1. Prediction of carotid plaques in hypertensive patients by risk factors, left ventricular hypertrophy, and epicardial adipose tissue thickness

   • Sante D. Pierdomenico
   • Mariantonietta Mancini
   • Franco Cuccurullo

   Original Article 17 March 2012 Pages: 277 - 283

   

2. Randomized and double-blind controlled clinical trial of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for coronary heart disease

   • Ping Yang
   • Tao Guo
   • Hong-Wen Yang

   Original Article 30 March 2012 Pages: 284 - 291

   

3. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes associated with concurrent use of clopidogrel or ticlopidine and proton-pump inhibitors in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Atsuko Nakayama
   • Hiroyuki Morita
   • Ryozo Nagai

   Original Article 30 March 2012 Pages: 292 - 300

   

4. Persistent coronary artery spasm documented by follow-up coronary angiography in patients with symptomatic remission of variant angina

   • Suk Min Seo
   • Pum Joon Kim
   • Ki-Bae Seung

   Original Article 19 April 2012 Pages: 301 - 307

   

5. Comparison of inflammatory response after implantation of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients on hemodialysis

   • Hideki Yano
   • Shigeo Horinaka
   • Toshihiko Ishimitsu

   Original Article 22 April 2012 Pages: 308 - 315

   

6. Low dose of hydrochlorothiazide, in combination with angiotensin receptor blocker, reduces blood pressure effectively without adverse effect on glucose and lipid profiles

   • Wakaya Fujiwara
   • Hideo Izawa
   • Masanori Nomura

   Original Article 25 March 2012 Pages: 316 - 322

   

7. Metabolic syndrome and risk of progression of chronic kidney disease: a single-center cohort study in Japan

   • Takako Saito
   • Toshio Mochizuki
   • Kosaku Nitta

   Original Article 21 April 2012 Pages: 323 - 329

   

8. Utility of measuring C-reactive protein for prediction of in-hospital events in patients with acute aortic dissection

   • Norihito Okina
   • Masanao Ohuchida
   • Tsutomu Imaizumi

   Original Article 09 May 2012 Pages: 330 - 335

   

9. Mechanical alternans in human idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is caused with impaired force–frequency relationship and enhanced poststimulation potentiation

   • Takeshi Kashimura
   • Makoto Kodama
   • Yoshifusa Aizawa

   Original Article 10 May 2012 Pages: 336 - 344

   

10. Differences in hemodynamic responses between intravenous carperitide and nicorandil in patients with acute heart failure syndromes

    • Hidetoshi Hattori
    • Yuichiro Minami
    • Nobuhisa Hagiwara

    Original Article 19 April 2012 Pages: 345 - 351

    

11. Complications of cardiac catheterization in adults and children with congenital heart disease in the current era

    • Yoshiki Mori
    • Kazuhiro Takahashi
    • Toshio Nakanishi

    Original Article 29 March 2012 Pages: 352 - 359

12. Left atrial thickness under the catheter ablation lines in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: insights from 64-slice multidetector computed tomography

    • Kazuyoshi Suenari
    • Yukiko Nakano
    • Yasuki Kihara

    Original Article 22 April 2012 Pages: 360 - 368

    

13. The predictive value of retinal vascular findings for carotid artery atherosclerosis: are further recommendations with regard to carotid atherosclerosis screening needed?

    • Yeo-Jeong Song
    • Kyoung-Im Cho
    • Tae-Ik Kim

    Original Article 09 June 2012 Pages: 369 - 376

    

14. Effects of the left ventricular assist device on the compliance and distensibility of the carotid artery

    • Danielle L. Templeton
    • Ranjit John
    • Donald R. Dengel

    Original Article 09 August 2012 Pages: 377 - 384

    

15. Real-time tracking of adipose tissue-derived stem cells with injectable scaffolds in the infarcted heart

    • Jun-jie Yang
    • Zhi-qiang Liu
    • Yun-dai Chen

    Original Article 01 September 2012 Pages: 385 - 396

    

16. Time to revisit role of transcatheter balloon aortic valvuloplasty: a bridge-therapy to subsequent treatment case report

    • Akira Furuta
    • Hideyuki Shimizu
    • Keiichi Fukuda

    Case Report 25 July 2012 Pages: 397 - 400

    

17. Left ventricular aneurysm repair without ventriculotomy

    • Hiroyuki Tsukui
    • Nobuhiro Umehara
    • Kenji Yamazaki

    Case Report 25 July 2012 Pages: 401 - 403

    

18. Eicosapentaenoic acid suppresses adverse effects of C-reactive protein overexpression on pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling

    • Toshiyuki Nagai
    • Toshihisa Anzai
    • Keiichi Fukuda

    Short Communication 09 August 2012 Pages: 404 - 411

    

19. Are high-potency statins in low dose “strong statins”?

    • Robert Berent
    • Helmut Sinzinger

    Letter to the editor 09 May 2012 Pages: 412 - 412

20. Effects of statins on serum polyunsaturated fatty acids

    • Satoshi Kurisu

    Author’s reply 06 June 2012 Pages: 413 - 413