Left ventricular mass as a predictor of cardiovascular events in the era of hypertension management using home blood pressure measurement: the J-HOP study.

Target organ damage (TOD) is associated with a risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) independent of blood pressure (BP); however, this association has been observed based on the assessment of office BP. We studied 1641 patients (mean age 64.8 ± 11.

Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis Mimicking Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.

The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) has become easier due to advances in imaging modalities, but we sometimes encounter difficult-to-diagnose patients. We herein report the case of a 60-year-old Japanese woman who was diagnosed with isolated CS, although she also met the diagnostic criteria of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). A histological examination by an endomyocardial biopsy of the right ventricle revealed the typical findings of granulomatous change for CS.

Life- and limb-saving endovascular therapy in a patient with acute abdominal aortic occlusion.

A 79-year-old man developed severe bilateral ischemic symptoms in the lower limbs. Chest-abdominal-pelvic contrast computed tomography (CT) showed acute occlusion involving the abdominal aorta, and endovascular therapy (EVT) was used as emergency treatment. Two self-expandable stents placed in the thrombus area resulted in restoration of blood flow to the lower limbs, despite limited stent expansion, and movement of these limbs.