Acute effects of statin on reduction of angiopoietin-like 2 and glyceraldehyde-derived advanced glycation end-products levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a message from SAMIT (Statin for Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial) Mitsuhiro ShimomuraJun-ichi OyamaKoichi Node Original Article 23 December 2015 Pages: 1583 - 1589
The 9p21 polymorphism is linked with atrial fibrillation during acute phase of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction Marek KiliszekAnna SzpakowiczGrzegorz Opolski Original Article 28 November 2015 Pages: 1590 - 1594
Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentration reflects severity of coronary artery disease in patients without heart failure and chronic kidney disease Mikako KatagiriMasao TakahashiIssei Komuro Original Article 27 November 2015 Pages: 1595 - 1602
Physical inactivity increases endostatin and osteopontin in patients with coronary artery disease Michael SponderMonika Fritzer-SzekeresJeanette Strametz-Juranek Original Article 11 December 2015 Pages: 1603 - 1608
The efficacy of everolimus-eluting stent implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: outcomes of 2-year clinical follow-up Hideki YanoShigeo HorinakaToshihiko Ishimitsu Original Article 19 December 2015 Pages: 1609 - 1615
Analysis of early and long-term outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection according to the new international aortic arch surgery study group recommendations Andrea ColliMassimiliano CarrozziniGino Gerosa Original Article 17 November 2015 Pages: 1616 - 1624
Long-term effects of AST-120 on the progression and prognosis of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease: a 5-year retrospective study Eiichi SatoAtsushi TanakaKoichi Node Original Article 23 December 2015 Pages: 1625 - 1632
Cardiovascular medicine heart failure (CVM-HF) index as prognostic model for candidates to MitraClip therapy Gian Paolo UssiaValeria CammalleriFrancesco Romeo Original Article 22 December 2015 Pages: 1633 - 1642
Clinical benefit of tolvaptan in patients with acute decompensated heart failure and chronic kidney disease Yusuke UemuraRei ShibataToyoaki Murohara Original Article 28 November 2015 Pages: 1643 - 1649
Early use of V2 receptor antagonists is associated with a shorter hospital stay and reduction in in-hospital death in patients with decompensated heart failure Ryuichi MatsukawaToru KubotaYusuke Yamamoto Original Article 16 December 2015 Pages: 1650 - 1658
Effect of a cardiac rehabilitation program on exercise oscillatory ventilation in Japanese patients with heart failure Fumitake YamauchiHitoshi AdachiTeruo Inoue Original Article 19 December 2015 Pages: 1659 - 1668
Use of antiarrhythmic drugs during ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: observations from a large single-centre cohort Jakob LükerArian SultanDaniel Steven Original Article 06 November 2015 Pages: 1669 - 1675
Warfarin use and incidence of stroke in Japanese hemodialysis patients with atrial fibrillation Kenji YodogawaAkiko MiiWataru Shimizu Original Article 08 December 2015 Pages: 1676 - 1680
Comparison of direct effects of clinically available vasodilators; nitroglycerin, nifedipine, cilnidipine and diltiazem, on human skeletonized internal mammary harvested with ultrasonic scalpel Shoji FukudaYuji NakamuraAtsushi Sugiyama Original Article 28 January 2016 Pages: 1681 - 1684
Repetitive restriction of muscle blood flow enhances mTOR signaling pathways in a rat model Toshiaki NakajimaTomohiro YasudaYutaka Kano Original Article 01 February 2016 Pages: 1685 - 1695
Rapid atrial pacing induces myocardial fibrosis by down-regulating Smad7 via microRNA-21 in rabbit Xuyu HeKunyi ZhangYingling Zhou Original Article Open access 11 March 2016 Pages: 1696 - 1708
A case of IgG4-related lymphadenopathy, pericarditis, coronary artery periarteritis and luminal stenosis Ryoto HouraiMasatoshi MiyamuraNobukazu Ishizaka Case Report 21 January 2016 Pages: 1709 - 1713
JAK2 mutation and acute coronary syndrome complicated with stent thrombosis Toru InamiMasahiro OkabeWataru Shimizu Case Report 29 January 2016 Pages: 1714 - 1716
Variable severity of cardiovascular phenotypes in patients with an early-onset form of Marfan syndrome harboring FBN1 mutations in exons 24–32 Jun MaedaKenjiro KosakiHiroyuki Yamagishi Case Report 21 January 2016 Pages: 1717 - 1723
Association of resistin with impaired membrane fluidity of red blood cells in hypertensive and normotensive men: an electron paramagnetic resonance study Kazushi Tsuda Short Communication 08 October 2015 Pages: 1724 - 1730