International Heart Journal

International Heart Journal

Published by International Heart Journal Association

3,850 registered articles
(updated on May 28, 2023)

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

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Volume 64 (2023) Issue 1 Pages 4-9

Linkage of Left Atrial Function to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Robert Zheng, Kenya Kusunose

In heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), left atrial enlargement is a surrogate marker reflecting chronic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. As a result, the left atrial volume is often evaluated in daily clinical practice to determine the presence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. However, recent studies have shown that left atrial dysfunction is an important factor contributing to the pathogenesis of HFpEF, and it is expected to become one of the therapeutic targets of HFpEF, rather than just a surrogate marker. Echocardiography plays a central role in the identification of left atrial dysfunction and remodeling in HFpEF. In this review, we describe an approach to the evaluation of left atrial function in HFpEF using echocardiography.

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2023 Volume 64 Issue 2

Response to Letter by Kataoka and Imamura Regarding Article, "Short P-Wave Duration Is Associated with Incident Atrial Fibrillation" Bozena Ostrowska, Lars Lind, Elena Sciaraffia, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Left Atrial Appendage Closure Procedures Anita Zadori, Zsuzsanna Kis, Tibor Toth, Matyas Szigeti, Andras Temesvari, Geza Fontos, Noémi Nyolczas, Peter Andreka
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Life-Threatening Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Transferred to an Emergency Medical Care Center Hideto Sangen, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shuhei Tara, Tokuhiro Kimura, Noritomo Narita, Kenta Onodera, Keishi Suzuki, Junya Matsuda, Kosuke Kadooka, Kenta Takahashi, Toshinori Ko, Hiroshi Hayashi, Jun Nakata, Yusuke Hosokawa, Koichi Akutsu, Hitoshi Takano, Tomohiko Masuno, Shoji Yokobori, Hiroyuki Yokota, Wataru Shimizu, Kuniya Asai
Correlation of Serum Laminin Levels with Cardiac Function and In-Hospital Prognosis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Jianfen Zhuang, Ling Xie, Haixiao Chen, Xiaoyun Yan, Jinya Lu, Jiaqi Ye, Yin Zhang, Wenhui Qiang, Qing Zhang, Lei Zhou

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Usefulness of Right Ventricular Basal Free Wall Strain by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2015 | Volume 56 Issue 1 Pages 100-104

Kenji Shiino, Kunihiko Sugimoto, Akira Yamada, Kayoko Takada, Hideki Kawai, Keiko Sugimoto, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yasushi Takagi, Masatsugu Iwase, Yukio Ozaki
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Nurse-Led Collaborative Management Using Telemonitoring Improves Quality of Life and Prevention of Rehospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure

Released on J-STAGE: November 30, 2019 | Volume 60 Issue 6 Pages 1293-1302

Mariko Mizukawa, Michiko Moriyama, Hideya Yamamoto, Md M Rahman, Makiko Naka, Toshiro Kitagawa, Shizue Kobayashi, Noboru Oda, Yuji Yasunobu, Miyuki Tomiyama, Nobuyuki Morishima, Keiji Matsuda, Yasuki Kihara
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Safety of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Three Chronic Diseases

Released on J-STAGE: March 31, 2023 | Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 246-251

Shiyao Ge, Ruobin Liu, Yucheng Mao, Chang Geng, Hongfei Wang, Kai Song, Qing-Bao Tian
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease Treatment in Japan

Released on J-STAGE: December 12, 2017 | Volume 58 Issue 6 Pages 847-852

Satoshi Kodera, Arihiro Kiyosue, Jiro Ando, Hiroshi Akazawa, Hiroyuki Morita, Masafumi Watanabe, Issei Komuro
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Different Types of Myocardial Injury due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron Variant

Released on J-STAGE: January 23, 2023 | Article ID 22-355

Keishi Moriwaki, Naoki Fujimoto, Hiroaki Murakami, Kazuaki Maruyama, Masaki Ishida, Masaki Tanabe, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Kaoru Dohi

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