Vol.162 (2012.6.1) Impact Factor 2010 : 3.225  In 2012 (January to May), the average time for primary review for all original manuscripts submitted to Circulation Journal was 12.0 days. Circulation Journal Vol.76 No.6 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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Cardiology Societies in the Asian/Pacific Region

The Singapore Cardiac Society – 38 Years On –
Boon-Lock Chia, Charles Chai-Soon Toh, Bernard Wing-Kuin Kwok, Kian-Keong Poh

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Reviews

Role of Imaging in Ablation Therapy of Ventricular Arrhythmias – Focus on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging –
Miki Yokokawa, Gisela Mueller, Frank Bogun

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Catheter Ablation of Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation – Are We on the Right Path? –
Young-Hoon Kim

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Perspective of Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiac Regneration – Advances and Challeges –
Sung Hyun Choi, Seok Yun Jung, Sang-Mo Kwon, Sang Hong Baek

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Cardiovascular Events in Japan – Lessons From the J-ACCESS Multicenter Prognostic Study Using Myocardial Perfusion Imaging –
Kenichi Nakajima, Tsunehiko Nishimura

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Editorials

Weight Reduction in Primary Care – Comprehensive Dietary Counseling and the Use of Healthy Delivered "Bento (Lunch Boxes)" –
Yoshihiro Kokubo

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What Type of Statin and What Level of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Should Be Appropriate for Secondary Prevention for Japanese Patients With Coronary Artery Disease?
Ichiro Sakuma

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Does Direct Inhibition Bring Direct Benefit?
Shichiro Abe, Isao Taguchi, Teruo Inoue

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Evaluation of Conservative Therapy for Intermittent Claudication
Hisao Masaki, Kazuo Tanemoto

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Mutations in Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Genes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients – Possible Involvement of BMPRIB –
Isao Shiraishi

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Significance of Measuring Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Takuya Taniguchi, Takahisa Sawada

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Primary Prevention With Aspirin in Type 2 Diabetic Patients – Searching for the Right Spot –
Sergio Manzano-Fernández, Antonio Tello-Montoliu, Francisco Marín

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Late Breaking Clinical Trials (JCS 2012)

Lifestyle Changes Through the Use of Delivered Meals and Dietary Counseling in a Single-Blind Study – The STYLIST Study –
Keita Noda, Bo Zhang, Atsushi Iwata, Hiroaki Nishikawa, Masahiro Ogawa, Takashi Nomiyama, Shin-ichiro Miura, Hideto Sako, Kunihiro Matsuo, Eiji Yahiro, Toshihiko Yanase, Keijiro Saku on behalf of the STYLIST Study Investigators

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Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Anti-β-Adrenoceptors Autoimmunity Causing 'Idiopathic' Arrhythmias and Cardiomyopathy
Donatella Brisinda, Anna Rita Sorbo, Angela Venuti, Maria Pia Ruggieri, Raffaele Manna, Peter Fenici, Gerd Wallukat, Johan Hoebeke, Andrea Frustaci, Riccardo Fenici

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Triggered Firing and Atrial Fibrillation in Transgenic Mice With Selective Atrial Fibrosis Induced by Overexpression of TGF-β₁
Eue-Keun Choi, Po-Cheng Chang, Young-Soo Lee, Shien-Fong Lin, Wuqiang Zhu, Mitsunori Maruyama, Michael C. Fishbein, Zhenhui Chen, Michael Rubart-von der Lohe, Loren J. Field, Peng-Sheng Chen

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Cardiovascular Intervention

Heparin Bridging vs. Uninterrupted Oral Anticoagulation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Coronary Artery Stenting – Results From the AFCAS Registry –
Heli Lahtela, Andrea Rubboli, Axel Schlitt, Pasi P. Karjalainen, Matti Niemelä, Saila Vikman, Marja Puurunen, Michael Weber, Josè Valencia, Fausto Biancari, Gregory Y.H. Lip, K.E. Juhani Airaksinen for the AFCAS (Management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation undergoing Coronary Artery Stenting) study group

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Intensity of Statin Therapy, Achieved Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Japanese Patients After Coronary Revascularization – Perspectives From the CREDOKyoto Registry Cohort-2 –
Masahiro Natsuaki, Yutaka Furukawa, Takeshi Morimoto, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Koh Ono, Satoshi Kaburagi, Tsukasa Inada, Hirokazu Mitsuoka, Ryoji Taniguchi, Akira Nakano, Toru Kita, Ryuzo Sakata, Takeshi Kimura on behalf of the CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG registry cohort-2 investigators

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Cardiovascular Surgery

Prior Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery as a Complication Risk Factor for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Kota Yamamoto, Toshihiro Fukui, Shigefumi Matsuyama, Minoru Tabata, Haruo Aramoto, Shuichiro Takanashi

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Critical Care

Outcome of Patients With Profound Cardiogenic Shock After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Prompt Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support – A Single-Center Observational Study –
Sheng-Ying Chung, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Ying-Jui Lin, Cheuk-Kwan Sun, Li-Teh Chang, Yung-Lung Chen, Tzu- Hsien Tsai, Chien-Jen Chen, Cheng-Hsu Yang, Chi-Ling Hang, Steve Leu, Chiung-Jen Wu, Fan-Yen Lee, Hon-Kan Yip

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Clinical Usefulness of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography to Detect Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy in the Emergency Department
Jung-Hyun Choi, Jong-Ho Nam, Jang-Won Son, Sang-Hee Lee, Ung Kim, Jong-Seon Park, Dong-Gu Shin, Young-Jo Kim, Geu-Ru Hong

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Heart Failure

Tissue Doppler Imaging-Derived Myocardial Acceleration During Isovolumetric Contraction Predicts Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Alaa Mabrouk Salem Omar, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kensuke Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Tatsumi, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Mana Hiraishi, Takayuki Tsuji, Akihiro Kaneko, Keiko Ryo, Yuko Fukuda, Hiroya Kawai, Ken-ichi Hirata

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Hypertension and Circulatory Control

Left Ventricular Dysfunction Assessed by Cardiac Time Interval Analysis Among Different Geometric Patterns in Untreated Hypertension
Kunitsugu Takasaki, Masaaki Miyata, Masakazu Imamura, Toshinori Yuasa, Eiji Kuwahara, Kayoko Kubota, Mihoko Kono, Nami Ueya, Yoshihisa Horizoe, Hideto Chaen, Naoko Mizukami, Akira Kisanuki, Shuichi Hamasaki, Chuwa Tei

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Does a Combination Pill of Antihypertensive Drugs Improve Medication Adherence in Japanese? – A Randomized Controlled Trial –
Kiyoshi Matsumura, Hisatomi Arima, Mitsuhiro Tominaga, Toshio Ohtsubo, Toshiyuki Sasaguri, Koji Fujii, Masayo Fukuhara, Keiko Uezono, Yuki Morinaga, Yuko Ohta, Takatoshi Otonari, Junya Kawasaki, Isao Kato, Takuya Tsuchihashi for the COMFORT Investigators

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Disrupted Regulation of Ghrelin Production Under Antihypertensive Treatment in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Naokazu Hamada, Yoshihiro Nishi, Yuji Tajiri, Kentaro Setoyama, Ryozo Kamimura, Kenkichi Miyahara, Norihito Nuruki, Hiroshi Hosoda, Kenji Kangawa, Masayasu Kojima, Hiroharu Mifune

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Imaging

Estimation of Left Atrial Pump Function by Mitral Annular Velocity
Masaharu Masuda, Katsuomi Iwakura, Koichi Inoue, Atsunori Okamura, Yasushi Koyama, Ryusuke Kimura, Atsushi Doi, Yuko Toyoshima, Issei Komuro, Kenshi Fujii

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Coronary Plaque Characteristics in Patients With Mild Chronic Kidney Disease – Analysis by 320-Row Area Detector Computed Tomography –
Hideki Kawai, Masayoshi Sarai, Sadako Motoyama, Hiroto Harigaya, Hajime Ito, Yoshihiro Sanda, Shankar Biswas, Hirofumi Anno, Junichi Ishii, Toyoaki Murohara, Yukio Ozaki

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Ischemic Heart Disease

Effects of Valsartan, an Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker, on Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Who Receive an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
Hideto Yano, Kiyoshi Hibi, Naoki Nozawa, Hiroyuki Ozaki, Ikuyoshi Kusama, Toshiaki Ebina, Masami Kosuge, Kengo Tsukahara, Jun Okuda, Satoshi Morita, Satoshi Umemura, Kazuo Kimura

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Early Improvement in Carotid Plaque Echogenicity by Acarbose in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Mitsumasa Hirano, Takamitsu Nakamura, Jyun-ei Obata, Daisuke Fujioka, Yukio Saito, Ken-ichi Kawabata, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yosuke Watanabe, Kiyotaka Kugiyama

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Effect of Direct Renin Inhibitor, Aliskiren, on Peripheral Blood Monocyte Subsets and Myocardial Salvage in Patients With Primary Acute Myocardial Infarction
Yuichi Ozaki, Toshio Imanishi, Takashi Tanimoto, Manabu Kashiwagi, Hiroto Tsujioka, Hiromichi Sougawa, Makoto Orii, Yasutsugu Shiono, Kunihiro Shimamura, Kohei Ishibashi, Kenichi Komukai, Yasushi Ino, Hironori Kitabata, Takashi Akasaka

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Clinical Significance of Flow-Mediated Dilation, Brachial Intima-Media Thickness and Pulse Wave Velocity in Patients With and Without Coronary Artery Disease
Rie Koyoshi, Shin-ichiro Miura, Naoko Kumagai, Yuhei Shiga, Ryoko Mitsutake, Keijiro Saku

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Molecular Cardiology

Identification of _εPKC Targets During Cardiac Ischemic Injury
Grant Budas, Helio Miranda Costa Jr, Julio Cesar Batista Ferreira, André Teixeira da Silva Ferreira, Jonas Perales, José Eduardo Krieger, Daria Mochly-Rosen, Deborah Schechtman

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Peripheral Vascular Disease

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Improves the Walking Ability of Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication
Fukashi Serizawa, Kenta Ito, Keiichiro Kawamura, Ken Tsuchida, Yo Hamada, Tsutomu Zukeran, Takuya Shimizu, Daijiro Akamatsu, Munetaka Hashimoto, Hitoshi Goto, Tetsuo Watanabe, Akira Sato, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Susumu Satomi

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Pulmonary Circulation

Platelet Level as a New Prognostic Factor for Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Era of Combination Therapy
Hiroki Taguchi, Masaharu Kataoka, Ryoji Yanagisawa, Takashi Kawakami, Yuichi Tamura, Keiichi Fukuda, Hideaki Yoshino, Toru Satoh

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Missense Mutations of the BMPR1B (ALK6) Gene in Childhood Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Ayako Chida, Masaki Shintani, Tomotaka Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Furutani, Emiko Hayama, Kei Inai, Tsutomu Saji, Shigeaki Nonoyama, Toshio Nakanishi

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Regenerative Medicine

Impact of Low Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor After Myocardial Infarction on 6-Month Clinical Outcome – Results From the Nagoya Acute Myocardial Infarction Study –
Kyoko Matsudaira, Kengo Maeda, Naoki Okumura, Daiji Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro Morita, Hirotsugu Mitsuhashi, Hideki Ishii, Takahisa Kondo, Toyoaki Murohara on behalf of the Nagoya Acute Myocardial Infarction Study (NAMIS) Group

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Non-Invasive In Vivo Detection of Peripheral Limb Ischemia Improvement in the Rat After Adipose Tissue- Derived Stromal Cell Transplantation
Rosalinda Madonna, Stefano Delli Pizzi, Luigino Di Donato, Alessandro Mariotti, Luigi Di Carlo, Emilia D’Ugo, Maria Anna Teberino, Arcangelo Merla, Armando Tartaro, Raffaele De Caterina

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Stroke

Aspirin Reduces Cerebrovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Poorly Controlled Blood Pressure – Subanalysis From the JPAD Trial –
Hirofumi Soejima, Hisao Ogawa, Takeshi Morimoto, Masafumi Nakayama, Sadanori Okada, Shiro Uemura, Masao Kanauchi, Naofumi Doi, Mio Sakuma, Hideaki Jinnouchi, Seigo Sugiyama, Masako Waki, Yoshihiko Saito for the JPAD Trial Investigators

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Rapid Communication

Did We Misunderstand How to Calculate Total Stroke Work in Mitral Regurgitation by Echocardiography?
Yasushige Shingu, Yoshiro Matsui

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Letters to the Editor

Plaque-Stabilizing Statin Therapy Prior to Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty and Stenting
(Letter) Rainer Spiegel

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(Reply) Shiro Uemura, Tsunenari Soeda, Yoshihiko Saito

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The Cholesterol Paradox in Atrial Fibrillation
(Letter) Raimondo Feminò, Giovanni Feminò

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(Reply) Hiroshi Watanabe, Nobue Yagihara, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Makoto Kodama, Naohito Tanabe, Toru Watanabe

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