1. Transient no reflow following primary percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Hiroyuki Jinnouchi
   • Kenichi Sakakura
   • Junya Ako

   Original Article 27 June 2013 Pages: 429 - 436

2. Long-term incidence and prognostic factors of the progression of new coronary lesions in Japanese coronary artery disease patients after percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Hidehiro Kaneko
   • Junji Yajima
   • Takeshi Yamashita

   Original Article Open access 27 June 2013 Pages: 437 - 442

   

3. Dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with high heart rate

   • Tatsuhiro Fujimura
   • Toshiro Miura
   • Masafumi Yano

   Original Article 29 June 2013 Pages: 443 - 448

   

4. Relation of omega-3 fatty acid and C-reactive protein to peripheral artery disease in patients with coronary artery disease

   • Tsuyoshi Sugiura
   • Daiji Yoshikawa
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   Original Article 26 June 2013 Pages: 449 - 455

   

5. Impacts of age on coronary atherosclerosis and vascular response to statin therapy

   • Tsuyoshi Nozue
   • Shingo Yamamoto
   • Ichiro Michishita

   Original Article 30 June 2013 Pages: 456 - 463

   

6. Novel use of the ultra-short-acting intravenous β1-selective blocker landiolol for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with congestive heart failure

   • Toru Adachi
   • Akira Sato
   • Kazutaka Aonuma

   Original Article 26 June 2013 Pages: 464 - 469

   

7. Suppressive effects of adaptive servo-ventilation on ventricular premature complexes with attenuation of sympathetic nervous activity in heart failure patients with sleep-disordered breathing

   • Shoji Iwaya
   • Akiomi Yoshihisa
   • Yasuchika Takeishi

   Original Article 09 July 2013 Pages: 470 - 477

   

8. Impairment of flow-mediated dilation correlates with aortic dilation in patients with Marfan syndrome

   • Munenori Takata
   • Eisuke Amiya
   • Issei Komuro

   Original Article 14 July 2013 Pages: 478 - 485

   

9. The autopsy study of 553 cases of sudden cardiac death in Chinese adults

   • Hongyue Wang
   • Qingsong Yao
   • Jielin Pu

   Original Article 09 July 2013 Pages: 486 - 495

   

10. Serum uric acid is an independent predictor of metabolic syndrome in a Japanese health screening population

    • Eiji Oda

    Original Article 28 June 2013 Pages: 496 - 503

    

11. Serum uric acid levels and long-term outcomes in chronic kidney disease

    • Tokiko Miyaoka
    • Toshio Mochizuki
    • Kosaku Nitta

    Original Article 09 August 2013 Pages: 504 - 512

    

12. Adenosine receptor expression in an experimental animal model of myocardial infarction with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

    • Manuela Cabiati
    • Alessandro Martino
    • Silvia Del Ry

    Original Article 11 July 2013 Pages: 513 - 519

    

13. The synergistic therapeutic effect of hepatocyte growth factor and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on pulmonary hypertension in rats

    • Yinghua Guo
    • Longxiang Su
    • Changting Liu

    Original Article 10 August 2013 Pages: 520 - 531

    

14. Fluvastatin-induced reduction of oxidative stress ameliorates diabetic cardiomyopathy in association with improving coronary microvasculature

    • Takuya Shida
    • Takashi Nozawa
    • Hiroshi Inoue

    Original Article 25 August 2013 Pages: 532 - 541

    

15. Porphyromonas gingivalis promotes neointimal formation after arterial injury through toll-like receptor 2 signaling

    • Naho Kobayashi
    • Jun-ichi Suzuki
    • Mitsuaki Isobe

    Original Article 04 September 2013 Pages: 542 - 549

    

16. Unusual “ratchet syndrome”: spontaneous lead retraction after a generator exchange

    • Koichiro Ejima
    • Morio Shoda
    • Nobuhisa Hagiwara

    Case Report 12 July 2013 Pages: 550 - 553

    

17. Congenital long QT syndrome with compound mutations in the KCNH2 gene

    • Sachiko Bando
    • Takeshi Soeki
    • Masataka Sata

    Case Report 22 September 2013 Pages: 554 - 559

    

18. Resolution of a left ventricular thrombus by the thrombolytic action of dabigatran

    • Yasutsugu Nagamoto
    • Tetsuya Shiomi
    • Kiyoshi Hayashida

    Case Report 05 September 2013 Pages: 560 - 562

    

19. Effect of sarpogrelate treatment on the prognosis after endovascular therapy for critical limb ischemia

    • Mitsuyoshi Takahara
    • Hideaki Kaneto
    • Iichiro Shimomura

    Short Communication Open access 14 March 2013 Pages: 563 - 567