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Teruhiko Imamura Koichiro Kinugawa Shun Minatsuki Hironori Muraoka Naoko Kato Toshiro Inaba Hisataka Maki Taro Shiga Masaru Hatano Atsushi Yao Shunei Kyo Issei Komuro
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.77, no.5, pp.1208-1213, 2013 (Released:2013-04-25)
参考文献数
29
被引用文献数
39 41

Background: Urine osmolality (U-OSM) is valuable to predict response to tolvaptan (TLV) in decompensated heart failure patients, but measurement of U-OSM is not always available on site. Methods and Results: Data were collected from 66 hospitalized patients with decompensated heart failure who had received TLV at 3.75–15mg/day. U-OSM, which was estimated using the following formula: 1.07×{2×[(urine sodium (mEq/L)]+[urine urea nitrogen (mg/dl)]/2.8+[urine creatinine (mg/dl)]×2/3}+16, was well correlated with the actual measurement (r=0.938, P<0.001). Criteria consisting of C1 (estimated baseline U-OSM >358mOsm/L) and C2 (%decrease in estimated U-OSM >24% at 4–6h after the first TLV dose) significantly discriminated responders from non-responders (P<0.05). Conclusions: Response to TLV can be predicted using U-OSM, which can be estimated using urine urea nitrogen, sodium, and creatinine concentration data.  (Circ J 2013; 77: 1208–1213)
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Noriaki Iwahashi Mutsuo Horii Jin Kirigaya Takeru Abe Masaomi Gohbara Noriko Toya Yohei Hanajima Hironori Takahashi Yugo Minamimoto Yuichiro Kimura Kozo Okada Yasushi Matsuzawa Kiyoshi Hibi Masami Kosuge Toshiaki Ebina Kouichi Tamura Kazuo Kimura
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.86, no.4, pp.611-619, 2022-03-25 (Released:2022-03-25)
参考文献数
26
被引用文献数
4

Background:Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) after ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) can predict the prognosis. This study investigated the clinical significance of a serial 3D-STE can predict the prognosis after onset of STEMI.Methods and Results:This study enrolled 272 patients (mean age, 65 years) with first-time STEMI treated with reperfusion therapy. At 24 h after admission, standard 2D echocardiography and 3D full-volume imaging were performed, and 2D-STE and 3D-STE were calculated. Within 1 year, 19 patients who experienced major adverse cardiac events (MACE; cardiac death, heart failure requiring hospitalization) were excluded. Among the 253 patients, 248 were examined with follow-up echocardiography. The patients were followed up for a median of 108 months (interquartile range: 96–129 months). The primary endpoint was the occurrence of a MACE; 45 patients experienced MACEs. Receiver operating characteristic curves and Cox hazard multivariate analysis showed that the 2D-global longitudinal strain (GLS) and 3D-GLS at 1-year indices were significant predictors of MACE. The Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrated that a 3D-GLS of >−13.1 was an independent predictor for MACE (log-rank χ2=165.5, P<0.0001). The deterioration of 3D-GLS at 1 year was a significant prognosticator (log-rank χ2=36.7, P<0.0001).Conclusions:The deterioration of 3D-GLS measured by STE at 1 year after the onset of STEMI is the strongest predictor of long-term prognosis.
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Toru Sato Yoshito Ogihara Naoki Fujimoto Akihiro Usami Tatsuya Hamaguchi Masaki Tanabe Ryuji Okamoto Shinji Nakase Kaoru Dohi
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-21-0987, (Released:2022-01-28)
参考文献数
18
被引用文献数
1

Background:The prevalence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) among hospitalized psychiatric patients after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection remains unclear.Methods and Results:We retrospectively investigated the prevalence of proximal DVT after COVID-19 infection among 50 hospitalized patients in a Japanese psychiatric hospital that in which a COVID-19 cluster developed between August and September 2020. The prevalence of proximal DVT was 10.0%. Patients with proximal DVT had a lower body weight and higher maximum D-dimer levels and International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism (IMPROVE) VTE scores.Conclusions:After COVID-19 infection, hospitalized psychiatric patients are at high risk of DVT and should be carefully followed up.
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Yasushi Yoshikawa Yukikatsu Okada Yutaka Okita Hitoshi Yaku Junjiro Kobayashi Hideyuki Uesugi Shuichiro Takanashi Toshiaki Ito Tatsuya Nakao Tadaaki Koyama Taichi Sakaguchi Kouji Yamamoto Yoshiki Sawa
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.86, no.3, pp.449-457, 2022-02-25 (Released:2022-02-25)
参考文献数
24
被引用文献数
5

Background:This study retrospectively evaluated the long-term patient outcomes and durability of the Mosaic mitral porcine bioprosthesis in the Japan Mosaic valve long-term multicenter study.Methods and Results:The medical records of 390 patients who underwent mitral valve replacement with the Mosaic bioprosthesis at 10 centers in Japan (1999–2014) were reviewed. Patient data were collected using the Research Electronic Data Capture software. Patient survival was determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. Freedom from structural valve deterioration (SVD) and valve-related reoperation and death were determined using actuarial methods. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of the cohort was 73 (69–77) years. The median (IQR) follow-up period was 4.83 (1.84–8.26) years. The longest follow-up period was 15.8 years. The 30-day mortality rate was 5.4%. The 12-year actuarial survival rate was 54.1±4.5%, and the freedom from valve-related death was 85.3±3.4%. The freedom from reoperation at 12 years was 74.3±5.7%. The freedom from SVD at 12 years was 81.4±6.6% for patients aged ≥65 years and 71.6±11.1% for those aged <65 years. The median (IQR) mean pressure gradient was 4.1 (3.0–6.0) and 5.6 (4.0–6.7) mmHg at 1 and 10 years, respectively. The median (IQR) effective orifice area was 1.7 (1.4–2.0) and 1.4 (1.2–1.6) cm2at 1 and 10 years, respectively.Conclusions:The Mosaic porcine bioprosthesis offered satisfactory long-term outcomes for up to 12 years.
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Ryosuke Murai Yuichi Kawase Tomohiko Taniguchi Takeshi Morimoto Kazushige Kadota Masanobu Ohya Takenobu Shimada Takeshi Maruo Yasushi Fuku Tatsuhiko Komiya Kenji Ando Michiya Hanyu Norio Kanamori Takeshi Aoyama Koichiro Murata Tomoya Onodera Fumio Yamazaki Takeshi Kitai Yutaka Furukawa Tadaaki Koyama Makoto Miyake Chisato Izumi Yoshihisa Nakagawa Kazuo Yamanaka Hirokazu Mitsuoka Manabu Shirotani Masashi Kato Shinji Miki Hiroyuki Nakajima Yutaka Hirano Shunichi Miyazaki Toshihiko Saga Sachiko Sugioka Shintaro Matsuda Mitsuo Matsuda Tatsuya Ogawa Kazuya Nagao Tsukasa Inada Shogo Nakayama Hiroshi Mabuchi Yasuyo Takeuchi Hiroki Sakamoto Genichi Sakaguchi Keiichiro Yamane Hiroshi Eizawa Mamoru Toyofuku Takashi Tamura Atsushi Iwakura Mitsuru Ishii Masaharu Akao Kotaro Shiraga Eri Minamino-Muta Takao Kato Moriaki Inoko Koji Ueyama Tomoyuki Ikeda Yoshihiro Himura Akihiro Komasa Katsuhisa Ishii Kozo Hotta Yukihito Sato Keiichi Fujiwara Yoshihiro Kato Ichiro Kouchi Yasutaka Inuzuka Shigeru Ikeguchi Senri Miwa Chiyo Maeda Eiji Shinoda Junichiro Nishizawa Toshikazu Jinnai Nobuya Higashitani Mitsuru Kitano Yuko Morikami Shouji Kitaguchi Kenji Minatoya Takeshi Kimura on behalf of the CURRENT AS Registry Investigators
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.86, no.3, pp.427-437, 2022-02-25 (Released:2022-02-25)
参考文献数
26
被引用文献数
3

Background:The clinical significance of concomitant mitral regurgitation (MR) has not been well addressed in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).Methods and Results:We analyzed 3,815 patients from a retrospective multicenter registry of severe AS in Japan (CURRENT AS registry). We compared the clinical outcomes between patients with moderate/severe MR and with none/mild MR according to the initial treatment strategy (initial aortic valve replacement [AVR] or conservative strategy). The primary outcome measure was a composite of aortic valve-related death or heart failure hospitalization. At baseline, moderate/severe MR was present in 227/1,197 (19%) patients with initial AVR strategy and in 536/2,618 (20%) patients with a conservative strategy. The crude cumulative 5-year incidence of the primary outcome measure was significantly higher in patients with moderate/severe MR than in those with none/mild MR, regardless of the initial treatment strategy (25.2% vs. 14.4%, P<0.001 in the initial AVR strategy, and 63.3% vs. 40.7%, P<0.001 in the conservative strategy). After adjusting confounders, moderate/severe MR was not independently associated with higher risk for the primary outcome measure in the initial AVR strategy (hazard ratio [HR] 1.11, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.67–1.83, P=0.69), and in the conservative strategy (HR 1.13, 95% CI 0.93–1.37, P=0.22).Conclusions:Concomitant moderate/severe MR was not independently associated with higher risk for the primary outcome measure regardless of the initial treatment strategy.
著者
Hong Li Qiang Liu Ningfu Wang Yizhou Xu Lan Kang Yaqi Ren Gangjie Zhu
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.82, no.9, pp.2332-2341, 2018-08-24 (Released:2018-08-24)
参考文献数
37
被引用文献数
7 18

Background: In a previous study, a low level of miR-126-3p in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) was linked to the outcome of ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients. However, it remains unclear whether transplantation with miR-126-3p-overexpressing EPCs (MO-EPCs) can improve the cardiac function of ICM animal models. Methods and Results: miR-126-3p overexpression by lentiviral vector significantly increased migration and tube-like structures of EPCs from ICM patients. MO-EPCs or non-modified EPCs (NM-EPCs) were transplanted into nude rats with ICM induced by coronary artery ligation. MO-EPC transplantation increased capillary density and EPC survival rate in myocardial tissues of nude rats. Cytokines were also assessed by antibody array and real-time RT-PCR. G-CSF, VEGF-A, IL-3, IL-10, IGF-1, angiogenin, HGF, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 were upregulated, and IL-8, MCP-1, MCP-2, TNF-α, TNF-β and MIP-1β were downregulated after miR-126-3p overexpression in EPCs. The same results were obtained in infarction tissues of nude rats after MO-EPC transplantation. Eight weeks after MO-EPC transplantation, left ventricular function improved significantly with clearly decreased infarction size, increased anterior wall thickness, and inhibition of inflammation compared with the results for NM-EPC transplantation. However, MO-EPC transplantation showed no increase in survival time of nude rats with ICM during 8 weeks of observation. Conclusions: miR-126-3p can restore the biology of EPCs from ICM patients. Moreover, MO-EPC transplantation improves cardiac function effectively, representing a promising future treatment for ICM.
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Takanori Ikeda Takeshi Yamashita Masaharu Akao Hirotsugu Atarashi Yukihiro Koretsune Ken Okumura Wataru Shimizu Hiroyuki Tsutsui Kazunori Toyoda Atsushi Hirayama Masahiro Yasaka Takenori Yamaguchi Satoshi Teramukai Tetsuya Kimura Jumpei Kaburagi Atsushi Takita Hiroshi Inoue
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.86, no.2, pp.202-210, 2022-01-25 (Released:2022-01-25)
参考文献数
41
被引用文献数
3

Background:Data on outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and active cancer are scarce. The effect of active cancer on thrombosis and bleeding risks in elderly (≥75 years) patients with non-valvular AF (NVAF) enrolled in the All Nippon AF In the Elderly (ANAFIE) Registry were prospectively analyzed.Methods and Results:In this subanalysis of the ANAFIE Registry, a prospective, multicenter, observational study conducted in Japan, we compared the incidence rates of clinical outcomes between active cancer and non-cancer groups. Relationships between primary outcomes and anticoagulation status were evaluated. Of the 32,725 patients enrolled in the Registry, 3,569 had active cancer at baseline; 92.0% of active cancer patients received anticoagulants (23.7%, warfarin; 68.2%, direct oral anticoagulants [DOACs]). Two-year probabilities of stroke/systemic embolic events (SEE) were similar in the cancer (3.33%) and non-cancer (3.16%) groups. Patients with cancer had greater incidences of major bleeding (2.86% vs. 2.04%), all-cause death (10.95% vs. 6.77%), and net clinical outcomes (14.63% vs. 10.00%) than those without cancer. In patients without cancer, DOACs were associated with a decreased risk of stroke/SEE, major bleeding, all-cause death, and net clinical outcome compared with warfarin. No between-treatment differences were observed in patients with active cancer.Conclusions:Active cancer had no effect on stroke/SEE incidence in elderly NVAF patients, but those with cancer had higher incidences of major bleeding events and all-cause death than those without cancer.
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Hitonobu Tomoike Hiroyuki Yokoyama Yoko Sumita Sotaro Hanai Akiko Kada Tomonori Okamura Junichi Yoshikawa Yoshinori Doi Masatsugu Hori Chuwa Tei on behalf of the Scientific Committee of the JCS
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.79, no.5, pp.1058-1067, 2015-04-24 (Released:2015-04-24)
参考文献数
33
被引用文献数
18 19

Background:The geographic distribution of cardiovascular (CV) health-care services has not been assessed systematically.Methods and Results:Data of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) annual survey were provided to the JCS working group with the permission of the JCS Scientific Committee. The status of CV practice in 2010 was then assessed in 47 prefectures retrospectively, along with national census and gross domestic product (GDP) data. The surveyed indices included resources (hospitals, beds and cardiologists), burden (number of inpatients), and outcome (CV mortality and autopsy) in each prefecture, which correlated well with respective populations or GDP. Inequality of geographic distribution was evident for pediatrics among the 47 prefectures, according to Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient or the maximum/minimum ratio for each index. According to the Gini coefficients, only the number of inpatients (medical or acute myocardial infarction) and beds for the total number of general hospitals or the hospitals surveyed in the present JCS study were lower than expected with regard to GDP.Conclusions:Geographic disparity of CV resources or burden was larger in pediatrics than in CV medicine or surgery. Improvement of equality in CV practice with regard to appropriateness and quality are the coming challenges for the JCS. (Circ J 2015; 79: 1058–1067)
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Hiroshi Kurazumi Ryo Suzuki Bungo Shirasawa Yosuke Miyazaki Hiroki Tateishi Tetsuro Oda Takayuki Okamura Akihito Mikamo Masafumi Yano Kimikazu Hamano
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-21-0949, (Released:2022-02-09)
参考文献数
23
被引用文献数
2

Background:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is increasingly being performed in very elderly patients, although its efficacy and validity remain unclear. This study evaluated real-world TAVI outcomes in Japanese nonagenarians with severe aortic stenosis.Methods and Results:This single-center study retrospectively assessed the early and long-term clinical outcomes of TAVI in nonagenarians (n=35) and in patients aged <90 years (group Y; n=171). There were no in-hospital deaths in either group. The device success rate and early safety were comparable between the 2 groups. The 5-year rates of freedom from cardiac events and deaths were equivalent in both groups. The cumulative survival rate at 5 years was non-significantly lower in nonagenarians (32.6% in nonagenarians vs. 57.5% in patients aged <90 years, P=0.49). There were no differences in the 5-year survival between nonagenarians after TAVI and the sex- and age-matched populations (P=0.18). The Cox regression model revealed that lower hemoglobin levels were associated with all-cause mortality (P=0.02), and age ≥90 years was not associated with all-cause mortality.Conclusions:The early and long-term clinical outcomes of TAVI for selected Japanese nonagenarians were comparable to those in patients aged <90 years. Nonagenarians who underwent TAVI achieved an acceptable prognosis compared to the sex- and age-matched population; thus, TAVI appears to be effective for treating aortic stenosis in Japanese nonagenarians.
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Hiroko Deguchi Masataka Ikeda Tomomi Ide Tomonori Tadokoro Soichiro Ikeda Kosuke Okabe Akihito Ishikita Keita Saku Shouji Matsushima Hiroyuki Tsutsui
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.84, no.6, pp.1028-1033, 2020-05-25 (Released:2020-05-25)
参考文献数
20
被引用文献数
9 36

Background:Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is an effective procedure to protect against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (Hif-1α) is a key molecule in IPC, and roxadustat (RXD), a first-in-class prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein inhibitor, has been recently developed to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Thus, we investigated whether RXD pretreatment protects against I/R injury.Methods and Results:RXD pretreatment markedly reduced the infarct size and suppressed plasma creatinine kinase activity in a murine I/R model. Analysis of oxygen metabolism showed that RXD could produce ischemic tolerance by shifting metabolism from aerobic to anaerobic respiration.Conclusions:RXD pretreatment may be a novel strategy against I/R injury.
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Ki-Hun Kim Gi-Byoung Nam Eun-Sun Jin Dong-Kie Kim Sang-Hoon Seol Doo-Il Kim HyungOh Choi Yoo Ri Kim Sung-Hwan Kim Kee-Joon Choi You-Ho Kim
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.77, no.3, pp.619-625, 2013 (Released:2013-02-25)
参考文献数
22
被引用文献数
5 5

Background: Prompt diagnosis and management of atrial tachyarrhythmias (ATAs) during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is still challenging. Methods and Results: In 88 patients undergoing catheter ablation of AF, 128 regular ATAs were induced or converted from AF. The coronary sinus activation time (CSAT) around the mitral annulus (MA) was measured as the difference in activation time between the most proximal and distal poles of the coronary sinus (CS) electrodes. Entrainment pacing was performed around the MA, roof area, or cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) depending on the CSAT result. Mechanisms of tachycardias included macro-reentry around the MA (perimitral atrial flutter [PM-AFL], n=63), roof-dependent AFL (Roof-AFL, n=14), CTI-dependent AFL (CTI-AFL, n=25), and atrial tachycardia (AT, n=26). When the CSAT was ≥45ms, the MA activation sequence was sequential, either proximal to distal or distal to proximal. When the CSAT was <45ms, the MA activation sequence was mainly non-sequential with converging or diverging patterns. CSAT <45ms was highly sensitive in ruling out PM-AFL from other left ATAs. When combined with PPI data from the MA, roof area or CTI, PM-, Roof-, CTI-AFL and AT was successfully differentiated with a high predictive accuracy. Conclusions: A diagnostic algorithm combining CSAT and entrainment pacing is helpful to assess the mechanism of ATAs during catheter ablation of AF.  (Circ J 2013; 77: 619–625)
著者
Haruka Shida Chika Nishiyama Satoe Okabayashi Yosuke Yamamoto Tomonari Shimamoto Takashi Kawamura Tetsuya Sakamoto Taku Iwami
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-21-0341, (Released:2021-11-10)
参考文献数
29
被引用文献数
8

Background:Although bystanders’ performance is important to improve outcomes of patients after cardiac arrests, few studies have investigated the barriers of bystanders, including those who could not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation or any other rescue actions in emergency situations. This study aimed to assess the relationship between the psychological barriers of laypersons who encountered emergency situations and their rescue actions.Methods and Results:A questionnaire survey was conducted and this included laypersons who had encountered emergency situations during the last 5 years. Six questions were about the psychological barriers and 8 questions were about the laypersons’ rescue actions. The primary outcome was any rescue actions performed by laypersons in an actual emergency situation. Overall, 7,827 (92.8%) of 8,430 laypersons responded; of them, 1,361 (16.1%) had encountered emergency situations during the last 5 years, and 1,220 (14.5%) were eligible for inclusion in the analyses. Of the 6 psychological barriers, “fear of approaching a collapsed person” (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.50; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.32–0.79) and “difficulties in judging whether to perform any rescue action” (AOR 0.63; 95% CI 0.40–0.99) were significantly associated with performing any rescue actions.Conclusions:The fear of approaching a collapsed person and difficulties in judging whether to take any actions were identified as the psychological barriers in performing any rescue actions by laypersons who encountered emergency situations.
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Hiroaki Yokoyama Hirofumi Tomita Satoshi Honda Kensaku Nishihira Sunao Kojima Misa Takegami Yasuhide Asaumi Jun Yamashita Mike Saji Masami Kosuge Jun Takahashi Yasuhiko Sakata Morimasa Takayama Tetsuya Sumiyoshi Hisao Ogawa Kazuo Kimura Satoshi Yasuda on behalf of the JAMIR Investigators
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-21-0705, (Released:2021-11-20)
参考文献数
33
被引用文献数
7

Background:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients with low body mass index (BMI) exhibit worse clinical outcomes than obese patients; however, to our knowledge, no prospective, nationwide study has assessed the effect of BMI on the clinical outcomes of AMI patients.Methods and Results:In this multi-center, prospective, nationwide Japanese trial, 2,373 AMI patients who underwent emergent percutaneous coronary intervention within 12 h of onset from the Japanese AMI Registry (JAMIR) were identified. Patients were divided into the following 4 groups based on their BMI at admission: Q1 group (BMI <18.5 kg/m2, n=133), Q2 group (18.5≤BMI<25.0 kg/m2, n=1,424), Q3 group (25.0≤BMI<30.0 kg/m2, n=672), and Q4 group (30.0 kg/m2≤BMI, n=144). The primary endpoint was all-cause death, and the secondary endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI), and non-fatal stroke. The median follow-up period was 358 days. Q1 patients were older and had lower prevalence of coronary risk factors. Q1 patients also had higher all-cause mortality and higher incidence of secondary endpoints than normal-weight or obese AMI patients. Multivariate analysis showed that low BMI (Q1 group) was an independent predictor for primary endpoint.Conclusions:AMI patients with low BMI had fewer coronary risk factors but worse clinical outcomes than normal-weight or obese patients.
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Matthew Sibbald Natalia Pinilla-Echeverri Mognee Alameer Jorge Chavarria Gustavo Dutra Tej Sheth
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.85, no.11, pp.2053-2062, 2021-10-25 (Released:2021-10-25)
参考文献数
66
被引用文献数
2

Background:Optical coherence tomographic (OCT) imaging has enabled identification of lipid, with increasing interest in how it may affect coronary interventions and clinical outcomes. This review summarizes the available evidence around OCT identification of lipid and its effect on interventions, clinical events, and the natural history of coronary disease.Methods and Results:We conducted a scoping review using the Medline, HealthStar, and Embase databases for articles published between 1996 and 2021. We screened 1,194 articles and identified 51 for inclusion in this study, summarizing the key findings. The literature supports a common OCT definition of lipid as low-signal regions with diffuse borders, validated against histology and other imaging modalities with acceptable intra- and inter-rater reliability. There is evidence that OCT-identified lipid at the site of stent implantation increases the risk of edge dissection, incomplete stent apposition, in-stent tissue protrusion, decreased coronary flow after stenting, side branch occlusion, and post-procedural cardiac biomarker increases. In mostly retrospective studies, lipid indices measured at non-stented sites are associated with plaque progression and the development of recurrent ischemic events.Conclusions:There is extensive literature supporting the ability of OCT to identify lipid and demonstrating a substantial impact of lipid on percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes. Future work to prospectively evaluate the effect of the characteristics of lipid-rich plaques on long-term clinical outcomes is needed.