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Komei Tanaka; Makoto Kodama; Masahiro Ito; Makoto Hoyano; Wataru Mitsuma; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Takeshi Kashimura; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Force-frequency relationship as a predictor of long-term prognosis in patients with heart diseases.
Manabu Isoda; Haruo Hanawa; Ritsuo Watanabe; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Ken Toba; Kaori Yoshida; Mayuko Kojima; Keita Otaki; Kazuhisa Hao; Limin Ding; Komei Tanaka; Tsugumi Takayama; Kiminori Kato; Yuji Okura; Makoto Kodama; Yoshimi Ota; Junichi Hayashi; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Expression of the peptide hormone hepcidin increases in cardiomyocytes under myocarditis and myocardial infarction.
Mahmoud M Ramadan; Makoto Kodama; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Wataru Mitsuma; Masahiro Ito; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Evaluation of oxidized low-density lipoprotein in the coronary circulation of patients with coronary artery disease, and its association with percutaneous coronary intervention.

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2011: Komei Tanaka; Makoto Kodama; Masahiro Ito; Makoto Hoyano; Wataru Mitsuma; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Takeshi Kashimura; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Force-frequency relationship as a predictor of long-term prognosis in patients with heart diseases.
Heart and vessels 2011;26(2):153-9.
2010: Manabu Isoda; Haruo Hanawa; Ritsuo Watanabe; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Ken Toba; Kaori Yoshida; Mayuko Kojima; Keita Otaki; Kazuhisa Hao; Limin Ding; Komei Tanaka; Tsugumi Takayama; Kiminori Kato; Yuji Okura; Makoto Kodama; Yoshimi Ota; Junichi Hayashi; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Expression of the peptide hormone hepcidin increases in cardiomyocytes under myocarditis and myocardial infarction.
The Journal of nutritional biochemistry 2010;21(8):749-56.
2009: Mahmoud M Ramadan; Makoto Kodama; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Wataru Mitsuma; Masahiro Ito; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Evaluation of oxidized low-density lipoprotein in the coronary circulation of patients with coronary artery disease, and its association with percutaneous coronary intervention.
International journal of cardiology 2009;134(3):e117-9.
2008: Takuya Ozawa; Kiminori Kato; Ken Toba; Masato Oda; Manabu Isoda; Fuyuki Asami; Noboru Ikarashi; Takao Yanagawa; Masato Moriyama; Masutaka Higashimura; Toshiki Kitajima; Keita Otaki; Tsugumi Takayama; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Haruo Hanawa; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Serum erythropoietin level as a marker of limb ischemia.
International journal of cardiology 2008;130(1):106-8.
2008: Yukiko Ohno; Yuji Okura; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Koji Taneda; Keisuke Suzuki; Manabu Tomita; Kazuhisa Hao; Shinpei Kimura; Makoto Hoyano; Wataru Mitsuma; Komei Tanaka; Takeshi Kashimura; Masahiro Ito; Satoru Hirono; Haruo Hanawa; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Health-related quality of life of outpatients with systolic and isolated diastolic dysfunction: Sado Heart Failure Study.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2008;72(9):1436-42.
2008: Mahmoud M Ramadan; Hitoshi Tachikawa; Makoto Kodama; Akiko Okawara; Wataru Mitsuma; Masahiro Ito; Takeshi Kashimura; Taruna Ikrar; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Kazuo Suzuki; Yoshifusa Aizawa
A pilot-controlled study of myeloperoxidase-specific anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (MPO-ANCA) in the coronary circulation.
International journal of cardiology 2008;128(1):114-6.
2008: Mahmoud M Ramadan; Yuji Okura; Yukiko Ohno; Keisuke Suzuki; Koji Taneda; Makoto Hoyano; Kazuhisa Hao; Shinpei Kimura; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Comparative analysis of systolic and isolated diastolic dysfunction: Sado heart failure study.
International heart journal 2008;49(4):459-69.
2008: Yuji Okura; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Yukiko Ohno; Wataru Mitsuma; Komei Tanaka; Masahiro Ito; Keisuke Suzuki; Naohito Tanabe; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Impending epidemic: future projection of heart failure in Japan to the year 2055.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2008;72(3):489-91.
2008: Mahmoud M Ramadan; Yukiko Ohno; Yuji Okura; Naohito Tanabe; Keisuke Suzuki; Akira Abe; Makoto Tamura; Tatsuro Hatano; Taku Matsubara; Yusuke Tamura; Akihiro Yokoyama; Tomohiko Yamamoto; Hideaki Otsuka; Yoshinobu Okada; Hirotaka Oda; Yasuyuki Yamamoto; Takashi Tsuda; Michiko Ohno; Masaru Yamazoe; Takashi Shimotori; Hiroyuki Arai; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Systolic dysfunction in urban Japan.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2008;72(3):349-57.
2007: Masahiro Ito; Makoto Kodama; Itaru Tsumanuma; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Satoshi Hirayama; Takashi Kamimura; Takeshi Kashimura; Koichi Fuse; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Relationship between insulin-like growth factor-I and brain natriuretic peptide in patients with acromegaly after surgery.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(12):1955-7.
2007: Komei Tanaka; Masahiro Ito; Makoto Kodama; Hiroki Maruyama; Makoto Hoyano; Wataru Mitsuma; Noriaki Iino; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Fumitake Gejyo; Naohito Tanabe; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Longitudinal change in renal function in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy without renal insufficiency at initial diagnosis.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(12):1927-31.
2007: Masato Oda; Kiminori Kato; Ken Toba; Keita Otaki; Toshiki Kitajima; Noboru Ikarashi; Takao Yanagawa; Masutaka Higashimura; Fuyuki Asami; Manabu Isoda; Takuya Ozawa; Masato Moriyama; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Haruo Hanawa; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
[Prognostic factors for critical limb ischemia after autologous bone marrow implantation].
Journal of cardiology 2007;50(4):235-42.
2007: Wataru Mitsuma; Makoto Kodama; Masahiro Ito; Komei Tanaka; Takao Yanagawa; Noboru Ikarashi; Kanako Sugiura; Shinpei Kimura; Nobue Yagihara; Takeshi Kashimura; Koichi Fuse; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Serial electrocardiographic findings in women with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology 2007;100(1):106-9.
2007: Yuji Okura; Yukiko Ohno; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Keisuke Suzuki; Koji Taneda; Hiroaki Obata; Komei Tanaka; Takeshi Kashimura; Osamu Ishizuka; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yasuyuki Honda; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Characterization of outpatients with isolated diastolic dysfunction and evaluation of the burden in a Japanese community: Sado Heart Failure Study.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(7):1013-21.
2007: Yuji Okura; Yukiko Ohno; Keisuke Suzuki; Koji Taneda; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Wataru Mitsuma; Komei Tanaka; Takeshi Kashimura; Masahiro Ito; Osamu Ishizuka; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yasuyuki Honda; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Characterization of outpatients with systolic dysfunction in a Japanese community by total enumeration.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(7):1004-12.
2007: Yuji Okura; Yukiko Ohno; Yoshifusa Aizawa
[QOL in patients with chronic heart failure].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2007;65 Suppl 5():353-6.
2007: Wataru Mitsuma; Makoto Kodama; Satoru Hirono; Masahiro Ito; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Komei Tanaka; Makoto Hoyano; Takashi Saigawa; Takeshi Kashimura; Koichi Fuse; Yuji Okura; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2 and tie-2 in the coronary circulation of patients with and without coronary collateral vessels.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(3):343-7.
2006: Mahmoud M Ramadan; Makoto Kodama; Wataru Mitsuma; Masahiro Ito; Takeshi Kashimura; Taruna Ikrar; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention on the levels of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in the coronary circulation of subjects with coronary artery disease.
The American journal of cardiology 2006;98(7):915-7.
2006: He Chang; Haruo Hanawa; Hui Liu; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Manabu Hayashi; Ritsuo Watanabe; Satoru Abe; Ken Toba; Kaori Yoshida; Raafat Elnaggar; Shiro Minagawa; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Makoto Kodama; Hiroki Maruyama; Junichi Miyazaki; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Hydrodynamic-based delivery of an interleukin-22-Ig fusion gene ameliorates experimental autoimmune myocarditis in rats.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2006;177(6):3635-43.
2005: Makoto Kodama; Mahmoud M Ramadan; Wataru Mitsuma; Kazuki Okamura; Takeshi Kashimura; Hitoshi Tachikawa; Masahiro Ito; Koichi Fuse; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Kenichi Watanabe; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Ventricular fibrillation in two cases with dilated cardiomyopathy and mechanical alternans.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2005;28(12):1347-9.
2005: Takashi Washizuka; Masaomi Chinushi; Ryu Kazama; Takashi Hirono; Hiroshi Watanabe; Satoru Komura; Hirotaka Sugiura; Yasutaka Tanabe; Hiroshi Furushima; Satoru Fujita; Yuji Okura; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Inappropriate discharges of intravenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators owing to lead failure.
International heart journal 2005;46(5):909-13.
2005: Raafat Elnaggar; Haruo Hanawa; Hui Liu; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Manabu Hayashi; Ritsuo Watanabe; Satoru Abe; Ken Toba; Kaori Yoshida; He Chang; Shiro Minagawa; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Makoto Kodama; Hiroki Maruyama; Junichi Miyazaki; Yoshifusa Aizawa
The effect of hydrodynamics-based delivery of an IL-13-Ig fusion gene for experimental autoimmune myocarditis in rats and its possible mechanism.
European journal of immunology 2005;35(6):1995-2005.
2005: Hui Liu; Haruo Hanawa; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Raafat Elnaggar; Manabu Hayashi; Ritsuo Watanabe; Ken Toba; Kaori Yoshida; He Chang; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Makoto Kodama; Hiroki Maruyama; Junichi Miyazaki; Mikio Nakazawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Effect of hydrodynamics-based gene delivery of plasmid DNA encoding interleukin-1 receptor antagonist-Ig for treatment of rat autoimmune myocarditis: possible mechanism for lymphocytes and noncardiac cells.
Circulation 2005;111(13):1593-600.
2005: Hitoshi Tachikawa; Makoto Kodama; Kenichi Watanabe; Toshihiro Takahashi; Meilei Ma; Takeshi Kashimura; Masahiro Ito; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Amiodarone improves cardiac sympathetic nerve function to hold norepinephrine in the heart, prevents left ventricular remodeling, and improves cardiac function in rat dilated cardiomyopathy.
Circulation 2005;111(7):894-9.
2005: Koichi Fuse; Makoto Kodama; Yuji Okura; Masahiro Ito; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Short-term prognostic value of initial serum levels of interleukin-10 in patients with acute myocarditis.
European journal of heart failure 2005;7(1):109-12.
2004: Satoru Abe; Yuji Okura; Makoto Hoyano; Ryu Kazama; Satoru Watanabe; Takuya Ozawa; Takashi Saigawa; Manabu Hayashi; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Hitoshi Tachikawa; Takeshi Kashimura; Keisuke Suzuki; Masayuki Nagahashi; Junzo Watanabe; Kouji Shimada; Go Hasegawa; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Plasma concentrations of cytokines and neurohumoral factors in a case of fulminant myocarditis successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and percutaneous cardiopulmonary support.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2004;68(12):1223-6.
2004: Akinori Sato; Yuji Okura; Shiro Minagawa; Yukiko Ohno; Satoru Fujita; Daisuke Kondo; Manabu Hayashi; Satoru Komura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Life-threatening serotonin syndrome in a patient with chronic heart failure and CYP2D6*1/*5.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2004;79(11):1444-8.
2004: Haruo Hanawa; Ritsuo Watanabe; Manabu Hayashi; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Satoru Abe; Satoru Komura; Hui Liu; Raafat Elnaggar; He Chang; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Makoto Kodama; Hiroki Maruyama; Junichi Miyazaki; Yoshifusa Aizawa
A novel method to assay proteins in blood plasma after intravenous injection of plasmid DNA.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine 2004;202(3):155-61.
2004: Makoto Kodama; Kiminori Kato; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Haruo Hanawa; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Manabu Hayashi; Hitoshi Tachikawa; Takeshi Kashimura; Kenichi Watanabe; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Linkage between mechanical and electrical alternans in patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2004;15(3):295-9.
2004: Takeshi Kashimura; Makoto Kodama; Yuko Hotta; Junichi Hosoya; Kaori Yoshida; Takuya Ozawa; Ritsuo Watanabe; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Ryozo Kuwano; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Spatiotemporal changes of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor in rat hearts during postnatal development and in cultured cardiomyocytes of neonatal rat.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology 2004;444(3):283-92.
2003: Kiminori Kato; Makoto Kodama; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Haruo Hanawa; Takaaki Shiono; Masahiro Ito; Koichi Fuse; Keiichi Tsuchida; Seitaro Maruyama; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Satoru Abe; Manabu Hayashi; Akimitsu Nasuno; Takashi Saigawa; Takuya Ozawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Analysis of postextrasystolic relaxation response in the human heart.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2003;251(1-2):43-6.
2003: Ryu Kazama; Yuji Okura; Makoto Hoyano; Ken Toba; Yukie Ochiai; Noriko Ishihara; Takashi Kuroha; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Osamu Namura; Masakazu Sogawa; Yuichi Nakamura; Nobuhiko Yoshimura; Ken Nishikura; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yusuke Tamura; Shinichiro Morimoto; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Therapeutic role of pericardiocentesis for acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis with cardiac tamponade.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2003;78(7):901-7.
2002: Haruo Hanawa; Satoru Abe; Manabu Hayashi; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Kaori Yoshida; Takaaki Shiono; Koichi Fuse; Masahiro Ito; Hitoshi Tachikawa; Takeshi Kashimura; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Makoto Kodama; Seitaro Maruyama; Tadashi Yamamoto; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Time course of gene expression in rat experimental autoimmune myocarditis.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) 2002;103(6):623-32.
2001: Makoto Kodama; Kiminori Kato; Satoru Hirono; Haruo Hanawa; Yuji Okura; Masahiro Ito; Koichi Fuse; Takaaki Shiono; Hitoshi Tachikawa; Manabu Hayashi; Satoru Abe; Tsuyoshi Yoshida; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Changes in the occurrence of mechanical alternans after long-term beta-blocker therapy in patients with chronic heart failure.
Japanese circulation journal 2001;65(8):711-6.
2001: Koichi Fuse; Makoto Kodama; Haruo Hanawa; Yuji Okura; Masahiro Ito; Takaaki Shiono; Seitaro Maruyama; Satoru Hirono; Kiminori Kato; Kenichi Watanabe; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Enhanced expression and production of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in myocarditis.
Clinical and experimental immunology 2001;124(3):346-52.
2001: Makoto Kodama; Kiminori Kato; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Haruo Hanawa; Masahiro Ito; Koichi Fuse; Takaaki Shiono; Kenichi Watanabe; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Mechanical alternans in patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2001;7(2):138-45.
2000: Koichi Fuse; Makoto Kodama; Yuji Okura; Masahiro Ito; Satoru Hirono; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Predictors of disease course in patients with acute myocarditis.
Circulation 2000;102(23):2829-35.
2000: Koichi Fuse; Makoto Kodama; Yuji Okura; Masahiro Ito; Y Aoki; Satoru Hirono; Kiminori Kato; Haruo Hanawa; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Levels of serum interleukin-10 reflect disease activity in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
Japanese circulation journal 2000;64(10):755-9.
2000: Masahiro Ito; Makoto Kodama; Masayoshi Masuko; Masayuki Yamaura; Koichi Fuse; Yumiko Uesugi; Satoru Hirono; Yuji Okura; Kiminori Kato; Yuko Hotta; T Honda; Ryozo Kuwano; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Expression of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor in hearts of rats with experimental autoimmune myocarditis.
Circulation research 2000;86(3):275-80.
1998: Makoto Kodama; Yuji Okura; Satoru Hirono; Haruo Hanawa; Y Ogawa; M Itoh; T Izumi; Yoshifusa Aizawa
A new scoring system to predict the efficacy of steroid therapy for patients with active myocarditis--a retrospective study.
Japanese circulation journal 1998;62(10):715-20.
1998: Haruo Hanawa; T Inomata; Yuji Okura; Satoru Hirono; Y Ogawa; T Izumi; Makoto Kodama; Yoshifusa Aizawa
T cells with similar T-cell receptor beta-chain complementarity-determining region 3 motifs infiltrate inflammatory lesions of synthetic peptides inducing rat autoimmune myocarditis.
Circulation research 1998;83(2):133-40.
1998: Haruo Hanawa; T Izumi; Y Saito; Y Ochiai; Yuji Okura; T Inomata; Satoru Hirono; Y Ogawa; R Saito; Makoto Kodama; N Higuma; Yoshifusa Aizawa
Recovery from complete atrioventricular block caused by idiopathic giant cell myocarditis after corticosteroid therapy.
Japanese circulation journal 1998;62(3):211-4.
1996: Yuji Okura; K Kato; Haruo Hanawa; T Izumi; T Kamishima; Yasushi Yamato; I Emura; A Shibata
Pericardial mesothelioma secreting thrombomodulin.
American heart journal 1996;132(6):1309-11.