Akira Takeshita

Effect of pravastatin on endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease (cholesterol-independent effect of pravastatin)

Akihiro Masumoto, Yoshitaka Hirooka, Kiyoshi Hironaga et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 2001 · 79 citations

Cholesterol-independent Effect, Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease +10

Role of coronary vasospasm in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction: Study in patients with no significant coronary stenosis

Tohru Fukai, Akira Takeshita · American Heart Journal · 1993 · 77 citations

Thrombosis, Vascular Disease, Significant Coronary Stenosis +12

Pravastatin Attenuates Cardiovascular Inflammatory and Proliferative Changes in a Rat Model of Chronic Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthesis by Its Cholesterol-Lowering Independent Actions.

K. Egashira, Weihua Ni, Shujiro Inoue et al. · Hypertension Research · 2000 · 37 citations · Full text

Involvement of Rho‐kinase in hypertensive vascular disease —a novel therapeutic target in hypertension

Yasushi Mukai, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Tetsuya Matoba et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2001 · 27 citations

A case of variant angina associated with Eosinophilia

Yoji Hirakawa, Takahiro Matsumoto, Akira Takeshita et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 26 citations

Variant Angina, Eosinophilic Disorder, Vasculitis