1. Relationships between more than 90% coronary luminal narrowing induced by ergonovine provocation test and ECG ischemic change as well as chest symptoms

   • Shozo Sueda
   • Hiroaki Kohno

   Original Article 14 August 2017 Pages: 95 - 101

   

2. Association between discordance of LDL-C and non-HDL-C and clinical outcomes in patients with stent implantation: from the FU-Registry

   • Michiyo Shiiba
   • Bo Zhang
   • Keijiro Saku

   Original Article 16 August 2017 Pages: 102 - 112

   

3. Double versus single source left-sided coronary revascularization using bilateral internal thoracic artery graft alone

   • Giuseppe Gatti
   • Gianluca Castaldi
   • Aniello Pappalardo

   Original Article 11 August 2017 Pages: 113 - 125

   

4. Impact of pharmacological spasm provocation test in patients with a history of syncope

   • Shozo Sueda
   • Hiroaki Kohno

   Original Article 13 September 2017 Pages: 126 - 133

   

5. The prognostic impact of malnutrition in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure, as assessed using the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score

   • Akihiro Shirakabe
   • Noritake Hata
   • Wataru Shimizu

   Original Article 12 August 2017 Pages: 134 - 144

   

6. Efficacy and safety of the early use of V2 receptor antagonists in elderly patients with decompensated heart failure

   • Ryuichi Matsukawa
   • Toru Kubota
   • Hiroshi Meno

   Original Article 16 August 2017 Pages: 145 - 154

   

7. Three nights leg thermal therapy could improve sleep quality in patients with chronic heart failure

   • Hiroyuki Sawatari
   • Mari K. Nishizaka
   • Akiko Chishaki

   Original Article 13 September 2017 Pages: 155 - 162

   

8. Favorable effects of early tolvaptan administration in very elderly patients after repeat hospitalizations for acute decompensated heart failure

   • Masaki Kinoshita
   • Hideki Okayama
   • Yukio Kazatani

   Original Article 09 September 2017 Pages: 163 - 169

   

9. Right ventricular involvement evaluated by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging predicts mortality in patients with light chain amyloidosis

   • Ke Wan
   • Jiayu Sun
   • Yucheng Chen

   Original Article Open access 24 August 2017 Pages: 170 - 179

   

10. Prognostic value of selected echocardiographic, impedance cardiographic, and hemodynamic parameters determined during right heart catheterization in patients qualified for heart transplantation

    • Wojciech Gilewski
    • Jarosław Pietrzak
    • Władysław Sinkiewicz

    Original Article 22 September 2017 Pages: 180 - 190

    

11. Relationship between matrix metalloproteinase-3 serum level and pulmonary artery systolic pressure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    • Tetsuro Sugiura
    • Mikio Kamioka
    • Yoshihisa Matsumura

    Original Article 21 August 2017 Pages: 191 - 197

    

12. Specific periodontopathic bacterial infection affects hypertension in male cardiovascular disease patients

    • Norio Aoyama
    • Jun-ichi Suzuki
    • Mitsuaki Isobe

    Original Article 12 August 2017 Pages: 198 - 204

    

13. Shocks after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in idiopathic cardiomyopathy patients: a myocardial biopsy study

    • Erdal Safak
    • Giuseppe D´Ancona
    • Jasmin Ortak

    Original Article 14 August 2017 Pages: 205 - 211