1. Differences of side branch jailing between left main–left anterior descending artery stenting and left main–left circumflex artery stenting with Nobori biolimus-eluting stent

   • Fumiaki Nakao
   • Takayuki Okamura
   • Masafumi Yano

   Original Article 15 February 2016 Pages: 1895 - 1903

   

2. A simple and rapid method for identification of lesions at high risk for the no-reflow phenomenon immediately before elective coronary stent implantation

   • Akira Suda
   • Shigeto Namiuchi
   • Hiroaki Shimokawa

   Original Article 02 March 2016 Pages: 1904 - 1914

   

3. New insights into spotty calcification and plaque rupture in acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study

   • Mikumo Sakaguchi
   • Takao Hasegawa
   • Minoru Yoshiyama

   Original Article 05 March 2016 Pages: 1915 - 1922

   

4. Lipoprotein(a) levels predict adverse vascular events after acute myocardial infarction

   • Takayuki Mitsuda
   • Yusuke Uemura
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   Original Article 02 March 2016 Pages: 1923 - 1929

   

5. Comparison of first- and second-generation drug-eluting stent efficacies for treating left main and/or three-vessel disease: a propensity matched study

   • Norihiro Kobayashi
   • Yoshiaki Ito
   • Toshiya Muramatsu

   Original Article 02 March 2016 Pages: 1930 - 1942

   

6. Moderate vasomotor response to acetylcholine provocation test as an indicator of long-term prognosis

   • Masahiro Hoshino
   • Taishi Yonetsu
   • Yuji Hashimoto

   Original Article 11 March 2016 Pages: 1943 - 1949

   

7. Is cardiac and hepatic iron status assessed by MRI T2* associated with left ventricular function in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy?

   • Yumiko Kanzaki
   • Masako Yuki
   • Nobukazu Ishizaka

   Original Article 20 February 2016 Pages: 1950 - 1959

   

8. Clinical significance of endomyocardial biopsy in conjunction with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to predict left ventricular reverse remodeling in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Shunsuke Ishii
   • Takayuki Inomata
   • Junya Ako

   Original Article 26 February 2016 Pages: 1960 - 1968

   

9. Late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance predicts coronary vasomotor abnormality and myocardial lactate production in patients with chronic heart failure

   • Tomoaki Uemura
   • Megumi Yamamuro
   • Hisao Ogawa

   Original Article Open access 18 February 2016 Pages: 1969 - 1979

   

10. Renal function on admission modifies prognostic impact of diuretics in acute heart failure: a propensity score matched and interaction analysis

    • Yuya Matsue
    • Atsushi Shiraishi
    • Yuji Hashimoto

    Original Article 18 February 2016 Pages: 1980 - 1987

    

11. Impact of left ventricular systolic dysfunction on the outcomes of percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using MitraClip

    • Hidehiro Kaneko
    • Michael Neuss
    • Christian Butter

    Original Article 11 March 2016 Pages: 1988 - 1996

    

12. Hemodynamic response during standing test after blood donation can predict the late phase vasovagal reaction

    • Masayoshi Yoshida
    • Shin-ichi Ando
    • Hiroyuki Kiyokawa

    Original Article 16 April 2016 Pages: 1997 - 2003

    

13. Relationship between HRV measurements and demographic and clinical variables in a population of patients with atrial fibrillation

    • Carmelo Buttà
    • Antonino Tuttolomondo
    • Antonio Pinto

    Original Article 03 March 2016 Pages: 2004 - 2013

14. Filling defects of the left atrial appendage on multidetector computed tomography: their disappearance following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and the detection of LAA thrombi by MDCT

    • Mika Hioki
    • Seiichiro Matsuo
    • Teiichi Yamane

    Original Article 02 March 2016 Pages: 2014 - 2024

    

15. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: the Fushimi AF Registry

    • Yugo Yamashita
    • Daisuke Takagi
    • Masaharu Akao

    Original Article 14 March 2016 Pages: 2025 - 2034

    

16. Insight into specific pro-arrhythmic triggers in Brugada and early repolarization syndromes: results of long-term follow-up

    • Ahmed Karim Talib
    • Nobuyuki Sato
    • Naoyuki Hasebe

    Original Article 11 March 2016 Pages: 2035 - 2044

    

17. Comparison of anti-anginal effect of cilnidipine with those of nicardipine and nifedipine in the vasopressin-induced angina model of rats

    • Xin Cao
    • Yuji Nakamura
    • Atsushi Sugiyama

    Original Article 18 May 2016 Pages: 2045 - 2052

    

18. Effect of irbesartan on development of atrial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation in a canine atrial tachycardia model with left ventricular dysfunction, association with p53

    • Naoya Kataoka
    • Kunihiro Nishida
    • Koichiro Kinugawa

    Original Article 28 May 2016 Pages: 2053 - 2060

    

19. iMAP™ imaging of tumorous lesions surrounding the coronary arteries in a patient with an elevated serum level of immunoglobulin G4

    • Shigenori Ito
    • Takahiro Hasuo
    • Yuki Nimura

    Case Report 02 June 2016 Pages: 2061 - 2067

    

20. Pathological autopsy of a patient that underwent a successful ablation of an electrical storm from the left ventricular summit

    • Yuichi Hori
    • Shiro Nakahara
    • Isao Taguchi

    Case Report 13 May 2016 Pages: 2068 - 2073

    

21. Iron is associated with the development of hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling in mice

    • Yoshiro Naito
    • Manami Hosokawa
    • Tohru Masuyama

    Short Communication 16 June 2016 Pages: 2074 - 2079

    

22. RETRACTED ARTICLE: TIEG1 suppression enhances the therapeutic efficacy of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in myocardial infarct repair

    • Guofan Chen
    • Changfu Xu
    • Mingqiu Cen

    Original Article 01 August 2016 Pages: 2080 - 2080

23. Acknowledgment to reviewers

    Acknowledgment 24 November 2016 Pages: 2081 - 2084