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Assessment of left atrial work during acute coronary occlusion.

Ultrasound Med Biol 45: 749-757, 2019.

Kaori Fujimoto, Katsuji Inoue, Makoto Saito, Haruhiko HIgashi, Tamami Kono, Teruyuki Uetani, Jun Aono, Takayuki Nagai, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Jun Suzuki, Takafumi Okura, Shuntaro Ikeda, Satoshi Nakatani, Jitsuo Higaki.

Incremental value of left atrial avtive function measured by speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Echocardiography 35: 1138-1148, 2018.

Hiroshi Kawakami, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Naohito Tokunaga, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Hideo Kawakami, Haruhiko Higashi, Chiharuko Iio, Tamami Kono, Jun Aono, Teruyoshi Uetani, Takayuki Nagai, Katsuji Inoue, Jun Suzuki, Shuntaro Ikeda, Takafumi Okura, Yasumasa Ohyagi, Jitsuo Higaki.

A novel truncating LMNA mutaion in patients with cardiac conduction disorders and dilated cardiomyopathy.

Intern Heart J 59: 531-541, 2018.

Akio Tanino A, Takafumi Okura, Jun Irita, Tomoaki Nagao, Mie Kurata, Jun Suzuki, Masayoshi Kukida, Ken-ichi Miyoshi.

Neutralization of N-half Osteopontin Prevents Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture in ApoE-/-Mice

J Cardio Vasc Med 4: 1-10, 2018.

Masayoshi Kukida, Masaki Mogi, Harumi Kan-no, Kana Tsukuda, Hui-YuBai, Bao Shuai Shan, Toshifumi Yamaguchi, Akinori Higaki, Li-Juan Min, Jun Iwanami, Takafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki, Masatsugu Horiuchi.

AT2 receptor stimulation inhibits phosphate-induced vascular calcificarion.

Kindey Int 95: 138-148, 2019.

Korematsu S, Fujitaka M, Ogata M, Zaitsu M, Motomura C, Kuzume K, Toku Y, Ikeda M, Odajima H.

Administration of the adrenaline auto-injector at the nursery/kindergarten/school in Western Japan.

Asia Pac Allergy. 2017 Jan; 7(1): 37-41.

Tezuka Y, Fukuda M, Watanabe S, Nakano T, Okamoto K, Kuzume K, Yano Y, Eguchi M, Ishimae M, Ishii E, Miyazaki T.

Histological characterization of visceral changes in a patient with type 2 Gaucher disease treated with enzyme replacement therapy.

Blood Cell Mol Dis 2016 Nov(in press)

Hiroe Aisu, Makoto Saito*, Shinji Inaba, Toru Morifuji, Kayo Takahashi, Takumi Sumimoto, Takafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki.

Association of worsening arterial stiffness with incident heart failure in asymptomatic patients with cardiovascular risk factors.

Hypertens Res 40: 173-180. 2017.

Ken-ichi Miyoshi*, Takafumi Okura, Akiko Tanino, Masayoshi Kukida, Tomoaki Nagao, Jitsuo Higaki.

Usefulness of the renal resistive index to predict an increase in urinary albumin excretion in patients with essential hypertension.

J Hum Hypertens 31: 66-69, 2017.

Fumiyasu Seike*, Teruyoshi Uetani, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Chiharuko Iio, Hiroshi Kawakami, Kaori Fujimoto, Haruhiko Higashi, Tamami Kono, Jun Aono, Takayuki Nagai, Katsuji Inoue, Jun Suzuki, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Takafumi Okura, Kazunori Yasuda, Jitsuo Higaki, Shuntaro Ikeda.

Correlation between quantitative angiography -Derived translesional pressure and fractional flow reserve.

Am J Cardiol 118: 1158-1163,2016.

Akira Fujii, Katsuji Inoue*, Takayuki Nagai, Teruyoshi Uetani, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Jun Suzuki, Junichi Funada, Takafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki, Akiyoshi Ogimoto.

Clinical significance of peripheral endothelial function for left atrial blood in patients having nonvalvular atrial fibrillation with low-to-intermediate thromboembolic risk.

Cric J 80: 2117-2123, 2016.

Tanino Akiko, Takafumi Okura*, Tomoaki Nagao, Masayoshi Kukida, Zouowei Pei, Daijiro Enomoto, Ken-ichi miyoshi, Haruki Okamura, Jitsuo Higaki.

Interleukin-18 deficiency protects against renal intestitial fibrosis.

Clin Sci 130: 1717-1739, 2016.

Masayoshi Kukida, Masaki Mogi*, Kousei Ohshima, Hirotomo Nakaoka, Jun Iwanami, Harumi Kanno, Kana Tsukuda, Toshiyuki Chisaka, Li-Juan Min, Xiao-Li Wang, Hui-Yu Bai, Bao-Shuai Shan, Akinori Higaki, Toshifumi Yamauchi, Tkafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki, and Masatsugu Horiuchi.

Angiotensin II type 2 receptor inhibits vascular intimal proliferation with activation of PPARγ

Am J Hypertens 29: 727-736, 2016.

Takafumi Okura*, Daijiro Enomoto, Ken-ichi Miyoshi, TOmoaki Nagao, Masayoshi Kukida, Tanino Akiko, Zouwei Pei, Jitsuo Higaki, Hideki Yemura.

The importance of walking for control of blood pressure: Proof using a telemedicine system.

Telemed E Health 22: 1019-1023, 2016.

Zouwei Pei, Takafumi Okura*, Tomoaki Nagao, Daijiro Enomoto, Masayoshi Kukida, Akiko Tanino, Ken-ichi Miyoshi, Jitsuo Higaki.

Osteopontin deficiency reduce kidney damage from hypercholesterolemia in Apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.

Sci Rep 6: 28882, 2016