Takashi Akasaka

34.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
534 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Takashi Akasaka is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Takashi Akasaka has authored 534 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 306 papers in Surgery, 291 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 240 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Takashi Akasaka's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (255 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (234 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (96 papers). Takashi Akasaka is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (255 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (234 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (96 papers). Takashi Akasaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Takashi Akasaka's co-authors include Kiyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Kubo, Toshio Imanishi, Takashi Tanimoto, Takeshi Hozumi, Hironori Kitabata, Takahiro Kawamoto, Nozomi Watanabe, Atsushi Tanaka and Tsutomu Takagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Takashi Akasaka

514 papers receiving 17.7k 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.

Expert review document on methodology, terminology, and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography: physical principles, methodology of image acquisition, and clinical application for assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis

2009 619 citations Takashi Akasaka, Patrick W. Serruys et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Assessment of Culprit Lesion Morphology in Acute Myocardial Infarction

2007 614 citations Takashi Kubo, Toshio Imanishi et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Assessment of Coronary Arterial Plaque by Optical Coherence Tomography

2006 446 citations Takashi Akasaka et al. profile →
Optical coherence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and with angiography to guide coronary stent implantation (ILUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI): a randomised controlled trial

2016 384 citations Takashi Akasaka et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Takashi Akasaka Japan	68	11.0k	9.5k	8.3k	4.5k	2.2k	534	18.2k
Jan J. Piek Netherlands	76	11.6k 1.1×	11.4k 1.2×	7.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	549	19.7k
Andrew Farb United States	62	14.4k 1.3×	11.6k 1.2×	7.6k 0.9×	6.9k 1.5×	1.9k 0.9×	183	24.0k
Robbert J. de Winter Netherlands	60	7.7k 0.7×	8.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	451	13.6k
Robert‐Jan van Geuns Netherlands	63	8.8k 0.8×	8.1k 0.8×	7.0k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	421	15.2k
Aloke V. Finn United States	58	12.4k 1.1×	8.5k 0.9×	4.8k 0.6×	6.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	246	19.8k
Erling Falk Denmark	56	7.2k 0.7×	7.1k 0.7×	4.5k 0.5×	3.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	179	17.3k
John A. Rumberger United States	53	5.1k 0.5×	9.8k 1.0×	12.5k 1.5×	1.9k 0.4×	3.3k 1.5×	198	18.1k
Felix Zijlstra Netherlands	67	9.9k 0.9×	14.7k 1.5×	7.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	566	19.4k
Emmanouil S. Brilakis United States	57	10.3k 0.9×	8.0k 0.8×	5.3k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	802 0.4×	698	14.2k
Marcelo F. Di Carli United States	73	4.5k 0.4×	9.7k 1.0×	12.7k 1.5×	2.6k 0.6×	3.3k 1.5×	417	20.4k

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Onuma, Yoshinobu, Kai Ninomiya, Krischan D. Sjauw, et al.. (2025). Accuracy of instantaneous wave-free ratio and fractional flow reserve derived from single coronary angiographic projections. American Heart Journal. 288. 111–121.

Ninomiya, Kai, Patrick W. Serruys, Jinying Zhou, et al.. (2023). Anonymous Comparison of Various Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve Software With Pressure-Derived Physiological Assessment. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 16(14). 1778–1790. 19 indexed citations

Otake, Hiromasa, Takashi Kubo, Toshiro Shinke, et al.. (2020). OPtical frequency domain imaging vs. INtravascular ultrasound in percutaneous coronary InterventiON in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Cardiology. 76(3). 317–321. 7 indexed citations

Shiono, Yasutsugu, Takashi Kubo, Hironori Kitabata, et al.. (2019). The inter-study reproducibility of instantaneous wave-free ratio and angiography coregistration. Journal of Cardiology. 75(5). 507–512. 5 indexed citations

Katayama, Yosuke, Takashi Kubo, Yasushi Ino, et al.. (2018). The relationship between timing of prasugrel pretreatment and in-stent thrombus immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study. Heart and Vessels. 33(10). 1159–1167. 5 indexed citations

Shimokado, Aiko, Yoshiki Matsuo, Takashi Kubo, et al.. (2018). In vivo optical coherence tomography imaging and histopathology of healed coronary plaques. Atherosclerosis. 275. 35–42. 82 indexed citations

Kubo, Takashi, Toshiro Shinke, Takayuki Okamura, et al.. (2017). Optical frequency domain imaging vs. intravascular ultrasound in percutaneous coronary intervention (OPINION trial): one-year angiographic and clinical results. European Heart Journal. 38(42). 3139–3147. 180 indexed citations

Kameyama, Takeyoshi, Takashi Kubo, Hiroki Emori, et al.. (2016). TCT-542 Usefulness of QFR measurement for non-culprit lesion of ACS patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(18). B219–B219. 3 indexed citations

Watanabe, Makoto, Yoshihiko Saito, Kazutaka Aonuma, et al.. (2015). Prediction of contrast-induced nephropathy by the serum creatinine level on the day following cardiac catheterization. Journal of Cardiology. 68(5). 412–418. 9 indexed citations

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Satogami, Keisuke, Yasushi Ino, Takashi Kubo, et al.. (2015). Successful Stenting With Optical Frequency Domain Imaging Guidance For Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 8(6). e83–e85. 11 indexed citations

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Orii, Makoto, Toshio Imanishi, & Takashi Akasaka. (2014). Assessment of Cardiac Sarcoidosis with Advanced Imaging Modalities. BioMed Research International. 2014. 1–15. 17 indexed citations

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Wada, Takuya, Kumiko Hirata, Yasutsugu Shiono, et al.. (2013). Coronary flow velocity reserve in three major coronary arteries by transthoracic echocardiography for the functional assessment of coronary artery disease: a comparison with fractional flow reserve. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 15(4). 399–408. 15 indexed citations

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Tanimoto, Takashi, Toshio Imanishi, Hironori Kitabata, et al.. (2010). Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Papillary Muscle Infarction Detected by Late Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 122(22). 2281–2287. 37 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Hisao, Takashi Akasaka, Ryuichi Hattori, et al.. (2010). Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Vasospastic Angina (Coronary Spastic Angina) (JCS 2008) : Digest Version. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 74(8). 1745–1762. 157 indexed citations

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Ino, Yasushi, Hironori Kitabata, Atsushi Tanaka, et al.. (2010). THE IMPACT OF HINGE MOTION ON IN-STENT RESTENOSIS AFTER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(10). A194.E1820–A194.E1820. 3 indexed citations

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Kataiwa, Hideaki, Atsushi Tanaka, Hironori Kitabata, et al.. (2009). Head to head comparison between the conventional balloon occlusion method and the non-occlusion method for optical coherence tomography. International Journal of Cardiology. 146(2). 186–190. 18 indexed citations

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Tsujioka, Hiroto, Toshio Imanishi, Hideyuki Ikejima, et al.. (2009). Impact of Heterogeneity of Human Peripheral Blood Monocyte Subsets on Myocardial Salvage in Patients With Primary Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 54(2). 130–138. 297 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Atsushi, Toshio Imanishi, Hironori Kitabata, et al.. (2008). Morphology of Exertion-Triggered Plaque Rupture in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. Circulation. 118(23). 2368–2373. 131 indexed citations

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Raffel, O., et al.. (2008). Cardiac optical coherence tomography. Heart. 94(9). 1200–1210. 35 indexed citations

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Hirata, Kumiko, Makoto Hirose, Yukio Nishida, et al.. (2008). PE-323 Improvement of Carotid Arterial Intima-Media Complex Irregularity as a Sensitive Marker of Atherosclerosis Regression in Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering Therapy(Echo/Doppler(07)(I),Poster Session(English),The 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society). Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 72. 441–442. 1 indexed citations

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