Diagnosis of Aortic Diseases
Naoko Ishizuka, et al.
Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Therapeutic Strategy Utilizing Multidetector Computed Tomography in Patients with Stanford Type B Acute Aortic Dissection
Hiroyuki Niinuma, et al.
Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan

Surgical Strategy for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: Does Closing Type Require Immediate Operation?
Tetsuro Morota, et al.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Gene Therapy for Treating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using Chimeric Decoy Oligodeoxynucleotides against NFκB and ets
Takashi Miyake, et al.
Department of Clinical Gene Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Heterogeneity and Atherosclerosis Development
Hiroyuki Hao, et al.
Department of Surgical Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Therapeutic Strategy for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases
Shin-ichiro Miura, et al.
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

New Non-invasive Approach for Detecting Inflamed Atherosclerotic Plaques Using FDG-PET Imaging
Hisashi Kai, et al.
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardio-vascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

MMP-13 Contributes Collagen Structure and Catabolism in the Mouse Atheroma Plaque
Juno Deguchi, et al.
Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Roles of Transcriptional Factors and Their Regulation in Vascular Remodeling
Jun-ichi Suzuki
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan