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    Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with better endothelial function: a cross sectional study

    Moderate alcohol consumption is protective against coronary artery disease. Endothelial dysfunction contributes to atherosclerosis and the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. The effects of alcohol consump...

    Keiko Suzuki, Mitchell SV Elkind, Bernadette Boden-Albala in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2009)

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    Three-dimensional echocardiography findings of biventricular thrombi complicated by cerebral embolism

    Toru Egashira, Mitsushige Murata, Risako Yasuda in Journal of Echocardiography (2011)

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    Characterisation of non-calcified coronary plaque by 16-slice multidetector computed tomography: comparison with histopathological specimens obtained by directional coronary atherectomy

    The efficacy of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for assessing coronary plaque composition has not been fully elucidated by comparison with histological findings. This study investigated the efficacy a...

    Shigeki Kimura, Taishi Yonetsu, Keiko Suzuki in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2012)

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    Löeffler endocarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy with biventricular apical thrombi

    Mitsushige Murata, Risako Yasuda, Hanako Tokuda in Journal of Echocardiography (2014)

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    Acute onset of mediastinal cystic lymphangioma in the puerperium

    Lymphangioma is a benign congenital malformation develo** from the prenatal lymphatic vessels. Lymphangiomas are typically slow-growing and asymptomatic, but can occur throughout the body; there are few docu...

    Masami Kuramochi, Satoshi Ikeda in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2015)

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    Radiation therapy for recurrent cardiac undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma after three operations

    We report the case of a 57-year-old female suffering from recurrent malignant undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the left atrium. Metastasis to the posterior mediastinum was detected upon first presentati...

    Kazunobu Hirooka, Masahiro Oonuki in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2018)

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    Possible involvement of Syndecan-1 in the state of COVID-19 related to endothelial injury

    The coronavirus infection 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with microvascular endothelial injury. Here, we report that syndecan-1, a component of endothelial glycocalyx, may reflect the disease state of COVID-19 ...

    Keiko Suzuki, Hideshi Okada, Hiroyuki Tomita, Kazuyuki Sumi in Thrombosis Journal (2021)