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Assan F, de Zuttere D, Bottin L, Tavolaro S, Courvoisier DS, Barbaud A, Alamowitch S, Francès C, Chasset F. Echocardiographic features in antiphospholipid-negative Sneddon's syndrome and potential association with severity of neurological symptoms or recurrence of strokes: a longitudinal cohort study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 22:119-128. [PMID: 31898726 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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AIMS Sneddon's syndrome (SS) may be classified as antiphospholipid positive (aPL+) or negative (aPL- SS). An association between Libman-Sacks (LS) endocarditis and strokes has been described in aPL+ patients. To describe cardiac involvement in aPL- SS and assess the potential association between LS endocarditis and severity or recurrence of neurological symptoms. METHODS AND RESULTS This longitudinal cohort study included aPL- SS patients followed in our departments between 1991 and June 2018. All patients underwent transthoracic 2D and Doppler echocardiography at diagnosis. Follow-up echocardiography was performed annually and the potential relationship between LS endocarditis development and neurovascular relapse as well as long-term cardiac worsening was prospectively assessed. We included 61 patients [52 women; median age 45 (range 24-60)]. For valvular involvement, 36 (59%) patients showed leaflet thickening; 18 (29.5%) had LS endocarditis at baseline. During a median follow-up of 72 months, LS endocarditis developed in eight (17.4%) patients, and 13 (28.3%) showed significant worsening of their cardiac status, including two who needed valvular replacement. After adjusting for baseline antithrombotic treatment regimen, neither the presence of LS endocarditis at baseline nor development during follow-up was associated with neurological relapse [hazard ratio (HR): 1.06, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.33-4.74, P = 0.92] and [HR: 0.38, 95% CI: 0.02-1.89, P = 0.31], respectively. CONCLUSION A long-term follow-up is needed to detect cardiac complications in aPL- SS. No change in neurological relapse was observed in patients presenting LS endocarditis occurrence during follow-up without any modification in antithrombotic treatment. Further research is necessary to assess the usefulness of treatment escalation in these patients.
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- Florence Assan
- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Dermatology and Allergology Department, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine 75020 Paris, France
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- Functional exploration Department, Hôpital Francp-Brittanique, 4 rue Kléber 92300 Levallois-Perret, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Neurology Department, Hôpital Saint Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine 75012 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Radiology Department, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine 75020 Paris, France
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- Division of rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Dermatology and Allergology Department, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine 75020 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Neurology Department, Hôpital Saint Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine 75012 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Dermatology and Allergology Department, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine 75020 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, APHP Dermatology and Allergology Department, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine 75020 Paris, France
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Truedsson F, Polte CL, Gao SA, Johnsson ÅA, Bech-Hanssen O, Lagerstrand KM. Importance of complex blood flow in the assessment of aortic regurgitation severity using phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:3561-3572. [PMID: 34273066 PMCID: PMC8604828 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02341-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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This study aimed to investigate if and how complex flow influences the assessment of aortic regurgitation (AR) using phase contrast MRI in patients with chronic AR. Patients with moderate (n = 15) and severe (n = 28) chronic AR were categorized into non-complex flow (NCF) or complex flow (CF) based on the presence of systolic backward flow volume. Phase contrast MRI was performed repeatedly at the level of the sinotubular junction (Ao1) and 1 cm distal to the sinotubular junction (Ao2). All AR patients were assessed to have non-severe AR or severe AR (cut-off values: regurgitation volume (RVol) ≥ 60 ml and regurgitation fraction (RF) ≥ 50%) in both measurement positions. The repeatability was significantly lower, i.e. variation was larger, for patients with CF than for NCF (≥ 12 ± 12% versus ≥ 6 ± 4%, P ≤ 0.03). For patients with CF, the repeatability was significantly lower at Ao2 compared to Ao1 (≥ 21 ± 20% versus ≥ 12 ± 12%, P ≤ 0.02), as well as the assessment of regurgitation (RVol: 42 ± 34 ml versus 54 ± 42 ml, P < 0.001; RF: 30 ± 18% versus 34 ± 16%, P = 0.01). This was not the case for patients with NCF. The frequency of patients that changed in AR grade from severe to non-severe when the position of the measurement changed from Ao1 to Ao2 was higher for patients with CF compared to NCF (RVol: 5/26 (19%) versus 1/17 (6%), P = 0.2; RF: 4/26 (15%) versus 0/17 (0%), P = 0.09). Our study shows that complex flow influences the quantification of chronic AR, which can lead to underestimation of AR severity when using PC-MRI.
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- Frida Truedsson
- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, MR-Centre, Bruna stråket 13, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kaplan A, Altara R, Manca M, Gunes HM, Cataliotti A, Booz GW, Zouein FA. Distorted assessment of left atrial size by echocardiography in patients with increased aortic root diameter. Egypt Heart J 2021; 73:55. [PMID: 34173898 PMCID: PMC8236014 DOI: 10.1186/s43044-021-00177-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Left atrial (LA) size is frequently assessed by posterior-anterior linear measurement of LA (LAD P-A) in the parasternal long axis to expedite examination. Aging, changes in body surface area, and several cardiovascular pathologies can affect aortic root (AoR) size, thereby affecting LA anatomical shape. We hypothesized that AoR dilatation influences LAD P-A and consequently correct assessment of LA size. Results We tested our hypothesis in a study of 70 patients with AoR diameter ranging from 2.7 to 4.8 cm. LA size assessed in parasternal long axis view as LAD P-A was compared to that with LA width and length acquired in the apical two and four chamber view. Simpson’s method of discs was used as standard measurement to assess LA volume. We observed that LAD P-A in the parasternal long axis decreases when AoR diameter increases. Thus, the increase in LA size assessed in parasternal long axis did not correlate with the increase of LA volume. Further analysis revealed that a significant positive correlation was observed when LAV was plotted as a function of LAD P-A only for those with a normal size AoR. In contrast, LA volume increase correlated with LA diameters assessed in the apical two and four chamber view regardless of AoR size. Conclusions Our study documents that increases in AoR impact on the linear measurement of LA, resulting in an underestimated LAD P-A. LA size ought to be calculated from the apical two and four chambers view parameters, especially in patients with AoR dilatation.
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- Abdullah Kaplan
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Riad El-Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon. .,Department of Cardiology, Medipol University, Sefakoy Hospital, Tevfik Bey, Maslak Cesme Cd., No:30, 34295 Kucukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Center for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- DG-DI, Medical Applications, CERN, 1211, 23, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medipol University, Sefakoy Hospital, Tevfik Bey, Maslak Cesme Cd., No:30, 34295 Kucukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Center for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Riad El-Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
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Bartko PE, Arfsten H, Heitzinger G, Pavo N, Spinka G, Kastl S, Prausmüller S, Strunk G, Mascherbauer J, Hengstenberg C, Hülsmann M, Goliasch G. Global regurgitant volume: approaching the critical mass in valvular-driven heart failure. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 21:168-174. [PMID: 31257452 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Recent progress in the diagnosis of functional valve regurgitation forms a coherent perception of severity thresholds by quantitative assessment. However, thresholds focused on either valve in isolation-not accounting for the global haemodynamic burden arising from concomitant functional regurgitation of the mitral and tricuspid valves. We sought to determine whether the global regurgitant volume is associated with adverse cardiac remodelling and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS This long-term observational study included 414 patients on guideline-directed medical therapy. Baseline global regurgitant load defined as the sum of mitral and tricuspid regurgitant volume was assessed by the proximal flow convergence method. All-cause mortality during 5 years follow-up served as the primary endpoint. The median global regurgitant load was 30 mL (interquartile range 15-49) with 67% accounting for mitral and 33% accounting for tricuspid regurgitant volume. The global regurgitant load had significant impact on outcome with a crude hazard ratio of 1.46 (1.28-1.66; P < 0.001) for a 1-SD increase in global regurgitant volume, results that remained virtually unchanged after bootstrap or clinical confounder-based adjustment (P < 0.001 for adjusted models). Spline curve analysis showed a linearly increasing risk with a threshold of 50 mL and sustained increasing risk thereafter. CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates the detrimental effect of the global regurgitant load in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The threshold where heart failure is driven by the valve lesions is a global regurgitant volume of 50 mL with continuously increasing risk beyond that threshold. Future studies need to address whether an attempt to reduce the global regurgitant volume can improve outcome.
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- Philipp E Bartko
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- FH Campus Vienna and Complexity Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Torres RPDA, Torres RFDA, de Crombrugghe G, Moraes da Silva SP, Cordeiro SLV, Bosi KA, Smeesters PR, Torres RSLDA. Improvement of Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease in Patients Undergoing Prolonged Antibiotic Prophylaxis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:676098. [PMID: 34250039 PMCID: PMC8260676 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.676098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic heart diseases is efficient in reducing disease recurrence, heart damage, and cardiac impairment. We aimed to monitor the clinical evolution of a large Brazilian cohort of rheumatic patients under prolonged secondary prophylaxis. From 1986 to 2018, a cohort of 593 patients with rheumatic fever was followed every 6 months by the Reference Center for the Control and Prevention of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Cardiopathy (CPCFR), Paraná, Brazil. In this cohort, 243 (41%) patients did not present cardiac damage (group I), while 350 (59%) were diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) (group II) using the latest case definition. Among group II, 233 and 15 patients had impairment of the mitral and aortic valves, respectively, while 102 patients had impairment of both valves. Lesions on the mitral and aortic valves presented a regression in 69.9 and 48.7% of the patients, respectively. Active patient recruitment in the reference center and early detection of oropharyngeal GAS were important factors for optimal adherence to the prophylactic treatment. Patients with disease progression were associated with noncompliance to secondary prophylaxis. No patients undergoing regular prophylaxis presented progression of the rheumatic cardiac disease. Eighteen valvular surgeries were performed, and four (0.7%) patients died. This study confirmed that tailored and active efforts invested in rheumatic heart disease secondary prevention allowed for significant clinical improvement.
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention and Control, Hospital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention and Control, Hospital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium.,Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, Universidade Positivo, Curitiba, Brazil.,Epidemiology Laboratory and Disease Control Division, Laboratório Central do Estado do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Matsushima S, Heß A, Lämmerzahl JR, Karliova I, Abdul-Khaliq H, Schäfers HJ. Unicuspid aortic valve repair with bicuspidization in the paediatric population. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 59:253-261. [PMID: 33001166 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Aortic stenosis or regurgitation that requires operations in children often results from unicuspid valve morphology. In all paediatric patients with this anomaly, we have performed unicuspid valve repair by bicuspidization, creating a new commissure via adding patch material. This study reviewed our experience with this procedure. METHODS All patients with a unicuspid aortic valve who underwent bicuspidization at ≤18 years of age between 2003 and 2018 were evaluated. Autologous pericardium had initially been used for cusp augmentation. Since 2014, decellularized xenogeneic tissue or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane has been applied. RESULTS There were 60 consecutive patients. The median operative age was 13 (1-18) years. Thirty patients had prior surgical or catheter valvuloplasties. Aortic regurgitation, aortic stenosis and their combination were present in 22, 11 and 27 patients, respectively. Autologous pericardium decellularized tissue and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene were used in 45, 11 and 4 patients, respectively, without intraoperative conversion to valve replacement. The overall survival was 96% at 10 years with 2 late deaths. Twenty patients underwent aortic valve reoperation due to patch degeneration (n = 11), suture dehiscence of the patch (n = 3), subaortic stenosis (n = 3) or other reasons (n = 3). Freedom from aortic valve reoperation was 73% and 50% at 5 and 10 years, respectively. Fifteen patients (25%) required valve replacement with pulmonary autograft (n = 14) or prosthesis (n = 1) 5.2 (0.2-13) years after bicuspidization at the age of 19 (10-32) years. CONCLUSIONS Bicuspidization is a safe and reproducible alternative to valve replacement with acceptable freedom from reoperation. It can serve as a bridge to valve replacement providing superior outcomes in adults.
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- Shunsuke Matsushima
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, German
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, German
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, German
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, German
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, German
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, German
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Romeo JLR, Takkenberg JJM, Cuypers JAAE, de Groot NMS, van de Woestijne P, Bruining N, Bogers AJJC, Mokhles MM. Timing of pulmonary valve replacement in patients with corrected Fallot to prevent QRS prolongation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 58:559-566. [PMID: 32191321 PMCID: PMC7453033 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) remains one of the most heavily debated topics in congenital cardiac surgery. We aimed to analyse the temporal evolution of QRS duration before and after PVR. METHODS We included 158 consecutive patients who underwent PVR after previous correction with transannular patch. All 3549 available serial standard 12-lead surface QRS measurements of 158 (100%) patients were analysed with linear mixed-effect modelling. RESULTS PVR was performed at a mean age of 28.0 ± 10.7 years, 23.4 ± 8.4 years after correction. Hospital survival was 98.1%. A longer time interval between ToF correction and PVR (P < 0.001), and an older age at correction (P = 0.015) were predictive of progressive QRS prolongation after PVR. Women on average had a shorter QRS duration (P = 0.005) after PVR. The model predicted that in patients corrected early (model age 0.5 years), PVR within 17 years after correction leads to narrowing or stabilization of QRS width. PVR beyond 17 years was associated with prolongation of QRS duration. In a patient corrected late (model age 5 years), PVR has to be performed within 15 years after correction to prevent prolongation. Finally, a longer time period between correction and PVR was associated with an increased hazard of cardiac death (hazard ratio 1.097, 95% confidence interval 1.002–1.200). CONCLUSIONS Prolongation of QRS duration after PVR was associated with a longer time between correction and PVR, older age at correction and male sex. Prevention of progressive QRS prolongation by earlier PVR can potentially reduce the hazard of adverse events after PVR.
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- Jamie L R Romeo
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Congenital Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Information Procession, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Veugen MGJ, Linssen PBC, Henry RMA, Koster A, Kroon AA, Stehouwer CDA, Brunner-La Rocca HP. Measures of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness According to Glucose Metabolism Status: The Maastricht Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e020387. [PMID: 34121414 PMCID: PMC8403322 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.020387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Background This cross‐sectional study evaluated associations between structural and functional measures of left ventricular diastolic function and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in a well‐characterized population‐based cohort stratified according to glucose metabolism status. Methods and Results Six hundred seventy‐two participants from The Maastricht Study (mean±SD age, 61±9 years; 17.4% prediabetes and 25.4% type 2 diabetes mellitus) underwent both echocardiography to determine left atrial volume index, left ventricular mass index, maximum tricuspid flow regurgitation, average e′ and E/e′ ratio; and submaximal cycle ergometer test to determine CRF as maximum power output per kilogram body mass. Associations were examined with linear regression adjusted for cardiovascular risk and lifestyle factors, and interaction terms. After adjustment, in normal glucose metabolism but not (pre)diabetes, higher left atrial volume index (per 1 mL/m2), left ventricular mass index (per 1 g/m2.7), maximum tricuspid regurgitation flow (per 1 m/s) were associated with higher CRF (maximum power output per kilogram body mass; β in normal glucose metabolism 0.015 [0.008–0.023], Pinteraction (pre)diabetes <0.10; 0.007 [−0.001 to 0.015], Pinteraction type 2 diabetes mellitus <0.10; 0.129 [0.011–0.246], Pinteraction >0.10; for left atrial volume index, left ventricular mass index, maximum tricuspid regurgitation flow, respectively). Furthermore, after adjustment, in all individuals, higher average E/e′ ratio (per unit), but not average e′, was associated with lower CRF (normal glucose metabolism −0.044 [−0.071 to −0.016]), Pinteraction >0.10). Conclusions In this population‐based study, structural and functional measures of left ventricular diastolic function were independently differentially associated with CRF over the strata of glucose metabolism status. This suggests that deteriorating left ventricular diastolic function, although of small effect, may contribute to the pathophysiological process of impaired CRF in the general population. Moreover, the differential effects in these structural measures may be the consequence of cardiac structural adaptation to effectively increase CRF in normal glucose metabolism, which is absent in (pre)diabetes.
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- Marja G J Veugen
- Department of Internal MedicineMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular DiseasesMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal MedicineMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular DiseasesMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal MedicineMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,Heart and Vascular CentreMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular DiseasesMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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- CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research InstituteMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands.,Department of Social Medicine Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal MedicineMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,Heart and Vascular CentreMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular DiseasesMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal MedicineMaastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular DiseasesMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Maastricht University Medical Centre+ Maastricht The Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular DiseasesMaastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands
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Petersen-Uribe A, Avdiu A, Martus P, Witzel K, Jaeger P, Zdanyte M, Heinzmann D, Tavlaki E, Warm V, Geisler T, Müller K, Gawaz M, Rath D. Impaired Myocardial Function Is Prognostic for Severe Respiratory Failure in the Course of COVID-19 Infection. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:584108. [PMID: 34150860 PMCID: PMC8213370 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.584108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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COVID-19 may lead to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Heart failure and/or pre-existing cardiovascular disease may correlate with poor outcomes and thus require special attention from treating physicians. The present study sought to investigate a possible impact of impaired myocardial function as well as myocardial distress markers on mortality or ARDS with need for mechanical ventilation in 157 consecutive patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. All patients were admitted and treated at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany, during the first wave of the pandemic. Electrocardiography, echocardiography, and routine blood sampling were performed at hospital admission. Impaired left-ventricular and right-ventricular function, tricuspid regurgitation > grade 1, and elevated RV-pressure as well as thrombotic and myocardial distress markers (D-dimers, NT-pro-BNP, and troponin-I) were associated with mechanical ventilation and/or all-cause mortality. Impaired cardiac function is more frequent amidst ARDS, leading to subsequent need for mechanical ventilation, and thus denotes a poor outcome in COVID-19. Since a causal treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection is still lacking, guideline-compliant cardiovascular evaluation and treatment remains the best approach to improve outcomes in COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular comorbidities.
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- Alvaro Petersen-Uribe
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 162:e183-e353. [PMID: 33972115 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Arain FD, Gilbride VA. Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Associated With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient Presenting for Double Lung Transplant: Review of a Rare Disorder and Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021; 25:164-172. [DOI: 10.1177/10892532211007259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is a rare disorder that may be classified as congenital, acquired, or idiopathic, in the case of unclear etiology. When associated with severe idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, such a case of PAA may present to the operating room as an indication for lung transplantation. In this article, we present such a case of a patient with a giant main and right PAA that underwent a double lung transplant. We describe the pathophysiology and natural course of this PAA and discuss the role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in the management of patients with this rare diagnosis.
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- Faisal D. Arain
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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The Evolving Epidemiology of Elderly with Degenerative Valvular Heart Disease: The Guangzhou (China) Heart Study. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:9982569. [PMID: 33981773 PMCID: PMC8088353 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9982569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Aim The present study was aimed at investigating the prevalence, incidence, progression, and prognosis of degenerative valvular heart disease (DVHD) in permanent residents aged ≥65 years from Guangzhou, China. Methods This was a prospective study based on community population. Over a 3-year span, we conducted repeated questionnaires, blood tests, and echocardiographic and electrocardiogram examinations (2018) of a random sample of initially 3538 subjects. Results The prevalence of DVHD increased with age, average values being 30.6%, 49.2%, and 62.9% in 65-74, 75-84, and ≥85 years of age, respectively. The incidence rate was 1.7%/year. Aortic stenosis was the result of DVHD, and the mean transvalvular pressure gradient increased by 5.6 mmHg/year. The increase of mild aortic stenosis was lower than that of more severe disease, showing a nonlinear development of gradient, but with great individual variations. Mortality was significantly increased in the DVHD group (HR = 2.49). Risk factors for higher mortality included age (χ2 = 1.9, P < 0.05), renal insufficiency (χ2 = 12.5, P < 0.01), atrial fibrillation (χ2 = 12.2, P < 0.01), mitral regurgitation (χ2 = 1.8, P < 0.05), and tricuspid regurgitation (χ2 = 6.7, P < 0.05) in a DVHD population. Conclusions DVHD was highly prevalent among residents in southern China. With the progression of the disease, the mean transvalvular pressure gradient accelerated. DVHD was an independent predictor of death, and the mortality was higher in those with older age, renal insufficiency, atrial fibrillation, mitral regurgitation, and tricuspid regurgitation.
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Généreux P, Piazza N, Alu MC, Nazif T, Hahn RT, Pibarot P, Bax JJ, Leipsic JA, Blanke P, Blackstone EH, Finn MT, Kapadia S, Linke A, Mack MJ, Makkar R, Mehran R, Popma JJ, Reardon M, Rodes-Cabau J, Van Mieghem NM, Webb JG, Cohen DJ, Leon MB. Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:1825-1857. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Aims
The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC), founded in 2010, was intended to (i) identify appropriate clinical endpoints and (ii) standardize definitions of these endpoints for transcatheter and surgical aortic valve clinical trials. Rapid evolution of the field, including the emergence of new complications, expanding clinical indications, and novel therapy strategies have mandated further refinement and expansion of these definitions to ensure clinical relevance. This document provides an update of the most appropriate clinical endpoint definitions to be used in the conduct of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve clinical research.
Methods and results
Several years after the publication of the VARC-2 manuscript, an in-person meeting was held involving over 50 independent clinical experts representing several professional societies, academic research organizations, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and industry representatives to (i) evaluate utilization of VARC endpoint definitions in clinical research, (ii) discuss the scope of this focused update, and (iii) review and revise specific clinical endpoint definitions. A writing committee of independent experts was convened and subsequently met to further address outstanding issues. There were ongoing discussions with FDA and many experts to develop a new classification schema for bioprosthetic valve dysfunction and failure. Overall, this multi-disciplinary process has resulted in important recommendations for data reporting, clinical research methods, and updated endpoint definitions. New definitions or modifications of existing definitions are being proposed for repeat hospitalizations, access site-related complications, bleeding events, conduction disturbances, cardiac structural complications, and bioprosthetic valve dysfunction and failure (including valve leaflet thickening and thrombosis). A more granular 5-class grading scheme for paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) is being proposed to help refine the assessment of PVR. Finally, more specific recommendations on quality-of-life assessments have been included, which have been targeted to specific clinical study designs.
Conclusions
Acknowledging the dynamic and evolving nature of less-invasive aortic valve therapies, further refinements of clinical research processes are required. The adoption of these updated and newly proposed VARC-3 endpoints and definitions will ensure homogenous event reporting, accurate adjudication, and appropriate comparisons of clinical research studies involving devices and new therapeutic strategies.
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- Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ, USA
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital Plano, Plano, TX, USA
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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Généreux P, Piazza N, Alu MC, Nazif T, Hahn RT, Pibarot P, Bax JJ, Leipsic JA, Blanke P, Blackstone EH, Finn MT, Kapadia S, Linke A, Mack MJ, Makkar R, Mehran R, Popma JJ, Reardon M, Rodes-Cabau J, Van Mieghem NM, Webb JG, Cohen DJ, Leon MB. Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: Updated Endpoint Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77:2717-2746. [PMID: 33888385 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 425] [Impact Index Per Article: 141.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC), founded in 2010, was intended to (i) identify appropriate clinical endpoints and (ii) standardize definitions of these endpoints for transcatheter and surgical aortic valve clinical trials. Rapid evolution of the field, including the emergence of new complications, expanding clinical indications, and novel therapy strategies have mandated further refinement and expansion of these definitions to ensure clinical relevance. This document provides an update of the most appropriate clinical endpoint definitions to be used in the conduct of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve clinical research. METHODS AND RESULTS Several years after the publication of the VARC-2 manuscript, an in-person meeting was held involving over 50 independent clinical experts representing several professional societies, academic research organizations, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and industry representatives to (i) evaluate utilization of VARC endpoint definitions in clinical research, (ii) discuss the scope of this focused update, and (iii) review and revise specific clinical endpoint definitions. A writing committee of independent experts was convened and subsequently met to further address outstanding issues. There were ongoing discussions with FDA and many experts to develop a new classification schema for bioprosthetic valve dysfunction and failure. Overall, this multi-disciplinary process has resulted in important recommendations for data reporting, clinical research methods, and updated endpoint definitions. New definitions or modifications of existing definitions are being proposed for repeat hospitalizations, access site-related complications, bleeding events, conduction disturbances, cardiac structural complications, and bioprosthetic valve dysfunction and failure (including valve leaflet thickening and thrombosis). A more granular 5-class grading scheme for paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) is being proposed to help refine the assessment of PVR. Finally, more specific recommendations on quality-of-life assessments have been included, which have been targeted to specific clinical study designs. CONCLUSIONS Acknowledging the dynamic and evolving nature of less-invasive aortic valve therapies, further refinements of clinical research processes are required. The adoption of these updated and newly proposed VARC-3 endpoints and definitions will ensure homogenous event reporting, accurate adjudication, and appropriate comparisons of clinical research studies involving devices and new therapeutic strategies.
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- Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital Plano, Plano, Texas, USA
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
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Abohamar MD, Ashmawy MM, Kasem HK, Hamdy EA, El Sheikh RG. Original Article--Predictors of Persistent Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation After Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defect and its Relationship to Tricuspid Valve Remodeling. J Saudi Heart Assoc 2021; 33:53-60. [PMID: 33880329 PMCID: PMC8051328 DOI: 10.37616/2212-5043.1241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Objectives The aim of this study is assessment of persistent functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with atrial septal defect before and after successful device closure and its relationship to tricuspid valve remodeling. Methods The current study was conducted on 60 patients referred to Tanta University Hospital Cardiology Department with the provisional diagnosis of atrial septal defect secundum type for transcatheter closure from December 2017 to December 2019. All patients were subjected to history taking, clinical examination, 12 lead electrocardiography, plain chest X-ray, full two dimension transthoracic echocardiography (for assessment of tricuspid regurgitation severity) before and at 3, 6 months after transcatheter closure. Results Tricuspid regurgitation was decreased significantly after atrial septal defect closure due to remodeling in the right side. Age, estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure, right atrium end systolic area, right ventricular end diastolic area, tricuspid valve tenting area and height, tricuspid septal leaflet angle and tricuspid annular diameter were predictors of persistent tricuspid regurgitation after 3 and 6 months of closure. Only estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure, tricuspid septal leaflet angle and tricuspid annular diameter were independent predictors of persistent tricuspid regurgitation after 3, and 6 months of closure. Conclusion Tricuspid regurgitation significantly improved after transcatheter atrial septal defect closure despite its significance at baseline due to remodeling in right side and tricuspid valve.
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
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Hagendorff A, Knebel F, Helfen A, Stöbe S, Haghi D, Ruf T, Lavall D, Knierim J, Altiok E, Brandt R, Merke N, Ewen S. Echocardiographic assessment of mitral regurgitation: discussion of practical and methodologic aspects of severity quantification to improve diagnostic conclusiveness. Clin Res Cardiol 2021; 110:1704-1733. [PMID: 33839933 PMCID: PMC8563569 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-021-01841-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve regurgitation (MR) by characterizing specific morphological features and grading its severity is still challenging. Analysis of MR etiology is necessary to clarify the underlying pathological mechanism of the valvular defect. Severity of mitral regurgitation is often quantified based on semi-quantitative parameters. However, incongruent findings and/or interpretations of regurgitation severity are frequently observed. This proposal seeks to offer practical support to overcome these obstacles by offering a standardized workflow, an easy means to identify non-severe mitral regurgitation, and by focusing on the quantitative approach with calculation of the individual regurgitant fraction. This work also indicates main methodological problems of semi-quantitative parameters when evaluating MR severity and offers appropriateness criteria for their use. It addresses the diagnostic importance of left-ventricular wall thickness, left-ventricular and left atrial volumes in relation to disease progression, and disease-related complaints to improve interpretation of echocardiographic findings. Finally, it highlights the conditions influencing the MR dynamics during echocardiographic examination. These considerations allow a reproducible, verifiable, and transparent in-depth echocardiographic evaluation of MR patients ensuring consistent haemodynamic plausibility of echocardiographic results.
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- Andreas Hagendorff
- Department of Cardiology, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie und Angiologie, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Katholisches Klinikum Lünen Werne GmbH, St-Marien-Hospital Lünen, Altstadtstrasse 23, 44534, Lünen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Kardiologische Praxisklinik Ludwigshafen, Akademische Lehrpraxis der Universität Mannheim, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 11, 67071, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Center of Cardiology, Heart Valve Center, University Medical Center Mainz, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Benekestr. 2-8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III - Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrberger Str, IMED, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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Trauzeddel RF, Ertmer M, Nordine M, Groesdonk HV, Michels G, Pfister R, Reuter D, Scheeren TWL, Berger C, Treskatsch S. Perioperative echocardiography-guided hemodynamic therapy in high-risk patients: a practical expert approach of hemodynamically focused echocardiography. J Clin Monit Comput 2021; 35:229-243. [PMID: 32458170 PMCID: PMC7943502 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-020-00534-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The number of high-risk patients undergoing surgery is growing. To maintain adequate hemodynamic functioning as well as oxygen delivery to the vital organs (DO2) amongst this patient population, a rapid assessment of cardiac functioning is essential for the anesthesiologist. Pinpointing any underlying cardiovascular pathophysiology can be decisive to guide interventions in the intraoperative setting. Various techniques are available to monitor the hemodynamic status of the patient, however due to intrinsic limitations, many of these methods may not be able to directly identify the underlying cause of cardiovascular impairment. Hemodynamic focused echocardiography, as a rapid diagnostic method, offers an excellent opportunity to examine signs of filling impairment, cardiac preload, myocardial contractility and the function of the heart valves. We thus propose a 6-step-echocardiographic approach to assess high-risk patients in order to improve and maintain perioperative DO2. The summary of all echocardiographic based findings allows a differentiated assessment of the patient's cardiovascular function and can thus help guide a (patho)physiological-orientated and individualized hemodynamic therapy.
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- R. F. Trauzeddel
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, Helios Hospital Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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Trauzeddel RF, Nordine M, Groesdonk HV, Michels G, Pfister R, Reuter DA, Scheeren TWL, Berger C, Treskatsch S. [Perioperative optimization using hemodynamically focused echocardiography in high-risk patients-A practice guide]. Anaesthesist 2021; 70:772-784. [PMID: 33660043 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-021-00934-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The number of high-risk patients undergoing surgery is steadily increasing. In order to maintain and, if necessary, optimize perioperative hemodynamics as well as the oxygen supply to the organs (DO2) in this patient population, a timely assessment of cardiac function and the underlying pathophysiological causes of hemodynamic instability is essential for the anesthesiologist. A variety of hemodynamic monitoring procedures are available for this purpose; however, due to method-immanent limitations they are often not able to directly identify the underlying cause of cardiovascular impairment. OBJECTIVE To present a stepwise algorithm for a perioperative echocardiography-based hemodynamic optimization in noncardiac surgery high-risk patients. In this context, echocardiography on demand according to international guidelines can be performed under certain conditions (hemodynamic instability, nonresponse to hemodynamic treatment) as well as in the context of a planned intraoperative procedure, mostly as a transesophageal echocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS Hemodynamically focused echocardiography as a rapidly available bedside method, enables the timely diagnosis and assessment of cardiac filling obstructions, volume status and volume response, right and left heart function, and the function of the heart valves. CONCLUSION Integrating all echocardiographic findings in a differentiated assessment of the patient's cardiovascular function enables a (patho)physiologically oriented and individualized hemodynamic treatment.
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- R F Trauzeddel
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Interdisziplinäre Intensivmedizin und Intermediate Care, Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Erfurt, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Akut- und Notfallmedizin, St.-Antonius-Hospital gGmbH, Eschweiler, Deutschland
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- Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum, Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Rostock, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsmedizin Groningen, Groningen, Niederlande
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
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Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, O'Gara PT, Rigolin VH, Sundt TM, Thompson A, Toly C. 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2021; 143:e72-e227. [PMID: 33332150 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 520] [Impact Index Per Article: 173.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, O'Gara PT, Rigolin VH, Sundt TM, Thompson A, Toly C. 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77:e25-e197. [PMID: 33342586 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 721] [Impact Index Per Article: 240.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sharifulin R, Bogachev-Prokophiev A, Demin I, Afanasyev A, Ovcharov M, Pivkin A, Sapegin A, Zhuravleva I, Karaskov A. Allografts and xenografts for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in Ross patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 59:162-169. [PMID: 32864698 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Pulmonary allografts (AG) are the gold standard for right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction during the Ross procedure. However, there is limited availability of AG in some countries, and the use of alternative grafts for RVOT reconstruction remains controversial. This study aimed to compare the rates of freedom from RVOT graft dysfunction for AG and diepoxide-treated pericardial xenografts (DPXG). METHODS Between 1998 and 2015, 793 adult patients underwent the Ross procedure in our centre. Using propensity score matching, the clinical outcomes and echocardiographic results of AG and DPXG were compared. RESULTS Propensity score matching resulted in 2 groups (AG and DPXG) of 122 patients each. No difference was found in early mortality (2.5%) in both groups. The freedom from RVOT graft dysfunction curves were comparable between the AG and DPXG groups (P = 0.186) and the 8-year rates of freedom from graft dysfunction were 91.8% and 82.2%, respectively. The survival rates at 8 years were 90.5% and 90.1%, and the rates of freedom from RVOT reintervention at 8 years were 100% and 96.8% for the AG and DPXG groups, respectively. At discharge and follow-up, transprosthetic gradients were significantly higher in the DPXG group. The rate of the RVOT gradient progression was also higher in the DPXG group than in the AG group (1.80 ± 0.06 vs 1.39 ± 0.04 mmHg/year, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS There was no difference in freedom from RVOT graft dysfunction by 8 years when using AG and DPXG in adult Ross patients, nor in survival and freedom from RVOT conduit reintervention. Long-term results need further evaluation.
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- Ravil Sharifulin
- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Heart Valve Surgery Department, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Bidviene J, Muraru D, Maffessanti F, Ereminiene E, Kovács A, Lakatos B, Vaskelyte JJ, Zaliunas R, Surkova E, Parati G, Badano LP. Regional shape, global function and mechanics in right ventricular volume and pressure overload conditions: a three-dimensional echocardiography study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:1289-1299. [PMID: 33389362 PMCID: PMC8026459 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-02117-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Our aim was to assess the regional right ventricular (RV) shape changes in pressure and volume overload conditions and their relations with RV function and mechanics. The end-diastolic and end-systolic RV endocardial surfaces were analyzed with three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) in 33 patients with RV volume overload (rToF), 31 patients with RV pressure overload (PH), and 60 controls. The mean curvature of the RV inflow (RVIT) and outflow (RVOT) tracts, RV apex and body (both divided into free wall (FW) and septum) were measured. Zero curvature defined a flat surface, whereas positive or negative curvature indicated convexity or concavity, respectively. The longitudinal and radial RV wall motions were also obtained. rToF and PH patients had flatter FW (body and apex) and RVIT, more convex interventricular septum (body and apex) and RVOT than controls. rToF demonstrated a less bulging interventricular septum at end-systole than PH patients, resulting in a more convex shape of the RVFW (r = − 0.701, p < 0.0001), and worse RV longitudinal contraction (r = − 0.397, p = 0.02). PH patients showed flatter RVFW apex at end-systole compared to rToF (p < 0.01). In both groups, a flatter RVFW apex was associated with worse radial RV contraction (r = 0.362 in rToF, r = 0.482 in PH at end-diastole, and r = 0.555 in rToF, r = 0.379 in PH at end-systole, respectively). In PH group, the impairment of radial contraction was also related to flatter RVIT (r = 0.407) and more convex RVOT (r = − 0.525) at end-systole (p < 0.05). In conclusion, different loading conditions are associated to specific RV curvature changes, that are related to longitudinal and radial RV dysfunction.
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- Jurate Bidviene
- Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009, Kaunas, Lithuania. .,Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
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- Department of Cardiological, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009, Kaunas, Lithuania.,Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009, Kaunas, Lithuania.,Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Cardiac Division, Department of Echocardiography, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiological, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiological, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Predicting the Development of Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block. Am J Cardiol 2020; 137:39-44. [PMID: 32998010 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Left bundle branch block (LBBB) increases the likelihood of developing reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) but predicting which patients with LBBB and normal LVEF will develop decreased LVEF remains challenging. Fifty patients with LBBB and normal LVEF were retrospectively identified. Clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic variables were compared between patients who developed a decreased LVEF and those who did not. A total of 16 of 50 patients developed reduced LVEF after 4.3 (SD = 2.8) years of follow-up. Baseline patient and electrocardiographic variables were similar between patients who did and did not develop decreased LVEF. Baseline LVEF was lower in patients who developed decreased LVEF than in those who did not (51.9% [SD = 2.2%] vs 54.9% [SD = 4.4%], p <0.01). Diastolic filling time (DFT) accounted for a significantly smaller percentage of the cardiac cycle in patients who developed decreased LVEF than in those who did not (35.9%, [SD = 6.9%] vs 44.4% [SD = 4.5%] p <0.01). In univariable logistic regression, DFT had a C-statistic of 0.86 (p <0.0001) for prediction of development of decreased LVEF. In conclusion, patients in whom DFT accounted for <38% of the cardiac cycle had a relative risk of developing decreased LVEF of 7.0 (95% confidence interval 3.0 to 16.0) compared to patients with DFT accounting for ≥38% of the cardiac cycle.
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Lagerstrand KM, Svensson F, Polte CL, Bech-Hanssen O, Starck G, Chadorowski A, Johnsson ÅA. Reliable phase-contrast flow volume magnetic resonance measurements are feasible without adjustment of the velocity encoding parameter. J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 2020; 7:063502. [PMID: 33313339 DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.7.6.063502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Purpose: To show that adjustment of velocity encoding (VENC) for phase-contrast (PC) flow volume measurements is not necessary in modern MR scanners with effective background velocity offset corrections. Approach: The independence on VENC was demonstrated theoretically, but also experimentally on dedicated phantoms and on patients with chronic aortic regurgitation ( n = 17 ) and one healthy volunteer. All PC measurements were performed using a modern MR scanner, where the pre-emphasis circuit but also a subsequent post-processing filter were used for effective correction of background velocity offset errors. Results: The VENC level strongly affected the velocity noise level in the PC images and, hence, the estimated peak flow velocity. However, neither the regurgitant blood flow volume nor the mean flow velocity displayed any clinically relevant dependency on the VENC level. Also, the background velocity offset was shown to be close to zero ( < 0.6 cm / s ) for a VENC range of 150 to 500 cm / s , adding no significant errors to the PC flow volume measurement. Conclusions: Our study shows that reliable PC flow volume measurements are feasible without adjustment of the VENC parameter. Without the need for VENC adjustments, the scan time can be reduced for the benefit of the patient.
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- Kerstin M Lagerstrand
- The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Medicine, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Clinical Physiology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Medicine, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Clinical Physiology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Annabi MS, Côté N, Dahou A, Bartko PE, Bergler-Klein J, Burwash IG, Orwat S, Baumgartner H, Mascherbauer J, Mundigler G, Fukui M, Cavalcante J, Ribeiro HB, Rodès-Cabau J, Clavel MA, Pibarot P. Comparison of Early Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Conservative Management in Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Using Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting: Results From the TOPAS Prospective Observational Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e017870. [PMID: 33289422 PMCID: PMC7955363 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background No randomized comparison of early (ie, ≤3 months) aortic valve replacement (AVR) versus conservative management or of transcatheter AVR (TAVR) versus surgical AVR has been conducted in patients with low‐flow, low‐gradient (LFLG) aortic stenosis (AS). Methods and Results A total of 481 consecutive patients (75±10 years; 71% men) with LFLG AS (aortic valve area ≤0.6 cm2/m2 and mean gradient <40 mm Hg), 72% with classic LFLG and 28% with paradoxical LFLG, were prospectively recruited in the multicenter TOPAS (True or Pseudo Severe Aortic Stenosis) study. True‐severe AS or pseudo‐severe AS was adjudicated by flow‐independent criteria. During follow‐up (median [IQR] 36 [11–60] months), 220 patients died. Using inverse probability of treatment weighting to address the bias of nonrandom treatment assignment, early AVR (n=272) was associated with a major overall survival benefit (hazard ratio [HR], 0.34 [95% CI, 0.24–0.50]; P<0.001). This benefit was observed in patients with true‐severe AS but also with pseudo‐severe AS (HR, 0.38 [95% CI, 0.18–0.81]; P=0.01), and in classic (HR, 0.33 [95% CI, 0.22–0.49]; P<0.001) and paradoxical LFLG AS (HR, 0.42 [95% CI, 0.20–0.92]; P=0.03). Compared with conservative management in the conventional multivariate model, trans femoral TAVR was associated with the best survival (HR, 0.23 [95% CI, 0.12–0.43]; P<0.001), followed by surgical AVR (HR, 0.36 [95% CI, 0.23–0.56]; P<0.001) and alternative‐access TAVR (HR, 0.51 [95% CI, 0.31–0.82]; P=0.007). In the inverse probability of treatment weighting model, trans femoral TAVR appeared to be superior to surgical AVR (HR [95% CI] 0.28 [0.11–0.72]; P=0.008) with regard to survival. Conclusions In this large prospective observational study of LFLG AS, early AVR appeared to confer a major survival benefit in both classic and paradoxical LFLG AS. This benefit seems to extend to the subgroup with pseudo‐severe AS. Our findings suggest that TAVR using femoral access might be the best strategy in these patients. Registration URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01835028.
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- Mohamed-Salah Annabi
- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine II Medical University of ViennaVienna General Hospital Vienna Austria
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine II Medical University of ViennaVienna General Hospital Vienna Austria
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease University Hospital Muenster Muenster Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease University Hospital Muenster Muenster Germany
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine II Medical University of ViennaVienna General Hospital Vienna Austria
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine II Medical University of ViennaVienna General Hospital Vienna Austria
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- Cardiology Minneapolis Heart Institute Minneapolis MN
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- Division of Cardiology University of Pittsburgh PA.,Cardiology Minneapolis Heart Institute Minneapolis MN
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval Québec Canada
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Schneider U, Hofmann C, Schöpe J, Niewald AK, Giebels C, Karliova I, Schäfers HJ. Long-term Results of Differentiated Anatomic Reconstruction of Bicuspid Aortic Valves. JAMA Cardiol 2020; 5:1366-1373. [PMID: 32936224 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Importance Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) repair has been used in limited cohorts, but its long-term results in a large population are unknown. Objectives To analyze the long-term stability of BAV repair for survival and the factors associated with repair failure and to evaluate whether a differentiated anatomic repair approach may improve repair stability. Design, Setting, and Participants In this case series, 1024 patients underwent BAV repair for aortic regurgitation or aneurysm between October 1995 and June 2018, with a mean (SD) follow-up time of 56 (49) months and maximum follow-up of 271 months. Systematic modifications in technique based on anatomic principles were introduced in 2009 and applied for the last 727 patients. Data were acquired prospectively and analyzed retrospectively. Exposures Repair of BAV with or without concomitant aortic replacement, as well as postoperative clinical and echocardiographic follow-up. Main Outcomes and Measures Survival and incidence of reoperation or recurrent aortic regurgitation, as well as factors associated with valve repair failure. Results Among the 1024 patients in the study (920 male [89.8%]; mean [SD] age, 47 [13] years [range, 15-86 years]), the survival rate at 15 years was 82.1%. The cumulative incidence of reoperation was 30.7% (95% CI, 22.7%-38.7%) at 15 years. Cusp calcification (subdistribution hazard ratio, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.14-2.77; P = .01), asymmetric commissural orientation (subdistribution hazard ratio, 1.95; 95% CI, 1.02-3.72; P = .04), and use of a pericardial patch for cusp repair (subdistribution hazard ratio, 5.25; 95% CI, 3.52-7.82; P < .001) were associated with time to reoperation. At 10 years, the incidence of reoperation was significantly reduced among patients who received the anatomic repair concept compared with those who had undergone surgery in the earlier period (8.8% vs 24.6%; P < .001). Conclusions and Relevance This study suggests that survival after BAV repair is excellent and that a large proportion of BAV repairs will remain stable. Repair stability can be markedly improved by an anatomic repair concept. Cusp calcification and the need for cusp repair using a patch remain the factors most strongly associated with valve failure. In those instances, valve replacement should be preferred.
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- Ulrich Schneider
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Farinha JM, Parreira L, Marinheiro R, Fonseca M, Sá C, Duarte T, Esteves A, Mesquita D, Gonçalves S, Caria R. Right bundle brunch block in patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with a higher in-hospital arrhythmic risk and mortality, and a worse prognosis after discharge. J Electrocardiol 2020; 64:3-8. [PMID: 33242763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Recently, the presence of right bundle brunch block (RBBB) in patients with persistent ischaemic symptoms has been suggested as an indication for emergent coronary angiography. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic impact of RBBB in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) before the implementation of the recent recommendations. METHODS We retrospectively studied consecutive patients admitted with AMI between 2011 and 2013. Patients with left bundle brunch block, pacemaker, or nonspecific intraventricular conduction delay were excluded. Patients with RBBB were compared with those without RBBB. Clinical characteristics, in-hospital evolution, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) during follow-up, defined as cardiovascular death, sustained ventricular arrhythmias, acute heart failure syndromes, recurrent myocardial infarction, or acute stroke, were analysed. RESULTS The analysis included 481 patients. Thirty two patients (6.7%) had RBBB. Patients with RBBB were older. During hospital admission, RBBB patients had a higher rate of sustained ventricular tachycardia and death. Survival curve analysis showed that patients with RBBB had a lower in-hospital survival rate (Log-rank, p = 0.004). After discharge, during a mean follow-up time of 24.3 ± 11.6 months, 53 patients (12%) died. Survival curve analysis showed a lower survival rate free of MACE for those patients with RBBB (Log-rank, p = 0.011). RBBB was independently associated with MACE occurrence (HR 2.17, 95% CI 1.07-4.43; p = 0.033), after adjusting for demographic data, coronary angiography findings, treatment performed, echocardiographic evaluation, and medical therapy. CONCLUSION Patients with RBBB had a higher rate of in-hospital mortality and arrhythmic events, and an increased risk of MACE during follow-up.
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- José Maria Farinha
- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal.
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Cardiology Department, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 175, 2910-549 Setúbal, Portugal
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Morgan H, Nana M, Obuobie K, Bundhoo S. What lies beneath: hypothyroid heart and valvular disease. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2020; 81:1-4. [PMID: 33263474 DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2020.0195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Holly Morgan
- Cardiology Department, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK
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- Endocrinology Department, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK
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- Endocrinology Department, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK
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von Stumm M, Dudde F, Gasser S, Sequeira-Gross T, Pausch J, Sinning C, Reichenspurner H, Girdauskas E. Prognostic value of mitral valve tenting area in patients with functional mitral regurgitation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2020; 30:431-438. [PMID: 31808513 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivz291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Mitral valve (MV) repair in functional mitral regurgitation is still associated with suboptimal outcomes. Our goal was to determine whether the clinical outcome following MV repair correlates with preoperative tenting parameters. METHODS We retrospectively identified consecutive patients with functional mitral regurgitation who underwent an isolated MV annuloplasty during a 7-year period (2010-2016) from our institutional database. Preoperative tenting parameters (i.e. tenting height, coaptation length, tenting area, posterior mitral leaflet and anterior mitral leaflet angles and interpapillary muscle distance) were systematically measured. The primary end point was the composite of survival and freedom from adverse cardiac events. The follow-up protocol consisted of a structured clinical questionnaire and an analysis of the echocardiographic data. RESULTS A total of 240 patients (mean age 67.8 ± 9.8 years, 57% of men) were analysed. The overall 5-year survival rate for the whole study cohort was 74.7 ± 4.2%, and freedom from adverse cardiac events was 84.8 ± 3.4%. A tenting area ≥2.4 cm2 was identified as a cut-off value, independently predicting the composite primary study end point (hazard ratio 2.0; P = 0.03). Furthermore, a Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed a strong tendency towards worse 5-year outcomes in patients with a tenting area ≥2.4 cm2 (n = 153) versus patients with a tenting area <2.4 cm2 (n = 87) (65.3 ± 5.5% vs 77.1 ± 6.3%; P = 0.06). CONCLUSIONS MV annuloplasty is associated with acceptable clinical and echocardiographic outcomes in patients with functional mitral regurgitation 5 years postoperatively. A preoperative tenting area ≥2.4 cm2 showed a strong trend towards a worse 5-year survival rate and an increased risk of adverse cardiac events after an isolated MV annuloplasty.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart & Vascular Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Wang W, Jiang Y, Li J, Gong K, Zhao L, Tang G, Meng Y, Wang Z. Diagnostic value of mitral regurgitant jet volume in the assessment of mitral regurgitation severity by general imaging three-dimensional quantification. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 36:1963-1972. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-01916-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sugiura A, Weber M, Tabata N, Goto T, Öztürk C, Hammerstingl C, Sinning JM, Werner N, Nickenig G. Prognostic Impact of Redo Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair for Recurrent Mitral Regurgitation. Am J Cardiol 2020; 130:123-129. [PMID: 32693917 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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There is little known about the prognostic impact of a redo transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) for residual or recurrent mitral regurgitation (MR). From January 2011 to March 2019, we identified 43 consecutive patients who underwent a redo TMVR procedure with the MitraClip system. A control cohort was treated medically for MR ≥2+ after the first TMVR and was propensity score 1:1 matched using age, gender, MR severity, trans-mitral pressure gradient, and etiology of MR. To investigate the association of redo TMVR with 1-year mortality, we fitted a Cox proportional hazard model. The technical success rate of redo TMVR was 95%. A reduction in MR to ≤2+ was achieved in 79% of patients, with a significant decline of tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient and improvement of the New York Heart Association class. After matching was performed, 43 well-matched pairs of patients were analyzed. Redo TMVR patients showed lower 1-year mortality (10.5% vs 37.6%, p = 0.01) compared with the control patients. Redo TMVR was associated with better survival (hazard ratio [HR] 0.26, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.08 to 0.79, p = 0.02) and lower risk of the composite end point (mortality and rehospitalization due to HF: HR 0.34, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.78; p = 0.01) at 1-year follow-up. The association with the primary end point remained significant after accounting for the New York Heart Association class III/IV, TR ≥severe, the type of MR (i.e., recurrent or residual MR), or the type of previous implanted TMVR device. In conclusion, redo TMVR in selected patients with residual or recurrent MR may be associated with lower 1-year mortality than medical therapy alone.
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El Faquir N, De Backer O, Bosmans J, Rudolph T, Buzzatti N, Bieliauskas G, Collas V, Wienemann H, Schiavi D, Cummins P, Rahhab Z, Kroon H, Wolff Q, Lenzen M, Ribeiro JM, Latib A, Adam M, Søndergaard L, Ren B, Van Mieghem N, de Jaegere P. Patient-Specific Computer Simulation in TAVR With the Self-Expanding Evolut R Valve. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 13:1803-1812. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sánchez Ramírez CJ, Pérez de Isla L. Tetralogy of Fallot: cardiac imaging evaluation. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 8:966. [PMID: 32953766 PMCID: PMC7475417 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2020.02.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Thanks to advances in pediatric cardiology, most infants with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) now survive into adulthood. This relatively new population of adult patients may face long-term complications, including pulmonary regurgitation (PR), right ventricular (RV) tract obstruction, residual shunts, RV dysfunction, and arrythmias. They will often need to undergo pulmonary valve (PV) replacement and other invasive re-interventions. However, the optimal timing for these procedures is challenging, largely due to the complexity of evaluating RV volume and function. The options for the follow-up of these patients have rapidly evolved from an angiography-based approach to the surge of advanced imaging techniques, mainly echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), and computer tomography (CT). In this review, we outline the indications, strengths and limitations of these modalities in the adult TOF population.
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- Department of Cardiac Imaging, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Professor Martín Lagos, Madrid, Spain
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Baghel J, Keepanasseril A, Pillai AA, Mondal N, Jeganathan Y, Kundra P. Prediction of adverse cardiac events in pregnant women with valvular rheumatic heart disease. Heart 2020; 106:1400-1406. [PMID: 32601124 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-316648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence of adverse cardiac events in pregnant women with rheumatic valvular heart disease (RHD) and to derive a clinical risk scoring for predicting it. METHODS This is an observational study involving pregnant women with RHD, attending a tertiary centre in south India. Data regarding obstetric history, medical history, maternal complications and perinatal outcome till discharge were collected. Eight-hundred and twenty pregnancies among 681 women were included in the analysis. Primary outcome was composite adverse cardiac event defined as occurrence of one or more of complications such as death, cardiac arrest, heart failure, cerebrovascular accident from thromboembolism and new-onset arrhythmias. RESULTS Of the 681 women with RHD, 180 (26.3%) were diagnosed during pregnancy. Composite adverse cardiac outcome during pregnancy/post partum occurred in 122 (14.9%) pregnancies, with 12 of them succumbed to the disease. In multivariate analysis, prior adverse cardiac events (OR=8.35, 95% CI 3.54 to 19.71), cardiac medications at booking (OR=0.53, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.86), mitral stenosis (mild OR=2.48, 95% CI 1.08 to 5.69; moderate OR=2.23, 95% CI 1.19 to 4.18; severe OR=7.72,95% 4.05 to 12.89), valve replacement (OR=2.53, 95% CI 1.28 to 5.02) and pulmonary hypertension (OR=6.90, 3.81 to 12.46) were predictive of composite adverse cardiac events with a good discrimination (area under the curve=0.803) and acceptable calibration. A predictive score combining these factors is proposed for clinical utility. CONCLUSION Heart failure remains the most common adverse cardiac event during pregnancy or puerperium. Combining the lesion-specific characteristics and clinical information into a predictive score, which is simple and effective, could be used in routine clinical practice.
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- Jyoti Baghel
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Neonatology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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Winter MP, Bartko PE, Krickl A, Gatterer C, Donà C, Nitsche C, Koschutnik M, Spinka G, Siller-Matula JM, Lang IM, Mascherbauer J, Hengstenberg C, Goliasch G. Adaptive development of concomitant secondary mitral and tricuspid regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 22:1045-1053. [PMID: 32561917 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AIMS Concomitant secondary atrioventricular regurgitation is frequent in patients with severe aortic stenosis scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The future implications of leaving associated valve lesions untreated after TAVR remain unknown. Aim of the present study was to characterize the evolution of concomitant secondary atrioventricular regurgitations and to evaluate their impact on long-term prognosis. METHODS AND RESULTS We prospectively enrolled 429 consecutive TAVR patients. All patients underwent comprehensive clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic assessments prior to TAVR, at discharge, and yearly thereafter. All-cause mortality was chosen as primary study endpoint. At baseline, severe concomitant secondary mitral regurgitation (sMR) was present in 54 (13%) and severe concomitant secondary tricuspid regurgitation (sTR) in 75 patients (17%). After TAVR 59% of patients with severe sMR at baseline experienced sMR regression, whereas analogously sTR regressed in 43% of patients with severe sTR. Persistence of sTR and sMR were associated with excess mortality after adjustment for our bootstrap-selected confounder model with an adjusted HR of 2.44 (95% CI 1.15-5.20, P = 0.021) for sMR and of 2.09 (95% CI 1.20-3.66, P = 0.01) for sTR. Patients showing regression of atrioventricular regurgitation exhibited survival rates indistinguishable to those seen in patients without concomitant atrioventricular regurgitation (sMR: P = 0.83; sTR: P = 0.74). CONCLUSION Concomitant secondary atrioventricular regurgitation in patients with severe AS is a highly dynamic process with up to half of all patients showing regression of associated valvular regurgitation after TAVR and subsequent favourable post-interventional outcome. Persistent atrioventricular regurgitation is a major determinant of unfavourable outcome after TAVR and proposes a window of early sequel intervention.
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- Max-Paul Winter
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology (CEPT), Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Isolated Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension Associates with Higher Cardiovascular Risk in Scleroderma Patients. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9061910. [PMID: 32570917 PMCID: PMC7357136 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background and Aim: Isolated exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension (ExPH) associates with cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with left heart disease. We investigated its prognostic significance in scleroderma patients at risk for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Methods: In 26 consecutive scleroderma female patients with either low (n = 13) or intermediate probability (n = 13) of pulmonary hypertension (PH) at rest, we evaluated, both at time 0 and 1 year, prognostic determinants of CV risk: onset or progression of heart failure/syncope; worsening of functional class; functional performance at the 6-minute walking test and at cardiopulmonary exercise test; right atrial area; and pericardial effusion. We assigned a severity score 1–3 to each prognostic determinant, derived an overall CV risk score, and its 0–1 year change. Isolated ExPH during the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) was defined as absence of PH at rest, reduced peak VO2, VE/VCO2 >30 at anaerobic threshold, reduced O2 pulse, and ΔVO2/ΔW <9 mL/min/W. We then correlated ExPH at time 0 with clinical worsening (risk score increase >20% after 1 year). Results: ExPH was strongly associated with clinical worsening compared to patients without ExPH (p = 0.005). In patients without ExPH, none had > 20% increased CV risk score after 1 year. Conversely, about 50% of patients with ExPH had such an increase, suggesting a worsening of prognosis. Conclusions: Isolated ExPH associates with higher cardiovascular risk and thus clinical worsening in scleroderma patients. The assessment of ExPH by CPET can thus contribute to a better risk stratification and the planning of a more adequate follow-up.
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Impaired cardiac function is associated with mortality in patients with acute COVID-19 infection. Clin Res Cardiol 2020; 109:1491-1499. [PMID: 32537662 PMCID: PMC7293880 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-020-01683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Background COVID-19 infection may cause severe respiratory distress and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Impaired cardiac function and/or pre-existing cardiovascular disease may be associated with poor prognosis. In the present study, we report a comprehensive cardiovascular characterization in the first consecutive collective of patients that was admitted and treated at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany. Methods 123 consecutive patients with COVID-19 were included. Routine blood sampling, transthoracic echocardiography and electrocardiography were performed at hospital admission. Results We found that impaired left-ventricular and right-ventricular function as well as tricuspid regurgitation > grade 1 were significantly associated with higher mortality. Furthermore, elevated levels of myocardial distress markers (troponin-I and NT pro-BNP) were associated with poor prognosis in this patient collective. Conclusion Impaired cardiac function is associated with poor prognosis in COVID-19 positive patients. Consequently, treatment of these patients should include careful guideline-conform cardiovascular evaluation and treatment. Thus, formation of a competent Cardio-COVID-19 team may represent a major clinical measure to optimize therapy of cardiovascular patients during this pandemic.
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Matsushima S, Heß A, Lämmerzahl JR, Karliova I, Giebels C, Schäfers HJ. Reexamining remodelling in children. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 57:1091-1097. [PMID: 31972004 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Some studies have suggested that root remodelling is unsuitable as valve-sparing aortic root replacement in children because of the increased risk of valve failure. This study reviewed our experience with root remodelling in children. METHODS All patients who underwent root remodelling at the age of ≤18 years between 1999 and 2016 were evaluated. In 2004, cusp effective height was measured intraoperatively and prolapse was corrected with central plication on the cusp. Suture annuloplasty was introduced after 2009 for annular dilatation. RESULTS There were 17 consecutive patients. The median age at operation was 14 (2.8-18) years. Aortic valve morphology was tricuspid in 10 patients, bicuspid in 5 patients, unicuspid in 1 patient and a pulmonary autograft in 1 patient. Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome and other connective tissue diseases were present in 11, 1 and 2 patients, respectively. Five patients had more than moderate aortic regurgitation. The median graft size used for root remodelling was 24 (18-26) mm. Cusp repair and annuloplasty were performed in 15 and 14 patients, respectively. The mean follow-up time was 6.5 ± 4.3 years. One patient with preoperatively severely depressed ventricular function died in the hospital from persistent heart failure. One patient (operated on before 2004) required aortic valve reoperation due to cusp prolapse. One patient with a unicuspid valve had developed moderate aortic regurgitation, and the other 14 patients had mild or less regurgitation. The median diameter of the sinus of Valsalva at the last follow-up was 36 (30-43) mm, Z-score of 1.5 (-3.5 to 3.9). CONCLUSIONS Root remodelling can be performed in children with favourable results by appropriate cusp repair and annuloplasty.
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- Shunsuke Matsushima
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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Yuan X, Mao S, Tang Q. Analysis of the incidence and baseline predictors of the left ventricular ejection fraction returning to normal after dilated cardiomyopathy in postmenopausal women: a retrospective, observational study. J Int Med Res 2020; 48:300060520922471. [PMID: 32429729 PMCID: PMC7241211 DOI: 10.1177/0300060520922471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Objective To analyse the incidence and baseline predictors of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) returning to normal after dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) following intervention with standard anti-heart failure (HF) medication in postmenopausal women. Methods Data from consecutive postmenopausal women who were first diagnosed with DCM and received anti-HF treatment during 2011 to 2018 were prospectively retrieved. The study population was divided into the LVEF recovery (LVR) group and the LVEF unrecovered (LVU) group according to whether LVEF was > 50%. The primary endpoint was baseline predictors of LVEF returning to normal. Results LVEF returned to normal in 49.3% (210/426) of patients with DCM. LVEF was significantly higher in the LVR group than in the LVU group (57.4% ± 6.9% vs 44.2% ± 5.3%; hazard ratio 1.312, 95% confidence interval 1.015–1.726) at the final follow-up. High systolic pressure, a short history of HF, a short QRS interval, a small left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDd), and high LVEF at admission were independent predictors of LVEF returning to normal. Conclusions LVEF returning to normal in postmenopausal women with DCM who receive standard anti-HF treatment is associated with systolic pressure, a history of HF, QRS interval, LVEDd, LVEF at admission, and favourable outcome.
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- Xiaopin Yuan
- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University; Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University; Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Morbach C, Gelbrich G, Tiffe T, Eichner FA, Christa M, Mattern R, Breunig M, Cejka V, Wagner M, Heuschmann PU, Störk S, Frantz S, Maack C, Ertl G, Fassnacht M, Wanner C, Leyh R, Volkmann J, Deckert J, Faller H, Jahns R. Prevalence and determinants of the precursor stages of heart failure: results from the population-based STAAB cohort study. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020; 28:924-934. [DOI: 10.1177/2047487320922636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Prevention of heart failure relies on the early identification and control of risk factors. We aimed to identify the frequency and characteristics of individuals at risk of heart failure in the general population.
Methods and Results
We report cross-sectional data from the prospective Characteristics and Course of Heart Failure Stages A–B and Determinants of Progression (STAAB) cohort study investigating a representative sample of residents of Würzburg, Germany. Sampling was stratified 1:1 for sex and 10:27:27:27:10 for age groups of 30–39/40–49/50–59/60–69/70–79 years. Heart failure precursor stages were defined according to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association: stage A (risk factors for heart failure), stage B (asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction). The main results were internally validated in the second half of the participants. The derivation sample comprised 2473 participants (51% women) with a distribution of 10%/28%/25%/27%/10% in respective age groups. Stages A and B were prevalent in 42% and 17% of subjects, respectively. Of stage B subjects, 31% had no risk factor qualifying for stage A (group ‘B-not-A’). Compared to individuals in stage B with A criteria, B-not-A were younger, more often women, and had left ventricular dilation as the predominant B qualifying criterion (all P < 0.001). These results were confirmed in the validation sample (n = 2492).
Conclusion
We identified a hitherto undescribed group of asymptomatic individuals with cardiac dysfunction predisposing to heart failure, who lacked established heart failure risk factors and therefore would have been missed by conventional primary prevention. Further studies need to replicate this finding in independent cohorts and characterise their genetic and -omic profile and the inception of clinically overt heart failure in subjects of group B-not-A.
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- Caroline Morbach
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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Chen Z, Cui C, Yin G, Jiang Y, Wu W, Lei J, Guo S, Zhang Z, Arlene S, Arai AE, Zhao S, Lu M. Aortic regurgitation is common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: An echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. Eur J Radiol 2020; 124:108836. [PMID: 32006932 PMCID: PMC10822682 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.108836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the incidence, mechanism, and risk factors of aortic regurgitation (AR) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by using echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). METHODS 105 HCM patients, 52 hypertension (HTN) patients and 50 healthy controls (HC) were retrospectively recruited. HCM patients were divided into 38 with AR (HCMAR) subject and 67 without AR. The subaortic complex, D1 (the largest distance of the interventricular septum that protruded into the LVOT) and D3 (the LVOT effective width) were assessed and compared between the two groups of HCM patients. RESULTS AR was more common in HCM than in HTN and HC (36 %, 17 %, and 10 %, respectively, P = 0.001). HCM patients with AR were older (58 ± 11 vs. 45 ± 16 years, P < 0.001) and had a higher incidence of hypertension (55 % vs. 33 %, P = 0.03). D1 was greater (13.5 ± 4.4 vs. 10.6 ± 4.0 mm, P = 0.001), and D3 was shorter in the HCMAR group (10.2 ± 5.3 vs. 13.7 ± 5.9 mm, P = 0.003). Anterior mitral leaflet length and left atrial diameter were greater in HCMAR group (all P < 0.05). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, the independent risk factors of AR in HCM patients were LVOTO and age. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that AR is a common comorbidity of HCM, especially in patients with LVOTO. LVOTO and age were independent risk factors of AR in HCM patient.
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- Zixian Chen
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China; Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Imaging (Cultivation), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Imaging (Cultivation), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Health and Human Services, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 20892-1061, United States.
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- Department of Health and Human Services, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 20892-1061, United States.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Imaging (Cultivation), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, People's Republic of China; Department of Health and Human Services, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 20892-1061, United States.
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Results of Pericardial Patches in Tricuspid and Bicuspid Aortic Cusp Repair. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 109:728-735. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nitsche C, Aschauer S, Kammerlander AA, Schneider M, Poschner T, Duca F, Binder C, Koschutnik M, Stiftinger J, Goliasch G, Siller-Matula J, Winter MP, Anvari-Pirsch A, Andreas M, Geppert A, Beitzke D, Loewe C, Hacker M, Agis H, Kain R, Lang I, Bonderman D, Hengstenberg C, Mascherbauer J. Light-chain and transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in severe aortic stenosis: prevalence, screening possibilities, and outcome. Eur J Heart Fail 2020; 22:1852-1862. [PMID: 32078212 PMCID: PMC7687139 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Aims Concomitant cardiac amyloidosis (CA) in severe aortic stenosis (AS) is difficult to recognize, since both conditions are associated with concentric left ventricular thickening. We aimed to assess type, frequency, screening parameters, and prognostic implications of CA in AS. Methods and results A total of 191 consecutive AS patients (81.2 ± 7.4 years; 50.3% female) scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were prospectively enrolled. Overall, 81.7% underwent complete assessment including echocardiography with strain analysis, electrocardiography (ECG), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), 99mTc‐DPD scintigraphy, serum and urine free light chain measurement, and myocardial biopsy in immunoglobulin light chain (AL)‐CA. Voltage/mass ratio (VMR; Sokolow–Lyon index on ECG/left ventricular mass index) and stroke volume index (SVi) were tested as screening parameters. Receiver operating characteristic curve, binary logistic regression, and Kaplan–Meier curve analyses were performed. CA was found in 8.4% of patients (n = 16); 15 had transthyretin (TTR)‐CA and one AL‐CA. While global longitudinal strain by echo did not reliably differentiate AS from CA‐AS [area under the curve (AUC) 0.643], VMR as well as SVi showed good discriminative power (AUC 0.770 and 0.773, respectively), which was comparable to extracellular volume by CMR (AUC 0.756). Also, VMR and SVi were independently associated with CA by multivariate logistic regression analysis (P = 0.016 and P = 0.027, respectively). CA did not significantly affect survival 15.3 ± 7.9 months after TAVR (P = 0.972). Conclusion Both TTR‐ and AL‐CA can accompany severe AS. Parameters solely based on ECG and echocardiography allow for the identification of the majority of CA‐AS. In the present cohort, CA did not significantly worsen prognosis 15.3 months after TAVR.
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- Christian Nitsche
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Early exercise training feasibility after aortic valve repair: A multicentre prospective French survey on behalf of the Aortic Valve repair International Registry (AVIATOR). Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2020; 113:168-175. [PMID: 32067947 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2019.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Standardization of aortic valve repair by the external ring annuloplasty approach is an alternative to valve replacement to avoid prosthetic valve-related events. Although the benefit of exercise training to improve postoperative exercise tolerance has been demonstrated in many conditions after cardiac surgery, it has never been described after aortic valve repair. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility of an early exercise training programme after aortic valve repair. METHODS Consecutive patients were prospectively included in 13 postoperative centres. Patients underwent an exercise training programme for approximately 3-5 weeks. Transthoracic echocardiography and a cardiopulmonary exercise test were performed before and after the exercise training programme. RESULTS Fifty patients (mean±standard deviation [SD] age: 50±13 years) were included a mean of 13.6±12.0 days after aortic valve repair. The preoperative degree of aortic insufficiency was moderate to severe in 35 patients (70%) and the aortic valve was bicuspid in 24 patients (48%). Valve-sparing root replacement and isolated aortic valve repair (including 10% supracoronary aorta replacement) were performed in 64% and 36% of patients, respectively. We found no aortic insufficiency occurrence or worsening and no adverse clinical events after the exercise training programme. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction increased significantly (from 54%±8% to 57%±9%; P=0.0007). Mean peak oxygen consumption and first ventilatory threshold increased from 17.0±5.3 to 22.5±7.8mL/kg/min (32% increase) and from 12.0±3.9 to 14.3±5.2mL/kg/min (19% increase), respectively (both P<0.05). CONCLUSION Exercise training early after aortic valve repair is safe and seems to significantly improve exercise capacity.
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Akin S, Soliman O, de By TMMH, Muslem R, Tijssen JGP, Schoenrath F, Meyns B, Gummert JF, Mohacsi P, Caliskan K. Causes and predictors of early mortality in patients treated with left ventricular assist device implantation in the European Registry of Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS). Intensive Care Med 2020; 46:1349-1360. [PMID: 32016536 PMCID: PMC7334284 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-05939-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of the study was to analyze early mortality after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation which remains high. METHODS We analyzed consecutive (n = 2689) patients from the European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS) undergoing continuous-flow LVAD implantation. The primary outcome was early (< 90 days) mortality. Secondary outcomes were differential causes of early post-operative death following LVAD implantation. RESULTS Univariable and multivariable analysis as well as regression analysis were used to examine determinants and differential causes of early (< 90 days) mortality after LVAD implantation. During the first 90 days, 2160 (80%) patients were alive with ongoing LVAD support, 40(2%) patients underwent heart transplantation, and 487(18%) deceased. The main causes of early death were MOF (36%), sepsis (28%), cardiopulmonary failure (CPF; 10%), CVA (9%), and right-sided heart failure (RHF, 8%). Furthermore, MOF and sepsis are 70% of causes of death in the first week. Independent clinical predictors of early death were age, female sex, INTERMACS profile 1 to 3, and ECMO. Laboratory predictors included elevated serum creatinine, total bilirubin, lactate, and low hemoglobin. Furthermore, hemodynamic predictors included elevated RA-to-PCWP ratio, pulmonary vascular resistance, and low systemic vascular resistance. Longer total implantation time was also independent predictor of early mortality. A simple model of 12 variables predicts early mortality following LVAD implantation with a good discriminative power with area under the curve of 0.75. CONCLUSIONS In the EUROMACS registry, approximately one out of five patients die within 90 days after LVAD implantation. Early mortality is primarily dominated by multiorgan failure followed by sepsis. A simple model identifies important parameters which are associated with early mortality following LVAD implantation.
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- Sakir Akin
- Thoraxcenter, Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Intensive Care, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Saolta University Healthcare Group, Galway University Road, Galway, Ireland
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- Thoraxcenter, Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers-University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cardialysis, Academic Research Organisation Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Thoraxcenter, Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Determinants of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Degeneration. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 13:345-353. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Van Belle E, Vincent F, Labreuche J, Auffret V, Debry N, Lefèvre T, Eltchaninoff H, Manigold T, Gilard M, Verhoye JP, Himbert D, Koning R, Collet JP, Leprince P, Teiger E, Duhamel A, Cosenza A, Schurtz G, Porouchani S, Lattuca B, Robin E, Coisne A, Modine T, Richardson M, Joly P, Rioufol G, Ghostine S, Bar O, Amabile N, Champagnac D, Ohlmann P, Meneveau N, Lhermusier T, Leroux L, Leclercq F, Gandet T, Pinaud F, Cuisset T, Motreff P, Souteyrand G, Iung B, Folliguet T, Commeau P, Cayla G, Bayet G, Darremont O, Spaulding C, Le Breton H, Delhaye C. Balloon-Expandable Versus Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Circulation 2020; 141:243-259. [DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.043785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Background:
No randomized study powered to compare balloon expandable (BE) with self expanding (SE) transcatheter heart valves (THVs) on individual end points after transcatheter aortic valve replacement has been conducted to date.
Methods:
From January 2013 to December 2015, the FRANCE-TAVI nationwide registry (Registry of Aortic Valve Bioprostheses Established by Catheter) included 12 141 patients undergoing BE-THV (Edwards, n=8038) or SE-THV (Medtronic, n=4103) for treatment of native aortic stenosis. Long term mortality status was available in all patients (median 20 months; interquartile range, 14 to 30). Patients treated with BE-THV (n=3910) were successfully matched 1:1 with 3910 patients treated with SE-THV by using propensity score (25 clinical, anatomical, and procedural variables) and by date of the procedure (within 3 months). The first coprimary outcome was ≥ moderate occurrence of paravalvular regurgitation or in-hospital mortality, or both. The second coprimary outcome was 2-year all-cause mortality.
Results:
In propensity–matched analyses, the incidence of the first coprimary outcome was higher with SE-THV (19.8%) compared with BE-THV (11.9%; relative risk, 1.68 [95% CI, 1.46–1.91];
P
<0.0001). Each component of the outcome was also higher in patients receiving SE-THV: ≥ moderate paravalvular regurgitation (15.5% versus 8.3%; relative risk, 1.90 [95% CI, 1.63–2.22];
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<0.0001) and in hospital mortality (5.6% versus 4.2%; relative risk, 1.34 [95% CI, 1.07–1.66];
P
=0.01). During follow up, all cause mortality occurred in 899 patients treated with SE-THV (2-year mortality, 29.8%) and in 801 patients treated with BE-THV (2-year mortality, 26.6%; hazard ratio, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.06–1.29];
P
=0.003). Similar results were found using inverse probability of treatment weighting using propensity score analysis.
Conclusion:
The present study suggests that use of SE-THV was associated with a higher risk of paravalvular regurgitation and higher in-hospital and 2-year mortality compared with use of BE-THV. These data strongly support the need for a randomized trial sufficiently powered to compare the latest generation of SE-THV and BE-THV.
Clinical Trial Registration:
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov
. Unique identifier: NCT01777828.
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- Eric Van Belle
- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Department of Biostatistics, EA 2694-Santé Publique: épidémiologie et Qualité des Soins (J.L., A.D.)
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- CHU de Lille, Université de Lille, France. CHU Pontchaillou, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, CIC-IT 804, Université de Rennes 1, Laboratoire de Traitement du Signal et de l’Image, Inserm U1099, Rennes, France (V.A., J.P.-V., H.L.B.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris-Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques-Cartier, Massy, France (T. Lefèvre)
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- CHU Rouen–Charles-Nicolle, Service de Cardiologie, Inserm U644, Rouen, France (H.E.)
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- CHU Guillaume et René Laennec, Institut du Thorax, Service de Cardiologie, Nantes, France (T. Manigold)
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- CHU La Cavale Blanche, Département de Cardiologie, Optimisation des Régulations Physiologiques, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Brest, France (M.G.)
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- CHU de Lille, Université de Lille, France. CHU Pontchaillou, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, CIC-IT 804, Université de Rennes 1, Laboratoire de Traitement du Signal et de l’Image, Inserm U1099, Rennes, France (V.A., J.P.-V., H.L.B.)
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- AP–HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département de Cardiologie, Université Paris-Diderot, France (D.H., B.I.)
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- Clinique Saint-Hilaire, Service de Cardiologie, Rouen, France (R.K.)
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- AP–HP, CHU La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Cardiologie, Paris, France (J.-P.C., P.L.)
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- AP–HP, CHU La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Cardiologie, Paris, France (J.-P.C., P.L.)
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- Hôpital Henri-Mondor Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Département de Cardiologie, Créteil, France (E.T.)
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- Department of Biostatistics, EA 2694-Santé Publique: épidémiologie et Qualité des Soins (J.L., A.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- CHU Nîmes, Cardiologie, Université Montpellier, Nimes, France (B.L., G.C.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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- Hopital Saint-Joseph, Fédération de Cardiologie, Marseille, France (P.J.)
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- CHU Louis Pradel, Division de Cardiologie, Centre d’Investigation Clinique de Lyon (CIC), Bron, France (G.R.)
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- Centre Marie Lannelongue, Département de Cardiologie, Le Plessis Robinson, France (S.G.)
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- Clinique Saint Gatien, Service de Cardiologie, Tours, France (O.B.)
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- Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Département de Cardiologie, Paris, France (N.A.)
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- Clinique du Tonkin, Service de Cardiologie, Villeurbanne, France (D.C.)
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- CHU de Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Département de Cardiologie, Université de Strasbourg, France (P.O.)
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- CHU Besançon, Cardiologie, Hopital Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France (N.M.)
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- CHU de Toulouse, Département de Cardiologie, Inserm U1048, Université de Toulouse 3, France (T. Lhermusier)
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- Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Département de Cardiologie Interventionnelle, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France (L.L.)
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- CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Service de Cardiologie, Montpellier, France (F.L., T.G.)
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- CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Service de Cardiologie, Montpellier, France (F.L., T.G.)
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- CHU d’Angers, Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, CNRS UMR 6214, INSERM 1083, Université d’Angers, France (F.P.)
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- CHU La Timone Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Département de Cardiologie, Inserm UMR1062, INRA UMR 1260, Université d’Aix-Marseille, France (T.C.)
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- CHU Gabriel Montpied, Département de Cardiologie, ISIT, CaVITI, CNRS (UMR-6284), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (P.M., G. Souteyrand)
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- CHU Gabriel Montpied, Département de Cardiologie, ISIT, CaVITI, CNRS (UMR-6284), Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (P.M., G. Souteyrand)
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- AP–HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département de Cardiologie, Université Paris-Diderot, France (D.H., B.I.)
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- CHU de Nancy, Service de Chirurgie Cardiovasculaire, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France (T.F.)
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- CHU Nîmes, Cardiologie, Université Montpellier, Nimes, France (B.L., G.C.)
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- Hôpital Privé Clairval, Service de Cardiologie, Marseille, France (G.B.)
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- Clinique Saint Augustin, Service de Cardiologie, Bordeaux, France (O.D.)
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- CHU de Lille, Université de Lille, France. CHU Pontchaillou, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, CIC-IT 804, Université de Rennes 1, Laboratoire de Traitement du Signal et de l’Image, Inserm U1099, Rennes, France (V.A., J.P.-V., H.L.B.)
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- Département de Cardiologie, Institut Coeur Poumon, Inserm U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID (E.V.B., F.V., N.D., A. Cosenza, G. Schurtz, S.P., E.R., A. Coisne, T. Modine, M.R., C.D.)
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Mao W, Caballero A, Hahn RT, Sun W. Comparative quantification of primary mitral regurgitation by computer modeling and simulated echocardiography. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 318:H547-H557. [PMID: 31922890 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00367.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Clinical investigations have demonstrated that mitral regurgitation (MR) quantification using echocardiography (echo) may significantly underestimate or overestimate the regurgitant volume, especially for two-dimensional (2D) echo. Computer modeling and simulated echo were conducted to evaluate the fundamental assumptions in the echo quantification of primary MR that is due to posterior mitral leaflet prolapse. The theoretical flaw of the proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) method originates from the assumption that the MR flow rate is the product of the isovelocity surface area and aliasing velocity, which is only valid when the velocity vectors are perpendicular to the isovelocity surface. Other factors such as the Doppler angle effect, the view planes of 2D echo, and the single time instant of PISA were also analyzed. We find that the hemielliptic PISA method gives the smallest error for moderate and severe MR cases compared with other PISA methods. Compared with the PISA method, the volumetric technique (VT) is theoretically more robust. By considering correction factors that are caused by nonflat velocity profiles and the closing volume of the aortic valve, the accuracy of the VT method can be significantly improved. The corrected volumetric technique provides more accurate results compared with the PISA methods, especially for mild MR.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We evaluate the accuracy of common echocardiography techniques for the quantification of primary mitral regurgitations using computer modeling. The hemielliptic proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) method gives the smallest error (within 15%) for moderate and severe mitral regurgitation cases compared with other PISA methods. The volumetric method is theoretically more robust than the PISA method. The accuracy of the volumetric method can be improved by a correction factor around 0.7 because of the nonflat velocity profiles and the closing volume of the aortic valve.
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- Wenbin Mao
- Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Madonna R, Bonitatibus G, Vitulli P, Pierdomenico SD, Galiè N, De Caterina R. Association of the European Society of Cardiology echocardiographic probability grading for pulmonary hypertension with short and mid-term clinical outcomes after heart valve surgery. Vascul Pharmacol 2020; 125-126:106648. [PMID: 31904543 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2020.106648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity after valvular heart surgery, mainly through its adverse effect on right ventricular hemodynamic. Recently, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) PH guidelines introduced a PH probability grading that lists additional parameters related to right ventricular dimensions. We evaluated the impact of such score on short- and mid-term outcomes in patients undergoing left heart valvular surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 60 consecutive patients (mean age 70 ± 9 years) undergoing left heart valvular surgery with or without coronary artery bypass. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to the PH probability: "low" (n = 18), "intermediate" (n = 18), or "high" (n = 24). The high PH probability group had higher rate of World Health Organization-Functional Class (WHO-FC) III and IV, hemodynamic complications, deaths, major bleeding events and infections after heart surgery than the other groups. A "high" PH probability was associated with reduced right ventricular systolic function, as measured by the fractional area change (FAC), but not with the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE). CONCLUSION The high PH probability as evaluated by the ESC PH echocardiographic probability model, is associated with increased short- and mid-term mortality and morbidity and reduced right ventricular systolic function after cardiac surgery, Thus, additional echocardiographic parameters assessing PH probability are valuable tools to stratify risk in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Giugno L, Faccini A, Carminati M. Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation. Korean Circ J 2020; 50:302-316. [PMID: 32157831 PMCID: PMC7067602 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2019.0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) is recognized as a feasible and low risk alternative to surgery to treat dysfunctional right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) in usually pluri-operated patients. Evolving technology allowed to develop different kind of prosthesis and to go from an initial treatment exclusively of stenotic conduit to an actual approach extended also to wide native RVOT. The Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) and the Edwards Sapien valve are nowadays the most commonly implanted prostheses. However, other devices have been developed to treat large RVOT (i.e., the Venus p-valve, the Medtronic Harmony TPV, the Alterra Adaptive Prestent, and the Pulsta valve). Indications for PPVI are the same as for surgical interventions on pulmonary valve, with limits related to the maximum diameter of the available percutaneous prosthesis. Therefore, an accurate preoperative evaluation is of paramount importance to select patients who could benefit from this procedure. The overall periprocedural mortality incidence is around 1.4%, while freedom from RVOT reintervention ranges from 100% at 4 months to 70% at 70 months, according to the different published studies.
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- Luca Giugno
- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
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