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, 2016, 'Search for the decay B0 →φγ', Physical Review D, 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.111101
, 2016, 'Community Screening for Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy in Asymptomatic Subjects ≥65 Years with Stage B Heart Failure', American Journal of Cardiology, 117, pp. 1959 - 1965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.03.045
, 2016, 'Predictive score for 30-day readmission or death in heart failure', JAMA Cardiology, 1, pp. 362 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0220
, 2016, 'Association of waist circumference with impaired six-minute walk in type 2 diabetes mellitus is independent of cardiac function', Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, 30, pp. 542 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2015.12.014
, 2016, 'Meta-Analysis of Risks for Short-Term Readmission in Patients with Heart Failure', American Journal of Cardiology, 117, pp. 626 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.11.048
, 2016, 'Prediction of cardiovascular outcomes by imaging coronary atherosclerosis', Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 6, pp. 322 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/cdt.2015.12.08
, 2016, 'Prognostic Implications of LV Strain Risk Score in Asymptomatic Patients With Hypertensive Heart Disease', Jacc Cardiovascular Imaging, 9, pp. 911 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.09.027
, 2016, 'Pathophysiological effects of different risk factors for heart failure', OPEN HEART, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2015-000339
, 2016, 'Predictive Score for 30-Day Readmission or Death in Heart Failure (vol 1, pg 363, 2016)', JAMA CARDIOLOGY, 1, pp. 368 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1550
, 2015, 'Effect of Right Ventricular Pacing on Right Ventricular Mechanics and Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients with High-Grade Atrioventricular Block and Sinus Rhythm (from the Protection of Left Ventricular Function during Right Ventricular Pacing Study)', American Journal of Cardiology, 116, pp. 1875 - 1882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.09.041
, 2015, 'Functional and Anatomic Responses of the Left Atrium to Change in Estimated Left Ventricular Filling Pressure', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 28, pp. 1428 - 1433.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2015.07.028
, 2015, 'Pericardiectomy is Associated with Improvement in Longitudinal Displacement of Left Ventricular Free Wall Due to Increased Counterclockwise Septal-to-Lateral Rotational Displacement', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 28, pp. 1204 - 1213.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2015.05.011
, 2015, 'What is the evidence status of Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)? Insight from a matching exercise with the guidelines for echocardiography', Internal Medicine Journal, 45, pp. 864 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12829
, 2015, 'A risk score with additional four independent factors to predict the incidence and recovery from metabolic syndrome: Development and validation in large Japanese cohorts', Plos One, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133884
, 2015, 'Grading diastolic function by echocardiography: Hemodynamic validation of existing guidelines', Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-015-0023-6
, 2015, 'Association of left ventricular strain with 30-day mortality and readmission in patients with heart failure', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 28, pp. 652 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2015.02.007
, 2015, 'Improvement in strain concordance between two major vendors after the strain standardization initiative', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 28, pp. 642 - 648.e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.12.009
, 2015, 'Intervendor variability of two-dimensional strain using vendor-specific and vendor-independent software', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 28, pp. 630 - 641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2015.01.021
, 2015, 'Roles of nonclinical and clinical data in prediction of 30-day rehospitalization or death among heart failure patients', Journal of Cardiac Failure, 21, pp. 374 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.02.002
, 2015, 'Incremental value of left atrial structural and functional characteristics for prediction of atrial fibrillation in patients receiving cardiac pacing', Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002942
, 2015, 'Comparison of different interdialytic intervals among hemodialysis patients on their echocardiogram-based cardiovascular parameters', American Heart Journal, 169, pp. 523 - 530.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.02.003
, 2015, 'Dyssynchrony, contraction efficiency and regional function with apical and non-apical RV pacing', Heart, 101, pp. 600 - 608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306990
, 2015, 'Practical guidance in echocardiographic assessment of global longitudinal strain', Jacc Cardiovascular Imaging, 8, pp. 489 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.06.013
, 2015, 'Prediction of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus-A systematic review and meta-analysis', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 108, pp. 55 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2015.01.011
, 2015, 'Temporal changes in appropriateness of cardiac imaging', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 65, pp. 763 - 773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.11.057
, 2015, 'Clinical prediction of incident heart failure risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Open Heart, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2014-000222
, 2014, 'Global left atrial strain in the prediction of sinus rhythm maintenance after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 27, pp. 1184 - 1192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.08.017
, 2014, 'Validation of global longitudinal strain and strain rate as reliable markers of right ventricular dysfunction: Comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance and outcome', Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 22, pp. 113 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.3.113
, 2014, 'Relation between echocardiographically estimated and invasively measured filling pressures in constrictive pericarditis', American Journal of Cardiology, 113, pp. 1911 - 1916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.03.022
, 2014, 'Use of speckle strain to assess left ventricular responses to cardiotoxic chemotherapy and cardioprotection', European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 15, pp. 324 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jet159
, 2014, 'Left atrial strain provides incremental value for embolism risk stratification over CHA2DS2-VASc score and indicates prognostic impact in patients with atrial fibrillation', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 27, pp. 709 - 7e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.03.010
, 2014, 'Prolonged vortex formation during the ejection period in the left ventricle with low ejection fraction: A study by vector flow mapping', Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, 41, pp. 301 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10396-014-0530-3
, 2013, 'Echocardiographic predictors of reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy and subsequent events', Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, 6, pp. 864 - 872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.000026
, 2013, 'Prognostic value of la volumes assessed by transthoracic 3d echocardiography: Comparison with 2d echocardiography', Jacc Cardiovascular Imaging, 6, pp. 1025 - 1035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.08.002
, 2013, 'Appropriate test selection for single-photon emission computed tomography imaging: Association with clinical risk, posttest management, and outcomes', American Heart Journal, 166, pp. 581 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.06.003
, 2013, 'Incremental diagnostic value of la strain with leg lifts in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction', Jacc Cardiovascular Imaging, 6, pp. 749 - 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.04.006
, 2013, 'Multiple papillary fibroelastomas of the aortic valve detected by real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic images', Journal of Cardiology Cases, 8, pp. e9 - e12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2013.02.014
, 2013, 'Independent and incremental value of deformation indices for prediction of trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 26, pp. 493 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2013.02.008
, 2013, 'Impact of repeat myocardial revascularization on outcome in patients with silent ischemia after previous revascularization', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 61, pp. 1616 - 1623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.043
, 2013, 'Relation of heart-rate recovery to new onset heart failure and atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus and preserved ejection fraction', American Journal of Cardiology, 111, pp. 748 - 753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.11.028
, 2013, 'What is the Primary Source of Discordance in Strain Measurement Between Vendors: Imaging or Analysis?', Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 39, pp. 714 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.11.021
, 2012, 'Normal values of real-time 3-dimensional echocardiographic parameters in a healthy Japanese population: The JAMP-3D study', Circulation Journal, 76, pp. 1177 - 1181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1256
, 2012, 'Role of temporal resolution in selection of the appropriate strain technique for evaluation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction', Echocardiography, 29, pp. 334 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01586.x
, 2011, 'Gender differences in age-related changes in left and right ventricular geometries and functions: Echocardiography of a healthy subject group', Circulation Journal, 75, pp. 2840 - 2846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0364
, 2011, 'Detection of prolonged regional myocardial systolic dysfunction after exercise-induced myocardial ischemia by strain echocardiography with high frame rate tissue Doppler echocardiography', Journal of Echocardiography, 9, pp. 90 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12574-011-0082-0
, 2011, 'Serum syndecan-4 is a novel biomarker for patients with chronic heart failure', Journal of Cardiology, 57, pp. 325 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.01.012
, 2011, 'Comparison of Longitudinal Strain by Speckle Tracking of Polar vs DICOM Images', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 20, pp. 385 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.03.034
, 2010, 'Association between fibroblast growth factor 23 and left ventricular hypertrophy in maintenance hemodialysis patients - Comparison with B-type natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin T', Circulation Journal, 74, pp. 2734 - 2740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0355
, 2010, 'The seabed-like appearance of atherosclerotic plaques: Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic images of the aortic arch causing cholesterol crystal emboli', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 23, pp. 1222 - 1222.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.003
, 2009, 'Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Mycotic Aneurysm of a Coronary Artery With a Perforated Mitral Valvular Aneurysm', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 22, pp. 542 - 542.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2009.01.020