Heart Disease in Asia

December 23, 2008

Secular Trends in the Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ischemic Stroke and Its Subtypes in Japanese Population.
Michiaki Kubo, Jun Hata, Yasufumi Doi, Yumihiro Tanizaki, Mitsuo Iida, and Yutaka Kiyohara. Circulation. 2008;118:2672–2678, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.743211

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in China: Data From the China National Nutrition and Health Survey 2002.
Yangfeng Wu, Rachel Huxley, Liming Li, Vibeke Anna, Gaoqiang Xie, Chonghua Yao, Mark Woodward, Xian Li, John Chalmers, Runlin Gao, Lingzhi Kong, Xiaoguang Yang for the China NNHS Steering Committee and the China NNHS Working Group. Circulation. 2008;118:2679–2686, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.788166

Elevated Heat Shock Protein 60 Levels Are Associated With Higher Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Chinese.
Xiaomin Zhang, Mei’an He, Longxian Cheng, Ying Chen, Li Zhou, Hesong Zeng, A. Graham Pockley, Frank B. Hu, and Tangchun Wu. Circulation. 2008;118:2687–2693, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.781856

Impact of Kidney Disease and Blood Pressure on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease: An Overview From the Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study.
Toshiharu Ninomiya, Yutaka Kiyohara, Yosuke Tokuda, Yasufumi Doi, Hisatomi Arima, Akiko Harada, Yasuo Ohashi, Hirotsugu Ueshima, for the Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study Group. Circulation. 2008;118:2694–2701, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.792903

Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors in Asia: A Selected Review.
Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Sekikawa, Katsuyuki Miura, Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Naoyuki Takashima, Yoshikuni Kita, Makoto Watanabe, Aya Kadota, Nagako Okuda, Takashi Kadowaki, Yasuyuki Nakamura, and Tomonori Okamura. Circulation. 2008;118:2702–2709, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.790048

Pharmacological Intervention for Prevention of Left Ventricular Remodeling and Improving Prognosis in Myocardial Infarction.
Hideki Ishii, Tetsuya Amano, Tatsuaki Matsubara, and Toyoaki Murohara. Circulation. 2008;118:2710–2718, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.748772

Stroke: Indian Scenario.
Shyamal Kumar Das and Tapas Kumar Banerjee. Circulation. 2008;118:2719–2724, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.743237

Changes in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Japanese.
Hiroyasu Iso. Circulation. 2008;118:2725–2729, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.750117

Current Status of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents in Asia.
Seung-Jung Park and Young-Hak Kim. Circulation. 2008;118:2730–2737, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.743450

Overview of Late Outcome of Medical and Surgical Treatment for Takayasu Arteritis.
Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yu Matsumura, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Junjiro Kobayashi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura. Circulation. 2008;118:2738–2747, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.759589

Rheumatic Heart Disease in Asia.
Jonathan R. Carapetis. Circulation. 2008;118:2748–2753, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.774307

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A New Form of Acute, Reversible Heart Failure.
Yoshihiro J. Akashi, David S. Goldstein, Giuseppe Barbaro, and Takashi Ueyama. Circulation. 2008;118:2754–2762, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.767012

Long-Term Outcome of Kawasaki Disease.
Hideaki Senzaki. Circulation. 2008;118:2763–2772, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.749515

Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty: A Review.
Masakiyo Nobuyoshi, Takeshi Arita, Shin-ichi Shirai, Naoya Hamasaki, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Masashi Iwabuchi, Hitoshi Yasumoto, and Hideyuki Nosaka. Circulation. Published online December 23, 2008. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.792952