Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2013

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

In this issue (18 articles)

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    Assessment of optimum stent deployment by stent boost imaging: comparison with intravascular ultrasound

    Nobuhiro Tanaka, Nico H. J. Pijls, Jacques J. Koolen… Pages 1-6
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    Effects of aliskiren on the fibrinolytic system in patients with coronary artery disease receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker

    Ken Ishibashi, Satoshi Kurisu, Yasuko Kato, Naoya Mitsuba… Pages 7-11
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    The association between extracoronary calcification and coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Azza Farrag, Sameh Bakhoum, Mohammed Ali Salem, Amr El-Faramawy… Pages 12-18
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    Prognostic implications of chronic kidney disease and anemia after percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction patients

    Yuya Matsue, Akihiko Matsumura, Masami Abe, Maki Ono, Mie Seya… Pages 19-26
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    Clinical characteristics of silent myocardial ischemia diagnosed with adenosine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial scintigraphy in Japanese patients with acute cerebral infarction

    Tetsuya Nomura, Tetsuro Kusaba, Naotoshi Kodama, Kensuke Terada… Pages 27-33
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    Effects of lipid-lowering therapy with strong statin on serum polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in patients with coronary artery disease

    Satoshi Kurisu, Ken Ishibashi, Yasuko Kato, Naoya Mitsuba… Pages 34-38
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    Lipid-lowering and anti-inflammatory effect of ezetimibe in hyperlipidemic patients with coronary artery disease

    Tetsuya Tobaru, Atsushi Seki, Ryuta Asano, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi… Pages 39-45
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    Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in patients aged 80 years and older: institutional results and meta-analysis

    Francesco Vasques, Antti Rainio, Jouni Heikkinen, Reija Mikkola… Pages 46-56
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    Assessment of platelet function by whole blood impedance aggregometry in coronary artery bypass grafting patients on acetylsalicylic acid treatment may prompt a switch to dual antiplatelet therapy

    Mate Petricevic, Bojan Biocina, Sanja Konosic, Tomislav Kopjar… Pages 57-65
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    Assessment of vascular remodeling after the Fontan procedure using a novel very high resolution ultrasound method: arterial wall thinning and venous thickening in late follow-up

    Taisto Sarkola, Edgar Jaeggi, Cameron Slorach, Wei Hui… Pages 66-75
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    Comparison of stroke work between repaired tetralogy of Fallot and normal right ventricular physiologies

    Namheon Lee, Ashish Das, Rupak K. Banerjee, William M. Gottliebson Pages 76-85
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    Long-term follow-up on cardiac function following fulminant myocarditis requiring percutaneous extracorporeal cardiopulmonary support

    Kohki Ishida, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Norifumi Kubo… Pages 86-90
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    Physical activity, adiponectin, and cardiovascular structure and function

    Michaela Kozakova, Beverley Balkau, Carmela Morizzo, Giacomo Bini… Pages 91-100
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    Effect of ouabain on myocardial ultrastructure and cytoskeleton during the development of ventricular hypertrophy

    Shao-hua Zhao, Hai-qing Gao, Xiang Ji, Yan Wang, Xiang-ju Liu… Pages 101-113
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    Hsp90 and its co-chaperone, Sgt1, as autoantigens in dilated cardiomyopathy

    Lyudmila L. Kapustian, Olga A. Vigontina, Olga T. Rozhko… Pages 114-119
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    Case Report

    Improvement of atrioventricular conduction following catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia in a patient with a prolonged PR interval

    Seigo Yamashita, Teiichi Yamane, Seiichiro Matsuo, Keiichi Ito… Pages 120-125
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    A left ventricular noncompaction in a patient with long QT syndrome caused by a KCNQ1 mutation: a case report

    Kentaro Nakashima, Isao Kusakawa, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto… Pages 126-129
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    Acute coronary syndrome or apical ballooning syndrome?

    Yuichiro Maekawa, Akio Kawamura, Shinsuke Yuasa, Yohei Ohno… Pages 130-133
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