Publications by authors named "N Murata"
Current classifications of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) are insufficient to identify Rutherford (R) 4 patients with a poor prognosis. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic factors for patients with R4 CLTI who undergo endovascular treatment (EVT) using data from the Tokyo-taMA peripheral vascular intervention research COmraDE (TOMA-CODE) registry and to propose a risk-scoring system. We analyzed the data of 2,248 prospectively enrolled patients from the registry, divided into 3 groups: intermittent claudication (IC), n = 1,185; R4, n = 401; and R5-6, n = 662.
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- In April 2020, new guidelines by the Japanese Circulation Society recommended shorter dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for high bleeding risk patients, prompting a study in June 2020 involving 1,136 patients who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- The study found that 55.2% of patients received planned short DAPT (less than 3 months), resulting in a significantly shorter average DAPT duration compared to those on standard therapy, but similar rates of major adverse cardiovascular events and bleeding complications across both groups.
- Key factors predicting adverse events included age 75 or older, certain health conditions like severe chronic kidney disease, and low hemoglobin levels, indicating that despite the shorter therapy,
Aims: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are used to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, their impact on thrombus regression and the clinical outcomes after 2-week post-therapy computed tomography (CT) monitoring remains unexplored. This study aimed to elucidate the characteristics of patients with VTE treated with individual DOACs, assess the incidence of clinical events, and evaluate their impact on pulmonary artery thrombus regression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: The importance of analyzing head impact exposure among football players is well established, yet few studies have explored the differences across position groups in high school athletes. Better understanding of these differences may provide optimized intervention strategies for coaches and healthcare providers.
Objective: To quantify the difference of head impacts per exposure (Imp/E) and impact burden high school football player position groups.
Background: Statins bring favourable effects on the clinical prognosis of patients with atherosclerotic disease partly through their anti-inflammatory properties. However, this effect has not been fully verified in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). We aimed to test whether statins exert different prognostic effects depending on the degrees of inflammation in patients with PAD.
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