1. β-Blocker therapy and cardiovascular outcomes in patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention after ST-elevation myocardial infarction

   • Bingyuan Bao
   • Neiko Ozasa
   • Takeshi Kimura

   Original Article 11 October 2012 Pages: 139 - 147

   

2. Safety of transradial approach for percutaneous coronary intervention in relation to body mass index: a report from a Japanese multicenter registry

   • Yohei Numasawa
   • Shun Kohsaka
   • Keiichi Fukuda

   Original Article 09 October 2012 Pages: 148 - 156

3. Contrast induced exacerbation of renal dysfunction in the advanced chronic kidney disease

   • Yousuke Taniguchi
   • Kenichi Sakakura
   • Junya Ako

   Original Article 08 November 2012 Pages: 157 - 161

   

4. Current antiplatelet therapy for Japanese patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction: J-AMI registry

   • Masato Nakamura
   • Masakazu Yamagishi
   • Takeshi Kimura

   Original Article 13 December 2012 Pages: 162 - 169

   

5. Clinical implications of coronary pressure measurement after stent implantation

   • Akiko Matsuo
   • Hiroshi Fujita
   • Makoto Kitamura

   Original Article 18 November 2012 Pages: 170 - 177

   

6. Twelve months outcome after percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy for treatment of acute femoropopliteal bypass occlusion

   • Michael Lichtenberg
   • Wilhelm Stahlhoff
   • Birgit Hailer

   Original Article 15 December 2012 Pages: 178 - 183

   

7. The interventional therapy for axillary stenosis with fibromuscular dysplasia of renal artery

   • Akihiro Higashimori
   • Yoshiaki Yokoi

   Case Report 13 October 2012 Pages: 184 - 187

   

8. Percutaneous treatment of a free-floating thrombus in the right atrium of a patient with pulmonary embolism and acute myocarditis

   • Tomoyasu Momose
   • Takehiro Morita
   • Takuo Misawa

   Case Report 18 October 2012 Pages: 188 - 192

   

9. Fractional flow reserve for a mild stenosis on the donor artery to chronic total occlusion

   • Harue Sasai
   • Kenichi Sakakura
   • Junya Ako

   Case Report 18 October 2012 Pages: 193 - 196

   

10. A case of coronary artery perforation with successful hemostasis using over-the-wire balloon and autologous blood perfusion

    • Ikki Komatsu
    • Keisuke Hirano
    • Toshiya Muramatsu

    Case Report 18 December 2012 Pages: 197 - 201

    

11. Modified technique of Joseph balloon mitral valvuloplasty

    • Arunkumar Panneerselvam
    • Ramasamy Palanimuthu

    Case Report 27 October 2012 Pages: 202 - 205

    

12. Progression of left main coronary artery disease 3 years after Bentall operation in a young female with Marfan syndrome

    • Tomohiro Nishino
    • Natsuhiko Ehara
    • Yutaka Furukawa

    Case Report 21 November 2012 Pages: 206 - 212

    

13. Percutaneous coronary intervention without use of guiding catheters for extreme downsizing: the Emperor’s new clothes technique

    • Fuminobu Yoshimachi
    • Yoshihisa Aida
    • Taro Suchi

    Case Report 01 December 2012 Pages: 213 - 215

    

14. Percutaneous closure of post-infarction ventricular septal defect using an Amplatzer septal occluder

    • Norio Tada
    • Kaname Takizawa
    • Taiichiro Meguro

    Case Report 07 December 2012 Pages: 216 - 221

    

15. Inadvertent coronary endarterectomy during aspiration thrombectomy with a Thrombuster III GR catheter in a patient with acute coronary syndrome

    • Eiji Taguchi
    • Tomohiro Sakamoto
    • Koichi Nakao

    Case Report 30 November 2012 Pages: 222 - 225