1. Long-term changes in neointimal hyperplasia following implantation of bare metal stents assessed by integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound

   • Shinichiro Tanaka
   • Toshiyuki Noda
   • Shinya Minatoguchi

   Original Article 25 July 2012 Pages: 415 - 423

   

2. Usefulness of the RISK-PCI score to predict stent thrombosis in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a substudy of the RISK-PCI trial

   • Igor Mrdovic
   • Lidija Savic
   • Jovan Perunicic

   Original Article 14 September 2012 Pages: 424 - 433

   

3. Prognostic impact of pulse pressure at admission on in-hospital outcome after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

   • Jun Shiraishi
   • Yoshio Kohno
   • Hiroaki Matsubara

   Original Article 28 August 2012 Pages: 434 - 441

4. Efficacy analysis of the renoprotective effects of aliskiren in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease

   • Masanori Abe
   • Hiroko Suzuki
   • Masayoshi Soma

   Original Article 23 May 2012 Pages: 442 - 452

   

5. Serum total bilirubin is inversely associated with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in men with hypertension

   • Zheng-Yun Zhang
   • Lu-Qin Bian
   • Yoon-Ho Choi

   Original Article 01 June 2012 Pages: 453 - 460

   

6. Oxidized lipoprotein(a) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) in hypertensive subjects

   • Kazuhiko Kotani
   • Shingo Yamada
   • Nobuyuki Taniguchi

   Original Article 19 June 2012 Pages: 461 - 466

7. Aortic artery distensibility shows inverse correlation with heart rate variability in elderly non-hypertensive, cardiovascular disease-free individuals: the Ikaria Study

   • Christina Chrysohoou
   • John Skoumas
   • Christodoulos Stefanadis

   Original Article 19 July 2012 Pages: 467 - 472

8. Prognostic value of highly sensitive troponin T on cardiac events in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis

   • Midori Hasegawa
   • Junichi Ishii
   • Yukio Yuzawa

   Original Article 23 August 2012 Pages: 473 - 479

   

9. L/N-type calcium channel blocker cilnidipine reduces plasma aldosterone, albuminuria, and urinary liver-type fatty acid binding protein in patients with chronic kidney disease

   • Masanori Abe
   • Noriaki Maruyama
   • Masayoshi Soma

   Original Article 23 August 2012 Pages: 480 - 489

   

10. Efficacy of landiolol hydrochloride for atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery

    • Hiroyuki Nishi
    • Taichi Sakaguchi
    • Yoshiki Sawa

    Original Article 03 June 2012 Pages: 490 - 496

    

11. High concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids are associated with the development of atrial fibrillation in the Japanese population

    • Takeshi Tomita
    • Takeki Hata
    • Uichi Ikeda

    Original Article 14 June 2012 Pages: 497 - 504

    

12. Left ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension

    • Hirohisa Amano
    • Shigeru Toyoda
    • Teruo Inoue

    Original Article 04 November 2012 Pages: 505 - 509

    

13. Cardiac tamponade as an independent condition affecting the relationship between the plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels and cardiac function

    • Kosuke Minai
    • Kimiaki Komukai
    • Michihiro Yoshimura

    Original Article 28 August 2012 Pages: 510 - 513

    

14. Urotensin II promotes the production of LTC₄ in rat aortic adventitial fibroblasts through NF-κB–5-LO pathway by p38 MAPK and ERK activations

    • Xiao Dong
    • Xiaojin Ye
    • Wenhui Ding

    Original Article 30 September 2012 Pages: 514 - 523

    

15. Heart rate reduction with ivabradine prevents thyroid hormone-induced cardiac remodeling in rat

    • Bo Hyun Kim
    • Kyoung Im Cho
    • In Ju Kim

    Original Article 11 November 2012 Pages: 524 - 535

    

16. Cardiac tamponade due to rupture of coronary artery fistula to the coronary sinus with giant aneurysm of coronary artery: usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography

    • Satoshi Yoshino
    • Shinichi Minagoe
    • Chuwa Tei

    Case Report 03 November 2012 Pages: 536 - 540

    

17. Dislodged and mechanically distorted stent stuck within a previously implanted drug-eluting stent

    • Hiroaki Watabe
    • Akira Sato
    • Kazutaka Aonuma

    Case Report 20 September 2012 Pages: 541 - 545

    

18. Localized reentrant tachycardia in the aorta contiguity region mimicking perimitral atrial flutter in the context of atrial fibrillation ablation

    • Koichiro Ejima
    • Morio Shoda
    • Nobuhisa Hagiwara

    Case Report 19 October 2012 Pages: 546 - 549

    

19. Retraction Note: A novel method of augmenting gene expression and angiogenesis in the normal and ischemic canine myocardium

    • Qiao-Ying Yuan
    • Zheng-Wei Zhu
    • Liang-Yi Si

    Retraction Note 25 April 2013 Pages: 550 - 550