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Nishihara T, Shimokawahara H, Matsubara H, Hayashi K, Tsuji M, Naito T, Shigetoshi M, Tabuchi I, Ogawa A, Munemasa M. P4678The hemodynamic improvement with balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension depends on the lesion location. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is a treatment of choice for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Patients with proximal pulmonary artery disease are considered to be good candidates for PEA because of their generally excellent outcomes. However, not all patients can be operated because of patients' advanced age, comorbidities and poor general condition. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) has become an alternative treatment for CTEPH patients especially whose lesions locate in the distal site. The effectiveness of BPA in patients who have lesions in the proximal pulmonary arteries but cannot be a candidate for PEA remains unclear.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of BPA in CTEPH patients whose lesions appears operable but ineligible for PEA.
Methods
A total of 370 patients who underwent BPA in our institute from November 2004 to January 2018 were enrolled. All the patients were divided into operable group and inoperable group according to the difference of lesion location based on the findings of perfusion scintigraphy, computed tomography and pulmonary angiography. Hemodynamic effects of BPA in both groups were investigated. We also conducted survival analyses using the Kaplan-Meier method with the log-rank test.
Results
Among 370 patients, 90 patients deemed operable. The main reasons why not operated in the PEA operable group were patient's refusal (44%), advanced age (14%), and comorbidities (27%). There were no baseline characteristic differences between two groups except for the history of acute pulmonary embolism. Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) equally improved after BPA in both groups (operable: 38.2±10.8 mmHg to 21.5±4.7mmHg, inoperable: 42.4±11.3 mmHg to 21.8±4.8 mmHg, p<0.001, operable: 8.0±4.2 wood unit to 3.5±1.5 wood unit, inoperable: 9.1±4.6 wood unit to 3.4±1.3 wood unit, p<0.001). Furthermore, five-year cumulative survival rates were not different between two groups (inoperable vs. operable: 93% vs. 88%, p=0.23, median follow-up period was 23.0 months (range: 5–136 months)). Meanwhile, the absolute change of mPAP and PVR in inoperable group were greater than those in operable group (inoperable: 20.7±11.2 mmHg, operable: 16.6±11.0 mmHg, p=0.010, inoperable: 5.6±4.4 wood unit, operable: 4.5±3.9 wood unit, p=0.015).
Conclusions
Although the outcome of BPA for CTEPH patients with operable lesions appears acceptable, absolute change in hemodynamics was lower than that of the patients with inoperable lesions. CTEPH with proximal lesions should be treated with PEA rather than BPA.
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla F, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bairathi V, Barish K, Bassill AJ, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Bryslawskyj J, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Crawford HJ, Csanád M, Das S, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Dunlop JC, Edmonds T, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Y, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Gibson A, Gopal K, Grosnick D, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Holub L, Hong Y, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jena C, Jentsch A, Ji Y, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kelsey M, Khyzhniak YV, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kinghorn TA, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kocan M, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga Mudiyanselage N, Kumar L, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li W, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lipiec A, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu P, Liu P, Liu T, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy Abdelwahab Abdelrahman N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Matonoha O, Mazer JA, Meehan K, Mei JC, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Mooney I, Moravcova Z, Morozov DA, Nasim M, Nayak K, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Page BS, Pak R, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pawlowska D, Pei H, Perkins C, Pintér RL, Pluta J, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan SK, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Schambach J, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shen F, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Siejka S, Sikora R, Simko M, Singh J, Singha S, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stefaniak M, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szymanski P, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Tu B, Tu Z, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wang F, Wang G, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang Z, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang D, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zurek M, Zyzak M. Polarization of Λ (Λ[over ¯]) Hyperons along the Beam Direction in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:132301. [PMID: 31697517 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.132301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The Λ (Λ[over ¯]) hyperon polarization along the beam direction has been measured in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV, for the first time in heavy-ion collisions. The polarization dependence on the hyperons' emission angle relative to the elliptic flow plane exhibits a second harmonic sine modulation, indicating a quadrupole pattern of the vorticity component along the beam direction, expected due to elliptic flow. The polarization is found to increase in more peripheral collisions, and shows no strong transverse momentum (p_{T}) dependence at p_{T} greater than 1 GeV/c. The magnitude of the signal is about 5 times smaller than those predicted by hydrodynamic and multiphase transport models; the observed phase of the emission angle dependence is also opposite to these model predictions. In contrast, the kinematic vorticity calculations in the blast-wave model tuned to reproduce particle spectra, elliptic flow, and the azimuthal dependence of the Gaussian source radii measured with the Hanbury Brown-Twiss intensity interferometry technique reproduce well the modulation phase measured in the data and capture the centrality and transverse momentum dependence of the polarization signal.
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla F, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bairathi V, Barish K, Bassill AJ, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Bryslawskyj J, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Sánchez MCDLB, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Crawford HJ, Csanad M, Das S, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Dunlop JC, Edmonds T, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Y, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Gibson A, Grosnick D, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Holub L, Hong Y, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kelsey M, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kinghorn TA, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kocan M, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Mudiyanselage NK, Kumar L, Elayavalli RK, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li W, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lipiec A, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu P, Liu P, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Matonoha O, Mazer JA, Meehan K, Mei JC, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Mooney I, Moravcova Z, Morozov DA, Nasim M, Nayak K, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Page BS, Pak R, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pinter RL, Pluta J, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan SK, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Schambach J, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shen F, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Siejka S, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szymanski P, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Tu B, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wang F, Wang G, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang D, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zurek MK, Zyzak M. Observation of Excess J/ψ Yield at Very Low Transverse Momenta in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV and U+U Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:132302. [PMID: 31697545 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.132302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report on the first measurements of J/ψ production at very low transverse momentum (p_{T}<0.2 GeV/c) in hadronic Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV and U+U collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV. Remarkably, the inferred nuclear modification factor of J/ψ at midrapidity in Au+Au (U+U) collisions reaches about 24 (52) for p_{T}<0.05 GeV/c in the 60%-80% collision centrality class. This noteworthy enhancement cannot be explained by hadronic production accompanied by cold and hot medium effects. In addition, the dN/dt distribution of J/ψ for the very low p_{T} range is presented for the first time. The distribution is consistent with that expected from the Au nucleus and shows a hint of interference. Comparison of the measurements to theoretical calculations of coherent production shows that the excess yield can be described reasonably well and reveals a partial disruption of coherent production in semicentral collisions, perhaps due to the violent hadronic interactions. Incorporating theoretical calculations, the results strongly suggest that the dramatic enhancement of J/ψ yield observed at extremely low p_{T} originates from coherent photon-nucleus interactions. In particular, coherently produced J/ψ's in violent hadronic collisions may provide a novel probe of the quark-gluon plasma.
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Chausheva S, Naito A, Ogawa A, Seidl V, Winter MP, Sharma S, Sadushi-Kolici R, Campean IA, Taghavi S, Moser B, Klepetko W, Ishida K, Matsubara H, Sakao S, Lang IM. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Austria and Japan. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 158:604-614.e2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Shimokawahara H, Ogawa A, Mizoguchi H, Yagi H, Ikemiyagi H, Matsubara H. Vessel Stretching Is a Cause of Lumen Enlargement Immediately After Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 11:e006010. [PMID: 29643129 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.117.006010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) has become an alternative therapy for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who are ineligible for pulmonary endarterectomy. We retrospectively investigated intravascular ultrasound measurements to elucidate how the lumen enlarges immediately after BPA. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 326 lesions in 71 patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension were analyzed. The cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of the external elastic membrane and lumen measured by intravascular ultrasound before and after BPA were assessed for each lesion type (type A, ring-like stenosis lesions; type B, web lesions; type C, subtotal occlusion lesions). Comparing the lesion types, the proportion of the area occupied by fibrous tissue was smallest in the type A lesions and largest in the type C lesions. The mean lesion lumen CSA was increased after BPA because of an increase in external elastic membrane CSA (from 23.2±12.9 to 27.2±14.3 mm2; P<0.001) with a slight decrease in fibrous tissue plus media CSA (from 17.7±11.7 to 17.3±11.1 mm2; P<0.001). The change in lumen CSA correlated strongly with the change in external elastic membrane CSA (r2=0.762; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Lumen enlargement immediately after BPA was obtained by the overall vessel expansion induced by a stretch of the arterial wall. In addition, the amount of fibrous tissue depended on each lesion type. Thus, it might be beneficial to change the balloon size to correspond with the lesion type.
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla F, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Bassill AJ, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bryslawskyj J, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Csanad M, Das S, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Gibson A, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Hirsch A, Holub L, Hong Y, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kinghorn TA, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kramarik L, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lipiec A, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu P, Liu P, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Matonoha O, Mazer JA, Meehan K, Mei JC, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Mooney I, Morozov DA, Nasim M, Negrete JD, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pinter RL, Pluta J, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan SK, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shen F, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Siejka S, Sikora R, Simko M, Singh J, Singha S, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun X, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szymanski P, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Tu B, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang G, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu J, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang J, Zhang J, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zyzak M. Azimuthal Harmonics in Small and Large Collision Systems at RHIC Top Energies. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:172301. [PMID: 31107064 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.172301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The first (v_{1}^{fluc}), second (v_{2}), and third (v_{3}) harmonic coefficients of the azimuthal particle distribution at midrapidity are extracted for charged hadrons and studied as a function of transverse momentum (p_{T}) and mean charged particle multiplicity density ⟨N_{ch}⟩ in U+U (sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV), Au+Au, Cu+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV with the STAR detector. For the same ⟨N_{ch}⟩, the v_{1}^{fluc} and v_{3} coefficients are observed to be independent of the collision system, while v_{2} exhibits such a scaling only when normalized by the initial-state eccentricity (ϵ_{2}). The data also show that ln(v_{2}/ϵ_{2}) scales linearly with ⟨N_{ch}⟩^{-1/3}. These measurements provide insight into initial-geometry fluctuations and the role of viscous hydrodynamic attenuation on v_{n} from small to large collision systems.
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Fukuda K, Date H, Doi S, Fukumoto Y, Fukushima N, Hatano M, Ito H, Kuwana M, Matsubara H, Momomura SI, Nishimura M, Ogino H, Satoh T, Shimokawa H, Yamauchi-Takihara K, Tatsumi K, Ishibashi-Ueda H, Yamada N, Yoshida S, Abe K, Ogawa A, Ogo T, Kasai T, Kataoka M, Kawakami T, Kogaki S, Nakamura M, Nakayama T, Nishizaki M, Sugimura K, Tanabe N, Tsujino I, Yao A, Akasaka T, Ando M, Kimura T, Kuriyama T, Nakanishi N, Nakanishi T, Tsutsui H. Guidelines for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension (JCS 2017/JPCPHS 2017). Circ J 2019; 83:842-945. [PMID: 30853682 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-66-0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ogawa A, Sakao S, Tanabe N, Matsubara H, Tatsumi K. Use of vasodilators for the treatment of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis: A systematic review. Respir Investig 2019; 57:183-190. [PMID: 30473253 DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are several medications available to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): PAH-targeted drugs. However, in patients with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PVOD/PCH), rare diseases that cause pulmonary hypertension, the effectiveness and safety of vasodilators, including PAH-targeted drugs, are unclear. METHODS We searched English-language publications listed in three electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society). Reports with efficacy outcomes (survival, improvement in 6-minute walk distance, and pulmonary vascular resistance) and data on development of pulmonary edema after administration of vasodilators to patients with PVOD/PCH were selected (1966 to August 2015). RESULTS We identified 20 reports that met our criteria. No randomized controlled or prospective controlled studies were reported. The survival time ranged from 71 minutes to 4 years or more after initiation of vasodilators. Most of the reported cases showed an improvement in the 6-minute walk distance and pulmonary vascular resistance. Pulmonary edema was reported in 15 articles, some cases of which were lethal. CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates the potential efficacy and difficulties in the use of vasodilators in patients with PVOD/PCH; however, drawing a firm conclusion was difficult because of the lack of randomized controlled trials. Further research is needed to ascertain if vasodilator use is beneficial and safe in patients with PVOD/PCH.
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams J, Adkins J, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal M, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson D, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer E, Ashraf M, Atetalla F, Attri A, Averichev G, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Bassill A, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati A, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland L, Bordyuzhin I, Brandenburg J, Brandin A, Brown D, Bryslawskyj J, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan B, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen J, Chen X, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford H, Csanad M, Das S, Dedovich T, Deng J, Deppner I, Derevschikov A, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg J, Dunlop J, Efimov L, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores C, Fulek L, Gagliardi C, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Gibson A, Grosnick D, Gunarathne D, Guo Y, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad A, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris J, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Hirsch A, Holub L, Hong Y, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang H, Huang S, Huang T, Huang X, Humanic T, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs W, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Ju X, Judd E, Kabana S, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke H, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kikoła D, Kim C, Kinghorn T, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski L, Kraishan A, Kramarik L, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Kvapil J, Kwasizur J, Lacey R, Landgraf J, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee J, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lipiec A, Lisa M, Liu F, Liu H, Liu P, Liu P, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope W, Lomnitz M, Longacre R, Luo S, Luo X, Ma G, Ma L, Ma R, Ma Y, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis H, Matonoha O, Mazer J, Meehan K, Mei J, Minaev N, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal M, Mooney I, Morozov D, Nasim M, Negrete J, Nelson J, Nemes D, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach L, Nonaka T, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Oh S, Okorokov V, Olvitt D, Page B, Pak R, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pinter R, Pluta J, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi N, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan S, Ramachandran S, Ray R, Reed R, Ritter H, Roberts J, Rogachevskiy O, Romero J, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo N, Sahu P, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Schambach J, Schmah A, Schmidke W, Schmitz N, Schweid B, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan P, Shao M, Shen F, Shen W, Shi S, Shou Q, Sichtermann E, Siejka S, Sikora R, Simko M, Singh J, Singha S, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka H, Srivastava B, Stanislaus T, Stewart D, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide A, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun X, Sun X, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida D, Szymanski P, Tang A, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas J, Timmins A, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Tomkiel C, Trentalange S, Tribble R, Tribedy P, Tripathy S, Tsai O, Tu B, Ullrich T, Underwood D, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev A, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin S, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang G, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb J, Wen L, Westfall G, Wieman H, Wissink S, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao Z, Xie G, Xie W, Xu J, Xu N, Xu Q, Xu Y, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang J, Zhang J, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zyzak M. Improved measurement of the longitudinal spin transfer to
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Alford J, Anson CD, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Averichev GS, Banerjee A, Beavis DR, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Borowski W, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Brovko SG, Bültmann S, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes MC, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen L, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Chwastowski J, Codrington MJM, Contin G, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Cui X, Das S, Davila Leyva A, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Derradi de Souza R, Dhamija S, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Ding F, Djawotho P, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Engle KS, Eppley G, Eun L, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Gagliardi CA, Gangadharan DR, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Gliske S, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Haag B, Hamed A, Han LX, Haque R, Harris JW, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huang X, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kesich A, Khan ZH, Kikola DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Koralt I, Kotchenda L, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Kycia RA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li ZM, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma YG, Madagodagettige Don DMMD, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, McDonald D, McShane TS, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nigmatkulov G, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Ohlson A, Okorokov V, Oldag EW, Olvitt DL, Pachr M, Page BS, Pal SK, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peryt W, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Porter J, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Pujahari PR, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Riley CK, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ross JF, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma B, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Singaraju RN, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solanki D, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stevens JR, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sumbera M, Sun X, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Symons TJM, Szelezniak MA, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Turnau J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vandenbroucke M, Vanfossen JA, Varma R, Vasconcelos GMS, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Vossen A, Wada M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang XL, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Xiao Z, Xie W, Xin K, Xu H, Xu J, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Y, Xu Z, Yan W, Yang C, Yang Y, Yang Y, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zawisza Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang JB, Zhang JL, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhu X, Zhu YH, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Erratum: Observation of D^{0} Meson Nuclear Modifications in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 142301 (2014)]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:229901. [PMID: 30547623 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.229901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Niibo M, Shirouchi B, Umegatani M, Morita Y, Ogawa A, Sakai F, Kadooka Y, Sato M. Probiotic Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 improves insulin secretion in a diabetic rat model. J Dairy Sci 2018; 102:997-1006. [PMID: 30471910 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The probiotic Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 (LG2055) has a protective effect against metabolic syndrome in rats and humans. Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this study, Goto-Kakizaki rats were used as a diabetic model and fed diets containing LG2055-fermented or nonfermented skim milk for 4 wk. Indices of diabetes such as blood glucose levels, serum glucagon levels, plasma levels of insulin, C-peptide, and glucagon-like peptide-1, tissue glycogen contents, and pancreatic mRNA levels were measured. The plasma C-peptide levels and pancreatic mRNA levels of insulin genes (Ins1 and Ins2) and Pdx1 (a transcriptional factor of insulin genes) were increased in LG2055 diet-fed rats. The increase in insulin secretion corresponded to an improvement in serum and pancreatic inflammatory status, associated with decreases in serum levels of serum amyloid P and pancreatic levels of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Insulin resistance in Goto-Kakizaki rats was ameliorated by increased glycogen storage in the liver and quadriceps femoris muscles and decreased serum free fatty acid levels. This improvement may be related to the increased cecal production of short-chain fatty acids. In conclusion, dietary LG2055 improved insulin secretion in diabetic rats by improving the inflammatory status in the pancreas and serum.
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Kawakami T, Ogawa A, Miyaji K, Mizoguchi H, Shimokawahara H, Naito T, Oka T, Yunoki K, Munemasa M, Matsubara H. Response by Kawakami et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Novel Angiographic Classification of Each Vascular Lesion in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Based on Selective Angiogram and Results of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty". Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 10:CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.004962. [PMID: 28193682 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.117.004962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Ajitanand NN, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla F, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Bassill AJ, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bryslawskyj J, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Gibson A, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Hirsch A, Holub L, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang B, Huang SL, Huang HZ, Huang T, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kinghorn TA, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Klein SR, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kramarik L, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar S, Kumar L, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li X, Li C, Li W, Li Y, Liang Y, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lipiec A, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu P, Liu H, Liu Y, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Luo S, Ma GL, Ma YG, Ma L, Ma R, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Matonoha O, Mayes D, Mazer JA, Meehan K, Mei JC, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Mooney I, Morozov DA, Nasim M, Negrete JD, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pluta J, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan SK, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shen WQ, Shen F, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Siejka S, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Smirnov N, Smirnov D, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Y, Sun X, Sun XM, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szymanski P, Tang Z, Tang AH, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Tu B, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang G, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu QH, Xu Z, Xu J, Xu YF, Xu N, Yang S, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Zhang XP, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhou L, Zhu Z, Zhu X, Zyzak M. Low-p_{T} e^{+}e^{-} Pair Production in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV and U+U Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV at STAR. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:132301. [PMID: 30312102 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.132301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report first measurements of e^{+}e^{-} pair production in the mass region 0.4<M_{ee}<2.6 GeV/c^{2} at low transverse momentum (p_{T}<0.15 GeV/c) in noncentral Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV and U+U collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV. Significant enhancement factors, expressed as ratios of data over known hadronic contributions, are observed in the 40%-80% centrality of these collisions. The excess yields peak distinctly at low p_{T} with a width (sqrt[⟨p_{T}^{2}⟩]) between 40 and 60 MeV/c. The absolute cross section of the excess depends weakly on centrality, while those from a theoretical model calculation incorporating an in-medium broadened ρ spectral function and radiation from a quark gluon plasma or hadronic cocktail contributions increase dramatically with an increasing number of participant nucleons. Model calculations of photon-photon interactions generated by the initial projectile and target nuclei describe the observed excess yields but fail to reproduce the p_{T}^{2} distributions.
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Naito T, Shimokawahara H, Matsubara H, Iwano T, Tsuji M, Nishihara T, Tabuchi I, Shigetoshi M, Ogawa A, Munemasa M. P2615Ages are not a determinant of favorable outcome of balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p2615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Ajitanand NN, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fujita J, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang HZ, Huang T, Huang B, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan Z, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kocmanek M, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li W, Li Y, Li X, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu P, Liu F, Liu H, Liu Y, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Luo S, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma YG, Ma R, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mizuno S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Saur M, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma MK, Sharma A, Shen WQ, Shi Z, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun X, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vasiliev AN, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang Y, Wang G, Wang Y, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu Z, Xu N, Xu YF, Xu QH, Xu J, Yang Q, Yang C, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang XP, Zhang S, Zhang JB, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhou C, Zhu Z, Zhu X, Zyzak M. Beam Energy Dependence of Jet-Quenching Effects in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:032301. [PMID: 30085817 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.032301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report measurements of the nuclear modification factor R_{CP} for charged hadrons as well as identified π^{+(-)}, K^{+(-)}, and p(p[over ¯]) for Au+Au collision energies of sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV. We observe a clear high-p_{T} net suppression in central collisions at 62.4 GeV for charged hadrons which evolves smoothly to a large net enhancement at lower energies. This trend is driven by the evolution of the pion spectra but is also very similar for the kaon spectra. While the magnitude of the proton R_{CP} at high p_{T} does depend on the collision energy, neither the proton nor the antiproton R_{CP} at high p_{T} exhibit net suppression at any energy. A study of how the binary collision-scaled high-p_{T} yield evolves with centrality reveals a nonmonotonic shape that is consistent with the idea that jet quenching is increasing faster than the combined phenomena that lead to enhancement.
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Tanabe N, Kawakami T, Satoh T, Matsubara H, Nakanishi N, Ogino H, Tamura Y, Tsujino I, Ogawa A, Sakao S, Nishizaki M, Ishida K, Ichimura Y, Yoshida M, Tatsumi K. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A systematic review. Respir Investig 2018; 56:332-341. [PMID: 30008295 DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) has been performed for inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) or residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). We performed a systematic review to assess the efficacy and safety of BPA, especially compared to medical treatment or PEA. METHODS We reviewed all studies investigating pre- and post-treatment pulmonary hemodynamics, mortality, or complications from three electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Japan Medical Abstracts Society) prior to February 2017. From 26 studies retrieved, we selected 13 studies (493 patients): the 10 most recent ones including complete data from each institution, one study of residual pulmonary hypertension, and two studies comparing BPA with medical treatment or PEA. RESULTS No randomized controlled or prospective controlled studies comparing BPA with medical treatment or PEA were reported. The early mortality of BPA ranged from 0% to 14.3%; lung injury occurred in 7.0% to 31.4% (average sessions, 2.5-6.6). Mean pulmonary arterial pressure decreased from 39.4-56 to 20.9-36 mm Hg, and the 6-min walk distance increased from 191-405 to 359-501 m. The 2-year mortality of 80 patients undergoing BPA was significantly lower compared to 68 patients receiving medical treatment (1.3% vs. 13.2%); the risk ratio was 0.14 (95% confidence interval: 0.03-0.76). No significant difference was observed in the 2-year mortality between BPA (n=97) and PEA (n=63) patients. CONCLUSIONS This systematic review suggests that BPA improves hemodynamics, has acceptable early mortality, and may improve long-term survival compared with medical treatment in inoperable CTEPH patients.
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Sato S, Ogawa A, Matsubara H. Change in R wave in lead V1 predicts survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ 2018; 8:2045894018776496. [PMID: 29693480 PMCID: PMC5952289 DOI: 10.1177/2045894018776496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Clinical guidelines for pulmonary hypertension recommend evaluating treatment response through various methods; however, electrocardiography (ECG) is not included as one of the methods of choice. We aimed to identify ECG parameters that correlated with prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). A total of 112 consecutive patients with PAH were enrolled in this study. Among them, 83 with treatment escalation were studied for further analysis. Survival analyses were conducted using the Kaplan-Meier method with the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression modeling was used to identify predictors of survival. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to determine cut-off values for selected variables. ECG parameters were changed from baseline to three months after treatment. Patients in whom the R wave amplitude in lead V1 decreased by ≥1 mm (0.1 mV) within three months demonstrated significantly better survival ( P = 0.017). Our results suggest that evaluation of ECG parameters can contribute to assessments of survival in patients with PAH.
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Ogawa A, Matsubara H. After the Dawn - Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ J 2018; 82:1222-1230. [PMID: 29669971 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-18-0258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the past 5 years, balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are deemed inoperable has undergone significant refinement. As a result, the procedure is now used worldwide and has become a promising therapeutic option for those patients. However, pulmonary endarterectomy remains the gold standard treatment for patients with CTEPH because the techniques and strategies for BPA are not yet unified. The best therapeutic option for each patient should be determined based on discussion among a multidisciplinary team of experts. For BPA to become an established treatment for CTEPH, further data are needed. This review summarizes the techniques and strategies of BPA at present and discusses the future development of the procedure.
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Mihara K, Ogawa A, Matsubara H, Terao T, Ichikawa Y. Investigation of safety and efficacy of the new more thermostable formulation of Flolan (epoprostenol) in Japanese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-An open-label, single-arm study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195195. [PMID: 29608587 PMCID: PMC5880383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objective This study was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new more thermostable Flolan (epoprostenol) solution prepared with the reformulated pH 12.0 diluent in Japanese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) receiving higher doses of Flolan than those typically administered in Western countries. Methods This open-label, single-arm study was conducted in 10 Japanese PAH patients. During the run-in period, patients were intravenously infused with Flolan (45 ng/kg/min or higher doses) solution prepared with the existing pH 10.5 diluent. The patients were then switched to a new more thermostable Flolan solution prepared with the reformulated pH 12.0 diluent and observed for a 4-week treatment period. As a primary endpoint, safety after switching to the new Flolan solution was evaluated. Secondary endpoints included hemodynamics and the necessity for dose adjustment of Flolan in these patients. Results All 10 patients completed the study period. Observed adverse events were nausea and hepatic function abnormal in 1 patient each, and both events were mild. No patients required dose adjustment due to the change from baseline in mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) measured 3 hrs after switching to Flolan solution prepared with the reformulated diluent. No major changes from baseline in mPAP, pulmonary vascular resistance, or right atrial pressure were observed at 24 hrs and at 4 weeks after switching to the Flolan solution prepared with pH 12.0 diluent. Although some patients showed increases in cardiac output (CO) from baseline at 24 hrs and 4 weeks, no patients required dose reduction as a result of an increase in CO. Conclusion Neither safety/efficacy concerns nor any dose adjustments of Flolan after switching to a more thermostable Flolan solution prepared with the reformulated pH 12.0 diluent could be required in Japanese patients with PAH receiving higher doses of Flolan. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02705807
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Okamoto M, Takahagi S, Tanaka A, Ogawa A, Nobuki H, Hide M. A case of Kaposi varicelliform eruption progressing to herpes simplex virus hepatitis in an immunocompetent patient. Clin Exp Dermatol 2018; 43:636-638. [DOI: 10.1111/ced.13405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Ajitanand NN, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen X, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fujita J, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang B, Huang T, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan Z, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kocmanek M, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li X, Li Y, Li W, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu P, Liu H, Liu Y, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma YG, Ma L, Ma R, Ma GL, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mizuno S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Saur M, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma A, Sharma MK, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shi Z, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Smirnov D, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Y, Sun XM, Sun X, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang Z, Tang AH, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vasiliev AN, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang G, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu J, Xu Z, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu N, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang C, Yang Q, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang Z, Zhang JB, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhang XP, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zyzak M. Beam-Energy Dependence of Directed Flow of Λ, Λ[over ¯], K^{±}, K_{s}^{0}, and ϕ in Au+Au Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:062301. [PMID: 29481217 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.062301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Rapidity-odd directed-flow measurements at midrapidity are presented for Λ, Λ[over ¯], K^{±}, K_{s}^{0}, and ϕ at sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, 62.4, and 200 GeV in Au+Au collisions recorded by the Solenoidal Tracker detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. These measurements greatly expand the scope of data available to constrain models with differing prescriptions for the equation of state of quantum chromodynamics. Results show good sensitivity for testing a picture where flow is assumed to be imposed before hadron formation and the observed particles are assumed to form via coalescence of constituent quarks. The pattern of departure from a coalescence-inspired sum rule can be a valuable new tool for probing the collision dynamics.
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Sato K, Nakajima M, Tokuda S, Ogawa A. Fluidic Culture and Analysis of Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells for the Study of Pulmonary Hypertension. ANAL SCI 2018; 32:1217-1221. [PMID: 27829629 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.32.1217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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There is an urgent need to develop novel in-vitro models to mimic the disease conditions in pulmonary hypertension (PH). We developed a microfluidic cell culture device for PH studies that withstood high shear stress. Techniques were also developed for cell recovery from the microchannel and mRNA isolation from the collected cells. Using this device, we found that shear stress caused a 7.5-fold increase in the transcription levels of a PH-related molecule, Cyclin D1.
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Kawakami T, Ogawa A, Miyaji K, Mizoguchi H, Shimokawahara H, Naito T, Oka T, Yunoki K, Munemasa M, Matsubara H. Novel Angiographic Classification of Each Vascular Lesion in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Based on Selective Angiogram and Results of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 9:CIRCINTERVENTIONS.115.003318. [PMID: 27729418 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.115.003318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an alternative therapy for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who are ineligible for standard therapy, pulmonary endarterectomy. Although there are several classifications of vascular lesions, these classifications are based on the features of the specimen removed during pulmonary endarterectomy. Because organized thrombi are not removed during balloon pulmonary angioplasty, we attempted to establish a new classification of vascular lesions based on pulmonary angiographic images. We evaluated the success and complication rate of BPA in accordance with the location and morphology of thromboembolic lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS We reviewed 500 consecutive procedures (1936 lesions) of BPA in 97 patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and investigated the outcomes of BPA based on the lesion distribution and the angiographic characteristics of the thromboembolic lesions, as follows: type A, ring-like stenosis lesion; type B, web lesion; type C, subtotal lesion; type D, total occlusion lesion, and type E, tortuous lesion. The success rate was higher, and the complication rate was lower in ring-like stenosis and web lesions. The total occlusion lesions had the lowest success rate. Tortuous lesions were associated with a high complication rate and should be treated only by operators with extensive experience with BPA. CONCLUSIONS We modified the previous angiographic classification and established a new classification for each vascular lesion. We clarified that the outcome and complication rate of the BPA are highly dependent on the lesion characteristics.
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Ogawa A, Satoh T, Fukuda T, Sugimura K, Fukumoto Y, Emoto N, Yamada N, Yao A, Ando M, Ogino H, Tanabe N, Tsujino I, Hanaoka M, Minatoya K, Ito H, Matsubara H. Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2017; 10:CIRCOUTCOMES.117.004029. [DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.117.004029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Background—
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an alternative therapy for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who are ineligible for pulmonary endarterectomy—the standard therapy. Currently, most reported results of BPA are from relatively small cohorts treated at single centers. The present study evaluated the safety and efficacy of BPA for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension based on a multicenter registry.
Methods and Results—
A total of 308 patients (62 men and 246 women; mean age, 61 years) underwent 1408 procedures at 7 institutions in Japan. Data were retrospectively reviewed to evaluate clinical outcome and complications. Hemodynamics were significantly improved in 249 patients in whom BPA was terminated, most often because of improvement in mean pulmonary arterial pressure or symptomatic improvement after 1154 procedures. In 196 patients who underwent follow-up right heart catheterization, improvement of hemodynamic parameters was maintained. Mean pulmonary arterial pressure decreased from 43.2±11.0 to 24.3±6.4 mm Hg after final BPA and 22.5±5.4 mm Hg at follow-up, with significant reduction of concomitant use of pulmonary hypertension-targeted therapy and oxygen supplementation. Complications occurred in 511 (36.3%), including pulmonary injury (17.8%), hemoptysis (14.0%), and pulmonary artery perforation (2.9%). Twelve patients (3.9%) died during follow-up, including 8 patients who died within 30 days after BPA. The leading causes of death were right heart failure, multiorgan failure, and sepsis. Overall survival was 96.8% (95% confidence interval, 93.7%–98.4%) at 1 and 2 years and 94.5% (95% confidence interval, 89.3%–97.3%) at 3 years, respectively, after the initial BPA procedure for all 308 patients.
Conclusions—
This multicenter registry suggested improved hemodynamic results after BPA. Complication rates were high, but overall survival was comparable with pulmonary endarterectomy. BPA may be an important therapeutic option in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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