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Masafumi Kitakaze is affiliated with Southern Medical University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in medicine, with a strong focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans multiple intersecting subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, surgery, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Kitakaze encompass cardiovascular function and risk factors, heart failure treatment and management, and diabetes treatment and management. Additional topics include pancreatic function and diabetes, cardiovascular effects of exercise, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, and diabetes management and research.

Kitakaze's publication record includes a selection of recent papers notable for their focus on heart failure and related therapies. These include:

  • Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Dapagliflozin on Worsening Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Heart Failure With and Without Diabetes, 2020, JAMA
  • Efficacy of Dapagliflozin on Renal Function and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2020, Circulation
  • Baseline Characteristics of Patients With HF With Mildly Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2022, JACC Heart Failure
  • Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin According to Frailty in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2022, Annals of Internal Medicine

Frequent coauthors in Kitakaze's work include Shin Ito, Scott D. Solomon, John J.V. McMurray, Felipe A. Martínez, and Pardeep S. Jhund. This indicates a collaborative network with other researchers specializing in cardiovascular medicine and related clinical trials.

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect a focus on cardiovascular and clinical research. Notable journals where Kitakaze has published multiple papers include Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, Circulation, JACC Asia, Scientific Reports, and European Heart Journal.

Best Publications

  • Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

    John J.V. McMurray;Scott D. Solomon;Silvio E. Inzucchi;Lars Køber

  • Cardiac hypertrophy is inhibited by antagonism of ADAM12 processing of HB-EGF: Metalloproteinase inhibitors as a new therapy

    Masanori Asakura;Masafumi Kitakaze;Seiji Takashima;Yulin Liao

  • Identification of RNF213 as a Susceptibility Gene for Moyamoya Disease and Its Possible Role in Vascular Development

    Wanyang Liu;Daisuke Morito;Seiji Takashima;Yohei Mineharu

  • Effects of ghrelin administration on left ventricular function, exercise capacity, and muscle wasting in patients with chronic heart failure.

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Junji Moriya;Yoshio Yasumura;Masaaki Uematsu

  • Prolonged Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Hypertrophic and Failing Heart After Aortic Constriction Possible Contribution of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress to Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis

    Ken-ichiro Okada;Tetsuo Minamino;Yoshitane Tsukamoto;Yulin Liao

  • Statins as antioxidant therapy for preventing cardiac myocyte hypertrophy

    Masao Takemoto;Koichi Node;Hironori Nakagami;Yulin Liao

  • ER stress in cardiovascular disease.

    Tetsuo Minamino;Masafumi Kitakaze

  • Short-term statin therapy improves cardiac function and symptoms in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Koichi Node;Masashi Fujita;Masafumi Kitakaze;Masatsugu Hori

  • Human atrial natriuretic peptide and nicorandil as adjuncts to reperfusion treatment for acute myocardial infarction (J-WIND): two randomised trials

    Masafumi Kitakaze;Masanori Asakura;Jiyoong Kim;Yasunori Shintani

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress As a Therapeutic Target in Cardiovascular Disease

    Tetsuo Minamino;Issei Komuro;Masafumi Kitakaze

  • JCS 2017/JHFS 2017 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure ― Digest Version ―

    Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Mitsuaki Isobe;Hiroshi Ito;Ken Okumura

  • Increased Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Atherosclerotic Plaques Associated With Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Masafumi Myoishi;Hiroyuki Hao;Tetsuo Minamino;Kouki Watanabe

  • Targeting of both mouse neuropilin-1 and neuropilin-2 genes severely impairs developmental yolk sac and embryonic angiogenesis

    Seiji Takashima;Masafumi Kitakaze;Masanori Asakura;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Pathophysiology of myocardial reperfusion injury: preconditioning, postconditioning, and translational aspects of protective measures

    Shoji Sanada;Issei Komuro;Masafumi Kitakaze

  • Effect of dapagliflozin on worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death in patients with heart failure with and without diabetes

    Mark C Petrie;Subodh Verma;Kieran F Docherty;Silvio E Inzucchi

  • Evidence for Preconditioning by Isoflurane in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

    Denis Belhomme;Jacqueline Peynet;Moez Louzy;Jean-Marie Launay

  • Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor and ErbB signaling is essential for heart function

    Ryo Iwamoto;Satoru Yamazaki;Masanori Asakura;Seiji Takashima

  • A trial to evaluate the effect of the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor dapagliflozin on morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (DAPA-HF).

    John J V McMurray;David L DeMets;Silvio E Inzucchi;Lars Køber

  • Plaque gruel of atheromatous coronary lesion may contribute to the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute coronary syndrome

    Jun-ichi Kotani;Shinsuke Nanto;Gary S. Mintz;Masafumi Kitakaze

  • Failure to prevent progressive dilation of ascending aorta by aortic valve replacement in patients with bicuspid aortic valve: comparison with tricuspid aortic valve.

    Hisayo Yasuda;Satoshi Nakatani;Marie Stugaard;Yuko Tsujita-Kuroda

Frequent Co-Authors

Masatsugu Hori
Masatsugu Hori Osaka University
Hitonobu Tomoike
Hitonobu Tomoike National Cardiovascular Research Center
Masakazu Yamagishi
Masakazu Yamagishi Osaka University of Human Sciences
Takenobu Kamada
Takenobu Kamada Osaka University
Shiro Kamakura
Shiro Kamakura National Cardiovascular Research Center
Soichiro Kitamura
Soichiro Kitamura National Archives and Records Administration
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo
Naoki Mochizuki
Naoki Mochizuki National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Shogo Ozawa
Shogo Ozawa Iwate Medical University
Jun-ichi Sawada
Jun-ichi Sawada University of Shizuoka

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