1. Progression from normal vessel wall to atherosclerotic plaque: lessons from an optical coherence tomography study with follow-up of over 5 years

   • Ryo Takeshige
   • Hiromasa Otake
   • Ken-ichi Hirata

   Original Article 02 August 2021 Pages: 1 - 11

   

2. Clinical outcomes for intracoronary imaging strategies at different medical facilities in Japanese patients with coronary artery disease: the SAKURA imaging PCI Registry

   • Nobuhiro Murata
   • Daisuke Fukamachi
   • Yasuo Okumura

   Original Article 07 August 2021 Pages: 12 - 21

   

3. The diagnostic performance of on-site workstation-based computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve. Comparison with myocardium perfusion imaging

   • Ryota Fukuoka
   • Tomohiro Kawasaki
   • Nobuhiko Koga

   Original Article 14 July 2021 Pages: 22 - 30

   

4. Left ventricular longitudinal strain is a major determinant of CT-derived three-dimensional maximum principal strain: comparison with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

   • Masaki Kinoshita
   • Yuki Tanabe
   • Osamu Yamaguchi

   Original Article 07 July 2021 Pages: 31 - 39

   

5. Association between thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grade and clinical outcome after emergent percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction who have suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Yamagata AMI registry

   • Yoichiro Otaki
   • Tetsu Watanabe
   • Masafumi Watanabe

   Original Article 06 July 2021 Pages: 40 - 49

   

6. Relationship between electrocardiographic interatrial blocks and echocardiographic indices of left atrial function in acute heart failure

   • Giuseppe D. Sanna
   • Dario Argiolas
   • Guido Parodi

   Original Article 06 June 2021 Pages: 50 - 60

   

7. Changes in prognostic nutritional index during hospitalization and outcomes in patients with acute heart failure

   • Takayuki Kawata
   • Atsushi Ikeda
   • Shunsuke Komatsu

   Original Article 15 June 2021 Pages: 61 - 68

   

8. Accuracy of high-sensitive troponin depending on renal function for clinical outcome prediction in patients with acute heart failure

   • Jakob Ledwoch
   • Anna Krauth
   • Eimo Martens

   Original Article Open access 21 June 2021 Pages: 69 - 76

   

9. Older phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation patients engaged in gardening maintained physical function during the COVID-19 pandemic

   • Asami Ogura
   • Kazuhiro P. Izawa
   • Yuichi Matsuda

   Original Article 21 June 2021 Pages: 77 - 82

   

10. Association between the health insurance status and clinical outcomes among patients with acute heart failure in Japan

    • Hidesato Fujito
    • Daisuke Kitano
    • Yasuo Okumura

    Original Article 22 June 2021 Pages: 83 - 90

    

11. Real-time venography-guided extrathoracic puncture technique for cardiovascular implantable electronic device implantation

    • Manabu Kashiwagi
    • Yosuke Katayama
    • Takashi Akasaka

    Original Article 05 June 2021 Pages: 91 - 98

    

12. Decrease in red cell distribution width as a useful predictor of success after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a retrospective multi-center study

    • Issei Yoshimoto
    • Koichi Inoue
    • Mitsuru Ohishi

    Original Article 10 August 2021 Pages: 99 - 109

    

13. Transition of the heart rate and atrial premature complex after cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

    • Hidenori Sato
    • Michifumi Tokuda
    • Teiichi Yamane

    Original Article 03 July 2021 Pages: 110 - 114

    

14. Fluoroscopy and contrast media use in cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation using a novel imaging system

    • Vincenzo Schillaci
    • Giuseppe Stabile
    • Francesco Solimene

    Original Article 08 July 2021 Pages: 115 - 120

    

15. Acute myocarditis: prognostic role of speckle tracking echocardiography and comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance features

    • Simona Sperlongano
    • Andrea D’Amato
    • Antonello D’Andrea

    Original Article 27 June 2021 Pages: 121 - 131

    

16. Computed tomography imaging using split-bolus contrast injection with volume scan of aortic root and heart for preoperative evaluation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation

    • Hitomi Koyanagi
    • Yoshinori Tsutsumi
    • Shinji Abe

    Original Article 08 July 2021 Pages: 132 - 141

    

17. Absent pulmonary valve with tricuspid atresia/stenosis: literature review with new three long-term cases

    • Yuki Kawasaki
    • Yosuke Murakami
    • Eiji Ehara

    Original Article 05 June 2021 Pages: 142 - 151

    

18. SAHA could inhibit TGF-β1/p38 pathway in MI-induced cardiac fibrosis through DUSP4 overexpression

    • Kaihao Wang
    • Ruijie Tang
    • Yi-Da Tang

    Original Article Open access 08 July 2021 Pages: 152 - 160

    

19. Anti-inflammatory HDL effects are impaired in atrial fibrillation

    • Erik Holzwirth
    • Tina Fischer-Schaepmann
    • Petra Büttner

    Original Article Open access 30 August 2021 Pages: 161 - 171