Conflicts of interest among cardiology clinical practice guideline authors in Japan

A Murayama, M Aizawa, KR Byreddy… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) offer disease management
recommendations based on scientific evidence. However, financial conflicts of interest …

JCS/JSCVS/JCC/CVIT 2023 Guideline focused update on indication and operation of PCPS/ECMO/IMPELLA

T Nishimura, Y Hirata, T Ise, H Iwano, H Izutani… - Circulation …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) plays a significant role as a therapeutic option for
severe heart failure, and its outcomes have been improving due to advancements in devices …

Impact of renal congestion in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair

S Kuwata, M Izumo, T Okuno, N Shiokawa… - Circulation …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Renal congestion is a potential prognostic factor in patients with heart failure
and recently, assessment has become possible with intrarenal Doppler ultrasonography …

Resveratrol supplementation: a therapeutic potential for cardiac remodeling in hypertensive heart disease

K Jojima, A Tanaka, K Node - Hypertension Research, 2023 - nature.com
Hypertension (HT) is the leading risk factor for lifethreatening cardiorenovascular diseases,
such as stroke, heart disease, and kidney disease. To prevent the onset and progression of …

Practice guidance for stress echocardiography

Y Hirano, M Amano, M Obokata, M Izumo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Stress echocardiography has been one of the most promising methods for the diagnosis of
ischemic heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension. The …

Predicting heart failure onset in the general population using a novel data-mining artificial intelligence method

Y Miyashita, T Hitsumoto, H Fukuda, J Kim, T Washio… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We aimed to identify combinations of clinical factors that predict heart failure (HF) onset
using a novel limitless-arity multiple-testing procedure (LAMP). We also determined if …

Relationship between results of pathological evaluation of endomyocardial biopsy and echocardiographic indices in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

E Toyosaki, Y Mochizuki, H Den, S Ichikawa… - Circulation …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is a useful modality in diagnosing the origin of
cardiomyopathy and the condition of the impaired myocardium. However, the usefulness of …

One-week Impella CP support for papillary muscle rupture as a bridge to surgery: a case report

S Kawanami, Y Egami, M Nishino… - … Heart Journal-Case …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Papillary muscle rupture (PMR) is a catastrophic complication of acute
myocardial infarction. However, the best timing and modality of circulatory support for …

Unsupervised cluster analysis reveals different phenotypes in patients after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

K Kusunose, T Tsuji, Y Hirata… - … Heart Journal Open, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of this study was to identify phenotypes with potential prognostic significance
in aortic stenosis (AS) patients after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) through a …

Prognostic value of E/e'ratio and its change over time in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction in the reperfusion …

M Miyake, C Izumi, H Watanabe, N Ozasa… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The ratio of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity to mitral annular velocity (E/e') is
a prognostic factor in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) …