Eisuke Usui

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Eisuke Usui is a scholar working on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Eisuke Usui has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Surgery, 79 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 70 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Eisuke Usui's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (87 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (79 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (30 papers). Eisuke Usui is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (87 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (79 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (30 papers). Eisuke Usui collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Eisuke Usui's co-authors include Tsunekazu Kakuta, Taishi Yonetsu, Tetsumin Lee, Yoshihisa Kanaji, Masahiro Hoshino, Tadashi Murai, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz and Masahiro Hada and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Eisuke Usui

104 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

A new optical coherence tomography-based calcium scoring ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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 new optical coherence tomography-based calcium scoring system to predict stent underexpansion
    2018 274 citations Gary S. Mintz, Mitsuaki Matsumura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eisuke Usui Japan 19 1.2k 998 887 436 100 112 1.5k
Tetsumin Lee Japan 19 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 872 1.0× 503 1.2× 124 1.2× 93 1.6k
Yoshihisa Kanaji Japan 18 931 0.8× 831 0.8× 841 0.9× 270 0.6× 55 0.6× 147 1.2k
Ya Chien Chuang United States 10 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 792 0.9× 520 1.2× 96 1.0× 23 1.5k
Patrick Serruys Netherlands 11 798 0.7× 559 0.6× 575 0.6× 254 0.6× 39 0.4× 14 966
Salem H.K. The Netherlands 14 652 0.5× 429 0.4× 379 0.4× 392 0.9× 103 1.0× 31 901
Jeffrey J. Popma United States 14 1.1k 0.9× 667 0.7× 760 0.9× 357 0.8× 58 0.6× 25 1.2k
Thierry Corcos France 19 985 0.8× 497 0.5× 850 1.0× 419 1.0× 92 0.9× 56 1.3k
Hyung‐Bok Park South Korea 14 648 0.5× 783 0.8× 475 0.5× 154 0.4× 180 1.8× 33 1.0k
Don Mahon United States 5 849 0.7× 674 0.7× 420 0.5× 397 0.9× 101 1.0× 8 995
Jennifer Malpeso United States 7 839 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 544 0.6× 109 0.3× 286 2.9× 10 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Ueno, Hiroki, Yoshihisa Kanaji, Eisuke Usui, Masahiro Hada, & Tsunekazu Kakuta. (2025). Serial Assessment of Extracellular Volume Fraction Derived on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. JACC Case Reports. 30(6). 102820–102820.
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Mineo, Takashi, Eisuke Usui, Yoshihisa Kanaji, et al.. (2025). CT Predictors of Epicardial Coronary Spasm in Patients With Angina and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 18(4). e017565–e017565. 3 indexed citations
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Kanaji, Yoshihisa, Eisuke Usui, Masahiro Hada, et al.. (2025). Increasing Extracellular Volume Fraction on Coronary CTA in Patients With Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 18(11). e018368–e018368.
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Hada, Masahiro, Eisuke Usui, Yoshihisa Kanaji, et al.. (2024). Discordant diagnosis of coronary microvascular dysfunction by microvascular resistance reserve: Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography vs bolus thermodilution method. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology. 2 indexed citations
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Usui, Eisuke, Rocco Vergallo, Daisuke Kinoshita, et al.. (2024). Relationship Between Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Vulnerability of Culprit Plaque Assessed by OCT in Patients With Established Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 18(1). e017099–e017099. 2 indexed citations
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Niida, Takayuki, Eisuke Usui, Keishi Suzuki, et al.. (2024). Differences in total plaque burden between plaque rupture and plaque erosion: A combined computed tomography angiography and optical coherence tomography study. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 18(6). 568–574. 2 indexed citations
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Yuki, Haruhito, Thoralf M. Sundt, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2024). Level of Perivascular Inflammation Is Significantly Lower Around the Left Internal Mammary Artery Than Around Native Coronary Arteries. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(12). e033224–e033224. 1 indexed citations
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Hada, Masahiro, et al.. (2024). Serial Extracellular Volume by Coronary Computed Tomography After Acute Myocardial Infarction With Left-Main Vasospasm. Circulation Reports. 6(12). 600–601. 1 indexed citations
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Kinoshita, Daisuke, Keishi Suzuki, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2024). Relationship between plaque burden and plaque vulnerability: Acute coronary syndromes versus chronic coronary syndrome. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 18(6). 559–566. 2 indexed citations
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Ueno, Hiroki, Masahiro Hoshino, Eisuke Usui, et al.. (2023). Prognostic Implications of Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Flow Reserve After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation. Circulation Journal. 88(6). 853–859. 5 indexed citations
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Hoshino, Masahiro, Taishi Yonetsu, Tomoyo Sugiyama, et al.. (2023). Identification of Optical Coherence Tomography‐Defined Coronary Plaque Erosion by Preprocedural Computed Tomography Angiography. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(10). e029239–e029239. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhaoyang, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Gary S. Mintz, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and Impact of Neoatherosclerosis on Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Treatment of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(9). e011693–e011693. 21 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Masao, Masahiro Hoshino, Tomoyo Sugiyama, et al.. (2022). Association of near-infrared spectroscopy-defined lipid rich plaque with lesion morphology and peri-coronary inflammation on computed tomography angiography. Atherosclerosis. 346. 109–116. 7 indexed citations
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Usui, Eisuke, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Gary S. Mintz, et al.. (2021). Clinical outcomes of low-intensity area without attenuation and cholesterol crystals in non-culprit lesions assessed by optical coherence tomography. Atherosclerosis. 332. 41–47. 9 indexed citations
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Noguchi, Masahiko, Tomotaka Dohi, Shinya Okazaki, et al.. (2021). Comparison of 6‐month vascular healing response after bioresorbable polymer versus durable polymer drug‐eluting stent implantation in patients with acute coronary syndromes: A randomized serial optical coherence tomography study. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(5). E677–E686. 5 indexed citations
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Kanno, Yoshinori, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Masahiro Hoshino, et al.. (2020). Optical coherence tomography‐defined plaque vulnerability in relation to functional stenosis severity stratified by fractional flow reserve and quantitative flow ratio. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 96(3). E238–E247. 8 indexed citations
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Hoshino, Masahiro, Taishi Yonetsu, Eisuke Usui, et al.. (2019). Clinical Significance of the Presence or Absence of Lipid‐Rich Plaque Underneath Intact Fibrous Cap Plaque in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Journal of the American Heart Association. 8(9). e011820–e011820. 30 indexed citations
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Kanaji, Yoshihisa, Taishi Yonetsu, Rikuta Hamaya, et al.. (2018). Impact of Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Global Absolute Coronary Flow and Flow Reserve Evaluated by Phase-Contrast Cine-Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Relation to Regional Invasive Physiological Indices. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 11(7). e006676–e006676. 11 indexed citations
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Murai, Tadashi, Taishi Yonetsu, Yoshihisa Kanaji, et al.. (2018). Prognostic value of the index of microcirculatory resistance after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non‐ST‐segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 92(6). 1063–1074. 33 indexed citations
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Miyazaki, Shinsuke, Eisuke Usui, Shigeki Kusa, et al.. (2014). Prevalence and clinical outcome of phrenic nerve injury during superior vena cava isolation and circumferential pulmonary vein antrum isolation using radiofrequency energy. American Heart Journal. 168(6). 846–853. 44 indexed citations

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