Publications by authors named "G Sakamoto"
We report that ~1.8% of all mesothelioma patients and 4.9% of those younger than 55, carry rare germline variants of the BRCA1 associated RING domain 1 ( gene that were predicted to be damaging by computational analyses.
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- A 71-year-old woman with no significant medical history suffered cardiopulmonary arrest due to extensive heart damage and was treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and an Impella CP® device to support her heart and organs.
- The use of a large-bore sheath for these devices can lead to complications like limb ischemia, as it disrupts blood flow in the leg.
- A new technique is introduced that involves creating an external bypass to restore proper blood flow to the affected limb while using the Impella device.
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- Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and can worsen heart failure (HF), prompting a study of its effects on catheter ablation outcomes in HF patients.
- In a study of 280 patients with HF and nonparoxysmal AF, FMR cases decreased significantly from 54.6% at baseline to 25% after one year following ablation, with many experiencing a reduction in severity.
- Most patients (97.9%) maintained sinus rhythm after a year, and those with improved FMR showed better cardiac parameters compared to those without improvement, indicating a positive feedback loop for heart function after ablation.
Purpose: Dynamic chest radiography allows for non-invasive cardiopulmonary blood flow assessment. However, data on its use for heart failure hemodynamic assessment are scarce. We utilized dynamic chest radiography to estimate heart failure hemodynamics.
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