Flow cytometric characterization of the saphenous veins endothelial cells in patients with chronic venous disease and in patients undergoing bypass surgery: an exploratory study Cláudia TorresRui MachadoMargarida Lima Original Article 21 June 2019 Pages: 1 - 13
Is there really a benefit of using minimized cardiopulmonary bypass in CABG? A retrospective propensity score-matched study with 5000 cases Zdenek ProvaznikFlorian ZemanBernhard Floerchinger Original Article 24 June 2019 Pages: 14 - 21
Effect of cigarette smoking on carotid artery atherosclerosis: a community-based cohort study Hiroyuki KiriyamaHidehiro KanekoIssei Komuro Original Article 20 June 2019 Pages: 22 - 29
Lack of implementation of guidelines recommendations for coronary revascularization in stable patients with complex disease is associated with high rates of incomplete revascularization Marcello MarinoSergio LeonardiStefano De Servi Original Article 20 June 2019 Pages: 30 - 37
Optical coherence tomography characteristics of in-stent restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation: a novel classification and its clinical significance Wataru YamamotoKenichi FujiiYorihiko Higashino Original Article 27 June 2019 Pages: 38 - 45
C1 esterase inhibitor in pediatric cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass plays a vital role in activation of the complement system Takashi MiyamotoShinichi OzakiNaoki Matsumoto Original Article 05 July 2019 Pages: 46 - 51
Thrombospondin-4 increases with the severity of peripheral arterial disease and is associated with diabetes Bernhard ZierfussClemens HöbausGerit-Holger Schernthaner Original Article Open access 21 June 2019 Pages: 52 - 58
Predictors of responders for low-dose carperitide monotherapy in patients with acute heart failure Masataka KamiyaNaoki SatoWataru Shimizu Original Article 21 June 2019 Pages: 59 - 68
Occurrence of right ventricular dysfunction immediately after pericardiocentesis Masashi AmanoChisato IzumiYoshihisa Nakagawa Original Article 22 June 2019 Pages: 69 - 77
Elevated lymphatic vessel density measured by Lyve-1 expression in areas of replacement fibrosis in the ventricular septum of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) Xiaowei JiangJingang CuiShubin Qiao Original Article 27 June 2019 Pages: 78 - 85
Associations of left ventricular shape with left ventricular volumes and functions assessed by ECG-gated SPECT in patients without significant perfusion abnormality Kazuhiro NittaSatoshi KurisuYasuki Kihara Original Article 02 July 2019 Pages: 86 - 91
Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis: a risk factor analysis for early and late failure Giuseppe GattiAntonio FioreAndrea Perrotti Original Article 24 June 2019 Pages: 92 - 103
Outcome in patients undergoing upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy: predictors of outcome after upgrade to CRT Jedrzej KosiukMichelle KrauseSergio Richter Original Article 21 June 2019 Pages: 104 - 109
Creatinine clearance and inappropriate dose of rivaroxaban in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation Naoharu YagiShinya SuzukiTakeshi Yamashita Original Article 20 June 2019 Pages: 110 - 117
Periprocedural hypotension after conscious sedation versus local anesthesia during defibrillator implantation for left ventricular dysfunction: analysis of a national inpatient database in Japan Yusuke UgataNobuaki MichihataHideo Yasunaga Original Article 27 June 2019 Pages: 118 - 124
Circulatory dynamics changes are an additional predictor of successful pulmonary vein isolation during cryoballoon ablation Takatsugu KajiyamaShinsuke MiyazakiYoshito Iesaka Original Article 11 July 2019 Pages: 125 - 131
Sequential coronary bifurcation revascularization with the Xposition S™ self-apposing stent: a comparative fractal bench study François DérimayLuc MaillardGérard Finet Short Communication 27 June 2019 Pages: 132 - 135
Clinical characteristics of patients with sustained ventricular arrhythmias after sacubitril/valsartan initiation Lourdes VicentFrancisco Méndez-ZuritaManuel Martínez-Sellés Short Communication 22 June 2019 Pages: 136 - 142
