1. Differential prognostic value of resistin for cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease according to the presence of metabolic syndrome

   • Loukianos S. Rallidis
   • Andreas Katsimardos
   • Antonia Kountouri

   Original Article 21 October 2021 Pages: 713 - 719

   

2. Admission free-fatty acid level is a predictor of the mid-term worsening renal function in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

   • Masaomi Gohbara
   • Noriaki Iwahashi
   • Kazuo Kimura

   Original Article 05 November 2021 Pages: 720 - 729

   

3. Delayed stenosis regression after drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal artery lesions

   • Takenobu Shimada
   • Yuki Shima
   • Kazushige Kadota

   Original Article 21 October 2021 Pages: 730 - 737

   

4. Which plantar region can predict peripheral arterial disease by using laser speckleflowgraphy?

   • Kazuhiro Tsunekawa
   • Tamon Kato
   • Shunsuke Yuzuriha

   Original Article 22 November 2021 Pages: 738 - 744

   

5. Current conditions and significance of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and home nursing-care services in heart failure patients with mid-range or preserved ejection fraction: post-hoc analysis of the REAL-HF registry

   • Toshiro Kitagawa
   • Takayuki Hidaka
   • The REAL-HF Investigators

   Original Article 03 November 2021 Pages: 745 - 754

   

6. Right ventricular contractility affects the clinical efficacy of add-on tolvaptan following hospitalization for heart failure in patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation

   • Rumi Hachiya
   • Yasuhide Mochizuki
   • Toshiro Shinke

   Original Article 22 October 2021 Pages: 755 - 764

   

7. Cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation without the use of a contrast medium: a combination of the intracardiac echocardiography and pressure wave monitoring guided approach

   • Yuichiro Makino
   • Yoshiaki Mizutani
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   Original Article 12 October 2021 Pages: 765 - 774

   

8. Short coupling interval with high burden of atrial ectopy predicts recurrence after atrial fibrillation ablation

   • Takashi Okajima
   • Yasuya Inden
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   Original Article 27 October 2021 Pages: 775 - 787

   

9. Characteristics of patients with atrial flutter and spontaneous 1:1 atrioventricular conduction with and without anti-arrhythmic drug treatment

   • Kanako Ito-Hagiwara
   • Yu-ki Iwasaki
   • Wataru Shimizu

   Original Article 22 October 2021 Pages: 788 - 793

   

10. Impact of nocturnal hypoxemia on the recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

    • Keisuke Suzuki
    • Koji Miyamoto
    • Kengo Kusano

    Original Article 22 October 2021 Pages: 794 - 801

    

11. Modified ablation index: a novel determinant of a successful first-pass left atrial posterior wall isolation

    • Satoshi Hayashida
    • Koichi Nagashima
    • Yasuo Okumura

    Original Article 28 October 2021 Pages: 802 - 811

    

12. Acute myocardial injury after radiofrequency catheter ablation: impact on pulmonary vein reconnection and relevant factors

    • Masamichi Yano
    • Yasuyuki Egami
    • Jun Tanouchi

    Original Article 20 October 2021 Pages: 812 - 820

    

13. Dabigatran plasma concentration indicated the risk of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

    • Zhu Zhu
    • Zhu Shen
    • Jie Pan

    Original Article 25 October 2021 Pages: 821 - 827

    

14. Clinical outcome of out-of-hospital vs. in-hospital cardiac arrest survivors presenting with ventricular tachyarrhythmias

    • Julian Müller
    • Michael Behnes
    • Jonas Rusnak

    Original Article Open access 16 November 2021 Pages: 828 - 839

    

15. Identification of high priority focal activations in persistent atrial fibrillation using a novel mapping strategy

    • Masafumi Shimojo
    • Yasuya Inden
    • Toyoaki Murohara

    Original Article 27 October 2021 Pages: 840 - 853

    

16. Catheter ablation of ganglionated plexi in patients with adenosine triphosphate-induced atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation

    • Taku Nishida
    • Akihiro Takitsume
    • Yoshihiko Saito

    Original Article 06 November 2021 Pages: 854 - 866

    

17. Differences in oral anticoagulant prescriptions between specialists and non-specialists in patients with cardioembolic stroke caused by non-valvular atrial fibrillation

    • Ichiro Deguchi
    • Takashi Osada
    • Shinichi Takahashi

    Original Article 19 November 2021 Pages: 867 - 874

    

18. Outcomes of duct stenting and modified Blalock–Taussig shunt in cyanotic congenital heart disease with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation

    • Sarin Lekchuensakul
    • Rattawanlop Somanandana
    • Pornthep Lertsapcharoen

    Original Article 29 October 2021 Pages: 875 - 883

    

19. Efficacy of tocilizumab for refractory Takayasu arteritis: a retrospective study and literature review

    • Haiyan Li
    • Zongwen Shuai

    Original Article Open access 08 November 2021 Pages: 884 - 894

    

20. Double-valve infective endocarditis: clinical features and prognostic impact—a retrospective study in a surgical centre

    • Valentina Scheggi
    • Stefano Del Pace
    • Pier Luigi Stefàno

    Original Article 05 November 2021 Pages: 895 - 901