Yoshiki Sawa

27.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
955 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Yoshiki Sawa is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshiki Sawa has authored 955 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 587 papers in Surgery, 339 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 239 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yoshiki Sawa's work include Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (230 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (198 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (178 papers). Yoshiki Sawa is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (230 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (198 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (178 papers). Yoshiki Sawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Yoshiki Sawa's co-authors include Shigeru Miyagawa, Hikaru Matsuda, Satsuki Fukushima, Atsuhiro Saito, Köichi Toda, Teruo Okano, Toru Kuratani, Goro Matsumiya, Yasufumi Kaneda and Toshikazu Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yoshiki Sawa

917 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

In vivo transfection of cis element “decoy” against nuclear factor- κB binding site prevents myocardial infarction

1997 521 citations Yoshiki Sawa et al. profile →
Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy of liver cirrhosis in rats

1999 505 citations Yoshiki Sawa, Toshikazu Nakamura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshiki Sawa Japan	63	9.5k	5.8k	4.3k	3.8k	2.9k	955	18.9k
Patrick Bruneval France	76	7.4k 0.8×	6.9k 1.2×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	427	30.3k
Michael D. Menger Germany	75	8.5k 0.9×	5.6k 1.0×	777 0.2×	3.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	766	23.7k
Richard D. Weisel Canada	81	11.0k 1.2×	5.2k 0.9×	8.9k 2.1×	3.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.3×	399	24.0k
Hikaru Matsuda Japan	57	6.1k 0.6×	4.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	732 0.3×	605	15.0k
Elena Aïkawa United States	78	4.6k 0.5×	6.5k 1.1×	7.4k 1.7×	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	261	22.1k
Robert F. Padera United States	65	3.7k 0.4×	3.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	3.4k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	186	16.1k
Douglas W. Losordo United States	84	7.6k 0.8×	13.9k 2.4×	3.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	2.8k 1.0×	232	23.9k
Cecilia M. Giachelli United States	85	3.4k 0.4×	7.8k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	187	24.9k
Alain Carpentier France	72	8.2k 0.9×	3.8k 0.7×	8.3k 1.9×	1.9k 0.5×	919 0.3×	450	23.5k
Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis United States	88	6.9k 0.7×	13.6k 2.3×	17.7k 4.1×	1.2k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	178	30.9k

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Takeda, Kazuyoshi, Masaki Harada, Yuko Kojima, et al.. (2024). CD8+ T cell-mediated rejection of allogenic human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte sheets in human PBMC-transferred NOG MHC double knockout mice. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(8). 1348–1357. 1 indexed citations

Li, Junjun, Li Liu, Xiang Qu, et al.. (2022). Engineered Tissue for Cardiac Regeneration: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Bioengineering. 9(11). 605–605. 8 indexed citations

Shiraki, Tatsuya, Yasuhiro Ichibori, Tomohito Ohtani, et al.. (2022). Pathophysiological evaluations of initial plaque development after heart transplantation via serial multimodality imaging and cytokine assessments. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(7). 877–885. 2 indexed citations

Kudo, Tomoaki, Toru Kuratani, Kazuo Shimamura, Ryoto Sakaniwa, & Yoshiki Sawa. (2021). Long-term results of hybrid aortic arch repair using landing zone 0: a single-centre study. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 59(6). 1227–1235. 8 indexed citations

Miyagawa, Shigeru, et al.. (2021). Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived three-dimensional cardiomyocyte tissues ameliorate the rat ischemic myocardium by remodeling the extracellular matrix and cardiac protein phenotype. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0245571–e0245571. 13 indexed citations

Nakamura, Yuki, Daisuke Yoshioka, Hidetsugu Asanoi, et al.. (2020). Effect of a reduced donor heart right ventricular distensibility on post-heart transplant haemodynamics. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 32(1). 141–149. 1 indexed citations

Li, Junjun, Lu Zhang, Leqian Yu, et al.. (2020). Circulating re-entrant waves promote maturation of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes in self-organized tissue ring. Communications Biology. 3(1). 122–122. 34 indexed citations

Nakamura, Yuki, Shunsuke Saito, Shigeru Miyagawa, et al.. (2019). Perioperative ischaemic reperfusion injury and allograft function in the early post-transplantation period. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 29(2). 230–236. 8 indexed citations

Kuratani, Toru, Keiwa Kin, Tomohiko Sakamoto, et al.. (2018). Successful Hybrid Zone 0 Landing Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm after Bentall Procedure and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Takayasu Arteritis. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 54. 335.e7–335.e10. 1 indexed citations

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Miyagawa, Shigeru, Keitaro Domae, Yasushi Yoshikawa, et al.. (2017). Phase I Clinical Trial of Autologous Stem Cell–Sheet Transplantation Therapy for Treating Cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American Heart Association. 6(4). 131 indexed citations

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Kawamura, Takuji, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satsuki Fukushima, et al.. (2015). Structural Changes in N-Glycans on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Differentiating Toward Cardiomyocytes. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 4(11). 1258–1264. 22 indexed citations

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Nishi, Hiroyuki, Köichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, et al.. (2015). Annular dynamics after mitral valve repair with different prosthetic rings: A real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study. Surgery Today. 46(9). 1083–1090. 12 indexed citations

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Pätilä, Tommi, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yukiko Imanishi, et al.. (2015). Comparison of Arrhythmogenicity and Proinflammatory Activity Induced by Intramyocardial or Epicardial Myoblast Sheet Delivery in a Rat Model of Ischemic Heart Failure. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123963–e0123963. 12 indexed citations

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Ozawa, Hideto, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satsuki Fukushima, et al.. (2014). Abstract 16120: Extracellar Matrix Preserving Decellulerized Heart Valve Maintain Valvular Function in vivo by Enhancing Functional Cell Recellularization. Circulation. 130. 1 indexed citations

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Sawa, Yoshiki & Shigeru Miyagawa. (2013). Present and Future Perspectives on Cell Sheet-Based Myocardial Regeneration Therapy. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–6. 33 indexed citations

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Kusachi, Shinya, Nobuichi Kashimura, Toshiro Konishi, et al.. (2012). Length of Stay and Cost for Surgical Site Infection after Abdominal and Cardiac Surgery in Japanese Hospitals: Multi-Center Surveillance. Surgical Infections. 13(4). 257–265. 62 indexed citations

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Tokunaga, Toshiteru, Masayoshi Inoue, Kan Ideguchi, Meinoshin Okumura, & Yoshiki Sawa. (2007). Late-onset chylothorax following extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 55(2). 50–52. 4 indexed citations

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Shigemura, Norihisa, Meinoshin Okumura, Shinya Mizuno, et al.. (2006). Lung Tissue Engineering Technique with Adipose Stromal Cells Improves Surgical Outcome for Pulmonary Emphysema. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(11). 1199–1205. 62 indexed citations

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Omori, Takeshi, Toshirou Nishida, Hiroshi Komoda, et al.. (2006). A study of the xenoantigenicity of neonatal porcine islet‐like cell clusters (NPCC) and the efficiency of adenovirus‐mediated DAF (CD55) expression. Xenotransplantation. 13(5). 455–464. 26 indexed citations

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Ahmet, Ismayil, Yoshiki Sawa, Motonobu Nishimura, et al.. (2000). Myocardial protection using diadenosine tetraphosphate with pharmacological preconditioning. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 70(3). 901–905. 5 indexed citations

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