August 15, 2016

Reviews

Sudden cardiac death and chronic kidney disease: From pathophysiology to treatment strategies
• L. Di Lullo,
• R. Rivera,
• V. Barbera,
• ...
• D. Banerjee,
• F. Floccari,
• C. Ronco
Published online: May 03, 2016
p16-27

C667T and A1298C polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and susceptibility to myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Shahab Alizadeh,
• Kurosh Djafarian,
• Sajjad Moradi,
• Sakineh Shab-Bidar
Published online: May 04, 2016
p99-108

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in rheumatology: Current status and recommendations for use
• Sophie I. Mavrogeni,
• George D. Kitas,
• Theodoros Dimitroulas,
• ...
• Frank Rademakers,
• Gerald Pohost,
• Joao A.C. Lima
Published online: April 28, 2016
p135-148

Original articles

Aortic valve sclerosis as a marker of atherosclerosis: Novel insights from hepatic steatosis
• Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno,
• Alessandro Di Minno,
• Pasquale Ambrosino,
• Paola Songia,
• Elena Tremoli,
• Paolo Poggio
Published online: April 30, 2016
p1-6

Effect of early treatment with ivabradine combined with beta-blockers versus beta-blockers alone in patients hospitalised with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (ETHIC-AHF): A randomised study
• Francisco J. Hidalgo,
• Manuel Anguita,
• Juan C. Castillo,
• ...
• Dolores Mesa,
• Mónica Delgado,
• Martín Ruiz
Published online: April 18, 2016
p7-11

Homoarginine predicts mortality in treatment-naive patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Dorothee Atzler,
• Jean-Luc Cracowski,
• Kathrin Cordts,
• Rainer H. Böger,
• Marc Humbert,
• Edzard Schwedhelm
Published online: May 02, 2016
p12-15

Longitudinal strain of systemic right ventricle correlates with exercise capacity in adult with transposition of the great arteries after atrial switch
• Magalie Ladouceur,
• Alban Redheuil,
• Gilles Soulat,
• ...
• Damien Bonnet,
• Elie Mousseaux
• STARS Investigators
Published online: May 02, 2016
p28-34

Circulating endothelial microparticles are elevated in bicuspid aortic valve disease and related to aortic dilation
• Josep M. Alegret,
• Neus Martínez-Micaelo,
• Gerard Aragonès,
• Raúl Beltrán-Debón
Published online: May 03, 2016
p35-41

The HAS-BLED score predicts long-term major bleeding and death in anticoagulated non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients undergoing electrical cardioversion
• Amaya García-Fernández,
• Francisco Marín,
• Vanessa Roldán,
• ...
• Mariano Valdés,
• Francisco Sogorb,
• Gregory Y.H. Lip
Published online: May 02, 2016
p42-48

Obesity and postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis
• Kevin Phan,
• Jacqueline Nguyen Khuong,
• Joshua Xu,
• Aran Kanagaratnam,
• Tristan D. Yan
Published online: May 04, 2016
p49-57

Impact of preparatory coronary protection in patients at high anatomical risk of acute coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve implantation
• Masanori Yamamoto,
• Tetsuro Shimura,
• Seiji Kano,
• ...
• Motoharu Araki,
• Shinichi Shirai,
• Kentaro Hayashida
Published online: May 04, 2016
p58-63
Coronary heart disease mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality and all-cause mortality attributable to dietary intake over 20 years in Brazil
• Leandro Fórnias Machado de Rezende,
• Catarina Machado Azeredo,
• Daniela Silva Canella,
• Olinda do Carmo Luiz,
• Renata Bertazzi Levy,
• Jose Eluf-Neto
Published online: May 03, 2016
p64-68

Long-term administration of ranolazine attenuates diastolic dysfunction and adverse myocardial remodeling in a model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
• Antonella De Angelis,
• Donato Cappetta,
• Elena Piegari,
• ...
• Francesco Rossi,
• Konrad Urbanek,
• Liberato Berrino
Published online: May 03, 2016
p69-79

Excessive exercise habits of runners as new signs of hypertension and arrhythmia
• Young-Joo Kim,
• Chul-Hyun Kim,
• Kyoung-Min Park
Published online: May 02, 2016
p80-84

Predictive ability of HAS-BLED, HEMORR₂HAGES, and ATRIA bleeding risk scores in patients with atrial fibrillation. A French nationwide cross-sectional study
• Laurent Fauchier,
• Gwendoline Chaize,
• Anne-Françoise Gaudin,
• Alexandre Vainchtock,
• Sophie K. Rushton-Smith,
• Francois-Emery Cotté
Published online: May 03, 2016
p85-91

Gender specific profiles of white coat and masked hypertension impacts on arterial structure and function in the SardiNIA study
• Angelo Scuteri,
• Christopher H. Morrell,
• Marco Orru’,
• ...
• Antonello Ganau,
• Francesco Cucca,
• Edward G. Lakatta
Published online: May 02, 2016
p92-98

A systematic review and meta-regression of temporal trends in the excess mortality associated with diabetes mellitus after myocardial infarction
• Christophe Bauters,
• Gilles Lemesle,
• Pascal de Groote,
• Nicolas Lamblin
Published online: May 04, 2016
p109-121

Association between retinal vein occlusion and risk of heart failure: A 12-year nationwide cohort study
• Tyler Hyungtaek Rim,
• Jaewon Oh,
• Seok-Min Kang,
• Sung Soo Kim
Published online: May 03, 2016
p122-127

ACE-inhibitors versus angiotensin receptor blockers for prevention of events in cardiovascular patients without heart failure — A network meta-analysis
• Fabrizio Ricci,
• Augusto Di Castelnuovo,
• Gianluigi Savarese,
• Pasquale Perrone Filardi,
• Raffaele De Caterina
Published online: April 29, 2016
p128-134

Resting multilayer 2D speckle-tracking TTE for detection of ischemic segments confirmed by invasive FFR part-2, using post-systolic-strain-index and time from aortic-valve-closure to regional peak longitudinal-strain
• Koya Ozawa,
• Nobusada Funabashi,
• Takeshi Nishi,
• ...
• Yoshihide Fujimoto,
• Tomoko Kamata,
• Yoshio Kobayashi
Published online: April 28, 2016
p149-155

Vascular calcification and intradialytic hypotension in hemodialysis patients: Clinical relevance and impact on morbidity and mortality
• Se Young Kim,
• Yu Ah Hong,
• Hye Eun Yoon,
• ...
• Chul Woo Yang,
• Suk Young Kim,
• Hyeon Seok Hwang
Published online: May 04, 2016
p156-160

Coronary flow reserve as a link between exercise capacity, cardiac systolic and diastolic function
• Juuso I. Blomster,
• Sara Svedlund,
• Helena U.Westergren,
• Li-Ming Gan
Published online: May 03, 2016
p161-166

Quantitative comparison of 2D and 3D late gadolinium enhancement MR imaging in patients with Fabry disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• F. Morsbach,
• S. Gordic,
• C. Gruner,
• ...
• S. Kozerke,
• H. Alkadhi,
• R. Manka
Published online: May 03, 2016
p167-173

Effect of training general practitioners in drug treatment of newly detected heart failure patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction: A cluster randomized trial
• Evelien E.S. van Riet,
• Arno W. Hoes,
• Alexander Limburg,
• Marcel A.J. Landman,
• Peter N.A. Zuithoff,
• Frans H. Rutten
Published online: May 04, 2016
p174-182
Open Access

A contemporary cross-sectional study on dyslipidemia management, cardiovascular risk status, and patients' quality of life in Greece: The CHALLENGE study
• Dimitrios Alexopoulos,
• Maria Anastasiou-Nana,
• Moses S. Elisaf,
• ...
• Evangelos Zacharis,
• Panos Vardas
• on behalf of the CHALLENGE Investigators
Published online: May 03, 2016
p183-189

The effect of losartan on progressive aortic dilatation in patients with Marfan's syndrome: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized clinical trials
• Linggen Gao,
• Lei Chen,
• Li Fan,
• ...
• Zhiru Liang,
• Rong Wang,
• Wenning Lu
Published online: May 04, 2016
p190-194

Worse cardiac remodeling in response to pressure overload in type 2 diabetes mellitus
• N. Gonçalves,
• C. Gomes-Ferreira,
• C. Moura,
• R. Roncon-Albuquerque Jr,
• A.F. Leite-Moreira,
• I. Falcão-Pires
Published online: May 03, 2016
p195-204

Corrigendum to “Aorta-to-arm pulse wave transit time ratio: Better prediction of coronary artery disease and stroke than pulse wave velocity” [International Journal of Cardiology 204 (2016), 1–3]
• Young-Boum Lee,
• Sang-Wuk Jeong,
• Moo-Yong Rhee,
• Chae-Hun Leem
Published online: May 10, 2016
p205

Frontmatter

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Published in issue: August 15, 2016
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