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Usefulness of Rosuvastatin to Prevent Periprocedural Myocardial Injury in Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Intervention by Takano, Hitoshi, MD, Ohba, Takayoshi, MD, Yamamoto, Eisei, MD, Miyachi, Hideki, MD, Inui, Keisuke, MD, Kawanaka, Hidekazu, MD, Kamiya, Masataka, MD, Kikuchi, Arifumi, MD, Takahashi, Yasuhiro, MD, Tanabe, Jun, MD, Inami, Shigenobu, MD, Takagi, Gen, MD, Asai, Kuniya, MD, Yasutake, Masahiro, MD, Ibuki, Chikao, MD, Tanaka, Kunio, MD, Kusama, Yoshiki, MD, Seino, Yoshihiko, MD, Munakata, Kazuo, MD, Mizuno, Kyoichi, MD, PhD

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate whether percutaneous coronary intervention–related periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) can be suppressed…”
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Secondary Preventive Effects of a Calcium Antagonist for Ischemic Heart Attack: Randomized Parallel Comparison With β-Blockers by Nakagomi, Akihiro, Kodani, Eitaro, Takano, Hitoshi, Uchida, Takahiro, Sato, Naoki, Ibuki, Chikao, Kusama, Yoshiki, Seino, Yoshihiko, Munakata, Kazuo, Mizuno, Kyoichi, Takano, Teruo

“…Background: Beta-blockers (BB) have been widely used in the management of hypertension and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and both national and…”
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Relationship between left ventricular function and wall motion synchrony in heart failure assessed by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT by Yamamoto, Akira, Takahashi, Naoto, Ishikawa, Masahiro, Abe, Kazuya, Kobayashi, Yuko, Tamai, Jin, Munakata, Kazuo

“…Objective To confirm the relationship between left ventricular (LV) function and wall motion synchrony, and to identify the difference of synchrony between an…”
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Assessment of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony During Development of Heart Failure by a Novel Program Using ECG-Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT by Takahashi, Naoto, Yamamoto, Akira, Tezuka, Shingo, Ishikawa, Masahiro, Abe, Junko, Amitani, Kenichi, Yamaguchi, Tomoyoshi, Kawaguchi, Naomi, Uchida, Takahiro, Iwahara, Shinichiro, Munakata, Kazuo

“…Background A novel program, "cardioGRAF", has been developed to analyze regional left ventricular (LV) systolic/diastolic function and dyssynchrony, so the…”
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Regional left-ventricular diastolic wall motion assessed by a new program for ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT in early-stage heart failure by Yamamoto, Akira, Takahashi, Naoto, Abe, Kazuya, Kobayashi, Yuko, Tamai, Jin, Munakata, Kazuo

“…We developed a new program for gated single-photon emission computed tomography to estimate regional left-ventricular (LV) wall motion. We classified and…”
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Quantification of left ventricular regional functions using ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT--validation of left ventricular systolic functions by Yamamoto, Akira, Hosoya, Tetsuo, Takahashi, Naoto, Iwahara, Shin-ichiro, Munakata, Kazuo

“…We have developed a program to quantify regional left ventricular (LV) function and wall motion synchrony using ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS)…”
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Global and regional evaluation of systolic and diastolic left ventricular temporal parameters using a novel program for ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT--validation by comparison with gated equilibrium radionuclide angiography and speckle-tracking radial strain from echocardiography by Yamamoto, Akira, Takahashi, Naoto, Munakata, Kazuo, Hosoya, Tetsuo, Shiiba, Masato, Okuyama, Takao, Abe, Kazuya, Kaneshiro, Tadashi, Tsuruta, Haruko, Takama, Toshi, Sato, Masashi

“…A newly developed program, named cardioGRAF, enabled the evaluation of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic temporal parameters for the estimation of…”
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Efficacy of High-Throughput Leukocytapheresis for Rheumatoid Arthritis With a Reduced Response to Infliximab by Sakai, Yukinao, Sakai, Saori, Otsuka, Tomoyuki, Ohno, Dai, Murasawa, Tsuneo, Munakata, Kazuo, Mizuno, Kyoichi

“…Infliximab (INF), a tumor necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α) inhibitor, is an effective drug for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, some patients…”
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Two cases of food additive-induced severe liver damage associated with positive results on lymphocyte stimulation test and for antinuclear antibodies by Kaneko, Rena, Ohishi, Chitose, Kim, Miniru, Shiina, Masaaki, Kusayanagi, Satoshi, Ogawa, Masazumi, Munakata, Kazuo, Mizuno, Kyoichi, Sato, Yuzuru

“…Two cases of severe liver injury and positive result for antinuclear antibodies induced by food additives are reported. The first patient reported long-term…”
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Long-term survival of patient with brain metastases from lung cancer treated by pemetrexed monotherapy by Ito, Shunsuke, Ogawa, Yukari, Harada, Hidehiro, Yamaguchi, Tomoyoshi, Munakata, Kazuo

“…A 61-year-old female was diagnosed with cT2N1M0 adenocarcinoma in the right lung. Following resection of the right middle lobe and dissection of the second…”
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Assessment of left ventricular diastolic function with electrocardiography-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: Comparison with multigated equilibrium radionuclide angiography by Kumita, Shin-ichiro, Cho, Keiichi, Nakajo, Hidenobu, Toba, Masahiro, Uwamori, Mariko, Mizumura, Sunao, Kumazaki, Tatsuo, Sano, Junko, Sakai, Shunta, Munakata, Kazuo

“…Background. Technetium-labeled myocardial perfusion tracers allow the simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by…”
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Relationships among regional diastolic impairment, elongation of global time to peak filling rate, and global diastolic function using ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT in heart failure by Yamamoto, Akira, Takahashi, Naoto, Munakata, Kazuo, Abe, Kazuya, Kobayashi, Yuuko, Tamai, Jin, Shiiba, Masato, Okuyama, Takao, Kaneshiro, Tadashi, Tsuruta, Haruko, Takama, Toshi, Satou, Masashi

“…The relationships among regional diastolic impairment, the elongation of global time to peak filling rate (g-TPF), and global diastolic function were examined…”
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Prevalence of left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure assessed by a novel programmer-cardioGRAF by Can-Zhan Zhu Naoto Takahashi Akira Yamamoto Masahira Ishikawa Naomi Kawaguchi Takahiro Uchida Kazuo Munakata

“…Objectives Left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony is the most important determinant of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy （CRT）, playing a vital…”
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Global and regional evaluation of systolic and distolic left ventricular temporal parameters using a novel program for ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT by Yamamoto, Akira, Takahashi, Naoto, Munakata Kazuo, Hosoya Tetsuo, Shiiba Masato, Okuyama Takao, Abe, Kazuya, Kaneshiro Tadashi, Tsuruta Haruko, Takama Toshi, Sato Masashi

“…Background: A newly developed program, named cardioGRAF, enabled the evaluation of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic temporal parameters for the…”
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Serial assessment of left ventricular performance at rest and during bicycle exercise by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT by Kumita, Shin-ichiro, Cho, Keiichi, Nakajo, Hidenobu, Toba, Masahiro, Akiyama, Kazuyoshi, Fukushima, Yoshimitsu, Mizumura, Sunao, Kumazaki, Tatsuo, Sano, Junko, Munakata, Kazuo, Kishida, Hiroshi, Takano, Teruo

“…The present study evaluates left ventricular performance during exercise by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with short-time data collection. The study…”
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Effects of a Single Oral Dose of Cilostazol on Epicardial Coronary Arteries and Hemodynamics in Humans by Yasutake, Masahiro, Kunimi, Toshihiro, Sato, Naoki, Yokoyama, Hiroyuki, Sasaki, Yoshimichi, Kusama, Yoshiki, Hata, Noritake, Takayama, Morimasa, Munakata, Kazuo, Kishida, Hiroshi, Takano, Teruo, Hayakawa, Hirokazu

“…Cilostazol, a novel cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase type III inhibitor, has been developed as an antiplatelet drug with a vasodilating action…”
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Simultaneous assessment of Tc-99m-sestamibi and I-123-BMIPP myocardial distribution in patients with myocardial infarction: evaluation of left ventricular function with ECG-gated myocardial SPECT by Kumita, S, Cho, K, Nakajo, H, Toba, M, Kijima, T, Mizumura, S, Kumazaki, T, Sano, J, Munakata, K, Kishida, H, Takano, T

“…123I-labeled 15-(p-iodophenyl)-3R,S-methyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) is a branched-chain free fatty acid that is used to evaluate various cardiac diseases…”
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Utility of Combined Assessment of Coronary Flow Velocity and Myocardial Perfusion During Low-dose Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in the Detection of Left Anterior Coronary Artery Disease by Ohno, Tadaaki, Honma, Hiroshi, Takayama, Morimasa, Munakata, Kazuo, Takano, Teruo, Matsuzaki, Tsuyako

“…Background. Ischemia produces a sequence of events beginning with a decline in coronary flow reserve, myocardial perfusion abnormalities, and wall motion…”
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QT dispersion increases during hemodialysis procedures in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis: association with an RA system and holter electrocardiogram by Murasawa, Tsuneo, Sakai, Yukinao, Sakai, Saori, Ohtsuka, Tomoyuki, Ohno, Dai, Amitani, Ken-ichi, Ono, Takuya, Munakata, Kazuo

“…Patients undergoing maintenance dialysis have been associated with a high incidence of arrhythmias, which increases with hemodialysis (HD) procedures. In…”
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Serial assessment of left ventricular function during dobutamine stress by means of electrocardiographygated myocardial SPECT: Combination with dual-isotope myocardial perfusion SPECT for detection of ischemic heart disease by Shin-ichiro, Kumita, Cho, Keiichi, Nakajo Hidenobu, Toba Masahiro, Kijima Tetsuji, Mizumura Sunao, Oshina Takashi, Kumazaki Tatsuo, Sano Junko, Sakurai Kaoru, Munakata Kazuo

“…BackgroundTechnetium-labeled myocardial perfusion tracers allow simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by…”
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