著者
Tadafumi Sugimoto Atsushi Mizuno Takuya Kishi Naoya Ito Chisa Matsumoto Memori Fukuda Nobuyuki Kagiyama Tatsuhiro Shibata Takashi Ohmori Shogo Oishi Jun Fuse Keisuke Kida Fujimi Kawai Mari Ishida Shoji Sanada Issei Komuro Koichi Node
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-20-0302, (Released:2020-04-29)
参考文献数
37
被引用文献数
20

Background:Despite the rapidly increasing attention being given to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, more commonly known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the relationship between cardiovascular disease and COVID-19 has not been fully described.Methods and Results:A systematic review was undertaken to summarize the important aspects of COVID-19 for cardiologists. Protection both for patients and healthcare providers, indication for treatments, collaboration with other departments and hospitals, and regular update of information are essentials to front COVID-19 patients.Conclusions:Because the chief manifestations of COVID-19 infection are respiratory and acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiologists do not see infected patients directly. Cardiologists need to be better prepared regarding standard disinfection procedures, and be aware of the indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and its use in the critical care setting.
著者
Keisuke Kida Takeshi Kitai Norio Suzuki Kohei Ashikaga Seisyou Kou Nobuyuki Kagiyama Tetsuo Yamaguchi Takahiro Okumura Atsushi Mizuno Shogo Oishi Yasutaka Inuzuka Eiichi Akiyama Satoshi Suzuki Masayoshi Yamamoto Yuya Matsue
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-21-0269, (Released:2021-07-09)
参考文献数
24
被引用文献数
3

Background:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). Heart rate (HR) also changes significantly over time. However, the association between changes in HR in AF patients and prognosis is uncertain.Methods and Results:We investigated the association between HR reduction in AF achieved within 48 h of admission and 60-day mortality in patients with AHF from the REALITY-AHF study. The percentage HR (%HR) reduction was calculated as (baseline HR–HR at 48 h) / baseline HR × 100. The primary endpoint was 60-day all-cause mortality. In 468 patients with confirmed AF at both admission and 48 h after admission, the median HR at these time points was 105±31 and 84±18 beats/min, respectively. The median %HR reduction was 15.4% (interquartile range 2.2–31.4%). During the 60 days of admission, 39 deaths (8.3%) were recorded, and the %HR reduction within 48 h was significantly associated with 60-day mortality in the unadjusted model (hazard ratio [HR] 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.77–0.95; P=0.005) and after adjusting for other covariates (HR 0.81; 95% CI 0.68–0.96; P=0.016).Furthermore, the %HR reduction was associated with a significant reduction in 60-day mortality in patients with higher baseline HR.Conclusions:%HR reduction is associated with a better short-term prognosis in patients with AHF presenting with AF, particularly in those with a rapid ventricular response.
著者
Nobuyuki Kagiyama Misako Toki Akihiro Hayashida Minako Ohara Atsushi Hirohata Keizo Yamamoto Toshinori Totsugawa Taichi Sakaguchi Kiyoshi Yoshida Mitsuaki Isobe
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.81, no.11, pp.1730-1735, 2017-10-25 (Released:2017-10-25)
参考文献数
26
被引用文献数
6 8

Background:As mitral valve (MV) repair for Barlow’s disease remains surgically challenging, it is important to distinguish Barlow’s disease from fibroelastic deficiency (FED) preoperatively. We hypothesized that the prolapse volume to prolapse height ratio (PV-PH ratio) may be useful to differentiate Barlow’s disease and FED.Methods and Results:In 76 patients with MV prolapse who underwent presurgical transesophageal echocardiography, the 3D MV morphology was quantified: 19 patients were diagnosed with Barlow’s disease and 57 with FED. The patients with Barlow’s disease had greater prolapse volume and height than the patients with FED, as well as greater PV-PH ratio (0.61±0.35 vs. 0.17±0.10, P<0.001). Receiver-operating characteristic analysis revealed that with a cutoff value of 0.27, the PV-PH ratio differentiated Barlow’s disease from FED with 84.2% sensitivity and 84.2% specificity. Net reclassification improvement showed that the differentiating ability of the PV-PH ratio was significantly superior to prolapse volume (1.30, P<0.001). After being adjusted by each of prolapse volume and height, annular area and shape, and the number of prolapsed segments, the PV-PH ratio had an independent association with Barlow’s disease.Conclusions:The PV-PH ratio was able to differentiate Barlow’s disease from FED with high accuracy. 3D quantification including this value should be performed before MV repair.
著者
Tadafumi Sugimoto Atsushi Mizuno Takuya Kishi Naoya Ito Chisa Matsumoto Memori Fukuda Nobuyuki Kagiyama Tatsuhiro Shibata Takashi Ohmori Shogo Oishi Jun Fuse Keisuke Kida Fujimi Kawai Mari Ishida Shoji Sanada Issei Komuro Koichi Node
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.84, no.6, pp.1039-1043, 2020-05-25 (Released:2020-05-25)
参考文献数
37
被引用文献数
20

Background:Despite the rapidly increasing attention being given to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, more commonly known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the relationship between cardiovascular disease and COVID-19 has not been fully described.Methods and Results:A systematic review was undertaken to summarize the important aspects of COVID-19 for cardiologists. Protection both for patients and healthcare providers, indication for treatments, collaboration with other departments and hospitals, and regular update of information are essentials to front COVID-19 patients.Conclusions:Because the chief manifestations of COVID-19 infection are respiratory and acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiologists do not see infected patients directly. Cardiologists need to be better prepared regarding standard disinfection procedures, and be aware of the indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and its use in the critical care setting.
著者
Hidetoshi Yoshitani Akihiro Isotani Jae-Kwan Song Shinichi Shirai Hiromi Umeda Jeong Yoon Jang Takeshi Onoue Misako Toki Byung-Joo Sun Dae-Hee Kim Nobuyuki Kagiyama Akihiro Hayashida Jong-Min Song Masataka Eto Yosuke Nishimura Kenji Ando Michiya Hanyu Kiyoshi Yoshida Robert A. Levine Yutaka Otsuji
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-18-0390, (Released:2018-08-22)
参考文献数
24
被引用文献数
3

Background: Basal interventricular septum (IVS) hypertrophy (BSH) with reduced basal IVS contraction and IVS-aorta angle is frequently associated with aortic stenosis (AS). BSH shape suggests compression by the longitudinally elongated ascending aorta, causing basal IVS thickening and contractile dysfunction, further suggesting the possibility of aortic wall shortening to improve the BSH. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), as opposed to transcatheter AVR (TAVR), includes aortic wall shortening by incision and stitching on the wall and may potentially improve BSH. We hypothesized that BSH configuration and its contraction improves after SAVR in patients with AS. Methods and Results: In 32 patients with SAVR and 36 with TAVR for AS, regional wall thickness and systolic contraction (longitudinal strain) of 18 left ventricular (LV) segments, and IVS-aorta angle were measured on echocardiography. After SAVR, basal IVS/average LV wall thickness ratio, basal IVS strain, and IVS-aorta angle significantly improved (1.11±0.24 to 1.06±0.17; −6.2±5.7 to −9.1±5.2%; 115±22 to 123±14°, P<0.001, respectively). Contractile improvement in basal IVS was correlated with pre-SAVR BSH (basal IVS/average LV wall thickness ratio or IVS-aorta angle: r=0.47 and 0.49, P<0.01, respectively). In contrast, BSH indices did not improve after TAVR. Conclusions: In patients with AS, SAVR as opposed to TAVR improves associated BSH and its functional impairment.