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Performance of the MAGGIC heart failure risk score and its modification with the addition of discharge natriuretic peptides
Sawano M, Shiraishi Y, Kohsaka S, Nagai T, Goda A, Mizuno A, Sujino Y, Nagatomo Y, Kohno T, Anzai T, Fukuda K, Yoshikawa T. Performance of the MAGGIC heart failure risk score and its modification with the addition of discharge natriuretic peptides. ESC Heart Failure 2018, 5: 610-619. PMID: 29520978, PMCID: PMC6073038, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMAGGIC scoreBNP levelsB-type natriuretic peptide levelsAcute Heart Failure registryChronic Heart Failure (MAGGIC) scoreConsecutive acute HF patientsHeart failure patient outcomesHeart Failure Risk ScoreMeta-Analysis Global GroupAcute HF patientsHeart Failure RegistryHeart failure scoreProspective multicentre registryIncremental prognostic valueNatriuretic peptide levelsHeart failure patientsMulticentre registryHF patientsFailure patientsYear mortalityNatriuretic peptidePatient mortalityPrognostic valueMean ageJapanese Registry
2020
Electrocardiographic Left Atrial Abnormality and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a General Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA2010
Shoji S, Kohsaka S, Sawano M, Okamura T, Hirata A, Sugiyama D, Ohkubo T, Nakamura Y, Watanabe M, Kadota A, Ueshima H, Okayama A, Miura K, Group F. Electrocardiographic Left Atrial Abnormality and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a General Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA2010. Journal Of Atherosclerosis And Thrombosis 2020, 28: 34-43. PMID: 32188793, PMCID: PMC7875149, DOI: 10.5551/jat.54171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesElectrocardiographyFemaleHeart AtriaHumansHypertensionJapanMaleMiddle AgedNatriuretic Peptide, BrainProspective StudiesRisk FactorsConceptsFuture cardiovascular eventsBNP concentrationsCardiovascular eventsElevated BNPGeneral populationB-type natriuretic peptide concentrationsElectrocardiographic Left Atrial AbnormalityJapanese Circulation Society guidelinesB-type natriuretic peptideP-wave terminal forceContemporary general populationEarliest detectable markerElevated BNP concentrationsHistory of hypertensionNatriuretic peptide concentrationsJapanese populationGeneral population cohortHigher BNP concentrationsRepresentative Japanese populationGeneral Japanese populationLeft atrial abnormalityAtrial pressureElectrocardiogram (ECG) markersElectrocardiographic findingsNatriuretic peptide
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