Stent Graft vs. Open Surgery in the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Patients’ Characteristics and Mid-term Results with the Home-made Device
Norihiko Shiiya, et al.
Current intitution: 1st Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan)

Angiotensin II Accelerates Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
Toshihiro Ichiki
Department of Advanced Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Molecular Mechanism of Cardioprotection by Local Natriuretic Peptide System
Ichiro Kishimoto, et al.
Department of Biochemistry, National Cardiovascular Center, Research Institude, Osaka, Japan

Therapeutic Strategies of Intermittent Claudication Based on Walking Ability and Arterial Lesion—Based on the TASC II Classification—
Takashi Ohta, et al.
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan

Comparison of Endovascular Therapy and Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Kiyohito Yamamoto, et al.
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Progress of Less Invasive Diagnostic Imaging in Angiology—State-of-the-art and Further Ultrasound Imeging Technologies to Realize Greater Clinical Benefit—
Tsuyoshi Mitake, et al.
Senior Chief Engineer, Ultrasound Systems Division, Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Current Status and Future Prospects of MDCT in the Field of Cardiovascular Medicine
Hiroyasu Inokawa
CT section Sales Promotion Department, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Advance in Coronary MR Angiography
Misako Iino, et al.
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Preoperative Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease Using Multi-detector-row Computed Tomography for Aortic Aneurysm
Yoshiharu Nishimura, et al.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan