November 01, 2017

Original articles

Anti-inflammatory treatment and risk of depression in 91,842 patients with acute coronary syndrome and 91,860 individuals without acute coronary syndrome in Denmark
• Ida Kim Wium-Andersen,
• Marie Kim Wium-Andersen,
• Martin Balslev Jørgensen,
• Merete Osler
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p1-6

Machine learning for prediction of 30-day mortality after ST elevation myocardial infraction: An Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey data mining study
• Roni Shouval,
• Amir Hadanny,
• Nir Shlomo,
• ...
• Shlomi Matetzky,
• Ilan Goldenberg,
• Roy Beigel
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p7-13

Letters

The association between left ventricular global strain and coronary artery disease
• Uğur Aksu,
• Oktay Gulcu,
• Kamuran Kalkan
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p14
Letter to “Clinical impact of admission hyperglycemia on in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients” by Kim E J et al.
• Ziliang Ye,
• Qiang Su,
• Lang Li
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p15

Editorials

Data from the German Chest Pain Unit Registry: The well known gap between knowledge and practice
• Daniel Fernández-Bergés
Published online: February 13, 2017
p16-17

Biomarkers of vascular inflammation. Cell stress offers new clues
• Enrico Tombetti,
• Norma Maugeri,
• Patrizia Rovere-Querini,
• Angelo A. Manfredi
Published online: June 05, 2017
p18-19

Original articles

Sex differences in the effect of diabetes mellitus on platelet reactivity and coronary thrombosis: From the Assessment of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy with Drug-Eluting Stents (ADAPT-DES) study
• Gennaro Giustino,
• Björn Redfors,
• Roxana Mehran,
• ...
• Sorin J. Brener,
• M. Ozgu Ozan,
• Gregg W. Stone
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p20-25

Mid-term clinical outcomes of ABSORB bioresorbable vascular scaffold versus everolimus-eluting stent for coronary bifurcation lesions
• Toru Naganuma,
• Hiroyoshi Kawamoto,
• Vasileios F. Panoulas,
• ...
• Mauro Carlino,
• Matteo Montorfano,
• Antonio Colombo
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p26-31

Long-term survival after off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Does completeness of revascularization play a role?
• Umberto Benedetto,
• Massimo Caputo,
• Nishith N. Patel,
• Francesca Fiorentino,
• Alan Bryan,
• Gianni D. Angelini
Published online: May 09, 2017
p32-36

Short communication

TAVR with mechanically expandable prostheses: Is balloon aortic valvuloplasty really necessary?
• Giuseppe Tarantini,
• Luca Nai Fovino,
• Paola Tellaroli,
• ...
• Chiara Fraccaro,
• Gino Gerosa,
• Sabino Iliceto
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p37-40

Letter

To know the radiation dose and the fluoroscopy time of each cardiac procedure is of great importance
• Çağın Mustafa Üreyen,
• Mustafa Gökhan Vural,
• Ramazan Akdemir
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p41

Original article

Arterial Hypertension after Coarctation-Repair in Long-term Follow-up (CoAFU): Predictive Value of Clinical Variables
• Pinar Bambul Heck,
• Jelena Pabst von Ohain,
• Harald Kaemmerer,
• Peter Ewert,
• Alfred Hager
Published online: May 24, 2017
p42-45

Reviews and Meta-analysis

Alcohol and incident atrial fibrillation – A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Celine Gallagher,
• Jeroen M.L. Hendriks,
• Adrian D. Elliott,
• ...
• Rajiv Mahajan,
• Dennis H. Lau,
• Prashanthan Sanders
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p46-52

Letters

Atrial fibrillation as a risk factor for worse outcome in acute coronary syndrome
• Ibrahim El-Battrawy,
• Martin Borggrefe,
• Ibrahim Akin
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p53
Is subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator testing effective and safe for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
• Fen Qin,
• Qiming Liu,
• Zhenjiang Liu
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p54
Reply to: Is subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator testing effective and safe for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
• Niccolò Maurizi,
• Iacopo Olivotto,
• Franco Cecchi
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p55

Letter

Letter to the editor: “The frailty syndrome is associated with adverse health outcomes in very old patients with stable heart failure: A prospective study in six Spanish hospitals”
• Catherine Giuliano,
• Christopher Neil,
• Itamar Levinger
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p56

Letters

Cardiac pericyte is promising target for ischemic heart diseases: Role of Notch3
• Jian-Xiong Chen,
• Sean T. Chen,
• Yong-Kang Tao
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p57
A potential and novel therapeutic approach to ischemic heart diseases: Notch3
• Xin Yi,
• Gaoke Feng,
• Xuejun Jiang
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p58

Editorial

Skeletal muscle exercise training in pulmonary arterial hypertension
• BP Madden,
• EJ Shaw
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p59-60

Letter

Pentraxin-3 and its further clinical implications in women with preeclampsia
• Kenan Yalta,
• Fatih Ucar,
• Mustafa Yilmaztepe,
• Cafer Zorkun
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p61

Original article

Use of lipid lowering drugs in patients at very high risk of cardiovascular events: An analysis on nearly 3,000,000 Italian subjects of the ARNO Observatory
• Aldo P. Maggioni,
• Silvia Calabria,
• Elisa Rossi,
• Nello Martini
• on the behalf of the ARNO Observatory
Published online: February 28, 2017
p62-67

Original articles

Cardiac magnetic resonance evaluation of left ventricular functional, morphological, and structural features in children and adolescents vs. young adults with isolated left ventricular non-compaction
• Gaetano Nucifora,
• Karthigesh Sree Raman,
• Daniele Muser,
• ...
• Rebecca Perry,
• Kama A. Awang Ramli,
• Joseph B. Selvanayagam
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p68-73

Impact of strut thickness on acute mechanical performance: A comparison study using optical coherence tomography between DESolve 150 and DESolve 100
• Niklas F. Boeder,
• Oliver Dörr,
• Timm Bauer,
• ...
• Stephan Achenbach,
• Christian W. Hamm,
• Holger M. Nef
Published online: May 24, 2017
p74-79

Impact of stroke volume assessment by integrating multi-detector computed tomography and Doppler data on the classification of aortic stenosis
• Barbara E. Stähli,
• Thomas Stadler,
• Erik W. Holy,
• ...
• Fabian Nietlispach,
• Thomas Frauenfelder,
• Felix C. Tanner
Published in issue: November 01, 2017
p80-86

Short communication

Early myocardial edema after acute myocardial infarction is stable and not bimodal in humans — Evidence from a large CMR multicenter study
• Thomas Stiermaier,
• Holger Thiele,
• Ingo Eitel
Published online: July 18, 2017
p87-89