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Research from Niigata University in the area of life sciences published

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, June 14th, 2008

A report, 'Systolic dysfunction in urban Japan,' is newly published data in Circulation Journal. According to recent research published in the Circulation Journal, "Heart failure (HF), which can be caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), is a growing problem in developed countries with a large aging population. The aim of the present study was to characterize outpatients with LVSD in the adult population (45-84 years) in an urban Japanese community (Niigata City), and delineate their characteristics in comparison with those in a rural one (Sado)."

"Over a 5-year period, 1,297 patients (67% males) with LVSD (defined as ejection fraction...

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