1. Prospective randomized trial comparing a nitinol self-expanding coronary stent with low-pressure dilatation and a high-pressure balloon expandable bare metal stent

   • Shinichiro Tanaka
   • Sachiro Watanabe
   • Hisayoshi Fujiwara

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 1 - 8

2. Insulin resistance functionally limits endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation in nondiabetic patients

   • Noriyuki Fujii
   • Kazufumi Tsuchihashi
   • Kazuaki Shimamoto

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 9 - 15

3. Noninvasively assessed pulsatility of ascending aortic pressure waveform is associated with the presence of coronary artery narrowing

   • Andrzej Wykretowicz
   • Lidia Metzler
   • Henryk Wysocki

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 16 - 19

4. Cardiovascular impact of exercise and drug therapy in older hypertensives with coronary heart disease: PREHACOR study

   • Jean-Jacques Mourad
   • Nicolas Danchin
   • Hirofumi Tanaka

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 20 - 25

5. Anomalous coronary arteries in adults detected by multislice computed tomography: presentation of cases from multicenter registry and review of the literature

   • Sei Komatsu
   • Yuichi Sato
   • Kazuhisa Kodama

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 26 - 34

6. Therapy with statins and aspirin enhances long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Naozumi Kubota
   • Takatoshi Kasai
   • Hiroyuki Daida

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 35 - 39

7. Detection of coronary artery stenosis after successful percutaneous coronary intervention by dipyridamole stress portable type signal-averaged electrocardiography: a prospective study

   • Masatsugu Ohe
   • Teruhisa Yoshida
   • Tsutomu Imaizumi

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 40 - 46

8. Relationship of the percentage of circulating endothelial progenitor cell to the severity of coronary artery disease

   • Mien-Cheng Chen
   • Chien-Jen Chen
   • Hsueh-Wen Chang

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 47 - 52

9. Analysis of heart rate variability as an index of noncardiac surgical stress

   • Takafumi Ushiyama
   • Katsufumi Mizushige
   • Yasuyuki Suzuki

   Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 53 - 59

10. Velocity profile and wall shear stress of saccular aneurysms at the anterior communicating artery

    • Ryuhei Yamaguchi
    • Hiroshi Ujiie
    • Tomokatsu Hori

    Original Article 05 March 2008 Pages: 60 - 66

11. Coronary myocardial bridge: an innocent bystander?

    • Robert F. Bonvini
    • Jasmina Alibegovic
    • Ulrich Sigwart

    Case Report 05 March 2008 Pages: 67 - 70

12. Sudden death due to aortic rupture in acromegaly

    • Pietro Maffei
    • Carla Menegazzo
    • Nicola Sicolo

    Case Report 05 March 2008 Pages: 71 - 74