Immune–inflammatory response after bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation in a long-term perspective Martin KozelViktor KočkaPetr Toušek Original Article 12 October 2018 Pages: 557 - 563
Frequency and prognostic impact of intravascular imaging-guided urgent percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: results from J-MINUET Hiroyuki OkuraYoshihiko SaitoThe J-MINUET investigators Original Article 02 November 2018 Pages: 564 - 571
Comparison of the vessel healing process after everolimus-eluting stent and bare metal stent implantations in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction Hideki YanoShigeo HorinakaToshihiko Ishimitsu Original Article 03 November 2018 Pages: 572 - 582
The perfusion index is a useful screening tool for peripheral artery disease Hiroshi OkadaMuhei TanakaMichiaki Fukui Original Article 03 October 2018 Pages: 583 - 589
Comparison of leg loader and treadmill exercise for evaluating patients with peripheral artery disease Yasushi UekiTakashi MiuraKoichiro Kuwahara Original Article 04 October 2018 Pages: 590 - 596
Effects of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists on left ventricular diastolic function, exercise capacity, and quality of life in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Hidekatsu FukutaToshihiko GotoNobuyuki Ohte Original Article 12 October 2018 Pages: 597 - 606
Prognostic factors for long-term outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure patients under tolvaptan treatment Koichiro MatsumuraShun MorishitaIchiro Shiojima Original Article 01 November 2018 Pages: 607 - 615
Impact of a prolonged interatrial conduction time for predicting the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation of persistent atrial fibrillation Satoshi HiguchiKoichiro EjimaNobuhisa Hagiwara Original Article 05 October 2018 Pages: 616 - 624
Prevalence of early repolarization syndrome and long-term clinical outcome in patients with the diagnosis of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation Daniel DalosLukas FiedlerChristoph Schukro Original Article Open access 04 October 2018 Pages: 625 - 631
Radiofrequency catheter ablation prior to percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with atrial fibrillation coexisting with stable coronary artery disease: a single-center pilot study Satoshi KawadaAtsuyuki WatanabeHiroshi Ito Original Article 15 October 2018 Pages: 632 - 640
The relationship between serum indoxyl sulfate and the renal function after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with mild renal dysfunction Hideki KoikeToshisuke MoritaTakanori Ikeda Original Article 08 November 2018 Pages: 641 - 649
Electrocardiographic characteristics in the patients with a persistent left superior vena cava Kanako Ito-HagiwaraYu-ki IwasakiWataru Shimizu Original Article 12 October 2018 Pages: 650 - 657
ISL1 loss-of-function mutation contributes to congenital heart defects Lan MaJuan WangYi-Qing Yang Original Article 02 November 2018 Pages: 658 - 668
Risk factors for post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with deep vein thrombosis: from the COMMAND VTE registry Yuji NishimotoYugo YamashitaThe COMMAND VTE Registry Investigators Original Article 06 October 2018 Pages: 669 - 677
Effectiveness and safety of oral direct factor Xa inhibitors for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer and/or older age Daisuke SatoSatoshi IkedaKoji Maemura Original Article 19 October 2018 Pages: 678 - 687
Increasing mixed venous oxygen saturation is a predictor of improved renal function after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Sarasa IsobeYuji ItabashiKeiichi Fukuda Original Article 01 November 2018 Pages: 688 - 697
Randomized trial of an increased dose of calcium channel blocker or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker as an add-on intensive depressor therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with uncontrolled essential hypertension: the ACADEMIE Study Satoshi ImaizumiYuhei ShigaACADEMIE Study Investigators Original Article 08 November 2018 Pages: 698 - 710
Chronotropic incompetence to exercise in anorexia nervosa patients during the body-weight recovery phase as an index of insufficient treatment Yu YoshidaJun MaedaMitsuaki Tokumura Original Article 19 October 2018 Pages: 711 - 715
Assessment of single beat end-systolic elastance methods for quantifying ventricular contractility Naomi WoVijay RajagopalJonathan P. Mynard Original Article 14 November 2018 Pages: 716 - 723
Type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor inhibits the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension via calcium signaling and apoptosis Akimichi ShibataKeiko UchidaHiroyuki Yamagishi Original Article 20 November 2018 Pages: 724 - 734