Issue 1/2015
Content (18 Articles)
Role of non-electrocardiogram-gated contrast-enhanced computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome
Yoshinori Mano, Toshihisa Anzai, Akihiro Yoshizawa, Yuji Itabashi, Takahiro Ohki
Association of atherosclerosis-related markers and its relationship to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids levels with a prevalence of coronary artery disease in an urban area in Japan
Shigemasa Tani, Ken Nagao, Atsushi Hirayama
Platelet–larger cell ratio and the risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary revascularization
Monica Verdoia, Lucia Barbieri, Alon Schaffer, Ettore Cassetti, Paolo Marino, Giorgio Bellomo, Fabiola Sinigaglia, Giuseppe De Luca
Evaluation of coronary artery disease and cardiac morphology and function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, using cardiac computed tomography
Satoshi Okayama, Tsunenari Soeda, Rika Kawakami, Yasuhiro Takami, Satoshi Somekawa, Tomoya Ueda, Yu Sugawara, Takaki Matsumoto, Ji Hee Sung, Taku Nishida, Shiro Uemura, Yoshihiko Saito
Comparison of the effects of pitavastatin versus pravastatin on coronary artery plaque phenotype assessed by tissue characterization using serial virtual histology intravascular ultrasound
Tsuyoshi Nozue, Shingo Yamamoto, Shinichi Tohyama, Kazuki Fukui, Shigeo Umezawa, Yuko Onishi, Tomoyuki Kunishima, Akira Sato, Toshihiro Nozato, Shogo Miyake, Youichi Takeyama, Yoshihiro Morino, Takao Yamauchi, Toshiya Muramatsu, Kiyoshi Hibi, Mitsuyasu Terashima, Ichiro Michishita
Resting qualitative and quantitative myocardial contrast echocardiography to predict cardiac events in patients with acute myocardial infarction and percutaneous revascularization
Sahar S. Abdelmoneim, Matthew W. Martinez, Sunil V. Mankad, Mathieu Bernier, Abhijeet Dhoble, Patricia A. Pellikka, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Jae K. Oh, Sharon L. Mulvagh
Increased systemic cardiac output improves arterial oxygen saturation in bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt
Norihiko Oka, Kagami Miyaji, Tadashi Kitamura, Keiichi Itatani, Takeshi Yoshii, Nobuyuki Inoue, Takuma Fukunishi, Ko Shibata, Shinzo Torii
Continuous positive airway pressure treatment improves cardiovascular outcomes in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnea
Yosuke Nishihata, Yoshifumi Takata, Yasuhiro Usui, Kota Kato, Tasuku Yamaguchi, Kazuki Shiina, Akira Yamashina
The clinical characteristics of sudden cardiac arrest in asymptomatic patients with congenital heart disease
Aya Miyazaki, Heima Sakaguchi, Hideo Ohuchi, Kenji Yasuda, Nobuyuki Tsujii, Michio Matsuoka, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Satoshi Yazaki, Etsuko Tsuda, Osamu Yamada
Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease
Midori Hasegawa, Junichi Ishii, Fumihiko Kitagawa, Kazuo Takahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Shigehisa Koide, Makoto Tomita, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yukio Ozaki, Yukio Yuzawa
Fasudil improves short-term echocardiographic parameters of diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: a pilot study
Rong Guo, Yang Su, Jing Yan, Hui Sun, Jiakang Wu, Weijing Liu, Yawei Xu
Electrocardiographic J waves are associated with right ventricular morphology and function: evaluation by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Takahiro Takeuchi, Takeshi Tomita, Kouji Yoshie, Hirohumi Hioki, Yasutaka Oguchi, Takashi Miura, Souichirou Ebisawa, Hirohiko Motoki, Ayako Okada, Kazunori Aizawa, Atsushi Izawa, Yusuke Miyashita, Jun Koyama, Uichi Ikeda
Effect of the Kv1.3 voltage-gated potassium channel blocker PAP-1 on the initiation and progress of atherosclerosis in a rat model
Xiaofen Wu, Rende Xu, Ming Cao, Lei Ruan, Xingfen Wang, Cuntai Zhang
Impact of lysophosphatidylcholine on survival and function of UEA-1+acLDL+ endothelial progenitor cells in patients with coronary artery disease
Seong Hun Hong, Hyun Hee Jang, So Ra Lee, Kyung Hye Lee, Jong Shin Woo, Jin Bae Kim, Woo-Shik Kim, Byung Il Min, Ki Ho Cho, Kwon Sam Kim, Xianwu Cheng, Weon Kim
Nucleotide differences of coxsackievirus B3 and chronic myocarditis
Chiharu Kishimoto, Nami Takamatsu, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kagemasa Kuribayashi
Natural history of low-intensity neointimal tissue after an everolimus-eluting stent implantation: a serial observation with optical coherence tomography
Masahiko Shibuya, Kenichi Fujii, Masashi Fukunaga, Takahiro Imanaka, Kojiro Miki, Hiroto Tamaru, Mitsumasa Ohyanagi, Tohru Masuyama
Aneurysmal aorto-left ventricular tunnel causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, associated with bicuspid aortic valve
Rodica Toganel, Theodora Benedek, Carmen Suteu, Imre Benedek
Association of intramural fat deposition in the interatrial septum with focal atrial tachyarrhythmias originating near the atrioventricular node
Shingo Maeda, Takeshi Sasaki, Yasuhiro Shirai, Kensuke Ihara, Mihoko Kawabata, Yasuhiro Yokoyama, Saman Nazarian, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Kenzo Hirao