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, 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, 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
, 2008, 'Normal values of echocardiographic parameters in relation to age in a healthy Japanese population - The JAMP study', Circulation Journal, 72, pp. 1859 - 1866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0171
, 2008, 'Arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid supplementation increases coronary flow velocity reserve in Japanese elderly individuals', Heart, 94, pp. 316 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2006.113159
, 2006, 'Estimation of myocardial ischemia by diastolic strain analysis in exercise stress echocardiography: Comparison with exercise thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography', Journal of Cardiology, 47, pp. 165 - 172
, 2005, 'Comparison of accurate measurement of left ventricular mass in patients with hypertrophied hearts by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography versus magnetic resonance imaging', American Journal of Cardiology, 95, pp. 1263 - 1267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.065
, 2005, 'Supplement nephropathy due to long-term, high-dose ingestion of ascorbic acid, calcium lactate, vitamin D and laxatives', CLINICAL NEPHROLOGY, 64, pp. 236 - 240
, 2004, 'DNA methylation analysis: speedup of bisulfite-mediated deamination of cytosine in the genomic sequencing procedure', Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, 80, pp. 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.80.189
, 1997, '[Treatment of hypertension associated with diabetes mellitus].', Clinical journal of Japan, 55 Suppl, pp. 769 - 775