Acute hospital mortality of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer from registry data

Y Okushi, K Kusunose, Y Okayama… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The prognosis of patients with cancer‐venous thromboembolism (VTE) is not
well known because of a lack of registry data. Moreover, there is also no knowledge on how …

[HTML][HTML] Association between Vitamin D and heart failure mortality in 10,974 hospitalized individuals

K Kusunose, Y Okushi, Y Okayama, R Zheng, M Abe… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
A broad range of chronic conditions, including heart failure (HF), have been associated with
vitamin D deficiency. Existing clinical trials involving vitamin D supplementation in chronic …

Prognostic value of frailty and diastolic dysfunction in elderly patients

K Kusunose, Y Okushi, H Yamada, S Nishio… - Circulation …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: High prevalence of frailty and of diastolic dysfunction (DD) in heart failure and
high mortality in frail adults have been noted. We characterized frailty by quantifying …

Relationship between regional left ventricular dysfunction and cancer-therapy-related cardiac dysfunction

Y Saijo, K Kusunose, Y Okushi, H Yamada, H Toba… - Heart, 2020 - heart.bmj.com
Objective The aim of our study was to assess the association between risk of cancer-therapy-
related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) after first follow-up and the difference in …

Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Left Ventricular Structure and Function

D Hughes, A Aminian, C Tu, Y Okushi… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Obesity leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease morbidity and
death, including heart failure. Bariatric surgery has been proven to be the most effective long …

Effectiveness of surveillance by echocardiography for cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction of patients with breast cancer

Y Okushi, Y Saijo, H Yamada, H Toba, R Zheng… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) affect the prognosis
of patients with breast cancer. Echocardiographic surveillance of patients treated with anti …

[HTML][HTML] Use of echocardiography and heart failure in-hospital mortality from registry data in Japan

K Kusunose, Y Okushi, Y Okayama, R Zheng… - Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Echocardiography requires a high degree of skill on the part of the examiner,
and the skill may be more improved in larger volume centers. This study investigated trends …

Impact of cancer on short-term in-hospital mortality after primary acute myocardial infarction

R Zheng, K Kusunose, Y Okushi, Y Okayama… - Open …, 2021 - openheart.bmj.com
Background Cardiovascular diseases are the second most common cause of mortality
among cancer survivors, after death from cancer. We sought to assess the impact of cancer …

Cardiac reserve by 6-minute walk stress echocardiography in systemic sclerosis

M Arase, K Kusunose, S Morita, N Yamaguchi… - Open …, 2021 - openheart.bmj.com
Objectives There is a high prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in
systemic sclerosis (SSc) which is associated with high mortality. Thus, early detection of …

Comparison of Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Acute Hospital Mortality in Venous Thromboembolism

Y Okushi, K Kusunose, M Nakai, Y Sumita, T Ise… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The choice of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for venous thromboembolism
(VTE) is at the physician's discretion; however, it is useful to know the differences in the …