July 2010

Reviews

Current management of acute myocardial infarction: Experience from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry
• Doo Sun Sim,
• Myung Ho Jeong,
• Jung Chaee Kang
Published in issue: July 2010
p1-7

Pathophysiology of acute coronary syndrome assessed by optical coherence tomography
• Takashi Akasaka,
• Takashi Kubo,
• Masato Mizukoshi,
• ...
• Hironori Kitabata,
• Takashi Tanimoto,
• Toshio Imanishi
Published in issue: July 2010
p8-14

Original Articles

Differences in intravascular ultrasound findings in culprit lesions in infarct-related arteries between ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
• Young Joon Hong,
• Myung Ho Jeong,
• Yun Ha Choi,
• ...
• Jeong Gwan Cho,
• Jong Chun Park,
• Jung Chaee Kang
Published in issue: July 2010
p15-22
Cardiac mortality of premature ventricular complexes in healthy people in Japan
• Hideo Hirose,
• Shizukiyo Ishikawa,
• Tadao Gotoh,
• Tomoyuki Kabutoya,
• Kazunori Kayaba,
• Eiji Kajii
Published in issue: July 2010
p23-26

Influence of the severity of obstructive sleep apnea on heart rate
• Yoshiyuki Kawano,
• Akira Tamura,
• Toru Watanabe,
• Junichi Kadota
Published in issue: July 2010
p27-34
What variables were associated with the inducibility of ventricular fibrillation during electrophysiologic stimulation test in patients without apparent organic heart disease?
• Naoki Sugi,
• Akihiko Shimizu,
• Takeshi Ueyama,
• ...
• Makoto Ohno,
• Masaaki Yoshida,
• Masunori Matsuzaki
Published in issue: July 2010
p35-43

Differences in left ventricular dyssynchrony between high septal pacing and apical pacing in patients with normal left ventricular systolic function
• Hisao Yoshikawa,
• Makoto Suzuki,
• Naoki Tezuka,
• Takenori Otsuka,
• Kaoru Sugi
Published in issue: July 2010
p44-50

Relation between prognosis and myocardial perfusion imaging from the difference of end-point criterion for exercise stress testing: A sub-analysis of the J-ACCESS study
• Toshihiro Muramatsu,
• Shigeyuki Nishimura,
• Akira Yamashina,
• Tsunehiko Nishimura
• for the J-ACCESS Investigators
Published in issue: July 2010
p51-58

A novel cardiac myosin-binding protein C S297X mutation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Takayoshi Hirota,
• Toru Kubo,
• Hiroaki Kitaoka,
• ...
• Yoshihisa Matsumura,
• Toshikazu Yabe,
• Yoshinori L. Doi
Published in issue: July 2010
p59-65

Serial measurements of high sensitive cardiac troponin I in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure treated with carperitide or nitrates
• Yukihito Sato,
• Kiyoto Nishi,
• Sayaka Saijo,
• ...
• Ryoji Taniguchi,
• Hisayoshi Fujiwara,
• Yoshiki Takatsu
Published in issue: July 2010
p66-72

Effectiveness of a portable device and the need for treatment of mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep-disordered breathing in patients with cardiovascular disease
• Noriaki Takama,
• Masahiko Kurabayashi
Published in issue: July 2010
p73-78

Three-month exercise and weight loss program improves heart rate recovery in obese persons along with cardiopulmonary function
• Junzo Nagashima,
• Haruki Musha,
• Hideomi Takada,
• ...
• Rikiya Fujimaki,
• Hiroyuki Nakajima,
• Masahiro Murayama
Published in issue: July 2010
p79-84

Ventricular tachyarrhythmia-related basal cardiomyopathy in rabbits with vagal stimulation—A novel experimental model for inverted Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy
• Tetsuya Takato,
• Terunao Ashida,
• Yoshinori Seko,
• Jun Fujii,
• Sachio Kawai
Published in issue: July 2010
p85-90

Correlation between plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels and left ventricular diastolic function using color kinetic imaging
• Masahiko Harada,
• Fumihiko Hara,
• Junichi Yamazaki
Published in issue: July 2010
p91-96

Spiral systolic blood flow in the ascending aorta and aortic arch analyzed by echo-dynamography
• Motonao Tanaka,
• Tsuguya Sakamoto,
• Shigeo Sugawara,
• ...
• Yoshiaki Katahira,
• Shigeo Ohtsuki,
• Hiroshi Kanai
Published in issue: July 2010
p97-110

Rationale and design of the NAGOYA HEART Study: Comparison between valsartan and amlodipine regarding morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension and glucose intolerance
• Kunihiro Matsushita,
• Takashi Muramatsu,
• Takahisa Kondo,
• ...
• Satoshi Shintani,
• Toyoaki Murohara
• on behalf of the NAGOYA HEART Study Group
Published in issue: July 2010
p111-117

Systemic inflammation and left atrial thrombus in patients with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation
• Tomoko Maehama,
• Hiroyuki Okura,
• Koichiro Imai,
• ...
• Yoji Neishi,
• Takahiro Kawamoto,
• Kiyoshi Yoshida
Published in issue: July 2010
p118-124

Instructions to Authors
Published in issue: July 2010
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