Aims Thrombectomy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated to better myocardial reperfusion …

Neural precursors often generate distinct cell types in a specific order, but the intrinsic or
extrinsic cues regulating the timing of cell fate specification are poorly understood. Here we …

A rhabdoviral disease occurred in farmed populations of market sized Japanese flounder
(hirame) Paralichthys olivaceus in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan in 1996. The causative …

Importance Clopidogrel monotherapy after short dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not yet been fully investigated in patients with …

Background—Stent thrombosis (ST) after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation has not yet
been adequately characterized, mainly because of its low incidence. Methods and Results …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the representative phenotype of interstitial lung disease
where severe scarring develops in the lung interstitium. Although antifibrotic treatments are …

Background: Prasugrel is an antiplatelet agent that shows more prompt, potent, and
consistent platelet inhibition than clopidogrel. The objective of this study was to confirm the …

The treatment of interstitial lung diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF),
remains challenging as current available antifibrotic agents are not effective in halting …

Anatomic variations of the radial artery and their effect on the use of the radial artery as a
route for transradial coronary intervention (TRI) were studied. Ultrasonography of the radial …

Background: Prasugrel is being developed in Japan as an antiplatelet therapy for use during
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Up to 70% of Japanese patients with coronary …