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Kenji Sunagawa

Kenji Sunagawa

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Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
27385
World Ranking
14124
National Ranking
427

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to cardiovascular mechanics, baroreflex dynamics, and bionic cardiology applications

Overview

Kenji Sunagawa is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan, where their research focuses primarily on medicine with a specialization in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans several subfields including biomedical engineering, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and emergency medicine.

The scientific contributions of Kenji Sunagawa include extensive research on topics such as cardiovascular function and risk factors, mechanical circulatory support devices, heart rate variability and autonomic control, hemodynamic monitoring and therapy, heart failure treatment and management, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, and cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

They have collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Keita Saku
  • Takuya Nishikawa
  • Daniel Burkhoff
  • Yasuyuki Kataoka
  • Joe Alexander

Kenji Sunagawa has published in several prominent journals across their field, with frequent contributions in the following venues:

  • Circulation Heart Failure
  • Physiology
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Aging Cell
  • International Journal of Cardiology

Their recent papers cover various aspects of cardiovascular medicine and are listed as follows:

  • "Obesity, venous capacitance, and venous compliance in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction" (2021) published in European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "Venous Tone and Stressed Blood Volume in Heart Failure" (2022) published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Splanchnic Nerve Block Mediated Changes in Stressed Blood Volume in Heart Failure" (2021) published in JACC Heart Failure
  • "Effective Arterial Elastance in the Pulmonary Arterial Circulation" (2020) published in Circulation Heart Failure
  • "Comprehensive Physiological Modeling Provides Novel Insights Into Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Physiology" (2021) published in Journal of the American Heart Association

Kenji Sunagawa has been recognized with awards, including the IEEE Fellow distinction awarded in 2019 for contributions to cardiovascular mechanics, baroreflex dynamics, and bionic cardiology applications.

Best Publications

  • Left ventricular interaction with arterial load studied in isolated canine ventricle

    K. Sunagawa;W. L. Maughan;D. Burkhoff;K. Sagawa

  • Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy improves left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction in pigs

    Toyokazu Uwatoku;Kenta Ito;Kohtaro Abe;Keiji Oi

  • Vagal nerve stimulation markedly improves long-term survival after chronic heart failure in rats.

    Meihua Li;Can Zheng;Takayuki Sato;Toru Kawada

  • Optimal arterial resistance for the maximal stroke work studied in isolated canine left ventricle.

    K Sunagawa;W L Maughan;K Sagawa

  • Comparative influence of load versus inotropic states on indexes of ventricular contractility: experimental and theoretical analysis based on pressure-volume relationships.

    D A Kass;W L Maughan;Z M Guo;A Kono

  • Extracorporeal Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy Markedly Ameliorates Ischemia-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction in Pigs in Vivo

    Takahiro Nishida;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Keiji Oi;Hideki Tatewaki

  • Overexpression of Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A Ameliorates Mitochondrial Deficiencies and Cardiac Failure After Myocardial Infarction

    Masaki Ikeuchi;Hidenori Matsusaka;Dongchon Kang;Shouji Matsushima

  • Effect of Sodium Channel Blockers on ST Segment, QRS Duration, and Corrected QT Interval in Patients with Brugada Syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu M.D.;Charles Antzelevitch;Kazuhiro Suyama M.D.;Takashi Kurita

  • Epinephrine unmasks latent mutation carriers with LQT1 form of congenital long-QT syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu;Takashi Noda;Hiroshi Takaki;Takashi Kurita

  • Overexpression of Mitochondrial Peroxiredoxin-3 Prevents Left Ventricular Remodeling and Failure After Myocardial Infarction in Mice

    Shouji Matsushima;Tomomi Ide;Mayumi Yamato;Hidenori Matsusaka

  • SIRT1, a Longevity Gene, Downregulates Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Ryohei Miyazaki;Toshihiro Ichiki;Toru Hashimoto;Keita Inanaga

  • The use of left ventricular end-ejection pressure and peak pressure in the estimation of the end-systolic pressure-volume relationship.

    A Kono;W L Maughan;K Sunagawa;K Hamilton

  • Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy ameliorates myocardial ischemia in patients with severe coronary artery disease

    Yoshihiro Fukumoto;Akira Ito;Toyokazu Uwatoku;Tetsuya Matoba

  • Diagnostic value of epinephrine test for genotyping LQT1, LQT2, and LQT3 forms of congenital long QT syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu;Takashi Noda;Hiroshi Takaki;Noritoshi Nagaya

  • Ventricular interaction with the loading system

    Kenji Sunagawa;Kiichi Sagawa;W. Lowell Maughan

  • Effect of arterial impedance changes on the end-systolic pressure-volume relation.

    W L Maughan;K Sunagawa;D Burkhoff;K Sagawa

  • Reverse of age-dependent memory impairment and mitochondrial DNA damage in microglia by an overexpression of human mitochondrial transcription factor a in mice.

    Yoshinori Hayashi;Masayoshi Yoshida;Mayumi Yamato;Tomomi Ide

  • Estimation of the Hydromotive Source Pressure from Ejecting Beats of the Left Ventricle

    Kenji Sunagawa;Akira Yamada;Yutaka Senda;Yutaka Kikuchi

  • Blockade of NF-κB improves cardiac function and survival after myocardial infarction

    Shunichi Kawano;Toru Kubota;Yoshiya Monden;Takaki Tsutsumi

  • Bone Marrow-Derived Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Receptor CCR2 Is Critical in Angiotensin II-Induced Acceleration of Atherosclerosis and Aneurysm Formation in Hypercholesterolemic Mice

    Minako Ishibashi;Kensuke Egashira;Qingwei Zhao;Ken ichi Hiasa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Tsutsui
Hiroyuki Tsutsui Kyushu University
Kensuke Egashira
Kensuke Egashira Kyushu University
Akira Takeshita
Akira Takeshita Kyushu University
Wataru Shimizu
Wataru Shimizu Nippon Medical School
Hiroaki Shimokawa
Hiroaki Shimokawa Tohoku University
Hideo Utsumi
Hideo Utsumi Kyushu University
Shiro Kamakura
Shiro Kamakura National Cardiovascular Research Center
Noritoshi Nagaya
Noritoshi Nagaya National Archives and Records Administration
Dongchon Kang
Dongchon Kang Kyushu University
Yoshiaki Kawashima
Yoshiaki Kawashima Gifu Pharmaceutical University

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