2024
Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records
Brush J, Lu Y, Liu Y, Asher J, Li S, Sawano M, Young P, Schulz W, Anderson M, Burrows J, Krumholz H. Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033253. PMID: 38686864, PMCID: PMC11179912, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsRegional health systemImprove hypertension careHealth systemHealth recordsHypertension careDiastolic blood pressureAge-adjusted prevalence ratesNon-Hispanic Black patientsPrevalence ratesLarger health systemCross-sectional analysisTransformation of medical dataLeveraging real-world dataHigh prevalence rateHypertension trendsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureBlood pressure measurementsHypertension diagnosisPrimary outcomeNational trendsProportion of patientsAntihypertensive medicationsBlack patients
2022
Impact of baseline blood pressure on adverse outcomes in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: the J-RISK AF
Kodani E, Tomita H, Nakai M, Akao M, Suzuki S, Hayashi K, Sawano M, Goya M, Yamashita T, Fukuda K, Ogawa H, Tsuda T, Isobe M, Toyoda K, Miyamoto Y, Miyata H, Okamura T, Sasahara Y, Okumura K, Group F. Impact of baseline blood pressure on adverse outcomes in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: the J-RISK AF. European Heart Journal Open 2022, 2: oeac081. PMID: 36583077, PMCID: PMC9793850, DOI: 10.1093/ehjopen/oeac081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSystolic baseline blood pressureBaseline blood pressureAtrial fibrillationMajor bleedingHazard ratioAF RegistryJapanese patientsCardiovascular deathIschemic strokeBlood pressureAdverse outcomesBaseline systolic BPNon-valvular AF patientsNon-valvular atrial fibrillationFushimi AF RegistryJ-RHYTHM RegistryIndependent risk factorBaseline BP valuesLarge-scale cohortCause deathAdverse eventsCardiovascular mortalityAF patientsPooled analysisRisk factors
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