Hisataka Nakamura, Keita Odashiro, Masahiko Fujihara, Mitsuhiro Fukata, Takeshi Arita, Taku Yokoyama, Shioto Yasuda, Toru Maruyama & Koichi Akashi·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2016
Aims: Serum eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) ratio (EPA/AA) in Japanese is rapidly changing according to the senescence and food westernization, and sonographic carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is increasingly used as a surrogate of systemic atheros...
Background: Erythrocyte deformability is a major determinant of microcirculation in vivo. Although this concept was defined as filterability evaluated by flow-pressure curve constructed during a filtration process of erythrocyte suspension through a nickel mesh filter, the behavi...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/44667
Takeshi Arita, Taku Yokoyama, Shohei Moriyama, Kei Irie, Mitsuhiro Fukata, Keita Odashiro, Toru Maruyama, Seira Hazeyama, Shiro Mawatari, Takehiko Fujino & Koichi Akashi·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2018
Aims: Plasmalogens are unique phospholipid of biological membrane and is considered to play a potent role of intrinsic antioxidant. Atherosclerosis is associated with oxidative stress, but the correlation between plasmalogens and atherosclerosis is debatable. Therefore, this stud...
Aims: Brugada syndrome is characterised by ST segment elevation in right precordial leads and associated sometimes with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation leading to sudden cardiac death. Although ECG recording at higher intercostal space unmasks Brugada syndrome, the vectorcard...