Moritoshi Funasako

3.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Moritoshi Funasako is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moritoshi Funasako has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Moritoshi Funasako's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (31 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (23 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (21 papers). Moritoshi Funasako is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (31 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (23 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (21 papers). Moritoshi Funasako collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Japan. Moritoshi Funasako's co-authors include Petr Neužil, Jan Petrů, Vivek Y. Reddy, Jacob S. Koruth, Kentaro Minami, Srinivas R. Dukkipati, I Sikiric, Ante Anić, Toni Brešković and Milan Chovanec 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

Moritoshi Funasako

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Pulsed Field Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

2021 328 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Srinivas R. Dukkipati et al. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology profile →
Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

2020 257 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Ante Anić et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Coronary Arterial Spasm During Pulsed Field Ablation to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

2022 130 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Jan Petrů et al. Circulation profile →
A Focal Ablation Catheter Toggling Between Radiofrequency and Pulsed Field Energy to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

2023 83 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Petr Peichl et al. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moritoshi Funasako Czechia	15	1.1k	252	219	47	44	44	1.3k
Iwanari Kawamura Japan	14	829 0.8×	230 0.9×	194 0.9×	45 1.0×	34 0.8×	79	1.0k
Milan Chovanec Czechia	12	1.3k 1.2×	191 0.8×	177 0.8×	59 1.3×	17 0.4×	30	1.5k
Harry van Wessel Netherlands	15	707 0.6×	431 1.7×	500 2.3×	89 1.9×	32 0.7×	24	1.0k
Christopher W. Schneider United States	13	791 0.7×	143 0.6×	133 0.6×	28 0.6×	8 0.2×	19	958
Jakub Sroubek United States	17	693 0.6×	126 0.5×	87 0.4×	19 0.4×	81 1.8×	57	791
Noah Barka United States	8	373 0.3×	143 0.6×	136 0.6×	37 0.8×	13 0.3×	13	495
I Sikiric Croatia	5	551 0.5×	133 0.5×	121 0.6×	29 0.6×	12 0.3×	11	650
Vincent van Driel Netherlands	8	302 0.3×	164 0.7×	190 0.9×	33 0.7×	12 0.3×	15	450
Kars Neven Germany	24	1.8k 1.6×	479 1.9×	555 2.5×	153 3.3×	32 0.7×	55	2.2k
Hagai Yavin United States	13	412 0.4×	104 0.4×	75 0.3×	19 0.4×	32 0.7×	31	505

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Reddy, Vivek Y., Petr Peichl, Elad Anter, et al.. (2025). One-year outcomes of a conformable single-shot pulsed-field ablation catheter for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 22(10). 2551–2561. 1 indexed citations

Reddy, Vivek Y., Jacob S. Koruth, Petr Peichl, et al.. (2025). High-Voltage Focal Pulsed Field Ablation to Treat Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia: The First-in-Human VCAS Trial. Circulation. 152(24). 1691–1704.

Petrů, Jan, Moritoshi Funasako, & Petr Neužil. (2025). Catheters and Tools with Pulsed Field Ablation—Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Nanosecond Pulse Field Ablation. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. 17(2). 273–285.

Neužil, Petr, Jan Petrů, Moritoshi Funasako, et al.. (2024). Nitroglycerin to Ameliorate Coronary Artery Spasm During Focal Pulsed-Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(5). 885–896. 29 indexed citations

Reddy, Vivek Y., Jacob S. Koruth, Jan Petrů, et al.. (2024). PO-05-158 FIRST-IN-HUMAN CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF PULSE FIELD ABLATION USING NANOSECOND PULSES TO TREAT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm. 21(5). S548–S548. 1 indexed citations

Reddy, Vivek Y., Elad Anter, Petr Peichl, et al.. (2024). First-in-human clinical series of a novel conformable large-lattice pulsed field ablation catheter for pulmonary vein isolation. EP Europace. 26(4). 15 indexed citations

Turagam, Mohit K., Petr Neužil, Jan Petrů, et al.. (2024). AF ablation using a novel “single-shot” map-and-ablate spherical array pulsed field ablation catheter: 1-Year outcomes of the first-in-human PULSE-EU trial. Heart Rhythm. 21(8). 1218–1226. 13 indexed citations

Neužil, Petr, Jan Petrů, Moritoshi Funasako, et al.. (2023). AB-452675-4 CORONARY ARTERIAL SPASM DURING CAVO-TRICUSPID ISTHMUS ABLATION WITH A NOVEL FOCAL PULSED FIELD ABLATION CATHETER: FINDINGS FROM CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE MEASUREMENTS. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S76–S76. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chi, Petr Neužil, Jan Petrů, et al.. (2023). PO-03-006 CHARACTERIZATION OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM DURING RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION AT THE CAVO-TRICUSPID ISTHMUS. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S443–S444. 1 indexed citations

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Turagam, Mohit K., Petr Neužil, Jan Petrů, et al.. (2023). PV Isolation Using a Spherical Array PFA Catheter. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 9(5). 638–648. 23 indexed citations

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Reddy, Vivek Y., Petr Neužil, Jan Petrů, et al.. (2023). AB-453070-2 : A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ELECTROGRAPHIC FLOW-GUIDED ABLATION IN REDO PATIENTS WITH NON-PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S1–S2. 1 indexed citations

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Reddy, Vivek Y., Petr Peichl, Elad Anter, et al.. (2023). A Focal Ablation Catheter Toggling Between Radiofrequency and Pulsed Field Energy to Treat Atrial Fibrillation. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 9(8). 1786–1801. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

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Neužil, Petr, et al.. (2023). Retrieval and replacement feasibility of 7-year-old implanted leadless pacemaker with tines fixation. HeartRhythm Case Reports. 10(1). 2–5. 8 indexed citations

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Kawamura, Iwanari, Petr Neužil, Poojita Shivamurthy, et al.. (2021). Does pulsed field ablation regress over time? A quantitative temporal analysis of pulmonary vein isolation. Heart Rhythm. 18(6). 878–884. 35 indexed citations

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Minami, Kentaro, Jan Petrů, Milan Chovanec, et al.. (2020). Successful Retrieval of a 4-Year-Old Micra Transcatheter Pacemaker System in a Patient With Leadless Biventricular Pacing Therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(14). 2249–2252. 5 indexed citations

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Reddy, Vivek Y., Ante Anić, Jacob S. Koruth, et al.. (2020). Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 76(9). 1068–1080. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Funasako, Moritoshi, Petr Neužil, Jan Petrů, et al.. (2019). Successful implementation of a totally leadless biventricular pacing approach. HeartRhythm Case Reports. 6(3). 153–157. 12 indexed citations

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Nakane, Eisaku, Nozomi Tanaka, Yuki Kimura, et al.. (2015). LIVING ALONE OR LIVING ONLY WITH AN ELDERLY SPOUSE IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF HOSPITAL READMISSION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(10). A1033–A1033. 5 indexed citations

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Funasako, Moritoshi, Akira Funada, Hideaki Kanzaki, et al.. (2012). Eosinophilia associated with dobutamine allergy causes eosinophilic endomyocarditis confirmed by serial endomyocardial biopsies. Journal of Cardiology Cases. 6(6). e179–e182. 1 indexed citations

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Funasako, Moritoshi, et al.. (2010). Abstract 19627: Long-Term Epoprostenol Infusion Therapy Could Induce Hyperthyroidism in Patients With Idiopathic and Hereditary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Circulation. 122. 1 indexed citations

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