Shun Kohsaka

Intersection of Patient and Hospital Rurality in Heart Failure Care and Outcomes

Importance Rural-urban disparities in heart failure (HF) care delivery and outcomes are well documented. However, it remains unclear if differences in outcomes after HF hospitalization are primarily driven by patient rural residence, hospital resources, or both. Objective To eval...

Herpes zoster and major vascular events in a general population without prior cardiovascular event from Shizuoka Kokuho database

Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with a risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but findings may differ according to baseline risk profiles. We evaluated the association between HZ and CVD among adults without prior CVD. We used a municipal-level health insurance database in Japan....