A5050918587- Hepatitis C virus research
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Platelet Disorders and Treatments
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Heart rate and cardiovascular health
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
- Vitamin K Research Studies
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
2014-2023
Chang Gung University
2012-2018
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
2013-2018
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
2013
BackgroundThe correlation between severity and long-term outcomes of pediatric myocarditis have been reported, however this in adults has rarely studied. Materials MethodsThis nationwide population-based cohort study used data from the National Health Insurance Research Database Taiwan.Patients aged < 75 > 18 years admitted to an intensive care unit due acute were enrolled divided into three groups according mechanical circulatory support (MCS) after excluding major comorbidities.All-cause...
Neck circumference (NC) is an anthropometric measure of obesity for upper subcutaneous adipose tissue distribution which associated with cardiometabolic risk. This study investigated whether NC indicators chronic kidney disease (CKD) high risk patients.A total 177 consecutive patients who underwent the outpatient departments cardiology were prospectively enrolled in study. The aged >20 years normal renal function or stages 1-4 CKD. A linear regression was performed using Enter method to...
High-dose steroids and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) are controversial treatments for pediatric patients with acute myocarditis. This study aimed to investigate their efficacies in the Taiwanese population.This evaluated 5563 myocarditis from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database identified 1542 hospitalized between January 1, 2001 December 31, 2011. The exclusion criteria were age of > 11 years, associated cardiovascular comorbidities, autoimmune disease, malignancy...
Thrombocytopenia is a common extrahepatic manifestation in chronic liver disease. However, there have been rare studies of impacts risk for hepatitis C virus-associated thrombocytopenia (HCV-TP) and B (HBV-TP). The aim this study to evaluate different factors HCV-TP HBV-TP.
Background: Resistant hypertension (RH) is a common clinical condition associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in older patients. Several factors conditions interfering blood pressure (BP) control, such as excess sodium intake, obesity, diabetes, age, kidney disease, certain identifiable causes of are patients resistant to antihypertensive treatment. Arterial stiffness, measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), increasingly recognized an important...
Hepatitis C virus-associated immune thrombocytopenia (HCV-ITP) has been assumed to be one of secondary ITP and associated with antiplatelet antibodies. This study was clarify the antibody profile in HCV-ITP compared primary ITP. We enrolled 55 HCV-ITP, 30 ITP, 11 Helicobacter pylori-ITP, 21 HCV control, 16 healthy volunteers. reviewed their blood cell counts, autoimmune markers, spleen size. used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit detect specific glycoproteins IIb/IIIa, Ia/IIa, Ib/IX, IV,...
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is used for diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The eGFR models based on serum creatinine or cystatin C are more in clinical practice. Albuminuria and neck circumference associated with CKD may have correlations eGFR.We explored the modelling formulates among various indicators such as creatinine, C, albuminuria, eGFR.Cross-sectional study.We reviewed records patients high cardiovascular risk from 2010 to 2011 Taiwan. 24-hour urine clearance...
In critically ill patients, risk scores are used; however, they do not provide information for nutritional intervention. This study combined the levels of phenylalanine and leucine amino acids (PLA) to improve 30-day mortality prediction in intensive care unit (ICU) patients see whether PLA could help interpret phases critical illness. We recruited 676 with APACHE II ≥ 15 or intubated due respiratory failure ICUs, including 537 139 initiation validation (multicenter) cohorts, respectively....
Background: Previous studies reported that patients who had an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have found measuring B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) during the subacute phase of left ventricular (LV) remodeling can predict possible course LV remodeling. This study assessed use serial BNP serum levels combined with early creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) to development significant in AMI patients. Methods: Nighty-seven new onset were using echocardiographic and measurements levels, both performed...
Objective Whether dysrhythmia is a risk factor of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the developing SSNHL among patients with in different age and gender groups by using population-based data Taiwan. Methods We conducted matched cohort study analyzing between January 2000 December 2013 obtained from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. 41,842 newly diagnosed 83,684 comparison subjects without were selected claims....
Background Heart rate (HR) control is important in heart failure (HF) patients with reduced ejection fraction, and ivabradine indicated for chronic HF sinus rhythm. However, limited initiation of at acute stage HF. Materials methods This multi-institutional retrospective study enrolled 30,639 who were admitted from January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2018 Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals. After applying selection criteria, the eligible divided into non-ivabradine groups according index...
Human platelet antigens (HPAs) are alloantigens associated with antiplatelet alloantibodies and the risk of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However, few studies have investigated associations among HPAs, autoantibodies, cryoglobulins.We enrolled 43 patients primary ITP, 47 hepatitis C virus-associated ITP (HCV-ITP), 21 B (HBV-ITP), 25 controls HCV, 1013 normal controls. We analyzed HPA allele frequencies, including HPA1-6 15, antibodies binding to glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa, Ia/IIa, Ib/IX,...
Abstract Background Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment has been identified to be a risk factor for metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in patients diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, the specific contribution of post-TKI individual TKIs, including imatinib, nilotinib, dasatinib, contribute development CVDs remains unclear. Methods We conducted nationwide database investigate incidence syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, as well their...
Various sequelae of alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy have been reported. Of note, some cases cardiac tamponade after cannot be well explained. We describe the case a 78-year-old woman with in whom developed one hour ablation, probably unrelated to mechanical trauma. At that time, we noted substantial difference red blood cell-to-white cell ratio between pericardial effusion (1,957.4) and peripheral (728.3). In addition presenting patient's case, speculate...
Abstract Little is known about the association between deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and arterial complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to assess influence prior DVT on major adverse limb events (MALEs) cardiovascular (MACEs) T2DM. A total 1,628,675 T2DM or without a history from 2001 2013 were identified National Health Insurance Research Database Taiwan. Before matching, group (n = 2020) older than control (66.3 vs. 58.3 years)....
The incidence of osteoporotic fracture increases with age, particularly in elderly populations atrial fibrillation (AF). However, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have less effect on than vitamin K antagonists, it is unclear whether the risk affected by different types and doses DOACs AF patients.This nationwide population-based cohort study included patients prescribed between 2011 2016 taken from Taiwan National Health Insurance database. Adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for osteoporotic,...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) share several risk factors related to arterial thromboembolism. No study has reported the differential contribution thromboembolic events mortality between these two conditions in same population. We therefore assessed AF VTE.
The risk of critical limb ischemia (CLI) which causes ischemic pain or loss in the arteries lower extremities long-term uterine cancer (UC) survivors remains unclear, especially Asian patients, who are younger at diagnosis UC than their Western counterparts.To conduct a nationwide population-based study to assess CLI survivors.UC survivors, defined as those survived for longer 5 years after diagnosis, were identified and matched 1:4 ratio with normal controls. Stratified Cox models used...
The impact of platelet count on bleeding in hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C (HCV)-infected patients is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between with viral hepatitis. selected HBV HCV infection. All esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, brain imaging reports were reviewed document upper gastrointestinal (UGIB), lower (LGIB), central nervous system (CNSB), respectively. analyzed risk factors for first events by using Cox proportional hazards models. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs)...