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Heart and Vessels

Issue 3/2017

Content (16 Articles)

Original Article

Coronary plaque rupture with subsequent thrombosis typifies the culprit lesion of non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, not unstable angina: non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome study

Mikumo Sakaguchi, Shoichi Ehara, Takao Hasegawa, Kenji Matsumoto, Satoshi Nishimura, Junichi Yoshikawa, Kenei Shimada

Open Access Original Article

Predictive value of the augmentation index derived vascular age in patients with newly diagnosed atherosclerosis

Stefan Betge, Daniel Kretzschmar, Hans-Reiner Figulla, Michael Lichtenauer, Christian Jung

Original Article

Assessment of vascular autonomic function using peripheral arterial tonometry

Satomi Hamada, Ai Oono, Yuri Ishihara, Yuki Hasegawa, Miho Akaza, Yuki Sumi, Yoshinori Inoue, Hajime Izumiyama, Kenzo Hirao, Mitsuaki Isobe, Tetsuo Sasano

Original Article

Estimated glucose disposal rate and long-term survival in type 2 diabetes after coronary artery bypass grafting

Thomas Nyström, Martin J. Holzmann, Björn Eliasson, Ann-Marie Svensson, Jeanette Kuhl, Ulrik Sartipy

Original Article

Brain natriuretic peptide as a potential novel marker of salt-sensitivity in chronic kidney disease patients without cardiac dysfunction

Mutsuharu Hayashi, Yoshinari Yasuda, Susumu Suzuki, Manaka Tagaya, Takehiro Ito, Tomohito Kamada, Masataka Yoshinaga, Yoshinori Sugishita, Wakaya Fujiwara, Hiroatsu Yokoi, Yukio Ozaki, Hideo Izawa

Original Article

Administration of tolvaptan with reduction of loop diuretics ameliorates congestion with improving renal dysfunction in patients with congestive heart failure and renal dysfunction

Akihisa Hanatani, Atsushi Shibata, Ryouko Kitada, Shinichi Iwata, Yoshiki Matsumura, Atsushi Doi, Kenichi Sugioka, Masahiko Takagi, Minoru Yoshiyama

Original Article

Prognostic value of ankle brachial index for future incident heart failure in patients without previous heart failure: data from the impressive predictive value of ankle brachial index for clinical long term outcome in patients with cardiovascular disease examined by ABI study

Hitoshi Nishimura, Takashi Miura, Masatoshi Minamisawa, Yasushi Ueki, Naoyuki Abe, Naoto Hashizume, Tomoaki Mochidome, Mikiko Harada, Kunihiko Shimizu, Wataru Shoin, Koji Yoshie, Yasutaka Oguchi, Soichiro Ebisawa, Hirohiko Motoki, Atsushi Izawa, Jun Koyama, Uichi Ikeda

Original Article

Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 concentration and angiotensin-(1–7) concentration in patients with acute heart failure patients requiring emergency hospitalization

Shinji Hisatake, Shunsuke Kiuchi, Takayuki Kabuki, Takashi Oka, Shintaro Dobashi, Takanori Ikeda

Original Article

Evaluation of the antithrombotic abilities of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants using the Total Thrombus-formation Analysis System®

Yoshiaki Idemoto, Shin-ichiro Miura, Kenji Norimatsu, Yasunori Suematsu, Yuka Hitaka, Yuhei Shiga, Joji Morii, Satoshi Imaizumi, Takashi Kuwano, Atsushi Iwata, Bo Zhang, Masahiro Ogawa, Keijiro Saku

Original Article

Assessment of atrial fibrillation ablation outcomes with clinic ECG, monthly 24-h Holter ECG, and twice-daily telemonitoring ECG

Takehiro Kimura, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Naomi Kurata, Kazuaki Nakajima, Shin Kashimura, Akira Kunitomi, Takahiko Nishiyama, Yoshinori Katsumata, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kotaro Fukumoto, Yoko Tanimoto, Keiichi Fukuda, Seiji Takatsuki

Open Access Original Article

Dabigatran exhibits low intensity of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation as compared with warfarin

Tetsuya Watanabe, Yukinori Shinoda, Kuniyasu Ikeoka, Hirooki Inui, Hidetada Fukuoka, Akihiro Sunaga, Takashi Kanda, Masaaki Uematsu, Shiro Hoshida

Open Access Original Article

Risk factors associated with bleeding after multi antithrombotic therapy during implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices

Kohei Ishibashi, Koji Miyamoto, Tsukasa Kamakura, Mitsuru Wada, Ikutaro Nakajima, Yuko Inoue, Hideo Okamura, Takashi Noda, Takeshi Aiba, Shiro Kamakura, Wataru Shimizu, Satoshi Yasuda, Takashi Akasaka, Kengo Kusano

Original Article

The utility of T-wave alternans during the morning in the summer for the risk stratification of patients with Brugada syndrome

Shogo Sakamoto, Masahiko Takagi, Jun Kakihara, Yusuke Hayashi, Atsushi Doi, Kenichi Sugioka, Minoru Yoshiyama

Original Article

T wave amplitude in lead aVR as a novel diagnostic marker for cardiac sarcoidosis

Yoshihiro Tanaka, Tetsuo Konno, Shohei Yoshida, Toyonobu Tsuda, Kenji Sakata, Hiroshi Furusho, Masayuki Takamura, Kenichi Yoshimura, Masakazu Yamagishi, Kenshi Hayashi