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Yoshihiro S, Hongo T, Yamamoto M, Taito S, Kataoka Y. Pharmacotherapy for Reducing RBC Transfusion for Patients in the ICU: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med 2024; 52:618-625. [PMID: 37962159 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine optional therapeutic strategies by comparing monotherapies and combination therapies to reduce RBC transfusion requirement for patients in the ICU. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, CENTRAL, and Embase were searched for studies published from database inception until July 2023. DATA EXTRACTION We included randomized controlled trials comparing erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (Epo), iron, combination therapy with iron and Epo, hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), vitamin D 3 (VD3), and placebo/no treatment. A frequentist network meta-analysis (NMA) was performed using a random effects model, and the confidence in NMA was rated. DATA SYNTHESIS Of 117 eligible studies, 75 studies (15,091 patients) were included in the quantitative analysis. Compared with placebo/no treatment, the combination therapy reduces the requirement for RBC transfusion (risk ratio [RR]: 0.60; 95% CI, 0.49-0.74; confidence rating: moderate). The Epo or iron monotherapy may reduce the requirement for RBC transfusion (RR: 0.81; 95% CI, 0.63-1.04; confidence rating: low; RR: 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70-0.98; confidence rating: low, respectively). Combination therapy may not increase the prevalence of both venous thromboembolism (VTE) (RR: 0.73; 95% CI, 0.25-2.08; confidence rating: low) and infection. Epo monotherapy may not increase the prevalence of VTE but may increase that of infections (RR: 1.27; 95% CI, 0.94-1.73; confidence rating: low). Iron monotherapy may not increase the prevalence of both VTE and infection. Evidence for VD3 and HIF-PHI remains uncertain. CONCLUSIONS Combination therapy with iron and Epo likely reduces the requirement for RBC transfusion and may be less harmful than other therapies.
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- Shodai Yoshihiro
- Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Hiroshima University Hospital, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chutoen General Medical Center, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan
- Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan
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Hagopian G, Jiang X, Grant C, Brazel D, Kumar P, Yamamoto M, Jakowatz J, Chow W, Tran T, Shen W, Moyers J. Survival impact of post-operative immunotherapy in resected stage III cutaneous melanomas in the checkpoint era. ESMO Open 2024; 9:102193. [PMID: 38271786 PMCID: PMC10937207 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.102193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Checkpoint inhibitors have shown improvement in recurrence-free survival in the post-operative setting for node-positive melanoma and were first approved in late 2015. However, single-agent checkpoint therapies have yet to show benefit to overall survival (OS) for lower-risk stage III cancers. We evaluated the OS benefit of post-operative immunotherapy in the National Cancer Database (NCDB). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patient cases were selected from the NCDB 2020 Participant Use File. Patients diagnosed with stage III cutaneous melanoma between 2016 and 2019 who underwent definitive resection for their melanoma were included. OS between those who received post-operative immunotherapy within 84 days of surgery and those who did not was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method. Demographic and clinical characteristics between the two groups were compared via Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS 14 978 patients with stage III melanoma were included. Of those, 34.9% (n = 5234) received post-operative immunotherapy and 65.1% (n = 9744) did not. Using the American Joint Committee on Cancer version 8 (AJCCv8) staging, 36-month survival was significantly higher in patients who received post-operative immunotherapy compared to no post-operative systemic therapy in those diagnosed with stage IIIB (88.0% versus 84.7%, P = 0.011), IIIC (75.6% versus 68.1%, P < 0.001), or IIID (59.2% versus 48.4%, P = 0.002). No significant improvement in 36-month survival was seen in patients who received post-operative immunotherapy in patients with stage IIIA disease (93.0% versus 92.2%, P = 0.218). CONCLUSIONS Post-operative immunotherapy had an OS benefit in patients with AJCCv8 stage IIIB, IIIC, and IIID disease, but had no significant survival benefit for patients with stage IIIA melanomas.
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- G Hagopian
- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
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- Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine
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- The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute, A Cedars-Sinai Affiliate, Los Angeles, USA.
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Young TR, Yamamoto M, Kikuchi SS, Yoshida AC, Abe T, Inoue K, Johansen JP, Benucci A, Yoshimura Y, Shimogori T. Thalamocortical control of cell-type specificity drives circuits for processing whisker-related information in mouse barrel cortex. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6077. [PMID: 37770450 PMCID: PMC10539368 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41749-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Excitatory spiny stellate neurons are prominently featured in the cortical circuits of sensory modalities that provide high salience and high acuity representations of the environment. These specialized neurons are considered developmentally linked to bottom-up inputs from the thalamus, however, the molecular mechanisms underlying their diversification and function are unknown. Here, we investigated this in mouse somatosensory cortex, where spiny stellate neurons and pyramidal neurons have distinct roles in processing whisker-evoked signals. Utilizing spatial transcriptomics, we identified reciprocal patterns of gene expression which correlated with these cell-types and were linked to innervation by specific thalamic inputs during development. Genetic manipulation that prevents the acquisition of spiny stellate fate highlighted an important role for these neurons in processing distinct whisker signals within functional cortical columns, and as a key driver in the formation of specific whisker-related circuits in the cortex.
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- Timothy R Young
- Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Division of Visual Information Processing, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 6500047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 6500047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Learning and Memory, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neural Circuits and Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Division of Visual Information Processing, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
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Takeshima S, Furuya T, Yamamoto M, Noma M, Kawate N. Planning and effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation as a treatment for a patient with neurosarcoidosis: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e34519. [PMID: 37565862 PMCID: PMC10419337 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000034519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Neurosarcoidosis tends to prolong the duration of treatment and may result in a decline in physical function requiring rehabilitation. Because of a rare disease, the adjustment of oral steroid dosage, which is the cornerstone of treatment, is highly dependent on professional experience in general. Therefore, the number of hospitals that can perform dosage adjustment is very limited, and it is difficult to provide concurrent intense rehabilitation at the same hospital over a long period of time, and there are no reports that mention this. PATIENT CONCERNS A 49-year-old man, who presented with impaired consciousness, dysphagia and right hemiplegia, was diagnosed with neurosarcoidosis based on a previous diagnosis of sarcoidosis, laboratory test results, and clinical symptoms. High-dose oral steroid therapy was initiated and he was transferred to our rehabilitation hospital for progressive disuse approximately 2 months after the disease onset. DIAGNOSES This case was diagnosed as "probable" neurosarcoidosis. INTERVENTIONS The steroid dose was not reduced during rehabilitation treatment in our hospital considering the risk of relapse of the primary disease due to steroid reduction. His training regimen focused on minimum activities of daily living was performed, and its effectiveness was determined during approximately 60 days after the initiation of rehabilitation. OUTCOMES Two months after admission, he was independently eating, transferring, and toileting under supervision. He was discharged home 3 months after admission. LESSONS Intensive rehabilitation can be one of the effective comprehensive treatment strategy for patients with neurosarcoidosis. On the other hand, since there is no consensus treatment method, the duration of rehabilitation and goal setting should be adjusted based on an understanding of the characteristics of the disease and the overall treatment plan.
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- Shinichi Takeshima
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Internal medicine, Sakuragaoka Central Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Center for Rehabilitation, Showa University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Center for Rehabilitation, Showa University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Center for Rehabilitation, Showa University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Moenning JL, Ohlhoff B, Yamamoto M, Jährmann A, Jahnke A, Lüth A, Pieper R, Numata J. Toxicokinetic modelling of the transfer of non-dioxin like polychlorinated biphenyls from feed into edible tissues of pigs. Sci Total Environ 2023:164539. [PMID: 37268128 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (ndl-PCBs) are persistent environmental pollutants that accumulate in the tissues of exposed animals and humans. Contaminated feed can lead to ndl-PCB contaminated foods of animal origin; such foods are the main route of human exposure. Therefore, predicting ndl-PCB transfer from feed into animal products is important for human health risk assessment. Here, we developed a physiologically based toxicokinetic model describing the transfer of PCBs-28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180 from contaminated feed into the liver and fat of fattening pigs. The model is based on a feeding study with fattening pigs (PIC hybrids) that were temporarily fed contaminated feed containing known concentrations of ndl-PCBs. The animals were slaughtered at different ages, and ndl-PCB concentrations in muscle fat and liver were determined. The model accounts for animal growth and excretion via the liver. According to their elimination speed and half-lives, they can be categorized into fast (PCB-28), intermediate (PCBs 52 and 101) and slow (PCBs 138, 153 and 180). Using a simulation with realistic growth and feeding patterns, the following transfer rates were found: 10 % (for fast), 35-39 % (intermediate) and 71-77 % (slow eliminated congeners). Using the models, the highest level of 3.8 μg/kg dry matter (DM) was calculated for any sum of ndl-PCBs in pig feed to ensure that the current maximum levels in pig meat and liver (40 ng/g fat) will not be exceeded. The model is included as part of the Supplementary Material.
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- Jan-Louis Moenning
- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Safety in the Food Chain, Berlin, Germany.
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Mashiko K, Hara Y, Yasumatsu H, Ueda T, Yamamoto M, Funaki Y, Toshimitsu Y, Kawaguchi Y. A case of severe hemorrhagic shock caused by traumatic avulsion of uterine fibroid. Trauma Case Rep 2022; 42:100705. [PMID: 36247877 PMCID: PMC9554809 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Case presentation A 40-year-old woman was injured in a motor vehicle accident. Physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) was dispatched, and after the HEMS physician performed thoracostomy and tracheal intubation to relieve the tension pneumothorax and hemorrhagic shock, her carotid artery became unpalpable. The physician then decided to perform prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy. Immediately after arriving at the hospital, an emergency laparotomy was performed. Intraoperative findings showed that a huge uterine fibroid had been avulsed from the uterine wall, and we performed temporary hemostasis by extraction of the avulsed tumor and application of packing to the pelvic cavity. She was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital 42 days after the operation. Conclusion The injury mechanism in this case was considered a “submarine effect.” This was an extremely rare case in which the acute care surgeon and a gynecologist collaboratively employed a damage control strategy to deal with impending cardiac arrest.
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- Kazuki Mashiko
- Corresponding author at: 9-36, Shima, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0833, Japan.
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Misumi K, Matsue Y, Nogi K, Kitai T, Oishi S, Suzuki S, Yamamoto M, Kida T, Okumura T, Nogi M, Ishihara S, Ueda T, Kawakami R, Saito Y, Minamino T. Derivation and validation of a machine learning-based risk prediction model for in-hospital mortality in patients with acute heart failure. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Although risk stratification is important in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) to predict patient prognosis, pre-existing risk models have not often been used due to its complexity. Recently, machine learning methods have been presented as an alternative approach to analyzing the predictive probability of large clinical datasets.
Purpose
The aim of this study is to develop a user-friendly risk score developed by one of machine learning methods and compare the performance of the new risk score to the existing conventional risk models.
Methods
A machine-learning-based risk model was developed using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression by identifying predictors of in-hospital mortality in the derivation cohort (REALITY-AHF) and externally validating and comparing its performance with two pre-existing risk models: the Get With The Guidelines risk score incorporating brain natriuretic peptide and hypochloremia (GWTG-BNP-Cl-RS) and the acute decompensated heart failure national registry (ADHERE) risk model.
Results
In-hospital deaths in the derivation and validation (NARA-HF) cohorts were 76 (5.1%) and 61 (4.9%), respectively. The risk score comprised four variables (systolic blood pressure, blood urea nitrogen, serum chloride, and C-reactive protein) and was developed according to the results of the LASSO regression weighting the coefficient for selected variables using a logistic regression model (4V-RS). Even though 4V-RS comprised fewer variables, In the validation cohort, it showed a higher area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) than the ADHERE risk model (AUC, 0.783 vs. 0.740; P=0.059) and a significant improvement in net reclassification (0.359; 95% CI, 0.10–0.67; p=0.006). 4V-RS performed similarly to GWTG-BNP-Cl-RS in terms of discrimination (AUC, 0.783 vs. 0.759; p=0.426) and net reclassification (0.176; 95% CI, −0.08–0.43; p=0.178).
Conclusions
The 4V-RS model comprising only four readily available data points at the time of admission performed similarly to the more complex pre-existing risk model in patients with AHF.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Cardiovascular Research Fund
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- K Misumi
- Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Tochigi , Japan
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- Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- Nara Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kashihara , Japan
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- Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kobe , Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Osaka , Japan
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- Fukushima Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Fukushima , Japan
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- Tsukuba University, Cardiovascular Division, Faculty of Medicine , Tsukuba , Japan
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- St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology , Kawasaki , Japan
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- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology , Nagoya , Japan
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- Nara Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kashihara , Japan
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- Nara Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kashihara , Japan
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- Nara Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kashihara , Japan
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- Nara Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kashihara , Japan
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- Nara Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , Kashihara , Japan
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- Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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Yamamoto M, Kubo S, Hirama N, Teranishi S, Tashiro K, Seki K, Maeda C, Hiro S, Kajita Y, Sugimoto C, Segawa W, Nagayama H, Nagaoka S, Kudo M, Kaneko T. 1089P Hepcidin expression as a predictive biomarker for anti-PD1/PDL1 antibody monotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.1214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Taguchi K, Hirose W, Yamamoto M. S-14-01 Fate of Nrf2-activated cells in tissue homeostasis. Toxicol Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nakamoto S, Taira N, Kawada K, Takabatake D, Miyoshi Y, Kubo S, Suzuki Y, Yamamoto M, Ogasawara Y, Yoshitomi S, Hara K, Shien T, Iwamoto T, Ohsumi S, Ikeda M, Mizota Y, Yamamoto S, Doihara H. 176P The effectiveness of long-term physical activity after exercise and educational programs on breast cancer-related lymphoedema: Secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial: The Setouchi Breast Project 10. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Howell TJ, Nieforth L, Thomas-Pino C, Samet L, Agbonika S, Cuevas-Pavincich F, Fry NE, Hill K, Jegatheesan B, Kakinuma M, MacNamara M, Mattila-Rautiainen S, Perry A, Tardif-Williams CY, Walsh EA, Winkle M, Yamamoto M, Yerbury R, Rawat V, Alm K, Avci A, Bailey T, Baker H, Benton P, Binney C, Boyle S, Brandes H, Carr AM, Coombe W, Coulter K, Darby A, Davies L, Delisle E, Enders-Slegers MJ, Fournier A, Fox M, Gee N, Graham TM, Hamilton-Bruce A, Hansen TGB, Hart L, Heirs M, Hooper J, Howe R, Johnson E, Jones M, Karagiannis C, Kieson E, Kim SA, Kivlen C, Lanning B, Lewis H, Linder D, Mai DL, Mariti C, Mead R, Ferreira GM, Ngai D, O’Keeffe S, O’Connor G, Olsen C, Ormerod E, Power ER, Pritchard PA, Rodriguez K, Rook D, Ruby MB, Schofield L, Signal T, Steel J, Stone W, Symonds M, van Rooy D, Warda T, Wilson M, Young J, Bennett P. Defining Terms Used for Animals Working in Support Roles for People with Support Needs. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12151975. [PMID: 35953965 PMCID: PMC9367407 DOI: 10.3390/ani12151975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Although animals are being employed for a growing number of roles to support people, the terms used to describe those animals (e.g., “therapy animal” and “emotional support animal”) can be confusing. The same term may be used to describe different types of work, or the same role can be described with different terms. This paper presents the results of a collaboration between over 100 researchers, practitioners, and end users of animal-based supports from all over the world. We created working definitions for the following nine terms: “assistance animal”, “companion animal”, “educational/school support animal”, “emotional support animal”, “facility animal”, “service animal”, “skilled companion animal”, “therapy animal”, and “visiting/visitation animal”. In this paper, we describe the defining characteristics of each animal type and how it is different from the other types. We recommend phasing out the terms “skilled companion animal” and “service animal”, because they are similar to other terms. We discuss how our definitions may be received in different parts of the world. Abstract The nomenclature used to describe animals working in roles supporting people can be confusing. The same term may be used to describe different roles, or two terms may mean the same thing. This confusion is evident among researchers, practitioners, and end users. Because certain animal roles are provided with legal protections and/or government-funding support in some jurisdictions, it is necessary to clearly define the existing terms to avoid confusion. The aim of this paper is to provide operationalized definitions for nine terms, which would be useful in many world regions: “assistance animal”, “companion animal”, “educational/school support animal”, “emotional support animal”, “facility animal”, “service animal”, “skilled companion animal”, “therapy animal”, and “visiting/visitation animal”. At the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) conferences in 2018 and 2020, over 100 delegates participated in workshops to define these terms, many of whom co-authored this paper. Through an iterative process, we have defined the nine terms and explained how they differ from each other. We recommend phasing out two terms (i.e., “skilled companion animal” and “service animal”) due to overlap with other terms that could potentially exacerbate confusion. The implications for several regions of the world are discussed.
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- Tiffani J. Howell
- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
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- OHAIRE, Comparative Pathobiology, Center for the Human Animal Bond, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Human-Animal Interaction, Department of Animal and Agriculture, Hartpury University, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK
- School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
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- Centro de Estudios en Bienestar y Convivencia Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7610658, Chile
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- Institute for Human-Animal Connection, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
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- EASE Working Group, College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PY, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- Department of Social Work, Beaver College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28607, USA
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- Sports and Exercise Medicine, Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1, 70600 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Anthrozoology, University of Exeter (alumnus), Exeter EX4 4PY, UK
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- Dogwood Therapy Services, Albuquerque, NM 87120, USA
- Animal Assisted Interventions International, 6537 HN Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Teikyo University of Science, Uenohara, Yamanashi 409-0193, Japan
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- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International, Denver, CO 80233, USA
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- Risk Frontiers, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
- Faculty of Law, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2019, Australia
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- Boynton Health, Office of Student Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University Centre Sparsholt, University of Winchester, Sparsholt, Winchester SO21 2NF, UK
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- Dogs for Life, Caulfield South, VIC 3162, Australia
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- Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- The Program for Animal-Assisted-Psychotherapy, Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilee 1220800, Israel
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- Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Animal Therapies Ltd., Gold Coast, QLD 4209, Australia
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- Management and Organizational Studies, Huron University College at Western University, London, ON N6G 1H3, Canada
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- Equine Therapy Unit, ChildVision National Education Centre for Blind Children, D09 WKOH Dublin, Ireland
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- The Canadian Institute of Animal-Assisted Interventions, Montréal, QC H3V 1C7, Canada
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA
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- School of Law & Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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- Center for Human-Animal Interaction, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Stroke Research Programme, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital & Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Woodville South, SA 5011, Australia
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- Center for Human Animal Psychology, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Clinical Animal Behaviour, Well Connected Canine, York YO24 3HG, UK
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- Faculty of Social Science, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas 89183, NV, USA
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- Orygen Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
- Lead The Way Institute Ferntree Gully, Boronia, VIC 3156, Australia
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- Clinical Animal Behavior Service, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
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- Occupational Therapy, Health Care Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Department of Education and Childhood Studies, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA
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- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Scottish SPCA (Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), Dunfermline KY11 8RY, UK
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- Hong Kong Animal Assisted Therapy Association (HKAATA), Hong Kong, China
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- Society for Companion Animal Studies, Godmachester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2BQ, UK
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- Institute for Culture and Society, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Human-Animal Bond in Colorado, School of Social Work, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
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- Northumbria Law School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
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- Solihull College and University Centre, Solihull B91 1SB, UK
- The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, College of Psychology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia
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- Moray House School of Education and Sports Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, UK
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- Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Education and Society, The University of Northampton, Northampton NN1 5PH, UK
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- Institute for Human-Animal Connection, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
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- School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
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Fukami A, Sato H, Yamamoto M, Morikawa N, Enomoto M, Adachi H, Fukumoto Y. Associations between serum and dietary omega-3 fatty acid and cognitive function in a population of community-dwelling Japanese - Tanushimaru study. Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Futagami S, Kessoku T, Kasai Y, Higurashi T, Nakajima A, Agawa S, Yamawaki H, Habiro M, Ueki N, Sanada I, Yamamoto M, Watanabe Y, Yamato H, Yamamoto T, Takasaki Y, Ito K, Hojo M, Isayama H, Siah KTH, Gwee KA. Comparison of clinical characteristics, eating behaviors, and clinical symptoms following fat intake in functional dyspepsia with functional dyspepsia with pancreatic enzyme abnormalities between Singapore and Japan. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 37:1525-1533. [PMID: 35501294 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM To clarify whether there were any significant differences in clinical symptoms and eating patterns between functional dyspepsia (FD) patients and FD with pancreatic enzyme abnormalities (FD-P) patients as refractory FD, we compared these factors in multicenter studies in Singapore and Japan. METHODS One hundred ninety-eight consecutive patients presenting with FD (n = 88), FD-P patients (n = 81) based on Rome III classification and controlled group (n = 39) recruited from six institutions in Singapore and Japan. Clinical characteristics, clinical symptoms for dietary fat intake, and eating behaviors were estimated using questionnaires. Anxiety and health-related quality of life were determined by STAI-state/-trait and SF-8, respectively. RESULTS There were no significant differences in age, sex, BMI, smoking, alcohol intake, past medical history, and history of allergy in FD and FD-P patients between Singapore and Japan. There were no significant differences in FD subtypes, gastrointestinal symptom rating scale score, severity of FD symptoms, and eating pattern in Singapore and Japan. Moreover, there were significant differences in certain eating behaviors between FD and FD-P patients in Singapore and Japan. Interestingly, epigastric pain and early satiety following fat meals in FD-P patients were significantly (P = 0.003 and P = 0.008, respectively) higher compared with those in FD patients in Japan. Physical component score in FD-P patients was significantly (P = 0.019) disturbed compared with those in FD patients in Japan. CONCLUSIONS Epigastric pain and early satiety following fat meals in FD-P patients may be useful tools to differentiate FD-P patients from FD patients in Japan.
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- Seiji Futagami
- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City Univeristy, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Palliative Medicine, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City Univeristy, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City Univeristy, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City Univeristy, Yokohama, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Kawasaki Rinko General Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.,Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.,Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,The Gastroenterology Group, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
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Yamamoto M, Enomoto M, Fukami A, Morikawa N, Sato H, Adachi H, Fukumoto Y. Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with prevalence of atrial fibrillation. Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Enomoto M, Fukami A, Morikawa N, Yamamoto M, Sato H, Adachi H, Fukumoto Y. Association of cognitive function with oxytocin as a social hormone in a community dwelling Japanese women; UKU study. Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hamada H, Hayama T, Ijuin A, Miyakoshi A, Yamamoto M, Ueno H, Saito M, Tochihara S, Takeshima T, Tanoshima M, Takeshima K, Sakakibara H, Yumura Y, Miyagi E, Murase M. O-183 Frequent spontaneous abortion in pregnancies followed by ICSI using frozen sperm from patients with testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT). Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac105.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
Despite the high rate of sperm chromosome abnormalities in testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT), why is newborn aneuploidy rate in pregnancies with TGCT patient normal?
Summary answer
Miscarriage rate is higher in the pregnancy of TGCT patients than of non-TGCT cancer patients, although the pregnancy rate in ICSI was not significantly different.
What is known already
Previous reports showed higher sperm aneuploidy in TGCT patients than control males. The sperm aneuploidy rate is high before treatment, and after radical treatments peaked at 6 months after treatment and remained high until 24 months after treatment. However, in the Swedish government base study, the rate of newborn malformations including aneuploidy in all pregnancy with TGCT patients was higher than without TGCT, but not statistically significant. In only natural pregnancies, the rate was not significantly different between the two groups. The cause for discrepancy within sperm aneuploidy and newborn aneuploidy was not well clarified.
Study design, size, duration
To clarify the mechanism for the purifying selection of aneuploid sperm in conception, we examined ICSI cases with TGCT patients that did not include natural sperm competition and compared to controls with non-TGCT cancer patient, who have normal rate of aneuploid sperm. By investigating ICSI outcomes, we aimed to determine which stage of embryonic development are affected by the sperm of TGCT patients.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Under ethical review of Yokohama city university, the 10 TGCT patients (123 oocytes) and 16 non-TGCT cancer patients (251 oocytes) who underwent ICSI with their frozen sperm from 2012 to 2021 were enrolled. Fertilization, embryo viability and embryo transfer outcomes (pregnancy and miscarriage rate) were examined between two groups underwent ICSI with cryopreserved sperm for fertility preservation. Clinical information was retrospectively collected from medical records.
Main results and the role of chance
The patients' age of sperm cryopreservation was 21-56 years old. 10 cases of TGCT were diagnosed as seminoma (3), non seminoma (6), and unknown (2). 15 cases of non-TGCT were diagnosed as malignant blood diseases (9), prostate cancer (2), bladder cancer (1), and others (3). In both groups, all patients were treated by ICSI with cryopreserved sperm obtained prior to chemotherapy. The mean age of female partners in TGCT was 33.2±3.5 years and not different with 35.8±3.4 years in non-TGCT meaning no different age factor. The fertilization rate, viable embryo rate, pregnancy rate and chemical abortion rate of TGCT vs non-TGCT group were 76.4% vs 67.7%, 64.3% vs 61.7%, 37.1% vs 21.7%, 7.1% vs 23.1%, respectively. Those developmental evaluations were not significantly different between two groups. However, spontaneous abortion rate was significantly higher 46.2% in TGCT group than 10% in non-TGCT group (p < 0.05). Further, in our follow-up, no congenital malformations in the babies born in either group (5 babies in TGCT vs 7 babies in non-TGCT group). The outcome of ICSI using sperm in TGCT patients show normal pregnancy rate but include higher spontaneous abortions rate, suggesting aneuploid embryo were negatively purifying selected under post-implantation stage.
Limitations, reasons for caution
Because ICSI with fertility-preserving frozen sperm in TGCT patient is rare even in reproduction center in general university hospital, single center analysis is still small and limited. More case reports and studies for TGCT fertility preservation are needed for more accurate evaluation.
Wider implications of the findings
In TGCT patients, chromosome aberrations and DNA fragmentation of sperm may not be apparent in natural pregnancies with normal sperm competition, but may become apparent as spontaneous abortions when ICSI were performed, suggesting PGT-A can predict and avoid the hidden risk of repeated pregnancy loss in ICSI to TGCT patients.
Trial registration number
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- H Hamada
- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
- Yokohama City University Medical Center , Gynecology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
- Yokohama City University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Clinical Genetics , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center , Gynecology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Reproductive Medical Center , Yokohama, Japan
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Ishikawa Y, Tanaka N, Asano Y, Kodera M, Shirai Y, Akahoshi M, Hasegawa M, Matsushita T, Kazuyoshi S, Motegi S, Yoshifuji H, Yoshizaki A, Kohmoto T, Takagi K, Oka A, Kanda M, Tanaka Y, Ito Y, Nakano K, Kasamatsu H, Utsunomiya A, Sekiguchi A, Niro H, Jinnin M, Makino K, Makino T, Ihn H, Yamamoto M, Suzuki C, Takahashi H, Nishida E, Morita A, Yamamoto T, Fujimoto M, Kondo Y, Goto D, Sumida T, Ayuzawa N, Yanagida H, Horita T, Atsumi T, Endo H, Shima Y, Kumanogoh A, Hirata J, Otomo N, Suetsugu H, Koike Y, Tomizuka K, Yoshino S, Liu X, Ito S, Hikino K, Suzuki A, Momozawa Y, Ikegawa S, Tanaka Y, Ishikawa O, Takehara K, Torii T, Sato S, Okada Y, Mimori T, Matsuda F, Matsuda K, Imoto I, Matsuo K, Kuwana M, Kawaguchi Y, Ohmura K, Terao C. OP0112 THE EVER-LARGEST ASIAN GWAS FOR SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AND TRANS-POPULATION META-ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED SEVEN NOVEL LOCI AND A CANDIDATE CAUSAL SNP IN A CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENT OF THE FCGR REGION. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundGenome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified 29 disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for systemic sclerosis (SSc) in non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) regions (1-7). While these GWASs have clarified genetic architectures of SSc, study subjects were mainly Caucasians limiting application of the findings to Asians.ObjectivesThe study was conducted to identify novel causal variants for SSc specific to Japanese subjects as well as those shared with European population. We also aimed to clarify mechanistic effects of the variants on pathogenesis of SSc.MethodsA total of 114,108 subjects comprising 1,499 cases and 112,609 controls were enrolled in the two-staged study leading to the ever-largest Asian GWAS for SSc. After applying a strict quality control both for genotype and samples, imputation was conducted using the reference panel of the phase 3v5 1,000 genome project data combined with a high-depth whole-genome sequence data of 3,256 Japanese subjects. We conducted logistic regression analyses and also combined the Japanese GWAS results with those of Europeans (6) by an inverse-variance fixed-effect model. Polygenicity and enrichment of functional annotations were evaluated by linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC), Haploreg and IMPACT programs. We also constructed polygenic risk score (PRS) to predict SSc development.ResultsWe identified three (FCRLA-FCGR, TNFAIP3, PLD4) and four (EOMES, ESR1, SLC12A5, TPI1P2) novel loci in Japanese GWAS and a trans-population meta-analysis, respectively. One of Japanese novel risk SNPs, rs6697139, located within FCGR gene clusters had a strong effect size (OR 2.05, P=4.9×10-11). We also found the complete LD variant, rs10917688, was positioned in cis-regulatory element and binding motif for an immunomodulatory transcription factor IRF8 in B cells, another genome-wide significant locus in our trans-ethnic meta-analysis and the previous European GWAS. Notably, the association of risk allele of rs10917688 was significant only in the presence of the risk allele of the IRF8. Intriguingly, rs10917688 was annotated as one enhancer-related histone marks, H3K4me1, in B cells, implying that FCGR gene(s) in B cells may play an important role in the pathogenesis of SSc. Furhtermore, significant heritability enrichment of active histone marks and a transcription factor C-Myc were found in B cells both in European and Japanese populations by LDSC and IMPACT, highlighting a possibility of a shared disease mechanism where abnormal B-cell activation may be one of the key drivers for the disease development. Finally, PRS using effects sizes of European GWAS moderately fit in the development of Japanese SSc (AUC 0.593), paving a path to personalized medicine for SSc.ConclusionOur study identified seven novel susceptibility loci in SSc. Downstream analyses highlighted a novel disease mechanism of SSc where an interactive role of FCGR gene(s) and IRF8 may accelerate the disease development and B cells may play a key role on the pathogenesis of SSc.References[1]F. C. Arnett et al. Ann Rheum Dis, 2010.[2]T. R. Radstake et al. Nat Genet, 2010.[3]Y. Allanore et al. PLoS Genet, 2011.[4]O. Gorlova et al. PLoS Genet, 2011.[5]C. Terao et al. Ann Rheum Dis, 2017.[6]E. López-Isac et al. Nat Commun, 2019.[7]W. Pu et al. J Invest Dermatol, 2021.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Shimizu S, Nagao Y, Shimizu T, Higashi Y, Aratake T, Zou S, Yamamoto M, Saito M. Aging exacerbates hypertension related testicular injury in rats. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shimizu T, Zou S, Shimizu S, Aratake T, Higashi Y, Yamamoto M, Saito M. Hydrogen sulfide has a role as an endogenous relaxation factor in the rat prostate. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Taguchi K, Wakabayashi H, Fujimoto M, Obayashi S, Yamamoto M, Nishioka S, Momosaki R. Association between Malnutrition Severity and Swallowing Function in Convalescent Rehabilitation Wards: A Multi-Center Cohort Study in Malnourished Patients with Sarcopenic Dysphagia. J Nutr Health Aging 2022; 26:469-476. [PMID: 35587759 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-022-1782-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the characteristics of sarcopenic dysphagia (SD) and the prognosis of swallowing function in convalescent rehabilitation hospital patients; and to investigate the association between malnutrition severity and SD. DESIGN A prospective, multi-center, cohort study. SETTING We extracted registry data from the Japanese Sarcopenic Dysphagia Database, focusing on patients admitted to convalescent rehabilitation hospitals. PARTICIPANTS A total of 207 participants were recruited and stratified according to the presence or absence of SD. Next, the participants were divided into groups based on nutrition status using the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition criteria: normal nutrition, moderate malnutrition, and severe malnutrition. We also compared the outcomes between patients with SD (SD group) and those without SD (no-SD group) according to malnutrition status. MEASUREMENTS The Food Intake LEVEL Scale (FILS) score was the outcome measure. Higher scores on the FILS indicate better swallowing function. We compared the patient characteristics between the SD and non-SD groups among all patients and then according to the severity of malnutrition. RESULTS A total of 207 patients were recruited. 11 were diagnosed with normal nutrition, 72 with moderate malnutrition, and 124 with severe malnutrition. There were 128 participants with SD and 79 participants without SD; the prevalence of SD was 61.8%. Hip fracture was the most common disease among the SD patients (34.4%). The median time to the end of follow-up was 73.5 days for the SD group and 84.0 days for the no-SD group. There was no significant difference in the FILS score between the SD and no-SD groups, but the increase in the FILS score was significantly lower in the SD group than the no-SD group among patients with severe malnutrition after adjusting for confounding factors (age, sex, FILS at admission, BMI, cognitive functional independence measure, and care level before onset) (β = -0.206, p = 0.011, 95% confidence interval = -0.723, -0.098). CONCLUSION Orthopedic diseases are the most common type of disease among SD patients in convalescent rehabilitation hospitals. Swallowing dysfunction was particularly severe in malnourished patients with SD. This result suggests the importance of the definition of SD for malnourished patients. We should practice nutritional management as soon as possible in severely malnourished patients diagnosed with SD.
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- K Taguchi
- Hidetaka Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Code; 162-0054, Tel: +81-3-3353-8111, Fax: +81-3-5269-7639, E-mail:
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Koujiya E, Kabayama M, Yamamoto M, Higami Y, Kodama K, Mukai S, Yano T, Nako Y, Nakamura T, Hirotani A, Fukuda T, Tamatani M, Okuda Y, Ikushima M, Baba Y, Nagano M, Rakugi H, Kamide K. [Seasonal changes in blood pressure and related factors among older patients receiving home medical care]. Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi 2021; 58:602-609. [PMID: 34880179 DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.58.602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AIM We investigated seasonal variations in blood pressure (BP) and factors related to these variations among older patients receiving home medical care. METHOD A total 57 patients ≥ 65 years old receiving home medical care who participated in the Osaka Home Care REgistry study (OHCARE), a prospective cohort study, were included. We investigated the seasonal patient characteristics and variations in the BP. In addition, to determine the influence of seasonal variations in the systolic blood pressure (SBP) on the occurrence of clinical events (hospitalization, falls and death), we classified patients into larger- and smaller- change groups based on the median seasonal variations in SBP. RESULT About 60% of subjects were very frail or bedridden. The mean BP was higher in winter than in summer (124.7±11/69.5±7 vs.120.5±12/66.9±8 mmHg) (P< 0.01). On comparing the characteristics of the two groups with larger and smaller changes in the SBP, the group with large BP changes had a significantly lower BP in summer than the group with small BP changes. In addition, the incidence of "hospitalization" was significantly higher in the group with large BP changes than in the group with small BP changes (P = 0.03). CONCLUSION The present study revealed that there were seasonal changes in the BP in older patients receiving home medical care. It was also suggested that seasonal changes in the BP might be associated with the risk of hospitalization events. Given these BP variations, doctors and visiting nurses should be alert for systemic abnormalities, especially in frail patients receinving home medical care.
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- Eriko Koujiya
- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.,Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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Albakaa N, Sato K, Iida N, Yamamoto M, Machino T, Ishizu T, Ieda M. Role of right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain in prediction outcome in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction
Right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWLS) is a sensitive tool for right ventricular (RV) function assessment. Furthermore, it shows incremental prognostic role in various cardiac diseases. RV involvement is frequently observed along with left ventricular (LV) involvement in cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) patients, while its impact on outcome is unclear.
Purpose
The aim of this study is to investigate the association between RV dysfunction detected by RVFWLS and cardiovascular event in patients with CS.
Methods
We retrospectively evaluated 51 patients with CS who were treated with prednisone from 2012 through 2020. Diagnosis of CS was made according to the Japanese Circulation Society diagnostic criteria. We evaluated RVFWLS at baseline using vender-independent software. We considered major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE: ventricular arrhythmia, heart failure hospitalization) to be the primary outcome.
Results
Mean age of the study population was 63±11 years, and 61% were female. At baseline, 25 patients (49%) had reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) (<50%) and 18 patients (35%) had impaired RVFWLS (<17%). Patients with impaired RVFWLS showed lower LVEF% (42±12% vs. 53±13%, P=0.005) and larger LV end-systolic volume index (54±33 vs. 37±23ml/m2, P=0.04) compared with those with preserved RVFWLS. Impaired RVFWLS patients also showed trend towards higher prevalence of basal interventricular thinning (50 vs. 28%, P=0.12). During a median follow-up of 548 days, eleven patients had MACE. In multivariable Cox-proportional hazards model analysis, RVFWLS was independently associated with MACE (HR 1.28, 95% CI: 1.07–1.10, P=0.009). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed worse event-free survival in patients with impaired RVFWLS (log-rank test, P=0.001).
Conclusions
In patients with CS, RVFWLS is an independent predictor for MACE. RVFWLS may be valuable in improving risk stratification in CS.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None. Kaplan-Meier survival curves
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- N Albakaa
- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tsukuba University Hospital, Cardiology, Tsukuba, Japan
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Katsurada N, Tachihara M, Jimbo N, Yamamoto M, Yoshioka J, Mimura C, Takata N, Sato H, Furukawa K, Otoshi T, Yumura M, Kiriu T, Yasuda Y, Tanaka T, Nagano T, Nishimura Y, Kobayashi K. P02.05 Yield of Tumor Samples With A Guide-sheath in Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Biopsy For Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mimura C, Katsurada M, Tachihara M, Katsurada N, Takata N, Sato H, Yoshioka J, Furukawa K, Yumura M, Otoshi T, Yasuda Y, Kiriu T, Hazama D, Nagano T, Yamamoto M, Nishimura Y, Kobayashi K. FP15.01 Randomized Single-Blind Comparative Study of Midazolam Plus Pethidine Combination and Midazolam During Bronchoscopy. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lapa DA, Chmait RH, Gielchinsky Y, Yamamoto M, Persico N, Santorum M, Gil MM, Trigo L, Quintero RA, Nicolaides KH. Percutaneous fetoscopic spina bifida repair: effect on ambulation and need for postnatal cerebrospinal fluid diversion and bladder catheterization. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021; 58:582-589. [PMID: 33880811 PMCID: PMC9293198 DOI: 10.1002/uog.23658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A trial comparing prenatal with postnatal open spina bifida (OSB) repair established that prenatal surgery was associated with better postnatal outcome. However, in the trial, fetal surgery was carried out through hysterotomy. Minimally invasive approaches are being developed to mitigate the risks of open maternal-fetal surgery. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a novel neurosurgical technique for percutaneous fetoscopic repair of fetal OSB, the skin-over-biocellulose for antenatal fetoscopic repair (SAFER) technique, on long-term postnatal outcome. METHODS This study examined descriptive data for all patients undergoing fetoscopic OSB repair who had available 12- and 30-month follow-up data for assessment of need for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion and need for bladder catheterization and ambulation, respectively, from eight centers that perform prenatal OSB repair via percutaneous fetoscopy using a biocellulose patch between the neural placode and skin/myofascial flap, without suture of the dura mater (SAFER technique). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine the effect of different factors on need for CSF diversion at 12 months and ambulation and need for bladder catheterization at 30 months. Potential cofactors included gestational age at fetal surgery and delivery, preoperative ultrasound findings of anatomical level of the lesion, cerebral lateral ventricular diameter, lesion type and presence of bilateral talipes, as well as postnatal findings of CSF leakage at birth, motor level, presence of bilateral talipes and reversal of hindbrain herniation. RESULTS A total of 170 consecutive patients with fetal OSB were treated prenatally using the SAFER technique. Among these, 103 babies had follow-up at 12 months of age and 59 had follow-up at 30 months of age. At 12 months of age, 53.4% (55/103) of babies did not require ventriculoperitoneal shunt or third ventriculostomy. At 30 months of age, 54.2% (32/59) of children were ambulating independently and 61.0% (36/59) did not require chronic intermittent catheterization of the bladder. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that significant prediction of need for CSF diversion was provided by lateral ventricular size and type of lesion (myeloschisis). Significant predictors of ambulatory status were prenatal bilateral talipes and anatomical and functional motor levels of the lesion. There were no significant predictors of need for bladder catheterization. CONCLUSION Children who underwent prenatal OSB repair via the percutaneous fetoscopic SAFER technique achieved long-term neurological outcomes similar to those reported in the literature after hysterotomy-assisted OSB repair. © 2021 The Authors. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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- D. A. Lapa
- Fetal Therapy Team CoordinatorHospital Infantil SabaraSão PauloBrazil
- Fetal Therapy GroupHospital Israelita Albert EinsteinSão PauloBrazil
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- Los Angeles Fetal Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyKeck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Fetal Therapy, Helen Schneider Hospital for WomenRabin Medical CenterPetah TikvaIsrael
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
- Fetal Medicine and Surgery Service, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilanItaly
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- Fetal Medicine Research InstituteKing's College HospitalLondonUK
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHospital Universitario de TorrejónMadridSpain
- School of MedicineUniversidad Francisco de VitoriaMadridSpain
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- Fetal Therapy GroupHospital Israelita Albert EinsteinSão PauloBrazil
- BCNatal Fetal Medicine Research CenterBarcelonaSpain
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- Fetal Medicine Research InstituteKing's College HospitalLondonUK
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Dourado MLBF, Matias G, Sandes AF, Goncalves MV, Molla VC, Guirao FP, Barbosa MCR, Yamamoto M, Rodrigues CA, Kerbauy FR. O VALOR DA DOENÇA RESIDUAL MENSURÁVEL POR CITOMETRIA DE FLUXO NA LEUCEMIA MIELOIDE AGUDA: DO TRATAMENTO QUIMIOTERÁPICO AO PÓS-TRANSPLANTE. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Cho H, Kishikawa T, Tokita Y, Suzuki M, Takemoto N, Hanamoto A, Fukusumi T, Yamamoto M, Fujii M, Ohno Y, Inohara H. Corrigendum to "Prevalence of human papillomavirus in oral gargles and tonsillar washings" [Oral Oncol. 105 (2020) 104669]. Oral Oncol 2021; 120:105478. [PMID: 34366245 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2021.105478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- H Cho
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Mathematical Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; Department of Nursing, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Mathematical Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Mathematical Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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Sakaguchi N, Terazawa T, Ishizuka Y, Kodama H, Miyamoto T, Shimamoto F, Goto M, Izuhara K, Hamamoto H, Osumi W, Yamamoto M, Tanaka K, Okuda J, Uchiyama K, Higuchi K. P-27 The efficacy and safety of XELOX/SOX plus bevacizumab as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer compared with XELOX/SOX: A retrospective study. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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14 normal subjects were given two tactile-recognition tasks. Subjects were asked to match the factually presented nonsense figures to the visual-recognition display on a Non-rotation task. On the Mental-rotation task subjects matched the tactile figures which were presented in various directions by means of mental rotation to the visual display. A greater superiority of the left hand on the Mental-rotation task was noted while on the Non-rotation task no differences between hands were shown. The right hemisphere may contribute more strongly to higher thought processes especially those which do not need verbal mediation.
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Yeakel J, Hook N, Yamamoto M, Kannan A, Sanzaro E, Aleshin A, Harris J, Gao L. 444 Circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for treatment response in an advanced Merkel cell carcinoma patient. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Honda N, Tagashira Y, Kawai S, Kobayashi T, Yamamoto M, Shimada K, Yokogawa N. Reduction of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and bloodstream infections by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in patients with rheumatic diseases. Scand J Rheumatol 2021; 50:365-371. [PMID: 33749507 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2020.1850854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Objective: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is routinely administered to patients with rheumatic diseases in Japan. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of TMP/SMX prophylaxis on PJP and non-central line-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) in patients receiving high-dose glucocorticoids for the treatment of rheumatic diseases.Method: This study enrolled patients who were admitted between 1 October 2003 and 31 March 2018 and began high-dose glucocorticoid therapy for rheumatic diseases during hospitalization. The observation period was 4 months from the commencement of high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. The effect of TMP/SMX prophylaxis on PJP and non-central line-associated BSI was analysed.Results: Of the 437 patients included in the study, 376 received TMP/SMX prophylaxis and 61 patients did not. During the observation period, TMP/SMX prophylaxis was discontinued in 76 patients (20.2%). Three PJP cases (0.7%) occurred. Among the 399 patients included in our analysis of non-central line-associated BSI, eight experienced non-central line-associated BSI (2.0%). Among the covariates, TMP/SMX prophylaxis was associated with reduced PJP and non-central line-associated BSI incidence [odds ratio (OR) 0, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.00-0.38, and OR 0.08, 95% CI 0.01-0.42, respectively].Conclusion: Routine TMP/SMX prophylaxis reduced the incidence of both PJP and BSI in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing high-dose glucocorticoid therapy.
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- N Honda
- Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Nephrology, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Mashiko K, Matsumoto H, Yasumatsu H, Ueda T, Yamamoto M, Funaki Y, Toshimitsu Y. Emergent surgery for cardiac herniation coexisting with complex blunt cardiac injury: A case report. Trauma Case Rep 2021; 32:100464. [PMID: 33816745 PMCID: PMC8010855 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A 38-year-old man was pressed on his trunk by a heavy object weighing about 100 kg. The patient was in shock status on arrival to the hospital. Circular collapse progressed rapidly during contrast computed tomography (CT) scanning. CT images revealed exacerbation of the right lateral deviation of the heart that was earlier seen on X-ray imaging. Considering cardiac herniation based on CT findings, we immediately performed resuscitative thoracotomy and clamshell thoracotomy at the emergency department. Intraoperative findings showed a pericardial defect, and the heart had deviated to the right thoracic cavity. Immediate repositioning revealed a marked improvement in circulation. Full-thickness cardiac injury was observed in the anterior wall of the left ventricle; no active bleeding was observed. We performed temporary thoracic wall closure after cardiorraphy for damage control. After admission to the intensive care unit, he presented with respiratory failure associated with pulmonary contusion. Therefore, veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) was used from the 2nd to the 5th hospital day. After confirming no intra-thoracic events on the 6th hospital day, chest wall closure was performed. The patient subsequently developed heart failure and mitral regurgitation associated with papillary muscle rupture. On the 62nd hospital day, he underwent mitral annuloplasty at the cardiovascular surgery division; After rehabilitation till 152nd hospital day, he was discharged without any neurological abnormality. This was an extremely rare case with concomitant full-thickness myocardial injury, intracardiac injury, and cardiac herniation. Rapid resuscitative thoracotomy and damage control including V-V ECMO yielded good results. Retrospectively, cardiac herniation should have been suspected earlier basis this observation. Our report highlights that cardiac herniation should be considered in case of cardiac shadow aberrations in cases of blunt chest trauma, familiarity with condition and its characteristic imaging findings are critical for the doctor overseeing initial trauma treatment.
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- Kazuki Mashiko
- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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- Shock & Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai-city, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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Troisi RI, Berardi G, Morise Z, Cipriani F, Ariizumi S, Sposito C, Panetta V, Simonelli I, Kim S, Goh BKP, Kubo S, Tanaka S, Takeda Y, Ettorre GM, Russolillo N, Wilson GC, Cimino M, Montalti R, Giglio MC, Igarashi K, Chan CY, Torzilli G, Cheung TT, Mazzaferro V, Kaneko H, Ferrero A, Geller DA, Han HS, Kanazawa A, Wakabayashi G, Aldrighetti L, Yamamoto M. Laparoscopic and open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis: multicentre propensity score-matched study. Br J Surg 2021; 108:196-204. [PMID: 33711132 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaa041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Child-Pugh A cirrhosis has been demonstrated as beneficial. However, the role of laparoscopy in Child-Pugh B cirrhosis is undetermined. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to compare open and laparoscopic resection for HCC with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis. METHODS Data on liver resections were gathered from 17 centres. A 1 : 1 propensity score matching was performed according to 17 predefined variables. RESULTS Of 382 available liver resections, 100 laparoscopic and 100 open resections were matched and analysed. The 90-day postoperative mortality rate was similar in open and laparoscopic groups (4.0 versus 2.0 per cent respectively; P = 0.687). Laparoscopy was associated with lower blood loss (median 110 ml versus 400 ml in the open group; P = 0.004), less morbidity (38.0 versus 51.0 per cent respectively; P = 0.041) and fewer major complications (7.0 versus 21.0 per cent; P = 0.010), and ascites was lower on postoperative days 1, 3 and 5. For laparoscopic resections, patients with portal hypertension developed more complications than those without (26 versus 12 per cent respectively; P = 0.002), and patients with a Child-Pugh B9 score had higher morbidity rates than those with B8 and B7 (7 of 8, 10 of 16 and 21 of 76 respectively; P < 0.001). Median hospital stay was 7.5 (range 2-243) days for laparoscopic liver resection and 18 (3-104) days for the open approach (P = 0.058). The 5-year overall survival rate was 47 per cent for open and 65 per cent for laparoscopic resection (P = 0.142). The 5-year disease-free survival rate was 32 and 37 per cent respectively (P = 0.742). CONCLUSION Patients without preoperative portal hypertension and Child-Pugh B7 cirrhosis may benefit most from laparoscopic liver surgery.
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- R I Troisi
- Division of HPB, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.,Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Division of HPB, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.,Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Centre for Advanced Treatment of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Division, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Biostatistics Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Biostatistics Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan
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- Department of General and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Liver Transplantation Service, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Humanitas University and Research Hospital, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Division of HPB, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Centre for Advanced Treatment of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of General Surgery, Humanitas University and Research Hospital, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Liver Transplantation, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Toho University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Centre for Advanced Treatment of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Division, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Sugita Y, Nakamura T, Sawada R, Takiguchi G, Urakawa N, Hasegawa H, Yamamoto M, Kanaji S, Matsuda Y, Yamashita K, Matsuda T, Oshikiri T, Suzuki S, Kakeji Y. Safety and feasibility of minimally invasive esophagectomy for elderly esophageal cancer patients. Dis Esophagus 2021; 34:5902470. [PMID: 32895704 DOI: 10.1093/dote/doaa083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The number of elderly patients with esophageal cancer has increased in recent years. The use of thoracoscopic esophagectomy has also increased, and its minimal invasiveness is believed to contribute to postoperative outcomes. However, the short- and long-term outcomes in elderly patients remain unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the safety and feasibility of minimally invasive esophagectomy in elderly patients. This retrospective study included 207 patients who underwent radical thoracoscopic esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma at Kobe University Hospital between 2005 and 2014. Patients were divided into non-elderly (<75 years) and elderly (≥75 years) groups. A propensity score matching analysis was performed for sex and clinical T and N stage, with a total of 29 matched pairs. General preoperative data, surgical procedures, intraoperative data, postoperative complications, in-hospital death, cancer-specific survival, and overall survival were compared between groups. The elderly group was characterized by lower preoperative serum albumin levels and higher American Society of Anesthesiologists grade. Intraoperative data and postoperative complications did not differ between the groups. The in-hospital death rate was 4% in the elderly group, which did not significantly differ from the non-elderly group. Cancer-specific survival was similar between the two groups. Although overall survival tended to be poor in the elderly group, it was not significantly worse than that of the non-elderly group. In conclusion, the short- and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy in elderly versus non-elderly patients were acceptable. Minimally invasive esophagectomy is a safe and feasible modality for elderly patients with appropriate indications.
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- Y Sugita
- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Colorectal Surgery Department, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Community Medicine and Medical Network, Department of Social Community Medicine and Health Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Nagayoshi Y, Chujo T, Hirata S, Nakatsuka H, Chen CW, Takakura M, Miyauchi K, Ikeuchi Y, Carlyle BC, Kitchen RR, Suzuki T, Katsuoka F, Yamamoto M, Goto Y, Tanaka M, Natsume K, Nairn AC, Suzuki T, Tomizawa K, Wei FY. Loss of Ftsj1 perturbs codon-specific translation efficiency in the brain and is associated with X-linked intellectual disability. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/13/eabf3072. [PMID: 33771871 PMCID: PMC7997516 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf3072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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FtsJ RNA 2'-O-methyltransferase 1 (FTSJ1) gene has been implicated in X-linked intellectual disability (XLID), but the molecular pathogenesis is unknown. We show that Ftsj1 is responsible for 2'-O-methylation of 11 species of cytosolic transfer RNAs (tRNAs) at the anticodon region, and these modifications are abolished in Ftsj1 knockout (KO) mice and XLID patient-derived cells. Loss of 2'-O-methylation in Ftsj1 KO mouse selectively reduced the steady-state level of tRNAPhe in the brain, resulting in a slow decoding at Phe codons. Ribosome profiling showed that translation efficiency is significantly reduced in a subset of genes that need to be efficiently translated to support synaptic organization and functions. Ftsj1 KO mice display immature synaptic morphology and aberrant synaptic plasticity, which are associated with anxiety-like and memory deficits. The data illuminate a fundamental role of tRNA modification in the brain through regulation of translation efficiency and provide mechanistic insights into FTSJ1-related XLID.
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- Y Nagayoshi
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Human Intelligence Systems, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
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- Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8573, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8573, Japan
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neurology, NCNP, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
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- Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Human Intelligence Systems, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
- Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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Ito R, Takada S, Ludwig A, Wieck AD, Tarucha S, Yamamoto M. Coherent Beam Splitting of Flying Electrons Driven by a Surface Acoustic Wave. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:070501. [PMID: 33666445 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.070501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We develop a coherent beam splitter for single electrons driven through two tunnel-coupled quantum wires by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The output current through each wire oscillates with gate voltages to tune the tunnel coupling and potential difference between the wires. This oscillation is assigned to coherent electron tunneling motion that can be used to encode a flying qubit and is well reproduced by numerical calculations of time evolution of the SAW-driven single electrons. The oscillation visibility is currently limited to about 3%, but robust against decoherence, indicating that the SAW electron can serve as a novel platform for a solid-state flying qubit.
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- R Ito
- Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, National Metrology Institute of Japan, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- Angewandte Festkörperphysk, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Angewandte Festkörperphysk, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Bekki N, Hayama H, Nagai R, Miyake W, Yamamoto J, Torii S, Kubota S, Nakagawa T, Okazaki T, Yamamoto M, Okazaki O, Hara H, Hiroi Y. Left atrial strain and outcome in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Left atrial (LA) function is impaired in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, the association between LA longitudinal strain and heart failure (HF) events in patients with HFpEF is still unknown. We evaluated whether LA strain measurements would be useful to predict hospitalizations for worsening HF in this study.
Methods
This study included 121 patients (Male 73, Female 48) with HFpEF who had echocardiogram at our institute (Age = 76 ± 14y, Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF = 63 ± 8%). Patients with atrial fibrillation were excluded. LA longitudinal strain was measured by speckle-tracking echocardiography, using TOMTEC imaging system. The endpoints were hospitalizations for worsening HF.
Results
During follow-up period of 319 ± 269 days, 33 patients (27%) experienced hospitalizations for worsening HF. LA strain was markedly lower in patients with HF events at 11.3 ± 5.6, whereas LA strain was higher at 20.3 ± 10.1 in patients without HF events. Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated a significant separation of survival curves stratified by median value of LA strain (Figure).
Conclusions
LA dysfunction in HFpEF is associated with a higher risk of HF hospitalization, and LA strain measurements would be useful to predict HF events.
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- N Bekki
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kim JH, Sugai N, Suzuki D, Murakami G, Abe H, Rodríguez-Vázquez JF, Yamamoto M. Paratenon of the cruciate ligaments of the knee: a macroscopic and histological study of human fetuses. Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2021; 81:134-143. [PMID: 33511626 DOI: 10.5603/fm.a2021.0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The paratenon is a sheath-like connective tissue that allows the tendon to move with minimal friction. The careful removal of the paratenon along the cruciate ligaments is a critical step of knee surgery. Thus, orthopedic surgeons and interventional radiologists consider the paratenon as a basic anatomical tissue along a ligament, not along a tendon. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed macroscopic and histological observations of cruciate ligament-associated paratenons in 43 human fetuses. RESULTS This tissue usually had a thick armor-like appearance that was distant from the infrapatellar fat pad. The anterior cruciate ligament, rather than the posterior ligament, was deeply embedded in the paratenon. The paratenon contained abundant arteries and veins and, at and near the crossing between the cruciate ligaments, had a well-developed venous plexus. Notably, there were abundant fused veins in the paratenon venous plexus, and prenatal knee movements (especially rotation) seemed to restrict its blood supply, leading to the development of a large cavity by way of advancing fusion of veins in the degenerating plexus. This unique manner of cavitation likely expanded the joint cavity. CONCLUSIONS Differences in knee movements in utero seemed to cause differences in the thickness of the paratenon among fetuses. New-borns might have limited knee flexion due to a mass-effect of the thick paratenon around the cruciate ligaments. A slight twisting or rotation at the knee may help to release the knee, because it can break the fetal paratenon and accelerate cavitation.
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- J H Kim
- Department of Anatomy, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea, Republic Of.
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Physical therapy, Hitshuji-ga-oka-Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Common Curriculum, Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation, Chitose, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Cupid Clinic, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Emeritus professor of Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan
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Yamamoto M, Yamamoto T. Discoid Lupus Erythematosus in a Patient With Alopecia Totalis. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2019.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Fukami A, Adachi H, Enomoto M, Sakaue A, Hamamura H, Toyomasu K, Yamamoto M, Fukumoto Y. The impact of serum and faecal chitinase 3-like 1 level on endothelial dysfunction in a population of community-dwelling Japanese. Atherosclerosis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.10.699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yanai T, Yasukawa H, Mawatari K, Sasaki T, Takahashi J, Nohara S, Shimozono K, Shibata T, Okabe K, Yamamoto M, Fukumoto Y. Smooth muscle cell-specific SOCS3 deficiency promote pericardial fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in aging mice. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3) is a cytokine-inducible negative regulator of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) signaling pathway. We have previously shown that cardiac-specific SOCS3 deficiency spontaneously develop cardiac dysfunction with advanced age. However, the role of SOCS3 in smooth muscle cells in cardiovascular pathophysiology remains elusive. In this study, we determined whether STAT3 and SOCS3 in smooth muscle cells would play a role in cardiovascular pathophysiology.
Methods and results
To target inactivation of the SOCS3 gene to smooth muscle cells, SOCS3-flox mice were bred with transgenic mice expressing Cre recombinase under control of the mouse SM22-α promoter (sm-SOCS3-KO mice). Left ventricular weight to body weight ratio was significantly increased in sm-SOCS3-KO mice compared with wild-type mice at 12 months of age (p<0.05). Echocardiographic analyses of smSOCS3-KO mice showed significantly increased left ventricular diastolic dysfunction compared with wild-type from 12 months of age (p<0.05). Sirius-red staining revealed that thickness of pericardium and cardiac interstitial fibrosis in sm-SOCS3-KO mice were markedly greater compared with wild-type mice at 12 months of age (p<0.05). Western blot analyses showed that phosphorylated STAT3 was significantly increased in sm-SOCS3-KO hearts compared with wild-type mice at 12 months of age (p<0.05), whereas no significant differences were observed at 2 months of age. To investigate the mechanism that gave rise to promoted cardiac fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction during aging in sm-SOCS3-KO, we conducted a real-time PCR array analysis for fibrosis. The expression of pro-fibrotic CTGF (connective tissue growth factor), PDGFb (platelet growth factor-b), and TGF (transforming growth factor) family genes including TGFb1, TGFb2, and TGFb3, were significantly higher in sm-SOCS3-KO hearts than those in wild-type at 6 months of age.
Conclusion
Thus, smooth muscle cell-specific SOCS3 deletion induces increased pericardial fibrosis, cardiac interstitial fibrosis, and increased diastolic dysfunction in aging mice, possibly through the augmentation of pro-fibrotic growth factors.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Grant JSPS KAKENHI
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- T Yanai
- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute of the Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Watanabe Y, Nara Y, Hioki H, Kawashima H, Kataoka A, Nakashima M, Nishihata Y, Hayashida K, Yamamoto M, Tanaka J, Mizutani K, Jujo K, Nakazawa G, Izumo M, Kozuma K. Short-term effects of low-dose tolvaptan in acute decompensated heart failure patients with severe aortic stenosis: the LOHAS registry. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.1226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Tolvaptan exerts potent diuretic effects in heart failure patients without hemodynamic instability. Nonetheless, its clinical efficacy for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) due to severe aortic stenosis (AS) remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of tolvaptan in ADHF patients with severe AS.
Methods
The LOw-Dose Tolvaptan (7.5 mg) in Decompensated Heart Failure Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis (LOHAS) registry is a multicenter (7 centers) prospective registry that assessed the short-term effects of tolvaptan in subjects hospitalized for ADHF with severe AS. A total of 59 subjects were enrolled between September 2014 and December 2017. The primary endpoints were changes in body weight and fluid balance measured daily from baseline up to 4 days.
Results
The median [interquartile range] patient age and aortic valve area were 85.0 [81.0–89.0] years and 0.58 [0.42–0.74] cm2, respectively. Body weight continuously decreased, and fluid balance was maintained from baseline to day 4 (p<0.001, p=0.194, respectively). Median serum B-type natriuretic peptide concentration significantly decreased from 910.5 to 740.0 pg/mL by day 4 (p=0.002). However, systolic blood pressure and heart rate were non-significantly changed (p=0.250, p=0.656, respectively). Hypernatremia (>150 mEq/L) and worsening renal function occurred in 2 (3.4%) and 4 (6.8%) patients, respectively.
Conclusions
Short-term treatment with low-dose tolvaptan is safe and effective, providing stable hemodynamic parameters in patients with ADHF and severe AS.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Private company. Main funding source(s): This research was supported by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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- Y Watanabe
- Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- St. Luke's International Hospital, Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nagoya Heart Center, Cardiology, Nagoya, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiology, Osaka, Japan
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- Nishiarai Heart Center, Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokai University School of Medicine, Cardiology, Kanagawa, Japan
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- St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Cardiology, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Sato K, Yamamoto M, Ishizu T, Ieda M. Utility of updated diagnositc criteria to detect isolated cardiac sarcoidosis. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Prior study reported around one-third of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) are considered as isolated CS. Detection of CS is challenging due to the limited sensitivity of endomyocardial biopsy and applicability of guidelines, especially in patients without extra-cardiac involvement. Existing diagnostic criteria by Japanese Ministry of health and Welfare (JMHW) or Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) require the presence of extra-cardiac sarcoidosis for clinical diagnosis, isolated CS is not diagnosable in the absence of a positive histological finding. Recently, Japanese Society of Cardiology (JCS) updated diagnostic criteria for CS, which provides the pathway to diagnose isolated CS.
Purpose
We aimed to assess the reliability of the updated CS guideline in diagnosing CS compared to the prior guidelines.
Methods
We retrospectively identified 162 consecutive patients who underwent FDG-PET for suspected CS from 2012 through 2019. According to the updated JCS diagnostic criteria, patients were classified as histologic diagnosis of CS, clinical diagnosis of CS, or isolated CS (Figure A). We compared the association between diagnostic criteria and response with anti-inflammatory therapy.
Results
The JCS criteria classified 24 patients (15%) as having clinical CS, 4 (3%) as histological diagnosis of CS, and 21 (13%) as isolated CS. The JMHW criteria defined 22 patients (14%) as having CS (clinical 11%, histological 3%) and HRS criteria classified 11 patients (7%) as having CS (clinical 4%, histological 3%). Extra-cardiac involvement was detected in 36 patients (22%) with 8% of histological confirmation. Among the 126 patients without extra-cardiac involvement, prevalence of cardiac involvement was higher in isolated CS (P<0.05 for all). Compared with clinical diagnosis group, patients with isolated CS showed higher incident of regional wall motion abnormality (WMA) or left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (p=0.023). In the subgroup of 45 patients with serial FDG-PET evaluation, only updated CS criteria was associate with improvement in myocardial inflammation by FDG-PET (p<0.001).
Conclusions
Updated JCS diagnostic criteria detects CS patients with active myocardial inflammation which require anti-inflammatory therapy regardless of extra-cardiac involvement better than the prior guidelines.
Diagnostic criteria for CS
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- K Sato
- University of Tsukuba, Department of Cardiology, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Department of Cardiology, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Department of Cardiology, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Department of Cardiology, Ibaraki, Japan
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Nakazawa N, Ishizu T, Sairenchi T, Sato K, Yamamoto M, Machino T, Murakoshi N, Kawakami Y, Ieda M. Revisiting the significance of right bundle branch block. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background/Introduction
The right bundle branch block (RBBB) has been considered a benign finding in asymptomatic individuals. However, this concept based on a few, old, small sample size studies. Recently, the importance of the right ventricular dysfunction was focused on cardiovascular prognosis in clinical cardiology.
Purpose
To determine the prognostic value of RBBB in community-based health checkups cohort with a large sample size in recent years in Japan.
Methods
We assessed 88,089 individuals (mean age, 58.3±10.2 years; 66.1% women) who participated in annual community-based health checkups. Exclusion criteria were current or previous history of heart disease, stroke, and intraventricular block such as left bundle branch block other than RBBB. We followed them from 1993 to 2016. The primary endpoint was cardiovascular death, or all-cause death. The Cox regression model was assessed in each gender. The variables included in the multivariate analyses were age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, hypertension, total cholesterol level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, treated-hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, treated-diabetes, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), current smoking, and drinking habit.
Results
The prevalence of RBBB was higher in men than women (723/29,863 2.4% in men vs. 581/58,204 1.0% in women, P<0.001). In both genders, subjects with RBBB were significantly older and had higher systolic blood pressure and lower eGFR compared with individuals without RBBB.
In women, RBBB was associated with significantly increased cardiovascular mortality with multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) of 1.26 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.03–1.54]. Then, we divided them into younger or elder groups according to the cut-off age of 65-year-old. In women ≤65-year-old, RBBB related to greater cardiovascular mortality with multivariate-adjusted HR of 1.89 [95% CI, 1.27–2.80]. However, in women >65-year-old, RBBB did not show the prognostic significance.
In men, RBBB did not reach the significant results in all participants, however, men >65-year-old with RBBB showed the significant poor prognosis with HR of 1.26 [95% CI, 1.04–1.53].
Conclusions
In this cohort study, contrary to common perception, RBBB was associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in women, especially younger women ≤65-year-old, and elderly men. To the extent we know, the present study is the largest and long-term follow-up study showing that the significance of RBBB differs depending on sex and age. Especially in young women who usually are less prone to show wide QRS, RBBB might represent the pathological abnormality. Although the pathophysiological effect of the RBBB on the cardiovascular outcome needs further investigation in the future, clinicians should alert the RBBB in young women and elder men even if they have no symptoms and evaluate the heart abnormality and follow them up carefully.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Tanaka M, Fujishiro Y, Mogi M, Kaneko Y, Yokosawa T, Kanazawa N, Minami S, Koretsune T, Arita R, Tarucha S, Yamamoto M, Tokura Y. Topological Kagome Magnet Co 3Sn 2S 2 Thin Flakes with High Electron Mobility and Large Anomalous Hall Effect. Nano Lett 2020; 20:7476-7481. [PMID: 32897724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Magnetic Weyl semimetals attract considerable interest not only for their topological quantum phenomena but also as an emerging materials class for realizing quantum anomalous Hall effect in the two-dimensional limit. A shandite compound Co3Sn2S2 with layered kagome-lattices is one such material, where vigorous efforts have been devoted to synthesize the two-dimensional crystal. Here, we report a synthesis of Co3Sn2S2 thin flakes with a thickness of 250 nm by chemical vapor transport method. We find that this facile bottom-up approach allows the formation of large-sized Co3Sn2S2 thin flakes of high-quality, where we identify the largest electron mobility (∼2600 cm2 V-1 s-1) among magnetic topological semimetals, as well as the large anomalous Hall conductivity (∼1400 Ω-1 cm-1) and anomalous Hall angle (∼32%) arising from the Berry curvature. Our study provides a viable platform for studying high-quality thin flakes of magnetic Weyl semimetal and stimulate further research on unexplored topological phenomena in the two-dimensional limit.
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- M Tanaka
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Tokyo College, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Yamamoto M, Yamamoto T. Discoid Lupus Erythematosus in a Patient With Alopecia Totalis. Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed) 2020; 112:77-79. [PMID: 32926840 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2019.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- M Yamamoto
- Departamento de Dermatología, Universidad Médica de Fukushima, Fukushima, Japón.
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- Departamento de Dermatología, Universidad Médica de Fukushima, Fukushima, Japón
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Harada M, Fujihara K, Osawa T, Yamamoto M, Kaneko M, Ishizawa M, Matsubayashi Y, Yamada T, Yamanaka N, Seida H, Kodama S, Ogawa W, Sone H. Association of treatment-achieved HbA1c with incidence of coronary artery disease and severe eye disease in diabetes patients. Diabetes & Metabolism 2020; 46:331-334. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Edeline J, Hirano S, Bertaut A, Konishi M, Benabdelghani M, Uesaka K, Watelet J, Ohtsuka M, Hammel P, Kaneoka Y, Joly JP, Yamamoto M, Jouffroy C, Ambo Y, Louvet C, Ando M, Malka D, Nagino M, Phelip J, Ebata T. 55P Adjuvant gemcitabine-based chemotherapy for biliary tract cancer: Pooled analysis of the BCAT and PRODIGE-12 studies. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Pfaff R, Larsen M, Abe T, Habu H, Clemmons J, Freudenreich H, Rowland D, Bullett T, Yamamoto M, Watanabe S, Kakinami Y, Yokoyama T, Mabie J, Klenzing J, Bishop R, Walterscheid R, Yamamoto M, Yamazaki Y, Murphy N, Angelopoulos V. Daytime Dynamo Electrodynamics With Spiral Currents Driven by Strong Winds Revealed by Vapor Trails and Sounding Rocket Probes. Geophys Res Lett 2020; 47:e2020GL088803. [PMID: 32999519 PMCID: PMC7507750 DOI: 10.1029/2020gl088803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We investigate the forces and atmosphere-ionosphere coupling that create atmospheric dynamo currents using two rockets launched nearly simultaneously on 4 July 2013 from Wallops Island (USA), during daytime Sq conditions with ΔH of -30 nT. One rocket released a vapor trail observed from an airplane which showed peak velocities of >160 m/s near 108 km and turbulence coincident with strong unstable shear. Electric and magnetic fields and plasma density were measured on a second rocket. The current density peaked near 110 km exhibiting a spiral pattern with altitude that mirrored that of the winds, suggesting the dynamo is driven by tidal forcing. Such stratified currents are obscured in integrated ground measurements. Large electric fields produced a current opposite to that driven by the wind, believed created to minimize the current divergence. Using the observations, we solve the dynamo equation versus altitude, providing a new perspective on the complex nature of the atmospheric dynamo.
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- R. Pfaff
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Department of Physics and AstronomyClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyoJapan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyoJapan
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- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNHUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- School of Systems EngineeringKochi University of TechnologyKamiJapan
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- Department of Information MediaHokkaido Information UniversityEbetsuJapan
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- Department of Information MediaHokkaido Information UniversityEbetsuJapan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable HumanosphereKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Aerospace CorporationEl SegundoCAUSA
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- Research Institute for Sustainable HumanosphereKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadenaCAUSA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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Michishita M, Ishizaki Y, Konnai M, Machida Y, Nakahira R, Hatakeyama H, Yoshimura H, Yamamoto M, Soeta S, Ochiai K, Misawa K, Yugeta N, Azakami D. Primary Lymphangiosarcoma of the Urinary Bladder in a Dog. J Comp Pathol 2020; 179:31-35. [PMID: 32958144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Abdominal ultrasonographical and computed tomography examinations of a 12-year-old neutered female toy poodle revealed a protruding mass, approximately 2 cm in diameter, at the apex of the bladder. The mass was firm and haemorrhagic with a homogeneously brownish-yellow cut surface. Microscopically, it was unencapsulated and located in the muscle layer with invasion of the extra-muscular layer. It was composed of spindloid to oval neoplastic cells that formed irregular clefts and diffuse sheets that dissected bundles of collagen. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells were positive for vimentin and lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 antigens, but negative for cytokeratin AE1/AE3, factor VIII-related antigen, CD31, CD34, Prox-1, S100, desmin, α-smooth muscle actin and MyoD1. Negative immunolabelling for laminin antigen supported the absence of evidence of a basal lamina on ultrastructural examination. Based on these findings, this tumour was identified as a lymphangiosarcoma. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first report of lymphangiosarcoma arising from the bladder in a dog.
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- M Michishita
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Cellular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Oncology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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