Publications by authors named "Masayuki Abiko"
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- The document in question addresses corrections made to the original article identified by DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1212882.
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Truncus Arteriosus (TA) is a congenital heart disease characterized by a single common blood vessel emerging from the right and left ventricles instead of the main pulmonary artery and aorta. TA accounts for 4% of all critical congenital heart diseases. The most common cause of TA is 22q11.
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- The study investigates the long-term outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) linked to congenital heart disease (CHD) using a scoring system called the index of pulmonary vascular disease (IPVD), which categorizes lung pathology severity.
- Out of 764 patients under 20 years old with CHD-PAH, those with an IPVD score of 2.0 or higher experienced significantly worse survival rates, highlighting the relationship between IPVD scores and cardiovascular death.
- The findings suggest that the IPVD scoring system can help predict outcomes, indicating that patients with higher IPVD scores may require more careful treatment strategies, such as considering palliative measures before any surgical corrections.
Background: Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is a specific marker of myocardial injury that is elevated in patients with coronary artery disease or heart failure; it has been investigated as a prognostic marker. A highly sensitive, commercially available assay has been developed to detect cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT). This study aimed to evaluate the clinical implications and prognostic value of hs-cTnT in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).
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