Molecular genetic characterization of SMAD signaling molecules in pulmonary arterial hypertension

MT Nasim, T Ogo, M Ahmed, R Randall… - Human …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Heterozygous germline mutations of BMPR2 contribute to familial clustering of pulmonary
arterial hypertension (PAH). To further explore the genetic basis of PAH in isolated cases …

Relationship between arrhythmogenesis and disease activity in cardiac sarcoidosis

K Banba, KF Kusano, K Nakamura, H Morita, A Ogawa… - Heart rhythm, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In patients with cardiac sarcoidosis, ventricular arrhythmias and/or
conduction disturbances are frequently observed and sometimes fatal. However, few reports …

The importance of specialist cardiac histopathological examination in the investigation of young sudden cardiac deaths

SV de Noronha, ER Behr, M Papadakis, K Ohta-Ogo… - Europace, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Post-mortem examination of the heart in young sudden cardiac death (SCD) is vital as
the underlying aetiology is often an inherited cardiac disease with implications for surviving …

Significance and value of endomyocardial biopsy based on our own experience

H Ishibashi-Ueda, T Matsuyama, K Ohta-Ogo… - Circulation …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) has been established in parallel with the development of
percutaneous catheter technology for the diagnosis of cardiac diseases. It was developed in …

Clinical impact of the presence of macrophages in endomyocardial biopsies of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

T Nakayama, Y Sugano, T Yokokawa… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common cardiomyopathy and
causes left ventricular enlargement and contractile dysfunction, with a poor prognosis. The …

JCS 2023 Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis

T Nagai, T Inomata, T Kohno, T Sato, A Tada… - Circulation …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In 2009, the “Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis (JCS 2009)” were issued
by the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS). 1 Although this guideline has been widely used …

Decreased myocardial dendritic cells is associated with impaired reparative fibrosis and development of cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction in humans

T Nagai, S Honda, Y Sugano… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Dendritic cells (DC) play pivotal roles in regulating the immune system and
inflammatory response. We previously reported DC infiltration in the infarcted heart and its …

Significance of myocardial tenascin‐C expression in left ventricular remodelling and long‐term outcome in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

T Yokokawa, Y Sugano, T Nakayama… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has a variety of causes, and no useful approach to
predict left ventricular (LV) remodelling and long‐term outcome has yet been established …

Different sizes of centrilobular ground-glass opacities in chest high-resolution computed tomography of patients with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and patients …

A Miura, S Akagi, K Nakamura, K Ohta-Ogo… - Cardiovascular …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Centrilobular ground-glass opacity (GGO) is one of the characteristic findings in
chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of patients with pulmonary veno …

Late gadolinium enhancement in cardiac amyloidosis: attributable both to interstitial amyloid deposition and subendocardial fibrosis caused by ischemia

H Hashimura, H Ishibashi-Ueda, Y Yonemoto… - Heart and vessels, 2016 - Springer
Gadolinium contrast agents used for late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) distribute in the
extracellular space. Global diffuse myocardial LGE pronounced in the subendocardial layers …