Publications by authors named "Ayumi Date"
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- Remote cardiac rehabilitation (RCR) is a method designed for patients recovering from cardiovascular diseases, utilizing real-time monitoring and technology for safety and effectiveness.
- A study in Japan involved 53 RCR patients exercising at home for 2-3 months, with real-time support, and compared their results to 103 patients who underwent traditional center-based rehabilitation.
- The findings showed that RCR was just as safe and effective in improving exercise capacity as traditional methods, with no significant complications reported in the RCR group.
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- The text discusses a case of a 71-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis (UC) who was later diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis, indicating a link between the two chronic inflammatory diseases.
- It highlights the potential risk of cardiac sarcoidosis in UC patients and emphasizes the importance of monitoring for symptoms that could indicate this complication.
- The patient was successfully treated with prednisolone and methotrexate, resulting in the resolution of symptoms and abnormal findings, underscoring the need for regular cardiac evaluations in UC patients.
Background: Whether the magnitude and predictors of improvement in exercise capacity after cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are the same between young-old (YO) and octogenarian (OCT) patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unknown.
Methods and results: We studied 284 YO (age range 65-69 years; mean [±SD] 67±1 years) and 65 OCT (age range ≥80 years; mean [±SD] 83±2 years) patients who participated in a post-AMI CR program. After 3 months of CR, peak oxygen uptake (PV̇O) measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing improved significantly in both age groups (P<0.
Background: In patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) enhances exercise capacity. This study examined the relationship between the 2 responses.
Methods and results: Sixty-four consecutive HFrEF patients who participated in a 3-month ECR program after CRT were investigated.
Since its introduction in Japan in 1980, the extracorporeal left ventricular assist device has been used as a bridge to the recovery of cardiac function or to heart transplantation by many institutions. In this case report, we describe a 23-year-old female with peripartum cardiomyopathy. She had a persistently low cardiac index despite intensive care with intravenous inotropes, intra-aortic balloon pumping and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; thus, we implanted an extracorporeal left ventricular assist device.
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