1. Relation of oral 1α-hydroxy vitamin D₃ to the progression of aortic arch calcification in hemodialysis patients

   • Tetsuya Ogawa
   • Hideki Ishida
   • Kosaku Nitta

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 1 - 6

2. Asymptomatic Mongolian middle-aged women with high homocysteine blood level and atherosclerotic disease

   • Khurelbaatar Mungun-Ulzii
   • Nansalmaa Erdenekhuu
   • Song-Lih Huang

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 7 - 13

3. Distribution of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease

   • Kohichiro Iwasaki
   • Takeshi Matsumoto
   • Masanobu Samukawa

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 14 - 18

4. A novel predictor of restenosis and adverse cardiac events: asymmetric dimethylarginine

   • Hasan Ari
   • Selma Ari
   • Tahsin Bozat

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 19 - 26

5. Impact of body mass index on clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Gjin Ndrepepa
   • Dritan Keta
   • Adnan Kastrati

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 27 - 34

6. Ubiquitous atherosclerosis in coronary arteries without angiographically significant stenosis

   • Naoki Ishio
   • Yoshio Kobayashi
   • Issei Komuro

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 35 - 40

7. Antiplatelet effect of 50-mg maintenance dose of clopidogrel compared to 200 mg ticlopidine: a preliminary study

   • Kenichi Fukushima
   • Yoshio Kobayashi
   • Issei Komuro

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 41 - 44

8. Transmitral E/A ratio decreases in association with abdominal fat accumulation in patients with impaired glucose tolerance or mild diabetes without left ventricular hypertrophy

   • Hiromichi Wada
   • Daisuke Shinjo
   • Koji Hasegawa

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 45 - 50

9. Gender differences in the diagnosis and treatment of left ventricular hypertrophy detected by different electrocardiographic criteria. Findings from the SARA study

   • Vivencio Barrios
   • Carlos Escobar
   • Rocio Echarri

   Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 51 - 56

10. Semi-automatic assessment of global left ventricular function and left ventricular parameters with dual-source computed tomography: comparison with invasive angiography

    • Tanja Drosch
    • Ilias Tsiflikas
    • Christof Burgstahler

    Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 57 - 62

11. Efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure on arrhythmias in obstructive sleep apnea patients

    • Hidetoshi Abe
    • Masafumi Takahashi
    • Uichi Ikeda

    Original Article 21 January 2010 Pages: 63 - 69

12. Endovascular treatment of occlusive abdominal aortic thrombosis

    • Cem Alhan
    • Hasan Karabulut
    • Fevzi Toraman

    Case Report 21 January 2010 Pages: 70 - 72

13. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by ventricular septal perforation and septal dissection

    • Giovanni Mariscalco
    • Paolo Cattaneo
    • Andrea Sala

    Case Report 21 January 2010 Pages: 73 - 75