Publications by authors named "H Sawatari"
Unlabelled: Sleep-disordered breathing is common among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and might impact their quality of life due to nighttime hypoxemia and awakenings. However, the factors contributing to deterioration in quality of life remain unclear. This study investigated the factors associated with quality of life deterioration in patients with HFpEF and sleep-disordered breathing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProtein aggregation is associated with various diseases caused by protein misfolding. Among them, amylin deposition is a prominent feature of type 2 diabetes. At present, the mechanism of amylin aggregation remains unclear, and this has hindered the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is a serious condition that can lead to high rates of illness and death, and this study investigates its impact on patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
- The research analyzed data from over 2.5 million COVID-19 cases, finding that CS patients were generally younger and had more comorbidities compared to those without CS, and they experienced a higher rate of in-hospital cardiac arrest before matching.
- After matching, CS patients showed a significantly lower risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), but their rates of death, cardiac arrest, mechanical ventilation, and hospital stay length were similar to those without CS, indicating a need for further research on managing COVID-19 in CS patients.
Pericardial tamponade in coronary interventions: Morbidity and mortality.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
October 2024
Background: Cardiac tamponade or pericardial tamponade (PT) can be a complication following invasive cardiac procedures.
Methods: Patients who underwent various procedures in the cardiac catheterization lab (viz. coronary interventions) were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Edition, Clinical Modification (International classification of diseases [ICD]-9-Clinical modification [CM] and ICD-10-CM, respectively) from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database.
Background: CHA2DS2-VASc score is used to assess thromboembolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)/atrial flutter (AFL), however its utilization to predict outcomes and readmission at following discharge in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) regardless of AF/AFL presence is understudied. We sought to assess its utility in predicting outcomes, length of hospital stay (LOS), and healthcare-associated costs (HAC) in these patients.
Method: The National Readmission Database (NRD) was queried from 2010 to 2017 for patients with/without AF/AFL undergoing CABG using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth editions (ICD-9-&-10).