Significance of Vascular Inflammation in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Koichi Node
Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga, Japan

Mechanism of Plaque Rupture: Consensus and Controversy
Kimie Tanaka, et al.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Assessment of Myocardial Ischemia in Intermediate Coronary Stenosis Lesions by Intracoronary Flow Velocity and Pressure Measurements
Takashi Akasaka, et al.
Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Multislice Computed Tomography as a Routine Diagnostic Modality for Assessing Coronary Artery Disease: Our Initial Experience with a Novel ECG-gated Image Reconstruction Method
Yuichi Sato
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Unprotected Left Main Disease
Takahiko Suzuki, et al.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toyohashi Heart Center, Aichi, Japan

Beyond Simple Stenting for AMI: Consensus and Controversy
Akitsugu Oida
Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan