Vol.153 (2012.3.1) Impact Factor 2010 : 3.225  In 2011 (January to December), the average time for primary review for all original manuscripts submitted to Circulation Journal was 13.0 days. Circulation Journal Vol.76 No.3 目次 Circulation Journalの目次を掲載した JCS Newsletter目次号を配信しています。 オンラインジャーナルと合わせてご利用ください。

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Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Circulation Journal Awards for the Year 2011
Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Cardiology Societies in the Asian/Pacific Region

The Taiwan Society of Cardiology
Jyh-Hong Chen

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Reviews

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure – Treatments and Challenges –
Barry Greenberg

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Assessment of Cardiac Computed Tomography-Myocardial Perfusion Imaging – Promise and Challenges–
Girish Dwivedi, Taylor F. Dowsley, Benjamin J.W. Chow

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Disaster Hypertension – Its Characteristics, Mechanism, and Management –
Kazuomi Kario

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Acute Hyperglycemia in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Masaharu Ishihara

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Three-Dimensional Mapping of Cardiac Arrhythmias – String of Pearls –
Takeshi Tsuchiya

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Editorials

A Narrower Spacing of Electrodes and Atrial Septum Pacing
Takashi Kurita

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Uric Acid and Atrial Fibrillation – Cause or Other Association? –
Eiichi Watanabe

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Risk Stratification of Asymptomatic Patients With Brugada Type or J-Wave Type ECG
Akira Fujiki

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Cautions and Strategy for Treating Chronic Heart Failure by Using Adaptive Servo-Ventilation
Toshiaki Shiomi, Ryujiro Sasanabe, Yuko Watanabe, Yutaka Tokunaga

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Is the Pre-Ejection Period Key to Predicting the Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?
Fraz Umar, Francisco Leyva

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Platelet Count as a Prognostic Marker in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Atsushi Katoh, Hisao Ikeda

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Intensive Glucose Lowering in Cardiovascular Risk Management – Unsolved Questions –
Michio Shimabukuro, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Masataka Sata

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Monitoring of the Effects of New-Generation Oral Anticoagulants – What Does It Mean? –
Shinya Goto

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Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Incidence and Characteristics of Far-Field R-Wave Sensing in Low Right Atrial Septum Pacing
Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Haruhiko Abe, Ritsuko Kohno, Yasushi Oginosawa, Masahito Tamura, Masaaki Takeuchi, Toshihisa Nagatomo, Yutaka Otsuji

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Gender-Specific Relationship Between Serum Uric Acid Level and Atrial Fibrillation Prevalence
Shinya Suzuki, Koichi Sagara, Takayuki Otsuka, Shunsuke Matsuno, Ryuichi Funada, Tokuhisa Uejima, Yuji Oikawa, Akira Koike, Kazuyuki Nagashima, Hajime Kirigaya, Junji Yajima, Hitoshi Sawada, Tadanori Aizawa, Takeshi Yamashita

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Hemodialysis-Induced P-Wave Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram Alterations Are Indicative of Vulnerability to Atrial Arrhythmias
Kentaro Shimada, Takeshi Tomita, Yuji Kamijo, Makoto Higuchi, Kenichi Ito, Yoichi Koizumi, Kazuya Yamamoto, Kazunori Aizawa, Megumi Koshikawa, Hiroki Kasai, Atsushi Izawa, Yusuke Miyashita, Setsuo Kumazaki, Jun Koyama, Uichi Ikeda

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Association of Heart Rate Variability With Arrhythmic Events in Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia
Irma Battipaglia, Giancarla Scalone, Andrea Macchione, Gaetano Pinnacchio, Marianna Laurito, Maria Milo, Gemma Pelargonio, Gianluigi Bencardino, Fulvio Bellocci, Maurizio Pieroni, Gaetano A. Lanza, Filippo Crea

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Characteristics of Induced Ventricular Fibrillation Cycle Length in Symptomatic Brugada Syndrome Patients
Atsushi Hiratsuka, Akihiko Shimizu, Takeshi Ueyama, Yasuhiro Yoshiga, Masahiro Doi, Toshihide Ohmiya, Masaaki Yoshida, Masakazu Fukuda, Masunori Matsuzaki

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Cardiovascular Intervention

Bare Metal Stent Thrombosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome – Incidence and Predictors –
Fathia Mghaieth Zghal, Aymen Amri, Mohamed Sami Mourali, Abdeljelil Farhati, Noureddine Larbi, Rachid Mechmèche

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Impact of Platelet Reactivity to Adenosine Diphosphate Before Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents on Subsequent Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Stable Angina
Chikaaki Motoda, Hironori Ueda, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Mamoru Toyofuku, Tomokazu Okimoto, Masaya Otsuka, Hiromichi Tamekiyo, Tomoharu Kawase, Yasuki Kihara

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Cardiovascular Surgery

Clinical Outcome of Emergency Surgery for Complicated Acute Type B Aortic Dissection
Takashi Murashita, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Iba, Keitaro Domae, Tatsuki Fujiwara

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Critical Care

Effect of Dust Storm Events on Daily Emergency Admissions for Cardiovascular Diseases
Wilson W.S. Tam, Tze Wai Wong, Andromeda H.S. Wong

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Heart Failure

Effect of Adaptive Servo-Ventilation on 1-Year Prognosis in Heart Failure Patients
Noriaki Takama, Masahiko Kurabayashi

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Safety and Tolerability of Once-Daily Controlled-Release Carvedilol 10–80 mg in Japanese Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Masafumi Kitakaze, Nobuaki Sarai, Hidekazu Ando, Takashi Sakamoto, Hiromu Nakajima

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Simultaneous Doppler Tracing of Transmitral Inflow and Mitral Annular Velocity as an Estimate of Elevated Left Ventricular Filling Pressure in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Yasuaki Wada, Kazuya Murata, Takeo Tanaka, Yoshio Nose, Chikage Kihara, Kosuke Uchida, Shinichi Okuda, Takehisa Susa, Yukari Kishida, Masunori Matsuzaki

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Left Ventricular Mechanical Dyssynchrony Impairs Exercise Capacity in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease With Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function and a QRS Duration ≤120 ms
Mei Wang, Guo-Hui Yan, Wen-Sheng Yue, Chung-Wah Siu, Kai-Hang Yiu, Stephen W.L. Lee, Chu Pak Lau, Hung-Fat Tse

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Imaging

Tissue Doppler Imaging Dyssynchrony Parameter Derived From the Myocardial Active Wall Motion Improves Prediction of Responders for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Fumiko Sakamaki, Yoshihiro Seo, Tomoko Ishizu, Satomi Yanaka, Akiko Atsumi, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Machino-Ohtsuka, Ryo Kawamura, Hiro Yamasaki, Miyako Igarashi, Kentaro Yoshida, Yukio Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Tada, Kazutaka Aonuma

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Natural History of Stent Edge Dissection, Tissue Protrusion and Incomplete Stent Apposition Detectable Only on Optical Coherence Tomography After Stent Implantation – Preliminary Observation –
Teruyoshi Kume, Hiroyuki Okura, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Ryotaro Yamada, Ken Saito, Tomoko Tamada, Terumasa Koyama, Yoji Neishi, Akihiro Hayashida, Takahiro Kawamoto, Kiyoshi Yoshida

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Ischemic Heart Disease

Baseline Platelet Count and Clinical Outcome in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Yihua Wu, Han Wu, Christian Mueller, C. Michael Gibson, Sabina Murphy, Yu Shi, Geng Xu, Jun Yang

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Effects of Voglibose and Nateglinide on Glycemic Status and Coronary Atherosclerosis in Early-Stage Diabetic Patients
Yu Kataoka, Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Sase, Masami Kosuge, Kazuo Kimura, Yasunao Yoshimasa, Shunichi Miyazaki on behalf of the DIANA study investigators

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation vs. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Metabolic Syndrome Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Khurshid Ahmed, Myung Ho Jeong, Rabin Chakraborty, Young Joon Hong, Doo Sun Sim, Seung Hwan Hwang, Min Goo Lee, Keun Ho Park, Ju Han Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Myeong Chan Cho, Chong Jin Kim, Young Jo Kim, Jong Chun Park, Jung Chaee Kang, Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators

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Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mobilization and Platelet Microparticle Release Are Influenced by Clopidogrel Plasma Levels in Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Carolina N. França, Luiz F.M. Pinheiro, Maria C.O. Izar, Milena K.C. Brunialti, Reinaldo Salomão, Henrique T. Bianco, Soraia H. Kasmas, Simone P. Barbosa, Gilberto de Nucci, Francisco A.H. Fonseca

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Molecular Cardiology

Compound and Digenic Heterozygosity in Desmosome Genes as a Cause of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in Japanese Patients
Tadashi Nakajima, Yoshiaki Kaneko, Tadanobu Irie, Rieko Takahashi, Toshimitsu Kato, Takafumi Iijima, Tatsuya Iso, Masahiko Kurabayashi

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Valvular Heart Disease

Impact of Left Ventricular Afterload on Longitudinal Dyssynchrony in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Preserved Ejection Fraction
Kohei Yamawaki, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kensuke Matsumoto, Mana Hiraishi, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Akihiro Kaneko, Takayuki Tsuji, Keiko Ryo, Kazuko Norisada, Yuko Fukuda, Kazuhiro Tatsumi, Tetsuari Onishi, Kenji Okada, Yutaka Okita, Hiroya Kawai, Ken-ichi Hirata

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Rapid Communication

First Pediatric Heart Transplantation From a Pediatric Donor Heart in Japan
Takayoshi Ueno, Norihide Fukushima, Taichi Sakaguchi, Haruki Ide, Hideto Ozawa, Shunsuke Saito, Hajime Ichikawa, Yoshiki Sawa

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Dabigatran in Clinical Practice for Atrial Fibrillation With Special Reference to Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
Shinya Suzuki, Takayuki Otsuka, Koichi Sagara, Shunsuke Matsuno, Ryuichi Funada, Tokuhisa Uejima, Yuji Oikawa, Junji Yajima, Akira Koike, Kazuyuki Nagashima, Hajime Kirigaya, Hitoshi Sawada, Tadanori Aizawa, Takeshi Yamashita

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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Popcorn-Like Appearance of Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve – Diagnosis on Multimodality Imaging; Echocardiography, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging –
Eun Kyoung Kim, Sung-Ji Park, Pyo Won Park, Kyung Min Byun, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park, Yeon Hyeon Choe

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JCS Guidelines

Guidelines for Clinical Use of Cardiac Nuclear Medicine (JCS 2010) – Digest Version –
JCS Joint Working Group

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Letters to the Editor

Sample Size in Receiver-Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve Analysis
(Letter) Tomoyuki Kawada

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(Reply) Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Kazumasa Tsukamoto, Nagara Tamaki

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Corrigendum

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