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Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Rapid Publication and Announcement of the 2018 JCS Meeting Activities
Toyoaki Murohara

Reviews

Best Treatment Strategies With Statins to Maximize the Cardiometabolic Benefits
Kyoung Im Cho, Ichiro Sakuma, Il Suk Sohn, Toshio Hayashi, Kazunori Shimada, Kwang Kon Koh

Editorials

Progression of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation With Aortic Valve Stenosis After Intervention
Wataru Tatsuishi, Kiyoharu Nakano

Current Status of Rotational Atherectomy in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era
Tadayuki Uetani, Tetsuya Amano

Obstacles to Optimal Lipid-Lowering Therapy — Any Solution? —
Yu Kataoka

Exploring Deep Into the Coronary Microcirculation of Patients With Microvascular Angina
Masami Goto

Towards Effective Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Kouji Kajinami

Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Efficacy and Safety of Figure-of-Eight Suture for Hemostasis After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Masato Okada, Koichi Inoue, Koji Tanaka, Yuichi Ninomiya, Yuko Hirao, Takafumi Oka, Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Inoue, Ryo Nakamaru, Yasushi Koyama, Atsunori Okamura, Katsuomi Iwakura, Yasushi Sakata, Kenshi Fujii

Combined Analysis of Human and Experimental Murine Samples Identified Novel Circulating MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for Atrial Fibrillation
Yu Natsume, Kasumi Oaku, Kentaro Takahashi, Wakana Nakamura, Ai Oono, Satomi Hamada, Masahiro Yamazoe, Kensuke Ihara, Takeshi Sasaki, Masahiko Goya, Kenzo Hirao, Tetsushi Furukawa, Tetsuo Sasano

Contiguity Between Ablation Lesions and Strict Catheter Stability Settings Assessed by VISITAG^TM Module Improve Clinical Outcomes of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation — Results From the VISITALY Study —
Giulio Zucchelli, Giusy Sirico, Luca Rebellato, Massimiliano Marini, Giuseppe Stabile, Maurizio Del Greco, Antonello Castro, Ermenegildo De Ruvo, Ezio Soldati, Gianluca Zingarini, Salvatore Ocello, Elisabetta Daleffe, Massimo Mantica, Claudio Pandozi, Massimiliano Maines, Fabrizio Guarracini, Maria Grazia Bongiorni

Cardiovascular Intervention

Five-Year Clinical Outcomes After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation Following Rotational Atherectomy for Heavily Calcified Lesions
Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shoichi Kuramitsu, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Takashi Hiromasa, Yohei Kobayashi, Yasuaki Takeji, Mizuki Miura, Hisaki Masuda, Yukiko Matsumura, Yuhei Yamaji, Kenichi Sakakura, Takenori Domei, Yoshimitsu Soga, Makoto Hyodo, Shinichi Shirai, Kenji Ando

Comparison of the Acute and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease After Angiographic Complete and Incomplete Revascularization With Drug-Eluting Stents
I-Chang Hsieh, Ming-Jer Hsieh, Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Yung Wang, Shang-Hung Chang, Cheng-Hung Lee, Dong-Yi Chen, Chia-Hung Yang, Ming-Lung Tsai

Cardiovascular Surgery

Can Tolvaptan Protect Renal Function in the Early Postoperative Period of Cardiac Surgery? — Results of a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Study —
Yuichiro Kishimoto, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Shingo Harada, Takeshi Onohara, Satoru Kishimoto, Tomohiro Kurashiki, Yoshikazu Fujiwara, Motonobu Nishimura

Epidemiology

Treatment Patterns, Statin Intolerance, and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events Among Japanese Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk Initiating Statin Therapy
Saurabh P. Nagar, Pratik P. Rane, Kathleen M. Fox, Juliana Meyers, Keith Davis, Anne Beaubrun, Hyoe Inomata, Yi Qian, Kouji Kajinami

Ability of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Testing to Predict Cardioembolic Stroke in the General Population — Comparisons With C-Reactive Protein and Urinary Albumin —
Motoyuki Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Fumitaka Tanaka, Shinichi Omama, Toshiyuki Onoda, Tomohiro Takahashi, Shuko Takahashi, Kozo Tanno, Masaki Ohsawa, Kiyomi Sakata, Makoto Koshiyama, Kuniaki Ogasawara, Akira Okayama on behalf of the Iwate-KENCO Study Group

Epidemiology of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at School — An Investigation of a Nationwide Registry in Japan —
Kosuke Kiyohara, Junya Sado, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Mamoru Ayusawa, Masahiko Nitta, Taku Iwami, Ken Nakata, Yasuto Sato, Noriko Kojimahara, Naohito Yamaguchi, Tomotaka Sobue, Yuri Kitamura for the SPIRITS Investigators

Heart Failure

Skeletal Muscle Pump Function Is Associated With Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure
Toru Kondo, Sumio Yamada, Chikako Asai, Takahiro Okumura, Daisuke Tanimura, Toyoaki Murohara

Serial Change in Serum Chloride During Hospitalization Could Predict Heart Failure Death in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients
Takumi Kondo, Takahisa Yamada, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takashi Morita, Yoshio Furukawa, Yusuke Iwasaki, Masato Kawasaki, Atsushi Kikuchi, Tatsuhisa Ozaki, Yoshihiro Sato, Masahiro Seo, Iyo Ikeda, Eiji Fukuhara, Makoto Abe, Jun Nakamura, Yasushi Sakata, Masatake Fukunami

Hypertension and Circulatory Control

Questionnaire Survey From the Viewpoint of Concordance in Patient and Physician Satisfaction Concerning Hypertensive Treatment in Elderly Patients — Patients Voice Study —
Yoshiyuki Ikeda, Takeshi Sasaki, So Kuwahata, Masakazu Imamura, Kanyo Tanoue, Shinichirou Komaki, Mamoru Hashiguchi, Atsushi Kuroda, Yuichi Akasaki, Chikuma Hamada, Mitsuru Ohishi

Imaging

High Signal Intensity on T2-Weighted Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Life- Threatening Arrhythmic Events in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients
Yasuki Hen, Ayako Takara, Nobuo Iguchi, Yuko Utanohara, Kunihiko Teraoka, Kaori Takada, Haruhiko Machida, Itaru Takamisawa, Morimasa Takayama, Tsutomu Yoshikawa

Ischemic Heart Disease

Microvascular Angina — Long-Term Exercise Stress Test Follow-up —
Gaetano A. Lanza, Monica Filice, Antonio De Vita, Angelo Villano, Laura Manfredonia, Priscilla Lamendola, Filippo Crea

Cost-Effectiveness of Statin Plus Eicosapentaenoic Acid Combination Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Japanese Patients With Hypercholesterolemia — An Analysis Based on the Japan Eicosapentaenoic Acid Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS) —
Satoshi Kodera, Hiroyuki Morita, Arihiro Kiyosue, Jiro Ando, Issei Komuro

Low-Dose Erythropoietin in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (EPO-AMI-II) — A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial —
Tetsuo Minamino, Shuichiro Higo, Ryo Araki, Shungo Hikoso, Daisaku Nakatani, Hiroshi Suzuki, Takahisa Yamada, Masaaki Okutsu, Kouji Yamamoto, Yasushi Fujio, Yoshio Ishida, Takuya Ozawa, Kiminori Kato, Ken Toba, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Issei Komuro, EPO-AMI-II Investigators

Determinants and Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions vs. Surgery for Multivessel Disease According to Clinical Presentation
Sung-Jin Hong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sanghoon Shin, Yongsung Suh, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang

Protective Effects of Topiroxostat on an Ischemia-Reperfusion Model of Rat Hearts
Shogo Tanno, Kenshiro Yamamoto, Yasutaka Kurata, Maya Adachi, Yumiko Inoue, Naoyuki Otani, Mutsuo Mishima, Yasutaka Yamamoto, Masanari Kuwabara, Kazuhide Ogino, Junichiro Miake, Haruaki Ninomiya, Yasuaki Shirayoshi, Futoshi Okada, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Ichiro Hisatome

Effects of Statin Intensity on Clinical Outcome in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
Doyeon Hwang, Hyun Kuk Kim, Joo Myung Lee, Ki Hong Choi, Jihoon Kim, Tae-Min Rhee, Jonghanne Park, Taek Kyu Park, Jeong Hoon Yang, Young Bin Song, Jin-Ho Choi, Joo-Yong Hahn, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Bon-Kwon Koo, Young Jo Kim, Shung Chull Chae, Myeong Chan Cho, Chong Jin Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Myung Ho Jeong, Hyo-Soo Kim, The KAMIR Investigators

Metabolic Disorder

Circulating Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4 Concentration Predicts the Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis in a General Population Without Medication
Masato Furuhashi, Satoshi Yuda, Atsuko Muranaka, Mina Kawamukai, Megumi Matsumoto, Marenao Tanaka, Norihito Moniwa, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Shigeyuki Saitoh, Kazuaki Shimamoto, Tetsuji Miura

Molecular Cardiology

Endogenous Interleukin-1β Is Implicated in Intraplaque Hemorrhage in Apolipoprotein E Gene Null Mice
Etsu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Imuta, Daishi Fujita, Masao Takahashi, Shigeyoshi Oba, Arihiro Kiyosue, Hiroaki Nishimatsu

Myocardial Disease

Late Gadolinium Enhancement for Prediction of Mutation-Positive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy on the Basis of Panel-Wide Sequencing
Ryota Teramoto, Noboru Fujino, Tetsuo Konno, Akihiro Nomura, Yoji Nagata, Toyonobu Tsuda, Hayato Tada, Kenji Sakata, Masakazu Yamagishi, Kenshi Hayashi, Masa-aki Kawashiri

Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Clinical Predictors of Right Ventricular Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Takashi Kido, Takayoshi Ueno, Masaki Taira, Hideto Ozawa, Koichi Toda, Toru Kuratani, Yoshiki Sawa

Liver Cirrhosis and/or Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurring Late After the Fontan Procedure — A Nationwide Survey in Japan —
Masanari Kuwabara, Koichiro Niwa, Tomohiko Toyoda, Takeaki Shirai, Shigeru Tateno, Hideo Ohuchi, Yasuhiko Tanaka, Fukiko Ichida, Tomoo Fujisawa, Teiji Akagi, Yoshiki Mori for the Research Committee of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Transcutaneous Exercise Oximetry for Patients With Claudication — A Retrospective Review of Approximately 5,000 Consecutive Tests Over 15 Years —
Pierre Abraham, Christophe Colas-Ribas, Isabelle Signolet, Myriam Ammi, Mathieu Feuilloy, Jean Picquet, Samir Henni

Long-Term Clinical Outcomes Survey of Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Therapy in Critical Limb Ischemia in Japan
Kazuhisa Kondo, Kenji Yanishi, Ryo Hayashida, Satoshi Shintani, Rei Shibata, Kenta Murotani, Masahiko Ando, Masaaki Mizuno, Tadami Fujiwara, Toyoaki Murohara, Satoaki Matoba, TACT Follow-up Study Investigators

Pulmonary Circulation

Tricuspid Regurgitation Peak Gradient (TRPG)/Tricuspid Annulus Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) — A Novel Parameter for Stepwise Echocardiographic Risk Stratification in Normotensive Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism —
Michał Ciurzyński, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Barbara Lichodziejewska, Marta Kozłowska, Magdalena Pływaczewska, Piotr Sobieraj, Olga Dzikowska-Diduch, Sylwia Goliszek, Piotr Bienias, Maciej Kostrubiec, Piotr Pruszczyk

Valvular Heart Disease

Do Patients With High CHA₂DS₂-VASc Scores Need High Intensity of Anticoagulants After Valve Surgery?
Hsi-Yu Yu, Ming-Hsien Lin, Lian-Yu Lin, Chih-Hsien Wang, Nai-Hsin Chi, Yih-Sharng Chen

Vascular Biology and Vascular Medicine

Neuroprotection Mediated by Upregulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Rho-Associated, Coiled-Coil-Containing Kinase 2 Deficient Mice
Yukio Hiroi, Kensuke Noma, Hyung-Hwan Kim, Nikola Sladojevic, Corey E. Tabit, Yuxin Li, Guray Soydan, Salvatore Salomone, Michael A. Moskowitz, James K. Liao

Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Thalidomide for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Tomohisa Nakamura, Takeshi Ogo, Nobuhiro Tahara, Shigefumi Fukui, Akihiro Tsuji, Jin Ueda, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Norifumi Nakanishi, Hisao Ogawa, Satoshi Yasuda

Adult Case of Parachute-Like Asymmetrical Mitral Valve Complicated by Mitral Stenosis and Thrombus Formation
Yujiro Kawai, Takahito Yokoyama, Gentaku Hama, Yasuyuki Toyoda, Miki Horigome, Yasutoshi Tsuda, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Takahiro Takemura

Radiation-Induced Cardiomyopathy Incidentally Detected on Oncology ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
Go Kawamura, Hideki Okayama, Naoto Kawaguchi, Saki Hosokawa, Tetsuya Kosaki, Tatsuya Shigematsu, Tatsunori Takahashi, Yoshitaka Kawada, Go Hiasa, Tadakatsu Yamada, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Yukio Kazatani

¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography 10 Days Before Onset of Aortic Dissection
Toshihiro Tsuruda, Shigeki Nagamachi, Masashi Yamaguchi, Sumiharu Sakamoto, Tetsunori Ishikawa, Kazuo Kitamura

Coexistence of a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle With Ebstein-Like Anomaly and Right Ventricular Apical Hypoplasia — Usefulness of Multimodality Imaging —
Kyohei Marume, Shigefumi Fukui, Keiko Shimamoto, Hideo Ohuchi, Akihiro Tsuji, Takeshi Ogo, Norifumi Nakanishi, Satoshi Yasuda

■月刊誌 Circulation Journal Vol.82 No.4 広告掲載企業様一覧
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エリキュース（ブリストル・マイヤーズ・スクイブ株式会社）
エパデール（持田製薬株式会社）
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