Influence of chronic kidney disease on coronary plaque components in coronary artery disease patients with both diabetes mellitus and hypertension Eiji ShigemotoAtsushi IwataShin-ichiro Miura Original Article 03 January 2019 Pages: 1065 - 1075
Plaque characteristics and slow flow during percutaneous coronary intervention of irregular protrusion by optical coherence tomography Hideo AmanoRyota NoikeTakanori Ikeda Original Article 04 January 2019 Pages: 1076 - 1085
Coronary computed tomography angiography as a tool for long-term cardiovascular risk stratification in diabetic patients Tom FinckAlbrecht WillMartin Hadamitzky Original Article 11 January 2019 Pages: 1086 - 1095
Comparison of clinical outcomes between sufficient versus insufficient diagonal branch flow in anterior acute myocardial infarction Kei YamamotoKenichi SakakuraHideo Fujita Original Article 18 January 2019 Pages: 1096 - 1103
U-shaped association of central pulse pressure with long-term prognosis after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction Gjin NdrepepaSalvatore CasseseAdnan Kastrati Original Article 22 January 2019 Pages: 1104 - 1112
Plaque modification and stabilization after paclitaxel-coated balloon treatment for de novo coronary lesions Ae-Young HerEun-Seok ShinBon-Kwon Koo Original Article 30 January 2019 Pages: 1113 - 1121
A functional evaluation of cerebral perfusion for coronary artery bypass grafting patients Chikao TeramotoMasato MutsugaAkihiko Usui Original Article 31 January 2019 Pages: 1122 - 1131
Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients hospitalized for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and the risk of postdischarge ischemic stroke at 6-month, 1-year, and 3-year follow-ups Chao-Feng LinYa-Hui ChangLi-Nien Chien Original Article 04 March 2019 Pages: 1132 - 1139
Higher non-cardiac mortality and lesser impact of early revascularization in patients with type 2 compared to type 1 acute myocardial infarction: results from the Tokyo CCU Network registry Satoshi HiguchiMakoto SuzukiMorimasa Takayama Original Article 25 January 2019 Pages: 1140 - 1147
Increase of chymase-dependent angiotensin II-forming activity in circulating mononuclear leukocytes after acute myocardial infarction chymase activity after acute myocardial infarction Keisuke OkamuraTetsu OkudaHidenori Urata Original Article 24 January 2019 Pages: 1148 - 1157
Improving outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by taking beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide observational study Wen-Hwa WangChin-Chang ChengChun-Peng Liu Original Article 24 January 2019 Pages: 1158 - 1167
Effective blood hemoglobin level to predict prognosis in heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: results of the Japanese heart failure syndrome with preserved ejection fraction registry Keisuke OkunoYoshiro NaitoToshihisa Anzai Original Article 24 January 2019 Pages: 1168 - 1177
Direct comparison of prognostic ability of cardiac biomarkers for cardiogenic stroke and clinical outcome in patients with stroke Yoichiro OtakiTetsu WatanabeMasafumi Watanabe Original Article 17 January 2019 Pages: 1178 - 1186
Prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters for right ventricular function in patients with acute non-massive pulmonary embolism Kyusup LeeOsung KwonJong-Min Song Original Article 22 January 2019 Pages: 1187 - 1195
Can we rely on Danish? Real-world data on patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy from the German Device Registry Gerrit FrommeyerDietrich AndresenLars Eckardt Original Article 03 January 2019 Pages: 1196 - 1202
Validation of wearable textile electrodes for ECG monitoring Yayoi Tetsuou TsukadaMiwa TokitaShingo Tsukada Original Article Open access 24 January 2019 Pages: 1203 - 1211
Relationship between electrical conduction and phasic left atrial function: P-wave signal-averaged electrocardiography and time-left atrial volume curve assessments using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography Shinichiro TanakaToshiyuki NodaShinya Minatoguchi Original Article 25 January 2019 Pages: 1212 - 1220
MicroRNA-19b-1 reverses ischaemia-induced heart failure by inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis and targeting Bcl2 l11/BIM Wenbo YangYanxin HanWei Jin Original Article 03 January 2019 Pages: 1221 - 1229
The effect of Telmisartan on the expression of connexin43 and neointimal hyperplasia in a rabbit iliac artery restenosis model Lu CaoCui ZhaoHaiyang Yan Original Article 22 January 2019 Pages: 1230 - 1239