Faculty Information - Furuichi Yoshihiro

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Furuichi Yoshihiro
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine

Position Associate Professor

■ Books

Chapter contribution　

Liver and spleen stiffness measurement., Clinical investigation of portal hypertension 2019

■ Published papers

1.	Original article	Outcomes and recurrence rate of esophageal varices after endoscopic treatment in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and viral cirrhosis 2024
2.	Other	Enlargement of the Spleen Index Is a Predictor of the Occurrence of Esophageal Varices and Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Administering Direct-acting Antiviral Agents. 2023/09
3.	Other	Comparison between splenic dispersion slope and splenic shear wave speed on ultrasound elastography for predicting esophageal varices. 2023/02
4.	Original article	Risk factors for portopulmonary hypertension in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective, multicenter study. 2023/02
5.	Original article	Clinical outcomes of antithrombin III-based therapy for patients with portal vein thrombosis: A retrospective, multicenter study. 2023/01
6.	Other	Through-the-scope endoscopic Doppler probe method before endoscopic variceal ligation. 2022/11
7.	Original article	Experimental study of a physician-controlled electrocautery-enhanced delivery system incorporating a newly developed lumen-apposing metal stent for interventional endoscopic ultrasound (with videos). 2022/07
8.	Original article	Liver and spleen stiffness on ultrasound elastography are predictors of the occurrence of esophagogastric varices after balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration. 2022/06
9.	Case report	Two Cases of Hemorrhagic Ampullary Lesions Successfully Treated by Endoscopic Papillectomy. 2022/06
10.	Original article	Lusutrombopag has slightly stronger effects on patients with mild thrombocytopenia compared with those with severe thrombocytopenia: A multicenter propensity score matching study. 2022/04
11.	Original article	Endoscopic submucosal dissection using traction by a spring-and-loop with clip for a laterally spreading tumor in the inferior aspect of the cecum: a nonreferral center experience. 2022/03
12.	Other	Response to reply to "Prognostic and recurrence factors after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for esophageal varices: Multivariate analysis with propensity score matching" by Abe et al. 2022/03
13.	Other	Measurement of spleen length and two-dimensional spleen index is comparable to spleen volumetry by computed tomography for predicting esophageal varices. 2022/02
14.	Original article	Prognostic and recurrence factors after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for esophageal varices: Multivariate analysis with the propensity score matching: Multivariate analysis with propensity score matching. 2022/01
15.	Original article	Red dichromatic imaging reduces endoscopic treatment time of esophageal varices by increasing bleeding point visibility (with video). 2022/01
16.	Other	Discrimination between Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy and Helicobacter pylori-related Gastritis. 2022
17.	Original article	The Risk of Cirrhosis and Its Complications Based on PNPLA3 rs738409 G Allele Frequency. 2022
18.	Other	Through-the-scope endoscopic Doppler probe method before endoscopic variceal ligation 2022
19.	Original article	Morphological study of the gastrointestinal tract around the ligament of Treitz using upper gastrointestinal radiography: Fundamental data for EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy. 2021/11
20.	Original article	Elucidation of spleen elasticity and viscosity in a carbon tetrachloride rat model of liver cirrhosis using a new ultrasound elastography. 2021/10
21.	Case report	Treatment of gastric body variceal bleeding caused by splenic vein thrombosis using color Doppler endoscopic ultrasonography. 2021/09
22.	Original article	Secure intravariceal sclerotherapy with red dichromatic imaging decreases the recurrence rate of esophageal varices: A propensity score matching analysis. 2021/05
23.	Case report	Treatment of jejunal variceal bleeding with portal vein thrombosis after bile duct cancer surgery by short single-balloon endoscope. 2021/05
24.	Original article	The Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonist Lusutrombopag Is Effective for Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Impaired Renal Function. 2021/01
25.	Original article	Thrombopoietin receptor agonist is more effective than platelet transfusion for chronic liver disease with thrombocytopenia, shown by propensity score matching. 2020/09
26.	Original article	Usefulness of autotaxin for the complications of liver cirrhosis. 2020/01
27.	Review article	Japanese periodical nationwide epidemiologic survey of aberrant portal hemodynamics. 2019/08
28.	Original article	Predictive factors for hepatocellular carcinoma occurrence or recurrence after direct-acting antiviral agents in patients with chronic hepatitis C. 2019/03
29.	Original article	Restoration of natural killer cell activity by interferon-free direct-acting antiviral combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients. 2018/10
30.	Original article	Viscoelasticity Measurement in Rat Livers Using Shear-Wave US Elastography. 2018/09
31.	Case report	A case of severe stenosis of hepatic veins and inferior vena cava with stomal variceal bleeding induced by oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. 2018/04
32.	Original article	Liver fibrosis: noninvasive assessment using supersonic shear imaging and FIB4 index in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. 2018/04
33.	Original article	Role of dual red imaging to guide intravariceal sclerotherapy injection of esophageal varices (with videos). 2018/02
34.	Case report	Narrow-band imaging can increase the visibility of fibrin caps after bleeding of esophageal varices: a case with extensive esophageal candidiasis. 2017/08
35.	Original article	Dual red imaging (novel advanced endoscopy) can increase visibility and can predict the depth in diagnosing esophageal varices. 2017/05
36.	Original article	Branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrient increases blood platelet count in patients after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy. 2016/10
37.	Original article	Relationship between liver tissue stiffness and histopathological findings analyzed by shear wave elastography and compression testing in rats with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. 2016/07
38.	Original article	Optimal injection rate of ultrasound contrast agent for evaluation of focal liver lesions using an automatic power injector: a pilot study. 2016
39.	Original article	Irreversible electroporation for nonthermal tumor ablation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: initial clinical experience in Japan. 2015/07
40.	Case report	Case study to assess the safety of irreversible electroporation near the heart. 2015
41.	Case report	Focal nodular hyperplasia-like lesion of the liver with focal adenoma features associated with idiopathic portal hypertension. 2014/10
42.	Original article	Noninvasive diagnostic method for idiopathic portal hypertension based on measurements of liver and spleen stiffness by ARFI elastography. 2013/09
43.	Original article	Obliteration of gastric varices improves the arrival time of ultrasound contrast agents in hepatic artery and vein. 2013/09
44.	Original article	Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib: early detection of treatment response and major adverse events by contrast-enhanced US. 2013/04
45.	Original article	Usefulness of transnasal argon plasma coagulation for esophageal varices compared with the peroral method: a randomized and prospective clinical study. 2013
46.	Original article	Flexible imaging color enhancement improves visibility of transnasal endoscopic images in diagnosing esophageal varices: a multicenter prospective blinded study. 2012/12
47.	Original article	Memory Th1 cells augment tumor-specific CTL following transcutaneous peptide immunization. 2008/05
48.	Original article	Oscillating CD8(+) T cell effector functions after antigen recognition in the liver. 2005/07
49.	Original article	Depletion of CD25+CD4+T cells (Tregs) enhances the HBV-specific CD8+ T cell response primed by DNA immunization. 2005/06
50.	Original article	Toll-like receptor signaling inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in vivo. 2005/06
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■ Committee memberships

Editorial board member

■ Awards & honors

1.	2023	Best Reviewers Award 2022 of Digestive Endoscopy
2.	2022	Best Reviewers Award 2021 of Digestive Endoscopy
3.	2021	Best Reviewers Award 2020 of Digestive Endoscopy
4.	2018	New Frontier of Endoscopy award of Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan
5.	2008	UEGW2008（ヨーロッパ消化器病週間）優秀賞

■ Education

1.	1998/04～2003/03	〔Doctoral course〕, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Accomplished credits for doctoral program
2.	2005/04 Degree Acquisition	Tokyo Medical University,
3.	1992/04～1998/03	Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Graduated,