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Heart and Vessels

Issue 3/2018

Content (12 Articles)

Original Article

Ketamine and midazolam differently impact post-intubation hemodynamic profile when used as induction agents during emergency airway management in hemodynamically stable patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction

Marco Zuin, Gianluca Rigatelli, Fabio Dell’Avvocata, Giuseppe Faggian, Luca Conte, Sara Giatti, Flavio Michielan, Loris Roncon

Original Article

Determinants of slow flow following stent implantation in intravascular ultrasound-guided primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Yusuke Watanabe, Kenichi Sakakura, Yousuke Taniguchi, Kei Yamamoto, Hiroshi Wada, Hideo Fujita, Shin-ichi Momomura

Original Article

Stent unzipping using an ultra-high-pressure balloon: in vitro and animal experiments

Kazuto Fujimoto, Takanari Fujii, Yoshihito Hata, Suguru Tarui, Yoshinori Miyahara, Kozo Ishino, Hideshi Tomita

Original Article

Chronic phase improvements in electrocardiographic and echocardiographic manifestations of left ventricular hypertrophy after alcohol septal ablation for drug-refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Junya Matsuda, Mitsunobu Kitamura, Morimasa Takayama, Yoichi Imori, Junsuke Shibuya, Yoshiaki Kubota, Hideto Sangen, Shunichi Nakamura, Hitoshi Takano, Kuniya Asai, Wataru Shimizu

Open Access Original Article

Plasma l-arginine levels distinguish pulmonary arterial hypertension from left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Anna Sandqvist, Jörn Schneede, David Kylhammar, Dan Henrohn, Jakob Lundgren, Mikael Hedeland, Ulf Bondesson, Göran Rådegran, Gerhard Wikström

Original Article

Prognostic benefit of maintaining the hemoglobin level during the acute phase in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure

Akihiro Shirakabe, Noritake Hata, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Hirotake Okazaki, Masato Matsushita, Yusaku Shibata, Suguru Nishigoori, Saori Uchiyama, Kuniya Asai, Wataru Shimizu

Original Article

Pulse wave travel distance as a novel marker of ventricular-arterial coupling

Yurie Obata, Pavel Ruzankin, Allan Gottschalk, Daniel Nyhan, Dan E. Berkowitz, Jochen Steppan, Viachaslau Barodka

Original Article

Correlation between endothelial dysfunction and myocardial damage in acute phase of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: brachial flow mediated dilation as a potential marker for assessment of patient with Tako-Tsubo

Rosa Carbonara, Francesco Giardinelli, Martino Pepe, Giovanni Luzzi, Immacolata Panettieri, Vito Vulpis, Alessandro Santo Bortone, Marco Matteo Ciccone

Original Article

Impact of simple electrocardiographic markers as predictors for deterioration of left ventricular function in patients with frequent right ventricular apical pacing

Yusuke Hayashi, Masahiko Takagi, Jun Kakihara, Shogo Sakamoto, Hiroaki Tatsumi, Atsushi Doi, Shinichi Iwata, Kenichi Sugioka, Minoru Yoshiyama

Original Article

High incidence of progressive stenosis in aberrant left subclavian artery with right aortic arch

Mamoru Muraoka, Hazumu Nagata, Yuichiro Hirata, Kiyoshi Uike, Eiko Terashi, Eiji Morihana, Masayuki Ochiai, Yasuyuki Fujita, Kiyoko Kato, Kenichiro Yamamura, Shouichi Ohga

Original Article

Polyamine concentration is increased in thoracic ascending aorta of patients with bicuspid aortic valve

Amalia Forte, Mario Grossi, Ciro Bancone, Marilena Cipollaro, Marisa De Feo, Per Hellstrand, Lo Persson, Bengt-Olof Nilsson, Alessandro Della Corte