Publications by authors named "Miho Kusanagi"

This study examined the effects of early intervention on mothers and their preterm infants. Intervention aimed to facilitate mother-infant interaction by enhancing the mother's ability to modulate her infant's state and to read infant cues. Specifically, the intervention consisted of a nurse researcher visiting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before each infant was discharged, and conducting post-discharge home visits until the infant reached a corrected age of 60 weeks.

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Purpose: To evaluate the local reaction of the aortic wall induced by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) released from a gelatin hydrogel coated on the outer surface of a stent-graft for the purpose of biological fixation.

Methods: A total of 18 nitinol-based, polyester-covered stent-grafts were implanted in 6 porcine aortas for 1 month. The implanted stent-grafts were divided into 3 groups: the control group (uncoated), the hydrogel group (coated with hydrogel containing water), and the bFGF group (coated with hydrogel containing bFGF).

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In cases in which the subclavian artery is severely tortuous or branches with an extremely angulated origin, stent placement in the vertebrobasilar artery on the approach from the femoral artery is often technically difficult. We report two cases in which a stent placement procedure for the vertebrobasilar artery was successfully performed by grasping a guiding catheter with a loop-snare wire. This technique is useful for tortuous arteries or arteries branching with an extremely angulated origin.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of using an intra-aortic filter to protect against distal embolism during stent-graft repairs in a patient with a shaggy aorta.
  • A 75-year-old male with a thoracic aortic aneurysm underwent a successful stent-graft procedure, which involved using a filter device to capture debris during the operation.
  • The results indicated that using this filter may be a viable and effective method to prevent complications in patients with severe atherosclerosis undergoing such surgical repairs.
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Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the imaging findings of phlebosclerotic colitis in comparison with histologic findings.

Conclusion: Calcifications and/or obstructions of the veins of the colonic wall and adjacent mesentery and collateral formation, edematous thickening of the colonic wall, and increased density in the fatty tissue of the surrounding mesentery were features of this rare entity. However, in the early stage of the disease, no definite calcification of the affected veins was observed.

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