April 2012

Editorial Board
Published in issue: April 2012
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Reviews

Isolated troponin increase after percutaneous coronary interventions: Does it have prognostic relevance?
• Marco Zimarino,
• Vincenzo Cicchitti,
• Eugenio Genovesi,
• Domenico Rotondo,
• Raffaele De Caterina
Published online: November 07, 2011
p297-302

Lipid rafts: A signalling platform linking lipoprotein metabolism to atherogenesis
• Stéphanie Lemaire-Ewing,
• Laurent Lagrost,
• Dominique Néel
Published online: November 09, 2011
p303-310

Effects of coenzyme Q10 on vascular endothelial function in humans: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Linggen Gao,
• Qunxia Mao,
• Jian Cao,
• Yutang Wang,
• Xianliang Zhou,
• Li Fan
Published online: November 16, 2011
p311-316

Invited Commentaries

HMGB1 signals danger in acute coronary syndrome: Emergence of a new risk marker for cardiovascular death?
• Karlheinz Peter,
• Alex Bobik
Published online: December 28, 2011
p317-318
Hepatitis C virus and atherosclerosis in a close and dangerous liaison
• Cristina Vassalle
Published online: January 05, 2012
p319-320

EAS Commentary

Controversies in dyslipidaemia management
• Jane Stock
Published online: February 03, 2012
p321-324

Basic Research

Vascular Biology, Hemostasis, Oxidative Stress


A Role for MRP8 in in stent restenosis in diabetes
• A. Stocca,
• D. O’Toole,
• N. Hynes,
• ...
• A. Duffy,
• S. Tunev,
• T. O’Brien
Published online: March 01, 2012
p325-332

Annexin A5 prevents post-interventional accelerated atherosclerosis development in a dose-dependent fashion in mice
• M.M. Ewing,
• J.C. Karper,
• M.L. Sampietro,
• ...
• K. Pettersson,
• J.W. Jukema,
• P.H.A. Quax
Published online: February 17, 2012
p333-340
Open Access

PTEN overexpression attenuates angiogenic processes of endothelial cells by blockade of endothelin-1/endothelin B receptor signaling
• Hsiao-Mei Kuo,
• Chun-Yao Lin,
• Hing-Chung Lam,
• ...
• Chao-Yuh Yang,
• Ching-Mei Hsu,
• Ming-Hong Tai
Published online: February 17, 2012
p341-349

Selective improvement in renal function preserved remote myocardial microvascular integrity and architecture in experimental renovascular disease
• Victor H. Urbieta-Caceres,
• Xiang-Yang Zhu,
• Kyra L. Jordan,
• ...
• Kyle Textor,
• Amir Lerman,
• Lilach O. Lerman
Published online: February 17, 2012
p350-358

Social disruption stress increases IL-6 levels and accelerates atherosclerosis in ApoE^−/− mice
• Evelina Bernberg,
• Marcus A. Ulleryd,
• Maria E. Johansson,
• Göran M.L. Bergström
Published online: January 30, 2012
p359-365

Lymphangiogenesis in aortic valve stenosis—Novel regulatory roles for valvular myofibroblasts and mast cells
• Suvi Syväranta,
• Satu Helske,
• Jani Lappalainen,
• Markku Kupari,
• Petri T. Kovanen
Published online: January 27, 2012
p366-374

The glucagon-like peptide 1 analog liraglutide reduces TNF-α-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in endothelial cells
• Aya Shiraki,
• Jun-ichi Oyama,
• Hiroshi Komoda,
• ...
• Norihiko Kotooka,
• Tetsuaki Hirase,
• Koichi Node
Published online: January 27, 2012
p375-382
Downregulation of transforming growth factor, beta receptor 2 and Notch signaling pathway in human abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Erik Biros,
• Philip J. Walker,
• Maria Nataatmadja,
• Malcolm West,
• Jonathan Golledge
Published online: February 10, 2012
p383-386

Metabolism: Lipids, Lipoprotein, Carbohydrates, Homocysteine, Cholesterol


Advanced glycation end-product N^ɛ-carboxymethyl-Lysine accelerates progression of atherosclerotic calcification in diabetes
• Zhongqun Wang,
• Yicheng Jiang,
• Naifeng Liu,
• ...
• Yinghong Zhu,
• Yanli An,
• Dengyu Chen
Published online: February 06, 2012
p387-396

DPA n-3, DPA n-6 and DHA improve lipoprotein profiles and aortic function in hamsters fed a high cholesterol diet
• Jingnan Chen,
• Yue Jiang,
• Yintong Liang,
• ...
• Jian Liu,
• Yu Huang,
• Zhen-Yu Chen
Published online: January 30, 2012
p397-404

Clinical and Popluation Research

Imaging & Measurement of Vessel Health


Association of coronary plaque composition and arterial remodelling: A optical coherence tomography study
• Sudhir Rathore,
• Mitsuyasu Terashima,
• Hitoshi Matsuo,
• ...
• Yasushi Asakura,
• Osamu Katoh,
• Takahiko Suzuki
Published online: February 20, 2012
p405-415

The angiographic and clinical outcomes after coronary stenting in patients with metabolic syndrome
• Di Xu,
• Yan Guo,
• Hui Wang,
• ...
• Xin Wu,
• Junhong Wang,
• Kejiang Cao
Published online: February 01, 2012
p416-421

Epicardial fat volume and concurrent presence of both myocardial ischemia and obstructive coronary artery disease
• Ryo Nakazato,
• Damini Dey,
• Victor Y. Cheng,
• ...
• John D. Friedman,
• James K. Min,
• Daniel S. Berman
Published online: February 03, 2012
p422-426

Relationship between ambulatory blood pressure and aortic arch atherosclerosis
• Shinichi Iwata,
• Zhezhen Jin,
• Joseph E. Schwartz,
• ...
• Tatjana Rundek,
• Ralph L. Sacco,
• Marco R. Di Tullio
Published online: February 01, 2012
p427-431

Choosing the optimal wall shear parameter for the prediction of plaque location—A patient-specific computational study in human left coronary arteries
• Farhad Rikhtegar,
• Joseph A. Knight,
• Ufuk Olgac,
• ...
• Philippe C. Cattin,
• Hatem Alkadhi,
• Vartan Kurtcuoglu
Published online: February 10, 2012
p432-437

Maximum carotid intima-media thickness improves the prediction ability of coronary artery stenosis in type 2 diabetic patients without history of coronary artery disease
• Yoko Irie,
• Naoto Katakami,
• Hideaki Kaneto,
• ...
• Yasunori Ueda,
• Keisuke Kosugi,
• Iichiro Shimomura
Published online: February 10, 2012
p438-444
The prognostic association between resting heart rate and cardiac death—Myocardial perfusion defects as a potential mechanism
• Brent A. Williams,
• Michael E. Merhige
Published online: February 13, 2012
p445-450
Family history does not predict angiographic localization or severity of coronary artery disease
• Amitava Banerjee,
• Chris C.S. Lim,
• Louise E. Silver,
• ...
• Ziyah Mehta,
• Adrian P. Banning,
• Peter M. Rothwell
Published online: February 16, 2012
p451-457

Genetics


Polymorphisms of LTA, LGALS2, and PSMA6 genes and coronary atherosclerosis: A pathological study of 1503 consecutive autopsy cases
• Shinobu Ikeda,
• Noriko Tanaka,
• Tomio Arai,
• Kouji Chida,
• Masaaki Muramatsu,
• Motoji Sawabe
Published online: February 10, 2012
p458-460

Proinflammatory HLA-DRB1*01-haplotype predisposes to ST-elevation myocardial infarction
• Riitta Paakkanen,
• Marja-Liisa Lokki,
• Mikko Seppänen,
• Ilkka Tierala,
• Markku S. Nieminen,
• Juha Sinisalo
Published online: February 10, 2012
p461-466

Apolipoprotein E genotype and the cardiovascular disease risk phenotype: Impact of sex and adiposity (the FINGEN study)
• Bettina M. Kofler,
• Elizabeth A. Miles,
• Peter Curtis,
• ...
• Christine M. Williams,
• Philip C. Calder,
• Anne Marie Minihane
Published online: February 24, 2012
p467-470

Intervention


Renal safety of intensive cholesterol-lowering treatment with rosuvastatin: A retrospective analysis of renal adverse events among 40,600 participants in the rosuvastatin clinical development program
• Evan A. Stein,
• Donald G. Vidt,
• James Shepherd,
• Valerie A. Cain,
• Deborah Anzalone,
• Michael D. Cressman
Published online: February 06, 2012
p471-477

In vivo impact of prodrug isosorbide-5-nicotinate-2-aspirinate on lipids and prostaglandin D₂: Is this a new immediate-release therapeutic option for niacin?
• Mark T. Ledwidge,
• Fiona Ryan,
• David M. Kerins,
• ...
• Shona Harmon,
• Michael Jones,
• John F. Gilmer
Published online: February 10, 2012
p478-483

Apolipoprotein B-48 as a determinant of endothelial function in obese subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Effect of fenofibrate treatment
• Dick C. Chan,
• Annette T.Y. Wong,
• S. Yamashita,
• Gerald F. Watts
Published online: February 16, 2012
p484-489

Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Nutrition


Circulating high-mobility group box 1 and cardiovascular mortality in unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
• Tousei Hashimoto,
• Junnichi Ishii,
• Fumihiko Kitagawa,
• ...
• Ikuro Maruyama,
• Masanori Nomura,
• Yukio Ozaki
Published online: February 27, 2012
p490-495
Chronic HCV infection is a risk of atherosclerosis. Role of HCV and HCV-related steatosis
• Luigi E. Adinolfi,
• Luciano Restivo,
• Rosa Zampino,
• ...
• Francesco Riello,
• Paola Loria,
• Anna Florio
Published online: March 05, 2012
p496-502
Impaired post-ischaemic microvascular hyperaemia in Indian Asians is unexplained by diabetes or other cardiovascular risk factors
• C. Park,
• R. Bathula,
• A.C. Shore,
• ...
• W.D. Strain,
• N. Chaturvedi,
• A.D. Hughes
Published online: February 17, 2012
p503-507
Recently postmenopausal women have the same prevalence of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis as age and traditional risk factor matched men
• Kimon S. Stamatelopoulos,
• Eleni Armeni,
• Georgios Georgiopoulos,
• ...
• Maria Creatsa,
• Christos Papamichael,
• Irene Lambrinoudaki
Published online: December 26, 2011
p508-513

Effect of Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on markers of platelet and endothelial function in patients with peripheral arterial disease
• Ian Mackay,
• Isobel Ford,
• Frank Thies,
• Shona Fielding,
• Paul Bachoo,
• Julie Brittenden
Published online: February 01, 2012
p514-520

Increased leukocyte Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase activity predicts the presence and severity of coronary vasospastic angina
• Ming-Jui Hung,
• Wen-Jin Cherng,
• Ming-Yow Hung,
• ...
• Chao-Hung Wang,
• Ning-I Yang,
• James K. Liao
Published online: January 31, 2012
p521-526

Fate of individuals with ischemic amputations in the REACH Registry: Three-year cardiovascular and limb-related outcomes
• Maria Teresa B. Abola,
• Deepak L. Bhatt,
• Sue Duval,
• ...
• Ph. Gabriel Steg,
• Alan T. Hirsch
• on behalf of the REACH Investigators
Published online: February 10, 2012
p527-535

Effect of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on endothelial function: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Qianqian Wang,
• Xiaohua Liang,
• Laiyuan Wang,
• ...
• Jie Cao,
• Hongfan Li,
• Dongfeng Gu
Published online: February 10, 2012
p536-543

Plasma profiling by a protein array approach identifies IGFBP-1 as a novel biomarker of abdominal aortic aneurysm
• P. Ramos-Mozo,
• C. Rodriguez,
• C. Pastor-Vargas,
• ...
• M. Vega de Ceniga,
• J. Egido,
• J.L. Martin-Ventura
Published online: February 13, 2012
p544-550

Duration of type 2 diabetes strongly predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in people referred for coronary angiography
• Guenther Silbernagel,
• Silke Rosinger,
• Tanja B. Grammer,
• ...
• Bernhard R. Winkelmann,
• Bernhard O. Boehm,
• Winfried März
Published online: February 03, 2012
p551-557

Cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis among Nunavik Inuit
• Martin Noël,
• Eric Dewailly,
• Marie-Ludivine Chateau-Degat,
• Émilie Counil,
• Elhadji-Anassour Laouan-Sidi,
• Eva Lonn
Published online: February 13, 2012
p558-564
High serum total cholesterol levels is a risk factor of ischemic stroke for general Japanese population: The JPHC study
• Renzhe Cui,
• Hiroyasu Iso,
• Kazumasa Yamagishi,
• ...
• Manami Inoue,
• Shoichiro Tsugane
• for the JPHC Study Group
Published online: February 17, 2012
p565-569

Sex-specific associations of serum prolactin concentrations with cardiac remodeling: Longitudinal results from the Study of Health Pomerania (SHIP)
• Robin Haring,
• Henry Völzke,
• Ramachandran S. Vasan,
• ...
• Matthias Nauck,
• Marcus Dörr,
• Henri Wallaschofski
Published online: January 31, 2012
p570-576

Normalization of visceral adiposity is required to normalize plasma apolipoprotein B levels in response to a healthy eating/physical activity lifestyle modification program in viscerally obese men
• Emilie Pelletier-Beaumont,
• Benoit J. Arsenault,
• Natalie Alméras,
• ...
• Angelo Tremblay,
• Paul Poirier,
• Jean-Pierre Després
Published online: February 10, 2012
p577-582

Rye bread intake improves oxidation resistance of LDL in healthy humans
• P.P. Söderholm,
• G. Alfthan,
• M.J. Tikkanen,
• H. Adlercreutz
Published online: February 15, 2012
p583-586
Associations of dietary magnesium intake with mortality from cardiovascular disease: The JACC study
• Wen Zhang,
• Hiroyasu Iso,
• Tetsuya Ohira,
• Chigusa Date,
• Akiko Tamakoshi
• JACC Study Group
Published online: February 16, 2012
p587-595

The relation of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase levels with coronary lesion complexity and long-term outcome in patients with stable coronary artery disease
• Enbiya Aksakal,
• Ibrahim Halil Tanboga,
• Mustafa Kurt,
• ...
• Mehmet Ekinci,
• Serdar Sevimli,
• Mahmut Acikel
Published online: February 27, 2012
p596-601

Letter to the Editor

Serum levels of IgG4 and soluble interleukin-2 receptor in patients with abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm who undergo coronary angiography
• Aiko Sakamoto,
• Nobukazu Ishizaka,
• Yasushi Imai,
• Ryozo Nagai
Published online: March 01, 2012
p602-603

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to: Cardiovascular actions and therapeutic potential of tanshinone IIA [Atherosclerosis 220 (2012) 3–10]
• Si Gao,
• Zhiping Liu,
• Hong Li,
• Peter J. Little,
• Peiqing Liu,
• Suowen Xu
Published online: February 01, 2012
p604