Effect of pioglitazone on cardiometabolic profiles and safety in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing percutaneous coronary artery intervention: a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial Atsushi TanakaSho KomukaiOn behalf of the Pioglitazone Reduce Inflammation and Restenosis with and without Drug Eluting Stent (PRIDE) Study Investigators Original Article 27 February 2018 Pages: 965 - 977
Serial assessment of endothelial function 1, 6, and 12 months after ST-elevation myocardial infarction Jasveen J. Kandhai-RagunathCarine J. M. DoggenClemens von Birgelen Original Article Open access 14 March 2018 Pages: 978 - 985
Real-world antithrombotic therapies and clinical outcomes after second-generation drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a multi-center cohort study Hisao OtsukiJunichi YamaguchiNobuhisa Hagiwara Original Article 16 March 2018 Pages: 986 - 996
Comparable prognostic impact of BNP levels among HFpEF, Borderline HFpEF and HFrEF: a report from the CHART-2 Study Shintaro KasaharaYasuhiko SakataOn behalf of the CHART-2 Investigators Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 997 - 1007
Decreased blood glucose at admission has a prognostic impact in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure complicated with diabetes mellitus Akihiro ShirakabeNoritake HataWataru Shimizu Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 1008 - 1021
Effects of glycemic control on in-hospital mortality among acute heart failure patients with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction Kenichi MatsushitaKazumasa HaradaMorimasa Takayama Original Article 14 March 2018 Pages: 1022 - 1028
Urinary composition predicts diuretic efficiency of hypertonic saline solution with furosemide therapy and heart failure prognosis Tomotaka AndoYoshitaka OkuharaShinichi Hirotani Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 1029 - 1036
Impact of reduced forced expiratory volume on cardiac prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure Yuki HondaTetsu WatanabeIsao Kubota Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 1037 - 1045
2D speckle-tracking TTE-based quantitative classification of left ventricular myocardium in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by the presence or the absence of fibrosis and/or hypertrophy Nobusada FunabashiHiroyuki TakaokaYoshio Kobayashi Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 1046 - 1051
Additional cryoapplications at the pulmonary vein antrum using a 28-mm second-generation cryoballoon: a pilot study of extra-pulmonary vein ablation Shinsuke MiyazakiTakatsugu KajiyamaYoshito Iesaka Original Article 20 February 2018 Pages: 1052 - 1059
Persistence of an iatrogenic atrial septal defect after a second-generation cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation Tomonori WatanabeShinsuke MiyazakiYoshito Iesaka Original Article 17 March 2018 Pages: 1060 - 1067
Impact of chronic kidney disease on Watchman implantation: experience with 300 consecutive left atrial appendage closures at a single center Xin XueLisheng JiangJiangtao Yu Original Article Open access 22 March 2018 Pages: 1068 - 1075
Clinical aspects of myocardial fibrosis in adults with Ebstein’s anomaly Aleksandra CiepłuchaOlga TrojnarskaMalgorzata Pyda Original Article Open access 21 February 2018 Pages: 1076 - 1085
Inter- and intra-ventricular dyssynchrony in the systemic right ventricle is a surrogate marker of major cardiac events in mildly symptomatic patients Yumi ShiinaKei InaiMichinobu Nagao Original Article 28 February 2018 Pages: 1086 - 1093
TRPM7 regulates angiotensin II-induced sinoatrial node fibrosis in sick sinus syndrome rats by mediating Smad signaling Hongbin ZhongTingjun WangLiangdi Xie Original Article Open access 06 March 2018 Pages: 1094 - 1105
Vascular restenosis in coronary artery bypass grafting might be associated with VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 signaling pathway Zuzanna Podemska-JedrzejczakAgnieszka MalinskaBartlomiej Perek Original Article Open access 20 March 2018 Pages: 1106 - 1120