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    Cricopharyngeal muscle origin transection for oropharyngeal dysphagia, a novel surgical technique

    Cricopharyngeal myotomy improves pharyngeal dysphagia by resecting the cricopharyngeal muscle.

    Hideaki Kanazawa, Ichiro Fujishima in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2023)

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    Cough-Inducing Method Using a Tartaric Acid Nebulizer for Patients with Silent Aspiration

    The tartaric acid nebulizer is a well-known cough test to evaluate cough function. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a cough-inducing method using tartaric acid (CiTA). Patients with dysphagia ...

    Tomohisa Ohno, Naomi Tanaka, Mariko Fujimori, Keishi Okamoto, Satoe Hagiwara in Dysphagia (2022)

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    Clinical Application of iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure

    Restoration of damaged cardiac tissues via supplementation with functional cardiomyocytes is an ideal medical treatment for advanced heart failure. Because human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can the...

    Jun Fujita, Shugo Tohyama, Hideaki Kanazawa in Advanced Technologies in Cardiovascular Bi… (2022)

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    Appropriate device selection for transcatheter atrial septal defect closure using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

    Detail morphological evaluation for ASD is essential to achieve successful transcatheter closure. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3D-TEE) is emerging, but few studies have comprehensively v...

    Hiroki Kitakata, Yuji Itabashi in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2021)

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    Cryoinjury-induced acute myocardial infarction model and ameroid constrictor-induced ischemic heart disease model in adult micro-mini pigs for preclinical studies

    Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are the most commonly occurring disorders in the developed countries. Development of new therapeutics and their success in clinical studies require confirmation of therapeutic ef...

    Akinori Hirano, Jun Fujita, Hideaki Kanazawa in Translational Medicine Communications (2017)

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    Road to Heart Regeneration with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Restoration of cardiac function is the most desirable treatment of severe heart failure. However, effective regenerative therapy for the lost cardiomyocytes is currently an unmet medical need. Induced pluripot...

    Jun Fujita, Shugo Tohyama, Kazuaki Nakajima in Liver, Lung and Heart Regeneration (2017)

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    Prognostic implications of optimal medical therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome in octogenarians

    The proportion of elderly acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients who receive optimal medical therapy (OMT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and whether OMT affects their long-term outcomes remain...

    Atsushi Anzai, Yuichiro Maekawa, Masaki Kodaira, Satoshi Mogi in Heart and Vessels (2015)

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    Intracardiac echocardiography for percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects: initial experiences in Japan

    Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) has been widely performed as a less invasive alternative to surgery with zero mortality so far in Japan. In the US and Europe, intracardiac echocard...

    Sayaka Shimizu, Akio Kawamura, Takahide Arai in Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeuti… (2013)

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    Sema3a maintains normal heart rhythm through sympathetic innervation patterning

    Sympathetic innervation is critical for effective cardiac function. However, the developmental and regulatory mechanisms determining the density and patterning of cardiac sympathetic innervation remain unclear...

    Masaki Ieda, Hideaki Kanazawa, Kensuke Kimura, Fumiyuki Hattori in Nature Medicine (2007)