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Heart and Vessels | 1999
Masakazu Teragaki; Iku Toda; Kazuo Sakamoto; Kenei Shimada; Hiroyuki Yamagishi; Minoru Yoshiyama; Kaname Akioka; Yoshio Kawase; Masaki Nishimoto; Kazuhide Takeuchi; Junichi Yoshikawa
SummaryThe purpose of this study was to examine the histopathological findings of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsies from ten patients less than 60 years of age (47 ± 9.8 (mean ± SD) years) with documented atrioventricular block but without apparent heart disease. They underwent electrophysiological testing, echocardiography, coronary angiography, and right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy. Biopsy specimens were assessed for morphologic changes in myocyte diameter, fibrosis, disarray, and degeneration. Electrophysiological testing demonstrated atrioventricular nodal block in 2, intra-His bundle block in 2, and infra-His bundle block in 6 patients. Histology revealed evidence of myocardial fibrosis with either myocyte hypertrophy or disarray in 7 of the 10 patients. The results of electrophysiological testing did not correlate with the histopathological findings or severity. In one patient, heart failure appeared during the follow-up period. We conclude that patients with atrioventricular block of unknown etiology have histological abnormalities of the ventricular endomyocardium in addition to the conduction system disturbances. We consider such cases as constituting one of the disease groups of cardiomyopathy, and suggest that it is necessary to follow up the clinical course in these patients.
American Journal of Cardiology | 2004
Kohei Fujimoto; Takeshi Hozumi; Hiroyuki Watanabe; Kenei Shimada; Masaaki Takeuchi; Yuji Sakanoue; Naruhito Shimizu; Ryo Ostuka; Yoshio Kawase; Kazuo Sakamoto; Minoru Yoshiyama; Yuji Baba; Kazuo Haze; Junichi Yoshikawa
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 1989
Mitsutaka Yasuda; Takahiko Kawarabayashi; Kaname Akioka; Masakazu Teragaki; Hisao Oku; Yoshiharu Kanayama; Kazuhide Takeuchi; Tadanao Takeda; Yoshio Kawase; Yoshiyasu Ikuno
Japanese Heart Journal | 1994
Hiroshi Nonogi; Yoshio Kawase; Shunichi Miyazaki; Kazuo Haze; Katsuhiko Hiramori
Internal Medicine | 1994
Hiroshi Nonogi; Shunichi Miyazaki; Yoichi Goto; Yoshio Kawase; Kazuo Haze
Heart and Vessels | 2018
Kenji Matsumoto; Shoichi Ehara; Yasuhiro Nakamura; Keiko Otsuka; Yoshio Kawase
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 2009
Eriko Murata; Hidemasa Tanaka; Katsunori Hato; Yoshio Kawase; Masaki Nishimoto; Minoru Yoshiyama
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 2007
Yoshio Kawase; Masaki Nishimoto; Katsunori Hato; Atsushi Doi; Eriko Murata; Nobuya Matsushita; Minoru Yoshiyama
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 2007
Eriko Murata; Nobuya Matsushita; Atsushi Doi; Katsunori Hato; Yoshio Kawase; Masaki Nishimoto; Minoru Yoshiyama
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 2007
Atsushi Doi; Yoshio Kawase; Nobuya Matsushita; Eriko Murata; Katsunori Hato; Masaki Nishimoto; Minoru Yoshiyama