著者
Shuhei Tsuji Satoshi Koyama Ryoji Taniguchi Takako Fujiwara Hisayoshi Fujiwara Yukihito Sato
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Reports (ISSN:24340790)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, no.10, pp.456-461, 2019-10-10 (Released:2019-10-10)
参考文献数
20
被引用文献数
2

Background:Decreased skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) is a major complication of severe chronic heart failure (HF), but no appropriate indices have been developed to predict decreased SMI.Methods and Results:We enrolled patients with a structural heart disease or history of HF and collected body composition and blood sample data, including serum amino acid concentration. On multivariate logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, serum branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) concentration was a significant predictor of decreased SMI at 1-year follow-up.Conclusions:Serum BCAA concentration at baseline was significantly associated with decreased SMI at 1-year follow-up.
著者
Asami Nimura Nobuyuki Sato Hitoshi Sakuragi Satoshi Koyama Junichi Maruyama Ahmed Karim Talib Naoki Nakagawa Naka Sakamoto Hisanobu Ota Yasuko Tanabe Toshiharu Takeuchi Yuichiro Kawamura Naoyuki Hasebe
出版者
一般社団法人 日本内科学会
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.18, pp.1957-1961, 2011 (Released:2011-09-15)
参考文献数
14
被引用文献数
5

We describe a case of advanced atrioventricular (AV) block, in which treatment with cilostazol was effective in recovering the AV conduction. The patient was referred to our hospital for close examination of the advanced AV block and permanent pacemaker implantation. Although the patient had experienced third-degree AV block with occasional AV synchrony for more than two days, the AV conduction completely recovered after treatment with oral cilostazol at 200 mg/day. Here we discuss the possible mechanism of the improvement in the AV conduction by cilostazol.