1. Quantitative precision of optical frequency domain imaging: direct comparison with frequency domain optical coherence tomography and intravascular ultrasound

   • Yuhei Kobayashi
   • Hideki Kitahara
   • Yasuhiro Honda

   Original Article Open access 14 August 2015 Pages: 79 - 88

   

2. Survivors of acute myocardial infarction at left main trunk undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Sho Hashimoto
   • Jun Shiraishi
   • Keizo Furukawa

   Original Article 05 September 2015 Pages: 89 - 95

   

3. Feasibility of 320-row multi-detector computed tomography angiography to assess bioabsorbable everolimus-eluting vascular scaffolds

   • Masahiko Asami
   • Jiro Aoki
   • Kengo Tanabe

   Original Article 07 October 2015 Pages: 96 - 100

   

4. Japanese postmarketing surveillance of clopidogrel in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, stable angina, old myocardial infarction, and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention in a real-life setting: the final report (J-PLACE Final)

   • Junya Ako
   • Yoshihiro Morino
   • Masato Nakamura

   Original Article 08 October 2015 Pages: 101 - 113

   

5. Impact of stent length on clinical outcomes of first-generation and new-generation drug-eluting stents

   • Hirokazu Konishi
   • Katsumi Miyauchi
   • Hiroyuki Daida

   Original Article 23 October 2015 Pages: 114 - 121

   

6. Descending aortic dissection injured by tip of the sheath during transcatheter aortic valve implantation

   • Atsushi Nagasawa
   • Shinichi Shirai
   • Masaomi Hayashi

   Case Report 25 February 2015 Pages: 122 - 127

   

7. Novel physiological insight into a lotus root appearance in stable coronary artery diseases; Report of two cases

   • Makoto Suzuki
   • Atsushi Seki
   • Tetsuya Sumiyoshi

   Case Report 07 March 2015 Pages: 128 - 130

   

8. “Dual role” guiding catheter: a new technique for patients requiring coronary protection during transcatheter aortic valve implantation

   • Taku Inohara
   • Kentaro Hayashida
   • Keiichi Fukuda

   Case Report 12 March 2015 Pages: 131 - 135

   

9. Percutaneous reconstruction of chronic total occlusion of brachiocephalic vein using transseptal needle in dialysis-dependent patient

   • Amit Kumar Malik
   • Neeraj Bhalla
   • Sunil Prakash

   Case Report 21 March 2015 Pages: 136 - 139

   

10. Externalization of a stiff guide wire via the radial artery: a new technique to facilitate advancement of an Inoue balloon across the aortic valve in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing antegrade balloon aortic valvuloplasty

    • Hiroshi Kato
    • Shoichi Kubota
    • Makoto Yamamoto

    Case Report 11 April 2015 Pages: 140 - 146

    

11. Acute compartment syndrome occurring in forearm with relatively small amount of hematoma following transradial coronary intervention

    • Atsuhiko Sugimoto
    • Jotaro Iwamoto
    • Yuji Ikari

    Case Report 09 April 2015 Pages: 147 - 150

    

12. Emergent balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to transcatheter aortic valve implantation with marked risk reduction of perioperative and postoperative mortality

    • Hiroshi Fukunaga
    • Michiaki Higashitani
    • Morimasa Takayama

    Case Report 28 April 2015 Pages: 151 - 155

    

13. Retrograde approach via left internal mammary artery using a 5 Fr guiding catheter

    • Sho Torii
    • Naoki Masuda
    • Yuji Ikari

    Case Report 25 April 2015 Pages: 156 - 160

    

14. Ruptured saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm successfully treated with covered stents

    • Keisuke Yonezu
    • Hiroshi Funayama
    • Shin-ichi Momomura

    Case Report 28 April 2015 Pages: 161 - 163

    

15. Use of the GuideLiner catheter for aspiration thrombectomy in a patient with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a large intracoronary thrombus

    • Yohei Numasawa
    • Hiroyuki Motoda
    • Taishi Fujisawa

    Case Report 07 May 2015 Pages: 164 - 169