Japanese Circulation Journal

Special Article

Howard E. Morgan, MD; Cathy J. Beinlich, Ph D: Rapid Cardiac Growth: Mechanical, Neural and Endocrine Dependence

Clinical Studies

Yukihiko Momiyama, MD; Juha Hartikainen, MD; Hirokazu Nagayoshi, MD; Paul Albrecht, Ph D; Josef Kautzner, MD; Richard C. Saumarez, Ph D; William J. McKenna, MD; A. John Camm, MD: Exercise-Induced T-Wave Alternans as a Marker of High Risk in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Naoki Nozaki, MD; Seiji Yamaguchi, MD; Masanori Shirakabe, MD; Hidenori Nakamura, MD; Hitonobu Tomoike, MD: Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors are Elevated in Relation to Severity of Congestive Heart Failure
Yasushi Akutsu, MD; Kenichi Harumi, MD; Tetsurou Michihata, MD; Takuya Watanabe, MD; Hideyuki Yamanaka, MD; Osamu Okazaki, MD; Mitsuo Kashida, MD; Mitsugu Hasegawa, MD; Takashi Katagiri, MD: Correlations Between Resting Regional Wall Motion and Regional Myocardial Blood Flow (at Rest and During Exercise) in Infarct-Related Myocardium: A Study With [13N]Ammonia Positron Emission Tomography
Masahito Higashikawa, MD; Yasuyuki Nakamura, MD; Michiaki Yoshida, MD; Masahiko Kinoshita, MD: Incidence of Ischemic Strokes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is Markedly Increased if Complicated by Atrial Fibrillation
R. Bruce Garlick, FRACS; Mark F. O'Brien, FRCS: The CryoLife-O'Brien Composite Stentless Porcine Aortic Xenograft Valve in 118 Patients

Experimental Studies

Hiroki Takeda, MD; Takashi Haneda, MD; Kenjiro Kikuchi, MD: Protective Effect of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Captopril on Postischemic Myocardial Damage in Perfused Rat Heart
Kenzo Hirao, MD; Naohito Yamamoto, MD; Nobuo Toshida, MD; Hiroko Nawata, MD; Naoko Ishihara, MD; Fumio Suzuki, MD; Nobuyuki Miyasaka, MD; Kazumasa Hiejima, MD; Michio Tanaka, MD: Transcatheter Neodymium-Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser Coagulation of Canine Ventricle Using a Balloon-Tipped Cardioscope
Hisanori Horiuchi, MD; Masayuki Yokode, MD; Kenji Ishii, MD; Mikimaro Cho, MD; Seijiro Hara; Atsushi Sakai; Kazuo Kanai; Toyohiro Tsukada, MD; Toru Kita, MD: Effect of Intraluminal Pressure on the Intimal Thickening in Injured Rabbit Carotid Arteries in an Organ-Culture System
Kazuhiko Miura, M Sc; Seiichiro Kano, M Sc; Tohru Nakai, Ph D; Kumi Satoh, Ph D; Katsuji Hoshi, Ph D; Kazuo Ichihara, Ph D: Inhibitory Effects of Glibenclamide and Pertussis Toxin on the Attenuation of Ischemia-Induced Myocardial Acidosis Following Ischemic Preconditioning in Dogs

Case Reports

Keisuke Shioji, MD; Masatoshi Fujita, MD; Takehiko Yamada, MD; Tetsuya Matsuda, MD; Ryuji Nohara, MD; Shigetake Sasayama, MD: Heparin and Exercise Treatment in a Patient With Arteriosclerosis Obliterans
Takefumi Oka, MD; Takaaki Nakatsu, MD; Shozo Kusachi, MD; Youkou Tominaga MD; Shinji Toyonaga MD; Kenzo Hori, MD: A Large Right Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula With Mild Volume Overload on the Left Ventricle Owing to its Capacitive Action: Pulsed Doppler and Cineangiographic Analyses in a Patient

Letter to the Editor

Takao Tanaka, MD; Fumio Okamoto, MD; Koichi Sohmiya, MD; Keishiro Kawamura, MD: Lack of Myocardial Iodine-123 15-(p-iodiphenyl)-3-R,S-methylpentadecanoic Acid (BMIPP) Uptake and CD36 Abnormality: CD36 Deficiency and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy