2019
Discrepancy between patient-reported quality of life and the prognostic assessment of Japanese patients hospitalized with acute heart failure
Shoji S, Shiraishi Y, Sawano M, Katsumata Y, Yuasa S, Kohno T, Fukuda K, Spertus J, Kohsaka S. Discrepancy between patient-reported quality of life and the prognostic assessment of Japanese patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. Heart And Vessels 2019, 34: 1464-1470. PMID: 30887105, DOI: 10.1007/s00380-019-01378-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical risk scorePatient-reported qualityLong-term prognosisHeart failureHHF patientsRisk scoreComposite outcomeAcute settingGWTG-HF risk scoreHospitalized HF patientsAcute heart failureChronic heart failurePrimary therapeutic targetHealth care providersFirst yearCause mortalityHF patientsHF readmissionPatient characteristicsIndependent predictorsAcute phasePrognostic indicatorJapanese patientsPrognostic assessmentCare providers
2015
Validation of the Get With The Guideline–Heart Failure risk score in Japanese patients and the potential improvement of its discrimination ability by the inclusion of B-type natriuretic peptide level
Shiraishi Y, Kohsaka S, Abe T, Mizuno A, Goda A, Izumi Y, Yagawa M, Akita K, Sawano M, Inohara T, Takei M, Kohno T, Higuchi S, Yamazoe M, Mahara K, Fukuda K, Yoshikawa T, Investigators W. Validation of the Get With The Guideline–Heart Failure risk score in Japanese patients and the potential improvement of its discrimination ability by the inclusion of B-type natriuretic peptide level. American Heart Journal 2015, 171: 33-39. PMID: 26699598, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.10.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-type natriuretic peptide levelsGWTG-HF risk scoreAcute heart failureNatriuretic peptide levelsHospital mortalityRisk scorePeptide levelsAHF patientsC-statisticGuidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) risk scoreWest Tokyo Heart Failure registryChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBlood urea nitrogen levelsGWTG-HF scoreHeart Failure RegistryMulticenter cohort registryRisk score performanceObstructive pulmonary diseaseSystolic blood pressureUrea nitrogen levelsHosmer-Lemeshow statisticFuture risk modelsCohort registryBlood pressureHeart failure