Kazuhiko Misu

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1 Echocardiographic prediction of left ventricular dysfunction after mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation as an indicator to decide the optimal timing of repair. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 2.16
2 Acute myocardial infarction caused by embolism of thrombus in the right coronary sinus of Valsalva: a case report and review of the literature. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004 0.88
3 Pre-operative atrial fibrillation as the key determinant of outcome of mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation. Eur Heart J 2005 0.86
4 Congestive heart failure caused by digitalis toxicity in an elderly man taking a licorice-containing chinese herbal laxative. Cardiology 2002 0.83
5 Preoperative left atrial emptying fraction is a powerful predictor of successful maze procedure. Circ J 2008 0.81
6 Effects of carvedilol on plasma levels of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in nine patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. J Cardiol 2002 0.81
7 Late stent malapposition with marked positive vascular remodeling observed only at the site of drug-eluting stents after multivessel coronary stenting. Heart Vessels 2009 0.79
8 Delayed enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance as a novel technique to predict cardiac events in dilated cardiomyopathy patients. Int J Cardiol 2009 0.78
9 The echocardiographic determinants of functional mitral regurgitation differ in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 2006 0.77
10 Etiology of aortic valve disease and recent changes in Japan:a study of 600 valve replacement cases. Int J Cardiol 2002 0.76
11 Long-term outcome of first-generation metallic coronary stent implantation in patients with coronary artery disease: observational study over a decade. Circ J 2007 0.75
12 Normalization of left ventricular parameters following combined pimobendan and carvedilol treatment in a case of unclassified cardiomyopathy with longstanding refractory status. Intern Med 2002 0.75
13 Impact of a preoperative mitral regurgitation scoring system on outcome of surgical repair for mitral valve prolapse. Am J Cardiol 2003 0.75