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INTERNATIONAL HEART JOURNAL — VOLUME 48, 2007 AUTHOR INDEX Abe, Chikara 177 Chen, Chien-Jen 35, 443 Acele, Armagan 11 Chen, Dong-dong 69 Acil, Tayfun 129, 277 Chen, Mien-Cheng 443 Aikawa, Naoki 3 Chen, Shyh-Ming 35 Ajiki, Kohsuke 253 Chen, Yen-Hsun 35 Akashiba, Akira 177 Chen, Yung-Lung 443 Akcay, Burak 11 | Cheng, Cheng-I 35 Akkus, Necdet 1] Chiang, Chiang-Hua 233 Aksoyek, Serdar 277 Chin, Keiichi 137 Aksu, Tolga 579 Chiu, Cheng-An 35 Akutsu, Yasushi Zs Chou, Yi-Hua 463 Akyol, Ahmet 165 Chua, Sarah 533 Alper, Ahmet 165 Chung, Chang Min 399 Altin, Timucin 435 Chung, Wook Sung 553 Amaki, Makoto 123 | Cicek, Dilek 1] Aoki, Asako 767 Cin, V. Gokhan 11 Aoki, Satoshi 1 | Colkesen, A. Yucel 129 Aoki, Shuichi 379 Aonuma, Kazutaka 313 | Dai, Dao-Fu 463 Arita, Hideko 215 | Daida, Hiroyuki 523 Asai, Kuniya l | Diedrichs, Holger 755 Ashino, Sonoko 247, 485 | Dong, Liang 69 Ashizawa, Naoto 597 | Doven, Oben 1] Atalar, Enver Zit | Atmaca, Yusuf 435 | Eksik, Abdurrahman 165 Aydinalp, Alp 97 | Eldem, Olcay 97 Aytemir, Kudret 277 | Erbay, Ali Riza 579 | Erdinler, Izzet 165 Baek, Sang Hong 553 | Eroglu, Serpil 97 Baltali, Mehmet 129 | Erol, Cetin 435 Bednar, Frantisek 57 | Erol, Tansel 129 Bozbas, Huseyin 97 Bozboga, Seher 87 Fan, Bing 303 Burst, Volker 755 Fang, Chih~Yuan 443 | Frank, Konrad 755 Cakmak, Mahmut 165 Fretz, Eric 569 Cakmak, Nazmiye 165 Fujii, Takuro 137 Camsari, Ahmet 11 | Fujimura, Tsutomu 407 Cengel, Atiye 477 Fujita, Nobuhiko | Chang, Hsueh-Wen 443 Fujita, Norihiro 497, 505 Chang, Kiyuk 553 Fujiu, Katsuhito 253 Chang, Li-Teh 233, 533 Fukaya, Hidehira 155 Chang, Nyuk-Kong 23 Fuke, Soichiro 269 Chang, Shih Tai 399 Fukuda, Taira 407 Chao, Ting-Hsing 677 | Fukushima, Akimune 701 782 AUTHOR INDEX ‘nica Futamatsu, Hideki 649 Ikeda, Tetsuya 269 Ikewaki, Katsunori 337 Ge, Junbo 303, 591 Imai, Masanobu 497, 505 Ge, Lei 303 Imai, Yasushi 149, 253, 407 Giese, Chad 323 Imaki, }unko 369 Goda, Fuminori 497, 505 Imaki, Ryuta 155 Gokan, Takehiko 25 Inami, Shigenobu 725 Gulec, Sadi 435 | Inami, Toru 767 Gulel, Okan 113 Inomata, Takayuki 155, 195 Gurkan, Kadir 165 Inoue, Katsumi 387 Inoue, Noriko 323 Hagemeister, Jens 755 Inoue, Terumasa 137 Hamazaki, Yuji 25 Ishikawa, Isao 663 Hanaoka, Kazuo 215 Ishikawa, Susumu 455 Hara, Kazuo 149 Ishikawa, Toshiyuki 323 Hara, Tetsuya 773 ishimitsu, Toshihiko 177, 637 Hasdemir, Hakan 165 Isobe, Mitsuaki 313, 649, 663 Hasebe, Naoyuki 347 Ito, Takahide 79 Hashimoto, Kenichi 247, 485 Itoh, Manabu 701 Hayami, Noriyuki 253 Iwama, Yoshitaka 523 Hayashi, Takatoshi 773 Iwasaki, Yoshihiro 45, 393, 547 Hayashi, Tatsumi 379 Iwasawa, Kuniaki 615 Hayashi, Yoshiro 743 Izawa, Ichiro 773 Haznedaroglu, Ibrahim C. 277 Izumi, Tohru 155, 195 He, Hong 69 Izumi, Yuichi 663 Helvaci, Mehmet Rami 187, 605 Hilton, David 569 Jares, Martin ST Himoto, Takashi 497, 505 | Jeon, Doo Soo 553 Hinohara, Hiroshi 743 Hioka, Toru 269 Kadowaki, Takashi 149 Hiraiwa, Yoshio 379 | Kajiya, Teishi 773 Hirano, Shuta 215 Kaku, Bunji 379 Hirao, Kenzo 649 | Kameda, Tomoko 177 Hirata, Yasunobu 407 Kamide, Kei 123 Honda, Yukiharu 45 | Kanaya, Honin 417 Hori, Shingo 513 | Kaneta, Satoshi 359 Horio, Takeshi 123 Kasamaki, Yuji 247, 485 Hoshino, Kazuo 423 | Kasanuki, Hiroshi 791 Hosokawa, Yusuke 767 | Kasaoka, Yuji 253 Hotta, Daisuke 689 Katagiri, Takashi 25 Hsieh, Yuan-Kai 35, 443 Katayama, Toshiro 45, 393, 547 Hsu, Jen Te 399 Kato, Hiroki 379 Huang, Li-Ying 463 Kato, Koji | Hwang, Jin-Yong 261 Kawai, Makoto 623 Hwang, Juey-Jen 463 Kawamura, Yuichiro 347 Kawano, Yuhei 123 Tbuki, Chikao 725 Kawasaki, Akio 455 Ichinose, Hiroyuki 423 Kawashima, Shuji | Iesaka, Yoshito 313 Kawata, Hiroshi 701 lesaki, Takafumi 523 Kaya, Baris 277 Ikeda, Masahiro 379 Kaya, Hasan 187, 605 Vol 48 AUTHOR INDEX No 6 Kes, Sirri 277 Masugata, Hisashi 497, 505 Kikuchi, Arifumi | Matsubara, Takashi 417 Kikuchi, Kenjiro 347 Matsumoto, Akihiro 407 Kilickap, Mustafa 435 Matsuoka, Hiroaki 177, 637 Kim, Dong Bin 553 Matsushita, Katsumi 323 Kim, Mi-Jeong 553 Matsushita, Kohei 323 Kim, Pum Joon 553 Micozkadioglu, Hasan 733 Kimura, Kazuo 323 Mildenberger, Richard 569 Kinloch, David 569 Minami, Junichi 177 Kinohira, Yukihiko 25 Mineki, Reiko 407 Kishi, Takuya 287 Miwa, Kenji 417 Kitabatake, Akira 359 Miyake, Fumihiko 701 Kitaura, Yasushi 79 Mizuno, Ju 215 Kito, Hiroaki 455 Mizuno, Kyoichi 725, 767 Klinke, Peter 569 Mochizuki, Seibu 137, 205, 337, 623 Kobatake, Renpei 269 Mohara, Jun 743 Kobayashi, Nobuaki 767 Mori, Chikara 337, 623 Kobayashi, Tsukasa 323 Mori, Kiyoo 107, 117 Kodama, Yusuke 25 Muderrisoglu, Haldun 97, 129 Kofune, Masayoshi 247, 485 Miller-Ehmsen, Jochen 755 Kofune, Tatsuya 485 Murakami, Daisuke tad Koga, Atsushi 137 Murakawa, Yuji 253 Kohno, Masakazu 497, 505 Murayama, Kimie 407 Koitabashi, Toshimi 195 Kono, Tatsuji 79 Nagai, Ryozo 149, 407, 615, 715 Korkmaz, Sule 579 Nagasawa, Toshiyuki 663 Kosuge, Masami 323 Nakagawa, Daisuke 79 Kunimoto, Fumio 743 Nakai, Kenji 701 Kurihara, Satoshi 215 Nakai, Toshiko 247, 485 Kurusu, Takashi 137 Nakamura, Haruo 369 Kusakari, Yoichiro 215 Nakamura, Shunichi | Kuvandik, Guven 605 Nakano, Hironari 195 Kuwano, Hiroyuki 743 Nakashima, Hiroshi 45 Kwak, Choong Hwan 261 Nakayama, Kazuhiro 369 Nazli, Nasih 277 Lee, Fan-Yen 233 Neya, Kazuo 455 Lee, Man Young 553 Niita, Yutaka 379 Li, Hui-Ling aa Niizuma, Shinichiro 123 Li, Yi-Heng 677 Nishii, Mototsugu 195 Lim, Sung Min 553 Nishimura, Hideki 25 Lin, Jou-Wei 463 Niwano, Shinichi 155 Lin, Pi Chi 399 Njaman, Widi 523 Liu, Xuebo 303 Nobuyoshi, Masakiyo 387 Maden, Orhan 579 Ocal, Arslan 87 Maeda, Takuto 689 Oe, Kotaro 107, 1 17 Maejima, Yasuhiro 649 Ogano, Michio 767 Maekawa, Kiyoaki 269 Ogawa, Kazuhiko 205, 337, 623 Maly, Marek 57 Oguz, Enis 165 Manabe, Ichiro 149 Ohba, Takayoshi 725 Markowitz, Toby 323 Ohkubo, Kimie 247 784 AUTHOR INDEX Int Heart J November 2007 Ohmoto-Sekine, Yuki 715 Saricam, Ersin 87 Ohno, Norihiko 725 Sasaki, Asako Ohomoto, Yuki 615 Sasaki, Hideki 205, 337, 623 Ohsuzu, Fumitaka 369 Sasaki, Sae 155 Ohtomo, Kuni 715 Sasao, Hisataka 689 Okabayashi, Hitoshi 701 Sato, Nobuyuki 347 Okada, Hiroyuki 649 Sato, Tetsuya 269 Okamatsu, Shuuichi 287 Satomura, Kimio 369 Okamoto, Yasuhiro 369 Sayar, Nurten 165 Okazaki, Fumiko 205, 337, 623 Saydam, Gul Sevim 579 Okubo, Kimie 485 Schneider, Christian A. VS Okumura, Yasuo 247, 485 Seino, Yoshihiko 725 Okuyama, Hiroyuki 497, 505 Seko, Yoshinori 407 Ono, Hidehiko 637 Selcuk, Hatice 579 Ono, Yuko 637 Selcuk, Mehmet Timur 579 Onoda, Satoru 137 Senda, Shoichi 497, 505 Oral, Dervis 435 Seo, Atsushi 137 Osaka, Tsutomu 195 Seto, Shinji 597 Oshima, Kiyohiro 743 Seung, Ki-Bae 355 Oto, Ali 277 Seyis, Sabri 11 Otsuji, Mikiya 215 Sezer, Siren 733 Ovunc, Kenan 277 Sezgin, Alpay T. 129 Oyama, Naotsugu 359 Sheu, Jiunn-Jye 233, 533 Ozbakir, Cemal 87 Shibata, Takahiro 137 Ozcan, Turkay 11 Shibata, Yoshisada 597 Ozcura, Fatih 187 Shimada, Hirohide 423 Ozdemir, Fatma Nurhan 733 Shimamoto, Kazuaki 689 Ozdemir, Murat 477 Shimamoto, Ryoichi 615, 715 Ozelsancak, Ruya 733 Shimizu, Mitsuyuki 205, 337, 623 Ozer, Necla 277 Shin, Dong II 553 Ozin, Bulent 97 Shinagawa, Hisahito 195 Ozmen, Ferhan 277 Shindo, Atsushi 247, 485 Shinozaki, Norihiko 423 Pan, Kuo Li 399 Shinozuka, Akira 25 Park, Sung-Ji 261 Shirakabe, Akihiro 1 Siega, Antony Della 569 Qian, Juying 303, 591 Simsek, Vahide 97 Snircova, Jana af Sahin, Mahmut 113 Soejima, Yohkoh 313 Sahiner, Levent 277 Straka, Zbynek 57 Saiki, Yuka 25 Sugimura, Hidezou 247, 485 Saito, Hironori 269 Sumita, Shinichi 323 Saito, Norie 689 Sun, Cheuk~Kwan 233, 533 Saito, Satoshi 247, 485 Sun, Yong 69 Saito, Takahiko 359 Sunagawa, Kenji 287 Sakai, Hidetsugu 359 Suwa, Michihiro 79 Sakai, Koyu 387 Suzuki, Jun-ichi 615, 715 Sakata, Kenji 417 Suzuki, Jun-ichi 649, 663 Sakurai, Kaoru 663 Suzuki, Masaru 513 Sakurai, Masayuki 25 Suzuki, Shin 45 Sano, Junko 725 Vol 48 AUTHOR INDEX No6 Taguchi, Tomio 379 Uno, Yoshihide 417 Taima, Minoru 323 Urasawa, Kazushi 359 Tajika, Kenichiro 725 Tajima, Yukio 743 Vanek, Tomas 57 Taka, Hikari 407 Takabatake, Shu 379 Wada, Shinichi 455 Takagi, Gen 1 Wang, Chi- Young 533 Takagi, Satoru 689 Wang, Dongging 663 Takagi, Yasuhiro 485 Wang, Jian-an 69 Takahashi, Toru 743 Wang, Qibing 303 Takahashi, Toshiaki 177, 637 Watanabe, Ichiro 247, 485 Takano, Hitoshi 1, 767 Williams, Malcolm 569 Takano, Masamichi 725 Wu, Chiung-Jen 35, 233, 443, 533 Takano, Teruo 1 Wu, Hui-Ling 677 Takasaki, Yoshinari 523 Wu, Lung Sheng 399 Takatsuka, Hisashi 337, 623 Takayama, Morimasa 1 Yahikozawa, Kumiko Takeda, Kenji y| Yalcin, Atilla 187, 605 Takehana, Hitoshi 195 Yamada, Akira 287 Takeuchi, Ichiro 195 Yamada, Yoshitsugu 215 Takeyoshi, Izumi 743 Yamagata, Toshio 107, 117 Takikawa, Kazutoshi 137 Yamamoto, Eisei ‘j Takiuchi, Shin 123 Yamamoto, Masanori Tanabe, Jun 767 Yamamoto, Tadashi 45, 393, 547 Tanaka, Nobukiyo 369 Yamamoto, Takashi | Tanaka, Yasuyuki 137 Yamanaka, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Ikuo 205, 337, 623 Yamauchi, Toshimasa Taniguchi, Masayuki 137, 205 Yamazaki, Tadashi 615, 715 Taoka, Teruhisa 497, 505 Yang, Cheng-Hsu 35, 443 Tekin, Abdullah 129 Yang, Qian 69 Tekin, Goknur 129 Yang, Yea-Huei Kao Temizhan, Ahmet 579 Yano, Katsusuke 45, 393, 597 Timurkaynak, Timur 477 Yasuda, Toshihiko 417 Tokgozoglu, Lale 277 Yazici, Guliz Erdem 477 Torun, Dilek 733 Yazici, Mustafa 113 Tsai, Hui-Shan 677 Yildirim, Nesligu! 87 Tsuboi, Junichi 701 Yildirir, Aylin 97 Tsuda, Toyonobu 417 Yilmaz, Hale 165 Tsuji, Taeko 615, 715 Yip, Hon-Kan 35, 233, 443, 533 Tsunoda, Soichi 323 Yodogawa, Kenji 725 Tsutsui, Hiroyuki 359 Yokoyama, Ayumi 347 Turan, Inci TS Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Turhan, Sibel 435 Yokoyama, Shinya 725 Turkoglu, Sedat 477 Yoshihara, Yumiko 497, 505 Tutar, Eralp 435 Yoshikawa, Kay 497, 505 Yoshikawa, Masatomo Uchino, Kazuaki 323 Yoshioka, Masahiko 369 Ueda, Keisuke 455 Yoshioka, Ryo 269 Ulubay, Gaye 97 Youssef, Ali A. 35; 233; 533 Umeda, Makoto 663 Yuge, Masaru 155 Umemura, Satoshi 323 Yurtdas, Mustafa 11 786 AUTHOR INDEX eo Zhang, Feng 303, 591 Zobel, Carsten 755 Ziakas, Antonios 569 ® INTERNATIONAL HEART JOURNAL VOLUME 48, 2007 SUBJECT INDEX 2-D gel electrophoresis 407 Calcium channel blocker 177 A Calcium handling 215 Cardiac disaster 615 ACE inhibitors 435 Cardiac function 497, 505 Acetylcholine 553 Cardiac metastasis 399 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans 663 Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) 69 Acute coronary syndrome 663, 677 Cardiac surgical procedures 57 Acute myocardial infarction 107, 287, 303, 387, Cardiac tamponade | 423, 533, 547 Cardioprotective effect 337 Adenosine-sensitive atrial reentrant tachycardia Cardiopulmonary bypass 57 313 Cardiopulmonary exercise test 97 Adipokine 149 Cardiovascular surgery 744 Aging 497 Catechins 725 Aldosterone antagonists 637 Catheter thrombectomy 269 Ambulatory blood pressure 177 Cellular apoptosis 533 Angioplasty 11, 129, 443 Circulatory support 744 Angiotensin II receptor blocker METIS Classification tree 463 Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers 637 Clinical outcome 689 Antiplatelet therapy ] Coagulation 277 Anti-SS-A/-SS-B antibody 407 Complete heart block 35 Aortic stenosis 79 Complication l Apoptosis 233 Congenital heart block 407 Aspiration thrombectomy 387 Connective tissue disease 523 Atherosclerosis 149, 187, 369, 677 Connexin43 233 Atrial fibrillation 247, 387, 485 Contractile function 755 Atrial tachyarrhythmia 323 Coronary angioplasty 591 Atrial unipolar potential 313 Coronary artery bypass grafting 379, 455 Atrioventricular (AV) node 347 Coronary artery disease 277, 443 Coronary artery spasm 379 B Coronary collateral vessels 435 4-blocker 117, 407 Coronary embolism 387 £-blocker agent 347 Coronary heart disease 463 Bare-metal stent 443, 547 Coronary occlusion 435 Beating heart surgery Ss? Coronary plaque Ps, Bed-bound patients 505 Coronary stent l Beraprost 417 C-reactive protein 463 Bilirubin 195 CREST syndrome 417 Biomarker 149 Curve fitting 215 Body surface mapping 701 Cypher 455 Brain natriuretic peptide 97, 117, 485 Cypher stent 11 C D Ca** current (ICa) 347 D-dimers 57 Ca** transient 407 Delayed rectifier K* current(IK) 347 Calcified lesion 137 Diabetes mellitus 11, 233 788 SUBJECT INDEX Int Heart J November 2007 Diagnosis 773 I Diastolic dysfunction 97 Diastolic function 87 Immediate early gene 359 Diastolic heart failure 79 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator Dilated cardiomyopathy 117, 701 Indirect Fick method 69 Doppler echocardiography 165 Inotropic agents 195 Drug-eluting stent 1, 393, 455, 767, 11, 591 In-stent restenosis 11 Dual atrioventricular nodes 253 Insulin sensitizer 623 Integrated backscatter 87 E Interleukin-1 7 463 Echocardiography 79, 399, 497, 505 Intra/extracellular ions 755 Ectopic non-reentrant atrial tac‘:ycardia 313 Intravascular ultrasound 137, 767 Electrophysiologic study 155 Ion transport 755 Embolization 129 Ischemia 205, 623 Emergency care 513 Ischemia/reperfusion ventricular tachyarrhythmia Endothelium 553 337 Essential hypertension 733 Ischemic postconditioning 205 Eustachian valve 113 Ischemic preconditioning 205, 337, 623 Excess weight 605 Isolated perfused rat hearts 337 Exercise 277 K Experimental technique 359 Extracellular matrix 369 Kawasaki disease 615 F L Filtered P-wave duration 485 L-/N-type calcium channel blocker 597 Late potentials 701 G Late stent malapposition 591 Gap junction 233; 539 Late stent thrombosis 547 Glibenclamide 337 Laughter-induced syncope 123 Goodness of fit 215 Left ventricular function 45 Green tea 725 Left ventricular mass 715 Growth factors 649 Logistic function 215 Guidelines 513 Losartan treatment 533 Low cardiac output 195 H Low output syndrome 744 Heart 205 Lusitropism 215 Heart failure 69, 155, 195, 407, 755 M Hemodialysis 689 Hemostasis 57 Magnetic resonance 715 High risk 615 Mass 113 High-resolution ECG 701 Mass spectrometry 407 Hormone replacement 107 Matrix metalloproteinase 369 Hyperpolarization-activated inward current(If) Mechanical alternans 117 347 Metoprolol 477 Hypertension 187, 637 Microalbuminuria 597 Hypertensive retinopathy 187 Midodrine 123 Hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy Mitiglinide 337 715 Mitral balloon 579 Hypertrophy 359 Mitral stenosis 87 Hypothyroidism 107 Mitral valve stenosis 261 Molecular experiment 359