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21311
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19964
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638

Masakazu Yamagishi publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masakazu Yamagishi sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 720 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Masakazu Yamagishi D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masakazu Yamagishi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Masakazu Yamagishi is affiliated with Osaka University of Human Sciences in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including surgery, molecular biology, cancer research, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their work prominently addresses topics related to lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, cancer in relation to lipids and metabolism, as well as ion channel regulation and function.

Below are some key recent papers authored or co-authored by Masakazu Yamagishi:

  • JCS 2018 Guideline on Diagnosis of Chronic Coronary Heart Diseases, 2021, Circulation Journal
  • Effect of Cumulative Exposure to Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia, 2021, Circulation Journal
  • Fasting and Non-Fasting Triglycerides and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Patients Under Statin Therapy, 2020, Circulation Journal
  • Prognostic impact of cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia on cardiovascular events, 2021, Journal of clinical lipidology
  • Impact of functional studies on exome sequence variant interpretation in early-onset cardiac conduction system diseases, 2020, Cardiovascular Research

Masakazu Yamagishi frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Masayuki Takamura
  • Masa-aki Kawashiri
  • Hayato Tada
  • Kenshi Hayashi
  • Kenji Sakata

The most common venues for publishing Yamagishi's research include:

  • Circulation Journal
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal
  • Heart and Vessels
  • Journal of clinical lipidology

Yamagishi's research portfolio consists of 42 publications categorized under medicine, with 27 specifically in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their broader scientific inquiries extend to surgery (9 publications), molecular biology (5 publications), cancer research (3 publications), and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging (2 publications).

Best Publications

  • Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improves Cardiac Function in a Rat Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Kenji Kangawa;Takefumi Itoh;Takashi Iwase

  • Hemodynamic and hormonal effects of human ghrelin in healthy volunteers

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Masayasu Kojima;Masaaki Uematsu;Masakazu Yamagishi

  • New method for evaluating left ventricular wall motion by color-coded tissue Doppler imaging : in vitro and in vivo studies

    Kunio Miyatake;Masakazu Yamagishi;Norio Tanaka;Masaaki Uematsu

  • Intravenous administration of mesenchymal stem cells improves cardiac function in rats with acute myocardial infarction through angiogenesis and myogenesis.

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Takafumi Fujii;Takashi Iwase;Hajime Ohgushi

  • Elevated Circulating Level of Ghrelin in Cachexia Associated With Chronic Heart Failure Relationships Between Ghrelin and Anabolic/Catabolic Factors

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Masaaki Uematsu;Masayasu Kojima;Yukari Date

  • Morphology of vulnerable coronary plaque: insights from follow-up of patients examined by intravascular ultrasound before an acute coronary syndrome.

    Masakazu Yamagishi;Mitsuyasu Terashima;Kojiro Awano;Mikihiro Kijima

  • 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

  • Myocardial velocity gradient as a new indicator of regional left ventricular contraction: Detection by a two-dimensional tissue doppler imaging technique

    Masaaki Uematsu;Kunio Miyatake;Norio Tanaka;Hisao Matsuda

  • Effect of Intensive Statin Therapy on Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome : A Multicenter Randomized Trial Evaluated by Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Using Pitavastatin Versus Atorvastatin (JAPAN-ACS [Japan Assessment of Pitavastatin and Atorvastatin in Acute Coronary Syndrome] Study)

    Takafumi Hiro;Takeshi Kimura;Takeshi Morimoto;Katsumi Miyauchi

  • Serum Uric Acid Levels Correlate with the Severity and the Mortality of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Masaaki Uematsu;Toru Satoh;Shingo Kyotani

  • 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

  • Prevention of left ventricular remodeling by long-term corticosteroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

    Chiung-Zuan Chiu;Satoshi Nakatani;Guican Zhang;Teruo Tachibana

  • Short-term oral administration of L-arginine improves hemodynamics and exercise capacity in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension.

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Masaaki Uematsu;Hideo Oya;Nagato Sato

  • Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Vasospastic Angina (Coronary Spastic Angina) (JCS 2008) : Digest Version

    Hisao Ogawa;Takashi Akasaka;Ryuichi Hattori;Seinosuke Kawashima

  • Acute hyperglycemia is associated with adverse outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the coronary intervention era

    Masaharu Ishihara;Sunao Kojima;Tomohiro Sakamoto;Yujiro Asada

  • Effect of rosuvastatin on coronary atheroma in stable coronary artery disease: multicenter coronary atherosclerosis study measuring effects of rosuvastatin using intravascular ultrasound in Japanese subjects (COSMOS).

    Tadateru Takayama;Takafumi Hiro;Masakazu Yamagishi;Hiroyuki Daida

  • Intravascular ultrasound detection of atherosclerosis at the site of focal vasospasm in angiographically normal or minimally narrowed coronary segments.

    Masakazu Yamagishi;Kunio Miyatake;Jun Tamai;Satoshi Nakatani

  • Prognostic Usefulness of Serum Uric Acid After Acute Myocardial Infarction (The Japanese Acute Coronary Syndrome Study)

    Sunao Kojima;Tomohiro Sakamoto;Masaharu Ishihara;Kazuo Kimura

  • Reassessment of the cutoff values of waist circumference and visceral fat area for identifying Japanese subjects at risk for the metabolic syndrome.

    Rie Oka;Junji Kobayashi;Kunimasa Yagi;Hideji Tanii

  • Fragile left atrial thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulants.

    C Ogata;S Nakatani;M Yamagishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masafumi Kitakaze
Masafumi Kitakaze Southern Medical University
Jun Takeya
Jun Takeya University of Tokyo
Noritoshi Nagaya
Noritoshi Nagaya National Archives and Records Administration
Masunori Matsuzaki
Masunori Matsuzaki Yamaguchi University
Takeshi Kimura
Takeshi Kimura Kyoto University
Hisao Ogawa
Hisao Ogawa Kumamoto University
Minoru Horie
Minoru Horie Shiga University of Medical Science
Haruhiro Higashida
Haruhiro Higashida Kanazawa University
Shiro Kamakura
Shiro Kamakura National Cardiovascular Research Center
Susumu Miyamoto
Susumu Miyamoto Kyoto University

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