International Heart Journal

International Heart Journal

Published by International Heart Journal Association

2,130 registered articles
(updated on June 19, 2018)

Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365

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Featured article

Volume 59 (2018) Issue 3 Pages 647-651

Spontaneous Reduction in Abnormal Myocardial Uptake of Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxygluose in a Patient with Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Fumio Terasaki, Shu-ichi Fujita, Yumiko Kanzaki, Yoshinobu Hirose, Nobukazu Ishizaka

Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxygluose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is a useful tool for evaluating disease activity in sarcoidosis including cardiac involvement. A 67-year-old patient who developed atrioventricular block requiring permanent pacemaker implantation was diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis. The patient did not undergo steroid or immunosuppressive therapy but underwent serial ¹⁸F-FDG PET examination, which showed spontaneous reduction in the myocardial FDG uptake, indicating the remission of immune-inflammatory activity. Although the global systolic function remained preserved, thinning of the septal wall emerged during the clinical course of follow-up, which is characteristic for cardiac sarcoidosis.

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Volume 59 (2018) Issue 3

Spontaneous Reduction in Abnormal Myocardial Uptake of Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxygluose in a Patient with Cardiac Sarcoidosis Fumio Terasaki, Shu-ichi Fujita, Yumiko Kanzaki, Yoshinobu Hirose, Nobukazu Ishizaka

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Most viewed articles May.2018

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Novel Understanding of Takotsubo Syndrome

Released: March 30, 2018 | Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 250-255

Mika Watanabe, Masaki Izumo, Yoshihiro J Akashi
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Rationale and Design of Randomized Evaluation of Aggressive or Moderate Lipid Lowering Therapy with Pitavastatin in Coronary Artery Disease (REAL-CAD) Trial

Released: March 30, 2018 | Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 315-320

Katsumi Miyauchi, Takeshi Kimura, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Hiroyuki Daida, Satoshi Iimuro, Hiroshi Iwata, Yukio Ozaki, Ichiro Sakuma, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Hibi, Takafumi Hiro, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Seiji Hokimoto, Yasuo Ohashi, Hiroshi Ohtsu, Yasushi Saito, Masunori Matsuzaki, Ryozo Nagai, for the REAL-CAD Trial Investigaters
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Recovery of Endothelial Function after Minor-to-Moderate Surgery Is Impaired by Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Hyperuricemia and Sevoflurane-Based Anesthesia

Released: April 20, 2018 | Article ID 17-143

Sachi Ohno, Atsushi Kohjitani, Masaaki Miyata, Akina Tohya, Kaoru Yamashita, Teruto Hashiguchi, Mitsuru Ohishi, Mitsutaka Sugimura
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A Case of Loeffler Endocarditis That Showed Endomyocardial Systolic Dysfunction Detected by Layer Specific Strain Analysis

Released: December 12, 2017 | Volume 58 Issue 6 Pages 1001-1003

Xuanyi Jin, Chunyan Ma, Yonghuai Wang, Jun Yang
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Tolvaptan Improves the Long-Term Prognosis in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction as Well as in Those With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Released: September 28, 2016 | Volume 57 Issue 5 Pages 600-606

Teruhiko Imamura, Koichiro Kinugawa

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We have decided to stop publishing a print edition of International Heart Journal due to a decrease in demand. The last issue of the print edition will be the November 2017 (Vol.58, No.6) issue. Please use our open access online journal at J-STAGE for the January 2018 and all subsequent issues.

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Japanese Heart Journal

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