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Heart and Vessels

Issue 3/2016

Content (20 Articles)

Original Article

Influence of dual antiplatelet therapy on mean platelet volume in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Tadanao Higaki, Satoshi Kurisu, Noriaki Watanabe, Hiroki Ikenaga, Takashi Shimonaga, Toshitaka Iwasaki, Naoya Mitsuba, Ken Ishibashi, Yoshihiro Dohi, Yukihiro Fukuda, Yasuki Kihara

Original Article

Assessment of risk factors and left ventricular function in patients with slow coronary flow

Yuling Li, Yonghuai Wang, Dalin Jia, Yan Lv, Yan Zhang, Zhengyu Guan, Chunyan Ma

Original Article

Admission glucose and left ventricular systolic function in non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction

Joanna Gierach, Marcin Gierach, Iwona Świątkiewicz, Marek Woźnicki, Grzegorz Grześk, Adam Sukiennik, Marek Koziñski, Jacek Kubica

Original Article

DK mini-culotte stenting in the treatment of true coronary bifurcation lesions: a propensity score matching comparison with T-provisional stenting

Lin Fan, Lianglong Chen, Yukun Luo, Linlin Zhang, Wenliang Zhong, Chaogui Lin, Zhaoyang Chen, Yafei Peng, Xingchun Zhen, Xianfeng Dong

Original Article

Gender differences in sensitivity of acetylcholine and ergonovine to coronary spasm provocation test

Shozo Sueda, Toru Miyoshi, Ysuhiro Sasaki, Tomoki Sakaue, Hirokazu Habara, Hiroaki Kohno

Original Article

Influence of hemodialysis duration on mid-term clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients with coronary artery disease after drug-eluting stent implantation

Norihiro Kobayashi, Toshiya Muramatsu, Reiko Tsukahara, Yoshiaki Ito, Hiroshi Ishimori, Keisuke Hirano, Masatsugu Nakano, Masahiro Yamawaki, Motoharu Araki, Hideyuki Takimura, Yasunari Sakamoto

Original Article

Clinical characteristics and intravascular ultrasound findings of culprit lesions in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome

Yuji Ogura, Kenichi Tsujita, Hideki Shimomura, Kenshi Yamanaga, Naohiro Komura, Takashi Miyazaki, Masanobu Ishii, Noriaki Tabata, Tomonori Akasaka, Yuichiro Arima, Kenji Sakamoto, Sunao Kojima, Sunao Nakamura, Koichi Kaikita, Seiji Hokimoto, Hisao Ogawa

Original Article

Extracellular matrix turnover in coronary artery ectasia patients

Ruifeng Liu, Lianfeng Chen, Wei Wu, Houzao Chen, Shuyang Zhang

Original Article

Non-invasive one-point carotid wave intensity in a large group of healthy subjects

Olga Vriz, Concetta Zito, Vitantonio di Bello, Salvatore La Carrubba, Caterina Driussi, Scipione Carerj, Eduardo Bossone, Francesco Antonini-Canterin

Original Article

Sources of variation in assessing left atrial functions by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography

Roxana Cristina Rimbaş, Sorina Mihăilă, Dragoş Vinereanu

Original Article

Effect of serum uric acid on the positive predictive value of dobutamine stress echocardiography

Alpay Aribas, Hakan Akilli, Mehmet Kayrak, Hayrudin Alibasic, Oguzhan Yildirim, Ahmet Lutfi Sertdemir, Mustafa Karanfil, Kurtulus Ozdemir

Original Article

Results of “elephant trunk” total aortic arch replacement using a multi-branched, collared graft prosthesis

Stefan R.B. Schneider, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Ali Akil, Dominik Schlarb, Guiseppe Panuccio, Sven Martens, Andreas Rukosujew

Original Article

Influence of the concomitant use of heparin on the effects of warfarin during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Keiichi Inada, Seiichiro Matsuo, Ken-ichi Tokutake, Ken-ichi Yokoyama, Mika Hioki, Ryohsuke Narui, Keiichi Ito, Shin-ichi Tanigawa, Seigo Yamashita, Michifumi Tokuda, Kenri Shibayama, Satoru Miyanaga, Ken-ichi Sugimoto, Michihiro Yoshimura, Teiichi Yamane

Original Article

Beneficial effects of losartan for prevention of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with sick sinus syndrome: analysis with memory function of pacemaker

Eiichi Takii, Tomohito Inage, Teruhisa Yoshida, Masatsugu Ohe, Takeki Gondo, Go Haraguchi, Shogo Ito, Jun Kumanomido, Tsutomu Imaizumi, Yoshihiro Fukuomoto

Original Article

Increased prevalence of early repolarization in electrocardiograms of psoriatic patients

Mario Mastrolonardo, Girolamo D’Arienzo, Massimo Grimaldi, Marica Caivano, Domenico Bonamonte, Matteo Di Biase, Natale Daniele Brunetti

Original Article

Correlations of the changes in bioptic findings with echocardiographic, clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy

Jan Krejci, Petr Hude, Hana Poloczkova, Vita Zampachova, Radka Stepanova, Tomas Freiberger, Eva Nemcova, Lenka Spinarova

Original Article

Immediate outcome after sutureless versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Fausto Biancari, Marco Barbanti, Giuseppe Santarpino, Wanda Deste, Corrado Tamburino, Simona Gulino, Sebastiano Immè, Emanuela Di Simone, Denise Todaro, Francesco Pollari, Theodor Fischlein, Keiichiro Kasama, Bart Meuris, Magnus Dalén, Ulrik Sartipy, Peter Svenarud, Jarmo Lahtinen, Jouni Heikkinen, Tatu Juvonen, Giuseppe Gatti, Aniello Pappalardo, Carmelo Mignosa, Antonino S. Rubino

Case Report

Preventable effects of bare-metal stent on restenosis after everolimus-eluting stent deployment

Akihiro Shirakabe, Masamichi Takano, Masanori Yamamoto, Osamu Kurihara, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Masato Matsushita, Masafumi Tsurumi, Hirotake Okazaki, Noritake Hata, Wataru Shimizu

Case Report

Phrenic nerve protection via packing of gauze into the pericardial space during ablation of cristal atrial tachycardia in a child

Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tai Fuchigami, Taisuke Nabeshima, Arata Sashinami, Mami Nakayashiro