Right ventricular dysfunction is associated with exercise intolerance and poor prognosis in ischemic heart disease Miyu TajimaAtsuko NakayamaMasatoshi Nagayama Original Article 05 September 2018 Pages: 385 - 392
Microbubble contrast enhancement of neointima after drug-eluting stent implantation: an optical coherence tomography study Norikiyo OkaTadayuki KadohiraYoshio Kobayashi Original Article 05 September 2018 Pages: 393 - 400
Plaque erosion versus rupture characterization by optical frequency domain imaging before and after coronary stenting following successful fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction Vincent RouleClément BrietFarzin Beygui Original Article 06 September 2018 Pages: 401 - 409
Interrelationship in the prognostic efficacy of regional coronary flow reserve, fractional flow reserve, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-I and NT-proBNP in patients with stable coronary artery disease Rikuta HamayaTaishi YonetsuTsunekazu Kakuta Original Article 18 September 2018 Pages: 410 - 418
Routine use of fluoroscopic guidance and up-front femoral angiography results in reduced femoral complications in patients undergoing coronary angiographic procedures: an observational study using an Interrupted Time-Series analysis Emily V. CastleKrishnaraj S. RathodDaniel A. Jones Original Article 27 September 2018 Pages: 419 - 426
Morphological characteristics of optical coherence tomography defined plaque fissure in patients with acute coronary syndrome Mayank GoyalSang Wook KimWang Soo Lee Original Article 04 October 2018 Pages: 427 - 434
Far-infrared therapy improves ankle brachial index in hemodialysis patients with peripheral artery disease Chun-Fan ChenFu-An ChenChih-Ching Lin Original Article 18 September 2018 Pages: 435 - 441
Different diuretic properties between tolvaptan and furosemide in congestive heart failure patients with diuretic resistance and renal impairment: a subanalysis of the K-STAR Yuki IkedaTakayuki InomataKanagawa Aquaresis Investigators Original Article 26 September 2018 Pages: 442 - 451
Possible associations between palliative care conferences and positive outcomes when performing palliative care for patients with end-stage heart failure: a nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire survey Yuma KurozumiShogo OishiYukihito Sato Original Article 20 September 2018 Pages: 452 - 461
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement through a right anterolateral mini-thoracotomy for the treatment of octogenarians with aortic valve stenosis Toshinori TotsugawaArudo HiraokaTaichi Sakaguchi Original Article 17 September 2018 Pages: 462 - 469
Pulmonary arterial compliance is a useful predictor of pulmonary vascular disease in congenital heart disease Jun MuneuchiYoshie OchiaiMamie Watanabe Original Article 17 September 2018 Pages: 470 - 476
Echocardiographic surrogates of right atrial pressure in pulmonary hypertension Ryo WatanabeHirohisa AmanoTeruo Inoue Original Article 22 September 2018 Pages: 477 - 483
The interrelation of endothelial function and microvascular reactivity in different vascular beds, and risk assessment in hypertension: results from the Doxazosin–ramipril study Andreas JekellMajid KalaniThomas Kahan Original Article Open access 22 September 2018 Pages: 484 - 495
Novel spiral mapping catheter facilitates observation of the time-to-pulmonary vein isolation during cryoballoon ablation Alexander PottKerstin PetscherTillman Dahme Original Article Open access 09 October 2018 Pages: 496 - 502
Catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with sick sinus syndrome Masahiro HadaShinsuke MiyazakiYoshito Iesaka Original Article 03 September 2018 Pages: 503 - 508
Endothelial damage and thromboembolic risk after pulmonary vein isolation using the latest ablation technologies: a comparison of the second-generation cryoballoon vs. contact force-sensing radiofrequency ablation Kaori HisazakiKanae HasegawaHiroshi Tada Original Article 04 September 2018 Pages: 509 - 516
Pre-ablation levels of brain natriuretic peptide are independently associated with the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation Junichiro MiakeMasaru KatoKazuhiro Yamamoto Original Article Open access 20 September 2018 Pages: 517 - 526
Long-term clinical course after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Satoshi HiguchiKoichiro EjimaNobuhisa Hagiwara Original Article 25 September 2018 Pages: 527 - 537
Accumulation of gold nano-rods in the failing heart of transgenic mice with the cardiac-specific expression of TNF-α Yoshihiro HiguchiTakuro NiidomeTakahiko Horiuchi Original Article 29 August 2018 Pages: 538 - 544
Pyruvate dehydrogenase activation precedes the down-regulation of fatty acid oxidation in monocrotaline-induced myocardial toxicity in mice Gaku NakaiDaisuke ShimuraSusumu Minamisawa Original Article 01 November 2018 Pages: 545 - 555