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Yoshifumi Naka is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a research portfolio primarily focused on fields within medicine and engineering. Their work spans several subfields including surgery, biomedical engineering, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, and epidemiology.

The main topics of Yoshifumi Naka's research include mechanical circulatory support devices, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, transplantation methods and outcomes, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, heart failure treatment and management, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, and congenital heart disease studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yoshifumi Naka include:

  • Koji Takeda
  • Nir Uriel
  • Gabriel Sayer
  • M. Yuzefpolskaya
  • P.C. Colombo

Key publication venues in which Yoshifumi Naka has extensively contributed are:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Transplantation
  • ASAIO Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Yoshifumi Naka include:

  • Five-Year Outcomes in Patients With Fully Magnetically Levitated vs Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the MOMENTUM 3 Randomized Trial, 2022, JAMA
  • Invasive Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2021, Circulation
  • Characteristics and Outcomes of Recipients of Heart Transplant With Coronavirus Disease 2019, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Primary results of long-term outcomes in the MOMENTUM 3 pivotal trial and continued access protocol study phase: a study of 2200 HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device implants, 2021, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Association of Clinical Outcomes With Left Ventricular Assist Device Use by Bridge to Transplant or Destination Therapy Intent, 2020, JAMA Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Use of a Continuous-Flow Device in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation

    Leslie W. Miller;Leslie W. Miller;Francis D. Pagani;Stuart D. Russell;Ranjit John

  • A fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device - Final report

    Mandeep R. Mehra;Nir Uriel;Yoshifumi Naka;Joseph C. Cleveland

  • Extended mechanical circulatory support with a continuous-flow rotary left ventricular assist device.

    Francis D. Pagani;Leslie W. Miller;Stuart D. Russell;Keith D. Aaronson

  • Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy in the Post-REMATCH Era: Implications for Patient Selection

    Katherine Lietz;Katherine Lietz;Katherine Lietz;James W. Long;Abdallah G. Kfoury;Mark S. Slaughter

  • Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome After Continuous-Flow Mechanical Device Support Contributes to a High Prevalence of Bleeding During Long-Term Support and at the Time of Transplantation

    Nir Uriel;Sang Woo Pak;Ulrich P. Jorde;Brigitte Jude

  • Cerebral protection in homozygous null ICAM-1 mice after middle cerebral artery occlusion. Role of neutrophil adhesion in the pathogenesis of stroke.

    E. S. Connolly;C. J. Winfree;T. A. Springer;Y. Naka

  • A Fully Magnetically Levitated Circulatory Pump for Advanced Heart Failure

    Mandeep R. Mehra;Yoshifumi Naka;Nir Uriel;Daniel J. Goldstein

  • Two-Year Outcomes with a Magnetically Levitated Cardiac Pump in Heart Failure

    Mandeep R. Mehra;Daniel J. Goldstein;Nir Uriel;Joseph C. Cleveland

  • Glycation, inflammation, and RAGE: a scaffold for the macrovascular complications of diabetes and beyond.

    Shi Fang Yan;Ravichandran Ramasamy;Yoshifumi Naka;Ann Marie Schmidt

  • Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

    Nicholas C. Dang;Veli K. Topkara;Michelle Mercando;Joy Kay

  • Results of the Post-U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Approval Study With a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation: A Prospective Study Using the INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support)

    Randall C. Starling;Yoshifumi Naka;Andrew J. Boyle;Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski

  • Paradoxical rescue from ischemic lung injury by inhaled carbon monoxide driven by derepression of fibrinolysis.

    Tomoyuki Fujita;Koichi Toda;Ann Karimova;Shi-Fang Yan

  • Ex-vivo perfusion of donor hearts for human heart transplantation (PROCEED II): a prospective, open-label, multicentre, randomised non-inferiority trial

    Abbas Ardehali;Fardad Esmailian;Mario Deng;Edward Soltesz

  • Development of a novel echocardiography ramp test for speed optimization and diagnosis of device thrombosis in continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: the Columbia ramp study.

    Nir Uriel;Kerry A. Morrison;Arthur R. Garan;Tomoko S. Kato

  • Right ventricular dysfunction and organ failure in left ventricular assist device recipients: a continuing problem.

    Minoo N Kavarana;Melissa S Pessin-Minsley;Jacqueline Urtecho;Katharine A Catanese

  • Hypoxia-induced exocytosis of endothelial cell Weibel-Palade bodies. A mechanism for rapid neutrophil recruitment after cardiac preservation.

    David J. Pinsky;Yoshifumi Naka;Hui Liao;Mehmet C. Oz

  • Central role of RAGE-dependent neointimal expansion in arterial restenosis

    Taichi Sakaguchi;Shi Fang Yan;Shi Du Yan;Dmitri Belov

  • Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Corrects Myocardial Lipotoxicity, Reverses Insulin Resistance, and Normalizes Cardiac Metabolism in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

    Aalap Chokshi;Konstantinos Drosatos;Faisal H. Cheema;Ruiping Ji

  • Results of the destination therapy post-food and drug administration approval study with a continuous flow left ventricular assist device: A prospective study using the INTERMACS registry (interagency registry for mechanically assisted circulatory support)

    Ulrich P. Jorde;Sudhir S. Kushwaha;Antone J. Tatooles;Yoshifumi Naka

  • Prevalence of de novo aortic insufficiency during long-term support with left ventricular assist devices

    Sang Woo Pak;Nir Uriel;Hiroo Takayama;Sarah Cappleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna Mancini
Donna Mancini Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mehmet C. Oz
Mehmet C. Oz Columbia University
David J. Pinsky
David J. Pinsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ranjit John
Ranjit John University of Minnesota
Mathew R. Williams
Mathew R. Williams New York University
Eric A. Rose
Eric A. Rose Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Francis D. Pagani
Francis D. Pagani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Carmelo A. Milano
Carmelo A. Milano Duke University
Ajay J. Kirtane
Ajay J. Kirtane Columbia University
Shi Fang Yan
Shi Fang Yan Columbia University

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