OBJECTIVES To determine the clinical features of a novel heart syndrome with transient left
ventricular (LV) apical ballooning, but without coronary artery stenosis, that mimics acute …

Background—There is accumulating data that acute coronary syndromes relate to recent
onset activation of inflammation affecting atherosclerotic plaques. Increased blood levels of …

Background— Neutrophils in unstable atherosclerotic lesions have not received much
consideration, despite accumulating evidence suggesting a link between systemic inflammation …

Background— Calcification is a common finding in human coronary arteries; however, the
relationship between calcification patterns, plaque morphology, and patterns of remodeling of …

ContextRecent studies have shown that passive smoking is a risk factor for ischemic heart
disease and may be associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction. The acute effects of …

Background : Recent studies have shown that hematopoietic stem cells can undergo clonal
expansion secondary to somatic mutations in leukemia-related genes, thus leading to an age…

Objectives : The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of the napkin-ring
sign on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for future acute coronary …

Objective— Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in inducing
angiogenesis. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may have potential for differentiation to …

To our knowledge, no study investigating the usefulness of cardiac PET for detection of
myocardial involvement of sarcoidosis is available. We investigated whether 13 N-NH 3 / 18 F-…

Multiple lines of evidence establish that angiotensin II (Ang II) induces not only hypertension
but also directly contributes to cardiac diseases. Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1…