著者

Hiroyuki Tsutsui Mitsuaki Isobe Hiroshi Ito Hiroshi Ito Ken Okumura Minoru Ono Masafumi Kitakaze Koichiro Kinugawa Yasuki Kihara Yoichi Goto Issei Komuro Yoshikatsu Saiki Yoshihiko Saito Yasushi Sakata Naoki Sato Yoshiki Sawa Akira Shiose Wataru Shimizu Hiroaki Shimokawa Yoshihiko Seino Koichi Node Taiki Higo Atsushi Hirayama Miyuki Makaya Tohru Masuyama Toyoaki Murohara Shin-ichi Momomura Masafumi Yano Kenji Yamazaki Kazuhiro Yamamoto Tsutomu Yoshikawa Michihiro Yoshimura Masatoshi Akiyama Toshihisa Anzai Shiro Ishihara Takayuki Inomata Teruhiko Imamura Yu-ki Iwasaki Tomohito Ohtani Katsuya Onishi Takatoshi Kasai Mahoto Kato Makoto Kawai Yoshiharu Kinugasa Shintaro Kinugawa Toru Kuratani Shigeki Kobayashi Yasuhiko Sakata Atsushi Tanaka Koichi Toda Takashi Noda Kotaro Nochioka Masaru Hatano Takayuki Hidaka Takeo Fujino Shigeru Makita Osamu Yamaguchi Uichi Ikeda Takeshi Kimura Shun Kohsaka Masami Kosuge Masakazu Yamagishi Akira Yamashina on behalf of the Japanese Circulation Society and the Japanese Heart Failure Society Joint Working Group

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.83, no.10, pp.2084-2184, 2019-09-25 (Released:2019-09-25)

参考文献数

608

被引用文献数

435

著者

Tohru Masuyama Takeshi Tsujino Hideki Origasa Kazuhiro Yamamoto Takashi Akasaka Yutaka Hirano Nobuyuki Ohte Takashi Daimon Satoshi Nakatani Hiroshi Ito

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.76, no.4, pp.833-842, 2012 (Released:2012-03-23)

参考文献数

30

被引用文献数

46 49

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Background: Diuretics are the most prescribed drug in heart failure (HF) patients. However, clinical evidence about their long-term effects is lacking. The purpose of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of furosemide and azosemide, a short- and long-acting loop diuretic, respectively, in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods and Results: In this multicenter, prospective, randomized, open, blinded endpoint trial, we compared the effects of azosemide and furosemide in patients with CHF and New York Heart Association class II or III symptoms. 320 patients (160 patients in each group, mean age 71 years) were followed up for a minimum of 2 years. The primary endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular death or unplanned admission to hospital for congestive HF. During a median follow-up of 35.2 months, the primary endpoint occurred in 23 patients in the azosemide group and in 34 patients in the furosemide group (hazard ratio [HR], 0.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32-0.95: P=0.03). Among the secondary endpoints, unplanned admission to hospital for congestive HF or a need for modification of the treatment for HF were also reduced in the azosemide group compared with the furosemide group (HR, 0.60, 95%CI 0.36-0.99: P=0.048). Conclusions: Azosemide, compared with furosemide, reduced the risk of cardiovascular death or unplanned admission to hospital for congestive HF. (Circ J 2012; 76: 833-842)

著者

Nobuyuki Ohte Tomoko Ishizu Chisato Izumi Hiroshi Itoh Shiro Iwanaga Hiroyuki Okura Yutaka Otsuji Yasushi Sakata Toshihiko Shibata Toshiro Shinke Yoshihiro Seo Masao Daimon Masaaki Takeuchi Kazuaki Tanabe Satoshi Nakatani Masaki Nii Kazuhiro Nishigami Takeshi Hozumi Satoshi Yasukochi Hirotsugu Yamada Kazuhiro Yamamoto Masaki Izumo Katsuji Inoue Hiroyuki Iwano Atsushi Okada Akihisa Kataoka Shuichiro Kaji Kenya Kusunose Akiko Goda Yasuharu Takeda Hidekazu Tanaka Kaoru Dohi Hirotoshi Hamaguchi Hidekatsu Fukuta Satoshi Yamada Nozomi Watanabe Makoto Akaishi Takashi Akasaka Takeshi Kimura Masami Kosuge Tohru Masuyama on behalf of the Japanese Circulation Society Joint Working Group

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.86, no.12, pp.2045-2119, 2022-11-25 (Released:2022-11-25)

参考文献数

460

被引用文献数

16

著者

Hiroyuki Tsutsui Shin-ichi Momomura Tohru Masuyama Yoshihiko Saito Issei Komuro Toyoaki Murohara Shintaro Kinugawa on behalf of CIBIS-J Investigators

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.83, no.6, pp.1269-1277, 2019-05-24 (Released:2019-05-24)

参考文献数

24

被引用文献数

6 10

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Background: The comparative tolerability, efficacy, and safety of bisoprolol and carvedilol have not been established in Japanese patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods and Results: The CIBIS-J trial is a multicenter, open-label, non-inferiority randomized controlled trial of bisoprolol vs. carvedilol in 217 patients with HFrEF (EF ≤40%). The primary endpoint was tolerability, defined as reaching and maintaining the maximum maintenance dose (bisoprolol 5 mg/day or carvedilol 20 mg/day) during 48 weeks of treatment. The primary endpoint was achieved in 41.4% of patients in bisoprolol (n=111) and 42.5% in carvedilol (n=106) groups. The non-inferiority of tolerability of bisoprolol compared with carvedilol was not supported, however, neither β-blocker was superior with regard to tolerability. Heart rate (HR) decreased in both groups and its decrease from baseline was significantly greater in the bisoprolol group (20.3 vs. 15.4 beats/min at 24 week, P<0.05). Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels decreased in both groups and the decrease was significantly greater in the carvedilol group (12.4 vs. 39.0 % at 24 weeks, P<0.05). Conclusions: There were no significant differences between bisoprolol and carvedilol in the tolerability of target doses in Japanese HFrEF patients. The clinical efficacy and safety were also similar despite the greater reduction in HR by bisoprolol and plasma BNP by carvedilol.

著者

Chuwa Tei Teruhiko Imamura Koichiro Kinugawa Teruo Inoue Tohru Masuyama Hiroshi Inoue Hirofumi Noike Toshihiro Muramatsu Yasuchika Takeishi Keijiro Saku Kazumasa Harada Hiroyuki Daida Youichi Kobayashi Nobuhisa Hagiwara Masatoshi Nagayama Shinichi Momomura Kazuya Yonezawa Hiroshi Ito Satoshi Gojo Makoto Akaishi Masaaki Miyata Mitsuru Ohishi WAON-CHF Study 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-16-0051, (Released:2016-03-18)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

42

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Background:Waon therapy improves heart failure (HF) symptoms, but further evidence in patients with advanced HF remains uncertain.Methods and Results:In 19 institutes, we prospectively enrolled hospitalized patients with advanced HF, who had plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) >500 pg/ml on admission and BNP >300 pg/ml regardless of more than 1 week of medical therapy. Enrolled patients were randomized into Waon therapy or control groups. Waon therapy was performed once daily for 10 days with a far infrared-ray dry sauna maintained at 60℃ for 15 min, followed by bed rest for 30 min covered with a blanket. The primary endpoint was the ratio of BNP before and after treatment. In total, 76 Waon therapy and 73 control patients (mean age 66 years, men 61%, mean plasma BNP 777 pg/ml) were studied. The groups differed only in body mass index and the frequency of diabetes. The plasma BNP, NYHA classification, 6-min walk distance (6MWD), and cardiothoracic ratio significantly improved only in the Waon therapy group. Improvements in NYHA classification, 6MWD, and cardiothoracic ratio were significant in the Waon therapy group, although the change in plasma BNP did not reach statistical significance. No serious adverse events were observed in either group.Conclusions:Waon therapy, a holistic soothing warmth therapy, showed clinical advantages in safety and efficacy among patients with advanced HF.

著者

Masataka Sugahara Toshiaki Mano Akiko Goda Kumiko Masai Yuko Soyama Aika Daimon Masanori Asakura Tohru Masuyama

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.83, no.2, pp.401-409, 2019-01-25 (Released:2019-01-25)

参考文献数

27

被引用文献数

2 9

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Background: We used dual Doppler echocardiography to measure the time interval between the mitral and tricuspid valve opening (MO-TO time), which we expected would reflect the balance between left and right ventricular hemodynamics. Methods and Results: We prospectively enrolled 60 patients with heart failure (HF) and sinus rhythm. The MO-TO time was measured in addition to routine echocardiography parameters, invasive hemodynamic parameters and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in all patients. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on the MO-TO time: MOP (mitral opening preceding tricuspid opening), and TOP (tricuspid opening preceding mitral opening) groups. We followed up the predefined adverse outcomes (cardiovascular [CV] death and hospitalization due to worsening HF) for 1 year. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) and mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) were higher in the MOP than in the TOP group (P<0.001; P<0.001, respectively). The probability of an adverse CV outcome was higher in the MOP than in the TOP group (log-rank test; P=0.002). Addition of MOP improved the predictive power of univariate predictors (mitral E/A ratio and BNP) in the bivariate Cox analysis (P=0.017, P=0.024, respectively). Conclusions: MOP reflects pulmonary hypertension caused by left heart disease and has prognostic value in predicting adverse CV events in patients with HF.

著者

Chuwa Tei Teruhiko Imamura Koichiro Kinugawa Teruo Inoue Tohru Masuyama Hiroshi Inoue Hirofumi Noike Toshihiro Muramatsu Yasuchika Takeishi Keijiro Saku Kazumasa Harada Hiroyuki Daida Youichi Kobayashi Nobuhisa Hagiwara Masatoshi Nagayama Shinichi Momomura Kazuya Yonezawa Hiroshi Ito Satoshi Gojo Makoto Akaishi Masaaki Miyata Mitsuru Ohishi WAON-CHF 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.80, no.4, pp.827-834, 2016-03-25 (Released:2016-03-25)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

42

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Background:Waon therapy improves heart failure (HF) symptoms, but further evidence in patients with advanced HF remains uncertain.Methods and Results:In 19 institutes, we prospectively enrolled hospitalized patients with advanced HF, who had plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) >500 pg/ml on admission and BNP >300 pg/ml regardless of more than 1 week of medical therapy. Enrolled patients were randomized into Waon therapy or control groups. Waon therapy was performed once daily for 10 days with a far infrared-ray dry sauna maintained at 60℃ for 15 min, followed by bed rest for 30 min covered with a blanket. The primary endpoint was the ratio of BNP before and after treatment. In total, 76 Waon therapy and 73 control patients (mean age 66 years, men 61%, mean plasma BNP 777 pg/ml) were studied. The groups differed only in body mass index and the frequency of diabetes. The plasma BNP, NYHA classification, 6-min walk distance (6MWD), and cardiothoracic ratio significantly improved only in the Waon therapy group. Improvements in NYHA classification, 6MWD, and cardiothoracic ratio were significant in the Waon therapy group, although the change in plasma BNP did not reach statistical significance. No serious adverse events were observed in either group.Conclusions:Waon therapy, a holistic soothing warmth therapy, showed clinical advantages in safety and efficacy among patients with advanced HF. (Circ J 2016; 80: 827–834)