Publications by authors named "T Muroya"
The effect of self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) at home (home BP measurement, HBPM) has been evaluated over the past decade. This meta-analysis included the latest studies to determine whether HBPM reduced BP (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023442225). PubMed, Cochrane Library Database, and IchuShi-Web were searched for randomized controlled trials after the year 2000 which demonstrated the effect of HBPM on BP change compared with usual care (UC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Esophageal achalasia is a typical esophageal motility disorder (EMD). Although viral infections have been hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of esophageal achalasia, its etiology remains unclear. This study used esophageal muscle layer specimens collected during per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) procedures to investigate the association between esophageal achalasia and esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) and pattern recognition receptors.
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- Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a short-term memory condition that can be confused with other serious issues like hippocampal infarction, which needs further treatment.
- A case study involving a 60-year-old woman showed difficulty in diagnosing between TGA and hippocampal infarction for about a week after her sudden onset of amnesia.
- MRI scans revealed important differences over time, highlighting the need for thin-slice MRI and follow-up imaging to accurately distinguish between these two conditions.
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- NAD + is crucial for various cellular functions and lower levels may be linked to cancer, sparking interest in how it changes in cancer patients undergoing surgery.
- This study analyzed NAD + dynamics in 99 patients with different digestive cancers by measuring blood samples and found that while NAD + levels stayed stable post-surgery, nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) levels dropped and recovered differently based on cancer type.
- The research suggests that understanding individual NAD + levels could lead to personalized supplementation strategies for cancer patients during treatment.