著者

Tetsuma Kawaji Satoshi Shizuta Takanori Aizawa Shushi Nishiwaki Takashi Yoshizawa Suguru Nishiuchi Masashi Kato Takafumi Yokomatsu Shinji Miki for the TRANQUILIZE AF Registry Investigators

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-23-0263, (Released:2023-09-22)

参考文献数

22

被引用文献数

1

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Background: This study assessed the prognostic importance of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations for clinical events after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).Methods and Results: We enrolled 1,750 consecutive patients undergoing initial AF ablation whose baseline BNP data were available from a large-scale multicenter observational cohort (TRANQUILIZE-AF Registry). The prognostic impact of BNP concentration on clinical outcomes, including recurrent tachyarrhythmias and a composite of heart failure (HF) hospitalization or cardiac death, was evaluated. Median baseline BNP was 94.2 pg/mL. During a median follow-up of 2.4 years, low BNP (<38.3 pg/mL) was associated with lower rates of recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmias than BNP concentrations ≥38.3 pg/mL (19.9% vs. 30.6% at 3 years; P<0.001) and HF (0.8% vs. 5.3% at 3 years; P<0.001). Multivariable Cox regression analyses revealed that low BNP was independently associated with lower risks of arrhythmia recurrence (hazard ratio [HR] 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47–0.82; P<0.001) and HF (HR 0.17; 95% CI 0.04–0.71; P=0.002). The favorable impact of low BNP on arrhythmia recurrence was prominent in patients with paroxysmal, but not non-paroxysmal, AF, particularly among those with long-standing AF.Conclusions: Low BNP concentrations had a favorable impact on clinical outcomes after AF ablation. The heterogeneous impact of baseline BNP concentrations on arrhythmia recurrence for the subgroups of patients divided by AF type warrants future larger studies with longer follow-up periods.

著者

Koh Ono Satoshi Shizuta Erika Yamamoto Naritatsu Saito Neiko Ozasa Takao Kato Eri Kato Takahiro Horie Junichi Tazaki Hiroki Shiomi Shin Watanabe Hirotoshi Watanabe Yugo Yamashita Yusuke Yoshikawa Hideyuki Kinoshita Takeru Makiyama Yoshinori Yoshida Noboru Ashida Yasuaki Nakagawa Yasuhiro Nakashima Osamu Baba Hirohiko Kohjitani Masahiro Kimura Hideaki Inazumi Takashi Yoshizawa Akihiro Komasa Takeshi Kimura

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-21-0041, (Released:2021-01-30)

参考文献数

10

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 84thAnnual Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) was held in a web-based format for the first time in its history as “The Week for JCS 2020” from Monday, July 27 to Sunday, August 2, 2020. All sessions, including general abstracts, were streamed live or on-demand. The main theme of the meeting was “Change Practice!” and the aim was to organize the latest findings in the field of cardiovascular medicine and discuss how to change practice. The total number of registered attendees was over 16,800, far exceeding our expectations, and many of the sessions were viewed by far more people than at conventional face-to-face scientific meetings. At this conference, the power of online information dissemination was fully demonstrated, and the evolution of online academic meetings will be a direction that cannot be reversed in the future. The meeting was completed with great success, and we express our heartfelt gratitude to all affiliates for their enormous amount of work, cooperation, and support.

著者

Masaharu Akao Hisashi Ogawa Nobutoyo Masunaga Kimihito Minami Kenjiro Ishigami Syuhei Ikeda Kosuke Doi Yasuhiro Hamatani Takashi Yoshizawa Yuya Ide Akiko Fujino Mitsuru Ishii Moritake Iguchi Hiromichi Wada Koji Hasegawa Hikari Tsuji Masahiro Esato Mitsuru Abe for the Fushimi AF Registry Investigators

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-22-0023, (Released:2022-03-13)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

15

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Background:Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of stroke and death. Oral anticoagulants (OAC) are highly effective in reducing the risk of stroke, and direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) became available worldwide in 2011.Methods and Results:The Fushimi AF Registry is an on-going prospective survey of AF patients in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The study cohort consisted of 4,489 patients (mean age 73.6 years, 59.6% male, mean CHADS2score 2.03), enrolled in 2011–2017. From 2011 to 2021, antithrombotic therapy has undergone a major transition; the proportion of patients receiving OAC has increased from 53% to 70%, with a steady uptake of DOAC (from 2% to 52%), whereas the proportion of patients receiving antiplatelet agents has decreased from 32% to 14%. Over a median follow-up of 5.1 years, the incidence of stroke/systemic embolism (SE), major bleeding, and all-cause death was 2.2%, 1.9%, and 4.9% per patient-year, respectively. The incidence of stroke/SE (1.6% vs. 2.3%; P<0.01), major bleeding (1.6% vs. 2.0%; P=0.07), and death (4.2% vs. 5.0%; P<0.01) was lower among patients enrolled in 2014–2017 than in 2011–2013, despite comparable baseline characteristics (age 73.2 vs. 73.7 years, CHADS2score 2.03 vs. 2.04, and HAS-BLED score 1.67 vs. 1.77, respectively).Conclusions:Over the past 10 years, there has been a major transition in antithrombotic therapy and a decline in the incidence of adverse events in AF patients.

著者

Nobutoyo Masunaga Hisashi Ogawa Kimihito Minami Kenjiro Ishigami Syuhei Ikeda Kosuke Doi Yasuhiro Hamatani Takashi Yoshizawa Yuya Ide Akiko Fujino Mitsuru Ishii Moritake Iguchi Hiromichi Wada Koji Hasegawa Hikari Tsuji Masahiro Esato Mitsuru Abe Masaharu Akao on behalf of the Fushimi AF Registry Investigators

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-22-0180, (Released:2022-07-01)

参考文献数

22

被引用文献数

2

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Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients often have concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD); however, there are little data on clinical characteristics and outcomes of such patients in daily clinical practice in Japan.Methods and Results: The Fushimi AF Registry is a community-based prospective survey of AF patients in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Follow-up data were available for 4,464 patients, and the median follow up was 5.1 (interquartile range: 2.3–8.0) years. History of CAD was present in 647 patients (14%); of those patients, 267 (41%) had history of myocardial infarction (MI). Patients with CAD were older and had more comorbidities than those without CAD. The crude incidences (% per patient-year) of cardiovascular events were significantly higher in patients with CAD than those without CAD (cardiac death: 1.8 vs. 0.7, stroke or systemic embolism [SE]: 2.9 vs. 2.1, MI: 0.6 vs. 0.1, composite of those events: 5.1 vs. 2.8, respectively, all log-rank P<0.01). After multivariate adjustment, concomitant CAD was associated with incidence of cardiac events, and history of MI was associated with incidence of MI; however, neither history of CAD nor MI was associated with the incidence of stroke/SE.Conclusions: In Japanese AF patients, concomitant CAD was associated with higher prevalences of major co-morbidities and higher incidences of cardiovascular events; however, history of CAD was not associated with the incidence of stroke/SE.

著者

Yasuhiro Hamatani Moritake Iguchi Kimihito Minami Kenjiro Ishigami Syuhei Ikeda Kosuke Doi Takashi Yoshizawa Yuya Ide Akiko Fujino Mitsuru Ishii Hisashi Ogawa Nobutoyo Masunaga Mitsuru Abe Masaharu Akao

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.61, no.12, pp.1817-1822, 2022-06-15 (Released:2022-06-15)

参考文献数

21

被引用文献数

1

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Objective The severity of mitral regurgitation (MR) dynamically changes during a stress test. Isometric handgrip is a readily-available stress test in daily practice; however, little is known regarding the response to isometric handgrip in MR patients during right heart catheterization. We aimed to evaluate this issue from our case-series study. Methods We retrospectively investigated consecutive MR patients using the isometric handgrip stress test during right heart catheterization at our institution between October 2019 and April 2021. After resting measurements were obtained, sustained maximum-effort hand dynamometer grasping was maintained for about 2-3 minutes. We investigated the differences in right heart catheterization data between at rest and during handgrip, and evaluated the individual response to the isometric handgrip stress test. Results We investigated a total of 15 patients (mean age: 75±6 years, moderate/severe MR: 7/8, primary/secondary MR: 8/7, mean left ventricular ejection fraction: 56±16%, exertional dyspnea: 10). During the handgrip test, the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) significantly increased [9 (8, 13) mmHg at rest to 20 (15, 27) mmHg during handgrip; p<0.001]. PCWP changes varied among individuals (range 2-22 mmHg) and were not correlated with patients' backgrounds including age, the natriuretic peptide levels, left ventricular ejection fraction, left atrial diameter or E/e' (all p>0.05). Patients with PCWP ≥25 mmHg during handgrip had a higher prevalence of exertional dyspnea than those without [6 (100%) vs. 4 (44%); p=0.04]. Conclusion We observed dynamic and varied hemodynamic changes during isometric handgrip in MR patients, suggesting that further research is needed to evaluate the clinical value of this maneuver.