Publications by authors named "Masatoshi Sega"
Renal embolisms due to cardiac myxomas are extremely rare; the clinical course, treatment, and prognosis of this disease are not established. A 69-year-old Japanese woman who underwent a nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma 3 years earlier was hospitalized with a right occipital lobe cerebral infarction. Her renal function suddenly worsened 3 days post-admission: her serum creatinine rose from 1.
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- * A study analyzed 212 male patients from the Ibaraki Dialysis Initiation Cohort, measuring NT-proBNP levels to predict hospitalizations due to ischemic heart disease (IHD), heart failure, and stroke.
- * Results indicated that higher NT-proBNP levels at dialysis initiation significantly predicted hospitalization for IHD, making it a valuable prognostic marker for patients with ESKD.