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Long-term results of the maze procedure with GP ablation for permanent atrial fibrillation by Yamanaka, Kazuo, Nishina, Takeshi, Iwakura, Atsushi, Fujita, Masatoshi

“…Objectives We investigated the effect of the maze procedure with intensive pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) guided by ganglionated plexus (GP) mapping (the Maze…”
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CXCR4 blockade augments bone marrow progenitor cell recruitment to the neovasculature and reduces mortality after myocardial infarction by Jujo, Kentaro, Hamada, Hiromichi, Iwakura, Atsushi, Thorne, Tina, Sekiguchi, Haruki, Clarke, Trevor, Ito, Aiko, Misener, Sol, Tanaka, Toshikazu, Klyachko, Ekaterina, Kobayashi, Koichi, Tongers, Jörn, Roncalli, Jérôme, Tsurumi, Yukio, Hagiwara, Nobuhisa, Losordo, Douglas W., Prockop, Darwin J.

“…We hypothesized that a small molecule CXCR4 antagonist, AMD3100 (AMD), could augment the mobilization of bone marrow (BM)-derived endothelial progenitor cells…”
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Successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Patient with Radiation-induced Aortic Stenosis for Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma by Obayashi, Yuki, Sakamoto, Jiro, Hamaguchi, Yukihiro, Hamasaki, Maki, Mima, Hibiki, Kojima, Hidenori, Yamasaki, Seita, Okamoto, Hiroki, Tamura, Akinori, Kuroda, Maiko, Harita, Takeshi, Nishiuchi, Suguru, Tamaki, Yodo, Enomoto, Soichiro, Miyake, Makoto, Kondo, Hirokazu, Sakaguchi, Hisashi, Iwakura, Atsushi, Tamura, Toshihiro

“…Aortic stenosis (AS), a late complication of thoracic radiation therapy for chest lesions, is often coincident with porcelain aorta or hostile thorax. We…”
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Topical sonic hedgehog gene therapy accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing endothelial progenitor cell-mediated microvascular remodeling by ASAI, Jun, TAKENAKA, Hideya, KISHIMOTO, Saburo, THORNE, Tina, KISHORE, Raj, LOSORDO, Douglas W, KUSANO, Kengo F, II, Masaaki, LUEDEMANN, Corinne, CURRY, Cynthia, EATON, Elizabeth, IWAKURA, Atsushi, TSUTSUMI, Yoshiaki, HAMADA, Hiromichi

“…Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a prototypical morphogen known to regulate epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during embryonic development. Recent observations…”
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Relationship between right and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction assessed by 2-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot by Miyake, Makoto, Abe, Rie, Matsutani, Hayato, Sakamoto, Jiro, Kondo, Hirokazu, Iwakura, Atsushi, Doi, Hiraku, Tamura, Toshihiro

“…Several studies have reported a correlation between right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction in adults with repaired tetralogy of…”
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Estrogen-mediated, endothelial nitric oxide synthase-dependent mobilization of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells contributes to reendothelialization after arterial injury by IWAKURA, Atsushi, LUEDEMANN, Corinne, SHASTRY, Shubha, HANLEY, Allison, KEARNEY, Marianne, AIKAWA, Ryuichi, ISNER, Jeffrey M, ASAHARA, Takayuki, LOSORDO, Douglas W

“…We hypothesized that estrogen-induced acceleration of reendothelialization might be mediated in part by effects involving mobilization and incorporation of…”
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Endothelial progenitor cells are rapidly recruited to myocardium and mediate protective effect of ischemic preconditioning via imported nitric oxide synthase activity by II, Masaaki, NISHIMURA, Hiromi, IWAKURA, Atsushi, WECKER, Andrea, EATON, Elizabeth, ASAHARA, Takayuki, LOSORDO, Douglas W

“…The function of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in repair of ischemic tissue has been the subject of intense scrutiny, and the capacity…”
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Comparison of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and an Aortic Bioprosthetic Valve by Miyake, Makoto, Takegami, Misa, Obayashi, Yuki, Amano, Masashi, Kitai, Takeshi, Fujita, Tomoyuki, Koyama, Tadaaki, Tanaka, Hidekazu, Ando, Kenji, Komiya, Tatsuhiko, Izumo, Masaki, Kawai, Hiroya, Eishi, Kiyoyuki, Yoshida, Kiyoshi, Kimura, Takeshi, Nawada, Ryuzo, Sakamoto, Tomohiro, Shibata, Yoshisato, Fukui, Toshihiro, Minatoya, Kenji, Tsujita, Kenichi, Sakata, Yasushi, Kimura, Tetsuya, Sugio, Kumiko, Takita, Atsushi, Iwakura, Atsushi, Tamura, Toshihiro, Nishimura, Kunihiro, Furukawa, Yutaka, Izumi, Chisato, for the BPV-AF Registry Group

“…Background: Current guidelines equally recommend direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and warfarin for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with a bioprosthetic…”
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Impact of concomitant tricuspid regurgitation on long-term outcomes in severe aortic stenosis by Amano, Masashi, Izumi, Chisato, Taniguchi, Tomohiko, Morimoto, Takeshi, Miyake, Makoto, Nishimura, Shunsuke, Kitai, Takeshi, Kato, Takao, Kadota, Kazushige, Ando, Kenji, Furukawa, Yutaka, Inada, Tsukasa, Inoko, Moriaki, Ishii, Katsuhisa, Sakaguchi, Genichi, Yamazaki, Fumio, Koyama, Tadaaki, Komiya, Tatsuhiko, Yamanaka, Kazuo, Nishiwaki, Noboru, Kanemitsu, Naoki, Saga, Toshihiko, Ogawa, Tatsuya, Nakayama, Shogo, Tsuneyoshi, Hiroshi, Iwakura, Atsushi, Shiraga, Kotaro, Hanyu, Michiya, Ohno, Nobuhisa, Fukumoto, Atsushi, Yamada, Tomoyuki, Nishizawa, Junichiro, Esaki, Jiro, Minatoya, Kenji, Nakagawa, Yoshihisa, Kimura, Takeshi

“…Abstract Aims Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has been reported to be associated with worse survival in various heart diseases, but there are few data in aortic…”
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Src blockade stabilizes a Flk/cadherin complex, reducing edema and tissue injury following myocardial infarction by Weis, Sara, Shintani, Satoshi, Weber, Alberto, Kirchmair, Rudolf, Wood, Malcolm, Cravens, Adrianna, McSharry, Heather, Iwakura, Atsushi, Yoon, Young-Sup, Himes, Nathan, Burstein, Deborah, Doukas, John, Soll, Richard, Losordo, Douglas, Cheresh, David

“…Ischemia resulting from myocardial infarction (MI) promotes VEGF expression, leading to vascular permeability (VP) and edema, a process that we show here…”
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Sonic hedgehog myocardial gene therapy: tissue repair through transient reconstitution of embryonic signaling by Losordo, Douglas W, Kusano, Kengo F, Pola, Roberto, Murayama, Toshinori, Curry, Cynthia, Kawamoto, Atsuhiko, Iwakura, Atsushi, Shintani, Satoshi, Ii, Masaaki, Asai, Jun, Tkebuchava, Tengiz, Thorne, Tina, Takenaka, Hideya, Aikawa, Ryuichi, Goukassian, David, von Samson, Patrick, Hamada, Hiromichi, Yoon, Young-sup, Silver, Marcy, Eaton, Elizabeth, Ma, Hong, Heyd, Lindsay, Kearney, Marianne, Munger, William, Porter, Jeffery A, Kishore, Raj

“…Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a crucial regulator of organ development during embryogenesis. We investigated whether intramyocardial gene transfer of naked DNA…”
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Right Carotid Artery Origin Compression Caused by Endovascular Repair for Kommerell Diverticulum Associated with a Right-Sided Aortic Arch by Nishio, Hiroomi, Iwakura, Atsushi, Takahashi, Naoki, Aida, Kenji, Inoue, Kyozo, Takai, Fumie, Ishigami, Masanosuke, Yukawa, Hiroshi, Sakaguchi, Hisashi, Fukushima, Takashi, Hayashi, Fujio

“…Owing to the unique anatomical features, the endovascular repair for Kommerell diverticulum poses a surgical challenge. An 80-year-old, asymptomatic female…”
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Effect of Heart Failure on Long‐Term Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Severe Coronary Artery Disease by Yamamoto, Ko, Matsumura‐Nakano, Yukiko, Shiomi, Hiroki, Natsuaki, Masahiro, Morimoto, Takeshi, Kadota, Kazushige, Tada, Tomohisa, Takeji, Yasuaki, Yoshikawa, Yusuke, Imada, Kazuaki, Domei, Takenori, Kaneda, Kazuhisa, Taniguchi, Ryoji, Ehara, Natsuhiko, Nawada, Ryuzo, Yamaji, Kyohei, Kato, Eri, Toyofuku, Mamoru, Kanemitsu, Naoki, Shinoda, Eiji, Suwa, Satoru, Iwakura, Atsushi, Tamura, Toshihiro, Soga, Yoshiharu, Inada, Tsukasa, Matsuda, Mitsuo, Koyama, Tadaaki, Aoyama, Takeshi, Sato, Yukihito, Furukawa, Yutaka, Ando, Kenji, Yamazaki, Fumio, Komiya, Tatsuhiko, Minatoya, Kenji, Nakagawa, Yoshihisa, Kimura, Takeshi

“…Background Heart failure might be an important determinant in choosing coronary revascularization modalities. There was no previous study evaluating the effect…”
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Vacuum Assisted Closure on Infected Prosthetic Vascular Grafts in the Groin by Sakaguchi, Hisashi, Morishima, Manabu, Takimoto, Shinya, Ueda, Ryoma, Sugita, Yosuke, Iwakura, Atsushi

“…A 67-year-old man had surgical repair of right external iliac artery—right superficial femoral artery bypass. 32 days after the operation, excretion of pus was…”
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Usefulness of Intraoperative Continuous Infusion of Tranexamic Acid during Emergency Surgery for Type A Acute Aortic Dissection by Ahn, Kun Tae, Yamanaka, Kazuo, Iwakura, Atsushi, Hirose, Keiichi, Nakatsuka, Daisuke, Kusuhara, Takayoshi, Ikarashi, Jin

“…Purpose: We investigated the influence of intraoperative continuous tranexamic acid (TA) infusion on the amount of blood transfusion required in emergency…”
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Spleen Infarction after Direct Aortic Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement;Report of a Case by Sakaguchi, Hisashi, Takimoto, Shinya, Morishima, Manabu, Tara, Yuichi, Sugita, Yosuke, Ueda, Ryoma, Tamura, Toshihiro, Sakamoto, Jiro, Iwakura, Atsushi

“…Transcatheter aortic valve replacement(TAVR) in the treatment of patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) has evolved on the basis of evidence from…”
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Intramyocardial sustained delivery of basic fibroblast growth factor improves angiogenesis and ventricular function in a rat infarct model by Iwakura, Atsushi, Fujita, Masatoshi, Kataoka, Kazuaki, Tambara, Keiichi, Sakakibara, Yutaka, Komeda, Masashi, Tabata, Yasuhiko

“…Recently we have demonstrated that the release of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) from a biodegradable gelatin hydrogel carrier depends on the…”
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Hybrid Procedure for a Kommerell's Diverticulum in a Right-Sided Aortic Arch by Nonaka, Michihito, An, Kenta, Nakatsuka, Daisuke, Okada, Tatsuji, Sekine, Yuji, Iwakura, Atsushi, Yamanaka, Kazuo

“…A rare case of an aneurysmal Kommerell's diverticulum in a right-sided aortic arch was successfully treated using a hybrid procedure comprising total arch…”
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Synergistic effect of combined intramyocardial CD34+ cells and VEGF2 gene therapy after MI by Shintani, Satoshi, Kusano, Kengo, Ii, Masaaki, Iwakura, Atsushi, Heyd, Lindsay, Curry, Cynthia, Wecker, Andrea, Gavin, Mary, Ma, Hong, Kearney, Marianne, Silver, Marcy, Thorne, Tina, Murohara, Toyoaki, Losordo, Douglas W

“…Previous studies have shown that local angiogenic gene therapy acts, in part, by recruiting endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) to ischemic tissue. Recent data…”
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Enhanced angiogenesis by gelatin hydrogels incorporating basic fibroblast growth factor in rabbit model of hind limb ischemia by Doi, Kazuhiko, Ikeda, Tadashi, Marui, Akira, Kushibiki, Toshihiro, Arai, Yoshio, Hirose, Keiichi, Soga, Yoshiharu, Iwakura, Atsushi, Ueyama, Koji, Yamahara, Kenichi, Itoh, Hiroshi, Nishimura, Kazunobu, Tabata, Yasuhiko, Komeda, Masashi

“…Recently we have developed new sustained release system of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) using gelatin hydrogel as a carrier. Using this system, we…”
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