Publications by authors named "Hidehiko Aoki"

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  • The study investigates the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty compared to drug-eluting stents (DESs) for treating coronary stenosis, involving 588 patients treated between 2016 and 2019.
  • Overall target lesion failure (TLF) rates were similar between the DCB group (9.6%) and DES group (10.2%), indicating comparable clinical safety.
  • Additionally, the angiographic restenosis rates were not significantly different: DCB at 6.3% and DES at 10.1%, with late lumen enlargement identified as a predictor for better outcomes in DCB treatments.
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We encountered three cases of lung disorders caused by drowning in the recent large tsunami that struck following the Great East Japan Earthquake. All three were females, and two of them were old elderly. All segments of both lungs were involved in all the three patients, necessitating ICU admission and endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation.

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Sivelestat sodium hydrate (sivelestat) is a selective inhibitor of polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase (PMN-E). We administered sivelestat to patients with septic acute lung injury (ALI) to examine its usefulness. The primary endpoints in the study were the duration of artificial ventilation and pulmonary oxygenation ability, and the secondary endpoints were mortality and the concentrations of PMN-E, SP-D, TNF-alpha and IL-8 in blood.

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Aconite poisoning was examined in five patients (four males and one female) aged 49 to 78 years old. The electrocardiogram findings were as follows: ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in case 1, premature ventricular contraction and accelerated idioventricular rhythm in case 2, AIVR in case 3, and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in cases 4 and 5. The patient in case 1 was given percutaneous cardiopulmonary support because of unstable hemodynamics, whereas the other patients were treated with fluid replacement and antiarrhythmic agents.

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It has not been concluded whether there is a relation between pre-myocardial infarction angina pectoris (pre-MIAP) and reperfusion arrhythmia, although pre-MIAP has been reported to have a beneficial effect in preserving left ventricular function. Moreover, factors that are associated with reperfusion arrhythmias in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who have been successfully reperfused by reperfusion therapy are unknown. This study examined the predictive factors of reperfusion arrhythmias in patients with AMI who underwent successful reperfusion.

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