Hiroshi Morita

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
286 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Morita is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Morita has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 93 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Morita's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (124 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (64 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (63 papers). Hiroshi Morita is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (124 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (64 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (63 papers). Hiroshi Morita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Hiroshi Morita's co-authors include Kazufumi Nakamura, Tohru Ohe, Satoshi Nagase, Kengo Kusano, Douglas P. Zipes, Jiashin Wu, Hiroshi Ito, Nobuhiro Nishii, Shiho T. Morita and Tetsuro Emori and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Morita

266 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Morita Japan	45	5.3k	2.8k	795	786	647	286	7.2k
Ulrich Schmidt United States	46	3.4k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	411 0.5×	1.5k 1.9×	1.2k 1.9×	218	8.0k
Stig Haunsø Denmark	46	5.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	510 0.6×	557 0.7×	283 0.4×	212	6.6k
Robert L. Hamlin United States	40	3.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	842 1.1×	883 1.1×	579 0.9×	313	6.6k
Yoichi Goto Japan	44	4.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	399 0.5×	1.5k 1.9×	670 1.0×	239	7.7k
Anders Waldenström Sweden	40	4.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	326 0.4×	983 1.3×	627 1.0×	201	8.3k
Stefan Kääb Germany	47	6.4k 1.2×	3.6k 1.3×	233 0.3×	634 0.8×	232 0.4×	199	8.2k
Mark Andrews United States	43	11.6k 2.2×	2.4k 0.9×	298 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	257 0.4×	87	12.6k
Elijah R. Behr United Kingdom	46	6.9k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	635 0.8×	350 0.4×	239 0.4×	221	7.9k
Jacob Tfelt‐Hansen Denmark	40	2.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	710 0.9×	371 0.5×	268 0.4×	224	5.4k
Andrew Remppis Germany	40	3.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	259 0.3×	872 1.1×	269 0.4×	102	6.1k

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Morita, Hiroshi, Norihisa Toh, Masakazu Miyamoto, et al.. (2025). Prevalence, Characteristics, and Arrhythmogenic Substrate of Mitral Annular Disjunction Assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Apparently Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmia. Journal of Arrhythmia. 41(4). e70172–e70172.

Matsuura, Shun, et al.. (2024). Increased skeletal muscle mass index was involved in glycemic efficacy following diabetes treatment, and changes in fat mass index correlated with the changes in the lipid ratio in type 2 diabetes. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 38(4). 108717–108717. 1 indexed citations

Miyamoto, Masakazu, Kazufumi Nakamura, Koji Nakagawa, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and Treatment of Arrhythmias in Patients With Transthyretin and Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis. Circulation Reports. 5(7). 298–305. 5 indexed citations

Katoh, Takao, Eiichi Watanabe, Masaaki Yashima, et al.. (2023). 心電図自動診断の精度評価ならびに有用性向上へのアプローチ. Japanese Journal of Electrocardiology. 43(3). 187–197.

Katoh, Takao, Masaaki Yashima, Naohiko Takahashi, et al.. (2023). Expert consensus document on automated diagnosis of the electrocardiogram: The task force on automated diagnosis of the electrocardiogram in Japan part 3: Inappropriate internal processing in the automatic diagnosis of electrocardiograms and its problems. Journal of Arrhythmia. 40(1). 17–25. 2 indexed citations

Ichikawa, Keishi, Toru Miyoshi, Kazuhiro Osawa, et al.. (2021). Incremental prognostic value of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease over coronary computed tomography angiography findings in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 28(18). 2059–2066. 25 indexed citations

Nishii, Nobuhiro, Yoshimasa Morimoto, Satoshi Kawada, et al.. (2016). Complete right bundle branch block and QRS-T discordance can be the initial clue to detect S-ICD ineligibility. Journal of Cardiology. 70(1). 23–28. 7 indexed citations

Osawa, Kazuhiro, Toru Miyoshi, Yasushi Koyama, et al.. (2014). Additional diagnostic value of first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging without stress when combined with 64-row detector coronary CT angiography in patients with coronary artery disease. Heart. 100(13). 1008–1015. 28 indexed citations

Ohba, Kenji, Hiroshi Morita, Goro Takahashi, et al.. (2013). Non–Islet Cell Tumor-Induced Hypoglycemia Associated with Macronodular Pulmonary Metastases from Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma. Thyroid. 24(2). 395–399. 7 indexed citations

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Nagayama, Koji, et al.. (2011). Twenty-Seven Patients with Hypoglycemic Coma Requiring Hospitalization during Oral Hypoglycemic Treatment. 54(4). 271–276. 1 indexed citations

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Toh, Norihisa, Kazufumi Nakamura, Nobuhiro Nishii, et al.. (2010). Abstract 18437: Transient Deterioration of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Caused by Defibrillation Threshold Testing During Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation: Its Impact on Ca2+ Transient and Clinical Evidence. Circulation. 122. 1 indexed citations

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Morita, Hiroshi, Kengo Kusano, Daiji Miura, et al.. (2008). Fragmented QRS as a Marker of Conduction Abnormality and a Predictor of Prognosis of Brugada Syndrome. Circulation. 118(17). 1697–1704. 338 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Takao, et al.. (2006). Clinical Evaluation of Point‐of‐Care‐Testing of Heart‐Type Fatty Acid‐Binding Protein (H‐FABP) for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry. 27(3). 225–238. 19 indexed citations

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Kusano, Kengo, Kengo Kusano, Satoshi Nagase, et al.. (2006). Brugada Syndrome(Morning Lecture 9 (ML9) (A),The 70th Anniversary Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society). Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 70. 100. 7 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Yasuyuki, Atsushi Hiraide, Hiroshi Morita, et al.. (2004). Three year longitudinal study for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Osaka Prefecture. Resuscitation. 63(2). 161–166. 19 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Aiko, Hiroshi Morita, Satoshi Nagase, et al.. (2002). The Ventricular Arrhythmia induced by Pilsicainide in Patients with the Brugada Syndrome. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 66. 298.

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Morita, Hiroshi, et al.. (2001). Clinical usefulness of a whole-blood panel test for rapid detection of human heart-type fatty acid-binding protein. 50(2). 91–96. 3 indexed citations

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Kono, Tatsuji, Hiroshi Morita, Takuya Nishina, et al.. (1996). Circadian variations of onset of acute myocardial infarction and efficacy of thrombolytic therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(4). 774–778. 71 indexed citations

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Kawamura, Masataka, et al.. (1984). [Two cases of exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia--catecholamine-induced ventricular tachycardia].. PubMed. 32(10). 1071–7. 1 indexed citations

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Deguchi, Hirofumi, et al.. (1980). EXPERIMENTAL COXSACKIE B-3 VIRUS MYOCARDITIS IN MICE AND HAMSTERS : TRANSMISSION AND ANALYTIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY : Myocardial Structure and Pathology : PROCEEDINGS OF THE 44th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE JAPANESE CIRCULATION SOCIETY. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 44(8). 673–674. 2 indexed citations

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