2021
Sudden cardiac death after acute decompensation in heart failure patients: implications of discharge haemoglobin levels
Fukuoka R, Kohsaka S, Shiraishi Y, Sawano M, Abe T, Levy W, Nagatomo Y, Nishihata Y, Goda A, Kohno T, Kawamura A, Fukuda K, Yoshikawa T. Sudden cardiac death after acute decompensation in heart failure patients: implications of discharge haemoglobin levels. ESC Heart Failure 2021, 8: 3917-3928. PMID: 34323007, PMCID: PMC8497203, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden cardiac deathPump failure deathAcute HF patientsDischarge Hb levelsHeart failure patientsMode of deathHb levelsHF patientsFailure patientsCardiac deathEjection fractionHemoglobin levelsIncidence of SCDConsecutive acute HF patientsSeattle Proportional Risk ModelDischarge hemoglobin levelsProspective multicentre registryBaseline ejection fractionMean Hb levelNon-cardiovascular causesSeverity of anemiaSCD risk predictionProportional risk modelFailure deathHF management
2020
Association of decreasing hemoglobin levels with the incidence of acute kidney injury after percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective multi-center study
Kuno T, Numasawa Y, Mikami T, Niimi N, Sawano M, Kodaira M, Suzuki M, Ueno K, Ueda I, Fukuda K, Kohsaka S. Association of decreasing hemoglobin levels with the incidence of acute kidney injury after percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective multi-center study. Heart And Vessels 2020, 36: 330-336. PMID: 33034713, DOI: 10.1007/s00380-020-01706-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryPercutaneous coronary interventionRisk of AKIHemoglobin dropAKI incidenceKidney injuryCoronary interventionHemoglobin levelsProspective multi-center studySerum creatinine levelsMulti-center studyRelative decreaseConsecutive patientsCreatinine levelsIndependent predictorsRisk factorsHemoglobin changeHigh riskAbsolute decreaseLogistic regressionPatientsIncidenceHemoglobinInjuryDl
2017
Relation of Baseline Hemoglobin Level to In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from a Japanese Multicenter Registry)
Numasawa Y, Ueda I, Sawano M, Kuno T, Kodaira M, Noma S, Suzuki M, Miyata H, Fukuda K, Kohsaka S. Relation of Baseline Hemoglobin Level to In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from a Japanese Multicenter Registry). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 121: 695-702. PMID: 29361289, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionBaseline hemoglobinLower hemoglobin levelsHemoglobin levelsHospital mortalityCoronary interventionProcedural complicationsCases of PCIStable coronary artery diseaseHospital adverse outcomesJapanese multicenter registryLower baseline hemoglobinBaseline hemoglobin levelIn-Hospital OutcomesAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseHigher hemoglobin levelsHospital complicationsPreprocedural hemoglobinCoronary syndromeHospital outcomesMulticenter registryRenal failureArtery diseaseDiabetes mellitus