Optimal Conduit Size of the Extracardiac Fontan Operation Based on Energy Loss and Flow Stagnation

Keiichi Itatani, Kagami Miyaji, Takahiro Tomoyasu, +4

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Electrical EngineeringEngineeringExtracardiac Fontan OperationEnergy LossOptimal Conduit Size +1

Pediatric cardiac surgery without homologous blood transfusion, using a miniaturized bypass system in infants with lower body weight

Kagami Miyaji, Satoshi Kohira, Takashi Miyamoto, +4

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Pediatric Heart DiseaseMedicinePediatricsBypass SystemPediatric Cardiac Surgery +7

Detection of coronary blood flow associated with left main coronary artery stenosis by transesophageal doppler color flow echocardiography

Masakazu Yamagishi, Takanori Yasu, Kuniyoshi Ohara, +2

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Cardiovascular DiseaseMyocardial InfarctionCoronary Blood FlowPublic HealthCardiology +3

The lower limit of the pulmonary artery index for the extracardiac Fontan circulation

Keiichi Itatani, Kagami Miyaji, Yayoi Nakahata, +3

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Heart FailurePulmonary CirculationCardiovascular DiseasePulmonary Artery IndexExtracardiac Fontan Circulation +8

Regional High-Flow Cerebral Perfusion Improves Both Cerebral and Somatic Tissue Oxygenation in Aortic Arch Repair

Kagami Miyaji, Takashi Miyamoto, Satoshi Kohira, +4

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Somatic Tissue OxygenationEndovascular TechniqueReperfusion InjuryMedicineVascular Surgery +10

Helium inhalation enhances vasodilator effect of inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary vessels in hypoxic dogs

Masaki Nie, Hirosuke Kobayashi, Motoaki Sugawara, +3

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Transapical Aortic Perfusion with a Double-Barreled Cannula

Tsuguhito Tanaka, Takeshi Kawamura, Kuniyoshi Ohara, +3

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Transapical Aortic PerfusionVascular SurgerySurgeryVascular AccessValvular Heart Disease +2

Arch Reconstruction without Circulatory Arrest in Neonates

Yuko Takeda, Toshihide Asou, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, +3

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Heart FailureNeonatologyCardiac AnaesthesiaPediatric Heart DiseaseVascular Trauma +16

The effectiveness of prestorage leukocyte-reduced red blood cell transfusion on perioperative inflammatory response with a miniaturized biocompatible bypass system

Kagami Miyaji, Takashi Miyamoto, Satoshi Kohira, +4

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

InflammationTransfusion MedicineHematologyBiocompatible Bypass SystemPerioperative Inflammatory Response +4

Does a bidirectional Glenn shunt improve the oxygenation of right ventricle–dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum?

Kagami Miyaji, Arata Murakami, Taiichi Takasaki, +3

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Pulmonary CirculationHeartlung TransplantPulmonary AtresiaBidirectional Glenn ShuntPhysiology +6