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Masatsugu Hori

Masatsugu Hori

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Medicine
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
152
Citations
86969
World Ranking
1078
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masatsugu Hori is an academic affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, specializing in the field of Medicine. Their research primarily focuses on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Internal Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics within cardiovascular research, including:

  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics

Masatsugu Hori's recent publications reflect their interest in cardiovascular therapies and clinical outcomes. Selected papers include:

  • "Role of Combination Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease" (2020) published in Circulation
  • "Skeletonized vs Pedicled Internal Mammary Artery Graft Harvesting in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery" (2021) published in JAMA Cardiology
  • "Prognostic significance of intra-aortic balloon pumping support in patients with acute myocardial infarction and veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy" (2021) published in Journal of Cardiology
  • "Long-Term Treatment with the Combination of Rivaroxaban and Aspirin in Patients with Chronic Coronary or Peripheral Artery Disease: Outcomes During the Open Label Extension of the COMPASS trial" (2022) published in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
  • "Rivaroxaban and aspirin vs. aspirin alone in Asian compared with non-Asian patients with chronic coronary artery disease or peripheral arterial disease: the COMPASS trial" (2022) published in European Heart Journal

The venues where Masatsugu Hori frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
  • Circulation Reports
  • Circulation
  • JAMA Cardiology
  • Journal of Cardiology

The scientist has collaborated extensively, with frequent coauthors including Hirota Kida, Shungo Hikoso, Daisaku Nakatani, Katsuki Okada, and Tetsuhisa Kitamura. Each of these collaborators has coauthored multiple publications with Masatsugu Hori.

Best Publications

  • Rivaroxaban with or without Aspirin in Stable Cardiovascular Disease

    John W. Eikelboom;Stuart J. Connolly;Jackie Bosch;Gilles R. Dagenais

  • The role of autophagy in cardiomyocytes in the basal state and in response to hemodynamic stress.

    Atsuko Nakai;Osamu Yamaguchi;Toshihiro Takeda;Yoshiharu Higuchi

  • Clinical Implications of the ‘No Reflow’ Phenomenon A Predictor of Complications and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Reperfused Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction

    Hiroshi Ito;Atsushi Maruyama;Katsuomi Iwakura;Shin Takiuchi

  • Vagally mediated heart rate recovery after exercise is accelerated in athletes but blunted in patients with chronic heart failure

    Katsuji Imai;Hideyuki Sato;Masatsugu Hori;Hideo Kusuoka

  • Functional SNPs in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene that are associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction.

    Kouichi Ozaki;Yozo Ohnishi;Aritoshi Iida;Akihiko Sekine

  • Beneficial effects of antioxidants in diabetes: possible protection of pancreatic beta-cells against glucose toxicity.

    Hideaki Kaneto;Yoshitaka Kajimoto;Jun-ichiro Miyagawa;Taka-aki Matsuoka

  • 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

  • Delayed effects of sublethal ischemia on the acquisition of tolerance to ischemia.

    T Kuzuya;S Hoshida;N Yamashita;H Fuji

  • Direct Association of the Gap Junction Protein Connexin-43 with ZO-1 in Cardiac Myocytes

    Toshihiko Toyofuku;Masanori Yabuki;Kinya Otsu;Tsunehiko Kuzuya

  • 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

  • Identification of a novel non-coding RNA, MIAT, that confers risk of myocardial infarction

    Nobuaki Ishii;Kouichi Ozaki;Hiroshi Sato;Hiroya Mizuno

  • Rivaroxaban vs. warfarin in Japanese patients with atrial fibrillation – the J-ROCKET AF study –.

    Masatsugu Hori;Masayasu Matsumoto;Norio Tanahashi;Shin-ichi Momomura

  • Involvement of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

    Yoshihisa Nakatani;Hideaki Kaneto;Dan Kawamori;Kazutomi Yoshiuchi

  • Oxidative stress and left ventricular remodelling after myocardial infarction

    Masatsugu Hori;Kazuhiko Nishida

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

    Koichi Node;Masashi Fujita;Masafumi Kitakaze;Masatsugu Hori

  • Myocardial Perfusion Patterns Related to Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Perfusion Grades After Coronary Angioplasty in Patients With Acute Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction

    Hiroshi Ito;Atsunori Okamura;Katsuomi Iwakura;Tohru Masuyama

  • Inhibition of autophagy in the heart induces age-related cardiomyopathy.

    Manabu Taneike;Osamu Yamaguchi;Atsuko Nakai;Shungo Hikoso

  • Association between hyperglycemia and the no-reflow phenomenon inpatients with acute myocardial infarction

    Katsuomi Iwakura;Hiroshi Ito;Masashi Ikushima;Shigeo Kawano

  • Exercise Provides Direct Biphasic Cardioprotection via Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Activation

    Nobushige Yamashita;Shiro Hoshida;Kinya Otsu;Michio Asahi

  • Intravenous nicorandil can preserve microvascular integrity and myocardial viability in patients with reperfused anterior wall myocardial infarction.

    Hiroshi Ito;Yoshiaki Taniyama;Katsuomi Iwakura;Nagahiro Nishikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Masafumi Kitakaze
Masafumi Kitakaze Southern Medical University
Takenobu Kamada
Takenobu Kamada Osaka University
Kinya Otsu
Kinya Otsu King's College London
Yoshimitsu Yamasaki
Yoshimitsu Yamasaki Osaka University
Masayasu Matsumoto
Masayasu Matsumoto Hiroshima University
Enyu Imai
Enyu Imai Nagoya University
Norio Hayashi
Norio Hayashi Osaka University
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe Nagoya University
Hitonobu Tomoike
Hitonobu Tomoike National Cardiovascular Research Center

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