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Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Message From the Editor-in-Chief
Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Reviews

Mechanisms of Vein Graft Adaptation to the Arterial Circulation
- Insights Into the Neointimal Algorithm and Management Strategies -
Akihito Muto, Lynn Model, Kenneth Ziegler, Sammy D.D. Eghbalieh, Alan Dardik

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in High-Risk Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis
Hidehiko Hara, Robert S. Schwartz

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Heparin Cofactor II Attenuates Vascular Remodeling in Humans and Mice
Ken-ichi Aihara

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Editorials

Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluation of Left Atrial Lesions After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Osamu Igawa

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We Should Not Hesitate to Use β-Blockers for Systolic Heart Failure With Concomitant Renal Dysfunction
Naoki Matsuda

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Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors to Facilitate Percutaneous Intervention in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- The Sooner not Necessarily the Better -
Luis A Guzman

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Do We Facilitate Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Pre-Intervention Thrombolysis?
Daisaku Nakatani, Hiroshi Sato

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Application of Drug Eluting Stents to Clinical Practice in Japan
- Are We Going in the Right Direction? -
Jiro Aoki

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Correction of the QT Interval in Children
Naokata Sumitomo

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Pharmacological Engineering of Endothelial Function and Vessel Response to Drug-Eluting Stents
- Do-It-Yourself With Calcium-Channel and Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers? -
Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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Original Articles

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Thickening of the Left Atrial Wall Shortly After Radiofrequency Ablation Predicts Early Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation
Miki Yokokawa, Hiroshi Tada, Keiko Koyama, Toshihiko Ino, Shigeto Naito, Shigeru Oshima, Koichi Taniguchi

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Oxidative Stress on Pulmonary Vein and Left Atrium Arrhythmogenesis
Yung-Kuo Lin, Feng-Zhi Lin, Yao-Chang Chen, Chen-Chuan Cheng, Cheng-I Lin, Yi-Jen Chen, Shih-Ann Chen

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Characteristics of Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrogram in the Electroanatomically Remodeled Left Atrium of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Jae Hyung Park, Sang Weon Park, Jong Youn Kim, Sook Kyoung Kim, Boyoung Jeoung, Moon-Hyung Lee, Chun Hwang, Young-Hoon Kim, Sung Soon Kim, Hui-Nam Pak

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Cardiovascular Surgery

Correlation of Akinesia With Graft Patency and Cardiac Enzyme After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Hongseok Yang, Young-Nam Youn, Kyung Jong Yoo

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Epidemiology

Association Between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Japanese Junior High School Students
Minoru Hongo, Hiroya Hidaka, Shigeko Sakaguchi, Keisuke Nakanishi, Motoki Ichikawa, Naoko Hirota, Naoki Tanaka, Goro Tsuruta, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Osamu Kinoshita, Uichi Ikeda, Kenichi Koike on behalf of the Investigators of Study Project on Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in Shinshu

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Heart Failure

Differential Effects of Carvedilol and Metoprolol on Renal Function in Patients With Heart Failure
Hiroyuki Ito, Yuji Nagatomo, Takashi Kohno, Toshihisa Anzai, Tomomi Meguro, Satoshi Ogawa, Tsutomu Yoshikawa

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Irrelevant B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients With Mechanical Prostheses in the Mitral Position Presenting With Congestive Heart Failure
Kensaku Higashi, Hideki Tanaka, Hiroto Shimokawahara, Norihito Nuruki, Katsuro Kashima, Masahiro Sonoda, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Hirohito Tsubouchi

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Imaging

Prognostic Value of Post-Ischemic Stunning as Assessed by Gated Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- A Subanalysis of the J-ACCESS Study -
Yasuhiro Usui, Taishiro Chikamori, Kenichi Nakajima, Satoshi Hida, Akira Yamashina, Tsunehiko Nishimura for the J-ACCESS Investigators

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Strain Measurements During Adenosine Triphosphate Infusion Before and After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Motoko Hosaka, Atsushi Takagi, Tsutomu Takagi, Kyomi Ashihara, Nobuhisa Hagiwara

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Ischemic Heart Disease

Intravascular Ultrasound Criteria for Determination of Optimal Longitudinal Positioning of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents
Yoshihiro Morino, Seiji Tamiya, Naoki Masuda, Yota Kawamura, Masakazu Nagaoka, Takashi Matsukage, Nobuhiko Ogata, Gaku Nakazawa, Teruhisa Tanabe, Yuji Ikari

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Upstream vs Deferred Administration of Small-Molecule Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Insights From Randomized Clinical Trials -
Lili Dong, Feng Zhang, Xianhong Shu

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Comparison of Long-Term Prognostic Evaluation Between Pre-Intervention Thrombolysis and Primary Coronary Intervention: A Prospective Randomized Trial
- Five-Year Results of the IMPORTANT Study -
Tomonori Itoh, Ken'ichi Fukami, Tomomi Suzuki, Takumi Kimura, Yoshinori Kanaya, Makoto Orii, Iwao Goto, Hiroki Matsui, Shoma Sugawara, Satoshi Nakajima, Tetsuya Fusazaki, Motoyuki Nakamura for the IMPORTANT investigators

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Impact of Drug-Eluting Stents on Treatment Option Mix for Coronary Artery Disease in Japan
Hiromasa Horiguchi, Hideo Yasunaga, Hideki Hashimoto, Shinya Matsuda

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Comparative Study of Bezafibrate and Pravastatin in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and High Levels of Remnant Lipoprotein
Keita Sano, Takamitsu Nakamura, Mitsumasa Hirano, Yoshinobu Kitta, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Fujioka, Yukio Saito, Toshiaki Yano, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yosuke Watanabe, Hideto Mishina, Jyun-ei Obata, Ken-ichi Kawabata, Kiyotaka Kugiyama

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Effect of Prodromal Angina Pectoris on the Infarct Progression in Patients With First ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction
Tatsuya Maruhashi, Masaharu Ishihara, Ichirou Inoue, Takuji Kawagoe, Yuji Shimatani, Satoshi Kurisu, Yasuharu Nakama, Eisuke Kagawa, Kazuoki Dai, Junichi Matsushita, Hiroki Ikenaga

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Target Lesion Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma Defined by Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Affects Microvascular Injury During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Angina Pectoris
Ryotaro Yamada, Hiroyuki Okura, Teruyoshi Kume, Yoji Neishi, Takahiro Kawamoto, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Koichiro Imai, Ken Saito, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Akihiro Hayashida, Kiyoshi Yoshida

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Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Cut-Offs for Screening Prolonged QT Intervals From Fridericia's Formula in Children and Adolescents
Daisuke Hazeki, Masao Yoshinaga, Hideto Takahashi, Yuji Tanaka, Yasue Haraguchi, Mayumi Abe, Masami Koga, Toshiro Fukushige, Masami Nagashima

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Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Vascular Lesions and Endothelial Regulation in Kawasaki Disease
Koichi Sakata, Kenji Hamaoka, Seiichiro Ozawa, Ayumi Niboshi, Tomoyo Yahata, Maiko Fujii, Akiko Hamaoka, Kentarou Toiyama, Masashi Nishida, Toshiyuki Itoi

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Stenting in Congenital Heart Disease
- Medium- and Long-Term Outcomes From the JPIC Stent Survey -
Hideshi Tomita, Toshio Nakanishi, Kenji Hamaoka, Toshiki Kobayashi, Yasuo Ono

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Peripheral Vascular Disease

Classification of Corkscrew Collaterals in Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's Disease)
- Relationship Between Corkscrew Type and Prevalence of Ischemic Ulcers -
Yuichi Fujii, Junko Soga, Shuji Nakamura, Takayuki Hidaka, Takaki Hata, Naomi Idei, Noritaka Fujimura, Kenji Nishioka, Kazuaki Chayama, Yasuki Kihara, Yukihito Higashi

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Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Endovascular Treatment in Patients With Intermittent Claudication due to Iliofemoral Artery Disease
Yoshimitsu Soga, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Tomoko Urakawa, Atsushi Tosaka, Masashi Iwabuchi, Masakiyo Nobuyoshi

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Pulmonary Circulation

Effect of All-Trans-Retinoic Acid on the Development of Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension
Erquan Zhang, Baohua Jiang, Ayumu Yokochi, Junko Maruyama, Yoshihide Mitani, Ning Ma, Kazuo Maruyama

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Vascular Medicine

Synergistic Effects of Calcium-Channel and Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers on Endothelial Function and Inflammatory Responses in a Porcine Drug-Eluting Stent Model
Naozumi Kubota, Katsumi Miyauchi, Takatoshi Kasai, Takafumi Iesaki, Kan Kajimoto, Katsuhiko Sumiyoshi, Tomotaka Dohi, Hiroyuki Daida

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Coadministration of Carvedilol Attenuates Nitrate Tolerance by Preventing Cytochrome P450 Depletion
Atsushi Nakahira, Yukiko Minamiyama, Shigekazu Takemura, Hidekazu Hirai, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Shigeru Okada, Yoshihiko Funae, Shigefumi Suehiro

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Controversies in Cardiovascular Medicine

LDL-Cholesterol: The Lower, the Better; Is It True for Asians?

Clinical Significance of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy Using Statins in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
- LDL-Cholesterol: The Lower, the Better; Is It True for Asians? (Pro) -
Katsumi Miyauchi, Hiroyuki Daida

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"Just Make It Lower" Is an Alternative Strategy of Lipid-Lowering Therapy With Statins in Japanese Patients
- LDL-Cholesterol: The Lower, the Better; Is It True for Asians? (Con) -
Tomohiro Sakamoto, Hisao Ogawa

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Images in Cardiovascular Medicine

Optical Coherence Tomography as a Novel Diagnostic Tool for Distal Type Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Shunsuke Tatebe, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Koichiro Sugimura, Makoto Nakano, Saori Miyamichi, Kimio Satoh, Minako Oikawa, Hiroaki Shimokawa

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JCS Guidelines

Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Vasospastic Angina (Coronary Spastic Angina) (JCS 2008)
- Digest Version -
JCS Joint Working Group

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Letters to the Editor

Relationship Between Renal Dysfunction and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Japanese Patients
Eiji Oda

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An Interplay Between Left Ventricular Wall Thickness and T-Wave Alternans in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Predicting Ventricular Tachyarrythmic Events: Is T-Wave Amplitude Difference the Reason?
John E. Madias

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Author's Reply

Relationship Between Renal Dysfunction and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Japanese Patients
- Reply -
Arihiro Kiyosue, Yasunobu Hirata

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An Interplay Between Left Ventricular Wall Thickness and T-Wave Alternans in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Predicting Ventricular Tachyarrythmic Events: Is T-Wave Amplitude Difference the Reason?
- Reply -
Valentina O. Puntmann

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