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Toyoaki Murohara

Toyoaki Murohara

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
77865
World Ranking
3670
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Toyoaki Murohara is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and specializes in the field of Medicine with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their body of work spans several subfields including Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to cardiac health and treatment strategies. Major areas of study include:

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Studies

Among their recent scholarly papers are the following:

  • "JCS/JHFS 2021 Guideline Focused Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure" (2021) published in Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • "JCS/CVIT/JCC 2023 Guideline Focused Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasospastic Angina (Coronary Spastic Angina) and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction" (2023) published in Circulation Journal
  • "Interconnection between cardiovascular, renal and metabolic disorders: A narrative review with a focus on Japan" (2022) published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • "JCS 2017 Guideline on Management of Vasculitis Syndrome - Digest Version -" (2020) published in Circulation Journal
  • "Effects of canagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic heart failure: a randomized trial (CANDLE)" (2020) published in ESC Heart Failure

Murohara's frequent co-authors reflect consistent collaboration in the cardiovascular research community and include:

  • Takahiro Okumura
  • Hideki Ishii
  • Toru Kondo
  • Hiroaki Hiraiwa
  • Ryota Morimoto

Their research has been disseminated through several prominent publication venues, notably:

  • Circulation Journal
  • Heart and Vessels
  • European Heart Journal
  • Circulation Reports
  • Journal of Cardiology Cases

Best Publications

  • Isolation of putative progenitor endothelial cells for angiogenesis.

    Takayuki Asahara;Toyoaki Murohara;Alison Sullivan;Marcy Silver

  • Therapeutic angiogenesis for patients with limb ischaemia by autologous transplantation of bone-marrow cells: a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial.

    Eriko Tateishi-Yuyama;Hiroaki Matsubara;Toyoaki Murohara;Uichi Ikeda

  • Mobilization of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Satoshi Shintani;Toyoaki Murohara;Hisao Ikeda;Takafumi Ueno

  • Nitric oxide synthase modulates angiogenesis in response to tissue ischemia.

    T Murohara;T Asahara;M Silver;C Bauters

  • Implantation of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Into Ischemic Myocardium Enhances Collateral Perfusion and Regional Function via Side Supply of Angioblasts, Angiogenic Ligands, and Cytokines

    Hiroshi Kamihata;Hiroaki Matsubara;Takashi Nishiue;Soichiro Fujiyama

  • Transplanted cord blood–derived endothelial precursor cells augment postnatal neovascularization

    Toyoaki Murohara;Hisao Ikeda;Junli Duan;Satoshi Shintani

  • Age-Dependent Impairment of Angiogenesis

    Alain Rivard;Jean-Etienne Fabre;Marcy Silver;Dongfen Chen

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor Enhances Vascular Permeability Via Nitric Oxide and Prostacyclin

    Toyoaki Murohara;Jeffrey R. Horowitz;Marcy Silver;Yukio Tsurumi

  • Augmentation of Postnatal Neovascularization With Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation

    Satoshi Shintani;Toyoaki Murohara;Hisao Ikeda;Takafumi Ueno

  • Cardioprotective effect of insulin-like growth factor I in myocardial ischemia followed by reperfusion.

    Michael Buerke;Toyoaki Murohara;Carsten Skurk;Charles Nuss

  • Smoking Cessation Rapidly Increases Circulating Progenitor Cells in Peripheral Blood in Chronic Smokers

    Takahisa Kondo;Mutsuharu Hayashi;Kyosuke Takeshita;Yasushi Numaguchi

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor Augments Nitric Oxide Release From Quiescent Rabbit and Human Vascular Endothelium

    Rien van der Zee;Toyoaki Murohara;Zhengyu Luo;Frank Zollmann

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C (VEGF-C/VEGF-2) Promotes Angiogenesis in the Setting of Tissue Ischemia

    Bernhard Witzenbichler;Takayuki Asahara;Toyoaki Murohara;Marcy Silver

  • 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

  • Reciprocal relation between VEGF and NO in the regulation of endothelial integrity

    Yukio Tsurumi;Toyoaki Murohara;Kevin Krasinski;Dongfen Chen

  • Role of host angiotensin II type 1 receptor in tumor angiogenesis and growth.

    Kimiyasu Egami;Toyoaki Murohara;Toyoaki Murohara;Toshifumi Shimada;Ken Ichiro Sasaki

  • Long-term clinical outcome after intramuscular implantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells (Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Cell Transplantation [TACT] trial) in patients with chronic limb ischemia

    Satoaki Matoba;Tetsuya Tatsumi;Toyoaki Murohara;Tsutomu Imaizumi

  • Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Endothelial Cell Migration

    Toyoaki Murohara;Bernhard Witzenbichler;Ioakim Spyridopoulos;Takayuki Asahara

  • Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias originating from the left ventricular summit: anatomic concepts relevant to ablation.

    Takumi Yamada;H. Thomas McElderry;Harish Doppalapudi;Taro Okada

  • H2S Protects Against Pressure Overload Induced Heart Failure via Upregulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS)

    Kazuhisa Kondo;Shashi Bhushan;Adrienne L. King;Sumanth D. Prabhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Noriyuki Ouchi
Noriyuki Ouchi Nagoya University
Naoki Yoshida
Naoki Yoshida University of Tokyo
Yoshiji Yamada
Yoshiji Yamada Mie University
Tsutomu Imaizumi
Tsutomu Imaizumi Kurume University
Takashi Muramatsu
Takashi Muramatsu Nagoya University
Seiichi Matsuo
Seiichi Matsuo Nagoya University
Hirofumi Yasue
Hirofumi Yasue Kumamoto University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Allan M. Lefer
Allan M. Lefer Thomas Jefferson University

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