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Hisayoshi Fujiwara is affiliated with Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with notable contributions in related subfields including molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, surgery, and physiology.

The scientist's research topics encompass acute myocardial infarction research, smoking behavior and cessation, cardiovascular health and risk factors, health promotion and cardiovascular prevention, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hisayoshi Fujiwara include:

  • In situ nuclear DNA methylation in dilated cardiomyopathy: an endomyocardial biopsy study, 2020, ESC Heart Failure
  • Modifiers of the Risk of Diabetes for Long-Term Outcomes After Coronary Revascularization, 2022, JACC Asia
  • Long-Term Follow-up Study of Hospitalizations for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Kobe-City and Other Districts Under the Hyogo Smoking Ban Legislation - A Nationwide Database Study -, 2023, Circulation Journal
  • No Significant Change in Trend of Hospitalizations for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Japan Before and After Introduction of Heated Tobacco Products, 2023, Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • Heated Tobacco Product Spread and Hospitalizations for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Japan, 2025, JAMA Network Open

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fujiwara include Michikazu Nakai, Yoshitaka Iwanaga, T. Hirano, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, and Kyohei Yamaji.

Publications appear regularly in venues such as Circulation Journal, Journal of Cardiology, ESC Heart Failure, JACC Asia, and Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy from the cardiotoxic mechanisms to management.

    Genzou Takemura;Hisayoshi Fujiwara

  • Expression of bcl-2 Protein, an Inhibitor of Apoptosis, and Bax, an Accelerator of Apoptosis, in Ventricular Myocytes of Human Hearts With Myocardial Infarction

    Jun Misao;Yukihiro Hayakawa;Michiya Ohno;Satoshi Kato

  • In Vivo Quantitative Tissue Characterization of Human Coronary Arterial Plaques by Use of Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound and Comparison With Angioscopic Findings

    Masanori Kawasaki;Hisato Takatsu;Toshiyuki Noda;Keiji Sano

  • Quantitative analysis of myocardial fibrosis in normals, hypertensive hearts, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    M. Tanaka;H. Fujiwara;T. Onodera;Der-Jinn Wu

  • Quantitative analysis of narrowings of intramyocardial small arteries in normal hearts, hypertensive hearts, and hearts with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    M Tanaka;H Fujiwara;T Onodera;D J Wu

  • Acceleration of the Healing Process and Myocardial Regeneration May Be Important as a Mechanism of Improvement of Cardiac Function and Remodeling by Postinfarction Granulocyte Colony–Stimulating Factor Treatment

    Shinya Minatoguchi;Genzou Takemura;Xue-Hai Chen;Ningyuan Wang

  • Inhibition by berberine of cyclooxygenase-2 transcriptional activity in human colon cancer cells.

    Kazunori Fukuda;Yuko Hibiya;Michihiro Mutoh;Masatoshi Koshiji

  • Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography and integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound images for tissue characterization of human coronary plaques

    Masanori Kawasaki;Brett E. Bouma;Jason Bressner;Stuart L. Houser

  • Augmented expression of atrial natriuretic polypeptide gene in ventricle of human failing heart.

    Y Saito;K Nakao;H Arai;K Nishimura

  • Volumetric quantitative analysis of tissue characteristics of coronary plaques after statin therapy using three-dimensional integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound.

    Masanori Kawasaki;Keiji Sano;Munenori Okubo;Haruko Yokoyama

  • Ventricular expression of brain natriuretic peptide in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Koji Hasegawa;Hisayoshi Fujiwara;Kiyoshi Doyama;Masami Miyamae

  • Ischemic preconditioning preserves creatine phosphate and intracellular pH.

    M Kida;H Fujiwara;M Ishida;C Kawai

  • Preventive Effect of Erythropoietin on Cardiac Dysfunction in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy

    Longhu Li;Genzou Takemura;Yiwen Li;Shusaku Miyata

  • Cardiac sympathetic denervation from the early stage of Parkinson's disease: clinical and experimental studies with radiolabeled MIBG.

    Hisato Takatsu;Hiroshi Nishida;Hitoshi Matsuo;Sachiro Watanabe

  • Postinfarction Gene Therapy Against Transforming Growth Factor-β Signal Modulates Infarct Tissue Dynamics and Attenuates Left Ventricular Remodeling and Heart Failure

    Hideshi Okada;Genzou Takemura;Ken-ichiro Kosai;Yiwen Li

  • Improved myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice lacking tumor necrosis factor-α

    Naoya Maekawa;Hisayasu Wada;Tsugiyasu Kanda;Tamikazu Niwa

  • NRSF regulates the fetal cardiac gene program and maintains normal cardiac structure and function

    Koichiro Kuwahara;Yoshihiko Saito;Makoto Takano;Yuji Arai

  • The role of autophagy emerging in postinfarction cardiac remodelling

    Hiromitsu Kanamori;Genzou Takemura;Kazuko Goto;Rumi Maruyama

  • Autophagy limits acute myocardial infarction induced by permanent coronary artery occlusion.

    Hiromitsu Kanamori;Genzou Takemura;Kazuko Goto;Rumi Maruyama

  • Assessment of Vulnerable Plaques Causing Acute Coronary Syndrome Using Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound

    Keiji Sano;Masanori Kawasaki;Yoshiyuki Ishihara;Munenori Okubo

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuichi Kawai
Chuichi Kawai Kyoto University
Toru Kita
Toru Kita Kyoto University
Takeshi Kimura
Takeshi Kimura Kyoto University
Minoru Horie
Minoru Horie Shiga University of Medical Science
Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Shigetake Sasayama
Shigetake Sasayama Kyoto University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Takeshi Morimoto
Takeshi Morimoto Kindai University
Koji Suzuki
Koji Suzuki Suzuka University of Medical Science
Tatsuya Sawamura
Tatsuya Sawamura Shinshu University

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