著者
Keiko Sumimoto Hidekazu Tanaka Jun Mukai Kentaro Yamashita Yusuke Tanaka Ayu Shono Makiko Suzuki Shun Yokota Kensuke Matsumoto Yu Taniguchi Noriaki Emoto Ken-ichi Hirata
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Reports (ISSN:24340790)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2, no.10, pp.625-629, 2020-10-09 (Released:2020-10-09)
参考文献数
9
被引用文献数
3

Background:The 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension proposed that precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) be defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) >20 mmHg instead of mPAP ≥25 mmHg. Peak tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TRV) >3.4 m/s is widely used to predict PH, but it is unclear whether this value remains reliable for the new definition of PH.Methods and Results:We found that the optimal cut-off value of peak TRV for 511 PH patients was >2.8 m/s, with a sensitivity of 89.5%, specificity of 73.4%, and area under the curve of 0.89 (P<0.001).Conclusions:Based on the new definition of PH, TRV >2.8 m/s can be considered to indicate a high probability of PH.
著者
Keiko Hatazawa Hidekazu Tanaka Akiko Nonaka Hiroki Takada Fumitaka Soga Yutaka Hatani Hiroki Matsuzoe Hiroyuki Shimoura Junichi Ooka Hiroyuki Sano Yasuhide Mochizuki Kensuke Matsumoto Ken-ichi Hirata
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.82, no.10, pp.2566-2574, 2018-09-25 (Released:2018-09-25)
参考文献数
27
被引用文献数
1 28

Background: Our aim was to investigate the baseline clinical and echocardiographic parameters for predicting left ventricular (LV) dysfunction after anthracycline chemotherapy and heart failure (HF) hospitalization in a single cancer disease. Methods and Results: We studied 73 patients with malignant lymphoma and preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF). Echocardiography was performed before and after anthracycline chemotherapy. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) was determined from 3 standard apical views. LV dysfunction after anthracycline chemotherapy was defined according to the current definition of cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction. Long-term (50-month) unfavorable outcome was prespecified as hospitalization for HF. A total of 10 patients had LV dysfunction after anthracycline chemotherapy. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that baseline GLS was the only independent predictor of this dysfunction. Receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis identified the optimal GLS cutoff for predicting LV dysfunction after anthracycline chemotherapy as ≤19% (P=0.008). Furthermore, the Kaplan-Meier curve indicated that fewer patients with GLS >19% were hospitalized for HF than among those with GLS ≤19% (log-rank P=0.02). For sequential logistic models, a model based on baseline clinical variables (χ2=2.9) was improved by the addition of baseline LVEF (χ2=9.0; P=0.01), and further improved by the addition of baseline GLS (χ2=13.1, P=0.04). Conclusions: Watchful observation or early therapeutic intervention with established cardioprotective medications may be necessary for patients with malignant lymphoma and preserved LVEF but with abnormal GLS.
著者
Hidekazu Tanaka Kazuhiro Tatsumi Sei Fujiwara Takayuki Tsuji Akihiro Kaneko Keiko Ryo Yuko Fukuda Kensuke Matsumoto Mayumi Shigeru Akihiro Yoshida Hiroya Kawai Ken-ichi Hirata
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.76, no.2, pp.382-389, 2012 (Released:2012-01-25)
参考文献数
28
被引用文献数
33 38

Background: Dyssynchrony has various detrimental effects on cardiac function, but its effect on cardiac sympathetic activity is not fully understood. Methods and Results: We studied 50 heart failure patients who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Cardiac sympathetic activity was assessed by 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy as the delayed heart-to-mediastinum ratio (H/M ratio). Echocardiography was performed before and 7 months after CRT, and response was defined as a ≥15% decrease in end-systolic volume. Dyssynchrony was determined by the time difference between the anteroseptal-to-posterior wall using speckle-tracking radial strain (≥130ms predefined as significant). H/M ratio in patients with dyssynchrony was less than that in patients without dyssynchrony (1.62±0.31 vs. 1.82±0.36, P<0.05), even though ejection fraction was not significantly different (24±6% vs. 25±7%). Patients with dyssynchrony and H/M ratio ≥1.6 had a higher frequency of response to CRT (94%) and favorable long-term outcome over 3.0 years. In contrast, patients without dyssynchrony and H/M ratio <1.6 were more likely to show a lower frequency of response to CRT (0%) and unfavorable long-term outcome after CRT. Conclusions: Dyssynchrony is associated with cardiac sympathetic activity, and 123I-MIBG scintigraphy may be valuable for predicting the response to CRT. (Circ J 2012; 76: 382-389)