Short- and long-term benefits of drug-eluting stents compared to bare metal stents even in treatment for large coronary arteries Taiji YoshidaKenji SakataKenshi Hayashi Original Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 635 - 642
Impact of top end anastomosis design on patency and flow stability in coronary artery bypass grafting Sachi KoyamaTadashi KitamuraKagami Miyaji Original Article 25 April 2015 Pages: 643 - 648
Effects of sitagliptin on coronary atherosclerosis evaluated using integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound in patients with type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the TRUST study Tsuyoshi NozueKazuki FukuiIchiro Michishita Original Article 21 March 2015 Pages: 649 - 654
Patient radiation dose reduction using an X-ray imaging noise reduction technology for cardiac angiography and intervention Shigeru NakamuraTomoko KobayashiShinichi Yamada Original Article 04 April 2015 Pages: 655 - 663
Metabolic syndrome showed significant relationship with carotid atherosclerosis Tomoyuki KawadaTakeshi AndouMasayuki Fukumitsu Original Article 26 March 2015 Pages: 664 - 670
Diabetes is a predictor of coronary artery stenosis in patients hospitalized with heart failure Tsuneharu KosugaKimiaki KomukaiMichihiro Yoshimura Original Article 31 March 2015 Pages: 671 - 676
Impact of drug-eluting balloon (pre- or post-) dilation on neointima formation in de novo lesions treated by bare-metal stent: the IN-PACT CORO trial Francesco BurzottaMarta Francesca BrancatiFilippo Crea Original Article 12 April 2015 Pages: 677 - 686
Impact of oral beta-blocker therapy on mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for Killip class 1 myocardial infarction Hirofumi HiokiHirohiko MotokiUichi Ikeda Original Article Open access 12 April 2015 Pages: 687 - 693
Increased cystatin C levels as a risk factor of cardiovascular events in patients with preserved estimated glomerular filtration rate after elective percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents Eiryu SaiKazunori ShimadaHiroyuki Daida Original Article 12 April 2015 Pages: 694 - 701
Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in octogenarians: where are the benefits? Giuseppe GattiLuca Dell’AngelaAniello Pappalardo Original Article 09 April 2015 Pages: 702 - 712
Safety and efficacy of sustained release of basic fibroblast growth factor using gelatin hydrogel in patients with critical limb ischemia Motoyuki KumagaiAkira MaruiRyuzo Sakata Original Article 11 April 2015 Pages: 713 - 721
Mid-term survival after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device versus heart transplantation Enrico AmmiratiFabrizio G. OlivaMaria Frigerio Original Article 04 March 2015 Pages: 722 - 733
Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction greater than 58 % have fewer incidences of future acute decompensated heart failure admission and all-cause mortality Toshihiko GotoKazuaki WakamiNobuyuki Ohte Original Article Open access 14 March 2015 Pages: 734 - 743
Effects of alcohol septal ablation on left ventricular diastolic filling patterns in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy You-Zhou ChenFu-Jian DuanShu-Bin Qiao Original Article 05 March 2015 Pages: 744 - 751
Existence of circulating anti-endothelial cell antibodies after heart transplantation is associated with post-transplant acute allograft rejection Karla LehleJohannes KroherStephan Hirt Original Article 28 March 2015 Pages: 752 - 757
Prognostic significance of late gadolinium enhancement quantification in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with systolic dysfunction Akira FunadaHideaki KanzakiToshihisa Anzai Original Article 28 March 2015 Pages: 758 - 770
Erratum to: Prognostic significance of late gadolinium enhancement quantification in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with systolic dysfunction Akira FunadaHideaki KanzakiToshihisa Anzai Erratum 24 June 2015 Pages: 771 - 772
Left atrial electrophysiologic feature specific for the genesis of complex fractionated atrial electrogram during atrial fibrillation Tadashi HoshiyamaHiroshige YamabeHisao Ogawa Original Article 09 April 2015 Pages: 773 - 782
Clopidogrel significantly lowers the development of atherosclerosis in ApoE-deficient mice in vivo Christian HeimJulia GebhardtStephan M. Ensminger Original Article 11 June 2015 Pages: 783 - 794
Histopathology of aortic complications in bicuspid aortic valve versus Marfan syndrome: relevance for therapy? Nimrat GrewalRomy FrankenAdriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot Original Article Open access 01 July 2015 Pages: 795 - 806
Aortic smooth muscle cell alterations in mice systemically exposed to arsenic Shih-Chieh ChenShin-Yin HuangHsin-Su Yu Original Article 02 July 2015 Pages: 807 - 815
Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for an intermediate stenosis complicated by a coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula Tsuyoshi ItoShunsuke MuraiNobuyuki Ohte Case Report 03 February 2015 Pages: 816 - 818
Left atrial dissection related to retrograde cardioplegia cannula insertion Hiroyuki TsukuiShizuko IwasaKenji Yamazaki Case Report 30 January 2015 Pages: 819 - 821
Usefulness of contrast computed tomography to detect left ventricular apical thrombus associated with takotsubo cardiomyopathy Kotaro OuchiFumitaka NakamuraToshihiro Amaki Case Report 29 January 2015 Pages: 822 - 827
Positional desaturation due to persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium Kousuke ShirakawaAkio KawamuraKeiichi Fukuda Case Report 06 February 2015 Pages: 828 - 830
