Satoru Sumitsuji

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Satoru Sumitsuji is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Satoru Sumitsuji has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Surgery, 28 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 25 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Satoru Sumitsuji's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (28 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (25 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (12 papers). Satoru Sumitsuji is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (28 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (25 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (12 papers). Satoru Sumitsuji collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Greece. Satoru Sumitsuji's co-authors include Iichiro Shimomura, Yūji Matsuzawa, Tohru Funahashi, Masahiro Kumada, Noriyuki Ouchi, Toshiharu Kawamoto, Shinji Kihara, Tadashi Nakamura, Satoru Matsumoto and Yukio Arita and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Satoru Sumitsuji

57 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery D... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 400 800 1.2k
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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. Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery Disease in Men
    2003 1.2k citations Masahiro Kumada, Satoru Sumitsuji et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Satoru Sumitsuji Japan 22 1.3k 1.2k 701 639 391 57 2.4k
Hisatoyo Hiraoka Japan 23 2.1k 1.6× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 700 1.1× 199 0.5× 50 3.9k
Pasquale Fatuzzo Italy 24 614 0.5× 913 0.8× 377 0.5× 368 0.6× 131 0.3× 59 2.3k
Saverio Parlongo Italy 21 791 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 494 0.7× 440 0.7× 82 0.2× 36 2.8k
Andréa Picchi Italy 21 451 0.3× 903 0.8× 325 0.5× 787 1.2× 363 0.9× 54 1.9k
Søren Galatius Denmark 26 576 0.4× 1.7k 1.4× 313 0.4× 519 0.8× 541 1.4× 92 2.5k
Wei‐Chuan Tsai Taiwan 27 420 0.3× 1.7k 1.4× 398 0.6× 419 0.7× 418 1.1× 116 2.6k
Giuseppe Seminara Italy 16 537 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 304 0.4× 291 0.5× 117 0.3× 33 2.0k
Francesco Rapisarda Italy 20 562 0.4× 933 0.8× 333 0.5× 268 0.4× 89 0.2× 45 2.0k
Takahiko Kawagishi Japan 29 446 0.3× 1.2k 1.1× 351 0.5× 683 1.1× 192 0.5× 54 3.3k
Turgay Celık Türkiye 31 637 0.5× 1.6k 1.4× 227 0.3× 888 1.4× 263 0.7× 178 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Satoru Sumitsuji

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Fields of papers citing papers by Satoru Sumitsuji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Satoru Sumitsuji

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All Works

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Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Koichi Kishi, et al.. (2024). Retrograde Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention (JR-CTO) Score. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(11). 1374–1384. 2 indexed citations
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Muramatsu, Toshiya, Koichi Kishi, Satoru Sumitsuji, et al.. (2021). Occlusion patterns, strategies and procedural outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention for in-stent chronic total occlusion. EuroIntervention. 17(8). e631–e638. 5 indexed citations
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Sadamatsu, Kenji, Masaaki Okutsu, Satoru Sumitsuji, et al.. (2021). Practical utilization of cardiac computed tomography for the success in complex coronary intervention. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 36(2). 178–189. 8 indexed citations
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Chimura, Misato, Tomohito Ohtani, K. Yokoi, et al.. (2020). Diagnostic performance of coronary angiography utilizing intraprocedural 320-row computed tomography with minimal contrast medium. Heart and Vessels. 35(10). 1341–1348. 1 indexed citations
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Yokoi, K., Masahiko Hara, Yasunori Ueda, et al.. (2017). Ideal Guiding Catheter Position During Bilaterally Engaged Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal of Cardiology. 119(10). 1518–1524. 4 indexed citations
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Galassi, Alfredo R., Satoru Sumitsuji, Marouane Boukhris, et al.. (2016). Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusions. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 9(19). 1979–1991. 47 indexed citations
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Takura, Tomoyuki, Kouichi Tachibana, Takaaki Isshiki, et al.. (2016). Preliminary report on a cost-utility analysis of revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention for ischemic heart disease. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 32(2). 127–136. 12 indexed citations
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Sumitsuji, Satoru, Patrick T. Siegrist, K. Yokoi, et al.. (2015). Reproducibility and clinical potential of myocardial mass at risk calculated by a novel software utilizing cardiac computed tomography information. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 31(3). 218–225. 11 indexed citations
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Siegrist, Patrick T., Satoru Sumitsuji, Masahiro Kumada, et al.. (2015). Contrast-free diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease guided by integrated cardiac imaging: concept and first clinical experience. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 31(1). 51–55. 1 indexed citations
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Siegrist, Patrick T. & Satoru Sumitsuji. (2014). Chronic total occlusion: current methods of revascularization. Cardiovascular Medicine. 17(12). 347–356. 4 indexed citations
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Yamaji, Kyohei, Shun Kohsaka, Kenshi Fujii, et al.. (2014). DAILY WEATHER AND THE OCCURRENCE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A2–A2. 1 indexed citations
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Nakatani, Daisaku, Yasuhiko Sakata, Shinichiro Suna, et al.. (2013). Incidence, Predictors, and Subsequent Mortality Risk of Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in Patients Following Discharge for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Journal. 77(2). 439–446. 80 indexed citations
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Sakata, Yasuhiko, Daisaku Nakatani, Masahiko Shimizu, et al.. (2011). Oral treatment with nicorandil at discharge is associated with reduced mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Cardiology. 59(1). 14–21. 32 indexed citations
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Nishi, Hiroyuki, Taichi Sakaguchi, Shigeru Miyagawa, et al.. (2011). Failed Depiction of Patent Bypass Graft Due to Presence of Large Lateral Costal Artery. Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 18(3). 275–277. 1 indexed citations
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Kishida, Ken, Yasuhiko Nakagawa, Hideaki Nakatsuji, et al.. (2011). Carotid intima-media thickness, but not visceral fat area or adiponectin, correlates with intracoronary stenosis detected by multislice computed tomography in people with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 95(1). e23–e26. 4 indexed citations
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Sumitsuji, Satoru, Yoshio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Okura, et al.. (2004). 832-5 Multiple plaque ruptures are not frequent in acute coronary syndrome: A three-vessel intravascular ultrasound study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(5). A74–A74. 2 indexed citations
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Tsuchikane, Etsuo, Satoru Sumitsuji, Nobuhisa Awata, et al.. (1999). Final results of the STent versus directional coronary Atherectomy Randomized Trial (START). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 34(4). 1050–1057. 24 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Tetsu, et al.. (1998). Impact of cilostazol on neointimal proliferation following palmaz-schatz stent implantation: a prospective randomized trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 31. 404–404. 2 indexed citations
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Tsuchikane, Etsuo, Osamu Katoh, Satoru Sumitsuji, et al.. (1998). Impact of cilostazol on intimal proliferation after directional coronary atherectomy. American Heart Journal. 135(3). 495–502. 42 indexed citations
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Sumitsuji, Satoru, Osamu Katoh, Etsuo Tsuchikane, et al.. (1996). Chronic vessel remodeling as a cause of restenosis after directional coronary atherectomy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 156–156. 3 indexed citations

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