International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels最新文献

{"title":"RETRACTED: Right to left ventricular volume ratio: A novel marker of disease severity in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension","authors":"Shareen Jaijee ,&nbsp;Rachel O'Rourke ,&nbsp;Raj Puranik ,&nbsp;Richard Slaughter ,&nbsp;Wendy Strugnal ,&nbsp;David Celermajer ,&nbsp;Fiona Kermeen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (<span>http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy</span><svg><path></path></svg>).</p><p>This article has been retracted after the journal was approached by its authors bringing important matters to our attention. It has been retracted for two reasons:</p><p>1. because the statement that “all authors had seen and approved the manuscript” proved to be incorrect; and 2. because of uncertainties over informed consent being adequately documented. We were notified that an error occurred because of a misunderstanding between authors at different locations, concerning the nature of the Ethics approval that had been obtained from these patients.</p><p>This new substudy, a retrospective analysis of their MRI data before and after surgery, was not separately submitted to relevant Ethics Committee nor was informed consent for the MRI substudy obtained from the patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90436301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender related predictors of limited exercise capacity in heart failure","authors":"Gani Bajraktari ,&nbsp;Ilir Kurtishi ,&nbsp;Nehat Rexhepaj ,&nbsp;Rina Tafarshiku ,&nbsp;Pranvera Ibrahimi ,&nbsp;Fisnik Jashari ,&nbsp;Rrezarta Alihajdari ,&nbsp;Arlind Batalli ,&nbsp;Shpend Elezi ,&nbsp;Michael Y. Henein","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of gender on the prediction of limited exercise capacity in heart failure (HF) patients assessed by 6<!--> <!-->minute walk test (6-MWT).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In 147 HF patients (mean age 61<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->11<!--> <!-->years, 50.3% male), a 6-MWT and a Doppler echocardiographic study were performed in the same day. Conventional cardiac measurements were obtained and global LV dyssynchrony was indirectly assessed using total isovolumic time<!--> <!-->−<!--> <!-->t-IVT [in s/min; calculated as: 60<!--> <!-->−<!--> <!-->(total ejection time<!--> <!-->−<!--> <!-->total filling time)] and Tei index (t-IVT/ejection time). Patients were divided into two groups according to gender, which were again divided into two subgroups based on the 6-MWT distance (Group I:<!--> <!-->≤<!--> <!-->300<!--> <!-->m, and Group II:<!--> <!-->&gt;<!--> <!-->300<!--> <!-->m).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Female patients were younger (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.02), and had higher left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction — EF (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.007) but with similar 6-MWT distance to male patients (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->68). Group I male patients had lower hemoglobin level (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.02) and lower EF (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.03), compared with Group II, but none of the clinical or echocardiographic variables differed between groups in female patients. In multivariate analysis, only t-IVT [0.699 (0.552–0.886), p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.003], and LV EF [0.908 (0.835–0.987), p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.02] in males, and NYHA functional class [4.439 (2.213–16.24), p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.02] in females independently predicted poor 6-MWT distance (&lt;<!--> <!-->300<!--> <!-->m).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Despite similar limited exercise capacity, gender determines the pattern of underlying cardiac disturbances; ventricular dysfunction in males and subjective NYHA class in female heart failure patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Seven-year follow-up of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale","authors":"Naqibullah Mirzada ,&nbsp;Per Ladenvall ,&nbsp;Per-Olof Hansson ,&nbsp;Magnus Carl Johansson ,&nbsp;Eva Furenäs ,&nbsp;Peter Eriksson ,&nbsp;Mikael Dellborg","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Observational studies favor percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) over medical treatment to reduce recurrent stroke while randomized trials fail to demonstrate significant superiority of percutaneous PFO closure. Few long-term studies are available post PFO closure. This study reports long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous PFO closure.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Between 1997 and 2006, 86 consecutive eligible patients with cerebrovascular events, presumably related to PFO, underwent percutaneous PFO closure. All 86 patients were invited to a long-term follow-up, which was carried out during 2011 and 2012.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Percutaneous PFO closure was successfully performed in 85 of 86 patients. The follow-up rate was 100%. No cardiovascular or cerebrovascular deaths occurred. Two patients (both women) died from lung cancer during follow-up. Follow-up visits were conducted for 64 patients and the remaining 20 patients were followed up by phone. The mean follow-up time was 7.3<!--> <!-->years (5 to 12.4<!--> <!-->years). Mean age at PFO closure was 49<!--> <!-->years. One patient had a minor stroke one month after PFO closure and a transient ischemic attack (TIA) two years afterwards. One other patient suffered from a TIA six years after closure. No long-term device-related complications were observed.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Percutaneous PFO closure was associated with very low risk of recurrent stroke and is suitable in most patients. We observed no mortality and no long-term device-related complications related to PFO closure, indicating that percutaneous PFO closure is a safe and efficient treatment even in the long term.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical Efficacy and Safety of SeQuent Please Paclitaxel-Eluting Balloon in a Real-World Single-Center Registry of South-East Asian Patients","authors":"Hee Hwa Ho,&nbsp;Yau Wei Ooi,&nbsp;Kwok Kong Loh,&nbsp;Julian Tan,&nbsp;Than Htike Aung,&nbsp;Fahim Haider Jafary,&nbsp;Paul Jau Lueng Ong","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Drug eluting balloon (DEB) is a new therapeutic option for treatment of obstructive coronary lesions in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). There is limited data on the safety and efficacy of DEB in Asian patients in contemporary clinical registries. We evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of SeQuent Please paclitaxel-eluting balloon in our cohort of South-East Asian patients in real world clinical practice.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Between January 2010 to November 2012, 320 patients (76% male, mean age 61.3<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->11.2<!--> <!-->years) with a total of 337 coronary lesions were treated with SeQuent Please drug-eluting balloon (DEB). The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE) ie a composite of cardiovascular death, target vessel related myocardial infarction (MI) and target lesion revascularization (TLR) at 9<!--> <!-->months follow-up.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The majority of patients presented with acute coronary syndrome (76%).The most common indication for the use of DEB was small vessel disease (54%) followed by instent restenosis (21%), bifurcation lesions (6%) and others (19%). An average of 1.23<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->0.5 DEB were used per patient, with mean DEB diameter of 2.6<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->0.6<!--> <!-->mm and average total length of 24.0<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->11.1<!--> <!-->mm.</p><p>At 9<!--> <!-->months follow-up, 5.3% of patients developed MACE. MACE was mainly driven by TLR(4%) followed by target vessel related myocardial infarction (2.6%) and cardiovascular death (1%).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>SeQuent Please DEB was a safe and effective treatment modality in our cohort of South-East Asian patients with a low incidence of MACE observed at 9<!--> <!-->months follow-up.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A welcome to the new journal, International Journal of Cardiology — Heart and Vessels (IJC-H + V)","authors":"Louise G. Shewan,&nbsp;Andrew J.S. Coats","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new journal has been launched: IJC — Heart and Vessels <span>[1]</span>. It builds upon the success of the main journal International Journal of Cardiology. As an introduction to the new journal we will be publishing a series of summaries of the topics to be covered, highlighting the most important papers in the field that have been published recently in the main journal, International Journal of Cardiology. This article describes a topic review of congenital heart disease. IJC has become one of the most important sources of quality papers in this field and many excellent publications have been published in the main journal. The expansion of space occasioned by the launch of IJC — Heart and Vessels will allow us to publish more high quality papers in the expanding field of congenital heart disease.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"RETRACTED: Right to left ventricular volume ratio: A novel marker of disease severity in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.","authors":"Shareen Jaijee,&nbsp;Rachel O'Rourke,&nbsp;Raj Puranik,&nbsp;Richard Slaughter,&nbsp;Wendy Strugnal,&nbsp;David Celermajer,&nbsp;Fiona Kermeen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.001.].</p>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a5/53/main.PMC6260290.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37584929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early transcatheter heart valve thrombosis detected by multidetector computed tomography","authors":"Nicolaj C. Hansson ,&nbsp;Mariann Tang ,&nbsp;Jesper M. Jensen ,&nbsp;Vibeke G. Rasmussen ,&nbsp;Steen H. Poulsen ,&nbsp;Bjarne L. Nørgaard","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35837930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between heart calcification assessed by echocardiography and future cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity","authors":"Hiroto Utsunomiya,&nbsp;Hideya Yamamoto,&nbsp;Yoji Urabe,&nbsp;Hiroshi Tsushima,&nbsp;Eiji Kunita,&nbsp;Toshiro Kitagawa,&nbsp;Takayuki Hidaka,&nbsp;Yasuki Kihara","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Echocardiography can detect calcium deposits in heart valves and aortic root, but the relationship of echocardiographic heart calcification such as aortic valve calcification (AVC), mitral annular calcification (MAC), and aortic root calcification (ARC) with future cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity is not fully elucidated.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We analyzed data from 943 patients with suspected coronary heart disease (mean age, 65.7<!--> <!-->years; 36% female). Echocardiographic total heart calcification (THC) score was determined by summing up the AVC, MAC, and ARC variables; THC-0 (N<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->397), THC-1 (N<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->236), THC-2 (N<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->224), and THC-3 (N<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->86). Subjects were followed for mean 2.9<!--> <!-->years to assess the risk of death from CVD causes. Cardiovascular morbidity was defined as new episodes of non-fatal myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, and surgical treatment of vascular disease.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>There were 43 CVD deaths and a total of 160 CVD events. Kaplan–Meier curves showed a graded CVD mortality and morbidity across increasing THC score values. With full adjustment, Cox regression hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for CVD mortality and morbidity, using no calcification as reference, for THC-1, THC-2, and THC-3 were 2.21 (1.31–3.74), 2.59 (1.53–4.39) and 4.14 (2.30–7.47), respectively. When THC score was added to models with CVD risk factors, C-statistics were significantly larger for CVD mortality (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.048) and for CVD mortality and morbidity (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.004).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>THC score, the sum of the amounts of AVC, MAC, and ARC present as estimated by echocardiography, has an independent and incremental prognostic value in a high-risk population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cardiac disease in children and young adults with various lysosomal storage diseases: Comparison of echocardiographic and ECG changes among clinical groups","authors":"P. Mueller ,&nbsp;C.H. Attenhofer Jost ,&nbsp;M. Rohrbach ,&nbsp;E.R. Valsangiacomo Buechel ,&nbsp;B. Seifert ,&nbsp;C. Balmer ,&nbsp;O. Kretschmar ,&nbsp;M.R. Baumgartner ,&nbsp;R. Weber","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Lysosomal storage disease (LSD) is a rare inherited disease group. Consecutively there are few data on cardiac changes in mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), Anderson Fabry disease (AFD), and other LSD (oLSD) including Pompe disease (PD) and Danon disease (DD), I-cell disease ICD and mucolipidosis III (ML III).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Between 1994 and 2011, we identified 39 patients with LSD: 25 with MPS, 8 with AFD, and 6 with oLSD including PD (1), ML III (2), DD (1), and ICD (2) at our institution fulfilling the inclusion criteria of at least one echocardiogram and ECG.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Median age was 11.4<!--> <!-->years (range: 2–27), 22 were females (56%). Normal echocardiograms were present in 12 patients (31%): 4 with MPS (16%), 7 AFD (88%), and 1 oLSD (17%). Valvular heart disease was present in 23 patients (59%) occurring more often in MPS (76%) and oLSD (67%) than in AFD (0%) (p<!--> <!-->&lt;<!--> <!-->0.001). The most common ECG abnormality was a short PR interval in 10 of 35 patients (29%) occurring in all LSD groups. Median follow-up was 5.8 (0.2–22.2) years showing diminished 5-year survival compared to an age-matched group. However, no patient died due to a cardiac cause and no cardiovascular intervention was necessary.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Echocardiographically detectable cardiovascular involvement in children with LSD is mostly confined to MPS and oLSD. Valve thickening in echo and a short PR interval in the ECG are the most frequent abnormalities. Routine repeat assessment is recommended in LSD. However, significant cardiac disease necessitating cardiac intervention is rare during a short follow-up.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations between the consumption of different kinds of seafood and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of cardiac origin in Japan","authors":"Yasunori Suematsu ,&nbsp;Shin-ichiro Miura ,&nbsp;Bo Zhang ,&nbsp;Yoshinari Uehara ,&nbsp;Masaki Tokunaga ,&nbsp;Naohiro Yonemoto ,&nbsp;Hiroshi Nonogi ,&nbsp;Ken Nagao ,&nbsp;Takeshi Kimura ,&nbsp;Keijiro Saku ,&nbsp;On behalf of the Japanese Circulation Society Resuscitation Science Study (JCS-ReSS) Group","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Prospective cohort studies have shown that seafood consumption is inversely related to fatal coronary heart disease, sudden cardiac death and stroke. We studied whether the kind of seafood consumed in addition to seafood consumption per se is associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) of cardiac origin.</p></div><div><h3>Methods and results</h3><p>We compared the average consumption of different kinds of seafood and other risk factors to the average incidence of age-adjusted OHCA (660,672 cases of OHCA: 55.2% of cardiac origin and 44.8% of non-cardiac origin) between 2005 and 2010 in the 47 prefectures of Japan. There were many significant correlations between the incidence of age-adjusted OHCA of cardiac origin (ad-OHCA-CO) and the consumption of many kinds of seafood, but not the total consumption of seafood. The consumption of horse mackerel (r<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->−<!--> <!-->0.568, p<!--> <!-->&lt;<!--> <!-->0.0001) and saury (r<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.607, p<!--> <!-->&lt;<!--> <!-->0.0001) showed the highest negative and positive correlations, respectively, with the age-adjusted incidence of ad-OHCA-CO.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In Japan, the consumption of different kinds of seafood may be an important factor in OHCA of cardiac origin. Thus, dietary habits with regard to seafood may play a role in OHCA of cardiac origin, however, the question of whether to eat fish in general or instead to eat certain kinds of fish is still unclear.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90542,"journal":{"name":"International journal of cardiology. Heart & vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.11.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35838063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}