Japanese Circulation Journal

Contents of Vol. 62, No. 10; October 1998

Clinical Studies

Kodama M, MD; Okura Y, MD; Hirono S, MD; Hanawa H, MD; Ogawa Y, MD; Itoh M, MD; Izumi T, MD; Aizawa Y, MD: A New Scoring System to Predict the Efficacy of Steroid Therapy for Patients With Active Myocarditis: A Retrospective Study.
Saitoh T, MD; Kishida H, MD; Hanashi A, MD; Tsukada Y, MD; Fukuma Y, MD; Sano J, MD; Fukuma N, MD; Kusama Y, MD; Hayakawa H, MD: Coronary Hyperreactivity to Adrenergic Stimulation and Increased Nocturnal Vagal Tone Trigger Coronary Vasospasm.
Nakagawa H, MD; Kobayashi Y, MD; Kikushima S, MD; Shinohara M, MD; Obara C, MD; Zinbo Y, MD; Chiyoda K, MD; Miyata A, MD; Tanno K, MD; Baba T, MD; Katagiri T, MD: Long-Term Effects of Pharmacological Therapy for Vasovagal Syncope on the Basis of Reproducibility During Head-Up Tilt Testing.
Jinbo Y, MD; Kobayashi Y, MD; Miyata A, MD; Chiyoda K, MD; Nakagawa H, MD; Tanno K, MD; Kurano K, MD; Kikushima S, MD; Baba T, MD; Katagiri T, MD: Decreasing Parasympathetic Tone Activity and Proarrhythmic Effect After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: Differences in Ablation Site.
Tanehata M, MD; Adachi H, MD; Oshima S, MD; Taniguchi K, MD; Itoh H, MD; Hasegawa A, MD; Nagai R, MD: Improved Oxygen Utilization During Mild Exercise in Heart Failure.
Yoshida A, MD; Inoue T, MD; Ohnishi Y, MD; Yokoyama M, MD: Heart Rate Variability Before Spontaneous Episodes of Ventricular Tachycardia Originating From Right Ventricular Outflow Tract in Patients Without Organic Heart Disease.
Peters RM, MD; Shanies SA, MD; Peters JC, MD: Fuzzy Cluster Analysis: A New Method to Predict Future Cardiac Events in Patients With Positive Stress Tests.
Zhang GC, MD; Tsukada T, BS; Nakatani S, BS; Uematsu M, MD; Yasumura Y, MD; Tanaka N, BS; Masuda Y, BS; Miyatake K, MD; Yamagishi M, MD: Comparison of Automatic Boundary Detection and Manual Tracing Technique in Echocardiographic Determination of Left Atrial Volume.
Kobayashi Y, MD; Miyauchi Y, MD; Kawaguchi N, MD; Ohmura K, MD; Saitoh H, MD; Ino T, MD; Atarashi H, MD; Katoh T, MD; Kishida H, MD; Hayakawa H, MD: Detection of a Local Slow Potential Preceding the Surface QRS Complex During Non-Preexcited Impulse Propagation: A Phenomenon Reflecting Anterograde Concealed Conduction Through the Accessory Pathway?.
Suwa M, MD; Ito T, MD; Otake Y, MD; Kobashi A, MD; Hirota Y, MD; Kawamura K, MD: Effect of Beta-Blocker Treatment in Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Bradyarrhythmias.
Kurata C, MD; Shouda S, MD; Mikami T, MD; Uehara A, MD; Ishikawa K, MT; Tawarahara K, MD; Nakano T, MD; Matoh F, MD; Takeuchi K, MD: Metaiodobenzylguanidine and Heart Rate Variability in Heart Failure.

Experimental Study

Nishimura H, MD;Yoshikawa T, MD; Anzai T, MD; Baba A, MD; Kobayashi N, MD; Wainai Y, MD; Ogawa S, MD: Baroreceptor Sensitivity During the Compensatory Phase of Left Ventricular Overloading.

Case Reports

Yuda S, MD; Nonogi H, MD; Itoh T, MD; Daikoku S, MD; Morii I, MD; Sasako Y, MD; Nakatani T, MD; Miyazaki S, MD: Survival Using Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support After Acute Myocardial Infarction due to Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery: A Report of Two Cases.
Yasuma K, MD; Takata S, MD; Yuasa T, MD; Takamura M,v Nagai H, MD; Sakagami S, MD; Kobayashi K, MD: Bilateral Coronary Artery Fistulas With Multiple Sites of Drainage.
Sueda S, MD; Mineoi K, MD; Kondou T, MD; Yano K, MD; Ochi T, MD; Ochi N, MD; Fukuda H, MD; Kukita H, MD; Kawada H, MD; Matsuda S, MD; Uraoka T, MD: A Case of Variant Angina Pectoris With Similar Findings on Both Rest and Matched Exercise Thallium-201 Studies.
Isobe M, MD; Oka T, MD; Takenaka H, MD; Imamura H, MD; Kinoshita O, MD; Kasanuki1 H, MD; Sekiguchi M, MD: Familial Sick Sinus Syndrome With Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbance.
Ai T, MD; Horie M, MD; Washizuka T, MD; Albrecht C, MD; Nishimoto T, MD; Obayashi K, MD; Tsuchiya K, MD; Watanuki M, MD; Sasayama S, MD: Successful Radiofrequency Current Catheter Ablation of Accessory Atrioventricular Pathway After Tricuspid Replacement in Ebstein's Anomaly.