Corrigendum: Limited social support is associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia in a Japanese working population.

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Aortic valve area index values of Trifecta implants correlate with energy loss and increased valve stress.

Biological valves are becoming more frequently used in aortic valve replacement. While several reports have evaluated the performance of biological valves, echocardiography studies during exercise stress remain scarce. Furthermore, no current reports compare rate changes in the aortic valve area of biological valves under increased exercise load.

Associations among plasma markers for N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor hypofunction, redox dysregulation, and insufficient myelination in patients with schizophrenia.

Background: Several hypotheses regarding the pathomechanisms of schizophrenia have been proposed. If schizophrenia is a unitary disease, then these pathological processes must be linked; however, if such links do not exist, schizophrenia may best be considered a group of disorders. Only a few studies have examined the relationships among these pathomechanisms.

[Giant Thrombus in the Left Atrium Showing a Rapid Growth:Report of a Case].

A 74-year-old woman had been on hemodialysis for about 2 months using a short-term indwelling dialysis catheter due to chronic kidney disease. A 20 mm-diameter left atrial neoplastic lesion was noted during a screening echocardiogram performed at the time of induction of hemodialysis. The lesion rapidly increased to 30 mm 2 months later and was referred to our hospital for surgical resection.

[Staged Hybrid Repair Including Abdominal Branches Bypass Grafting for Crawford TypeⅡ Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm:Report of a Case].

A 64-year-old female with a diagnosis of Crawford typeⅡ thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm( TAAA) including enlargement of the ascending aorta underwent a staged hybrid repair including visceral artery debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair( TEVAR). First, total arch replacement with elephant trunk method was performed, followed by TEVAR for the descending thoracic aorta, and finally visceral artery debranching TEVAR for the thoracoabdominal aorta. Complications such as spinal cord infarction did not occur throughout the procedure.

[Requiring Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula and Pulmonary Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Case].

A pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is a direct abnormal connection between the pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein, lacking capillary tissue. On the other hand, a pulmonary venous aneurysm (PVA) is a localized dilation and aneurysmal formation in the pulmonary vein without reflux issues. Treatment approaches for PAVF and PVA differ, considering surgery or catheter embolization for PAVF due to the risk of cerebral infarction or rupture caused by the abnormal shunt.

[Total Arch Replacement using the Frozen Elephant Trunk for Kommerell Diverticulum with Right Aortic Arch:Report of a Case].

A 42-year-old woman with dysphagia was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography (CT) revealed Kommerell diverticulum( KD) associated with right aortic arch( RAA) and aberrant left subclavian artery (ALSCA). We performed total arch replacement (TAR) using a frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique.

Limited social support is associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia in a Japanese working population.

Background: Lack of social support is associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. This study aimed to determine the source of support related to depression, anxiety, and insomnia among Japanese workers.

Methods: As part of a cohort study, we conducted a questionnaire survey among city government employees in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, from September 2021 to March 2022.

[Comparison of Three Methods of Sternal Closure after Open Heart Surgery:Analysis of 722 Cases for 11 Years].

722 patients who returned to the intensive care unit( ICU) after completing the cardiac surgery and closing the median sternotomy from Jan 2010 to Feb 2021 at our hospital were divided into 3 groups according to the different sternal closures. Sternum was fixed with 6 wires alone in group A (n=333), with 2 absorbable plates and 6 wires in group B( n=259) or with 3 titanium plates with 20 screws and 4 wires in group C (n=130). Background characteristics were not different between the 3 groups.

Two cases of catastrophic deterioration and multiple leaflet detachment in Trifecta valves.

Reports of early and catastrophic acute structural valve deterioration (SVD) in Trifecta valve (Abbott, St Paul, MN, USA) with multiple leaflet detachment are rare. We encountered two cases of early SVD in Trifecta valve with tears on two leaflets. Both cases presented with acute heart failure because of aortic insufficiency, and underwent redo aortic valve replacement; one patient died due to multiple organ failure caused by cardiogenic shock.

Hybrid surgical and endovascular repair for anastomotic pseudoaneurysms after total arch replacement.

An 83-year-old woman who had undergone total arch replacement for a thoracic aortic aneurysm seven years prior experienced concurrent rupture of second and third branch anastomotic pseudoaneurysms. A stent graft was initially deployed across the pseudoaneurysm from the third branch to the left subclavian artery. Following the left axillary and left carotid arterial bypass, the origin of the second branch was embolized with metallic coils.

Surgical extraction of a giant intracardiac lead vegetation and epicardial pacemaker reimplantation in a pacemaker-dependent hemodialysis patient.

A 57-year old male with a dual-chamber pacemaker and 40-year history of hemodialysis and autoinflammatory disease developed a large, 35 × 35 mm intracardiac vegetation on the right ventricular pacing lead. As this mass was large enough to occlude the tricuspid valve orifice, transvenous lead extraction was deemed unsuitable. Instead, an urgent surgical extraction of the whole pacemaker system, including leads and vegetation, was conducted under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Ubiquitous distribution of fluorescent protein in muscles of four species and two subspecies of eel (genus Anguilla).

In this study, the localization of fluorescent protein (FP) was characterized in the muscles of four species and two subspecies of eels Anguilla anguilla, A. australis, A. bicolor bicolor (b.

Bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement 12 years after percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty in a young female adult with hope of pregnancy.

Case: A 26-year-old woman who had congenital aortic valve stenosis presented with exertional dyspnea. She had undergone percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty 12 years previously at the age of 14. When she was 20 years old, she delivered a neonate by elective cesarean section at the 31st week of gestation because the mean pressure between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta was 52 mmHg.

Characterization of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) aldehyde reductase (AKR1A1) gene, promoter and expression pattern in benzo-a-pyrene exposed fish.

This study planned to isolation and characterization of AKR1A1 cDNA from Bap injected nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), comparison of its characteristic structures with those of other species, characterization of AKR1A1 gene and promoter, and investigation of AKR1A1 mRNA expression in various organs of Bap injected tilapia. The cDNA was 1172 bp long which includes an open reading frame of 975 bp encoding a 324 amino acids protein and a stop codon. The sequence showed 3' and 5' non-coding regions of 179 and 18 bp.

Unique nonstructural dysfunction of the omnicarbon valve: case report.

Background: Pannus formation may disturb the leaflet movement of the prosthetic valve.

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old woman presented with exertional dyspnea. She had undergone mitral valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve 31 years ago, which was replaced with a tilting disc valve 22 years ago.

Eel green fluorescent protein is associated with resistance to oxidative stress.

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from eel (Anguilla japonica) muscle (eelGFP) is unique in the vertebrates and requires bilirubin as a ligand to emit fluorescence. This study was performed to clarify the physiological function of the unique GFP. Investigation of susceptibility to oxidative stress was carried out using three types of cell lines including jellyfish (Aequorea coerulescens) GFP (jfGFP)-, or eel GFP (eelGFP)-expressing HEK293 cells, and control vector-transfected HEK293 cells.

[Papillary Muscle Rupture after Repair of Ischemic Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture; Report of a Case].

A 67-year-old man experienced acute inferior myocardial infarction. Echocardiography and computed tomography showed massive pericardial effusion. He underwent emergency operation for ischemic ventricular free wall rupture.

[Surgical Treatment of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis].

Between 2003 and 2014, at Jichi Medical University Hospital, 11 patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) underwent re-operation. There was 1 in-hospital death and 2 late deaths. The cause of death was cirrhosis, heart failure and sepsis, respectively.

Functional characterization of CYP1A9 and CYP1C1 from Anguillus japonica.

We evaluated the metabolism of several herbicides and progesterone by two P450 proteins (CYP1A9 and CYP1C1) from Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). Expression vectors harboring CYP1A9 and CYP1C1 sequences were introduced into Escherichia coli. E.

A worn Björk-Shiley prosthetic valve without valve dysfunction observed during ascending aortic replacement.

The implanted first-generation Björk-Shiley valve in our patient was functioning well before aortic surgery, but we replaced the valve because we confirmed disc erosion 39 years after implantation during the surgery. We judged that the implanted valve was no longer capable of maintaining the patient's life.

Patient-prosthesis mismatch in patients with aortic valve replacement.

Objective: Patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) may affect clinical outcomes in patients with aortic valve replacement (AVR). We retrospectively examined the PPM in patients with isolated AVR in the Japan Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Database (JACVSD).

Methods: We examined all patients with isolated AVR between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009.

[Mitral valve repair for active infectious endocarditis].

Between December 2005 and November 2011, 11 patients with mitral valve regurgitation (MVR) resulting from native valve endocarditis underwent mitral valve plasty (MVP). These patients were aged 44.4 ± 11.

[Reoperative off-pump coronary revascularization via left thoracotomy using the PAS-Port system to the descending thoracic aorta: report of a case].

We performed redo-off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting( OPCAB) via a left thoracotomy using the PAS-Port system for proximal vein graft anastomoses in a patient with posterolateral myocardial ischemia. The patient was a 76-year-old man who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)[ left internal thoracic artery( LITA)-left anterior descending artery( LAD), saphenous vein graft(SVG)-posterior descending artery( 4PD), and SVG-postero-lateral branch( PL)] 14 years previously. Coronary angiogram showed that the LITA-LAD graft was patent but that the SVG-PL, left main trunk( LMT) and proximal right coronary artery(RCA) were occluded, and that there were 90% stenoses of LAD #7 and SVG-4PD anastomotic site.