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Heart and Vessels

Issue 4/2003

Content (12 Articles)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Masakazu Teragaki, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Kazuhide Takeuchi, Minoru Yoshiyama, Kaname Akioka, Junichi Yoshikawa

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The role of inflammation markers in triggering acute coronary events

Mehmet TokaÇ, Ali Özeren, Murad Aktan, BÜlent B. Altunkeser, KurtuluŞ Özdemir, Akif DÜzenli, Hasan GÖk

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

High plasma level of asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with acutely exacerbated congestive heart failure: role in reduction of plasma nitric oxide level

Masayuki Saitoh, Tomohiro Osanai, Takaatsu Kamada, Toshiro Matsunaga, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Hiroyuki Hanada, Ken Okumura

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

C-reactive protein-induced production of interleukin-18 in human endothelial cells: a mechanism of orchestrating cytokine cascade in acute coronary syndrome

Minako Yamaoka-Tojo, Taiki Tojo, Takashi Masuda, Yoji Machida, Yoshikazu Kitano, Toshirou Kurosawa, Tohru Izumi

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Metoprolol, a Β-1 selective blocker, can be used safely in coronary artery disease patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ahmet Çamsarı, Serpil Arıkan, Candan Avan, Deniz Kaya, Hasan Pekdemir, Dilek ÇiÇek, Ahmet Kıykım, Kerem Sezer, Necdet AkkuŞ, Mehmet Alkan, Sinan Aydogˇdu

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Changes in the peripheral eosinophil count in patients with acute eosinophilic myocarditis

Shin-ichiro Morimoto, Natsuko Kubo, Shinya Hiramitsu, Akihisa Uemura, Masatsugu Ohtsuki, Shigeru Kato, Yasuchika Kato, Atsushi Sugiura, Kenji Miyagishima, Nami Mori, Yukihiko Yoshida, Hitoshi Hishida

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Thrombus removal with a temporary vena caval filter in patients with acute proximal deep vein thrombosis

Manabu Noguchi, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Ichiro Sakamoto, Satoru Nakamura, Shiro Yamachika, Shiro Hazama, Miyoko Iwamatsu, Yoichi Hisada, Kenta Izumi, Kazuyoshi Tanigawa

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Wave intensity analysis from the common carotid artery: a new noninvasive index of cerebral vasomotor tone

Robert A. Bleasdale, Catherine E. Mumford, Ross I. Campbell, Alan G. Fraser, Christopher J.H. Jones, Michael P. Frenneaux

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Effects of cobalt-60 Γ-radiation on the synthesis of adrenomedullin and endothelin in rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Guangzhen Zhong, Fengrong Chen, Dingfang Bu, Juxiang Li, Yongfen Qi, Dadi Niu, Shuheng Wang, Yongzheng Pang, Chaoshu Tang

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The morphological significance of the human sinuatrial nodal branch (artery)

Tomokazu Kawashima, Hiroshi Sasaki

CASE REPORT

Complications of pulmonary vein isolation by catheter ablation evaluated by ECG-gated multislice computed tomography

Nobusada Funabashi, Masayori Yonezawa, Yoshito Iesaka, Hideo Umekita, Noriyuki Yanagawa, Yasunori Matsumoto, Katsuya Yoshida, Issei Komuro

GRAPHIC REPORT

Regression of an atherosclerotic coronary artery plaque demonstrated by multislice spiral computed tomography in a patient with stable angina pectoris

Yuichi Sato, Fumio Inoue, Akihiro Yoshimura, Takahiro Fukui, Takako Imazeki, Masahiko Kato, Hideki Ono, Shunichi Yoda, Masayasu Mitsui, Naoya Matsumoto, Satoru Furuhashi, Motoichiro Takahashi, Katsuo Kanmatsuse