Kimi Sato

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kimi Sato is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kimi Sato has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 26 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kimi Sato's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (49 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (42 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (24 papers). Kimi Sato is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (49 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (42 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (24 papers). Kimi Sato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Kimi Sato's co-authors include Yoshihiro Seo, Kazutaka Aonuma, Tomoko Ishizu, Arnav Kumar, Milind Y. Desai, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Zoran Popović, Tomoko Machino‐Ohtsuka, Akinori Sugano and Allan L. Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kimi Sato

89 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardi... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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. Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography
    2017 287 citations Øyvind Senstad Andersen, Otto A. Smiseth 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
Kimi Sato Japan 25 1.8k 617 405 398 256 99 2.1k
Hirohiko Motoki Japan 21 1.3k 0.7× 392 0.6× 162 0.4× 361 0.9× 307 1.2× 122 1.7k
Rajdeep Khattar United Kingdom 22 1.6k 0.9× 493 0.8× 182 0.4× 433 1.1× 299 1.2× 105 2.1k
Yat‐Yin Lam Hong Kong 22 1.4k 0.8× 267 0.4× 214 0.5× 225 0.6× 279 1.1× 66 1.8k
Lenka Špinarová Czechia 19 2.3k 1.3× 418 0.7× 210 0.5× 374 0.9× 482 1.9× 114 2.7k
Noritake Hata Japan 23 995 0.6× 228 0.4× 159 0.4× 403 1.0× 409 1.6× 126 1.7k
Nicola Riccardo Pugliese Italy 22 1.3k 0.7× 328 0.5× 115 0.3× 312 0.8× 191 0.7× 111 1.7k
Shunsuke Tamaki Japan 21 1.1k 0.6× 345 0.6× 116 0.3× 180 0.5× 273 1.1× 99 1.5k
Shari Targum United States 11 1.3k 0.7× 292 0.5× 109 0.3× 368 0.9× 242 0.9× 13 1.7k
In‐Chang Hwang South Korea 25 1.2k 0.7× 356 0.6× 192 0.5× 363 0.9× 182 0.7× 132 1.7k
Gaurav S. Gulsin United Kingdom 20 941 0.5× 363 0.6× 146 0.4× 232 0.6× 90 0.4× 84 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kimi Sato

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All Works

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Kagami, Kazuki, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Tomonari Harada, et al.. (2025). Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in atrial functional mitral regurgitation – Insight from the REVEAL-AFMR. International Journal of Cardiology. 422. 132958–132958. 2 indexed citations
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Kagiyama, Nobuyuki, Masashi Amano, Yukio Satô, et al.. (2025). Echocardiographic cardiac damage classification and clinical outcomes in atrial functional mitral regurgitation. Heart. 111(11). 532–540. 1 indexed citations
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Hiraya, Daigo, et al.. (2024). Evolut PRO successfully deployed above the annulus plane for type 2 bicuspid aortic valve. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 40(1). 203–204.
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Nakano, Koji, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Yu Yamada, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial Structural Abnormalities and Cardiac Reverse Remodeling in Patients With Systolic Dysfunction. Circulation Journal. 89(1). 101–108. 3 indexed citations
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Sato, Kimi, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Takeru Nabeta, et al.. (2024). Association Between Right Bundle Branch Block and Ventricular Arrhythmia in Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(8). 101105–101105. 2 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Masayoshi, Tomoko Ishizu, Kimi Sato, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal Changes in Natriuretic Peptides and Reverse Cardiac Remodeling in Patients with Heart Failure Treated with Sacubitril/Valsartan Across the Left Ventricular Ejection Traction Spectrum. International Heart Journal. 64(6). 1071–1078. 3 indexed citations
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Iida, Noriko, Kazuko Tajiri, Tomoko Ishizu, et al.. (2022). Echocardiography image quality of global longitudinal strain in cardio-oncology: a prospective real-world investigation. Journal of Echocardiography. 20(3). 159–165. 7 indexed citations
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Ishizu, Tomoko, Toshimi Sairenchi, Kazumasa Yamagishi, et al.. (2021). Right bundle branch block and risk of cardiovascular mortality: the Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study. Heart and Vessels. 37(4). 609–618. 3 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Masayoshi, Tomoko Ishizu, Yoshihiro Seo, et al.. (2021). Pathophysiological role of right ventricular function and interventricular functional mismatch in the development of pulmonary edema in acute heart failure. Journal of Cardiology. 79(6). 711–718. 4 indexed citations
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Seo, Yoshihiro, Tomoko Ishizu, Kimi Sato, et al.. (2021). The determinants of plasma brain natriuretic peptide level in severe aortic valve stenosis patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Journal of Cardiology. 78(5). 413–422. 3 indexed citations
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Raizada, Veena, Kimi Sato, Alaa Alashi, et al.. (2021). Depressed Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Heart Failure Due to Constrictive Pericarditis. ESC Heart Failure. 8(4). 3119–3129. 5 indexed citations
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Ishizu, Tomoko, Miho Sato, Miyako Igarashi, et al.. (2021). Left atrial regional strain assessed by novel dedicated three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. Journal of Cardiology. 78(6). 517–523. 7 indexed citations
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Ishizu, Tomoko, Yoshihiro Seo, Naoto Kawamatsu, et al.. (2019). The impact of right bundle branch block on right ventricular size and function assessed by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography. Heart and Vessels. 35(4). 576–585. 3 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sonu, Rupak Desai, Arnav Kumar, et al.. (2019). TRENDS IN ACUTE POST-ABLATION PERICARDITIS AND RELATED HEALTHCARE BURDEN IN SYMPTOMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION HOSPITALIZATIONS: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (2009-2014). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73(9). 442–442. 4 indexed citations
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Nagueh, Sherif F., Otto A. Smiseth, Hisham Dokainish, et al.. (2018). Mean Right Atrial Pressure for Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure in Patients with Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Invasive and Noninvasive Validation. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 31(7). 799–806. 25 indexed citations
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Xu, Bo, Jorge J. Betancor, Kimi Sato, et al.. (2018). WATCHMAN DEVICE SIZING: IS MULTI-DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SUPERIOR TO TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(11). A1580–A1580. 1 indexed citations
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Sato, Kimi, Serge C. Harb, Arnav Kumar, et al.. (2018). Impact of left ventricular diastolic function and survival in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196031–e0196031. 5 indexed citations
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Andersen, Øyvind Senstad, Otto A. Smiseth, Hisham Dokainish, et al.. (2017). Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(15). 1937–1948. 287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Izumo, Masaki, Masaaki Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Seo, et al.. (2016). Prognostic implications in patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction: Japanese multicenter aortic stenosis, retrospective (JUST-R) registry. Journal of Cardiology. 69(1). 110–118. 7 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Masayoshi, Yoshihiro Seo, Tomoko Ishizu, et al.. (2014). Prognostic significance of persistent restrictive filling pattern after cardiac resynchronization therapy. Journal of Echocardiography. 13(1). 20–26. 2 indexed citations

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