Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2021 - 2024 Patient specific assessment of hemodynamics by computational fluid dynamics in patients with acute non-A non-B aortic dissection
2019 - 2022 Diagnosis of sarcopenia based on late outcomes after cardiovascular surgery
2017 - 2019 The impact of sarcopenia on the outcomes of cardiac and aortic surgery
Papers (77):
Yuichiro Kitada, Homare Okamura, Taketo Yamauchi, Satoshi Nishi, Mamoru Arakawa, Naoyuki Kimura, Koji Kawahito, Atsushi Yamaguchi. Appropriate sizing of the frozen elephant trunk: How to predict proximal descending aortic diameter prior to dissection?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2025. 169. 2. 542-551
Mamoru Arakawa, Kei Akiyoshi, Yuichiro Kitada, Atsushi Miyagawa, Homare Okamura. Comparison between Zone 2 and Zone 3 distal anastomoses for aortic arch replacement in terms of invasiveness. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2025. 73. 1. 23-30
Moeka Yagi, Naoyuki Kimura, Mitsunori Nakano, Naota Okabe, Manabu Shiraishi, Homare Okamura, Hisashi Oshiro, Atsushi Yamaguchi. A Case of Acute Aortic Occlusion Occurring in Association with COVID-19 Infection and Ulcerative Colitis. Annals of vascular diseases. 2024. 17. 3. 287-291
Yuichiro Kitada, Homare Okamura, Naoyuki Kimura, Atsushi Yamaguchi. Association between frailty and long-term outcomes among patients undergoing thoracic aortic surgery via median sternotomy. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2023. 71. 4. 232-239
Homare Okamura, Yuichiro Kitada, Yohnosuke Wada, Tomonari Fujimori, Hideo Adachi. Effects of a frozen elephant trunk on postoperative renal dysfunction in acute type A aortic dissection extending into the renal artery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022. 37. 10. 3101-3109