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Bleeding avoidance strategies and percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes: A 10-year observation from a Japanese Multicenter Registry
Sawano M, Spertus J, Masoudi F, Rumsfeld J, Numasawa Y, Inohara T, Kennedy K, Ueda I, Miyata H, Fukuda K, Kohsaka S. Bleeding avoidance strategies and percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes: A 10-year observation from a Japanese Multicenter Registry. American Heart Journal 2021, 235: 113-124. PMID: 33472053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionTransfemoral approachTransradial approachNational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryVascular closure device usePercutaneous coronary intervention outcomesMultivariable logistic regression analysisClosure device useConsecutive PCI patientsJapanese multicenter registryAdjusted odds ratioLogistic regression analysisPCI patientsCathPCI RegistryCoronary interventionMulticenter registryBleeding rateJapanese patientsOdds ratioRisk scoreLower riskPatientsUS populationCathPCIJapanese population
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 ResearchConceptsFuture 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
2016
Validation of the european SCORE risk chart in the healthy middle-aged Japanese
Sawano M, Kohsaka S, Okamura T, Inohara T, Sugiyama D, Watanabe M, Nakamura Y, Higashiyama A, Kadota A, Okud N, Murakami Y, Ohkubo T, Fujiyoshi A, Miura K, Okayama A, Ueshima H, Group F. Validation of the european SCORE risk chart in the healthy middle-aged Japanese. Atherosclerosis 2016, 252: 116-121. PMID: 27521900, DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular death riskMiddle-aged JapaneseC-statisticDeath riskScore modelEuropean SCORE risk chartsOverall populationHarrel's c-statisticsSCORE risk chartsJapanese general populationHigh-risk populationGeneral Japanese populationCV deathRisk chartsGeneral populationEuropean SocietyJapanese populationDifferent ethnicitiesWomenPoor calibrationReasonable discriminationRiskMenPopulationTen years