Terashima M, Tamura Y, Takahashi H, Ochiai K, Ehara K, Takahashi M, Otani N, Sandor B, Tomoe T, Sugiyama T, Ueno A, Kitahara K, Kawabe A, Yasu T. Effects of cardiac rehabilitation on in vivo nailfold microcirculation in patients with cardiovascular disease. Heart Vessels. 2025;40(1):72-85. doi:10.1007/s00380-024-02435-0.
Ehara K, Tamura Y, Takahashi H, Terashima M, Takahashi M, Tsurumi T, Sugimura H, Otani N, Tomoe T, Kitahara K, Sugiyama T, Yasu T. Preconditioning Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2025 Feb 11. doi:10.5551/jat.65490. Epub ahead of print.
Kubo T, Sugiura K, Tokita Y, Takano H, Takamisawa I, Takayama M, Doi YL, Minami Y, Shirotani S, Ebato M, Tsujiuchi M, Nabeta T, Inomata T, Kato T, Okamoto R, Dohi K, Takei Y, Chikamori T, Watanabe E, Furugen A, Doi H, Akita K, Maekawa Y, Ogimoto A, Tada N, Yokota T, Ikeda S, Yamaguchi O, Izumiya Y, Shibata A, Takashio S, Tsujita K, Maejima Y, Fujino N, Nomura A, Akasaki Y, Higuchi K, Fujita S, Hoshiga M, Shiraishi Y, Ieda M, Miyamoto Y, Kitaoka H. Contemporary clinical characteristics and management patterns in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: insights from baseline enrolment data in a nationwide prospective Japanese registry. Heart. 2025 Mar 4:heartjnl-2024-324811. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324811. Epub ahead of print.
Sugihara T, Harigai M, Uchida HA, Yoshifuji H, Maejima Y, Ishizaki J, Watanabe Y, Dobashi H, Komagata Y, Tamura N, Nakaoka Y; Japan Research Committee of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for Intractable Vasculitis (JPVAS). Performance of the modified 2022 ACR/EULAR giant cell arteritis classification criteria without age restriction for discriminating from Takayasu arteritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2025;27(1):19. doi:10.1186/s13075-025-03486-y.
Maejima Y, Nah J, Aryan Z, Zhai P, Sung EA, Liu T, Takayama K, Moghadami S, Sasano T, Li H, Sadoshima J. Mst1-mediated phosphorylation of FoxO1 and C/EBP-β stimulates cell-protective mechanisms in cardiomyocytes. Nat Commun. 2024;15(1):6279. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50393-y.
Nomura A, Otani N, Kokubun K, Mizuguchi S, Kawamoto S, Tomoe T, Kitahara K, Sugiyama T, Horie Y, Sugimura H and Yasu T. Successful Transvenous Implantation of a Permanent Pacemaker in a Patient with Situs Inversus with Dextrocardia Supported by Preceding Three-dimensional Computed Tomography: A Case Report doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2558-23.
Takahashi M, Tamura Y, Tsurumi T, Terashima M, Takahashi H, Tamiya H, Furuya T, Nakatani Y, Otani N, Yasu T. Skeletal Muscle Quality Assessment in Patients With Cardiac Disease Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study. Cureus. 2024;16(1):e51897. doi: 10.7759/cureus.51897.
Tamura Y, Ochiai K, Takahashi M, Takahashi H, Tomoe T, Sugiyama T, Otani N, Sugimura H, Toyoda S, Yasu T. Relationship Between Increased Oxygen Uptake and Lactate Production With Progressive Incremental Electrode Skeletal Muscle Stimulation: A Pilot Study. Cureus. 2024;16(1):e51919. doi:10.7759/cureus.51919.
Shimoyama M, Kawamoto S, Nakatani Y, Banba N, Nagashima Y, Tomoe T, Sugiyama T, Ueno A, Kitahara K, Kawabe A, Otani N, Sugimura H, Yasu T. Effects of salt intake reduction by urinary sodium to potassium ratio self-monitoring method. Hypertens Res. 2024;47(7):1852-1860. doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-01655-1.
Itoh H, Amiya E, Jimba T, Shimbo M, Narita K, Taya M, Kadokami T, Yasu T, Oka H, Sogawa M, Yokoi H, Mizutani K, Miura SI, Tokeshi T, Date A, Noma T, Kutsuzawa D, Usui S, Sugawara S, Kanazawa M, Sekino H, Nishitani Yokoyama M, Okumura T, Ugata Y, Fujishima S, Hirabayashi K, Ishizaki Y, Kuwahara K, Kaji Y, Shimizu H, Koyama T, Adachi H, Kurumatani Y, Taniguchi R, Ohori K, Shiraishi H, Hasegawa T, Makita S, Komuro I, Kimura Y; RecRCR registry investigators. Efficacy and safety of remote cardiac rehabilitation in the recovery phase of cardiovascular diseases (RecRCR study): A multicenter, nonrandomized, and interventional trial in Japan. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2024;52:101421. doi:10.1016/j.ijcha.2024.101421.
Kawamoto S, Otani N, Mizuguchi S, Tomoe T, Yasu T. Giant Left Ventricular Thrombus Rapidly Developing in an Extremely Short Period of Time in a Patient With Severe Systolic Dysfunction. Cureus. 2024;16(6):e61752. doi:10.7759/cureus.61752.
Otani N, Wakuda H, Oikawa I, Uemura N, Yasu T. Flecainide Toxicity From Clinical Pharmacology Perspectives. Cureus. 2024;16(7):e65884. doi:10.7759/cureus.65884.
Furuya T, Kitahama S, Yamashiro D, Hinakura K, Tamiya H, Ogawa S, Tamura Y, Takahashi T, Yasu T, Suzuki H. Differences Between Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity and Lower Leg Circumference Ratio in Patients With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Cureus. 2024;16(8):e66902. doi: 10.7759/cureus.66902.
Furuya T, Kitahama S, Tamura Y, Ogawa S, Nakatani Y, Yasu T. Factors Affecting Arterial Stiffness and Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Cureus. 2024;16(9):e68561. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68561.
Noma H, Otani N, Toyoda S, Yasu T. Significant morphological changes in the right ventricular septal moderator band on echocardiography due to changes in right ventricular volume and pressure. J Med Ultrason (2001). 2024 Dec 27. doi:10.1007/s10396-024-01515-y. Epub ahead of print.
Abe Y, Fujii T, Miyawaki Y, Sugihara T, Uchida HA, Maejima Y, Watanabe Y, Hashimoto T, Miyamae T, Nakaoka Y, Harigai M, Tamura N. Real-world clinical decisions of physicians in the management of Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis in Japan: A cross-sectional web questionnaire survey. Mod Rheumatol. 2024;34(6):1194-1201. doi:q10.1093/mr/roae034.
Nies M, Watanabe K, Kawamura I, Wang BJ, Litt J, Turovskiy R, Danitz DJ, Uecker DR, Linder KE, Maejima Y, Sasano T, Reddy VY, Koruth JS. Ablating Myocardium Using Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields: Preclinical Assessment of Feasibility, Safety, and Durability. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2024;17(7):e012854. doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.124.012854.
Hara M, Mandai S, Mori T, Maejima Y, Uchida S. Takayasu arteritis manifesting as acute kidney injury and congestion due to renal artery stenosis and myocarditis: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2024;8(8):ytae347. doi:10.1093/ehjcr/ytae347.
Uchida HA, Nakaoka Y, Sugihara T, Yoshifuji H, Maejima Y, Watanabe Y, Nagafuchi H, Okazaki T, Komagata Y, Tanaka Y, Amiya E, Atsumi T, Tanemoto K, Takeuchi T, Naniwa T, Komatsuda A, Dobashi H, Amano K, Ogawa N, Murakawa Y, Hasegawa H, Hayashi T, Arimura Y, Isobe M, Harigai M; Japan Research Committee of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for Intractable Vasculitis (JPVAS). Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Takayasu Arteritis in Japan During the First 2 Years of Treatment– A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study. Circ J. 2024 Sep 12. doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-24-0178. Epub ahead of print.
Otani N, Watanabe R, Tomoe T, Toyoda S, Yasu T, Nakamoto T. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(4):3979. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043979.
Iwakura T, Yasu T,* Tomoe T, Ueno A, Sugiyama T, Otani N, Kawamoto S, Nakajima H. Effect of Pemafibrate on Hemorheology in Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia and Aggravated Blood Fluidity Associated with Type 2 Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(4), 1481. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12041481
Tamiya H, Tamura Y, Nagashima Y, Tsurumi T, Terashima M, Ochiai K, Ehara K, Furuya T, Banba N, Nakatani Y, Hoshiai M, Ueno A, Tomoe T, Kawabe A, Sugiyama T, Kawamoto S, Yasu T. Long-Term Tailor-Made Exercise Intervention Reduces the Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Diseases and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 691. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020691
Tamura Y,* , Takahashi H, Sakai D, Tsurumi T, Tamiya H, Ueno A, Kawamoto S, Shimoyama M, Yasu T. Decreased Physical and Daily Living Activities in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease on Hemodialysis. Clin. Med.2023, 12(1), 135; doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010135
Tsurumi T, Tamura Y, Nakatani Y, Furuya T, Tamiya H, Terashima M, Tomoe T, Ueno A, Shimoyama M, Yasu T. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation during Hemodialysis Suppresses Postprandial Hyperglycemia in Patients with End-Stage Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Crossover Controlled Trial. Clin. Med. 2022 Oct 22;11(21):6239. doi: 10.3390/jcm11216239.
Ochiai K, Terashima M, Tsurumi T, Tamura Y, Yasu T. Microcirculatory and metabolic responses during voluntary cycle ergometer exercise with a whole-body neuromuscular electrical stimulation device. Sci.2021, 11(24), 12048; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112412048
Yokose M, Tomoe T, Yamaguchi T, Yasu T. An autopsy case of pulmonary arterial hypertension in an elderly patient with multimorbidity: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports 2022;6(1):1–6
Uema A, Tamura Y, Uejima T, Hoshiai M, Ueno A, Nagao M, Tomoe T, Ono S, Maeno E, Mizuguchi S, Kawabe A, Sugiyama T, Yasu T. Early diastolic mitral regurgitation in left ventricular aneurysm. Heart and Vessels. 2021 Oct 24. doi: 10.1007/s00380-021-01958-0. Online ahead of print.
Uema A, Sugiyama T, Yasu T. A case series of patients with early diastolic mitral regurgitation and left ventricular aneurysm. Clin Cardiol J 2021;5(5):1-3.
Kario, K, Nishizawa M, Kiuchi M, Kiyosue A, Tomita F, Ohtani, H Abe Y, Kuga H, Miyazaki S, Kasai T, Hongou M, Yasu T, Kuramochi J, Fukumoto Y, Hoshide S, Hisatome I. Comparative effects of topiroxostat and febuxostat on arterial properties in hypertensive patients with hyperuricemia. J Clin Hypertens in press.
ShimizuR, Fukuda H, Kikuchi Y, Yanaka H, Hata N, Yamazaki M, Nakatani Y, Tamura Y, YamakoshiS, Kawabe A, Horie Y, Sugimura H, Matsushita Y, NakamotoT, Yasu T. Clinically Feasible method for assessing leukocyte rheology in whole blood. Heart & Vessels 2020; 35, 268–277.
Yasu T, Shimoyama M, WadaH, IwakuraT, ToyodaS, Kawabe A, Sugiyama T. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery successfully treated with weekly low‐density lipoprotein apheresis for 16 years without percutaneous coronary intervention Clinical Case Reports 2019 7(8):1608-1611. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2299
Kudo R, Tamura Y, Tamiya H, Ochiai K, Mochi S, Sudo M, Ehara K, Nagasaka Y, Terashima M, Tsurumi T, Tsuboyama Y, Onozaki C, Yamaguchi K, Hara H, Itakura T, Saito Y, Sugimura H, Horie Y, Ueno A, Hoshiai M, Yasu T. Effects of watching favorite video during exercise on exercise economy and autonomic activity: a pilot study with healthy adults. Total Rehabilitation Research 2018; 6: 73-82.
Yasu T, Mutoh A, Wada H, Kobayashi M, Kikuchi Y, Momomura S, Ueda S. Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors can prevent intravenous lipid infusion-induced myocardial microvascular dysfunction and leukocyte activation. Circ J 2018 82(2):494-501.
Ehara K, Tamura Y, Sudo M, Tamiya H, Ochiai K, Kudo R, Terashima M, Tsurumi T, Shimizu R, Mtsushita Y, Fukuda H, Hoshiai M, Ueno A, Sugimura H, Horie Y, Yasu T. Effects of psychological factors on exercise capacity for patients with peripheral artery disease. Total Rehabilitation Research. 2018; 6: 22-32.
Arao K, Yasu T, Endo Y, Funazaki T, Ota Y, Shimada K, Tokutake E, Naito N, Takase B, Wake M, Ikeda N, Horie Y, Sugimura H, Momomura S, Kawakami M. Effects of pitavastatin on walking capacity and CD34+/133+ cell number in patients with peripheral artery disease. Heart and Vessels. 2017;32(10):1186-1194. doi: 10.1007/s00380-017-0988-1.
Ueno A, Kawabe A, Sgiyama T, Ishikawa M, Uema A, Masahiro S, Yasuto H, Toshiyasu H, Hiroyuki S, Yasu T. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest related to coronary arterial spasm in three elderly patients with no obstructive coronary artery disease. Journal of Cardiology Cases 2017; 16: 154-157 doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2017.07.003
Hokimoto S, Kaikita K, Yasuda S, Tsujita K, Yasu T, et al.JCS/CVIT/JCC 2023 Guideline Focused Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasospastic Angina (Coronary Spastic Angina) and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction.Circ J. 2023 May 25;87(6):879-936. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-22-0779.
Makita S, Yasu T, Akashi Y, Iso Y, et al. JCS/JACR 2021 Guideline on Rehabilitation in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Circ J. 2023;87(6):937. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-66-0214.
Otani N, Watanabe R, Tomoe T, Shigeru T, Yasu T. Nakamoto T. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 3979. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043979
Yasu T. Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program for peripheral arterial disease. J Cardiol 2021 in press.
Yasu T. Clinical significance of an exercise program after cardiac resynchronization therapy. (Editorial) Circ J 2021 in press doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-21-0629