Published in Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol on October 01, 2006
Safety and efficacy of endovascular therapy with a simple homemade carbon dioxide delivery system in patients with ileofemoral artery diseases. Circ J (2012) 2.38
Thermodilution-derived coronary blood flow pattern immediately after coronary intervention as a predictor of microcirculatory damage and midterm clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2014) 1.99
Association between hyperglycemia and the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.95
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
Comparison of usefulness of sodium bicarbonate versus sodium chloride to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing an emergent coronary procedure. Am J Cardiol (2007) 1.71
Adaptive response of the heart to long-term anemia induced by iron deficiency. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 1.68
Dietary iron restriction prevents hypertensive cardiovascular remodeling in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Hypertension (2011) 1.66
Two different coronary blood flow velocity patterns in thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade 2 in acute myocardial infarction: insight into mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.63
Endothelium-dependent coronary vasomotor response and neointimal coverage of zotarolimus-eluting stents 3 months after implantation. Heart (2010) 1.48
Elevated arterial stiffness and diastolic dysfunction in subclinical hypothyroidism. Circ J (2014) 1.46
T-wave alternans as a predictor for sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol (2002) 1.41
Comparing the vascular response in implantation of self-expanding, bare metal nitinol stents or paclitaxel-eluting nitinol stents in superficial femoral artery lesions: a serial optical frequency domain imaging study. EuroIntervention (2016) 1.39
Risk Factors for Progression of Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease in the Japanese- The Japanese Aortic Stenosis Study (JASS) Prospective Analysis. Circ J (2015) 1.39
Myocardial contrast echocardiography with a new calibration method can estimate myocardial viability in patients with myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 1.37
Activation of matrix metalloproteinases precedes left ventricular remodeling in hypertensive heart failure rats: its inhibition as a primary effect of Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Circulation (2004) 1.24
Optimization of tether length in nonglycosidically linked bivalent ligands that target sites 2 and 1 of a Shiga-like toxin. J Am Chem Soc (2003) 1.19
Assessment of the usefulness of sputum Gram stain and culture for diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Med Sci Monit (2008) 1.12
Discordant repolarization alternans-induced atrial fibrillation is suppressed by verapamil. Circ J (2005) 1.09
Effect of iron restriction on renal damage and mineralocorticoid receptor signaling in a rat model of chronic kidney disease. J Hypertens (2012) 1.09
Myocardial stiffness is determined by ventricular fibrosis, but not by compensatory or excessive hypertrophy in hypertensive heart. Cardiovasc Res (2002) 1.06
Elevated cardiac tissue level of aldosterone and mineralocorticoid receptor in diastolic heart failure: Beneficial effects of mineralocorticoid receptor blocker. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2006) 1.05
Elevation of plasma brain natriuretic peptide is a hallmark of diastolic heart failure independent of ventricular hypertrophy. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 1.03
XB130 as an independent prognostic factor in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 1.02
Augmented diurnal variations of the cardiac renin-angiotensin system in hypertensive rats. Hypertension (2002) 1.01
AT1 receptor blocker added to ACE inhibitor provides benefits at advanced stage of hypertensive diastolic heart failure. Hypertension (2004) 0.98
Aldosterone induces interleukin-18 through endothelin-1, angiotensin II, Rho/Rho-kinase, and PPARs in cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2008) 0.98
Noninvasive assessment of wall distensibility with the evaluation of diastolic epicardial movement. J Card Fail (2009) 0.98
OCT assessment of thin-cap fibroatheroma distribution in native coronary arteries. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2010) 0.95
An essential epitope of anti-MUC1 monoclonal antibody KL-6 revealed by focused glycopeptide library. J Am Chem Soc (2009) 0.95
Chemical synthesis, folding, and structural insights into O-fucosylated epidermal growth factor-like repeat 12 of mouse Notch-1 receptor. J Am Chem Soc (2010) 0.95
Procedural implications of intravascular ultrasound morphologic features of chronic total coronary occlusions. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.94
CD44 is critical for airway accumulation of antigen-specific Th2, but not Th1, cells induced by antigen challenge in mice. Eur J Immunol (2011) 0.93
Dietary iron restriction prevents further deterioration of renal damage in a chronic kidney disease rat model. J Hypertens (2013) 0.93
Prediction of sudden death in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic heart failure by using cardiac iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging. Heart (2007) 0.93
False negative results of QuantiFERON TB-2G test in patients with active tuberculosis. Jpn J Infect Dis (2009) 0.92
Frequency and predictor of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma in patients with acute myocardial infarction and stable angina pectoris a 3-vessel optical coherence tomography study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 0.91
Beat-to-beat QT interval variability is primarily affected by the autonomic nervous system. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol (2008) 0.91
Circadian gene expression of clock genes and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in heart and aorta of spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats. J Hypertens (2003) 0.91
Higher levels of interleukin-6 are associated with lower echogenicity of carotid artery plaques. Stroke (2004) 0.89
Rapid microwave-assisted solid-phase glycopeptide synthesis. Org Lett (2005) 0.89
Equivalence of plaque score and intima-media thickness of carotid ultrasonography for predicting severe coronary artery lesion. Ultrasound Med Biol (2003) 0.89
Differential activation of matrix metalloproteinases in heart failure with and without ventricular dilatation. Cardiovasc Res (2003) 0.88
Preprocedural evaluation and endovascular treatment of iliofemoral artery disease without contrast media for patients with pre-existing renal insufficiency. Circ J (2010) 0.88
Intraleaflet haemorrhage is associated with rapid progression of degenerative aortic valve stenosis. Eur Heart J (2010) 0.88
Development of highly potent D-glucosamine-based chiral fluorescent labeling reagents and a microwave-assisted beta-selective glycosidation of a methyl glycoside reagent. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2005) 0.88
Long-term effect of atorvastatin on neurohumoral activation and cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective randomized controlled study. Am Heart J (2007) 0.87
ACE inhibitor and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker differently regulate ventricular fibrosis in hypertensive diastolic heart failure. J Hypertens (2005) 0.87
Novel use of ultrasound guidance for recanalization of iliac, femoral, and popliteal arteries. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2008) 0.87
The impact of pravastatin pre-treatment on periprocedural microcirculatory damage in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 0.87
Impact of dietary iron restriction on the development of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling and right ventricular failure in rats. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2013) 0.87
Impaired expression of duodenal iron transporters in Dahl salt-sensitive heart failure rats. J Hypertens (2011) 0.86
Prediction of left atrial thrombi in patients with atrial tachyarrhythmias during warfarin administration: retrospective study in Hyogo College of Medicine. Heart Vessels (2015) 0.86
Cardiac wall motion abnormalities observed in a patient with transient hyperthyroidism. Jpn Heart J (2004) 0.86
Ultrasonic tissue characterization of the atherosclerotic carotid artery: histological correlates or carotid integrated backscatter. Circ J (2003) 0.86
Thermodynamics of binding of D-galactose and deoxy derivatives thereof to the L-arabinose-binding protein. J Am Chem Soc (2004) 0.86
Chylomicron remnants stimulate release of interleukin-1beta by THP-1 cells. J Atheroscler Thromb (2006) 0.85
Increased levels of plasma galectin-9 in patients with influenza virus infection. Tohoku J Exp Med (2014) 0.85
Therapeutic effects of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker at an advanced stage of hypertensive diastolic heart failure. J Hypertens (2007) 0.85
Candida parapsilosis endocarditis that emerged 2 years after abdominal surgery. Heart Vessels (2004) 0.85
Wavelet transform analysis of heart rate variability to assess the autonomic changes associated with spontaneous coronary spasm of variant angina. J Electrocardiol (2003) 0.84
Cardiac steroidogenesis and glucocorticoid in the development of cardiac hypertrophy during the progression to heart failure. J Hypertens (2009) 0.84
Natural history of low-intensity neointimal tissue after an everolimus-eluting stent implantation: a serial observation with optical coherence tomography. Heart Vessels (2013) 0.83
Clinical usefulness of fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET in a case with multiple bone metastases of carcinoid tumor after ten years. Intern Med (2009) 0.83
Hyperglycemia induced cell growth and gene expression via the serum response element through RhoA and Rho-kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells. Prep Biochem Biotechnol (2010) 0.83
Intraleaflet haemorrhage as a mechanism of rapid progression of stenosis in bicuspid aortic valve. Int J Cardiol (2012) 0.83
Calcium phosphate coprecipitation greatly enhances transduction of cardiac myocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells by lentivirus vectors. Exp Clin Cardiol (2007) 0.83
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade prevents diastolic heart failure through modulation of Ca(2+) regulatory proteins and extracellular matrix. J Hypertens (2003) 0.83
Prognostic significance of p21 expression in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Anticancer Res (2013) 0.83
Impact of post-procedural intravascular ultrasound findings on long-term results following self-expanding nitinol stenting in superficial femoral artery lesions. Circ J (2013) 0.82
Iron regulatory hormone hepcidin decreases in chronic heart failure patients with anemia. Circ J (2009) 0.82