Published in Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on December 01, 2005
Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Kidney Int (2003) 3.90
Association of comorbid conditions and mortality in hemodialysis patients in Europe, Japan, and the United States: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 3.53
Dialysis outcomes and analysis of practice patterns suggests the dialysis schedule affects day-of-week mortality. Kidney Int (2012) 3.02
Facility hemodialysis vascular access use and mortality in countries participating in DOPPS: an instrumental variable analysis. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 2.93
Nonadherence in hemodialysis: associations with mortality, hospitalization, and practice patterns in the DOPPS. Kidney Int (2003) 2.65
Identification of a novel non-coding RNA, MIAT, that confers risk of myocardial infarction. J Hum Genet (2006) 2.41
Effect of type 2 diabetes on risk for malignancies includes hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology (2013) 2.36
High alkaline phosphatase levels in hemodialysis patients are associated with higher risk of hospitalization and death. Kidney Int (2008) 2.22
Anti-gp210 and anti-centromere antibodies are different risk factors for the progression of primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology (2007) 2.08
Early outcome of folding mitral valve repair technique without resection for mitral valve prolapse in 60 patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 2.06
Hyperglycemia alters PI3k and Akt signaling and leads to endothelial cell proliferative dysfunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 1.94
Activin-Nodal signaling is involved in propagation of mouse embryonic stem cells. J Cell Sci (2007) 1.94
HLA DRB10405-DQB10401 haplotype is associated with autoimmune pancreatitis in the Japanese population. Gastroenterology (2002) 1.92
Association of predialysis serum bicarbonate levels with risk of mortality and hospitalization in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Am J Kidney Dis (2004) 1.81
Peripheral arterial disease in patients with end-stage renal disease: observations from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Circulation (2006) 1.80
Predictive value of microvolt T-wave alternans for sudden cardiac death in patients with preserved cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction: results of a collaborative cohort study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.78
Recommendations on the management of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in Japan, 2005: diagnosis, predictive markers, treatment, and preventive measures. Perit Dial Int (2005) 1.78
Acute type A dissection: conservative methods provide consistently low mortality. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.75
Prophylactic pancreatic stent placement and post-ERCP pancreatitis: an updated meta-analysis. J Gastroenterol (2013) 1.72
Effect of sevelamer and calcium-based phosphate binders on coronary artery calcification and accumulation of circulating advanced glycation end products in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2011) 1.69
Changes in anemia management and hemoglobin levels following revision of a bundling policy to incorporate recombinant human erythropoietin. Kidney Int (2010) 1.67
Creation, cannulation and survival of arteriovenous fistulae: data from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. Kidney Int (2003) 1.64
Effects of pulsatile CPB on interleukin-8 and endothelin-1 levels. Artif Organs (2005) 1.64
MDCT detection of double right coronary artery arising from a single ostium in the right sinus of Valsalva: report of 2 cases. Int J Cardiol (2006) 1.62
A haplotype of the CYP4A11 gene associated with essential hypertension in Japanese men. J Hypertens (2008) 1.62
Screening for depression in hemodialysis patients: associations with diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes in the DOPPS. Kidney Int (2004) 1.56
Qualitative and quantitative changes in coronary plaque associated with atorvastatin therapy. Circ J (2009) 1.56
A genome-wide association study identifies two new susceptibility loci for lung adenocarcinoma in the Japanese population. Nat Genet (2012) 1.51
Complement 3 is involved in the synthetic phenotype and exaggerated growth of vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension (2004) 1.51
Genome-wide association study of pancreatic cancer in Japanese population. PLoS One (2010) 1.50
Successful management of fulminant myocarditis with left ventricular assist device: report of a severe case. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.48
Aortic valve replacement in Behcet's disease: surgical modification to prevent valve detachment. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.48
Assessment of the St. Jude Medical Regent prosthetic valve by continuous-wave Doppler and dobutamine stress echocardiography. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.47
Comparison of coronary sinus morphology in patients with and without atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia by intracardiac echocardiography. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2004) 1.46
Multiple papillary fibroelastoma in left ventricle associated with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 1.45
Prox1 induces lymphatic endothelial differentiation via integrin alpha9 and other signaling cascades. Mol Biol Cell (2007) 1.44
Association of blood pressure with all-cause mortality and stroke in Japanese hemodialysis patients: the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study. Hemodial Int (2014) 1.43
Haplotype-based case-control study of the human CYP4F2 gene and essential hypertension in Japanese subjects. Hypertens Res (2008) 1.43
Effect of fluvastatin on progression of coronary atherosclerotic plaque evaluated by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2009) 1.43
Travel time to dialysis as a predictor of health-related quality of life, adherence, and mortality: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Am J Kidney Dis (2008) 1.42
Suppression of parathyroid hormone production in vitro and in vivo by RNA interference. Kidney Int (2008) 1.41
Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in a 94-year-old patient: depiction at echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiol (2007) 1.41
T-wave alternans as a predictor for sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol (2002) 1.41
Midterm outcomes of rapid, minimally invasive resection of acute type A aortic dissection in octogenarians. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.40
Rupture of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm associated with Behcet's disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.40
Myocardial protective effect of human atrial natriuretic Peptide in cardiac surgery. -hANP Shot” in clinical safety trial-. Circ J (2011) 1.39
Development of gene silencing pyrrole-imidazole polyamide targeting the TGF-beta1 promoter for treatment of progressive renal diseases. J Am Soc Nephrol (2005) 1.39
Intravascular ultrasound evaluation of ruptured plaque in the left main coronary artery misinterpreted as an aneurysm by angiography. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2004) 1.38
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus variants resistant to NS3 protease inhibitors or the NS5A inhibitor (BMS-790052) in hepatitis patients with genotype 1b. J Clin Virol (2012) 1.35
Association of mineral metabolism factors with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients: the Japan dialysis outcomes and practice patterns study. Hemodial Int (2007) 1.26
Safety and feasibility of an intravascular optical coherence tomography image wire system in the clinical setting. Am J Cardiol (2008) 1.24
Cardiac valvular surgery in dialysis patients: comparison of surgical outcome for mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.19
Complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. S23321: insights into symbiosis evolution in soil oligotrophs. Microbes Environ (2012) 1.19
Double left anterior descending artery arising from the left and right coronary arteries: depiction at multidetector-row computed tomography. Int J Cardiol (2007) 1.18
A functional single nucleotide polymorphism in mucin 1, at chromosome 1q22, determines susceptibility to diffuse-type gastric cancer. Gastroenterology (2010) 1.17
Interplay between the tumor suppressor p53 and TGF beta signaling shapes embryonic body axes in Xenopus. Development (2003) 1.16
Axial symptoms after cervical laminoplasty with C3 laminectomy compared with conventional C3-C7 laminoplasty: a modified laminoplasty preserving the semispinalis cervicis inserted into axis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 1.16
Primary infected abdominal aortic aneurysm: surgical procedures, early mortality rates, and a survey of the prevalence of infectious organisms over a 30-year period. Surg Today (2011) 1.15
Vascular access results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS): performance against Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) Clinical Practice Guidelines. Am J Kidney Dis (2004) 1.15
Preventing recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax after thoracoscopic surgery: a review of recent results. Surg Today (2010) 1.15
ST6Gal-I restrains CD22-dependent antigen receptor endocytosis and Shp-1 recruitment in normal and pathogenic immune signaling. Mol Cell Biol (2006) 1.14
Patterns of hepatitis B prevalence and seroconversion in hemodialysis units from three continents: the DOPPS. Kidney Int (2003) 1.14
Endothelial Rho and Rho kinase regulate neutrophil migration via endothelial myosin light chain phosphorylation. J Leukoc Biol (2002) 1.14
Alteration of chromosome positioning during adipocyte differentiation. J Cell Sci (2004) 1.13
Comparison of febuxostat and allopurinol for hyperuricemia in cardiac surgery patients (NU-FLASH Trial). Circ J (2013) 1.13
HMG-coenzyme a reductase inhibitor use is associated with mortality reduction in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2005) 1.12
Influence of ITPA polymorphisms on decreases of hemoglobin during treatment with pegylated interferon, ribavirin, and telaprevir. Hepatology (2011) 1.12
Dedifferentiated fat cells convert to cardiomyocyte phenotype and repair infarcted cardiac tissue in rats. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2009) 1.12
Prescription of antihypertensive agents to haemodialysis patients: time trends and associations with patient characteristics, country and survival in the DOPPS. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2009) 1.11
Completely pulsatile high flow circulatory support with a constant-speed centrifugal blood pump: mechanisms and early clinical observations. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.10
Timing of first cannulation and vascular access failure in haemodialysis: an analysis of practice patterns at dialysis facilities in the DOPPS. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2004) 1.10
Enhanced training in vascular access creation predicts arteriovenous fistula placement and patency in hemodialysis patients: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. Ann Surg (2008) 1.09
Mitotic figure recognition: agreement among pathologists and computerized detector. Anal Cell Pathol (Amst) (2012) 1.09
Impact of biomarkers of inflammation and extracellular matrix turnover on the outcome of atrial fibrillation ablation: importance of matrix metalloproteinase-2 as a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2011) 1.08
Prospective randomized trial for optimal prophylactic treatment of the upper gastrointestinal complications after open heart surgery. Circ J (2005) 1.08