Volume 27, Issue 6, November 2012

ISSN: 0910-8327 (Print) 1615-2573 (Online)

In this issue (16 articles)

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    Original Article

    Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the association between spatial orientation of ruptured coronary plaques and remodeling morphology of culprit plaques in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

    Ikuyoshi Kusama, Kiyoshi Hibi, Masami Kosuge, Shinnichi Sumita… Pages 541-547
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    Upright T waves in lead aVR are associated with cardiac death or hospitalization for heart failure in patients with a prior myocardial infarction

    Kumie Torigoe, Akira Tamura, Yoshiyuki Kawano, Kazuhiro Shinozaki… Pages 548-552
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    Comparison between sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents for the treatment of older patients affected by coronary artery disease: results from a single-center allcomers registry

    Paolo Buja, Davide Lanzellotti, Giambattista Isabella… Pages 553-558
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    Coronary artery surgery in octogenarians: evolving strategies for the improvement in early and late results

    Francesco Nicolini, Alberto Molardi, Danilo Verdichizzo… Pages 559-567
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    Aspirin, clopidogrel, and warfarin use and outcomes in a cohort of 580 patients discharged after hospitalization for decompensated heart failure

    Güliz Kozdağ, Mehmet Yaymacı, Gökhan Ertaş, Umut Çelikyurt… Pages 568-575
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    Cross-sectional relationship of a Mediterranean type diet to diastolic heart function in chronic heart failure patients

    Christina Chrysohoou, Christos Pitsavos, George Metallinos… Pages 576-584
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    Simple and new technique to assess left internal mammary artery function by left ventriculography

    Ahmet Karabulut, Mahmut Çakmak, Bulent Uzunlar, Onder Teskin… Pages 585-593
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    Usefulness of tissue Doppler echocardiography to predict perioperative cardiac events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

    Sonoko Saito, Atsushi Takagi, Fumio Kurokawa, Kyomi Ashihara… Pages 594-602
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    The short- and medium-term results of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Zhi-wei Huang, Zhi-xin Fan, Jian-tao Sun, Wei-min Li, Yan-qing Gao… Pages 603-609
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    Left atrial dilatation and ST-T changes predict cardiovascular outcome in chronic hemodialysis patients

    Kiyotsugu Omae, Tetsuya Ogawa, Masao Yoshikawa, Kosaku Nitta Pages 610-617
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    Spontaneous retinal venous pulsatility in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease

    S. Mojtaba Golzan, John Leaney, Rachael Cordina, Alberto Avolio… Pages 618-623
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    Matrix metalloprotein-9 activation under cell-to-cell interaction between endothelial cells and monocytes: possible role of hypoxia and tumor necrosis factor-α

    Yuko Yamamoto, Tomohiro Osanai, Fumie Nishizaki, Takanori Sukekawa… Pages 624-633
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    Case Report

    Primary percutaneous coronary intervention and intravascular ultrasound imaging for coronary thrombosis after cisplatin-based chemotherapy

    Daisuke Ito, Jun Shiraishi, Takeshi Nakamura, Naoki Maruyama… Pages 634-638
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    Case Report

    Transbrachial intra-aortic balloon pumping for a patient with fulminant myocarditis

    Iwao Okai, Kenji Inoue, Masaki Maruyama, Sonomi Maruyama… Pages 639-642
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    Case Report

    Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of common atrial flutter at the bottom of a coronary sinus diverticulum

    Miyako Igarashi, Hiroshi Tada, Yukio Sekiguchi, Kazutaka Aonuma Pages 643-647
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    Acknowledgment

    Acknowledgment to reviewers

    Pages 648-650
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