2024
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent ageCause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population
Arun A, Caraballo C, Sawano M, Lu Y, Khera R, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Cause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2436402. PMID: 39348122, PMCID: PMC11443349, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanCause of DeathFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityUnited StatesYoung Adult
2020
Independent and cumulative association of clinical and morphological heart failure with long-term outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention
Kimura M, Kohno T, Sawano M, Heidenreich P, Ueda I, Takahashi T, Matsubara T, Ueno K, Hayashida K, Yuasa S, Ohki T, Fukuda K, Kohsaka S. Independent and cumulative association of clinical and morphological heart failure with long-term outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention. Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 77: 41-47. PMID: 32888830, DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2020.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCause of DeathFemaleHeart Disease Risk FactorsHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansIncidenceJapanMaleMiddle AgedPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPostoperative ComplicationsProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesStrokeStroke VolumeTreatment OutcomeVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Function, LeftConceptsLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionLeft ventricular ejection fractionMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsClinical heart failureNon-cardiac deathHeart failureLong-term outcomesHF hospitalizationIncidence of MACEAdverse long-term clinical outcomesLong-term clinical outcomesPercutaneous coronary intervention outcomesClinical HF symptomsMulticenter registry studyAdverse cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery bypassVentricular systolic dysfunctionAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionVentricular ejection fractionPost-procedural outcomesCause deathArtery bypassCardiovascular eventsCoronary syndrome
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