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Takagi K, Murotani K, Kamoshita S, Kuroda A. Dose-Dependent Effects Of Amino Acids On Clinical Outcomes In Adult Medical Inpatients Exclusively Receiving Parenteral Nutrition: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using A Japanese Medical Claims Database. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.09.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Takagi K, Takahashi H, iura T, Yamagiwa K, Kawase K, Muramatsu-Maekawa Y, Yamaha M, Nakane K, Koie T, Minoshima K. Prognostic value of various nutritional risk markers in patients hospitalized for the treatment of genitourinary cancer: A retrospective study. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2023; 55:44-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Iinuma K, Yamada T, Kameyama K, Taniguchi T, Kawada K, Ishida T, Nagai S, Enomoto T, Ueda S, Takagi K, Kawase M, Takeuchi S, Kawase K, Kato D, Takai M, Nakane K, Koie T. The Efficacy and Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Combination Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Multicenter Retrospective Real-World Cohort Study. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15030947. [PMID: 36765903 PMCID: PMC9913458 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
We evaluated the efficacy and safety of combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) as first-line therapy for patients diagnosed as having advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We enrolled 51 patients to receive ICI+TKI therapy for mRCC at 9 Japanese institutions. The overall survival (OS) of the patients treated with ICI+TKI was the primary endpoint., and the secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and disease control rate (DCR). Furthermore, we analyzed the clinical prognostic and predictive factors in patients with mRCC treated with ICI+TKI therapy. Seven months was the median follow-up period. The OS rates at 6, 12, and 18 months were 93.1, 82.5, and 68.8%, respectively. The median PFS for patients who received ICI+TKI was 19.0 months, ORR was 68.6%, and DCR was 88.2%. ICI+TKI-related adverse events occurred in 43 patients (84.3%) with any grade and in 22 patients (43.1%) with grade ≥3. Treatment selection with poor prognostic factors may be prudent, even though ICI+TKI is an efficacious and safe first-line treatment in patients with mRCC.
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- Koji Iinuma
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, 1-1 Kenkonomachi, Minokamo 5058510, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki 5038502, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu 5008717, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu 5008513, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota 4718513, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Matsunami General Hospital, Hashima-gun 5016062, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Takayama Hospital, 3-113-11 Tenman-machi, Takayama 5068550, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Ichinomiya 4918551, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-582-306-000
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Kagoura M, Takagi K, Yoshida K, Yoshida R, Umeda Y, Yagi T, Fujiwara T. Gastrointestinal: Intraductal papillary-mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas originating in the Santorini duct. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 37:2204. [PMID: 35388540 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- M Kagoura
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Takagi K, Naruse A, Akita K, Muramatsu-Maekawa Y, Kawase K, Koie T, Horie M, Kikuchi A. CALN1 hypomethylation as a biomarker for high-risk bladder cancer. BMC Urol 2022; 22:176. [DOI: 10.1186/s12894-022-01136-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
DNA methylation in cancer is considered a diagnostic and predictive biomarker. We investigated the usefulness of the methylation status of CALN1 as a biomarker for bladder cancer using methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme (MSRE)-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).
Methods
Eighty-two bladder cancer fresh samples were collected via transurethral resection of bladder tumors. Genomic DNA was extracted from the samples, and MSRE-qPCR was performed to determine the CALN1 methylation percentage. Reverse transcription-qPCR was performed to assess the correlation between CALN1 methylation and mRNA expression. The association between CALN1 methylation percentage and clinicopathological variables of all cases and intravesical recurrence of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (non-MIBC) cases were analyzed.
Results
Of the 82 patients, nine had MIBC and 71 had non-MIBC who had not undergone total cystectomy. The median CALN1 methylation percentage was 79.5% (interquartile range: 51.1–92.6%). The CALN1 methylation percentage had a negative relationship with CALN1 mRNA expression (Spearman’s ρ = − 0.563 and P = 0.012). Hypomethylation of CALN1 was associated with advanced tumor stage (P = 0.0007) and histologically high grade (P = 0.018). Furthermore, multivariate analysis revealed that CALN1 hypomethylation was an independent risk factor for intravesical recurrence in non-MIBC patients (hazard ratio 3.83, 95% confidence interval; 1.14–13.0, P = 0.031).
Conclusion
Our findings suggest that CALN1 methylation percentage could be a useful molecular biomarker for bladder cancer.
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Kikuchi A, Naruse A, Takagi K. Analysis of microRNAs by the Stem-Loop Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Using A Double Quencher Probe. Am J Clin Pathol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac126.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction/Objective
We created a universal probe that can be used with mature micro RNAs (miRNAs) using a double quencher incorporating the ZEN quencher into the hydrolysis probe required for miRNA analysis by the real- time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) using a stem-loop primer. The main purpose of this approach was to improve sensitivity and convenience.
Methods/Case Report
We conducted studies on miR-21, miR-30a and miR-200c. To assess the relationship between the sequence interval and reactivity between the miRNA-specific sequence on the stem-loop primer and detection probe, various sequence patterns were examined using miRNA from K562 cells. The sensitivity and reactivity of the designed primers and probes were examined using each synthetic miRNA and transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) samples. The synthetic RNA was serially diluted in 10% increments. Twenty-seven TURBT cases were examined. The prepared samples were extracted with the FastGene RNA Basic Kit and FastGene miRNA Enhancer. After extraction, cDNA was prepared using FastGene Scriptase II. We performed quantitative analysis by the RT-qPCR using a ZEN double quencher probe. The samples were analyzed with the Taq Man miRNA assay.
Results (if a Case Study enter NA)
The probe and miRNA-specific sequences of the stem-loop primer showed better reactivity when the design contained less space within the sequences. Serial dilution of the samples using synthetic miRNA showed that linearity depended on the addition amount, and occurred at a concentration of log 7 or more. In the TURBT samples, the Δ of the mean Cp value, and the correlation coefficients of miR-21, miR-30a, and miR-200c, were 3.13 and 0.966; 1.10 and 0.991; and 0.39 and 0.997, respectively, compared with the TaqMan miRNA assay.
Conclusion
This demonstrates that our method has the same or higher sensitivity than the TaqMan miRNA assay. Overall, these findings suggest that the analysis of miRNA with a stem-loop primer using the double quencher probe is useful.
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- A Kikuchi
- Research Institute for Medical Science, Daiyukai Health System , Ichinomiya, Aichi , Japan
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- Research Institute for Medical Science, Daiyukai Health System , Ichinomiya, Aichi , Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital , Ichinomiya, Aichi , Japan
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Mitsui K, Kataoka Y, Murai K, Kitahara S, Iwai T, Sawada K, Matama H, Honda S, Fujino M, Takagi K, Yoneda S, Otsuka F, Asaumi Y, Tsujita K, Noguchi T. Characterization of lipidic plaque materials at calcified atheroma: its association with calcification thickness evaluated by optical coherence tomography and near-infrared spectroscopy imaging. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
The degree of calcification and its thickness have been considered to affect stent expansion, leading to an increases risk of repeat revascularization in patients receiving PCI. Pathophysiologically, accumulation of lipidic materials within vessel wall could trigger the formation of plaque calcification. Elucidating characteristics of lipidic plaque components at calcified atheroma may enable to identify phenotypes with thick calcification which less likely responds to PCI.
Purpose
This study investigated the relationship of calcification thickness with lipidic plaque materials at calcified atheroma by using OCT and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging.
Methods
We analyzed 52 calcified lesions (culprit/non culprit lesions=44/8) in 47 CAD patients (stable CAD/ACS=36/11) from the REASSURE-NIRS registry (NCT04864171). OCT and NIRS imaging evaluated 4-mm segment exhibiting maximum superficial calcification arc. Calcification thickness on OCT imaging, its arc on IVUS imaging, and NIRS-derived lipid arc were analyzed at every 1-mm interval cross-sectional images. In addition, yellow-calcification ratio (YCR = lipid arc/calcification arc) was calculated (Figure 1).
Results
53% of study subjects exhibited chronic kidney disease and 70% of them received a statin (averaged on-treatment LDL-C =89mg/dL). Throughout OCT and NIRS/IVUS imaging analysis of 260 cross-sectional images, the averaged calcification arc, its maximum thickness, lipid arc and YCR were 210° (167–285°), 0.78mm (0.62–0.95mm), 95° (31–169°) and 0.33 (0.09–0.59), respectively. As expected, thicker calcification more likely exhibited a greater calcification arc (r=0.30, p<0.001). Furthermore, a greater thickness of calcification was associated with smaller lipidic plaque burden, reflected by yellow arc (r=−0.36, p<0.001) and YCR (r=−0.36, p<0.001) (Figure 2). After adjusting age, gender and ACS, calcification arc (p<0.001) and YCR (p<0.001) continued to predict thicker calcification.
Conclusion
Thickening of calcification was associated with severer calcification arc, which was accompanied by the shrinkage of lipidic plaques. Our findings suggest the evaluation of lipidic plaque component as a potential tool to identify calcified atheroma harbouring thick calcification, which may cause a greater risk of stent underexpansion.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- K Mitsui
- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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- Kumamoto University, Cardiovascular Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences , Kumamoto , Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Suita , Japan
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Mukaida T, Kataoka Y, Murai Y, Iwai T, Sawada K, Matama H, Honda S, Takagi K, Fujino M, Yoneda S, Otsuka F, Tahara Y, Asaumi Y, Noguchi T. Deterioration of cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction defined by the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention cardiogenic shock classification scheme. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Cardiogenic shock (CS) in patients with AMI presents worse cardiovascular outcomes, which suggests the need for better risk stratification and management. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) has recently proposed CS classification scheme, which stratifies CS into 5 groups according to hypotension and hypoperfusion. While stage A and B exhibits CS without hypotension and/or hypoperfusion, their clinical condition could rapidly deteriorate into stage C-E. However, clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of CS exhibiting its deterioration remains uncertain.
Purpose
To characterize AMI patients who deteriorated their CS status from stage A and B into stage C-E.
Methods
This single-center observational study included 326 consecutive AMI patients receiving primary PCI who presented CS stage A and B on arrival (2019.09.01–2021.09.30). Deterioration of CS (D-CS) was defined as the progression from stage A and B on arrival to stage C-E after primary PCI. Clinical characteristics and outcomes were compared in those with and without D-CS.
Results
D-CS was identified in 16.0% of entire subjects (=52/326). Of these, 94.2 and 5.8% of them exhibited stage C and E, respectively (Figure). Patients with D-CS more likely presented STEMI (84.6 vs. 67.9%, p=0.01) with a lower systolic BP (sBP) level (130±31 vs. 148±26mmHg, p<0.001) and a reduced LVEF (43±13 vs. 51±9%, p<0.001), whereas there was no significant difference in lactate level (1.5±0.4 vs. 1.2±0.3 mmol/L, p=0.22). Pre-TIMI flow grade 0–1 (69.2 vs. 47.8%, p=0.006), left main trunk stenosis (9.6 vs. 1.5%, p=0.007) and chronic total occlusion (21.2 vs. 8.4%, p=0.01) were more frequently observed in those with D-CS. Despite achieving a shorter onset-to-reperfusion time (199 vs. 276 minutes, p=0.002), D-CS was associated with in-hospital all-cause mortality after adjusting clinical characteristics (HR=33.6, 95% CI: 2.2–502.0, p=0.01). Furthermore, mechanical circulatory support (MCS) (30.8 vs. 0%, p<0.001) was more frequently required in patients with D-CS (IABP: 28.8 vs. 0%, p<0.001, ECMO: 11.5 vs. 0%, p<0.001, Impella: 3.8 vs. 0%, p=0.02). Further analysis identified sBP (HR=0.98, 95% CI: 0.97–1.00, p=0.008), LVEF (HR=0.94, 95% CI: 0.90–0.97, p<0.001) and pre-TIMI flow grade 0–1 (HR=0.41, 95% CI: 0.19–0.86, p=0.01) as independent contributors to D-CS. ROC analysis demonstrated sBP <135 mmHg (AUC=0.65) and LVEF <50% (AUC=0.69) as best cut-off values to predict D-CS. Of note, a risk of D-CS increased in association with the number of these three factors (p<0.001), and 44.0% of those with all of these factors presented D-CS (Figure).
Conclusion
16.0% of AMI without any hypotension/hypoperfusion on arrival exhibited deterioration of CS status on SCAI classification. The combination of sBP, LVEF and pre-TIMI flow grade could help to identify AMI subjects with a risk of D-CS, who may benefit from early adoption of intensified management including MCS prior to PCI.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- T Mukaida
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center , Osaka , Japan
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Yamada T, Nakane K, Enomoto T, Tomioka M, Taniguchi T, Ishida T, Ozawa K, Takagi K, Ito H, Takeuchi S, Kawase M, Kawase K, Kato D, Takai M, Iinuma K, Yokoi S, Nakano M, Koie T. Oncological Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma after Discontinuing Pembrolizumab as a Second-Line Treatment: A Retrospective Multicenter Real-World Cohort Study. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10092243. [PMID: 36140344 PMCID: PMC9496337 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10092243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The treatment options are currently limited, and the oncological outcomes remain unclear, for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) with or without third-line systemic therapy. We aimed to evaluate the oncological outcomes in real-world daily clinical practice after platinum-based chemotherapy followed by pembrolizumab for mUC. This retrospective, multicenter cohort study included patients with mUC who received second-line pembrolizumab in Japan. The patients were divided into the treatment group (those who received third-line treatment) and the BSC group (those who did not receive other treatments). The primary endpoint of this study was to evaluate the oncological outcomes. Of 126 patients enrolled in this study, 40 received third-line therapy. The median follow-up period was 8.0 months. The median overall survival (OS) times were nine months in the BSC group and 17 months in the treatment group (p < 0.001). The median progression-free survival (PFS) times were 4 months in the BSC group and 14 months in the treatment group (p < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, performance status and liver metastasis were significantly associated with OS. Third-line therapy may have clinical potential advantages for improving the oncological outcomes in patients with mUC.
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- Toyohiro Yamada
- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Matsunami General Hospital, Hashima-gun 5016062, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Takayama Hospital, Takayama 5068550, Japan
- Department of Urology, Chuno Kosei Hospital, Seki 5013802, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Chuno Kosei Hospital, Seki 5013802, Japan
- Department of Urology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki 5038502, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu 5008513, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki 5038502, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Ichinomiya 4918551, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota 4718513, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Minokamo 5058510, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu 5008717, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-582306000
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Hirose H, Higuchi T, Takagi K, Tochimoto A, Kawaguchi Y, Harigai M. AB0667 EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE VARIATION ON SERUM KL-6 LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.1685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundSerum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) levels has much evidence as a biomarker about the progression and prognosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD), including systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated ILD1-4. However, serum KL-6 levels often fluctuate regardless of the progression of ILD. This sometimes mislead the evaluation of the disease activity, however, the reason for the fluctuation has not been clarified.ObjectivesWe tested the hypothesis that serum KL-6 levels are affected by ambient temperature in patients with SSc.MethodsWe defined the warm season(May–October)as the period when the ambient temperature was above the Tokyo metropolitan average ambient temperature announced by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and the cold season (November–April)as the period when the ambient temperature was below the average. ILD was classified based on chest CT findings. Among SSc patients who had visited our department since May 2018, we selected those who had data of serum KL-6 levels at least 3 times in warm and cold seasons from October 2014 to September 2021, respectively. Patients having malignancy were excluded after confirmation of the onset of malignancy using medical record retrospectively. The difference in serum KL-6 levels between warm and cold seasons was evaluated by Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test.ResultsIn total, 252 patients with SSc were included. Median age was 66.3 years, with median disease duration of 13.5 (8.9–19.2)years, diffuse cutaneous type of 94 (37.3%)patients, and concomitant ILD of 120(47.6%)patients (Table 1). The median follow-up was 6.4 (4.4–6.8)years, with median KL-6 measurement of 24(14–39)times. Serum KL-6 levels were significantly higher in the cold season than that in the warm season, with a greater difference in the group with ILD(536 IU/L vs. 492 IU/L, p = 0.0012 in the group with ILD, 364 IU/L vs. 345 IU/L in the group without ILD, p = 0.0028).Table 1.Patients characteristicsWith ILD (n=120)Without ILD (n=132)P valueFemale, n (%)110 (43.7)128 (52.4)0.1Age, years (IQR)65.8(56.1–73.4)66.4(56.0–72.5)0.77Disease duration, years (IQR)14.0 (9.8-21.0)13.0 (8.7-18.0)0.23Modified Rodnan skin score (IQR)10 (4-15)6 (2-11)0.0017Diffuse SSc, n (%)53 (40.2)27 (20.5)<0.001Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)4 (3.3)3 (2.3)0.71ANA positive, n (%)98 (81.7)112 (84.8)0.50SSc-related autoantibody, n (%)98 (81.7)112 (84.8)0.50Anti-centromere antibody, n (%)17 (14.2)86 (71.7)<0.0001Anti-topoisomeraseⅠ antibody, n (%)63 (52.5)8 (6.1)<0.0001Anti-RNA polymerase Ⅲ antibody, n (%)7 (5.8)11 (8.3)0.62Anti-U1-RNP antibody, n (%)15 (12.5)13 (9.8)0.54KL-6, IU/L (IQR)548 (384–876.8)233 (191.3–302)<0.0001KL-6 measurement, times (IQR)33.5(20-45)18.5(12.3-28)<0.0001Steroid use, n (%)68 (56.7)22 (16.7)<0.0001Cyclophosphamide, n (%)44 (36.7)12 (9.1)<0.0001Other Immunosuppressive agents, n (%)31 (25.8)0.002ConclusionOur results suggest that cold ambient temperature may affect serum KL-6 levels in patients with SSc.References[1]Distler O, et al. Eur Respir J.2020;55:1902026.[2]Kuwana M et al. J Rheumatol 2016;43:1825-31[3]Volkmann et al. Arthritis Rheumatol.2019;71:2059-2067[4]Elhai M et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019;71:972-982.Figure 1.Disclosure of InterestsHikaru Hirose Grant/research support from: Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd, Tomoaki Higuchi: None declared, Kae Takagi: None declared, Akiko Tochimoto: None declared, Yasushi Kawaguchi: None declared, Masayoshi Harigai Speakers bureau: AbbVie Japan, Ayumi, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai, Eisai, Eli Lilly Japan, GlaxoSmithKline, Kissei, Pfizer Japan Inc, Takeda, Teijin, Consultant of: AbbVie Japan, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Kissei, Teijin, Grant/research support from: AbbVie Japan, Asahi Kasei, Astellas, Ayumi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Kissei, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Nippon Kayaku, Sekisui Medical, Shionogi, Taisho, Takeda, Teijin
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Ishikawa Y, Tanaka N, Asano Y, Kodera M, Shirai Y, Akahoshi M, Hasegawa M, Matsushita T, Kazuyoshi S, Motegi S, Yoshifuji H, Yoshizaki A, Kohmoto T, Takagi K, Oka A, Kanda M, Tanaka Y, Ito Y, Nakano K, Kasamatsu H, Utsunomiya A, Sekiguchi A, Niro H, Jinnin M, Makino K, Makino T, Ihn H, Yamamoto M, Suzuki C, Takahashi H, Nishida E, Morita A, Yamamoto T, Fujimoto M, Kondo Y, Goto D, Sumida T, Ayuzawa N, Yanagida H, Horita T, Atsumi T, Endo H, Shima Y, Kumanogoh A, Hirata J, Otomo N, Suetsugu H, Koike Y, Tomizuka K, Yoshino S, Liu X, Ito S, Hikino K, Suzuki A, Momozawa Y, Ikegawa S, Tanaka Y, Ishikawa O, Takehara K, Torii T, Sato S, Okada Y, Mimori T, Matsuda F, Matsuda K, Imoto I, Matsuo K, Kuwana M, Kawaguchi Y, Ohmura K, Terao C. OP0112 THE EVER-LARGEST ASIAN GWAS FOR SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AND TRANS-POPULATION META-ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED SEVEN NOVEL LOCI AND A CANDIDATE CAUSAL SNP IN A CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENT OF THE FCGR REGION. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundGenome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified 29 disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for systemic sclerosis (SSc) in non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) regions (1-7). While these GWASs have clarified genetic architectures of SSc, study subjects were mainly Caucasians limiting application of the findings to Asians.ObjectivesThe study was conducted to identify novel causal variants for SSc specific to Japanese subjects as well as those shared with European population. We also aimed to clarify mechanistic effects of the variants on pathogenesis of SSc.MethodsA total of 114,108 subjects comprising 1,499 cases and 112,609 controls were enrolled in the two-staged study leading to the ever-largest Asian GWAS for SSc. After applying a strict quality control both for genotype and samples, imputation was conducted using the reference panel of the phase 3v5 1,000 genome project data combined with a high-depth whole-genome sequence data of 3,256 Japanese subjects. We conducted logistic regression analyses and also combined the Japanese GWAS results with those of Europeans (6) by an inverse-variance fixed-effect model. Polygenicity and enrichment of functional annotations were evaluated by linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC), Haploreg and IMPACT programs. We also constructed polygenic risk score (PRS) to predict SSc development.ResultsWe identified three (FCRLA-FCGR, TNFAIP3, PLD4) and four (EOMES, ESR1, SLC12A5, TPI1P2) novel loci in Japanese GWAS and a trans-population meta-analysis, respectively. One of Japanese novel risk SNPs, rs6697139, located within FCGR gene clusters had a strong effect size (OR 2.05, P=4.9×10-11). We also found the complete LD variant, rs10917688, was positioned in cis-regulatory element and binding motif for an immunomodulatory transcription factor IRF8 in B cells, another genome-wide significant locus in our trans-ethnic meta-analysis and the previous European GWAS. Notably, the association of risk allele of rs10917688 was significant only in the presence of the risk allele of the IRF8. Intriguingly, rs10917688 was annotated as one enhancer-related histone marks, H3K4me1, in B cells, implying that FCGR gene(s) in B cells may play an important role in the pathogenesis of SSc. Furhtermore, significant heritability enrichment of active histone marks and a transcription factor C-Myc were found in B cells both in European and Japanese populations by LDSC and IMPACT, highlighting a possibility of a shared disease mechanism where abnormal B-cell activation may be one of the key drivers for the disease development. Finally, PRS using effects sizes of European GWAS moderately fit in the development of Japanese SSc (AUC 0.593), paving a path to personalized medicine for SSc.ConclusionOur study identified seven novel susceptibility loci in SSc. Downstream analyses highlighted a novel disease mechanism of SSc where an interactive role of FCGR gene(s) and IRF8 may accelerate the disease development and B cells may play a key role on the pathogenesis of SSc.References[1]F. C. Arnett et al. Ann Rheum Dis, 2010.[2]T. R. Radstake et al. Nat Genet, 2010.[3]Y. Allanore et al. PLoS Genet, 2011.[4]O. Gorlova et al. PLoS Genet, 2011.[5]C. Terao et al. Ann Rheum Dis, 2017.[6]E. López-Isac et al. Nat Commun, 2019.[7]W. Pu et al. J Invest Dermatol, 2021.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Kikuchi A, Naruse A, Sawamura T, Takagi K. W114 DNA methylation analysis using a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme. Clin Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.04.869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kikuchi A, Naruse A, Sawamura T, Nonaka K, Takagi K. M187 Efficacy of using fastgene mirna enhancer with clinical samples. Clin Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Maekawa M, Maekawa T, Sasase T, Takagi K, Takeuchi S, Kitamoto M, Nakagawa T, Toyoda K, Konishi N, Ohta T, Yamada T. Pathophysiological Analysis of Uninephrectomized db/db Mice as a Model of Severe Diabetic Kidney Disease. Physiol Res 2022; 71:209-217. [DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Diabetic nephropathy, included in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), is the primary disease leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or dialysis treatment, accounting for more than 40% of all patients with ESRD or receiving dialysis. Developing new therapeutics to prevent the transition to ESRD or dialysis treatment requires an understanding of the pathophysiology of DKD and an appropriate animal model for drug efficacy studies. In this study, we investigated the pathophysiology of diabetic kidney disease with type 2 diabetes in uninephrectomized db/db mice. In addition, the nephrectomized db/db mice from 10 weeks to 42 weeks were used to assess the efficacy of long-term administration of the angiotensin-II–receptor antagonist losartan. The blood and urinary biochemical parameters and the blood pressure which is a main pharmacological endpoint of the losartan therapy, were periodically measured. And at the end, histopathological analysis was performed. Uninephrectomized db/db mice clearly developed obesity and hyperglycemia from young age. Furthermore, they showed renal pathophysiological changes, such as increased urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) (the peak value 3104±986 in 40-week-old mice), glomerular hypertrophy and increased fibrotic areas in the tubulointerstitial tubules. The blood pressure in the losartan group was significantly low compared to the normotensive Vehicle group. However, as expected, Losartan suppressed the increase in UACR (829±500) indicating the medication was sufficient, but the histopathological abnormalities including tubular interstitial fibrosis did not improve. These results suggest that the uninephrectomized db/db mice are useful as an animal model of the severe DKD indicated by the comparison of the efficacy of losartan in this model with the efficacy of losartan in clinical practice.
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- Biological/Pharmacological Research Laboratories, Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Japan Tobacco Inc., Osaka, Japan.
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Takagi K, Kawase M, Kato D, Kawase K, Takai M, Iinuma K, Nakane K, Hagiwara N, Yamada T, Tomioka M, Koie T. Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Potential Cancer Control in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Curr Oncol 2022; 29:2864-2870. [PMID: 35448207 PMCID: PMC9032850 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29040233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Recently, cytoreductive prostatectomy for metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa) has been associated with improved oncological outcomes. This study was aimed at evaluating whether robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) as a form of cytoreductive prostatectomy can improve oncological outcomes in patients with mPCa. We conducted a retrospective study of twelve patients with mPCa who had undergone neoadjuvant therapy followed by RARP. The endpoints were biochemical recurrence-free survival, treatment-free survival, and de novo metastasis-free survival. At the end of the follow-up period, none of the enrolled patients had died from PCa. The 1- and 2-year biochemical recurrence-free survival rates were 83.3% and 66.7%, respectively, and treatment-free survival rates were 75.0% and 56.3%, respectively. One patient developed de novo bone metastases 6.4 months postoperatively, and castration-resistant prostate cancer 8.9 months postoperatively. After RARP, the median duration of recovery of urinary continence was 5.2 months. One patient had severe incontinence (>2 pads/day) 24 months postoperatively. RARP may be a treatment option in patients with mPCa who have achieved a serum prostate-specific antigen level < 0.2 ng/mL, and present without new lesions on imaging.
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- Kimiaki Takagi
- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Ichinomiya 4918551, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 5016062, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Tokai Central Hospital, Kakamigahara 5048601, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Takayama Hospital, Takayama 5068550, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (M.K.); (D.K.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (K.I.); (K.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-582306000
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Iinuma K, Enomoto T, Kawada K, Fujimoto S, Ishida T, Takagi K, Nagai S, Ito H, Kawase M, Nakai C, Kawase K, Kato D, Takai M, Nakane K, Kameyama K, Koie T. Utility of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Systemic Immune Inflammation Index as Prognostic, Predictive Biomarkers in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Nivolumab and Ipilimumab. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10225325. [PMID: 34830607 PMCID: PMC8617687 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10225325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the utility of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), plate-let-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and systemic immune inflammation index (SII) as predictive biomarkers with oncological outcomes for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab (NIVO + IPI). We conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study assessing patients with mRCC treated with NIVO + IPI at eight institutions in Japan. In this study, the follow-up period was median 14 months. The 1-year overall- and progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 89.1% and 63.1, respectively. The objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were 41.9% and 81.4%, respectively. The 1-year PFS rates were 85.7% and 49.1% for NLR ≤ 2.8 and >2.8, respectively (p = 0.005), and 75.5% and 49.7% for PLR ≤ 215.6 and >215.6, respectively (p = 0.034). Regarding SII, the 1-year PFS rates were 90.0% and 54.8% when SII was ≤561.7 and >561.7, respectively (p = 0.023). Therefore, NLR, PLR, and SII levels in mRCC patients treated with NIVO + IPI may be useful in predicting oncological outcomes.
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- Koji Iinuma
- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Matsunami General Hospital, Hashima-gun 5016062, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu 5008717, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki 5038502, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu 5008513, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Ichinomiya 4918551, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota 4718513, Japan; (S.N.); (H.I.)
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- Department of Urology, Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota 4718513, Japan; (S.N.); (H.I.)
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Urology, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Minokamo 5058503, Japan;
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- Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan; (K.I.); (M.K.); (C.N.); (K.K.); (D.K.); (M.T.); (K.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-582306000
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Kataoka Y, Iwai T, Sawada K, Matama H, Honda S, Takagi K, Fujino M, Yoneda S, Otsuka F, Tahara Y, Asaumi Y, Toyoda K, Noguchi T. Substantially elevated thromboembolic and bleeding risks in patients with AMI following acute/subacute stroke events. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction
AMI infrequently but concomitantly occurs after stroke events. Current guideline recommends primary PCI with DAPT in the setting of AMI. However, this approach is not necessarily applicable in AMI subjects following acute/subacute stroke events due to its bleeding risk. Clinical management and outcomes of these AMI subjects following remains uncertain.
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To characterize management and clinical outcomes in patients with AMI following acute/subacute stroke events (=post-stroke AMI).
Methods
The current study retrospectively analyzed 2041 AMI patients hospitalized at our institute from 2007 to 2018. Post-stroke AMI was defined as its occurrence within 14 days after ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke. The use of reperfusion and anti-thrombotic therapies, and the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (=CV death, non-fatal MI and non-fatal stroke) and major bleeding events (BARC type 3 or 5) were compared in post-stroke and non-post-stroke AMI patients.
Results
Post-stroke AMI was identified in 1.1% of entire subjects (=23/2041). Of these, 65% of them (=15/23) had AMI within 3 days from the onset of stoke event. Over 60% of them was due to cardioembolic stroke, followed by hemorrhagic (9%), atherothrombotic ones (8%) and other causes (22%). Post-stroke AMI patients were more likely to exhibit Af (p=0.02) and a history of hemodialysis (p=0.009), and have a lower BMI (p=0.04) and hemoglobin level (p=0.02). They were less likely to receive emergent coronary angiography, and primary PCI was conducted in only 65% of post-stroke AMI patients (Table). Furthermore, they more frequently received thrombectomy (p=0.04) alone rather than stent implantation (p=0.002) (Table). With regard to anti-thrombotic therapy, the proportion of DAPT use was significantly lower in post-stroke AMI subjects (52 vs. 89%, p=0.0001), and 17% of them did not receive any anti-thrombotic agents. Of note, only 48% (p=0.04) and 43% (p=0.0001) of post-stroke AMI patients were treated with other established medical therapies including β-blocker and statin, respectively. During the observational period (median = 2.9 years), post-stroke AMI was associated with a greater likelihood experiencing major adverse cardiovascular events (log-rank p<0.001, Figure), CV death (log-rank p<0.0001) and stroke events (log-rank p<0.0001). Furthermore, the frequency of their major bleeding events was substantially elevated (log-rank p<0.001, Figure).
Conclusions
In our real-world data, the adoption of guideline-recommended reperfusion and anti-thrombotic therapies were considerably low in AMI subjects following acute/subacute stroke events. Given their elevated risk of cardiovascular and bleeding events, it is required to establish better therapeutic management for mitigating their thrombotic/bleeding risks.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None. Table 1Figure 1
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suita, Japan
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Murai K, Kataoka Y, Iwai T, Sawada K, Matama H, Honda S, Fujino M, Yoneda S, Takagi K, Nishihira K, Kanaya T, Otsuka F, Asaumi Y, Tsujita K, Noguchi T. The relationship of the underlying lipidic plaque at the implanted newer-generation drug-eluting stents with future stent-related events: insights from the REASSURE-NIRS registry. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Lipid-rich plaque is an important substrate causing acute coronary events. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging has been shown to visualize lipidic coronary plaque at non-culprit site associated with future coronary events. Given that histopathological studies reported that the unstable plaque underlying the implanted drug-eluting stent (DES) could cause neoatherosclerosis formation, we hypothesized that NIRS-based evaluation of lipidic plaque burden behind the implanted DES may clinically predict the occurrence of stent failure in patients with CAD receiving PCI.
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We aimed to investigate the relationship of stent-related events' risk with lipidic plaque materials behind the implanted DES imaged by NIRS/intravascular ultrasound (NIRS/IVUS) imaging.
Methods
The REASSURE-NIRS registry is an on-going multi-center registry to enroll CAD subjects receiving NIRS/IVUS-guided PCI. In this registry data, 406 lesions in 379 CAD subjects (ACS/non-ACS=150/229) receiving new-generation DES were analyzed. Minimum stent area (MSA) after PCI and maximum lipid-core-burden index in any 4mm-segment within the implanted stents (in-stent maxLCBI4mm) were measured. A 3-year lesion-oriented composite outcome [LOCO: culprit lesion-related MI + ischemia-driven target lesion revascularization (ID-TLR)] was compared in subjects stratified according to the tertile of in-stent maxLCBI4mm.
Results
The mean value of in-stent maxLCBI4mm was 221, and 17% of lesions exhibited in-stent maxLCBI4mm >400. Patients with a greater in-stent maxLCBI4mm were more likely to exhibit a higher LDL-C level (p=0.026) with a longer stent length (p<0.001) and a smaller MSA (p=0.033) (Picture 1). Over 95% of entire study subjects received a statin. During the observational period (median=726 days), the frequency of LOCO up to 3 years was 3.4% in entire study subjects (culprit lesion-related MI=1.0%, ID-TLR=2.8%). Kaplan-Meier curve analysis demonstrated that the occurrence of LOCO did not increase in association with in-stent maxLCBI4mm (log-rank p-value=0.25, Picture 2). In addition, in-stent maxLCBI4mm did not associate with each component of LOCO (culprit lesion-related MI: p=0.502, ID-TLR: p=0.872). Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis revealed that the predictive ability of in-stent maxLCBI4mm for the occurrence of LOCO was unsatisfactorily (c-statistics=0.486).
Conclusion
The amount of underlying lipidic materials at culprit lesions receiving new-generation DES implantation did not necessarily predict future stent-related events. Clinical significance of maxLCBI4mm behind the implanted DES may be different from that at naïve non-culprit plaques.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None. Background and lesion characteristicsKaplan-Meier analysis for LOCO
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- K Murai
- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Dokkyo Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mibu, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- Kumamoto University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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Kitahara S, Kataoka Y, Iwai T, Sawada K, Matama H, Honda S, Fujino M, Yoneda S, Takagi K, Nishihira K, Kanaya T, Otsuka F, Asaumi Y, Tsujita K, Noguchi T. Characterization of residual lipid-rich plaques despite achieving LDL-C <1.8mmol/l with a statin in patients with coronary artery disease: insights from the REASSURE-NIRS registry. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
Recent studies have demonstrated favourable modification of lipidic plaque materials under achieving LDL-C <1.8mmol/l with a statin, which potentially accounts for its clinical benefit. However, coronary events still occur even under optimal LDL-C management. This may suggest the presence of residual lipid-rich coronary plaque despite on-treatment LDL-C <1.8mmol/l. Given that near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) enables quantitative evaluation of lipidic plaque in vivo, we employed this imaging modality to investigate characteristics and drivers of residual lipid-rich plaques in statin-treated patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who achieved LDL-C <1.8mmol/l.
Purpose
To clarify the frequency, clinical demographics and factors associated with residual lipid-rich plaques under LDL-C <1.8mmol/l.
Methods
The REASSURE-NIRS registry is an on-going multi-center registry to enroll CAD subjects receiving NIRS/intravascular ultrasound-guided PCI. The current analysis included 133 statin-treated stable CAD patients with on-treatment LDL-C <1.8mmol/l from August 2015 to December 2020. The maximum 4-mm lipid core burden index (maxLCBI4mm) at culprit lesions was measured by NIRS imaging prior to PCI. Clinical characteristics were compared in patients with and without maxLCBI4mm ≥400 at culprit lesions.
Results
In the current study, 45% (=58/128) of study subjects exhibited maxLCBI4mm ≥400 at culprit lesions under on-treatment LDL-C <1.8 mmol/l. They were more likely to be female, whereas there were no differences in age and the frequency of risk factors. Most of study subjects received moderate to high-intensity statin (p=0.79), and over one-fourth of them were treated with ezetimibe (p=0.56). Under these lipid-lowering therapies, LDL-C level was significantly higher in patients with maxLCBI4mm ≥400 (Table). Additionally, a lower frequency of LDL-C <1.4mmol/l was observed in those exhibiting maxLCBI4mm ≥400 (31.0 vs. 45.7%), but this comparison failed to meet statistical significance (p=0.09). Despite LDL-C control with a statin, deterioration of coronary flow after PCI with stent implantation more frequently occurred in patients with maxLCBI4mm ≥400 (Table). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that an independent factor associated with maxLCBI4mm ≥400 was LDL-C level (OR=1.05; 95% CI=1.00–1.10, p=0.03), but not other lipid and clinical parameters.
Conclusion
Almost half of CAD subjects who achieved LDL-C level <1.8mmol/l still exhibited the accumulation of lipidic plaque materials within vessel wall. Given that LDL-C level was associated with this residual lipid-rich plaque features, our findings support current ESC-guideline recommended LDL-C goal (<1.4mmol/l) to optimize the secondary prevention in stable CAD patients.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- S Kitahara
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Dokkyo Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mibu, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Kumamoto University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Yamauchi R, Morishima I, Morita Y, Takagi K, Nagai H, Kanzaki Y, Watanabe N, Komeyama S, Sugiyama H, Shimojo K, Imaoka T, Sakamoto G. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation benefits the patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction as well as those with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Although catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has recently been shown to improve the cardiac function and even mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), few studies have examined the outcomes of AF catheter ablation in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Purpose
To verify the impact of AF catheter ablation on the cardiac function and HF status in patients with HFpEF.
Methods
We studied 306 patients with HF who had a history of an HF hospitalization and/or preprocedural serum BNP levels >100pg/ml (age, 68.9±8.2 years old; male, 66.3%; non-paroxysmal AF, 63.1%, left atrial diameter [LAD], 42.5±6.3 mm; left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF], 60.6±12.0%) out of 596 consecutive patients who underwent pulmonary vein isolation-based catheter ablation of AF. The patients with an LVEF ≥50% were defined as having HFpEF (n=262; age, 69.0±8.2 years old; male, 64.5%; non-paroxysmal AF, 61.8%, LAD, 42.1±5.9 mm; left LVEF, 64.0±8.2%) and the remaining patients with an LVEF <50% were defined as having HFrEF (n=44, age, 67.9±8.7 years old; male, 77.0%; non-paroxysmal AF, 70.5%, LAD, 44.9±8.2 mm; LVEF, 40.1±10.2%). The patients received periodic follow-ups for 12 months after the catheter ablation. The cardiac function parameters including the echocardiographic findings and HF functional status of the patients were compared between baseline and 12 months, stratified by the HF subgroup.
Results
AF recurred in 60 patients with HFpEF (22.9%) and in 14 with HFrEF (31.8%) during the 12 month follow-up (p=0.27), however, sinus rhythm was maintained at 12 months in most of the patients (253 patients with HFpEF [96.6%] and 42 patients with HFrEF [95.5%]) (p=0.71). Figure 1 compares the changes in the cardiac function parameters and NYHA functional class from baseline to the 12-month follow-up stratified by the HF subgroup. Both the patients with HFpEF and HFrEF had significant improvements in the serum BNP levels, chest thorax ratio, and LVEF determined by echocardiography. LA reverse remodeling as shown by a significant reduction in the LAD was observed in both HF subgroups, however, the E/E', an index of the LV diastolic function, did not significantly change in either of the subgroups. Similar to the patients with HFrEF, an improvement in the NYHA functional class was seen in those with HFpEF.
Conclusions
Catheter ablation of AF may benefit patients with HFpEF as well as those with HFrEF. Sinus rhythm maintenance achieved by AF catheter ablation in patients with HFpEF may lead to LA reverse remodeling and a better LV systolic function, thereby improving the NYHA functional class. It is unclear whether changes in the LV diastolic function may contribute to this favorable process.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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Takagi K, Mizuno M, Kawase K, Minoshima K, Yamaha M, Horie M. Impact on survival of urgent dialysis initiation in patients with end-stage renal disease: a case-control study. Clin Exp Nephrol 2020; 24:1154-1161. [PMID: 32767136 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-020-01931-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Outcomes of patients with end-stage renal disease at urgent dialysis initiation are varied, but evidence of their long-term prognosis is limited. We aimed to characterize patients undergoing urgent dialysis initiation and analyse its effect on survival outcome. METHODS We retrospectively identified 208 patients who began haemodialysis from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2018 at our hospital. In this observational case-control study, the case group comprised patients starting urgent dialysis, and the control group comprised patients starting planned dialysis. We analysed laboratory data, sex, age, smoking history, comorbidities and presence of vascular access and nephrology care that potentially affected the outcome. Data were analysed with Kaplan-Meier curves of early and late period (3 years after dialysis initiation) survival and log-rank tests and with Cox regression analysis. RESULTS Median age (range) at dialysis initiation was 73 (28-90) years, with 50 (24%) patients in the urgent initiation group. Five (10%) patients in this group had vascular access at dialysis initiation, whereas 21 (42%) had not received adequate pre-dialysis nephrology care. The estimated median overall survival rates of the urgent group and planned initiation group were 42 months and not reached, respectively (P = 0.0011). Multivariable analysis found urgent dialysis initiation to be an independent risk factor for survival (HR 2.36; 95% CI 1.36-4.00; P = 0.02). Survival was not significantly different between the groups for patients who continued chronic dialysis for > 3 years from dialysis initiation (P = 0.1339). CONCLUSION The prognosis of patients starting dialysis in an urgent condition was poor compared with those who started planned dialysis.
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- Kimiaki Takagi
- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan.
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- Division of Nephrology, Renal Replacement Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 166-8550, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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Hu L, Sato Y, Takagi K, Ishii T, Honma Y, Muto J. LB926 Hyaluronic acids (HAs) molecular size-dependent biological functions on UVB-induced DAMPs-mediated keratinocyte inflammation. J Invest Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wang L, Ikeda T, Takagi K. Prenatal diagnosis of fetal bowel strangulation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2020; 56:114. [PMID: 31614029 DOI: 10.1002/uog.21896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- L Wang
- Perinatal and Maternal Center of Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- The Department of Pediatric Surgeons, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Perinatal and Maternal Center of Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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Taniguchi D, Matsumoto K, Machino R, Takeoka Y, Elgalad A, Taura Y, Oyama S, Tetsuo T, Moriyama M, Takagi K, Kunizaki M, Tsuchiya T, Miyazaki T, Hatachi G, Matsuo N, Nakayama K, Nagayasu T. Human lung microvascular endothelial cells as potential alternatives to human umbilical vein endothelial cells in bio-3D-printed trachea-like structures. Tissue Cell 2019; 63:101321. [PMID: 32223949 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.101321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have been trying to produce scaffold-free structures for airway regeneration using a bio-3D-printer with spheroids, to avoid scaffold-associated risks such as infection. Previous studies have shown that human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) play an important role in such structures, but HUVECs cannot be isolated from adult humans. The aim of this study was to identify alternatives to HUVECs for use in scaffold-free structures. METHODS Three types of structure were compared, made of chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells with HUVECs, human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-Ls), and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived endothelial cells. RESULTS No significant difference in tensile strength was observed between the three groups. Histologically, some small capillary-like tube formations comprising CD31-positive cells were observed in all groups. The number and diameters of such formations were significantly lower in the iPSC-derived endothelial cell group than in other groups. Glycosaminoglycan content was significantly lower in the iPSC-derived endothelial cell group than in the HUVEC group, while no significant difference was observed between the HUVEC and HMVEC-L groups. CONCLUSIONS HMVEC-Ls can replace HUVECs as a cell source for scaffold-free trachea-like structures. However, some limitations were associated with iPSC-derived endothelial cells.
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- D Taniguchi
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 1 Honjocho, Saga, 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan; Medical-engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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Morishima I, Morita Y, Takagi K, Kanzaki Y, Kobori A, Kaitani K, Inoue K, Kurotobi T, Nagai H, Watanabe N, Furui K, Yoshioka N, Yamauchi R, Tsuboi H, Shizuta S. P1038Device implantation after catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with coexisting sick sinus syndrome: Insights from the Kansai Plus Atrial Fibrillation (KPAF) study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) and atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently coexist and interact to initiate and perpetuate each other. Several retrospective or small cohort studies have suggested that successful catheter ablation of AF may help to waive device implantations in patients with paroxysmal AF plus SSS, however, no prospective large studies are so far available on this scenario.
Purpose
We aimed to elucidate the device implantation-free survival after catheter ablation of paroxysmal AF with coexisting SSS in a prospective large-scale registry. We also determined the risk factors for device implantations after catheter ablation of paroxysmal AF.
Methods
The Kansai Plus Atrial Fibrillation (KPAF) study is a multi-center prospective registry that enrolled 5,019 consecutive patients that underwent an initial pulmonary vein isolation-based radiofrequency catheter ablation of AF. This study was comprised of 3,226 patients with paroxysmal AF registered in the KPAF study (age, 64.8±10.5 years old; female, n=999 [31.0%]; left atrial diameter [LAD], 37.5±8.0 mm; left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF], 65.3±8.4%, CHADS2 score, 1.09±1.05). The atrial tachyarrhythmia-free and device-free survivals after catheter ablation were compared between patients with SSS (n=368; tachy-brady syndrome, 88%) and without SSS (control; n=2,858).
Results
The atrial tachyarrhythmia-free survival was almost identical between the two groups both after the first ablation session (Fig.1A) and after the last procedure with an average of 1.3±0.5 sessions. At baseline, the devices had already been implanted in 53 (14.4%) SSS and 36 (1.3%) control patients. In the remaining patients, devices were newly implanted in 54 (17.1%) SSS and 62 (2.2%) control patients during the follow-up of 3 years after the catheter ablation (Figure 1B). In the SSS group, devices were implanted predominantly within 6 months after the catheter ablation, and atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence preceded the device implantation in 48 (89%) patients. Multivariate predictors of device implantations after the paroxysmal AF ablation included: SSS (hazard ratio [HR] 6.85, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.61–10.19, p<0.001), an age>75 years old (HR 1.69, 95% CI 1.08–2.64, p=0.019), a female gender (HR 2.16, 95% CI 1.44–3.24, p<0.001), the LAD (mm) (HR 1.05, 95% CI 1.02–1.08, p=0.006), and the LVEF (%) (95% CI 0.96, 95% CI 0.94–0.98, p<0.001).
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Conclusions
Device implantations could be waived in >80% of patients with SSS at 3 years of follow-up after the catheter ablation of paroxysmal AF in this real world all comer prospective registry. In addition to coexisting SSS, predictors of device implantations after paroxysmal AF ablation included: the elderly, a female gender, a large LA, and a reduced LVEF.
Acknowledgement/Funding
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Sakurabashi-Watanabe Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Takagi K, Kawase K, Minoshima K, Yamaha M, Horie M. Retroperitoneal lipogranuloma mimicking recurrence of renal cell carcinoma after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. Urol Case Rep 2019; 26:100940. [PMID: 31236327 PMCID: PMC6582184 DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Lipogranuloma is a rare inflammatory reactive process often reported to occur in the dermis and subcutis in the cosmetic surgery field.1 It very rarely occurs in the retroperitoneum. We present a case of retroperitoneal lipogranuloma mimicking metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. A 63-year-old man who underwent laparoscopic left partial nephrectomy for RCC one year earlier had developed a left retroperitoneal tumor during postoperative surveillance. The tumor looked identical to an implant or recurrence of RCC on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT. We resected the tumor, and pathology showed a lipogranuloma.
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- Kimiaki Takagi
- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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Ogura A, Kobayashi R, Aritake T, Maeda T, Kawai K, Takagi K, Kawai S, Kamiya S. Cranial-first approach for laparoscopic surgery with splenic flexure mobilization. Tech Coloproctol 2019; 23:693-694. [PMID: 31144083 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-019-02010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- A Ogura
- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tsushima City Hospital, 3-73, Tachibana Town, Tsushima City, Aichi, 496-8537, Japan
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Takagi K, Kawase K, Minoshima K, Yamaha M, Maekawa Y, Yokoi S, Kusakabe M, Horie M. Gallbladder metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A case report and literature review. Urol Case Rep 2019; 23:69-71. [PMID: 30705826 PMCID: PMC6348693 DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Kimiaki Takagi
- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya City, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya City, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya City, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya City, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Daiyukai General Hospital, 1-9-9 Sakura, Ichinomiya City, Aichi, 491-8551, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Daiyukai Daiichi Hospital, 1-6-12 Hagoromo, Ichinomiya City, Aichi, 491-0025, Japan
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Yagi T, Takagi K, Yoshida R, Umeda Y, Nobuoka D, Kuise T, Fujiwara T, Takaki A. New Left Lobe Transplantation Procedure with Caval Reconstruction Using an Inverted Composite Graft for Chronic Budd-Chiari Syndrome in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation-A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:1192-1195. [PMID: 29731092 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
When the Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) lesion extends to the inferior vena cava (IVC) or the orifices of the hepatic vein, the thickened IVC and/or hepatic vein wall must be removed and IVC reconstruction is required in living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). In various reports about IVC resection in LDLT for BCS, there are none about left lobe liver transplantation with reconstruction of the retrohepatic IVC (rhIVC). To overcome removal and reconstruction of the rhIVC in LDLT for BCS, we introduced a composite IVC graft that is applicable to both right and left lobe partial liver grafts for LDLT for BCS. Pathogenic IVC was removed together with the native liver between the lower edge of the right atrium and 5 cm above the renal vein junction with the use of venovenous bypass. The e-polytetrafluoroethylene graft was anastomosed to the suprarenal intact IVC. Then the native part was detached at the level of just above the renal junction. The composite graft was inverted and a half rim of the native part of the graft was anastomosed to the posterior wall of the right atrium. Next, the common venous orifice of the left lobe graft was anastomosed to the wall defect which was composed of the anterior wall of the right atrium and the distal end of the native part of the composite graft. In conclusion, our inverted composite graft technique will overcome the weak points of LDLT for BCS, such as incomplete removal of the pathogenic caval wall and reconstruction of the rhIVC.
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- T Yagi
- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan.
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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- Departments of Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama City, Japan
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Furui K, Morishima I, Morita Y, Takagi K, Yoshida R, Nagai H, Kanzaki Y, Yoshioka N, Yamauchi R, Komeyama S, Sugiyama H, Tsuboi H. P6607Prediction of long-term freedom from atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: Validation of the CAAP-AF score. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- K Furui
- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology, Ogaki City, Japan
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Morishima I, Okumura K, Morita Y, Takagi K, Yoshida R, Kanzaki Y, Nagai H, Ikai Y, Furui K, Yoshioka N, Yamauchi R, Komeyama S, Sugiyama H, Tsuboi H. P6598High-normal thyroid-stimulating hormone shows a potential causal association with arrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tohno Kosei Hospital, Mizunami, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
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Yoshioka N, Takagi K, Morishima I, Morita Y, Yoshida R, Nagai H, Kanzaki Y, Furui K, Yamauchi R, Komeyama S, Sugiyama H, Tsuboi H, Murohara T. P1726impact of clinical frailty scale on long-term and in-hospital outcome in older patients (≥80) with ST-elevated myocardial infarction: Nagoya-multi center registry. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p1726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- N Yoshioka
- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Ogaki, Japan
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- Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Takagi K, Miura K, Nakanuma S, Sakamoto S, Yamamoto H, Yagi T, Eguchi S, Ohta T, Wakai T, Ohtsuka M, Uemoto S, Kasahara M, Inomata Y. Six National University Consortium in Liver Transplant Professionals Training (SNUC-LT) Program in Japan. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:168-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Iyori M, Blagborough AM, Sala KA, Nishiura H, Takagi K, Yoshida S. Cover Image Volume 39, Issue 12. Parasite Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/pim.12488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Iyori M, Blagborough AM, Sala KA, Nishiura H, Takagi K, Yoshida S. Protective efficacy of an IL-12-expressing baculoviral malaria vaccine. Parasite Immunol 2017; 39. [DOI: 10.1111/pim.12498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- M. Iyori
- Laboratory of Vaccinology and Applied Immunology; Kanazawa University School of Pharmacy; Kanazawa Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Laboratory of Vaccinology and Applied Immunology; Kanazawa University School of Pharmacy; Kanazawa Japan
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- Laboratory of Vaccinology and Applied Immunology; Kanazawa University School of Pharmacy; Kanazawa Japan
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- Laboratory of Vaccinology and Applied Immunology; Kanazawa University School of Pharmacy; Kanazawa Japan
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Horikoshi M, Kumagai T, Takagi K. Magnetic resonance imaging-detected digital artery stenosis associated with Raynaud’s phenomenon in a patient with anti-signal recognition particle antibody-associated myopathy: a rare complication. Scand J Rheumatol Suppl 2017; 46:503-504. [DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2017.1284261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- M Horikoshi
- Department of Rheumatology, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Rheumatology, Sainokuni Higashiomiya Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Sainokuni Higashiomiya Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Sainokuni Higashiomiya Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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Takagi K, Masumo H, Yamazaki K. Diagnostic difficulty of cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.2662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Onouchi K, Takagi K, Takeda K. Improvement of the cognitive function of the idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.2632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Takagi K, Yoshida R, Yagi T, Umeda Y, Nobuoka D, Kuise T, Fujiwara T. OR33: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Clin Nutr 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(17)30754-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Morishima I, Tsuboi H, Morita Y, Takagi K, Yoshida R, Kanzaki Y, Nagai H, Ikai Y, Furui K, Yoshioka N, Kobori A, Kaitani K, Inoue K, Kurotobi T, Shizuta S. 1366Comparison of radiofrequency catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation between patients with and without sick sinus syndrome: Insights from Kansai Plus Atrial Fibrillation (KPAF) registry. Europace 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/eux157.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Adam A, Robison J, Lu J, Jose R, Badran N, Vivas-Buitrago T, Rigamonti D, Sattar A, Omoush O, Hammad M, Dawood M, Maghaslah M, Belcher T, Carson K, Hoffberger J, Jusué Torres I, Foley S, Yasar S, Thai QA, Wemmer J, Klinge P, Al-Mutawa L, Al-Ghamdi H, Carson KA, Asgari M, de Zélicourt D, Kurtcuoglu V, Garnotel S, Salmon S, Balédent O, Lokossou A, Page G, Balardy L, Czosnyka Z, Payoux P, Schmidt EA, Zitoun M, Sevestre MA, Alperin N, Baudracco I, Craven C, Matloob S, Thompson S, Haylock Vize P, Thorne L, Watkins LD, Toma AK, Bechter K, Pong AC, Jugé L, Bilston LE, Cheng S, Bradley W, Hakim F, Ramón JF, Cárdenas MF, Davidson JS, García C, González D, Bermúdez S, Useche N, Mejía JA, Mayorga P, Cruz F, Martinez C, Matiz MC, Vallejo M, Ghotme K, Soto HA, Riveros D, Buitrago A, Mora M, Murcia L, Bermudez S, Cohen D, Dasgupta D, Curtis C, Domínguez L, Remolina AJ, Grijalba MA, Whitehouse KJ, Edwards RJ, Eleftheriou A, Lundin F, Fountas KN, Kapsalaki EZ, Smisson HF, Robinson JS, Fritsch MJ, Arouk W, Garzon M, Kang M, Sandhu K, Baghawatti D, Aquilina K, James G, Thompson D, Gehlen M, Schmid Daners M, Eklund A, Malm J, Gomez D, Guerra M, Jara M, Flores M, Vío K, Moreno I, Rodríguez S, Ortega E, Rodríguez EM, McAllister JP, Guerra MM, Morales DM, Sival D, Jimenez A, Limbrick DD, Ishikawa M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K, Junkkari A, Häyrinen A, Rauramaa T, Sintonen H, Nerg O, Koivisto AM, Roine RP, Viinamäki H, Soininen H, Luikku A, Jääskeläinen JE, Leinonen V, Kehler U, Lilja-Lund O, Kockum K, Larsson EM, Riklund K, Söderström L, Hellström P, Laurell K, Kojoukhova M, Sutela A, Vanninen R, Vanha KI, Timonen M, Rummukainen J, Korhonen V, Helisalmi S, Solje E, Remes AM, Huovinen J, Paananen J, Hiltunen M, Kurki M, Martin B, Loth F, Luciano M, Luikku AJ, Hall A, Herukka SK, Mattila J, Lötjönen J, Alafuzoff I, Jurjević I, Miyajima M, Nakajima M, Murai H, Shin T, Kawaguchi D, Akiba C, Ogino I, Karagiozov K, Arai H, Reis RC, Teixeira MJ, Valêncio CG, da Vigua D, Almeida-Lopes L, Mancini MW, Pinto FCG, Maykot RH, Calia G, Tornai J, Silvestre SSS, Mendes G, Sousa V, Bezerra B, Dutra P, Modesto P, Oliveira MF, Petitto CE, Pulhorn H, Chandran A, McMahon C, Rao AS, Jumaly M, Solomon D, Moghekar A, Relkin N, Hamilton M, Katzen H, Williams M, Bach T, Zuspan S, Holubkov R, Rigamonti A, Clemens G, Sharkey P, Sanyal A, Sankey E, Rigamonti K, Naqvi S, Hung A, Schmidt E, Ory-Magne F, Gantet P, Guenego A, Januel AC, Tall P, Fabre N, Mahieu L, Cognard C, Gray L, Buttner-Ennever JA, Takagi K, Onouchi K, Thompson SD, Thorne LD, Tully HM, Wenger TL, Kukull WA, Doherty D, Dobyns WB, Moran D, Vakili S, Patel MA, Elder B, Goodwin CR, Crawford JA, Pletnikov MV, Xu J, Blitz A, Herzka DA, Guerrero-Cazares H, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Mori S, Saavedra P, Treviño H, Maitani K, Ziai WC, Eslami V, Nekoovaght-Tak S, Dlugash R, Yenokyan G, McBee N, Hanley DF. Abstracts from Hydrocephalus 2016. Fluids Barriers CNS 2017; 14:15. [PMID: 28929972 PMCID: PMC5471936 DOI: 10.1186/s12987-017-0054-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- A Adam
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Johns Hopkins Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.,Primary Care, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.,Primary Care, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- The Interface Group, Institute of PhysiologyUniversity of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Interface Group, Institute of PhysiologyUniversity of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Interface Group, Institute of PhysiologyUniversity of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich and the Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- BioFlowImage Laboratory, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.,Reims Mathematics Laboratory, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.,Image Processing Laboratory, University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.,BioFlowImage Laboratory, Department of Medical Image Processing, University Hospital of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Reims Mathematics Laboratory, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- BioFlowImage Laboratory, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.,Image Processing Laboratory, University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.,BioFlowImage Laboratory, Department of Medical Image Processing, University Hospital of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- BioFlowImage Laboratory, Department of Medical Image Processing, University Hospital of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- BioFlowImage Laboratory, Department of Medical Image Processing, University Hospital of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Department of Geriatric, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Departments of Geriatric, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Department of Geriatry, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Neurosciences department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Brain Physics Lab, Academic Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,INSER TONIC 1014, Toulouse Neuroimaging Center, Toulouse, France
| | - E A Schmidt
- UMR 1214-INSERM/UPS-TONIC Toulouse Neuro-Imaging Center, Toulouse, France.,Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - M Zitoun
- BioFlowImage, University Hospital of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
| | - M A Sevestre
- BioFlowImage, University Hospital of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
| | - N Alperin
- University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL, USA
| | - I Baudracco
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - C Craven
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - S Matloob
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - S Thompson
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - P Haylock Vize
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - L Thorne
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - L D Watkins
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.,The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
| | - A K Toma
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.,The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
| | - Karl Bechter
- Department Psychiatry II/Bezirkskliniken, Ulm University, Günzburg, Germany
| | - A C Pong
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, Australia.,School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
| | - L Jugé
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, Australia.,School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
| | - L E Bilston
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, Australia.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
| | - S Cheng
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, Australia.,Department of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
| | - W Bradley
- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - F Hakim
- Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.,Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Santafe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
| | - J F Ramón
- Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.,Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.,Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Santafe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
| | - M F Cárdenas
- Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - J S Davidson
- Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - C García
- Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - D González
- Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - S Bermúdez
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Section of Neuroradiology, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - N Useche
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Section of Neuroradiology, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - J A Mejía
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - P Mayorga
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - F Cruz
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - C Martinez
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - M C Matiz
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - M Vallejo
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - K Ghotme
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - H A Soto
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - D Riveros
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - A Buitrago
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - M Mora
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - L Murcia
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - S Bermudez
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - D Cohen
- Grupo de Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - D Dasgupta
- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
| | - C Curtis
- Department of Microbiology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
| | - L Domínguez
- Neurosurgery Department, Cartagena University, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
| | - A J Remolina
- Neurosurgery Department, Cartagena University, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
| | - M A Grijalba
- Neurosurgery Department, Cartagena University, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
| | - K J Whitehouse
- Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
| | - R J Edwards
- Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
| | - A Eleftheriou
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
| | - F Lundin
- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKE), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
| | - K N Fountas
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
| | - E Z Kapsalaki
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
| | - H F Smisson
- Department of Neurosurgery, Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, Macon, GA, USA
| | - J S Robinson
- Department of Neurosurgery, Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, Macon, GA, USA
| | - M J Fritsch
- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Klinikum, Neubrandenburg, Germany
| | - W Arouk
- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Klinikum, Neubrandenburg, Germany
| | - M Garzon
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
| | - M Kang
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
| | - K Sandhu
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
| | | | - K Aquilina
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
| | - G James
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
| | - D Thompson
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
| | - M Gehlen
- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - M Schmid Daners
- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A Eklund
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - J Malm
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - D Gomez
- Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Santafe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
| | - M Guerra
- Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - M Jara
- Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - M Flores
- Laboratorio de Polímeros, Facultad de Ciencias, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - K Vío
- Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - I Moreno
- Laboratorio de Polímeros, Facultad de Ciencias, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - S Rodríguez
- Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - E Ortega
- Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, UACh, Valdivia, Chile
| | - E M Rodríguez
- Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, UACh, Valdivia, Chile.,Instituto de Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
| | - J P McAllister
- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - M M Guerra
- Instituto de Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
| | - D M Morales
- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - D Sival
- Department of Pediatrics Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - A Jimenez
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
| | - D D Limbrick
- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - M Ishikawa
- Rakuwa Villa Ilios, Kyoto, Japan.,Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Center, Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Yamada
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Center, Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Yamamoto
- Department of Neurosurgery, Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A Junkkari
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - A Häyrinen
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - T Rauramaa
- Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Pathology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - H Sintonen
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - O Nerg
- Neurology of NeuroCenter, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - A M Koivisto
- Neurology of NeuroCenter, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - R P Roine
- University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Finland and Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital DistrictGroup Administration, Helsinki, Finland
| | - H Viinamäki
- Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - H Soininen
- Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - A Luikku
- Neurology of NeuroCenter, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - J E Jääskeläinen
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - V Leinonen
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - U Kehler
- Neurosurgical Department, Asklepios Klinik Hamburg Altona, Hamburg, Germany
| | - O Lilja-Lund
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Unit of Neurology, Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - K Kockum
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Unit of Neurology, Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - E M Larsson
- Department of Radiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - K Riklund
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - L Söderström
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Unit of Neurology, Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - P Hellström
- Hydrocephalus Research Unit, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - K Laurell
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Unit of Neurology, Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - M Kojoukhova
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - A Sutela
- Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - R Vanninen
- Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - K I Vanha
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - M Timonen
- Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - J Rummukainen
- Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - V Korhonen
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - S Helisalmi
- Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - E Solje
- Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - A M Remes
- Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - J Huovinen
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - J Paananen
- Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - M Hiltunen
- Unit of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - M Kurki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Analytical and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute for Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - B Martin
- Biological Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
| | - F Loth
- Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
| | - M Luciano
- Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - A J Luikku
- Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - A Hall
- Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - S K Herukka
- Neurology of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
| | - J Mattila
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland.,Combinostics Ltd, Tampere, Finland
| | - J Lötjönen
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland.,Combinostics Ltd, Tampere, Finland
| | - I Alafuzoff
- Institute of Clinical Medicine-Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Pathology and Cytology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - I Jurjević
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Pharmacology and Department of Neurology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M Miyajima
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - M Nakajima
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - H Murai
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
| | - T Shin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
| | - D Kawaguchi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
| | - C Akiba
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - I Ogino
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - K Karagiozov
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - H Arai
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - R C Reis
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M J Teixeira
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - C G Valêncio
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D da Vigua
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - L Almeida-Lopes
- Núcleo de Pesquisa e Ensino de Fototerapia nas Ciências da Saúde (NUPEN), São Carlos, Brazil
| | - M W Mancini
- Núcleo de Pesquisa e Ensino de Fototerapia nas Ciências da Saúde (NUPEN), São Carlos, Brazil
| | - F C G Pinto
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Maykot
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - G Calia
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - J Tornai
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - S S S Silvestre
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - G Mendes
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - V Sousa
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - B Bezerra
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - P Dutra
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - P Modesto
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M F Oliveira
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - C E Petitto
- Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - H Pulhorn
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK
| | - A Chandran
- Department of Neuroradiology, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK
| | - C McMahon
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK
| | - A S Rao
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - M Jumaly
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - D Solomon
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - A Moghekar
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - N Relkin
- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
| | - M Hamilton
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| | - H Katzen
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
| | - M Williams
- Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - T Bach
- Utah Data Collection Center (DCC), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - S Zuspan
- Utah Data Collection Center (DCC), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - R Holubkov
- Utah Data Collection Center (DCC), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | | | - G Clemens
- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - P Sharkey
- School of Business, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - A Sanyal
- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - E Sankey
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - K Rigamonti
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - S Naqvi
- Primary Care, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia
| | - A Hung
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - E Schmidt
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - F Ory-Magne
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,INSER TONIC 1014, Toulouse Neuroimaging Center, Toulouse, France
| | - P Gantet
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - A Guenego
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - A C Januel
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - P Tall
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - N Fabre
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - L Mahieu
- Department of Ophtalmology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - C Cognard
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - L Gray
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | | | - K Takagi
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Center, Kashiwa-Tanaka Hospital, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - K Onouchi
- Department of Neurology, Kashiwa-Tanaka Hospital, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - S D Thompson
- The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
| | - L D Thorne
- The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
| | - H M Tully
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - T L Wenger
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - W A Kukull
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - D Doherty
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - W B Dobyns
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - D Moran
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - S Vakili
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - M A Patel
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - B Elder
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - C R Goodwin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - J A Crawford
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - M V Pletnikov
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - J Xu
- F. M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - A Blitz
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - D A Herzka
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - H Guerrero-Cazares
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - A Quiñones-Hinojosa
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology-Magnetic Resonance Research, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Brand M, Stefanidis A, Morbach C, Fan YT, Elremisy DRA, Kuznetsov VA, Carrero C, Almodares Q, Abdulrahim H, Galli E, Galli E, Moreno J, Lerena Saenz P, Ikonomidis I, Galuszka OM, Bonapace S, Clerc OF, Kuznetsov VA, Tadic S, Kataoka A, Abdul Rahman E, Calin A, Antonini-Canterin F, Schwartzenberg SS, Christ M, Roeing J, Amirie S, Grett M, Beko M, Breker I, Wennemann R, Trappe HJ, Lagoudakou S, Vintzilaios K, Mokadem N, Vlachou J, Komatanou E, Korlou P, Kakkavas A, Komninos K, Kranidis A, Gelbrich G, Simon J, Cramer M, Knobeloch F, Tiffe T, Wagner M, Heuschmann PU, Stoerk S, Yang D, Wang X, Chan AK, Cheung SH, Lee AP, Salim FF, Bakhoum SW, Ashour ZA, Soldatova AM, Krinochkin DV, Enina TN, Altamirano C, Pipkin M, Constantin I, Fava A, Diaz Babio G, Masson Juarez G, San Miguel J, Vera Janavel G, Stutzbach P, Wallentin Guron C, Thurin A, Fu M, Kontogeorgos S, Thunstrom E, Johansson MC, Da Silva C, Venkateshvaran A, Nagy AI, Lund LH, Manouras A, Leclercq C, Fournet M, Bernard A, Mabo P, Samset E, Hernandez A, Donal E, Leclercq C, Fournet M, Bernard A, Mabo P, Samset E, Hernandez A, Donal E, Martinez Lugo CML, Zuniga Sedano JZD, Alexanderson EAR, Camilletti JC, Ahmed Abdelrahman M, Raslan H, Ruisanchez Villar C, Cuesta Cosgalla JM, Zarauza Navarro J, Veiga Fernandez G, Rifaie O, Omar AMS, Vlastos D, Frogoudaki A, Vrettou AR, Vlachos S, Varoudi M, Triantafyllidi H, Parissis J, Tsivgoulis G, Lekakis J, Steffens D, Friebel J, Rauch-Krohnert U, Landmesser U, Kasner M, Adamo E, Valbusa F, Ciccio' C, Rossi A, Lanzoni L, Chiampan A, Cecchetto A, Canali G, Barbieri E, Fuchs TA, Stehli J, Benz DC, Graeni C, Buechel RR, Kaufmann PA, Gaemperli O, Yaroslavskaya EI, Krinochkin DV, Kolunin GV, Gorbatenko EA, Dyachkov SM, Jung R, Ilic A, Stojsic-Milosavljevic A, Dejanovic J, Stefanovic M, Stojsic S, Sladojevic M, Watanabe Y, Kozuma K, Yamamoto M, Takagi K, Araki M, Tada N, Shirai S, Tamanaka F, Hayashida K, Ewe SH, Fadzil MA, Najme Khir R, Ismail JR, Lim CW, Chua N, Ibrahim ZO, Kasim SS, Ding ZP, Mateescu AD, Beladan CC, Rosca M, Enache R, Calin C, Cosei I, Botezatu S, Simion M, Ginghina C, Popescu BA, Di Nora C, Poli S, Vriz O, Zito C, Carerj S, Pavan D, Vaturi M, Kazum S, Monakier D, Sagie A, Kornowski R, Shapira Y. Poster Session 2The imaging examination and quality assessmentP520Benefit of early basic transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in emergency patients performed by physicians with low to intermediate TTE experienceP521Appropriateness criteria in echocardiography. A contemporary necessity in clinical practiceP522Interobserver variability in 2d transthoracic echocardiography impact of scanning and reading on total variability results from the STAAB cohort study quality controlP5233D printing for personalised planning of catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusionP524Central obesity: an independent role or synergistic effect to metabolic syndrome on right atrial structure?P525Dynamics of left ventricular volumes and mortality in patients with early and late effect of cardiac resynchronization therapyP526Variability of thoracic aortic diameters according to gender, age and body surface area. Time to forget absolute cut-off values?P527The association of left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral to all-cause mortality in elderly patients with heart failureP528Left ventricular myocardial performance and atrioventricular coupling in patients with primary arterial hypertensionP529Interest of a combinatory approach based on traditional left ventricular dyssynchrony parameters and cardiac work estimated by pressure-strain loop curves for the prediction of cardiac resynchronizatP530The evaluation of cardiac performance by pressure-strain loops: a useful tool for the identification of cardiac resynchronization therapy respondersP531Left ventricle cardiac function by 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography in diabetes mellitus population: sub-clinical systolic disfunction studyP532Biphasic tissue doppler mitral annular isovolumic contraction velocities are associated with left ventricular function, isovolumic relaxation, and pulmonary wedge pressure in heart failure patientsP533Abnormal left atrial volumes and strains are associated with increased arterial stiffnes in patients with cryptogenic stroke: a novel pathophysiological pathP534Detection of coronary microvascular disease using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographyP535Predictive value of a bi-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic sign of " binary image" to identify the anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the right coronary sinusP536Systematic review and meta-analysis of screening for coronary artery disease in asymptomatic diabetic patientsP537Noninvasive screening test for diagnosis of nonobstructive coronary artery disease using echocardiographic criteriaP538Early echocardiography after primary angioplasty, important role in predicting left ventricular remodelingP539Prognostic impact of low-flow severe aortic stenosis in Japanese patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the ocean-tavi registryP540Left ventricular outflow tract geometry and its impact on aortic valve area calculations in aortic stenosis using 3D transoesophageal echocardiography and 2D transthoracic echocardiographyP541Impaired left atrial myocardial deformation predicts postoperative atrial fibrillation after aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosisP542Ejection fraction-velocity ratio in predicting symptoms in severe aortic stenosisP543Incremental value of transesophageal echocardiography in conjunction with transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of aortic stenosis severity. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Motta G, Ratto G, Sacco A, Ogata T, Masuda H, Kikuchi K, Takagi K, Tanaka S, Yoshizu H, Senoo A. Healing and Long-Term Viability of Grafts in the Venae Cavae Reconstruction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/153857448702100504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The need for superior vena cava (SVC) or inferior vena cava (IVC) recon struction is not uncommon: lung cancer, mediastinal tumors, or retroperitoneal neoplasms are the most frequent indications for caval replacement. Since auto genous veins, which represent the most satisfactory venous substitute, have not been applicable to caval replacement, because of the lack of suitable length and caliber, many types of materials have been tested in the venous system. The present study was planned to compare the potential of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) and glutaraldehyde-tanned human umbilical vein (HUV) grafts as caval substitutes. Patch (4 x 5 cm) reconstruction of the SVC was carried out in 10 dogs, tubu lar (3 x 10 mm) reconstruction of the SVC in 5 dogs, and patch (1 x 2 cm) recon struction of the IVC in 8 dogs. In the patch reconstruction groups, HUV grafts were used in half of the cases and 30 μm pore sizes e-PTFE grafts in the other half, while in the tubular SVC replacement group, only e-PTFE grafts were employed. The grafts were removed fifteen to thirty days after IVC patch re construction, thirty to two hundred seventy days after SVC patch reconstruc tion, and thirty-three to forty-one months after SVC tubular replacement. In every instance, specimens were obtained for light microscopy (LM) and scan ning electron microscopy (SEM). HUV patches implanted in the SVC showed hemorrhagic foci at their central portion and marked constriction at the anastomotic regions. On the contrary, the inner surface of e-PTFE patch grafts was covered with a uniform and glis tening neointima. By LM, e-PTFE patches showed a smooth and regular lumi nal surface, while the inner surface of HUV patches was irregular, with hemorrhagic areas in the underlying layers. By SEM, e-PTFE patches revealed a more rapid and orderly endothelialization of their inner surface than HUV patches did. Tubular SVC reconstruction showed the good long-term viability of the e-PTFE neointima (as long as forty-one months after grafting). Only spotty areas revealed neointima alterations, such as fibrinoid degeneration, fo cal necrosis, or minor thrombotic foci. In the IVC patch reconstruction model, HUV grafts showed an exuberant fibrin deposition on their inner surface and delayed endothelialization patterns, as compared with e-PTFE grafts. Since rapid healing with rapid endothelialization is accepted as the most important factor providing the graft luminal surface with the best antithrombotic proper ties, the present study demonstrated that e-PTFE is a more suitable material than HUV for SVC and IVC reconstruction.
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- G. Motta
- Department of Semeiotica Chirurgica, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Semeiotica Chirurgica, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Semeiotica Chirurgica, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- From the Second Department of Surgery, National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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Hasegawa K, Tagawa M, Takagi K, Tsukamoto H, Tomioka Y, Suzuki T, Nishioka Y, Ohrui T, Numasaki M. Anti-tumor immunity elicited by direct intratumoral administration of a recombinant adenovirus expressing either IL-28A/IFN-λ2 or IL-29/IFN-λ1. Cancer Gene Ther 2016; 23:266-77. [PMID: 27561689 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2016.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-28A/interferon (IFN)-λ2 and IL-29/IFN-λ1 have been demonstrated to elicit direct and indirect anti-tumor actions. In this study, we constructed an adenovirus vector expressing either IL-28A/IFN-λ2 (AdIL-28A) or IL-29/IFN-λ1 (AdIL-29) to evaluate the therapeutic properties of intratumoral injection of recombinant adenovirus to apply for the clinical implementation of cancer gene therapy. Despite the lack of an anti-proliferative effect on MCA205 and B16-F10 cells, a retarded growth of established subcutaneous tumors was observed following multiple injections of either AdIL-28A or AdIL-29 when compared with AdNull. In vivo cell depletion experiments displayed that both NK cells and CD8(+) T cells have a major role in AdIL-28A-mediated tumor growth suppression. A significant increase in the number of infiltrating CD8(+) T cells into the tumors treated with either AdIL-28A or AdIL-29 was observed. Moreover, specific anti-tumor cytotoxic T lymphocyte reactivity was detected in spleen cells from animals treated with either AdIL-28A or AdIL-29. In IFN-γ-deficient mice, anti-tumor activities of AdIL-28A were completely impaired, indicating that IFN-γ is critically involved in the tumor growth inhibition triggered by AdIL-28A. IL-12 provided a synergistic anti-tumor effect when combined with AdIL-28A. These results indicate that AdIL-28A and AdIL-29 could be successfully utilized as an alternative cancer immunogene therapy.
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- K Hasegawa
- Laboratory of Clinical Science and Biomedicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Japan
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- Division of Pathology and Cell Therapy, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology and Histotechnology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pharmacy Practice and Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pharmacy Practice and Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology and Histotechnology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Division of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Science and Biomedicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Japan
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Takagi K, Kanemitsu H, Tomukai N, Oka H, Tamura A, Kohno M, Mitsuda K, Yoshida S, Sano K. Changes of superoxide dismutase activity and ascorbic acid in focal cerebral ischaemia in rats. Neurol Res 2016; 14:26-30. [PMID: 1351255 DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1992.11740006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Free radical reactions are supposed to cause ischaemic brain damage, and active oxygens can initiate these chains reaction. If active oxygens play important roles in ischaemic brain damage, the activity of superoxide dismutase, scavenger of superoxide anion, is supposed to decrease in ischaemic brain. The reduced form of ascorbic acid also scavenges superoxide anion. In rat middle cerebral artery focal ischaemia, we investigated the changes in superoxide dismutase activity and the concentration of reduced ascorbate up to 48 hours. Middle cerebral artery territory of each cerebral hemisphere was homogenized. The supernatant was divided into two aliquots; one was dialysed to remove ascorbate and the other was not. The enzyme activity of the dialysed specimen from the ischaemic hemisphere did not decrease within 4 h after the arterial occlusion. The activity of the dialysed specimen from the nonischaemic side remained unchanged during the examination. Reduced ascorbate levels in nondialysed samples showed similar changes to the superoxide dismutase activities in the dialysed samples. Our data suggest that ascorbic acid may exert the enzyme activity and that the enzyme activity remains at the normal level in the early phase of ischaemia despite the irreversible ischaemic changes that take place within 4 h after the onset of ischaemia.
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- K Takagi
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kawasaki-shi, Japan
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Watanabe M, Kitaoka S, Eguchi N, Watanabe Y, Satomura T, Takagi K, Satoh F, Koike T. Photosynthetic traits of Siebold's beech seedlings in changing light conditions by removal of shading trees under elevated CO₂. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2016; 18 Suppl 1:56-62. [PMID: 26307372 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to obtain basic information on acclimation capacity of photosynthesis in Siebold's beech seedlings to increasing light intensity under future elevated CO2 conditions. We monitored leaf photosynthetic traits of these seedlings in changing light conditions (before removal of shade trees, the year after removal of shade trees and after acclimation to open conditions) in a 10-year free air CO2 enrichment experiment in northern Japan. Elevated CO2 did not affect photosynthetic traits such as leaf mass per area, nitrogen content and biochemical photosynthetic capacity of chloroplasts (i.e. maximum rate of carboxylation and maximum rate of electron transport) before removal of the shade trees and after acclimation to open conditions; in fact, a higher net photosynthetic rate was maintained under elevated CO2 . However, in the year after removal of the shade trees, there was no increase in photosynthesis rate under elevated CO2 conditions. This was not due to photoinhibition. In ambient CO2 conditions, leaf mass per area and nitrogen content were higher in the year after removal of shade trees than before, whereas there was no increase under elevated CO2 conditions. These results indicate that elevated CO2 delays the acclimation of photosynthetic traits of Siebold's beech seedlings to increasing light intensity.
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
- Silviculture and Forest Ecological Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecological Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecological Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecological Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa, Japan
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- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecological Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Aoki A, Takagi K, Nagase H, Nakanishi T. Anti-androgenic effects induce obesity associated with impairment of hepatic gluconeogenesis in mice. Toxicol Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ishizuka M, Nagata H, Takagi K, Iwasaki Y, Shibuya N, Kubota K. MON-PP001: C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio is Useful for Predicting Postoperative Survival of Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgery. Clin Nutr 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(15)30433-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Takagi K, Takai M, Kawata K, Horie K, Kikuchi M, Kato T, Mizutani K, Seike K, Tsuchiya T, Yasuda M, Yokoi S, Nakano M, Ushikoshi H, Miyazaki T, Deguchi T. [Three Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated with Targeted Therapy of Sorafenib for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma : Case Report]. Hinyokika Kiyo 2015; 61:347-351. [PMID: 26497860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Sorafenib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) used for advanced renal cell carcinoma. Treatment with sorafenib prolongs progression-free survival in patients with advanced clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. However, in spite of its therapeutic efficacy, sorafenib causes a wide range of adverse events. Cardiovascular adverse events have been observed when sorafenib was used with targeted agents. Although these adverse events like hypertension, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, cardiac ischemia or infarction were manageable with standard medical therapies in most cases, some had a poor clinical outcome. We report three cases of acute myocardial infarction associated with sorafenib in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
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- The Department of Urology, Gifu University Hospital
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- The Department of Urology, Gifu University Hospital
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- The Department of Urology, Gifu University Hospital
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- The Department of Urology, Gifu University Hospital
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- The Department of Urology, Gifu University Hospital
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Takagi K, Takai M, Kameyama K, Horie K, Kikuchi M, Kato T, Mizutani K, Seike K, Tsuchiya T, Yasuda M, Yokoi S, Suzui N, Nakano M, Deguchi T. ALK Gene Translocation in Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Urinary Bladder: A Case Report. Urol Case Rep 2015; 3:138-40. [PMID: 26793530 PMCID: PMC4672650 DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A 26-year-old woman with gross hematuria was seen in a previous hospital. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a tumor at the dome of the urinary bladder with invasion outside of the bladder wall. The patient underwent transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-BT). From the result of the pathological examination, the tumor was suggested to be carcinosarcoma of the bladder. The patient was then referred to our hospital for treatment. We performed radical cystectomy and ileal conduit diversion. Pathological examination of the excised specimen revealed an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor as the basis for immunostaining of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).
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- Kimiaki Takagi
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Pathology Division, Gifu University Hospital, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu city, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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