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◆Message From the Editor-in-Chief◆

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Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Circulation Journal Awards of the Year 2009
Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Reviews

Cardiac Progenitor Cells and Bone Marrow-Derived Very Small Embryonic-Like Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction
Xian-Liang Tang, D. Gregg Rokosh, Yiru Guo, Roberto Bolli

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) in Disease Pathogenesis
Yumiko Imai, Keiji Kuba, Takayo Ohto-Nakanishi, Josef M. Penninger

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Acute Coronary Syndrome: Insight From Angioscopy
Yasunori Ueda, Nobuyuki Ogasawara, Koushi Matsuo, Shinichi Hirotani, Kazunori Kashiwase, Akio Hirata, Mayu Nishio, Takayoshi Nemoto, Mitsuru Wada, Yuki Masumura, Toshikazu Kashiyama, Shouzou Konishi, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Akazawa, Kazuhisa Kodama

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Role of the SDF-1/CXCR4 System in Myocardial Infarction
Masafumi Takahashi

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Editorials

Towards a Tailored Use of Eluted Drugs for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Marco Zimarino, Benedetta Ruggieri, Raffaele De Caterina

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Multidisciplinary Approach to Severe Coronary Artery Disease
Masami Ochi

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Controversies on Obesity and CKD
Sadayoshi Ito

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The Entire Coronary Arterial System Rather Than Just the Culprit Lesion Should be Evaluated in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
Shichiro Abe, Teruo Inoue, Isao Taguchi

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Role of Adiponectin in Cardiovascular Protection
Mamoru Nanasato, Toyoaki Murohara

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Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Mechanism of Regular Atrial Tachyarrhythmias During Combined Pulomonary Vein Isolation and Complex Fractionated Electrogram Ablation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Gi-Byoung Nam, Eun-Sun Jin, HyungOh Choi, Hae-Geun Song, Sung-Hwan Kim, Ki-Hun Kim, Eui-Seock Hwang, Kyoung-Min Park, Jun Kim, Kyoung-Suk Rhee, Kee-Joon Choi, You-Ho Kim

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Cardiovascular Intervention

Two-Year Clinical Outcome After Abciximab-Coated Stent Implantation in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Sung Soo Kim, Young Joon Hong, Myung Ho Jeong, Weon Kim, Hyun-Kuk Kim, Jum Suk Ko, Min Goo Lee, Doo Sun Sim, Keun Ho Park, Nam Sik Yoon, Hyun Ju Yoon, Kye Hun Kim, Hyung Wook Park, Ju Han Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Jeong Gwan Cho, Jong Chun Park, Sun-Jung Song, Dong Lyun Cho, Jung Chaee Kang

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Cardiovascular Surgery

Mid-Term Results and Costs of Coronary Artery Bypass vs Drug-Eluting Stents for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Ohno, Jiro Ando, Hideo Fujita, Ryozo Nagai, Noboru Motomura, Minoru Ono, Shunei Kyo, Shinichi Takamoto

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Epidemiology

Impact of Blood Pressure and Other Components of the Metabolic Syndrome on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease
Guodong Kang, Lu Guo, Zhirong Guo, Xiaoshu Hu, Ming Wu, Zhengyuan Zhou, Hui Zhou, Shijun Liu, Fengmei Chen

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Does Obesity Attenuate the Effect of Metabolic Syndrome on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease? Report From China Heart Survey
Hao Liu, Jinming Yu, Fang Chen, Jinsong Wang, Shengbao Chen, Fang Wang, Dayi Hu

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Hypertension and Circulatory Control

Fluvastatin Attenuates Diabetes-Induced Cardiac Sympathetic Neuropathy in Association With a Decrease in Oxidative Stress
Akira Matsuki, Takashi Nozawa, Norio Igarashi, Mitsuo Sobajima, Takashi Ohori, Takayuki Suzuki, Nozomu Fujii, Akihiko Igawa, Hiroshi Inoue

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Imaging

Delayed Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is a Significant Prognostic Factor in Patients With Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Jung Rae Cho, Sungha Park, Byoung Wook Choi, Seok-Min Kang, Jong-Won Ha, Namsik Chung, Kyu-Ok Choe, Seung-Yun Cho, Se-Joong Rim

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Ischemic Heart Disease

Change in Ischemia-Modified Albumin and Its Clinical Significance During Exercise Stress Testing
Dong-Hyeon Lee, Hui-Kyung Jeon, Hun-Jun Park, Woo-Seung Shin, Seung-Won Lee, Ho-Joong Youn, Chul-Min Kim, Hae Kyung Lee

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Coronary Score Adds Prognostic Information for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
Gang Huang, Jiang-long Zhao, Huaan Du, Xian-bin Lan, Yue-hui Yin

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Comparison of Case Fatality Rates for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Weekday vs Weekend Admissions in South Korea
Jae Seok Hong, Hee Chung Kang, Sun Hee Lee

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Effects of Nicorandil on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease in The Japanese Coronary Artery Disease (JCAD) Study
Shigeo Horinaka, Akihisa Yabe, Hiroshi Yagi, Toshihiko Ishimitsu, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Shinya Suzuki, Takahide Kohro, Ryozo Nagai for the JCAD Study Investigators

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Clinical Importance of Adherence to Treatment With Eicosapentaenoic Acid by Patients With Hypercholesterolemia
Hideki Origasa, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Masunori Matsuzaki, Yasushi Saito, Yuji Matsuzawa on behalf of the JELIS Investigators, Japan

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Molecular Cardiology

Association of the Functional Variant in the 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Reductase Gene With Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol in Japanese
Yumiko Hiura, Yasuharu Tabara, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Tomonori Okamura, Yoichi Goto, Hiroshi Nonogi, Tetsuro Miki, Hitonobu Tomoike, Naoharu Iwai

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Myocardial Disease

Lipocalin-2/Neutrophil Gelatinase-B Associated Lipocalin Is Strongly Induced in Hearts of Rats With Autoimmune Myocarditis and in Human Myocarditis
Limin Ding, Haruo Hanawa, Yoshimi Ota, Go Hasegawa, Kazuhisa Hao, Fuyuki Asami, Ritsuo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Ken Toba, Kaori Yoshida, Minako Ogura, Makoto Kodama, Yoshifusa Aizawa

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Significance of Maximal and Regional Left Ventricular Wall Thickness in Association With Arrhythmic Events in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Valentina O. Puntmann, Yee Guan Yap, William McKenna, A. John Camm

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Long-Term Clinical Course of Patients With Isolated Myocardial Bridge
Sung-Soo Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Hyun Kuk Kim, Min Chul Kim, Kyung Hun Cho, Min Goo Lee, Jum Suk Ko, Keun Ho Park, Doo Sun Sim, Nam Sik Yoon, Hyun Ju Yoon, Hyung Wook Park, Ju Han Kim, Young Joon Hong, Young Keun Ahn, Jeong Gwan Cho, Jong Chun Park, Jung Chaee Kang

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Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease

IL-1B Polymorphism in Association With Initial Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment Failure in Taiwanese Children With Kawasaki Disease
Ken-Pen Weng, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Tsyr-Yuh Ho, Shih-Hui Huang, Chung-Ren Lai, Yi-Ten Chiu, Shih-Chen Huang, Chu-Chuan Lin, Yu-Tung Hwang, Luo-Ping Ger

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Vascular Medicine

Effect of Adiponectin Overexpression on Stability of Preexisting Plaques by Inducing Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase Expression
Li Li, Xiao-Jun Cai, Min Feng, Yuan-Yuan Rong, Yun Zhang, Mei Zhang

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Metabolic Syndrome and Carotid Artery Parameter in Koreans Aged 50 Years and Older
Young-Hoon Lee, Min-Ho Shin, Sun-Seog Kweon, Jung-Ae Rhee, So-Yeon Ryu, Hye-Ran Ahn, Jin-Su Choi

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Calcium Channel Blockers Differentially Modulate Cytokine Production by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Akira Matsumori, Ryosuke Nishio, Yoshisuke Nose

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Upregulation of Monocyte Tissue Factor Activity Is Significantly Associated With Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome
Akihiro Nakagomi, Mihoko Sasaki, Youhei Ishikawa, Masako Morikawa, Toshiyuki Shibui, Yoshiki Kusama, Hirotsugu Atarashi, Kyoichi Mizuno

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Green Tea Catechins Improve Human Forearm Endothelial Dysfunction and Have Antiatherosclerotic Effects in Smokers
Jun-ichi Oyama, Toyoki Maeda, Kazuya Kouzuma, Ryuji Ochiai, Ichiro Tokimitsu, Yoshihiro Higuchi, Masahiro Sugano, Naoki Makino

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Rapid Communication

Double-Blind and Placebo-Controlled Study of the Effectiveness and Safety of Extracorporeal Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy for Severe Angina Pectoris
Yoku Kikuchi, Kenta Ito, Yoshitaka Ito, Takashi Shiroto, Ryuji Tsuburaya, Kentaro Aizawa, Kiyotaka Hao, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Jun Takahashi, Morihiko Takeda, Masaharu Nakayama, Satoshi Yasuda, Shinichi Kuriyama, Ichiro Tsuji, Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Vegetation With Ventricular Septal Defect Detected by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Tairo Kurita, Masaki Tanabe, Kakuya Kitagawa, Katsuya Onishi, Hideto Shimpo, Hajime Sakuma, Masaaki Ito

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Letters to the Editor

Ambulatory ECG-Based T-Wave Alternans
John E. Madias

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Ambulatory ECG-Based T-Wave Alternans: Reply
Shingo Maeda, Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, Masayasu Hiraoka, Mitsuaki Isobe

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