Published in Heart Vessels on May 29, 2010
Prognostic implications of chronic kidney disease and anemia after percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction patients. Heart Vessels (2011) 1.04
Prognostic significance of blood pressure response to exercise in patients with systolic heart failure. Heart Vessels (2011) 0.91
Impact of obesity on plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels in Japanese community-based subjects. Heart Vessels (2011) 0.86
Differences in hemodynamic responses between intravenous carperitide and nicorandil in patients with acute heart failure syndromes. Heart Vessels (2012) 0.80
A slightly elevated level of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide can predict coronary artery disease in a population with normal left ventricular function. Heart Vessels (2010) 0.76
Assessing Risk and Preventing 30-Day Readmissions in Decompensated Heart Failure: Opportunity to Intervene? Curr Heart Fail Rep (2015) 0.75
Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med (2006) 32.81
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Framingham study. JAMA (1979) 11.95
Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: a position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Kidney Int (2005) 10.42
Standards of medical care in diabetes--2006. Diabetes Care (2006) 9.56
Survival after the onset of congestive heart failure in Framingham Heart Study subjects. Circulation (1993) 9.24
Diabetic cardiomyopathy revisited. Circulation (2007) 6.76
New type of cardiomyopathy associated with diabetic glomerulosclerosis. Am J Cardiol (1972) 4.86
Markers of myocardial damage and inflammation in relation to long-term mortality in unstable coronary artery disease. FRISC Study Group. Fragmin during Instability in Coronary Artery Disease. N Engl J Med (2000) 4.35
Prognostic value of very low plasma concentrations of troponin T in patients with stable chronic heart failure. Circulation (2007) 4.11
Natriuretic peptides. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 3.91
Mechanisms and models in heart failure: A combinatorial approach. Circulation (1999) 2.60
Cardiac troponin and outcome in acute heart failure. N Engl J Med (2008) 2.41
N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide predicts outcome after hospital discharge in heart failure patients. Circulation (2004) 2.00
Cardiac troponin I is associated with impaired hemodynamics, progressive left ventricular dysfunction, and increased mortality rates in advanced heart failure. Circulation (2003) 1.90
Admission B-type natriuretic peptide levels and in-hospital mortality in acute decompensated heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 1.82
Serial biomarker measurements in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure: the importance of change over time. Circulation (2007) 1.69
Persistently increased serum concentrations of cardiac troponin t in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy are predictive of adverse outcomes. Circulation (2001) 1.56
Ongoing myocardial injury in stable severe heart failure: value of cardiac troponin T monitoring for high-risk patient identification. Circulation (2004) 1.20
Role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of anemia of chronic disease in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Immunol (1999) 1.17
Implications of elevated cardiac troponin T in ambulatory patients with heart failure: a prospective analysis. Am Heart J (2004) 1.15
Anemia and change in hemoglobin over time related to mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic heart failure: results from Val-HeFT. Circulation (2005) 1.14
Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein is more sensitive than troponin T to detect the ongoing myocardial damage in chronic heart failure patients. J Card Fail (2007) 1.09
The role of plasma biomarkers in acute heart failure. Serial changes and independent prognostic value of NT-proBNP and cardiac troponin-T. Eur J Heart Fail (2007) 1.08
Cardiac troponin I as diagnostic and prognostic marker in severe heart failure. J Heart Lung Transplant (2000) 1.08
Clinical significance of elevated levels of cardiac troponin T in patients with chronic heart failure. Am J Cardiol (1999) 1.00
Prognostic value of combination of cardiac troponin T and B-type natriuretic peptide after initiation of treatment in patients with chronic heart failure. Clin Chem (2003) 0.92
Minor myocardial damage detected by troponin T is a powerful predictor of long-term prognosis in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. Int J Cardiol (2005) 0.92
Measurements of baseline and follow-up concentrations of cardiac troponin-T and brain natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure from various etiologies. Heart Vessels (2006) 0.91
Chronic systemic inflammation accompanies impaired ventricular diastolic function, detected by Doppler imaging, in patients with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure (Hellenic Heart Failure Study). Heart Vessels (2009) 0.90
Serial measure of cardiac troponin T levels for prediction of clinical events in decompensated heart failure. J Card Fail (2004) 0.90
Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, and troponin T for prediction of mortality in acute heart failure. Clin Chem (2007) 0.88
Elevated levels of both cardiomyocyte membrane and myofibril damage markers predict adverse outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure. Circ J (2008) 0.81
The synergistic combined effect of anemia with high plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide significantly predicts an enhanced risk for major adverse cardiac events. Heart Vessels (2008) 0.81
Cardiac troponin T vs other biochemical markers in patients with congestive heart failure. Circ J (2007) 0.77
Combined measurements of cardiac troponin T and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure. Circ J (2004) 0.76
Cardiac troponin T as a prognostic marker in patients with heart failure : a 3-year outcome study. Angiology (2007) 0.75
Involvement of endoplasmic reticulum stress in insulin resistance and diabetes. J Biol Chem (2004) 3.94
Prognostic significance of peripheral monocytosis after reperfused acute myocardial infarction:a possible role for left ventricular remodeling. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 3.27
Prolonged endoplasmic reticulum stress in hypertrophic and failing heart after aortic constriction: possible contribution of endoplasmic reticulum stress to cardiac myocyte apoptosis. Circulation (2004) 3.16
The endoplasmic reticulum chaperone improves insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes (2005) 3.00
Nonhematopoietic mesenchymal stem cells can be mobilized and differentiate into cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction. Blood (2004) 2.72
Low-dose aspirin for prevention of stroke in low-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: Japan Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Trial. Stroke (2005) 2.56
Xenografted human amniotic membrane-derived mesenchymal stem cells are immunologically tolerated and transdifferentiated into cardiomyocytes. Circ Res (2010) 2.56
Prognostic stratification of patients with vasospastic angina: a comprehensive clinical risk score developed by the Japanese Coronary Spasm Association. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 2.51
Control of root system architecture by DEEPER ROOTING 1 increases rice yield under drought conditions. Nat Genet (2013) 2.46
Transient inhibition of BMP signaling by Noggin induces cardiomyocyte differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Nat Biotechnol (2005) 2.34
Sema3a maintains normal heart rhythm through sympathetic innervation patterning. Nat Med (2007) 2.16
Incidence and prognostic significance of myocardial late gadolinium enhancement in patients with sarcoidosis without cardiac manifestation. Chest (2014) 2.15
Inhalation of hydrogen gas reduces infarct size in the rat model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2008) 2.04
Chondromodulin-I maintains cardiac valvular function by preventing angiogenesis. Nat Med (2006) 2.03
Pulsatile cardiac tissue grafts using a novel three-dimensional cell sheet manipulation technique functionally integrates with the host heart, in vivo. Circ Res (2006) 2.02
Effects of simvastatin on the development of the atrial fibrillation substrate in dogs with congestive heart failure. Cardiovasc Res (2007) 2.02
Disease characterization using LQTS-specific induced pluripotent stem cells. Cardiovasc Res (2012) 1.95
Autoantibodies against M2-muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: new upstream targets in atrial fibrillation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J (2004) 1.94
Targeted deletion or pharmacological inhibition of MMP-2 prevents cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction in mice. J Clin Invest (2005) 1.94
Cardiac neural crest cells contribute to the dormant multipotent stem cell in the mammalian heart. J Cell Biol (2005) 1.93
Effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor inducer on left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 1.87
C-reactive protein overexpression exacerbates pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling through enhanced inflammatory response. Hypertension (2011) 1.81
Nerve growth factor is critical for cardiac sensory innervation and rescues neuropathy in diabetic hearts. Circulation (2006) 1.76
RAGE-mediated signaling contributes to intraneuronal transport of amyloid-beta and neuronal dysfunction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.74
Novel cardiac precursor-like cells from human menstrual blood-derived mesenchymal cells. Stem Cells (2008) 1.68
Clinical implications of provocation tests for coronary artery spasm: safety, arrhythmic complications, and prognostic impact: multicentre registry study of the Japanese Coronary Spasm Association. Eur Heart J (2012) 1.68
Randomized, multicenter, warfarin-controlled phase II study of edoxaban in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Circ J (2012) 1.67
Cardiac sympathetic rejuvenation: a link between nerve function and cardiac hypertrophy. Circ Res (2007) 1.65
Randomized trial of angiotensin II-receptor blocker vs. dihydropiridine calcium channel blocker in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with hypertension (J-RHYTHM II study). Europace (2010) 1.63
Impact of systemic acidosis on the development of malignant ventricular arrhythmias after reperfusion therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Circ J (2010) 1.62
G-protein-coupled receptor GPR49 is up-regulated in basal cell carcinoma and promotes cell proliferation and tumor formation. Am J Pathol (2008) 1.60
Overexpression of human C-reactive protein exacerbates left ventricular remodeling in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Circ J (2011) 1.56
Regulatory role of dendritic cells in postinfarction healing and left ventricular remodeling. Circulation (2012) 1.54
Combination of hTERT and bmi-1, E6, or E7 induces prolongation of the life span of bone marrow stromal cells from an elderly donor without affecting their neurogenic potential. Mol Cell Biol (2005) 1.49
Admission hyperglycemia is an independent predictor of acute kidney injury in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circ J (2014) 1.49
Preoperative statin therapy decreases risk of postoperative renal insufficiency. Cardiovasc Ther (2010) 1.47
Risk Stratification of Acute Kidney Injury Using the Blood Urea Nitrogen/Creatinine Ratio in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Circ J (2015) 1.46
The kiss/kissr systems are dispensable for zebrafish reproduction: evidence from gene knockout studies. Endocrinology (2014) 1.46
Bone marrow-derived cells contribute to pulmonary vascular remodeling in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Chest (2005) 1.45
In vitro pharmacologic testing using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2009) 1.44
A 19-year-old man with myocardial infarction and sitosterolemia. Intern Med (2003) 1.44
Clinical implications of "pure" Hisian pacing in addition to para-Hisian pacing for the diagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm (2006) 1.44
Dominant negative suppression of Rad leads to QT prolongation and causes ventricular arrhythmias via modulation of L-type Ca2+ channels in the heart. Circ Res (2007) 1.44
Laser-captured single digoxigenin-labeled neurons of gonadotropin-releasing hormone types reveal a novel G protein-coupled receptor (Gpr54) during maturation in cichlid fish. Endocrinology (2004) 1.43
Diagnostic capacity of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography for acute coronary syndrome in patients presenting with acute chest pain. Cardiology (2008) 1.42
Differential effects of carvedilol and metoprolol on renal function in patients with heart failure. Circ J (2010) 1.42
Extraction of previously deployed stent by an entrapped cutting balloon due to the blade fracture. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2002) 1.42
Periostin advances atherosclerotic and rheumatic cardiac valve degeneration by inducing angiogenesis and MMP production in humans and rodents. J Clin Invest (2010) 1.42
Marked improvement with sildenafil in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension unresponsive to epoprostenol. Intern Med (2004) 1.41
Acute decompensated heart failure syndromes (ATTEND) registry. A prospective observational multicenter cohort study: rationale, design, and preliminary data. Am Heart J (2010) 1.40
Rationale and Design of the Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial on Efficacy of Early Initiation of Eplerenone Treatment in Patients with Acute Heart Failure (EARLIER). Cardiovasc Drugs Ther (2015) 1.39
Novel three-dimensional imaging of the anatomical relationship between the pulmonary vein and left atrium. Circ J (2009) 1.39
Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Performed With or Without Preprocedural Dual Antiplatelet Therapy. Circ J (2015) 1.39
Reducing the dose of diuretics for heart failure patients: how low can it go? Cardiology (2009) 1.38
Significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in patients with pulmonary hypertension with or without right ventricular systolic dysfunction. Intern Med (2012) 1.38
Role of high-mobility group box 1 protein in post-infarction healing process and left ventricular remodelling. Cardiovasc Res (2008) 1.35
Heart failure causes cholinergic transdifferentiation of cardiac sympathetic nerves via gp130-signaling cytokines in rodents. J Clin Invest (2010) 1.33
Transmission of cell stress from endoplasmic reticulum to mitochondria: enhanced expression of Lon protease. J Cell Biol (2002) 1.33
Endothelin-1 regulates cardiac sympathetic innervation in the rodent heart by controlling nerve growth factor expression. J Clin Invest (2004) 1.31
Metabolic remodeling induced by mitochondrial aldehyde stress stimulates tolerance to oxidative stress in the heart. Circ Res (2009) 1.31
Effects of carperitide on the long-term prognosis of patients with acute decompensated chronic heart failure: the PROTECT multicenter randomized controlled study. Circ J (2008) 1.29
Long-term prognosis of probands with Brugada-pattern ST-elevation in leads V1-V3. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2009) 1.25
Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the general population of Japan: an analysis based on periodic health examination. Int J Cardiol (2008) 1.24
Increased epicardial fat volume quantified by 64-multidetector computed tomography is associated with coronary atherosclerosis and totally occlusive lesions. Circ J (2009) 1.22