Accuracy of cuff-measured blood pressure: systematic reviews and meta-analyses

DS Picone, MG Schultz, P Otahal, S Aakhus… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background: Hypertension (HTN) is the single greatest cardiovascular risk factor worldwide.
HTN management is usually guided by brachial cuff blood pressure (BP), but questions …

The left atrial appendage, a small, blind-ended structure: a review of its echocardiographic evaluation and its clinical role

E Donal, H Yamada, C Leclercq, D Herpin - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of stroke and atrial fibrillation is a stimulus for new therapeutic
strategies and also warrants a review of imaging modalities of the most important source of …

Phased-array intracardiac echocardiography monitoring during pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation: impact on outcome and complications

NF Marrouche, DO Martin, O Wazni, AM Gillinov… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The objective of this study was to assess the impact of intracardiac
echocardiography (ICE) on the long-term success and complications in patients undergoing …

Clinical application of pulsed Doppler tissue imaging for assessing abnormal left ventricular relaxation

T Oki, T Tabata, H Yamada, T Wakatsuki… - The American journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Conventional assessment of left ventricular (LV) relaxation by calculating the time constant
of LV pressure decay during the isovolumic diastole requires an invasive approach …

Ventricular untwisting: a temporal link between left ventricular relaxation and suction

Y Notomi, ZB Popovic, H Yamada… - American Journal …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Left ventricular (LV) untwisting starts early during the isovolumic relaxation phase and
proceeds throughout the early filling phase, releasing elastic energy stored by the preceding …

Assessment of left ventricular torsional deformation by Doppler tissue imaging: validation study with tagged magnetic resonance imaging

Y Notomi, RM Setser, T Shiota, MG Martin-Miklovic… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Left ventricular (LV) torsional deformation is a sensitive index for LV
performance but difficult to measure. The present study tested the accuracy of a novel …

Role of left atrial appendage in left atrial reservoir function as evaluated by left atrial appendage clamping during cardiac surgery

MD Tomotsugu Tabata, MD Takashi Oki… - The American journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
We evaluated the role of left atrial appendage (LAA) in the left atrial (LA) reservoir function
by assessing the changes in LA flow dynamics after LAA clamping during cardiac surgery …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac and vascular point-of-care ultrasound: current situation, problems, and future prospects

H Yamada, H Ito, M Fujiwara - Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, 2022 - Springer
Although clinical application of ultrasound to the heart has a history of about 80 years, its big
turning point was the emergence of a portable ultrasound diagnostic machine. As a result …

A deep learning approach for assessment of regional wall motion abnormality from echocardiographic images

K Kusunose, T Abe, A Haga, D Fukuda, H Yamada… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives This study investigated whether a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN)
could provide improved detection of regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMAs) and …

Rivaroxaban, a novel oral anticoagulant, attenuates atherosclerotic plaque progression and destabilization in ApoE-deficient mice

T Hara, D Fukuda, K Tanaka, Y Higashikuni, Y Hirata… - Atherosclerosis, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Activated factor X (FXa) plays a key role in the coagulation cascade,
whereas accumulating evidence suggests that it also contributes to the pathophysiology of …