著者

Masunori Matsuzaki Toru Kita Hiroshi Mabuchi Yuji Matsuzawa Noriaki Nakaya Shinichi Oikawa Yasushi Saito Jun Sasaki Kazuaki Shimamoto Hiroshige Itakura the J-LIT Study Group

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.66, no.12, pp.1087-1095, 2002 (Released:2002-11-25)

参考文献数

52

被引用文献数

172 196

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Hyperlipidemia is a well-established risk factor for primary coronary heart disease (CHD). Although simvastatin is known to lower serum lipid concentrations, the protective effect of such lipid-lowering therapy against primary CHD has not been established in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia. The Japan Lipid Intervention Trial was a 6-year, nationwide cohort study of 47,294 patients treated with open-labeled simvastatin (5-10 mg/day) and monitored by physicians under standard clinical conditions. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the occurrence of CHD and the serum lipid concentrations during low-dose simvastatin treatment. Simvastatin reduced serum concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein- cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG), by 18.4%, 26.8% and 16.1% on average, respectively, during the treatment period. The risk of coronary events was higher when the average TC concentration was ≥240 mg/dl and the average LDL-C concentration was ≥160 mg/dl. The incidence of coronary events increased in the patients with TG concentration ≥300 mg/dl compared with patients with TG concentration <150 mg/dl. The high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) inversely correlated with the risk of coronary events. The J-curve association was observed between average TC or LDL-C concentrations and total mortality. Malignancy was the most prevalent cause of death. The health of patients should be monitored closely when there is a remarkable decrease in TC and LDL-C concentrations with low-dose statin. A reasonable strategy to prevent coronary events in Japanese hypercholesterolemic patients without prior CHD under low-dose statin treatment might be regulating the serum lipid concentrations to at least <240 mg/dl for TC, <160 mg/dl for LDL-C, <300 mg/dl for TG, and >40 mg/dl for HDL-C. (Circ J 2002; 66: 1087 - 1095)

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Hiroyuki Tsutsui Hiroshi Ito Masafumi Kitakaze Issei Komuro Toyoaki Murohara Tohru Izumi Kenji Sunagawa Yoshio Yasumura Masafumi Yano Kazuhiro Yamamoto Tsutomu Yoshikawa Takayoshi Tsutamoto Junwei Zhang Akifumi Okayama Yoshihiko Ichikawa Kazuhiro Kanmuri Masunori Matsuzaki for the J-EMPHASIS-HF Study Group

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-17-0323, (Released:2017-08-19)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

23

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Background:The mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist eplerenone improved clinical outcomes among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection faction (HFrEF) in the EMPHASIS-HF (Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization And SurvIval Study in Heart Failure) study. However, similar efficacy and safety have not been established in Japanese patients. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of eplerenone in patients with HFrEF in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled outcome study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01115855). The aim of the study was to evaluate efficacy predefined as consistency of the primary endpoint with that of EMPHASIS-HF at a point estimate of <1 for the hazard ratio.Methods and Results:HFrEF patients with NYHA functional class II–IV and an EF ≤35% received eplerenone (n=111) or placebo (n=110) on top of standard therapy for at least 12 months. The primary endpoint was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes or hospitalization for HF. The primary endpoint occurred in 29.7% of patients in the eplerenone group vs. 32.7% in the placebo group [hazard ratio=0.85 (95% CI: 0.53–1.36)]. Hospitalization for any cause and changes in plasma BNP and LVEF were favorable with eplerenone. A total of 17 patients (15.3%) in the eplerenone group and 10 patients (9.1%) in the placebo group died. Adverse events, including hyperkalemia, were similar between the groups.Conclusions:Eplerenone was well-tolerated in Japanese patients with HFrEF and showed results consistent with those reported in the EMPHASIS-HF study.

著者

Hiroyuki Tsutsui Hiroshi Ito Masafumi Kitakaze Issei Komuro Toyoaki Murohara Tohru Izumi Kenji Sunagawa Yoshio Yasumura Masafumi Yano Kazuhiro Yamamoto Tsutomu Yoshikawa Takayoshi Tsutamoto Junwei Zhang Akifumi Okayama Yoshihiko Ichikawa Kazuhiro Kanmuri Masunori Matsuzaki for the J-EMPHASIS-HF Study Group

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.82, no.1, pp.148-158, 2017-12-25 (Released:2017-12-25)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

23

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Background:The mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist eplerenone improved clinical outcomes among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection faction (HFrEF) in the EMPHASIS-HF (Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization And SurvIval Study in Heart Failure) study. However, similar efficacy and safety have not been established in Japanese patients. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of eplerenone in patients with HFrEF in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled outcome study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01115855). The aim of the study was to evaluate efficacy predefined as consistency of the primary endpoint with that of EMPHASIS-HF at a point estimate of <1 for the hazard ratio.Methods and Results:HFrEF patients with NYHA functional class II–IV and an EF ≤35% received eplerenone (n=111) or placebo (n=110) on top of standard therapy for at least 12 months. The primary endpoint was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes or hospitalization for HF. The primary endpoint occurred in 29.7% of patients in the eplerenone group vs. 32.7% in the placebo group [hazard ratio=0.85 (95% CI: 0.53–1.36)]. Hospitalization for any cause and changes in plasma BNP and LVEF were favorable with eplerenone. A total of 17 patients (15.3%) in the eplerenone group and 10 patients (9.1%) in the placebo group died. Adverse events, including hyperkalemia, were similar between the groups.Conclusions:Eplerenone was well-tolerated in Japanese patients with HFrEF and showed results consistent with those reported in the EMPHASIS-HF study.

著者

Masao Daimon Hiroyuki Watanabe Yukio Abe Kumiko Hirata Takeshi Hozumi Katsuhisa Ishii Hiroshi Ito Katsuomi Iwakura Chisato Izumi Masunori Matsuzaki Shinichi Minagoe Haruhiko Abe Kazuya Murata Satoshi Nakatani Kazuaki Negishi Ken Yoshida Kazuaki Tanabe Nobuhiro Tanaka Kotaro Tokai Junichi Yoshikawa The JAMP Study Investigators

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.72, no.11, pp.1859-1866, 2008 (Released:2008-10-24)

参考文献数

20

被引用文献数

73 168

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Background Normal values for echocardiographic measurements and the relationship between these parameters and age in a large Japanese population are still unknown. Methods and Results A total of 700 healthy Japanese aged 20-79 years underwent 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography at collaborating institutions. The respective mean values obtained in men and women were as follows: septal wall thickness, 0.9±0.1 and 0.8±0.1 cm; posterior wall thickness, 0.9±0.1 and 0.8±0.1 cm; left ventricular (LV) diastolic diameter, 4.8±0.4 and 4.4±0.3 cm; LV systolic diameter, 3.0±0.4 and 2.8±0.3 cm; LV diastolic volume, 93±20 and 74±17 ml; LV systolic volume, 33±20 and 25±7 ml; LV ejection fraction, 64±5 and 66±5%; maximum left atrial (LA) volume, 42±14 and 38±12 ml. Aortic root diameter, LV wall thickness, and LV mass slightly increased with age, whereas indexed LA volume did not vary with age. Diastolic parameters assessed by mitral inflow and mitral annular velocities declined with age, as previously reported. Conclusions Normal values of echocardiographic measurements in a large Japanese population are reported for the first time; several systolic and diastolic parameters varied with age. These results provide important reference values that should be useful in routine clinical practice as well as in clinical trials. (Circ J 2008; 72: 1859 - 1866)

著者

Hiroshige Itakura Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Masunori Matsuzaki Yasushi Saito Hideki Origasa Yuichi Ishikawa Shinichi Oikawa Jun Sasaki Hitoshi Hishida Toru Kita Akira Kitabatake Noriaki Nakaya Toshiie Sakata Kazuyuki Shimada Kunio Shirato Yuji Matsuzawa

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.2, pp.99-107, 2011 (Released:2011-02-24)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

98 191 39

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Aim: The Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS) was the first prospective randomized clinical trial to demonstrate prevention of coronary events by pure eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between various plasma fatty acid concentrations and the risk of coronary events in JELIS participants.Methods: In 15,534 participants, we calculated the hazard ratio for major coronary events (sudden cardiac death, fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, and angioplasty/stenting or coronary artery bypass grafting) relative to the on-treatment average level of plasma fatty acids with the Cox proportional hazard model.Results: As a result of EPA intervention, the plasma EPA concentration increased, but the docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concentration did not. The other fatty acids measured decreased slightly. The higher plasma level of EPA (hazard ratio=0.83, p=0.049, in all participants and hazard ratio=0.71, p=0.018, in the EPA intervention group), but not of DHA, was inversely associated with the risk of major coronary events. The associations between other fatty acids and the risk of major coronary events were not significant. In all JELIS participants, the risk of major coronary events was significantly decreased (20%) in the group with high (150 µg/mL or more) on-treatment plasma EPA concentration compared with that in the low (less than 87 µg/mL) group.Conclusion: The risk of coronary artery disease is influenced by variations in plasma fatty acid composition. Among n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, EPA and DHA exhibited differences in the correlation with the risk of major coronary events.

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Junnichi Ishii Kosuke Kashiwabara Yukio Ozaki Hiroshi Takahashi Fumihiko Kitagawa Hideto Nishimura Hideki Ishii Satoshi Iimuro Hideki Kawai Takashi Muramatsu Hiroyuki Naruse Hiroshi Iwata Sadako Tanizawa-Motoyama Hiroyasu Ito Eiichi Watanabe Yutaka Matsuyama Yoshihiro Fukumoto Ichiro Sakuma Yoshihisa Nakagawa Kiyoshi Hibi Takafumi Hiro Seiji Hokimoto Katsumi Miyauchi Hiroshi Ohtsu Hideo Izawa Hisao Ogawa Hiroyuki Daida Hiroaki Shimokawa Yasushi Saito Takeshi Kimura Masunori Matsuzaki Ryozo Nagai

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.29, no.10, pp.1458-1474, 2022-10-01 (Released:2022-10-01)

参考文献数

33

被引用文献数

1 11

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Aim: We investigated the relationship between small dense low-density cholesterol (sdLDL-C) and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients treated with high- or low-dose statin therapy.Methods: This was a prospective case-cohort study within the Randomized Evaluation of Aggressive or Moderate Lipid-Lowering Therapy with Pitavastatin in Coronary Artery Disease (REAL-CAD) study, a randomized trial of high- or low-dose (4 or 1 mg/d pitavastatin, respectively) statin therapy, in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Serum sdLDL-C was determined using an automated homogenous assay at baseline (randomization after a rule-in period, >1 month with 1 mg/d pitavastatin) and 6 months after randomization, in 497 MACE cases, and 1543 participants randomly selected from the REAL-CAD study population.Results: High-dose pitavastatin reduced sdLDL-C by 20% than low-dose pitavastatin (p for interaction <0.001). Among patients receiving low-dose pitavastatin, baseline sdLDL-C demonstrated higher MACE risk independent of LDL-C (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval], 4th versus 1st quartile, 1.67 [1.04–2.68]; p for trend=0.034). High-dose (versus low-dose) pitavastatin reduced MACE risk by 46% in patients in the highest baseline sdLDL-C quartile (>34.3 mg/dL; 0.54 [0.36–0.81]; p=0.003), but increased relative risk by 40% in patients with 1st quartile (≤ 19.5 mg/dL; 1.40 [0.94–2.09]; p=0.099) and did not alter risk in those in 2nd and 3rd quartiles (p for interaction=0.002).Conclusions: These findings associate sdLDL-C and cardiovascular risk, independent of LDL-C, in statin-treated CAD patients. Notably, high-dose statin therapy reduces this risk in those with the highest baseline sdLDL-C.

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Takahiro Tokuhisa Masafumi Yano Masakazu Obayashi Toshiyuki Noma Mamoru Mochizuki Tetsuro Oda Shinichi Okuda Masahiro Doi Jinyao Liu Yasuhiro Ikeda Takeshi Yamamoto Tomoko Ohkusa Masunori Matsuzaki

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.70, no.6, pp.777-786, 2006 (Released:2006-05-25)

参考文献数

42

被引用文献数

18 20

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Background The Ca2+ regulatory proteins in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) play a key role in the pathogenesis of heart failure. In the present study the effect of chronic β-receptor-stimulation on cardiac and SR functions was assessed, with or without angiotensin-II receptor antagonist treatment recently reported to have anti-β-adrenergic activity. Methods and Results Rats were treated with isoproterenol with (+) or without (-) candesartan (CAN) and then SR vesicles were isolated from the left ventricular muscle. Both Ca2+-uptake and the amount of SR Ca2+-ATPase were significantly lower in the CAN (-) group than in the shams, but those were almost normally restored in the CAN (+). Although the level of the protein kinase A (PKA)-phosphorylation of the SR Ca2+ release channel, known as the ryanodine receptor (RyR2), was elevated in the CAN (-), no Ca2+-leak was detected. However, SIN-1 (O2 - donor) induced Ca2+-leak in the CAN (-) at a 10-fold lower dose than in the sham and CAN (+). In cardiomyocytes, SIN-1 decreased cell shortening and the peak Ca2+ transient and prolonged time from peak to 70% decline in CAN (-), again at 10-fold lower dose than in the sham and CAN (+). Conclusion Chronic β-receptor-stimulation did not induce any Ca2+-leak from the SR, whereas Ca2+-leak was easily induced when oxidative stress was applied to the PKA-phosphorylated RyR2. Candesartan not only improved Ca2+-uptake, but also prevented PKA-phosphorylation, rendering the SR less susceptible to Ca2+-leak. (Circ J 2006; 70: 777 - 786)

著者

Toshiaki Toyota Takeshi Morimoto Satoshi Iimuro Retsu Fujita Hiroshi Iwata Katsumi Miyauchi Teruo Inoue Yoshihisa Nakagawa Yosuke Nishihata Hiroyuki Daida Yukio Ozaki Satoru Suwa Ichiro Sakuma Yutaka Furukawa Hiroki Shiomi Hirotoshi Watanabe Kyohei Yamaji Naritatsu Saito Masahiro Natsuaki Yasuo Ohashi Masunori Matsuzaki Ryozo Nagai Takeshi Kimura

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-22-0168, (Released:2022-09-14)

参考文献数

20

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Background: The relationship between very low on-treatment low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level and cardiovascular event risk is still unclear in patients receiving the same doses of statins.Methods and Results: From the REAL-CAD study comparing high-dose (4 mg/day) with low-dose (1 mg/day) pitavastatin therapy in patients with stable coronary artery disease, 11,105 patients with acceptable statin adherence were divided into 3 groups according to the on-treatment LDL-C level at 6 months (<70 mg/dL, 70–100 mg/dL, and ≥100 mg/dL). The primary outcome measure was a composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal ischemic stroke, or unstable angina requiring emergent admission. The adjusted risks of the LDL-C <70 mg/dL group relative to the LDL-C 70–100 mg/dL group (reference) was not significantly different for the primary outcome measure in both 1 mg/day and 4 mg/day strata (HR 0.84, 95% CI 0.58–1.18, P=0.32, and HR 1.25, 95% CI 0.88–1.79, P=0.22). The adjusted risk of the LDL-C ≥100 mg/dL group relative to the reference group was not significant for the primary outcome measure in the 1 mg/day stratum (HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.60–1.11, P=0.21), whereas it was highly significant in the 4 mg/day stratum (HR 3.32, 95% CI 2.08–5.17, P<0.001).Conclusions: A very low on-treatment LDL-C level (<70 mg/dL) was not associated with lower cardiovascular event risk compared with moderately low on-treatment LDL-C level (70–100 mg/dL) in patients receiving the same doses of statins.

著者

Yasuaki Wada Kazuya Murata Takeo Tanaka Yoshio Nose Chikage Kihara Kosuke Uchida Shinichi Okuda Takehisa Susa Yukari Kishida Masunori Matsuzaki

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.76, no.3, pp.675-681, 2012 (Released:2012-02-24)

参考文献数

24

被引用文献数

24 28

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Background: The time interval between the onset of early transmitral flow velocity (E) and that of early diastolic mitral annular velocity (e') (TE-e') is a good predictor of elevated left ventricular (LV) filling pressure in patients with sinus rhythm. Although the evaluation of LV filling pressure using E/e' has been challenging in atrial fibrillation (AF), the usefulness of TE-e' is unknown. Methods and Results: E and e' were simultaneously recorded using dual Doppler echocardiography in 45 AF patients (30 men; mean age, 69±9 years). E/e' and TE-e' were calculated and compared with the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), which was measured invasively. E/e' and TE/e' correlated with PCWP (E/e', r=0.57, P<0.001; TE-e', r=0.77, P<0.001). Using receiver operating characteristic analysis, the optimal cut-off for TE-e' was 34ms (sensitivity, 95%; specificity, 88%) and that for E/e' was 14.6 (sensitivity, 50%; specificity, 84%) in order to predict >12-mmHg PCWP. When the combined cut-offs of TE-e' >34ms and E/e' >14.6 were used, the sensitivity and specificity of predicting elevated PCWP were improved to 100% and 88%, respectively. Conclusions: In AF patients, the simultaneous recording of E and e' using dual Doppler echocardiography and the analysis of TE-e', in addition to E/e', improved the accuracy of evaluation of LV filling pressure. (Circ J 2012; 76: 675-681)

著者

Shizuya Yamashita Hidenori Arai Hideaki Bujo Daisaku Masuda Tohru Ohama Toshiyuki Ishibashi Koji Yanagi Yasuji Doi Satoshi Nakagawa Koichi Yamashiro Kenichiro Tanabe Toru Kita Masunori Matsuzaki Yasushi Saito Masanori Fukushima Yuji Matsuzawa on Behalf of the PROSPECTIVE Study Group

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.55327, (Released:2020-04-24)

参考文献数

50

被引用文献数

26

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Aims: Although intensive statin therapy reduced cardiovascular risks, cardiovascular events have not been completely prevented. Probucol is a potent antioxidant and reduces tendon xanthomas in familial hypercholesterolemia patients despite reduction of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (HDL-C). We investigated whether probucol can reduce cardiovascular events on top of conventional lipid-lowering therapy in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods: PROSPECTIVE is a multicenter, randomized, prospective study that recruited 876 Japanese patients with CHD and dyslipidemia with an low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol (HDL-C) level of ≥ 140 mg/dL without medication or those treated with lipid-lowering drugs. Lipid-lowering agents were administered during the study period in the control group (n=438), and probucol 500 mg/day was added to lipid-lowering therapy in the probucol group (n=438). Patients were randomly assigned to two treatment groups by adjusting the LDL-C level and presence of diabetes and hypertension and followed up for more than 3 years. The primary end point was a composite of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events (cardiovascular disease death including sudden death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, hospitalization for heart failure, or coronary revascularization). The secondary end point was carotid intima–media thickness in a subset of patients. Results: The incidence of the primary end point showed a trend to be lower in the probucol group compared with that in the control group despite reduced HDL-C without serious adverse events. Anti-atherogenic effects of probucol may be attributed to its potent antioxidative function and enhancement of reverse cholesterol transport. Conclusion: Since there was no statistical significance between the probucol and control groups despite a marked reduction of HDL-C, further studies on the clinical outcomes of probucol on top of conventional therapy may be necessary in the future (UMIN000003307).

著者

Noriko Inoue Tomoko Ohkusa Tomoko Nitta Masahiko Harada Kazuya Murata Masunori Matsuzaki

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL (ISSN:00471828)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.65, no.11, pp.1001-1003, 2001 (Released:2001-10-25)

参考文献数

5

被引用文献数

1

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A 26-year-old man had a loss consciousness for a few minutes while smoking in the standing position, and was referred to hospital. No abnormalities were found in a computed tomography examination of his head, in a 24-h electrocardiogram or in an exercise tolerance test. The head-up tilt test (HUT) while tobacco smoking elicited a positive response in the tilted position, but the HUT without tobacco smoking was negative. The most noteworthy effect of tobacco smoking during the HUT was the high level of plasma epinephrine compared to the levels seen during supine smoking or the HUT alone. Syncope induced by tobacco smoking in the standing position is rare and the mechanism may be the same as that underlying neurally mediated syncope. (Jpn Circ J 2001; 65: 1001 - 1003)

著者

Hiroshi Mabuchi Toru Kita Masunori Matsuzaki Yuji Matsuzawa Noriaki Nakaya Shinichi Oikawa Yasushi Saito Jun Sasaki Kazuaki Shimamoto Hiroshige Itakura the J-LIT Study Group

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.66, no.12, pp.1096-1100, 2002 (Released:2002-11-25)

参考文献数

26

被引用文献数

84 103

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Hyperlipidemia is primarily implicated in the progression of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its treatment is essential for patients with a history of CHD. Statins such as simvastatin, the lipid-lowering agents, are well-known for their ability to normalize patient's serum lipid levels. The Japan Lipid Intervention Trial study of simvastatin is the first nationwide investigation of the relationship between serum lipid levels and the development of CHD in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia. Of 5,127 patients, exclusively with a history of documented CHD at enrollment, 4,673 were treated with open-labeled simvastatin at an initial dose of 5-10 mg/day and were monitored for 6 years. The risk of coronary events tended to be higher in patients with a serum total cholesterol (TC) ≥240 mg/dl compared with total cholesterol <240 mg/dl. The concentration of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) positively correlated and that of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) inversely correlated with the risk of CHD. Each 10 mg/dl decrease in LDL-C and each 10 mg/dl increase in HDL-C concentration reduced the risk of CHD by 8.0% (95% confidence interval 3.8-12.0) and 28.3% (95% CI 13.9-40.3), respectively. A reasonable therapeutic strategy to reduce CHD progression in patients with prior CHD under low-dose statin treatment might be regulating the serum LDL-C concentration to at least <120 mg/dl and HDL-C >40 mg/dl, respectively. (Circ J 2002; 66: 1096 - 1100)

著者

Masao Daimon Hiroyuki Watanabe Yukio Abe Kumiko Hirata Takeshi Hozumi Katsuhisa Ishii Hiroshi Ito Katsuomi Iwakura Chisato Izumi Masunori Matsuzaki Shinichi Minagoe Haruhiko Abe Kazuya Murata Satoshi Nakatani Kazuaki Negishi Ken Yoshida Kazuaki Tanabe Nobuhiro Tanaka Kotaro Tokai Junichi Yoshikawa The Japanese Normal Values for Echocardiographic Measurements Project (JAMP) Study Investigators

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.75, no.12, pp.2840-2846, 2011 (Released:2011-11-25)

参考文献数

24

被引用文献数

22 50

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Background: The purpose of the present study was to investigate gender differences in age-related changes of left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) geometries and functions throughout the entire adult age range using the Japanese Normal Values for Echocardiographic Measurements Project (JAMP) study database. Methods and Results: Seven hundred healthy volunteers (aged 20-79 years) underwent 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. The subjects were stratified into 6 different age groups and then stratified by gender in each age group. LV diastolic function was assessed from pulsed wave Doppler measurements of mitral early (E) and late (A) inflow velocities and tissue Doppler measurements of mitral early (e') and late (a') annular velocities. LV volume decreased and LV mass increased with age to a similar extent in both men and women. Furthermore, for subjects <50 years, women had significantly greater E, E/A ratio and e' than men, but these parameters were similar between genders in subjects >50 years. In addition, there was a significant interaction between age and gender that affected the differences in E, e' and E/e' among the groups (P<0.03, P<0.01, and P<0.03, respectively; ANOVA). There were no gender differences in age-related changes in RV parameters. Conclusions: Gender differences were found in age-related changes in LV diastolic function in a healthy population. Gender differences should be considered for optimal diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. (Circ J 2011; 75: 2840-2846)

著者

Hiroaki Takashima Yukio Ozaki Takeshi Morimoto Takeshi Kimura Takafumi Hiro Katsumi Miyauchi Yoshihisa Nakagawa Masakazu Yamagishi Hiroyuki Daida Tomofumi Mizuno Kenji Asai Yasuo Kuroda Takashi Kosaka Yasushi Kuhara Akiyoshi Kurita Kazuyuki Maeda Tetsuya Amano Masunori Matsuzaki for the JAPAN-ACS Investigators

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.76, no.12, pp.2840-2847, 2012 (Released:2012-11-22)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

4 6

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Background: The JAPAN-ACS (Japan Assessment of Pitavastatin and Atorvastatin in Acute Coronary Syndrome) trial showed that intensive statin therapy could induce significant coronary plaque regression in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We evaluated the impact of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components on coronary plaque regression in the JAPAN-ACS patients. Methods and Results: Serial intravascular ultrasound measurements over 8–12 months were performed in 242 ACS patients receiving pitavastatin or atorvastatin. Patients were divided into groups according to the presence of MetS or the number of MetS components. Although the percent change in plaque volume (%PV) was not significantly different between the MetS (n=119) and non-MetS (n=123) groups (P=0.50), it was significantly associated with an increasing number of MetS components (component 0: −24.0%, n=7; components 1: −20.8%, n=31; components 2: −16.1%, n=69; components 3: −18.7%, n=83; components 4: −13.5%, n=52; P=0.037 for trend). The percent change in body mass index (%BMI) significantly correlated with %PV (r=0.15, P=0.021), especially in the MetS components 4 group (r=0.35, P=0.017). In addition, %BMI was an independent predictor of plaque regression after adjustment for the changes of low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and HbA1c. Conclusions: The clustering of MetS components, but not the presence of MetS itself, could attenuate coronary plaque regression during intensive statin therapy in ACS patients. Therefore, to achieve a greater degree of plaque regression, it is necessary to treat to each MetS component and use lifestyle modification.  (Circ J 2012; 76: 2840–2847)

著者

Tadateru Takayama Takafumi Hiro Masakazu Yamagishi Hiroyuki Daida Atsushi Hirayama Satoshi Saito Tetsu Yamaguchi Masunori Matsuzaki The COSMOS Investigators

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.73, no.11, pp.2110-2117, 2009 (Released:2009-10-23)

参考文献数

29

被引用文献数

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Background: It has been suggested that intensive lipid-lowering therapy using statins significantly decreases atheromatous plaque volume. The effect of rosuvastatin on plaque volume in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), including those receiving prior lipid-lowering therapy, was examined in the present study. Methods and Results: A 76-week open-label trial was performed at 37 centers in Japan. Eligible patients began treatment with rosuvastatin 2.5 mg/day, which could be increased at 4-week intervals to ≤20 mg/day. A total of 214 patients underwent intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) at baseline; 126 patients had analyzable IVUS images at the end of the study. The change in the serum low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol level from baseline to end of follow-up was -38.6 ±16.9%, whereas that of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol was +19.8 ±22.9% (both P<0.0001). Percent change of plaque volume, the primary endpoint, was -5.1 ±14.1% (P<0.0001). Conclusions: Rosuvastatin exerted significant regression of coronary plaque volume in Japanese patients with stable CAD, including those who had previously used other lipid-lowering drugs. Rosuvastatin might be useful in the setting of secondary prevention in patients with stable CAD. (Circ J 2009; 73: 2110-2117)

著者

Hisao Ogawa Shinya Goto Masunori Matsuzaki Shintaro Hiro Daisuke Shima on behalf of the APPRAISE-J investigators

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-13-0209, (Released:2013-06-07)

参考文献数

30

被引用文献数

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Background: Concomitant anticoagulant therapy may further reduce the risk of thrombotic events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) when given in addition to current standard antiplatelet therapies. This Phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in Japanese patients with ACS assessed the bleeding risk of apixaban compared with placebo when given in combination with standard antiplatelet therapy, and followed a similar design to APPRAISE-1, the larger global Phase II study. Methods and Results: Patients with recently diagnosed ACS were randomized to receive apixaban 2.5mg twice daily (BID; n=49), apixaban 5mg BID (n=50), or placebo (n=52) in addition to standard antiplatelet therapy for 24 weeks. The composite primary endpoint of major or clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding occurred in 2 patients (4.1%) in each apixaban treatment group and 1 patient (2.0%) in the placebo group, and a dose-dependent increase was seen in all bleeding events. No hemorrhagic strokes occurred in either apixaban treatment group. This study was terminated before completion because the APPRAISE-2 global Phase III trial was stopped based on the recommendation of the Data Monitoring Committee, following an increase in bleeding events without a counterbalancing reduction in ischemic events. Conclusions: The bleeding profile of apixaban in Japanese patients with ACS was similar to that found in the global APPRAISE-1 study, supporting the safety of apixaban in Japanese patients.