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Toshiko Nakai

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Top papers

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1 Percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion (PLAATO system) to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation: results from the international multi-center feasibility trials. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 2.19
2 Percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: early clinical experience. Circulation 2002 2.01
3 Effect of catheter tip-tissue surface contact on three-dimensional left atrial and pulmonary vein geometries: potential anatomic distortion of 3D ultrasound, fast anatomical mapping, and merged 3D CT-derived images. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2012 1.38
4 Increases in P-wave dispersion predict postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Anesth Analg 2004 1.19
5 Does location of epicardial adipose tissue correspond to endocardial high dominant frequency or complex fractionated atrial electrogram sites during atrial fibrillation? Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2012 1.12
6 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
7 Landiolol hydrochloride for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: new evidence from the PASCAL trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 1.06
8 Clinical effectiveness of pulmonary vein isolation for arrhythmic events in a patient with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Heart Vessels 2010 1.05
9 Association between epicardial adipose tissue volumes on 3-dimensional reconstructed CT images and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation. Circ J 2011 1.02
10 Study of the factors related to atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: a search for a marker to predict the occurrence of atrial fibrillation before surgical intervention. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009 0.96
11 Characteristics and distribution of complex fractionated atrial electrograms and the dominant frequency during atrial fibrillation: relationship to the response and outcome of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2011 0.96
12 Right ventricular histological substrate and conduction delay in patients with Brugada syndrome. Int Heart J 2010 0.89
13 The effects of standard electrical PV isolation vs. "pace and ablate" on ATP-provoked PV reconnections. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2014 0.87
14 Electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic characteristics in patients with Brugada type electrocardiogram and inducible ventricular fibrillation: single center experience. Circ J 2007 0.84
15 Epicardial ablation with irrigated electrodes: – effect of bipolar vs. unipolar ablation on lesion formation –. Circ J 2011 0.83
16 Major determinants and possible mechanism of dobutamine-induced left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in patients with a sigmoid ventricular septum. J Cardiol 2013 0.82
17 Atrial electrophysiological abnormality in patients with Brugada syndrome assessed by P-wave signal-averaged ECG and programmed atrial stimulation. Circ J 2006 0.82
18 Comparative distribution of complex fractionated atrial electrograms, high dominant frequency (HDF) sites during atrial fibrillation and HDF sites during sinus rhythm. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2012 0.82
19 Anatomical characteristics of the cavotricuspid isthmus in patients with and without typical atrial flutter: Analysis with two- and three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2007 0.82
20 P wave morphology of an arrhythmogenic focus in patients with atrial fibrillation originating from a pulmonary vein or the superior vena cava. Circ J 2008 0.81
21 Differential pacing for distinguishing slow conduction from complete conduction block of the tricuspid-inferior vena cava isthmus after radiofrequency ablation for atrial flutter--role of transverse conduction through the crista terminalis. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2005 0.81
22 Effects of quinidine on the action potential duration restitution property in the right ventricular outflow tract in patients with brugada syndrome. Circ J 2011 0.80
23 Difference Between Dormant Conduction Sites Revealed by Adenosine Triphosphate Provocation and Unipolar Pace-Capture Sites Along the Ablation Line After Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Int Heart J 2015 0.80
24 A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the virtual unipolar electrograms from non-contact mapping of right or left-sided outflow tract premature ventricular contractions/ventricular tachycardia origins. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2010 0.79
25 A novel technique for improved lesions in the coronary sinus. comparison of bipolar and unipolar ablation. Int Heart J 2012 0.79
26 Temperature-controlled cooled-tip radiofrequency linear ablation of the atria guided by a realtime position management system. Int Heart J 2011 0.79
27 Prevalence of prominent J waves in patients presenting with ventricular fibrillation without structural heart disease: a single-center study. J Cardiol 2012 0.79
28 Electrophysiologic and anatomical characteristics of the right atrial posterior wall in patients with and without atrial flutter: analysis by intracardiac echocardiography. Circ J 2007 0.79
29 Effects of intravenous amiodarone and ibutilide on action potential duration and atrial conduction kinetics in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. Int Heart J 2014 0.78
30 Prediction of the efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation by the signal-averaged P-wave duration. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2007 0.78
31 Role of signal-averaged electrocardiograms for predicting the inducibility of ventricular fibrillation in the syndrome consisting of right bundle branch block and ST segment elevation in leads V1-V3. Jpn Heart J 2002 0.78
32 Upper turnaround point of the reentry circuit of common atrial flutter--three-dimensional mapping and entrainment study. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2010 0.78
33 Prolonged QRS duration in lead V2 and risk of life-threatening ventricular Arrhythmia in patients with Brugada syndrome. Int Heart J 2011 0.78
34 Increased levels of inflammatory and extracellular matrix turnover biomarkers persist despite reverse atrial structural remodeling during the first year after atrial fibrillation ablation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2014 0.77
35 Anatomic and electrophysiologic differences between chronic and paroxysmal atrial flutter: intracardiac echocardiographic analysis. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2008 0.77
36 Abnormal action potential duration restitution property in the right ventricular outflow tract in Brugada syndrome. Circ J 2010 0.76
37 Action potential alternans in the right ventricular outflow tract in a patient with asymptomatic Brugada syndrome. Circ J 2008 0.76
38 Clarifying the arrhythmogenic substrate for Brugada syndrome. Int Heart J 2011 0.76
39 Combined effect of pulmonary vein isolation and ablation of cardiac autonomic nerves for atrial fibrillation. Int Heart J 2008 0.76
40 Three-dimensional reconstruction of the coronary sinus with rotational angiography. Circ J 2008 0.75
41 Alcohol-induced ventricular fibrillation in a case of Brugada syndrome. Europace 2013 0.75
42 A new criteria differentiating type 2 and 3 Brugada patterns from ordinary incomplete right bundle branch block. Int Heart J 2011 0.75
43 Alternating narrow and wide complex tachycardia: what is the mechanism? Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2004 0.75
44 Full-motion two- and three-dimensional pulmonary vein imaging by intracardiac echocardiography after pulmonary vein isolation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2008 0.75
45 Idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia with a change from left to right axis deviation during radiofrequency catheter ablation. Int Heart J 2006 0.75
46 Recurrence of atrial fibrillation after internal cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation: prognostic importance of electrophysiologic parameters. Circ J 2005 0.75
47 Local conduction block of the atria by premature stimulus in a patient with Brugada syndrome. J Electrocardiol 2009 0.75
48 Effects of inter-electrode spacing on complex fractionated atrial electrograms and dominant frequency detection. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2012 0.75
49 Dramatic Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With AV Delay Optimization in Narrow QRS Heart Failure. Int Heart J 2015 0.75
50 Surface ECG characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias before degeneration into ventricular fibrillation in patients with Brugada-type ECG. Int Heart J 2009 0.75
51 Left bundle branch block-type ventricular tachycardia originating from the left ventricular septum in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2009 0.75
52 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia originating in the left posterior and left anterior fascicles in a patient with prior myocardial infarction. Int Heart J 2008 0.75
53 Inducibility of atrial flutter in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Circ J 2006 0.75
54 Ventricular fibrillation induced by radiofrequency ablation for slow ventricular tachycardia associated with left ventricular dysfunction. J Electrocardiol 2010 0.75
55 Pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and prolonged sinus pause. Int Heart J 2007 0.75
56 Endocardial electrograms from the right ventricular outflow tract after induced ventricular fibrillation in patients with Brugada syndrome. Circ J 2007 0.75
57 Implantation of a pacemaker in a patient with severe Parkinson's disease and a pre-existing bilateral deep brain stimulator. Europace 2009 0.75
58 Giant Thrombus Formation Immediately After Mitral Valvuloplasty. Int Heart J 2015 0.75
59 Functional atrioventricular conduction block in an elderly patient with acquired long QT syndrome: elucidation of the mechanism of block. J Electrocardiol 2010 0.75
60 First case report in Japan of left ventricular pacing via a coronary vein in a patient with a mechanical tricuspid valve. Circ J 2008 0.75
61 Potential anatomic substrate of peri-atrioventricular nodal atrial tachycardia ablated from the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2013 0.75
62 Rate-dependent electrophysiologic effects of the class III antiarrhythmic drugs nifekalant, amiodarone, and ibutilide on the atrium in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. Int Heart J 2013 0.75
63 Tissue velocity imaging-based atrial fibrillatory cycle length and wall motion for predicting atrial structural remodeling in patients undergoing catheter ablation. Circ J 2014 0.75
64 Complete AV block developing in a patient with manifest ventricular preexcitation. Int Heart J 2005 0.75
65 Use of a novel irrigated balloon catheter to generate continuous right atrial lesions by radiofrequency ablation. Int Heart J 2009 0.75
66 Three-dimensional high-density bipolar contact mapping of left atrial endocardial activation during sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation. Int Heart J 2013 0.75
67 Comparison of endocardial and epicardial lesion size following large-tip and extra-large-tip transcatheter cryoablation. Circ J 2009 0.75
68 Assessment of Efficacy and Necessity of Routine Defibrillation Threshold Testing in Patients Undergoing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation. Int Heart J 2015 0.75
69 Electrophysiological properties of the atrium after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation: relation to the plasma brain natriuretic peptide level. Int Heart J 2007 0.75
70 Abnormal atrial repolarization and depolarization contribute to the inducibility of atrial fibrillation in Brugada syndrome. Int Heart J 2010 0.75
71 Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation characterized by spatial heterogeneity of action potential duration and its restitution kinetics. Int Heart J 2008 0.75
72 Temperature-controlled cooled-tip radiofrequency ablation in left ventricular myocardium. Int Heart J 2010 0.75