1. Clinical impact of the gap-angle ratio in patients with ostial lesions of the right coronary artery undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Koichi Ohashi
   • Daisuke Abe
   • Kou Suzuki

   Original Article 26 April 2019 Pages: 1717 - 1727

   

2. Real-world use of intravascular ultrasound in Japan: a report from contemporary multicenter PCI registry

   • Toshiki Kuno
   • Yohei Numasawa
   • Shun Kohsaka

   Original Article 25 May 2019 Pages: 1728 - 1739

   

3. Efficacy and safety of endovascular therapy by diluted contrast digital subtraction angiography in patients with chronic kidney disease

   • Naoki Hayakawa
   • Satoshi Kodera
   • Junji Kanda

   Original Article 15 April 2019 Pages: 1740 - 1747

   

4. Is systolic blood pressure high in patients with acute aortic dissection on first medical contact before hospital transfer?

   • Koichi Akutsu
   • Hideaki Yoshino
   • Tokyo CCU Network and Tokyo Acute Aortic Super Network

   Original Article 06 May 2019 Pages: 1748 - 1757

   

5. Randomized control trial comparing the effect of cilostazol and aspirin on changes in carotid intima-medial thickness

   • Sangmo Hong
   • Munsuk Nam
   • Yongsoo Park

   Original Article 06 May 2019 Pages: 1758 - 1768

   

6. Prolonged total atrial conduction time evaluated with tissue Doppler imaging predicts poor cardiac prognosis in patients with heart failure

   • Gensai Yamaura
   • Tetsu Watanabe
   • Masafumi Watanabe

   Original Article 26 April 2019 Pages: 1769 - 1776

   

7. Length of hospital stay and its impact on subsequent early readmission in patients with acute heart failure: a report from the WET-HF Registry

   • Hidenori Moriyama
   • Takashi Kohno
   • West Tokyo Heart Failure Registry Investigators

   Original Article 27 May 2019 Pages: 1777 - 1788

   

8. Risk classification of pulmonary arterial hypertension by echocardiographic combined assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance and right ventricular function

   • Mina Kawamukai
   • Akiyoshi Hashimoto
   • Tetsuji Miura

   Original Article 22 May 2019 Pages: 1789 - 1800

   

9. Relationship between sleep disordered breathing and heart rate turbulence in non-obese subjects

   • Takashi Kikuchi
   • Takatoshi Kasai
   • Sugao Ishiwata

   Original Article 20 May 2019 Pages: 1801 - 1810

   

10. Impact of chronic kidney disease on recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias in ICD recipients

    • Kathrin Weidner
    • Michael Behnes
    • Ibrahim Akin

    Original Article 10 May 2019 Pages: 1811 - 1822

    

11. Habitual coffee intake reduces all-cause mortality by decreasing heart rate

    • Yume Nohara-Shitama
    • Hisashi Adachi
    • Yoshihiro Fukumoto

    Original Article 06 May 2019 Pages: 1823 - 1829

    

12. The association between left atrial stiffness and low-voltage areas of left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation

    • Hideyuki Kishima
    • Takanao Mine
    • Masaharu Ishihara

    Original Article 02 May 2019 Pages: 1830 - 1838

    

13. Clinical risk factors of stroke and major bleeding in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation under rivaroxaban: the EXPAND Study sub-analysis

    • Ichiro Sakuma
    • Shinichiro Uchiyama
    • Hiroaki Shimokawa

    Original Article Open access 24 May 2019 Pages: 1839 - 1851

    

14. Correction to: Clinical risk factors of stroke and major bleeding in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation under rivaroxaban: the EXPAND Study sub-analysis

    • Ichiro Sakuma
    • Shinichiro Uchiyama
    • Hiroaki Shimokawa

    Correction Open access 02 August 2019 Pages: 1852 - 1857

    

15. Efficacy and safety of left atrial appendage closure in non-valvular atrial fibrillation in patients over 75 years

    • Jiangtao Yu
    • Hongwu Chen
    • Lisheng Jiang

    Original Article 29 May 2019 Pages: 1858 - 1865

    

16. Residual pulmonary hypertension is associated with clinical outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism

    • Tatsuro Ibe
    • Hiroshi Wada
    • Hideo Fujita

    Original Article 02 May 2019 Pages: 1866 - 1873

    

17. YKL-40 promotes the progress of atherosclerosis independent of lipid metabolism in apolipoprotein E^−/− mice fed a high-fat diet

    • Lei Chen
    • Jianlei Zheng
    • Yan Zhao

    Original Article 21 May 2019 Pages: 1874 - 1881

    

18. Integrative analysis of transcriptome-wide association study data and mRNA expression profiles identified candidate genes and pathways associated with atrial fibrillation

    • Lu Zhang
    • Li Liu
    • Feng Zhang

    Original Article 07 May 2019 Pages: 1882 - 1888

19. Myocardial T1 values in healthy volunteers measured with saturation method using adaptive recovery times for T1 mapping (SMART1Map) at 1.5 T and 3 T

    • Shunsuke Matsumoto
    • Shigeo Okuda
    • Masahiro Jinzaki

    Short Communication 11 April 2019 Pages: 1889 - 1894

    

20. How to predict response to adaptive servo-ventilation therapy?

    • Teruhiko Imamura

    Letter 09 April 2019 Pages: 1895 - 1896

    

21. Assessment of pulmonary congestion is of prime importance

    • Go Hiasa
    • Hideki Okayama
    • Yukio Kazatani

    Letter 09 April 2019 Pages: 1897 - 1897