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Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Rapid Publication and Announcement of the 2012 JCS Meeting Activities
Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Cardiology Societies in the Asian/Pacific Region

The Turkish Society of Cardiology – Towards the 50th Anniversary: Dedication to Continuous Progress in Cardiovascular Health Through Education, Training and Research –
Oktay Ergene

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Reviews

Novel Functional Risk Factors for the Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Vulnerable Patients Following Acute Coronary Syndrome
Martin K. Reriani, Andreas J. Flammer, Abdi Jama, Lilach O. Lerman, Amir Lerman

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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting – The Current State –
Marek Polomsky, John D. Puskas

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Catheter Ablation of Tachyarrhythmias From the Aortic Sinuses of Valsalva – When and How? –
Hiroshi Tada

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Edge-to-Edge Percutaneous Repair of Severe Mitral Regurgitation – State-of-the-Art for Mitraclip® Implantation –
Eduardo Alegria-Barrero, Pak Hei Chan, Manuel Paulo, Alison Duncan, Susana Price, Neil Moat, Carlo Di Mario, Antoni Serra, Eulogio García, Olaf Franzen

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Editorialss

Qualitative Plaque Stabilization But Not Quantitative Plaque Regression
Kazuhiko Nishigaki

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Remodeling Induced by Atrial Fibrillation – How Far Does It Extend? –
Toru Maruyama

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Clinical Usefulness of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Kunihiko Teraoka

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Clear View, Clear Benefit
Masamichi Takano, Shigenobu Inami, Kyoichi Mizuno

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Defining the Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon
John F. Beltrame

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Is Kawasaki Disease a New Disease? – A Pathological Perspective –
Hirohisa Kato

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Hypoxic Preconditioning – A Cutting "Aged" Remedy for Impaired Angiogenesis –
Yasuko K Bando, Toyoaki Murohara

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Late Breaking Clinical Trials (JCS 2012)

Reverse Vessel Remodeling But Not Coronary Plaque Regression Could Predict Future Cardiovascular Events in ACS Patients With Intensive Statin Therapy – The Extended JAPAN-ACS Study –
Katsumi Miyauchi, Hiroyuki Daida, Takeshi Morimoto, Takafumi Hiro, Takeshi Kimura, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Masakazu Yamagishi, Yukio Ozaki, Kazushige Kadota, Kazuo Kimura, Atsushi Hirayama, Kazumi Kimura, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shinichiro Uchiyama, Masunori Matsuzaki for the JAPAN-ACS Investigators

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Superiority of Long-Acting to Short-Acting Loop Diuretics in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure – The J-MELODIC Study –
Tohru Masuyama, Takeshi Tsujino, Hideki Origasa, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Takashi Akasaka, Yutaka Hirano, Nobuyuki Ohte, Takashi Daimon, Satoshi Nakatani, Hiroshi Ito

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Effects of Valsartan on Fibrinolysis in Hypertensive Patients With Metabolic Syndrome – The KACTMetS Study –
Masaaki Miyata, Yoshiyuki Ikeda, Shuji Nakamura, Takeshi Sasaki, Satoshi Abe, Shinichi Minagoe, Hiroyuki Torii, Souki Lee, Shigeki Tateishi, Koichi Kihara, Ichiro Ohba, Shoko Kajiya, Yuko Furusho, Shuichi Hamasaki, Chuwa Tei, Kagoshima Collaborate Trial in Metabolic Syndrome (KACT-MetS) Investigators

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Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Epicardial Atrial Mapping Can Predict Elimination of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation After the Box Pulmonary Vein Isolation During Mitral Valve Surgery
Taijiro Sueda, Naomichi Uchida, Shinya Takahashi, Taiichi Takasaki, Tatsuya Kurosaki, Keijiro Katayama, Katsuhiko Imai

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Right Atrial Anatomical Remodeling Affects Early Outcomes of Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation After Radiofrequency Ablation
Jeonggeun Moon, Yoo Jin Hong, Jaemin Shim, Hye-Jin Hwang, Jong-Youn Kim, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Boyoung Joung

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Cardiovascular Intervention

Randomized Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents vs. Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion – CAtholic Total Occlusion Study (CATOS) Trial –
Hun-Jun Park, Hee-Yeol Kim, Jong-Min Lee, Yoon Seok Choi, Chul-Soo Park, Dong-Bin Kim, Sung Ho Her, Yoon Seok Koh, Mahn Won Park, Beom-June Kwon, Pum Joon Kim, Kiyuk Chang, Wook Sung Chung, Ki-Bae Seung

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Cardiac Rehabilitation

Overshoot Phenomena of Respiratory Gas Variables During Exercise Recovery in Cardiac Patients
Takeya Suzuki, Akira Koike, Osamu Nagayama, Koji Sakurada, Hidekazu Tsuneoka, Jo Kato, Takeshi Yamashita, Junichi Yamazaki

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Cardiovascular Surgery

Effects of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning With Postconditioning in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery – Randomized Controlled Trial –
Deok Man Hong, Yunseok Jeon, Chang-Soon Lee, Hyun Joo Kim, Jung-Man Lee, Jae-Hyon Bahk, Ki-Bong Kim, Ho Young Hwang

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Critical Care

Prognostic Value of Venous Blood Ammonia in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Asuka Kasai, Ken Nagao, Kimio Kikushima, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Eizo Tachibana, Taketomo Soga, Masakazu Mastsuzaki, Tsukasa Yagi

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Epidemiology

Epidemiology of Prehypertension and Associated Risk Factors in Urban Adults From 33 Communities in China – The CHPSNE Study –
Xiu-Jun Meng, Guang-Hui Dong, Da Wang, Miao-Miao Liu, Yu-Qin Liu, Yang Zhao, Wei-Wei Deng, Shen Tian, Xin Meng, Hai-Yan Zhang

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Hypertension and Circulatory Control

Genetic Association of Short Sleep Duration With Hypertension Incidence – A 6-Year Follow-up in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study –
Se Joong Kim, Seung Ku Lee, Seong Hwan Kim, Chang-Ho Yun, Je Hyeong Kim, Robert J. Thomas, Chol Shin

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Imaging

Prevalence and Signal Characteristics of Late Gadolinium Enhancement on Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Shiro Nakamori, Koji Matsuoka, Katsuya Onishi, Tairo Kurita, Yasutaka Ichikawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Masaki Ishida, Kakuya Kitagawa, Takashi Tanigawa, Tomoaki Nakamura, Masaaki Ito, Hajime Sakuma

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Comparison of Contrast Media and Low-Molecular-Weight Dextran for Frequency-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Yuichi Ozaki, Hironori Kitabata, Hiroto Tsujioka, Seiki Hosokawa, Manabu Kashiwagi, Kohei Ishibashi, Kenichi Komukai, Takashi Tanimoto, Yasushi Ino, Shigeho Takarada, Takashi Kubo, Keizo Kimura, Atsushi Tanaka, Kumiko Hirata, Masato Mizukoshi, Toshio Imanishi, Takashi Akasaka

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Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography for Evaluating the Effect of Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Ventricular Synchrony in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Jun Liu, Xiang-hua Fu, Ling Xue, Wei-li Wu, Xin-shun Gu, Shi-qiang Li

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Ischemic Heart Disease

Coronary Slow Flow – Prevalence and Clinical Correlations –
Beau M. Hawkins, Stavros Stavrakis, Talla A. Rousan, Mazen Abu-Fadel, Eliot Schechter

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Inhibition of Protein Kinase C β Ameliorates Impaired Angiogenesis in Type I Diabetic Mice Complicating Myocardial Infarction
Akihiko Ikeda, Shonosuke Matsushita, Yuzuru Sakakibara

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Molecular Cardiology

Chromosome 9p21 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Are Not Associated With Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Established Coronary Artery Disease
Salim S. Virani, Ariel Brautbar, Vei-Vei Lee, MacArthur Elayda, Alanna C. Morrison, Megan L. Grove, Vijay Nambi, Lorraine Frazier, James M. Wilson, James T. Willerson, Eric Boerwinkle, Christie M. Ballantyne

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Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Outcome of Pregnancy and Effects on the Right Heart in Women With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Chizuko A. Kamiya, Tadashi Iwamiya, Reiko Neki, Shinji Katsuragi, Kaoru Kawasaki, Takakazu Miyoshi, Yoshihito Sasaki, Kazuhiro Osato, Toyoaki Murohara, Tomoaki Ikeda

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A Half-Century of Autopsy Results – Incidence of Pediatric Vasculitis Syndromes, Especially Kawasaki Disease –
Kei Takahashi, Toshiaki Oharaseki, Yuki Yokouchi, Hitomi Yamada, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Shiro Naoe

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Peripheral Vascular Disease

Using Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy to Improve Quality of Life for Symptomatic Patients With Infrapopliteal Diffuse Peripheral Obstructive Disease
Shih-Tai Chang, Jen-Te Hsu, Chi-Ming Chu, Kuo-Li Pan, Shih-Jung Jang, Pi-Chi Lin, Hung-Chih Hsu, Kuo-Chin Huang

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Pulmonary Circulation

Effects of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Implantation in Canine Model of Pulmonary Hypertension
Yun Luan, Zhao-Hua Zhang, De-E Wei, Yan Lu, Yi-Biao Wang

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Regenerative Medicine

Hypoxic Preconditioning Enhances Angiogenic Potential of Bone Marrow Cells With Aging-Related Functional Impairment
Masayuki Kubo, Tao-Sheng Li, Hiroshi Kurazumi, Yoshihiro Takemoto, Mako Ohshima, Tomoaki Murata, Shunsaku Katsura, Noriyasu Morikage, Akira Furutani, Kimikazu Hamano

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Vascular Medicine

Corosolic Acid Ameliorates Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice by Regulating the Nuclear Factor-_κB Signaling Pathway and Inhibiting Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Expression
Hong Chen, Jie Yang, Qin Zhang, Li-Hong Chen, Qiang Wang

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Improved Prognosis of Takayasu Arteritis Over the Past Decade – Comprehensive Analysis of 106 Patients –
Hirokazu Ohigashi, Go Haraguchi, Masanori Konishi, Daisuke Tezuka, Tetsuo Kamiishi, Takashi Ishihara, Mitsuaki Isobe

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Effects of H₂S on Myogenic Responses in Rat Cerebral Arterioles
Lei Liu, Hong Liu, Dong Sun, Weili Qiao, Youjian Qi, Hong Sun, Changdong Yan

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Rapid Communication

Distribution of First-Detected Atrial Fibrillation Patients Without Structural Heart Diseases in Symptom Classifications
Keitaro Senoo, Shinya Suzuki, Koichi Sagara, Takayuki Otsuka, 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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JCS Guidelines

Guidelines for Smoking Cessation (JCS 2010) – Digest Version –
JCS Joint Working Group

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Letters to the Editor

Methodological Considerations for Utilizing Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as a Biomarker in Acute Vascular Syndromes
(Letter) Regent Lee

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(Reply) Nobuaki Kobayashi, Noritake Hata, Noriaki Kume, Kyoichi Mizuno

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