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Nomura, Akihiro ; Konno, Tetsuo ; Fujita, Takashi ; Tanaka, Yoshihiro ; Nagata, Yoji ; Tsuda, Toyonobu ; Hodatsu, Akihiko ; Sakata, Kenji ; Nakamura, Hiroyuki ; Kawashiri, Masa-aki ; Fujino, Noboru ; Yamagishi, Masakazu ; Hayashi, Kenshi ; 今野, 哲雄 ; 坂田, 憲治 ; 川尻, 剛照 ; 藤野, 陽 ; 山岸, 正和 ; 林, 研至
出版情報: Circulation Journal.  79  pp.136-143,  2014-12-19.  Japanese Circulation Society = 日本循環器学会
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00050641
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />Background: Although fragmented QRS complex (frag-QRS) reflecting intra-ventricular conduction delay has been shown to be a prognostic marker for cardiac events, few data exist regarding the impact of frag-QRS on cardiac events in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).Methods and Results: Ninety-four HCM patients (56 male; mean age, 58}17 years) were retrospectively investigated. Frag-QRS was defined as the presence of various RsR’ patterns in at least 2 contiguous ECG leads. Major arrhythmic events (MAE) were defined as sudden cardiac death, and combined sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation. New-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) was diagnosed based on ECG during provisional or routine medical examination. Heart failure (HF) with hospitalization was defined as hospital admission due to subjective or objective symptoms. Frag-QRS was detected in 31 patients (33%). TNNI3 was the most frequent disease-causing gene. Median follow-up was 4.6 years. The 4-year cumulative survival rates of cardiac death, MAE, new-onset AF and HF with hospitalization were 97.6%, 94.6%, 87.5% and 89.3%, respectively. On multivariate analysis, frag-QRS was significantly associated with HF with hospitalization (adjusted hazard ratios [95% confidence intervals]: 5.4 [1.2–36], P=0.03). Moreover, HF-free survival was significantly lower in the frag-QRS (+) group compared to the frag-QRS (–) group (79.0% vs. 95.1%, P=0.03).Conclusions: Frag-QRS is associated with HF with hospitalization in HCM patients who had a unique distribution of gene mutations. © 2014, The Japanese Circulation Society<br />出版者照会後に全文公開 続きを見る
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Matsuo, Shinro ; Nakajima, Kenichi ; Kinuya, Seigo ; Yamagishi, Masakazu
出版情報: Journal of Cardiology.  64  pp.49-56,  2014-07-01.  Japanese College of Cardiology 日本心臓病学会 / Elsevier
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/36518
概要: Objective: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a cardiac syndrome with an acute onset defined by chest symptoms and ST segment e levation on electrocardiograms. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is sometimes misdiagnosed as acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Therefore a non-invasive diagnostic method is needed to be established for setting up appropriate strategies. The purpose of this study was to detect myocardial metabolic abnormalities and to determine the diagnostic usefulness of 123I-beta-methy-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (123I-BMIPP) imaging in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Methods and results: We examined 16 patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy and 12 with AMI in the left anterior descending artery. All patients were studied with resting 123I-BMIPP imaging. Total defect score (TDS) of 123I-BMIPP and perfusion were semi-quantitatively determined with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging using a 17-segment 5-point model. TDS of 123I-BMIPP were 4.8 ± 2.7 in patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and 22.4 ± 10.7 in AMI. The ratio of summed BMIPP defect score of non-apical to apical segments in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was smaller than that of the patients with AMI (0.1 ± 0.1 vs. 1.1 ± 0.7, p < 0.0001), indicating that 123I-BMIPP abnormalities were exclusively observed the in apical area. The ratio of summed perfusion defect scores of non-apical to apical segments in takotsubo cardiomyopathy did not differ significantly from that of AMI (0.52 ± 0.6 vs. 0.57 ± 0.3, p = NS). Summed BMIPP defect score in the apical area of takotsubo cardiomyopathy was larger than that of perfusion defect score (3.9 ± 2.7 vs. 1.8 ± 1.8, p = 0.04). Conclusion: Impaired metabolic metabolism exclusively in the apical region was observed by 123I-BMIPP SPECT images in takotsubo cardiomyopathy. These typical metabolic SPECT features of the disease can be utilized on differential diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. © 2013.<br />This is the author's version of a work accepted for publication by Japanese College of Cardiology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published in Journal of Cardiology, 64 (1), pp. 49-56,2014 July, 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.10.019 続きを見る
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Oka, Rie ; Yamada, Takayoshi ; Nakanishi, Chiaki ; Konno, Tetsuo ; Kawashiri, Masa-aki ; Hayashi, Kenshi ; Nohara, Atsushi ; Inazu, Akihiro ; Yamagishi, Masakazu ; 大家, 理恵 ; 八木, 邦公 ; 今野, 哲雄 ; 川尻, 剛照 ; 林, 研至 ; 野原, 淳 ; 稲津, 明広 ; 山岸, 正和
出版情報: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.  21  pp.582-592,  2014.  Japan Atherosclerosis Society = 日本動脈硬化学会
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00050638
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />Aim: The commonly observed relationship between increased visceral adiposity and metabolic abnormali ties may be partly mediated by a concomitant increase in liver fat content. We evaluated the independent association between the level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) as a surrogate marker of the liver fat content and the incidence of metabolic abnormalities after adjusting for the amount of visceral adipose tissue (AT). Methods: The subjects included 1,118 Japanese individuals (44% women) who underwent computed tomography to assess the amount of visceral AT on medical checkups. Cross-sectional associations between the serum ALT, visceral AT and metabolic risk factors were examined. Results: The ALT level and visceral AT were found to show a significant correlation (r =0.41 in men and r =0.36 in women, p<0.001). In a multivariable linear regression analysis, the ALT level and visceral AT were found to be independently associated with blood pressure in men and triglycerides and 2-hour post-challenge glucose in both genders (p<0.01), whereas only visceral AT was found to be associated with HDL-cholesterol (p<0.01). When the participants were classified into four subgroups based on the 75th percentiles of ALT and visceral AT, the low-ALT/high-visceral AT group, but not the high-ALT/low-visceral AT group, had a significantly higher odds ratio for low HDL-cholesterol among both genders (p<0.05) and for hypertriglyceridemia in men only (p<0.05). Meanwhile, the high-ALT/low-visceral AT group, but not the low-ALT/high-visceral AT group, had a significantly higher odds ratio for IGT among women (p<0.05). Conclusions: Although the ALT level and visceral AT were found to be independently associated with most metabolic risk factors, visceral AT had a dominant association with dyslipidemia in both genders, while the ALT level appeared to have a closer association with IGT in women.<br />出版者照会後に全文公開 続きを見る
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Mizushima, Ichiro ; Inoue, Dai ; Yamamoto, Motohisa ; Yamada, Kazunori ; Saeki, Takako ; Ubara, Yoshifumi ; Matsui, Shoko ; Masaki, Yasufumi ; Wada, Takashi ; Kasashima, Satomi ; Harada, Kenichi ; Takahashi, Hiroki ; Notohara, Kenji ; Nakanuma, Yasuni ; Umehara, Hisanori ; Yamagishi, Masakazu ; Kawano, Mitsuhiro ; 水島, 伊知郎 ; 井上, 大  ; 山田, 和徳 ; 和田, 隆志 ; 笠島, 里美 ; 原田, 憲一 ; 中沼, 安二 ; 梅原, 久範 ; 山岸, 正和 ; 川野, 充弘
出版情報: Arthritis Research and Therapy.  16  pp.R156-,  2014-07-23.  BioMed Central Ltd.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00050648
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />Introduction: Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis are vascular manifestations of IgG4-related disease. In this disease, the affected aneurysmal lesion has been suspected to be at risk of rupture. In this study, we aimed to clarify the clinical course after corticosteroid therapy in IgG4-related aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated clinical features, including laboratory data, imaging findings and the course after corticosteroid therapy, in 40 patients diagnosed with IgG4-related aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis on the basis of periaortic/periarterial radiological findings, satisfaction of the comprehensive diagnostic criteria or each organ-specific diagnostic criteria, and exclusion of other diseases. Results: The patients were mainly elderly, with an average age of 66.4 years and with a marked male predominance and extensive other organ involvement. Subjective symptoms were scanty, and only a small proportion had elevated serum C-reactive protein levels. The affected aorta/artery were the abdominal aortas or the iliac arteries in most cases. Thirty-six patients were treated with prednisolone, and the periaortic/periarterial lesions improved in most of them during the follow-up period. Two (50.0%) of four patients with luminal dilatation of the affected lesions before corticosteroid therapy had exacerbations of luminal dilatation after therapy, whereas none of the twenty-six patients without it had a new appearance of luminal dilatation after therapy. Conclusions: The results of this retrospective multicenter study highlight three important points: (1) the possibility of latent existence and progression of periaortic/periarterial lesions, (2) the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy in preventing new aneurysm formation in patients without luminal dilatation of periaortic/periarterial lesions and (3) the possibility that a small proportion of patients may actually develop luminal dilatation of periaortic/periarterial lesions in IgG4-related aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis. A larger-scale prospective study is required to confirm the efficacy and safety of corticosteroid therapy in patients with versus those without luminal dilatation and to devise a more useful and safe treatment strategy, including administration of other immunosuppressants. © 2014 Mizushima et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 続きを見る