著者

Shang-Ju Wu Li-Wei Lo Fa-Po Chung Yenn-Jiang Lin Shih-Lin Chang Yu-Feng Hu Yu-Cheng Hsieh Cheng-Hung Li Ta-Chuan Tuan Tze-Fan Chao Jo-Nan Liao Chin-Yu Lin Ting-Yung Chang Ling Kuo Chih-Min Liu Shin-Huei Liu Cheng-I Wu Chi-Jen Weng Ming-Jen Kuo Guan-Yi Li Yu-Shan Huang Jose Antonio Bautista Yoon-Kee Siow Nguyen Dinh Son Ngoc Shih-Ann Chen

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-23-0364, (Released:2023-10-20)

参考文献数

25

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Background: Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI) has supplanted segmental PVI (SPVI) as standard procedure for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, there is limited evidence examining the efficacy of these strategies in redo ablations. In this study, we investigated the difference in recurrence rates between SPVI and CPVI in redo ablations for PV reconnection.Methods and Results: This study retrospectively enrolled 543 patients who had undergone AF ablation between 2015 and 2017. Among them, 167 patients (30.8%, including 128 male patients and 100 patients with paroxysmal AF) underwent redo ablation for recurrent AF. Excluding 26 patients without PV reconnection, 141 patients [90 patients of SPVI (Group 1) and 51 patients of CPVI (Group 2)] were included. The AF-free survival rates were 53.3% and 56.9% in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively (P=0.700). The atrial flutter (AFL)-free survival rates were 90% and 100% in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively (P=0.036). The ablation time was similar between groups, and there no major complications were observed.Conclusions: For redo AF ablation procedures, SPVI and CPVI showed similar outcomes, except for a higher AFL recurrence rate for SPVI after long-term follow-up (>2 years). This may be due to a higher probability of residual PV gaps causing reentrant AFL.

著者

Min Liu Victoria Anthony Uyanga Xikang Cao Xinyu Liu Hai Lin

出版者

Japan Poultry Science Association

雑誌

The Journal of Poultry Science (ISSN:13467395)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, no.2, pp.2023011, 2023 (Released:2023-05-03)

参考文献数

146

被引用文献数

4

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Clostridium butyricum is an important probiotic for chickens and exerts various biological activities, including altering the composition of the intestinal microbiota, competing with other microorganisms for nutrients, improving the integrity of the intestinal mucosal system, changing the intestinal barrier, and improving overall host health. Intestinal microbes also play vital roles in maintaining the intestinal barrier, regulating intestinal health, and promoting chicken growth. During chicken production, chickens are vulnerable to various stressors that have detrimental effects on the intestinal barrier with significant economic consequences. C. butyricum is a known probiotic that promotes intestinal health and produces the short-chain fatty acid butyric acid, which is beneficial for the growth performance of chickens. This review elucidates the development and utilization of C. butyricum to improve intestinal barrier function and growth performance in chickens through its probiotic properties and interactions with intestinal microbes.

著者

Chi Cai Wei Hua Li-Gang Ding Jing Wang Ke-Ping Chen Xin-Wei Yang Zhi-Min Liu Shu Zhang

出版者

日本循環器学会

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.78, no.12, pp.2899-2907, 2014-11-25 (Released:2014-11-25)

参考文献数

24

被引用文献数

8 20

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Background:The effect of adiposity on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and long-term outcome in patients undergoing CRT has not been previously reported. This study assessed the impact of baseline body mass index (BMI) on cardiac reverse remodeling and prognosis following CRT.Methods and Results:A total of 247 CRT patients were included and divided into 4 groups according to baseline BMI. During 6-month follow-up, overweight and obese patients (BMI, 24–28 kg/m2, ≥28 kg/m2, respectively) were inclined to have better clinical and echocardiographic improvements (P<0.05) as well as higher response rate (P<0.001) than underweight and normal weight patients (BMI, <18.5 kg/m2, 18.5–24 kg/m2, respectively). During long-term follow-up, overweight and obese patients had lower all-cause mortality (P=0.015) and combined endpoint of death or HF hospitalizations (P=0.001) than underweight and normal weight patients. Compared with normal weight patients, underweight patients had a 2.29-fold increase in risk of combined endpoint events whereas overweight and obese patients had a reduction in the risk of death (66% and 58%, respectively) and combined endpoint events (52% and 38%, respectively).Conclusions:Patients with obesity and overweight derived more benefit from CRT. Higher BMI was independently associated with better clinical outcome in CRT patients. (Circ J 2014; 78: 2899–2907)