nobutaka Ikeda, Katsushi Amemiya, Shuji Sato, Raisuke Iijima, Hidehiko Hara, Masato Nakamura