Akiko Maehara

31.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
501 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Akiko Maehara is a scholar working on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Akiko Maehara has authored 501 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 459 papers in Surgery, 322 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 249 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Akiko Maehara's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (434 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (316 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (149 papers). Akiko Maehara is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (434 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (316 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (149 papers). Akiko Maehara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Akiko Maehara's co-authors include Gary S. Mintz, Gregg W. Stone, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J. Lansky, Ziad A. Ali, Bernard De Bruyne, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Patrick W. Serruys, Helen Parise and Barry Templin and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Akiko Maehara

476 papers receiving 16.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Prospective Natural-History Study of Coronary Atheroscl... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2016 2014 2016 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Prospective Natural-History Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis
    2011 2.1k citations Gregg W. Stone, Akiko Maehara et al. profile →
  2. Relationship Between Infarct Size and Outcomes Following Primary PCI
    2016 425 citations Gregg W. Stone, Harry P. Selker et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  3. Coronary Artery Calcification
    2014 391 citations Mahesh V. Madhavan, Gary S. Mintz et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  4. Optical coherence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and with angiography to guide coronary stent implantation (ILUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI): a randomised controlled trial
    2016 384 citations Ziad A. Ali, Akiko Maehara et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Ischemic Outcomes After Coronary Intervention of Calcified Vessels in Acute Coronary Syndromes
    2014 338 citations Mahesh V. Madhavan, Gary S. Mintz et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  6. Relationship between microvascular obstruction and adverse events following primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: an individual patient data pooled analysis from seven randomized trials
    2017 289 citations Suzanne de Waha, Manesh R. Patel et al. profile →
  7. A new optical coherence tomography-based calcium scoring system to predict stent underexpansion
    2018 274 citations Akiko Fujino, Gary S. Mintz et al. EuroIntervention profile →
  8. Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Stenoses
    2019 234 citations Ziad A. Ali, Bernard De Bruyne et al. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions profile →
  9. Intravascular imaging-guided coronary drug-eluting stent implantation: an updated network meta-analysis
    2024 89 citations Gregg W. Stone, Evald Høj Christiansen et al. The Lancet profile →
  10. Intravascular Imaging During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    2023 79 citations Akiko Maehara, Ajay J. Kirtane et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akiko Maehara United States 61 13.2k 9.9k 8.7k 5.2k 1.4k 501 16.5k
Emmanouil S. Brilakis United States 57 10.3k 0.8× 5.3k 0.5× 8.0k 0.9× 3.3k 0.6× 802 0.6× 698 14.2k
Ik–Kyung Jang United States 56 8.5k 0.6× 6.3k 0.6× 4.7k 0.5× 3.3k 0.6× 3.4k 2.4× 236 12.8k
Myeong‐Ki Hong South Korea 57 11.7k 0.9× 5.7k 0.6× 10.1k 1.2× 3.5k 0.7× 642 0.4× 615 15.2k
Francesco Burzotta Italy 50 6.6k 0.5× 3.8k 0.4× 6.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.5× 812 0.6× 449 10.2k
Seung‐Jung Park South Korea 64 13.1k 1.0× 8.8k 0.9× 10.8k 1.2× 3.7k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 505 17.0k
Takashi Akasaka Japan 68 11.0k 0.8× 8.3k 0.8× 9.5k 1.1× 4.5k 0.9× 2.2k 1.5× 534 18.2k
Bon‐Kwon Koo South Korea 57 9.1k 0.7× 7.5k 0.8× 7.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 481 13.1k
Guy R. Heyndrickx Belgium 56 9.5k 0.7× 7.8k 0.8× 9.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.4× 912 0.6× 169 14.3k
Peter J. Fitzgerald United States 61 12.7k 1.0× 6.8k 0.7× 8.8k 1.0× 4.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 351 15.5k
Lowell F. Satler United States 78 18.7k 1.4× 10.7k 1.1× 16.6k 1.9× 8.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 769 27.3k

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All Works

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Maehara, Akiko, Mikkel Hougaard, Julia Ellert, et al.. (2025). Effect of optimal lesion preparation prior to implantation of a magnesium-based bioresorbable scaffold: 12-month results of the OPTIMIS study. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 77. 45–53.
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Maehara, Akiko, Mikkel Hougaard, Karsten Tange Veien, et al.. (2025). Optimal Predilatation Treatment Before Implantation of a Magmaris Bioresorbable Scaffold in Coronary Artery Stenosis: The OPTIMIS Trial. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 18(1). e014665–e014665. 2 indexed citations
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Dakroub, Ali, Doosup Shin, Jonathan Weber, et al.. (2025). Procedural and Clinical Outcomes After Orbital Atherectomy Versus Intravascular Lithotripsy in Patients With Calcified Nodules. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 18(10). e015254–e015254.
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Shin, Doosup, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, James Spratt, et al.. (2024). Calcified Nodule in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(10). 1187–1199. 18 indexed citations
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Waha, Suzanne de, Manesh R. Patel, Hölger Thiele, et al.. (2024). Relationship Between Infarct Artery, Myocardial Injury, and Outcomes After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(18). e034748–e034748. 5 indexed citations
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Stone, Gregg W., Evald Høj Christiansen, Ziad A. Ali, et al.. (2024). Intravascular imaging-guided coronary drug-eluting stent implantation: an updated network meta-analysis. The Lancet. 403(10429). 824–837. 89 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kjøller‐Hansen, Lars, Akiko Maehara, Henning Kelbæk, et al.. (2024). Impact of Lipidic Plaque on In-Stent and Stent Edge–Related Events After PCI in Myocardial Infarction: A PROSPECT II Substudy. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(10). e014215–e014215.
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Gu, Sophie, Yuan Huang, Charis Costopoulos, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous plaque–lumen geometry is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events. European Heart Journal Open. 3(3). oead038–oead038. 4 indexed citations
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Sato, Takao, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Kei Yamamoto, et al.. (2023). Impact of Eruptive vs Noneruptive Calcified Nodule Morphology on Acute and Long-Term Outcomes After Stenting. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 16(9). 1024–1035. 36 indexed citations
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Narula, Jagat, Thomas Stuckey, Gaku Nakazawa, et al.. (2023). Primary Results Of The REVEALPLAQUE Study: A Prospective Quantitative Assessment Of AI-based CCTA Plaque Volume Compared With IVUS. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 17(4). S39–S39. 2 indexed citations
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Redfors, Björn, Reza Mohebi, Gennaro Giustino, et al.. (2021). Time Delay, Infarct Size, and Microvascular Obstruction After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 14(2). e009879–e009879. 34 indexed citations
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Ali, Ziad A., Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Gary S. Mintz, et al.. (2021). Intracoronary optical coherence tomography: state of the art and future directions. EuroIntervention. 17(2). e105–e123. 69 indexed citations
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Kosmidou, Ioanna, Martin B. Leon, Yiran Zhang, et al.. (2020). Long-Term Outcomes in Women and Men Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(14). 1631–1640. 82 indexed citations
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Kumar, Gautam, Rupak Desai, Hussein Rahim, et al.. (2019). Real world validation of the nonhyperemic index of coronary artery stenosis severity—Resting full‐cycle ratio—RE‐VALIDATE. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 96(1). E53–E58. 34 indexed citations
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Mintz, Gary S., Mitsuaki Matsumura, Wenbin Zhang, et al.. (2018). The Relation Between Optical Coherence Tomography-Detected Layered Pattern and Acute Side Branch Occlusion after Provisional Stenting of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 20(11). 1007–1013. 5 indexed citations
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Ali, Ziad A., Yasir Parviz, Mitsuaki Matsumura, et al.. (2018). Pressure wire compared to microcatheter sensing for coronary fractional flow reserve: the PERFORM study. EuroIntervention. 14(4). e459–e466. 9 indexed citations
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Shan, Peiren, Liang Dong, Akiko Maehara, et al.. (2016). Comparison Between Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy and Native Coronary Atherosclerosis by Optical Coherence Tomography. The American Journal of Cardiology. 117(8). 1361–1368. 11 indexed citations
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Zheng, Bo, Gary S. Mintz, John McPherson, et al.. (2015). Predictors of Plaque Rupture Within Nonculprit Fibroatheromas in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 8(10). 1180–1187. 18 indexed citations

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