Anxiety and its risk factors among non-Japanese residents living in Japan undergoing COVID-19 situation: A cross-sectional survey.

Introduction: In the context of collective efforts taken in Japan to control the spread of COVID-19, the state of emergency and social distancing have caused a negative impact on the mental health of all residents, including foreign communities in Japan. This study aimed to evaluate the level of anxiety and its associated factors among non-Japanese residents residing in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A web-based survey in 13 languages was conducted among non-Japanese residents living in Japan during the COVID-19 situation.

Invasive management of significant tricuspid regurgitation in clinical practice.

Background: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a prevalent condition inside valvular heart disease (VHD) with relevant prognosis implications. However, concordance between real management in clinical practice and invasive treatment recommendations of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines is unknown.

Methods: A substudy of ESC VHD II survey was performed to evaluate the real treatment of TR compared to the clinical ESC guidelines recommendations published in 2012, 2017 and 2021 was performed.

Contact pathway in surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Background: Aortic valve replacement is the gold standard treatment for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, but thrombosis of bioprosthetic valves (PVT) remains a concern.

Objective: To analyze the factors involved in the contact pathway during aortic valve replacement and to assess their impact on the development of thromboembolic complications.

Methods: The study was conducted in 232 consecutive patients who underwent: transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, = 155), and surgical valve replacement (SAVR, = 77) (MUVITAVI project).

Global longitudinal strain assessment of cardiac function and extravascular lung water formation after diving using semi-closed circuit rebreather.

Purpose: The aim of the present investigation is to study the relationship of ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) and ultrasound lung comets (ULC) formation to establish a link between extravascular pulmonary water formation and cardiac contractile dysfunction.

Methods: This is a prospective observational study including 14 active military divers. The subjects performed two sea dives of 120 min each with a semi-closed SCUBA circuit at 10 m depth.