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Overview

Shunichi Homma is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has extensively contributed to the field of Medicine, with a distinct focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. The scientist's research spans several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The areas of research that Homma covers prominently involve Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Homma include:

  • Practice advisory update summary: Patent foramen ovale and secondary stroke prevention, 2020, published in Neurology
  • Deep Learning for Echo Analysis, Tracking, and Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation (DELINEATE-MR), 2024, published in Circulation
  • Identification of a tomato UDP-arabinosyltransferase for airborne volatile reception, 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • Association of arterial stiffness with left atrial structure and phasic function: a community-based cohort study, 2020, published in Journal of Hypertension
  • A spinal muscular atrophy modifier implicates the SMN protein in SNARE complex assembly at neuromuscular synapses, 2023, published in Neuron

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Homma include:

  • Yuriko Yoshida
  • Koki Nakanishi
  • Marco R. Di Tullio
  • Hiroyuki Morita
  • Issei Komuro

Homma's work is commonly published in journals such as:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Circulation
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • JAMA Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Neovascularization of ischemic myocardium by human bone-marrow–derived angioblasts prevents cardiomyocyte apoptosis, reduces remodeling and improves cardiac function

    A A Kocher;M D Schuster;M J Szabolcs;S Takuma

  • Effect of Medical Treatment in Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Study

    Shunichi Homma;Ralph L. Sacco;Marco R. Di Tullio;Robert R. Sciacca

  • Psychological distress, coping behaviors, and preferences for support among New York healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ari Shechter;Franchesca Diaz;Nathalie Moise;D. Edmund Anstey

  • Patent Foramen Ovale as a Risk Factor for Cryptogenic Stroke

    Marco Di Tullio;Ralph L. Sacco;Aasha Gopal;J. P. Mohr

  • Warfarin and Aspirin in Patients with Heart Failure and Sinus Rhythm

    Shunichi Homma;John L.P. Thompson;Patrick M. Pullicino;Bruce Levin

  • An index to identify stroke-related vs incidental patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke

    David M. Kent;Robin Ruthazer;Christian Weimar;Jean-Louis Mas

  • Patent Foramen Ovale and Stroke

    Shunichi Homma;Ralph L. Sacco

  • Patent Foramen Ovale Size and Embolic Brain Imaging Findings Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke

    Michaela M. Steiner;Michaela M. Steiner;Marco R. Di Tullio;Tanja Rundek;Robert Gan

  • Ankle-Brachial Index and Subclinical Cardiac and Carotid Disease The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Mary Mc Grae McDermott;Kiang Liu;Michael H. Criqui;Karen Ruth

  • Characteristics of patent foramen ovale associated with cryptogenic stroke. A biplane transesophageal echocardiographic study.

    S Homma;M R Di Tullio;R L Sacco;D Mihalatos

  • Ceramide is a cardiotoxin in lipotoxic cardiomyopathy

    Tae Sik Park;Tae Sik Park;Yunying Hu;Hye Lim Noh;Konstantinos Drosatos

  • Lipoprotein lipase (LpL) on the surface of cardiomyocytes increases lipid uptake and produces a cardiomyopathy

    Hiroaki Yagyu;Guangping Chen;Masayoshi Yokoyama;Kumiko Hirata

  • Effect of obesity and overweight on left ventricular diastolic function: a community-based study in an elderly cohort.

    Cesare Russo;Zhezhen Jin;Shunichi Homma;Tatjana Rundek

  • Practice Parameter: Recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    S. R. Messé;I. E. Silverman;J. R. Kizer;S. Homma

  • Patent foramen ovale and the risk of ischemic stroke in a multiethnic population.

    Marco R. Di Tullio;Ralph L. Sacco;Robert R. Sciacca;Zhezhen Jin

  • Comparison of diagnostic techniques for the detection of a patent foramen ovale in stroke patients.

    M Di Tullio;R L Sacco;N Venketasubramanian;D Sherman

  • Metabolic Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke Risk Northern Manhattan Study

    Bernadette Boden-Albala;Ralph L. Sacco;Hye Sueng Lee;Cairistine Grahame-Clarke

  • Cardiomyocyte expression of PPARγ leads to cardiac dysfunction in mice

    Ni-Huiping Son;Tae-Sik Park;Haruyo Yamashita;Masayoshi Yokoyama

  • Endovascular flexible stapling device

    Robert E. Michler;Shunichi Homma

  • Acute type 5 phosphodiesterase inhibition with sildenafil enhances flow-mediated vasodilation in patients with chronic heart failure.

    Stuart D Katz;Kujtim Balidemaj;Shunichi Homma;Henry Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph L. Sacco
Ralph L. Sacco University of Miami
Mitchell S.V. Elkind
Mitchell S.V. Elkind Columbia University
Tatjana Rundek
Tatjana Rundek University of Miami
Bernadette Boden-Albala
Bernadette Boden-Albala University of California, Irvine
Robert R. Sciacca
Robert R. Sciacca Columbia University
Ira J. Goldberg
Ira J. Goldberg New York University
Jay P. Mohr
Jay P. Mohr Columbia University
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool
Andrew F. Laine
Andrew F. Laine Columbia University
John R. Teerlink
John R. Teerlink University of California, San Francisco

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