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Jitsuo Higaki

Jitsuo Higaki

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
22702
World Ranking
17572
National Ranking
558

Overview

Jitsuo Higaki is affiliated with Ehime University in Japan and contributes primarily to the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Higaki's work addresses key topics such as:

  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

The scientist has published in various reputable journals, with frequent contributions to these venues:

  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Hypertension Research
  • European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • JACC Advances

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Higaki include:

  • Predictive Value of the Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index for Cardiovascular Events in Patients at Cardiovascular Risk, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Intensive or standard blood pressure control in patients with a history of ischemic stroke: RESPECT post hoc analysis, 2022, Hypertension Research
  • Impact of bleeding on mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock, 2021, European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care
  • Diagnostic accuracy of stress myocardial computed tomography perfusion imaging to detect myocardial ischemia: a comparison with coronary flow velocity reserve derived from transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, 2020, Journal of Cardiology
  • CAVI IS A SIGNIFICANT INDICATOR IN PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, 2025, Journal of Hypertension

Higaki collaborates frequently with several researchers in the cardiovascular field, including:

  • Takafumi Okura
  • Toru Miyoshi
  • Shigeo Horinaka
  • Shigeo Yamamura
  • Kazuyuki Shimada

Best Publications

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2009)

    Toshio Ogihara;Kenjiro Kikuchi;Hiroaki Matsuoka;Toshiro Fujita

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension (JSH 2014)

    Kazuaki Shimamoto;Katsuyuki Ando;Toshiro Fujita;Naoyuki Hasebe

  • In vivo transfection of cis element "decoy" against nuclear factor-kappaB binding site prevents myocardial infarction.

    Ryuichi Morishita;Toshiko Sugimoto;Motokuni Aoki;Iwao Kida

  • Erratum: The Japanese Society of hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension (Hypertension Research (2009) 32 (11-23) DOI: 10.1038/hr.2008.2)

    Toshio Ogihara;Kenjiro Kikuchi;Hiroaki Matsuoka;Toshiro Fujita

  • Therapeutic Angiogenesis Induced by Human Recombinant Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Rabbit Hind Limb Ischemia Model as Cytokine Supplement Therapy

    Ryuichi Morishita;Shigefumi Nakamura;Shin-ichiro Hayashi;Yoshiaki Taniyama

  • Angiogenesis induced by hepatocyte growth factor in non-infarcted myocardium and infarcted myocardium: up-regulation of essential transcription factor for angiogenesis, ets.

    M Aoki;R Morishita;Y Taniyama;I Kida

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension Committee for Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension

    Toshio Ogihara;Kenjiro Kikuchi;Toshiro Fujita;Jitsuo Higaki

  • Deletion Allele of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Gene Increases Risk of Essential Hypertension in Japanese Men The Suita Study

    Jitsuo Higaki;Shunroku Baba;Tomohiro Katsuya;Noriyuki Sato

  • Upregulation of renin-angiotensin system during differentiation of monocytes to macrophages.

    Atsunori Okamura;Hiromi Rakugi;Mitsuru Ohishi;Yoshihiro Yanagitani

  • Hepatocyte growth factor is a novel member of the endothelium-specific growth factors: additive stimulatory effect of hepatocyte growth factor with basic fibroblast growth factor but not with vascular endothelial growth factor.

    Y. Nakamura;R. Morishita;J. Higaki;I. Kida

  • Hypoxia-Induced Endothelial Apoptosis Through Nuclear Factor-κB (NF-κB)–Mediated bcl-2 Suppression In Vivo Evidence of the Importance of NF-κB in Endothelial Cell Regulation

    Hidetsugu Matsushita;Ryuichi Morishita;Toshie Nata;Motokuni Aoki

  • Rationale, study design and implementation of the COLM study: the combination of OLMesartan and calcium channel blocker or diuretic in high-risk elderly hypertensive patients

    Toshio Ogihara;Takao Saruta;Hiromi Rakugi;Kazuaki Shimamoto

  • Impaired endothelial function with essential hypertension assessed by ultrasonography.

    Kaeko Iiyama;Masahiro Nagano;Yoshikage Yo;Noriko Nagano

  • Endothelin inhibits renin release from isolated rat glomeruli

    Hiromi Rakugi;Mitsuaki Nakamaru;Hiroshi Saito;Jitsuo Higaki

  • Clinical significance of global two-dimensional strain as a surrogate parameter of myocardial fibrosis and cardiac events in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Makoto Saito;Hideki Okayama;Toyofumi Yoshii;Haruhiko Higashi

  • Relationship between Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Essential Hypertension

    Takafumi Okura;Sanae Watanabe;Mie Kurata;Seiko Manabe

  • A potent genetic risk factor for restenosis

    Mitsuru Ohishi;Kenshi Fujii;Takazo Minamino;Jitsuo Higaki

  • Expression of Local Hepatocyte Growth Factor System in Vascular Tissues

    Y. Nakamura;R. Morishita;J. Higaki;I. Kida

  • C-reactive protein induces apoptosis in human coronary vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Florian Blaschke;Dennis Bruemmer;Fen Yin;Yasunori Takata

  • A vascular modulator, hepatocyte growth factor, is associated with systolic pressure

    Yoshio Nakamura;Ryuichi Morishita;Shigefumi Nakamura;Motokuni Aoki

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomohiro Katsuya
Tomohiro Katsuya Osaka University
Masatsugu Horiuchi
Masatsugu Horiuchi Ehime University
Hiromi Rakugi
Hiromi Rakugi Osaka University
Yutaka Imai
Yutaka Imai Tohoku University
Toshio Ogihara
Toshio Ogihara Osaka University
Sadayoshi Ito
Sadayoshi Ito Tohoku University
Takayoshi Ohkubo
Takayoshi Ohkubo Teikyo University
Kazuaki Shimamoto
Kazuaki Shimamoto Sapporo Medical University
Ichiro Tsuji
Ichiro Tsuji Tohoku University
Masunori Matsuzaki
Masunori Matsuzaki Yamaguchi University

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