Yuichi Saito

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
200 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yuichi Saito is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuichi Saito has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 74 papers in Surgery and 72 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Yuichi Saito's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (68 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (50 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (44 papers). Yuichi Saito is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (68 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (50 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (44 papers). Yuichi Saito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Yuichi Saito's co-authors include Yoshio Kobayashi, Yoshio Kobayashi, Hideki Kitahara, Atsushi Tanaka, Koichi Node, Yoshio Kobayashi, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Takashi Nakayama, Kenichi Tsujita and Akio Hirose and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yuichi Saito

181 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Uric acid and cardiovascular disease: A clinical review 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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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. Uric acid and cardiovascular disease: A clinical review
    2020 215 citations Yuichi Saito, Atsushi Tanaka et al. Journal 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
Yuichi Saito Japan 20 860 640 485 245 222 200 1.9k
Yu Sato United States 21 560 0.7× 507 0.8× 187 0.4× 114 0.5× 318 1.4× 124 1.9k
Rupak K. Banerjee United States 28 620 0.7× 953 1.5× 736 1.5× 166 0.7× 657 3.0× 182 2.7k
Yoshio Matsuo Japan 33 214 0.2× 499 0.8× 1.4k 2.9× 284 1.2× 462 2.1× 126 3.3k
Tomohiro Nakayama Japan 24 602 0.7× 405 0.6× 577 1.2× 54 0.2× 232 1.0× 105 2.1k
Doo Sun Sim South Korea 26 1.5k 1.7× 1.4k 2.1× 713 1.5× 64 0.3× 525 2.4× 284 2.6k
Şükrü Çelik Türkiye 24 798 0.9× 350 0.5× 281 0.6× 89 0.4× 224 1.0× 155 2.1k
Hasan Kaya Türkiye 27 1.0k 1.2× 495 0.8× 137 0.3× 52 0.2× 138 0.6× 134 2.5k
Peter Lanzer Germany 21 795 0.9× 631 1.0× 983 2.0× 283 1.2× 573 2.6× 86 2.3k
Shinya Okamoto Japan 25 335 0.4× 589 0.9× 200 0.4× 45 0.2× 225 1.0× 126 1.9k
Stephan H. Duda Germany 35 580 0.7× 2.4k 3.8× 550 1.1× 404 1.6× 2.4k 10.8× 129 4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuichi Saito

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saito, Yuichi, Kazuya Tateishi, Ken Kato, Hideki Kitahara, & Yoshio Kobayashi. (2025). Standard and Non-standard Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Ischemic Heart Disease and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Clinical Review. Internal Medicine. 65(4). 508–519.
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Saito, Yuichi & Yoshio Kobayashi. (2024). Advances in Technology and Technique in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Clinical Review. Internal Medicine. 65(1). 1–10.
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Saito, Yuichi, Atsushi Tanaka, Hisako Yoshida, et al.. (2024). Effects of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition by Febuxostat on Lipid Profiles of Patients with Hyperuricemia: Insights from Randomized PRIZE Study. Nutrients. 16(14). 2324–2324. 3 indexed citations
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OKITA, Shinji, Yuichi Saito, Hiroki Goto, et al.. (2024). Impact of the Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio on Heart Failure and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Journal. 89(3). 340–346. 5 indexed citations
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Saito, Yuichi, Yuetsu Kikuta, Katsumasa Sato, et al.. (2024). Safety and potential usefulness of sequential intracoronary acetylcholine and ergonovine administration for spasm provocation testing. Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease. 18. 3395212048–3395212048. 1 indexed citations
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Saito, Yuichi, Kazuya Tateishi, & Yoshio Kobayashi. (2024). Clinical Review of Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction　― Revascularization, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Beyond ―. Circulation Reports. 7(1). 6–14.
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Saito, Yuichi, et al.. (2023). Omitting 50 μg of intracoronary acetylcholine injection in the left coronary artery during spasm provocation test. Journal of Cardiology. 83(1). 25–29. 2 indexed citations
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Sato, Takanori, Yuichi Saito, Hideki Kitahara, & Yoshio Kobayashi. (2023). Relation of GRACE Risk Score to Coronary Lipid Core Plaques in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Life. 13(3). 630–630. 1 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Taiju, et al.. (2023). A novel radial orientation treatment of nematic liquid crystals using magnetic field lines with permanent magnet and applying the assisted electric field. Journal of the Society for Information Display. 31(3). 101–111. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alexander, Mauro Gitto, Samit Shah, et al.. (2023). Antiplatelet Strategies Following PCI: A Review of Trials Informing Current and Future Therapies. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(3). 100607–100607. 10 indexed citations
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Saito, Yuichi, Yoshio Kobayashi, Kenichi Fujii, et al.. (2021). Clinical expert consensus document on intravascular ultrasound from the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (2021). Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 37(1). 40–51. 49 indexed citations
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Tateishi, Kazuya, Yuichi Saito, Hideki Kitahara, & Yoshio Kobayashi. (2021). Impact of glycemic variability on coronary and peripheral endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. Journal of Cardiology. 79(1). 65–70. 9 indexed citations
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Tateishi, Kazuya, Yuichi Saito, Hideki Kitahara, et al.. (2019). Increased platelet inhibition after switching from prasugrel to low-dose ticagrelor in Japanese patients with prior myocardial infarction. Journal of Cardiology. 75(5). 473–477. 9 indexed citations
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Tateishi, Kazuya, Yuichi Saito, Hideki Kitahara, et al.. (2018). Safety and usefulness of acetylcholine provocation test in patients with no culprit lesions on emergency coronary angiography. International Journal of Cardiology. 269. 27–30. 28 indexed citations
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Kato, Ken, Hideki Kitahara, Yuichi Saito, et al.. (2017). Impact of myocardial bridging on in-hospital outcome in patients with takotsubo syndrome. Journal of Cardiology. 70(6). 615–619. 9 indexed citations
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Saito, Yuichi, Hideki Kitahara, Toshihiro Shoji, et al.. (2016). Intracoronary Acetylcholine Provocation Testing　– Omission of the 20-µg Dose Is Feasible in Patients Without Coronary Artery Spasm in the Other Coronary Artery –. Circulation Journal. 80(8). 1820–1823. 21 indexed citations
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Fujimoto, Kazunori, et al.. (2013). The Reproducibility of Patient Setup for Head and Neck Cancers Treated with Image-Guided and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapies Using Thermoplastic Immobilization Device. International Journal of Medical Physics Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology. 2(4). 117–124. 8 indexed citations
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Saito, Yuichi, et al.. (2008). Exploration case study of sandstone pinch-out stratigraphic traps offshore Kitakanbara-Challenge to discovery of "the second Iwafuneoki oil and gas field"-. Journal of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology. 73(1). 38–46. 3 indexed citations
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Aihara, Hiroyuki, Tomohiko Ikeya, Yuichi Saito, et al.. (2008). A Case of Elderly Male who had both Obturator Hernia and Femoral Hernia. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 41(1). 152–157. 1 indexed citations

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