Publications by authors named "T Yamaki"
Long-term blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) is associated with adverse prognosis in patients with heart failure. However, the clinical significance of very short-term (beat-to-beat) BPV is unclear. We collected data on nighttime pulse transit time-based continuous beat-to-beat BP measurement in patients with heart failure (n = 366, median age 72.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 46-year-old NF1 patient with sudden visual disturbance had a thrombotic vertebral artery aneurysm causing cerebral infarction. Endovascular internal trapping was performed successfully, with complete recovery and no neurological deficits. Although this is a rare case, it suggests that endovascular therapy could be successful for vascular lesions complicated by NF1.
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- - The study evaluated the effectiveness of positron emission tomography feature tracking (PETFT) for measuring endocardial wall strain and compared it with cardiac magnetic resonance-derived feature tracking (CMRFT) in patients with coronary artery disease.
- - Involving 83 patients, the results showed that PETFT and CMRFT had significant correlations for both resting and stress conditions, indicating reliability in measuring global longitudinal and circumferential strain.
- - The research concluded that PETFT is a feasible alternative to CMRFT, suggesting its potential use in clinical practice for assessing heart wall strain.
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- Cardiovascular risk factors may increase the risk of developing cancer, but the link between atherosclerosis and future cancer risk is not well understood.
- In a study involving 1,057 patients with coronary artery disease, those with a high cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI ≥8.82) were older and had more health issues compared to those with a low CAVI.
- The high CAVI group had a significantly greater incidence of new cancers, particularly lung cancer, suggesting that a higher CAVI is an independent predictor of future cancer in these patients.*
Malnutrition is classified into marasmus and kwashiorkor in children. However, the clinical significance of these aspects is unclear in adult patients with heart failure (HF). We divided 2308 adult patients with HF into four groups according to marasmus type (body mass index < 18.
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