June 2018

Review Article

Transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A systematic review
• Ian Jun Yan Wee,
• Thomas Stonier,
• Michael Harrison,
• Andrew M.T.L. Choong
Published online: February 27, 2018
p525-533

Original Articles

Midterm outcome of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low to intermediate risk patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Yanwei Wang,
• Yijiang Zhou,
• Li Zhang,
• Jianhua Zhu
Published in issue: June 2018
p534-539

Comparative analysis of balloon- versus mechanically-expandable transcatheter heart valves considering landing zone calcification
• Niklas Schofer,
• Florian Deuschl,
• Gerhard Schön,
• ...
• Stefan Blankenberg,
• Lenard Conradi,
• Ulrich Schäfer
Published online: March 13, 2018
p540-546

Editorial

Hyponatremia as a surrogate marker for optimal diuretic selection in acute heart failure
• Arata Fukushima,
• Shintaro Kinugawa
Published online: November 20, 2017
p547-549

Original Articles

Incidence of hospital-acquired hyponatremia by the dose and type of diuretics among patients with acute heart failure and its association with long-term outcomes
• Masahiro Yamazoe,
• Atsushi Mizuno,
• Shun Kohsaka,
• ...
• Yuji Nagatomo,
• Tsutomu Yoshikawa
• for the West Tokyo Heart Failure Registry Investigators Tokyo, Japan
Published online: March 05, 2018
p550-556

Hemodynamic correlates of nutritional indexes in heart failure
• Yu Horiuchi,
• Shuzou Tanimoto,
• Taishi Okuno,
• ...
• Hiroyoshi Nakajima,
• Kazuhiro Hara,
• Kengo Tanabe
Published online: December 02, 2017
p557-563

A novel scoring system to predict delirium and its relationship with the clinical course in patients with acute decompensated heart failure
• Taiki Sakaguchi,
• Mayumi Watanabe,
• Chika Kawasaki,
• ...
• Yasunori Ueda,
• Yoshio Yasumura,
• Yukihiro Koretsune
Published online: December 26, 2017
p564-569

Mechanisms of changes in functional mitral regurgitation by preload alterations
• Atsuko Furukawa,
• Yukio Abe,
• Kazato Ito,
• Shingo Hosogi,
• Katsuhito Yamamoto,
• Hiroshi Ito
Published online: January 10, 2018
p570-576

Characteristics of dormant pulmonary vein conduction induced by adenosine triphosphate in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cryoballoon ablation
• Kaoru Okishige,
• Hideshi Aoyagi,
• Takurou Nishimura,
• ...
• Takehiko Keida,
• Tetsuo Sasano,
• Kenzo Hirao
Published online: February 26, 2018
p577-582

Effect of alirocumab on coronary atheroma volume in Japanese patients with acute coronary syndromes and hypercholesterolemia not adequately controlled with statins: ODYSSEY J-IVUS rationale and design
• Junya Ako,
• Kiyoshi Hibi,
• Ken Kozuma,
• ...
• Kiyoko Uno,
• Yumiko Kawabata,
• Takafumi Hiro
Published online: March 29, 2018
p583-589

Registry of Japanese patients with atrial fibrillation focused on anticoagulant therapy in the new era: The RAFFINE registry study design and baseline characteristics
• Sakiko Miyazaki,
• Katsumi Miyauchi,
• Hidemori Hayashi,
• ...
• Takao Urabe,
• Nobutaka Hattori,
• Hiroyuki Daida
Published online: March 01, 2018
p590-596

Letters to the Editor

Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation and aortic calcification
• Michael Spartalis,
• Eleni Tzatzaki,
• Antonios Athanasiou,
• Eleftherios Spartalis
Published online: December 21, 2017
p597
Author's reply
• Birgid Gonska,
• Julia Seeger,
• Wolfgang Rottbauer,
• Jochen Wöhrle
Published online: January 06, 2018
p598