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    Effects of switching from clopidogrel to prasugrel at the chronic phase after coronary stenting on antiplatelet action and vascular endothelial function: Switch-Pras study

    Compared to clopidogrel, prasugrel has a lower incidence of ischemic events following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) because of an early reduction during the acute phase in P2Y12 reaction units (PRU)...

    Taiki Masuyama, Masashi Sakuma, Ryutaro Waku, Suguru Hirose in Heart and Vessels (2021)

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    Add-on ezetimibe treatment to low-dose statins vs medium-intensity statin monotherapy in coronary artery disease patients with poorly controlled dyslipidemia

    Although ezetimibe has potential value as an add-on therapy to statins, it is not established whether the addition of ezetimibe to statin therapy is more effective than double-dose statin monotherapy. We condu...

    Masashi Sakuma, Shigeru Toyoda, Ryouta Hashimoto, Hiroko Yazawa in Hypertension Research (2019)

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    Comparison of echocardiographic parameters to assess right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension

    Although measurement of right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) may be relevant for evaluation of therapeutic efficacy and/or prognosis in patients with pulmonary hypertension, RVEF obtained by echocardiogr...

    Hirohisa Amano, Shichiro Abe, Suguru Hirose, Ryutaro Waku in Heart and Vessels (2017)