Kenichi Sakakura

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
255 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Kenichi Sakakura is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenichi Sakakura has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 155 papers in Surgery and 83 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Kenichi Sakakura's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (120 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (90 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (83 papers). Kenichi Sakakura is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (120 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (90 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (83 papers). Kenichi Sakakura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ireland. Kenichi Sakakura's co-authors include Renu Virmani, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Shin‐ichi Momomura, Kazuyuki Yahagi, Hiroshi Wada, Elena Ladich, Frank D. Kolodgie, Hideo Fujita, Michael Joner and Yousuke Taniguchi 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

Kenichi Sakakura

240 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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Has Our Understanding of Calcification in Human Coronary Atherosclerosis Progressed?

2014 348 citations Fumiyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Sakakura et al. profile →
Pathology of Second-Generation Everolimus-Eluting Stents Versus First-Generation Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Humans

2013 338 citations Fumiyuki Otsuka, Masataka Nakano et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Association Between Medial Calcification and Chronic Thrombus: An Optical Frequency Domain Imaging Study 2025 ·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions ·Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Kenichi Sakakura, Masashi Hatori, Takunori Tsukui, Yûsuke Watanabe, Masaru Seguchi, Shun Ishibashi, (unknown), Kei Yamamoto, Yousuke Taniguchi, (unknown)	0
2	Determinants of In-hospital Death in Non-ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction with Triple-vessel Disease 2024 ·Internal Medicine ·(unknown), Kenichi Sakakura, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Kei Yamamoto, Takunori Tsukui, Masashi Hatori, (unknown), Shun Ishibashi, Yusuke Watanabe, Masaru Seguchi, (unknown)	0
3	The Impact of the Coronary Artery Calcium Score on the Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Hisashi Sato, Kenichi Sakakura, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Kei Yamamoto, Takunori Tsukui, Masashi Hatori, (unknown), Yusuke Watanabe, Shun Ishibashi, Masaru Seguchi, Hideo Fujita	0
4	Changing Trends in Mechanical Circulatory Support Use and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Acute Coronary Syndrome Complicated With Cardiogenic Shock: Insights From a Nationwide Registry in Japan 2023 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Yuji Nishimoto, Taku Inohara, Shun Kohsaka, Kenichi Sakakura, Tsutomu Kawai, Atsushi Kikuchi, Tetsuya Watanabe, Takahisa Yamada, Masatake Fukunami, Kyohei Yamaji, Hideki Ishii, Tetsuya Amano, Ken Kozuma, (unknown)	8
5	How to write a revised manuscript in clinical medicine 2023 ·Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics ·Kenichi Sakakura, (unknown)	2
6	Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Who Underwent Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Tsukasa Murakami, Kenichi Sakakura, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Takunori Tsukui, Yusuke Watanabe, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Hiroshi Wada, Hideo Fujita	8
7	Determinants of successful parallel wire technique in percutaneous coronary intervention to coronary chronic total occlusion 2023 ·Cardiovascular revascularization medicine ·Yousuke Taniguchi, Kenichi Sakakura, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Takunori Tsukui, Masashi Hatori, (unknown), (unknown), Yûsuke Watanabe, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Hideo Fujita	2
8	Clinical expert consensus document on rotational atherectomy from the Japanese association of cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics: update 2023 2023 ·Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics ·Kenichi Sakakura, Yoshiaki Ito, Yoshisato Shibata, Atsunori Okamura, Yoshifumi Kashima, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuji Hamazaki, Junya Ako, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Yoshio Kobayashi, Yuji Ikari	34
9	Impact of controlled blood pressure and pulse rate at discharge on clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction 2023 ·Journal of Cardiology ·Satomi Kobayashi, Kenichi Sakakura, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Takunori Tsukui, Masashi Hatori, Yusuke Watanabe, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Hiroshi Wada, Hideo Fujita	1
10	Determinants of Greater Peak radiation skin dose in percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion 2020 ·Journal of Cardiology ·Kei Yamamoto, Kenichi Sakakura, (unknown), Hiroko Hasegawa, Takunori Tsukui, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroshi Wada, Shin‐ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita	5
11	Association of slow flow with clinical factors in intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with left main trunk-acute myocardial infarction 2019 ·Journal of Cardiology ·Kei Yamamoto, Kenichi Sakakura, (unknown), Yûsuke Watanabe, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroshi Wada, Shin‐ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita	4
12	Methodological Standardization for the Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Renal Sympathetic Denervation 2014 ·JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions ·Kenichi Sakakura, Elena Ladich, Elazer R. Edelman, Peter Markham, James R. L. Stanley, John H. Keating, Frank D. Kolodgie, Renu Virmani, Michael Joner	56
13	TCT-655 Contribution of In-Stent Neoatherosclerosis to Late Stent Failure Following Bare Metal and 1st- and 2nd-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Placement: An Autopsy Study 2014 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Fumiyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Sakakura, Kazuyuki Yahagi, Oscar D. Sánchez, Robert Kutys, Elena Ladich, David R. Fowler, Frank D. Kolodgie, Harry R. Davis, Michael Joner, Renu Virmani	5
14	ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF HUMAN RENAL SYMPATHETIC NERVES: PATHOLOGIC STUDY 2014 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Kenichi Sakakura, Elena Ladich, Qi Cheng, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Kazuyuki Yahagi, Frank D. Kolodgie, Michael Joner, Renu Virmani	10
15	Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis Plaque Progression 2013 ·Heart Lung and Circulation ·Kenichi Sakakura, Masataka Nakano, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Elena Ladich, Frank D. Kolodgie, Renu Virmani	334
16	Congestive heart failure in the elderly: Comparison between reduced ejection fraction and preserved ejection fraction 2012 ·Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Norifumi Kubo, Nahoko Ikeda, Yoshitaka Sugawara, Junya Ako, Shin‐ichi Momomura	14
17	Comparison of the resource utilization between simultaneous strategy and staged strategy to treat two-vessel coronary artery disease by percutaneous coronary intervention. 2011 ·PubMed ·Kenichi Sakakura, Junya Ako, Hiroshi Wada, Norifumi Kubo, Shin‐ichi Momomura	2
18	Determinants of progression of aortic valve stenosis and outcome of adverse events in hemodialysis patients 2011 ·Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Norifumi Kubo, Nahoko Ikeda, Yoshitaka Sugawara, Takanori Yasu, Junya Ako, Shin‐ichi Momomura	15
19	Aortic dissection is associated with intermittent hypoxia and re-oxygenation 2011 ·Heart and Vessels ·Ryo Naito, Kenichi Sakakura, Takatoshi Kasai, Tomotaka Dohi, Hiroshi Wada, Yoshitaka Sugawara, Norifumi Kubo, Suguru Yamashita, Koji Narui, Sugao Ishiwata, Minoru Ohno, Junya Ako, Shin‐ichi Momomura	26
20	Determinants of in-hospital death in left main coronary artery myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock 2008 ·Journal of Cardiology ·Kenichi Sakakura, Norifumi Kubo, Shigemasa Hashimoto, Nahoko Ikeda, Hiroshi Funayama, (unknown), Yoshitaka Sugawara, Takanori Yasu, Junya Ako, Masanobu Kawakami, Shin-ichi Momomura	18

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