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Jentzer JC, van Diepen S, Alviar C, Miller PE, Metkus TS, Geller BJ, Kashani KB. Arterial hyperoxia and mortality in the cardiac intensive care unit. Curr Probl Cardiol 2024; 49:102738. [PMID: 39025170 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Arterial hyperoxia (hyperoxemia), defined as a high arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), has been associated with adverse outcomes in critically ill populations, but has not been examined in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). We evaluated the association between exposure to hyperoxia on admission with in-hospital mortality in a mixed CICU cohort. METHODS We included unique Mayo Clinic CICU patients admitted from 2007 to 2018 with admission PaO2 data (defined as the PaO2 value closest to CICU admission) and no hypoxia (PaO2 < 60mmHg). The admission PaO2 was evaluated as a continuous variable and categorized (60-100 mmHg, 101-150 mmHg, 151-200 mmHg, 201-300 mmHg, >300 mmHg). Logistic regression was used to evaluate predictors of in-hospital mortality before and after multivariable adjustment. RESULTS We included 3,368 patients with a median age of 70.3 years; 70.3% received positive-pressure ventilation. The median PaO2 was 99 mmHg, with a distribution as follows: 60-100 mmHg, 51.9%; 101-150 mmHg, 28.6%; 151-200 mmHg, 10.6%; 201-300 mmHg, 6.4%; >300 mmHg, 2.5%. A J-shaped association between admission PaO2 and in-hospital mortality was observed, with a nadir around 100 mmHg. A higher PaO2 was associated with increased in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR 1.17 per 100 mmHg higher, 95% CI 1.01-1.34, p = 0.03). Patients with PaO2 >300 mmHg had higher in-hospital mortality versus PaO2 60-100 mmHg (adjusted OR 2.37, 95% CI 1.41-3.94, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Hyperoxia at the time of CICU admission is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, primarily in those with severely elevated PaO2 >300 mmHg.
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- Jacob C Jentzer
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, United States
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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Balgobind A, Pierce M, Alviar C, Barnett C, Barsness G, Chaudhry SP, Chonde M, Cooper H, Daniels L, Gidwani U, Fordyce C, Goldfarb M, Katz JN, Kontos M, Kwon Y, Liebner E, Liu S, Miller PE, Newby LK, O'Brien C, Papolos A, Pisani B, Potter B, Proudfoot A, Roswell RO, Sinha SS, Smith TD, Thompson AD, van Diepen S, Zakaria S, Morrow D, Villela MA. Current practices in the management of temporary mechanical circulatory support: A survey of CICU directors in North America. Am Heart J 2024; 276:115-119. [PMID: 39182940 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Despite the growing use of temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS), little data exists to inform management and weaning of these devices. METHODS We performed an online survey among cardiac intensive care unit directors in North America to examine current practices in the management of patients treated with intraaortic balloon pump and Impella. RESULTS We received responses from 84% of surveyed centers (n=37). Our survey focused on three key aspects of daily management: 1. Hemodynamic monitoring; 2. Hemocompatibility; and 3. Weaning and removal. We found substantial variability surrounding all three areas of care. CONCLUSION Our findings highlight the need for consensus around practices associated with improved outcomes in patients treated with tMCS.
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- Amrita Balgobind
- Department of Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Department of Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, NY
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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- Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, NY
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- University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, Cardiovascular Health Program, University of British Columbia Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Vancouver, BC
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, NY
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- Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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- Division of Cardiology University of Washington Seattle, WA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, NY; Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, NY
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- Max Rady College of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
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- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Research Center and Cardiovascular Center, Quebec, Canada
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- Perioperative Medicine Department, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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- Northwell, New Hyde Park, Cardiovascular Institute, NY; Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, VA
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- The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Northwell, New Hyde Park, Cardiovascular Institute, NY; Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York; Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
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Dimond MG, Rosner CM, Lee SB, Shakoor U, Samadani T, Batchelor WB, Damluji AA, Desai SS, Epps KC, Flanagan MC, Moukhachen H, Raja A, Sherwood MW, Singh R, Shah P, Tang D, Tehrani BN, Truesdell AG, Young KD, Fiuzat M, O'Connor CM, Sinha SS, Psotka MA. Guideline-directed medical therapy implementation during hospitalization for cardiogenic shock. ESC Heart Fail 2024. [PMID: 39327768 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024] Open
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AIMS Despite significant morbidity and mortality, recent advances in cardiogenic shock (CS) management have been associated with increased survival. However, little is known regarding the management of patients who survive CS with heart failure (HF) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF, HFrEF), and the utilization of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in these patients has not been well described. To fill this gap, we investigated the use of GDMT during an admission for CS and short-term outcomes using the Inova single-centre shock registry. METHODS We investigated the implementation of GDMT for patients who survived an admission for CS with HFrEF using data from our single-centre shock registry from January 2017 to December 2019. Baseline characteristics, discharge clinical status, data on GDMT utilization and 30 day, 6 month and 12 month patient outcomes were collected by retrospective chart review. RESULTS Among 520 patients hospitalized for CS during the study period, 185 (35.6%) had HFrEF upon survival to discharge. The median age was 64 years [interquartile range (IQR) 56, 70], 72% (n = 133) were male, 22% (n = 40) were Black and 7% (n = 12) were Hispanic. Forty-one per cent of patients (n = 76) presented with shock related to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), while 59% (n = 109) had HF-related CS (HF-CS). The median length of hospital stay was 12 days (IQR 7, 18). At discharge, the proportions of patients on beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis)/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)/angiotensin receptor/neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs) and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) were 78% (n = 144), 58% (n = 107) and 55% (n = 101), respectively. Utilization of three-drug GDMT was 33.0% (n = 61). Ten per cent of CS survivors with HFrEF (n = 19) were not prescribed any component of GDMT at discharge. Multivariable logistic regression adjusted for baseline GDMT use revealed that patients with lower LVEF and those who transferred to our centre from an outside hospital were more likely to experience GDMT addition (P < 0.05). Patients prescribed at least one additional class of GDMT during admission had higher odds of 6 month and 1 year survival (P < 0.01): On average, 6 month survival odds were 7.1 times greater [confidence interval (CI) 1.9, 28.5] and 1 year survival odds were 6.0 times greater than those who did not have at least one GDMT added (CI 1.9, 20.5). CONCLUSIONS Most patients who survived CS admission with HFrEF in this single-centre CS registry were not prescribed all classes or goal doses of GDMT at hospital discharge. These findings highlight an urgent need to augment multidisciplinary efforts to enhance the post-discharge medical management and outcomes of patients who survive CS with HFrEF.
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Patel SM, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Baird-Zars VM, Park JG, Barnett CF, Daniels LB, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Goldfarb MJ, Gorder K, Kwon Y, Leibner E, Menon V, Potter BJ, Prasad R, Solomon MA, Teuteberg JJ, Thompson AD, Zakaria S, Katz JN, van Diepen S, Morrow DA. Continuum of Preshock to Classic Cardiogenic Shock in the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry. JACC. HEART FAILURE 2024; 12:1625-1635. [PMID: 39093257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND The prognostic implications of phenotypes along the preshock to cardiogenic shock (CS) continuum remain uncertain. OBJECTIVES This study sought to better characterize pre- or early shock and normotensive CS phenotypes and examine outcomes compared to those with conventional CS. METHODS The CCCTN (Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network) is a registry of contemporary cardiac intensive care units. Consecutive admissions (N = 28,703 across 47 sites) meeting specific criteria based on hemodynamic variables, perfusion parameters, and investigator-reported CS were classified into 1 of 4 groups or none: isolated low cardiac output (CO), heart failure with isolated hypotension, normotensive CS, or SCAI (Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention) stage C CS. Outcomes of interest were in-hospital mortality and incidence of subsequent hypoperfusion among pre- and early shock states. RESULTS A total of 2,498 admissions were assigned to the 4 groups with the following distribution: 4.8% isolated low CO, 4.4% isolated hypotension, 12.1% normotensive CS, and 78.7% SCAI stage C CS. Overall in-hospital mortality was 21.3% (95% CI: 19.7%-23.0%), with a gradient across phenotypes (isolated low CO 3.6% [95% CI: 1.0%-9.0%]; isolated hypotension 11.0% [95% CI: 6.9%-16.6%]; normotensive CS 17.0% [95% CI 13.0%-21.8%]; SCAI stage C CS 24.0% [95% CI: 22.1%-26.0%]; global P < 0.001). Among those with an isolated low CO and isolated hypotension on admission, 47 (42.3%) and 56 (30.9%) subsequently developed hypoperfusion. CONCLUSIONS In a large contemporary registry of cardiac critical illness, there exists a gradient of mortality for phenotypes along the preshock to CS continuum with risk for subsequent worsening of preshock states. These data may inform refinement of CS definitions and severity staging.
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- Siddharth M Patel
- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) Research Center and Cardiovascular Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Wellstar Center for Cardiovascular Care, Marietta, Georgia, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Shahu A, Namburar S, Banna S, Harris A, Schenck C, Trejo-Paredes C, Thomas A, Ali T, Carnicelli AP, Barnett CF, Solomon MA, Miller PE. Outcomes for Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Admitted to Medical vs Cardiac Intensive Care Units. JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:101199. [PMID: 39238851 PMCID: PMC11375252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024]
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Background Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a common reason for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). However, there is limited data comparing outcomes for patients with AMI admitted to specific ICUs. Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess clinical outcomes between patients with AMI requiring invasive mechanical ventilation admitted to the medical ICU (MICU) compared to cardiac (CICU). Methods We utilized the Vizient Clinical Data Base to identify patients with a primary diagnosis of AMI between October 2015 and December 2019 and requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. Using multivariable logistic regression, we compared clinical outcomes for patients admitted to the MICU vs CICU. Results We identified 12,639 patients, 25.2% (n = 3,185) of which were admitted to a MICU and 74.8% (n = 9,454) to a CICU. Patients admitted to a CICU were more likely to present with STEMI (57.0% vs 42.8%), cardiogenic shock (46.0% vs 37.4%), and require mechanical circulatory support and vasoactive medications (all, P < 0.001). Median ventilator days were 4 days in both ICUs and not statistically different after multivariable adjustment (P = 0.81). In-hospital mortality was 42.7% compared to 41.3% for MICU vs CICU admissions, respectively (P = 0.15). After multivariable adjustment, CICU admission was associated with lower in-hospital mortality (OR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.78-0.93, P = 0.001), which persisted when stratified by cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, STEMI, largest hospital size (>750 beds), and teaching hospitals (all, P < 0.05). Conclusions Admission to the CICU, as compared to MICU, was associated with lower in-hospital mortality for patients with AMI. These findings may support optimal triage of critically ill patients with AMI.
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- Andi Shahu
- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Center for Advanced Analytics and Informatics, Vizient, Inc, Irving, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Kyriakopoulos CP, Sideris K, Taleb I, Maneta E, Hamouche R, Tseliou E, Zhang C, Presson AP, Dranow E, Shah KS, Jones TL, Fang JC, Stehlik J, Selzman CH, Goodwin ML, Tonna JE, Hanff TC, Drakos SG. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Suffering Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock. Circ Heart Fail 2024; 17:e011358. [PMID: 39206544 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.123.011358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Cardiogenic shock (CS) can stem from multiple causes and portends poor prognosis. Prior studies have focused on acute myocardial infarction-CS; however, acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)-CS accounts for most cases. We studied patients suffering ADHF-CS to identify clinical factors, early in their trajectory, associated with a higher probability of successful outcomes. METHODS Consecutive patients with CS were evaluated (N=1162). We studied patients who developed ADHF-CS at our hospital (N=562). Primary end point was native heart survival (NHS), defined as survival to discharge without receiving advanced HF therapies. Secondary end points were adverse events, survival, major cardiac interventions, and hospital readmissions within 1 year following index hospitalization discharge. Association of clinical data with NHS was analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS Overall, 357 (63.5%) patients achieved NHS, 165 (29.2%) died, and 41 (7.3%) were discharged post advanced HF therapies. Of 398 discharged patients (70.8%), 303 (53.9%) were alive at 1 year. Patients with NHS less commonly suffered cardiac arrest, underwent intubation or pulmonary artery catheter placement, or received temporary mechanical circulatory support, had better hemodynamic and echocardiographic profiles, and had a lower vasoactive-inotropic score at shock onset. Bleeding, hemorrhagic stroke, hemolysis in patients with mechanical circulatory support, and acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy were less common compared with patients who died or received advanced HF therapies. After multivariable adjustments, clinical variables associated with NHS likelihood included younger age, history of systemic hypertension, absence of cardiac arrest or acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy, lower pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and vasoactive-inotropic score, and higher tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion at shock onset (all P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS By studying contemporary patients with ADHF-CS, we identified clinical factors that can inform clinical management and provide future research targets. Right ventricular function, renal function, pulmonary artery catheter placement, and type and timing of temporary mechanical circulatory support warrant further investigation to improve outcomes of this devastating condition.
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- Christos P Kyriakopoulos
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine (C.Z., A.P.P.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine (C.Z., A.P.P.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (C.H.S., M.L.G., J.E.T.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (C.H.S., M.L.G., J.E.T.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (C.H.S., M.L.G., J.E.T.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (C.P.K., K.S., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., E.D., K.S.S., T.L.J., J.C.F., J.S., T.C.H., S.G.D.), University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (C.P.K., I.T., E.M., R.H., E.T., C.H.S., S.G.D.)
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Gacouin A, Guillot P, Delamaire F, Le Corre A, Quelven Q, Terzi N, Tadié JM, Maamar A. Impact of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiac diseases on mortality in patients with moderate to severe ARDS: A retrospective cohort study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND PREVENTION 2024; 22:200318. [PMID: 39234517 PMCID: PMC11372786 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2024.200318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024]
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Background History of coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or atrial fibrillation (AF) and/or valvular replacement (VR) are prevalent among patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). The impact of these conditions on outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains insufficiently explored. Methods We performed a retrospective study on prospectively collected data from patients with ARDS and a PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤150 mmHg. Patients were admitted between January 2006 and March 2022. We used multivariable logistic regression analysis. The primary outcome was 1-year mortality from admission to the ICU; secondary outcomes included mortality at 28 days and 90 days. Results Among 1.033 patients, 181 (17.5 %) had a history of CAD and/or AF and/or VR. History of CAD and/or AF and/or VR was independently associated with 1-year mortality (Odds-Ratio (OR) = 2.59, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.76-3.82, p < 0.001), with mortality at 90 days (OR = 1.87, 95 % CI 1.27-2.76, p = 0.001), but not with mortality at 28 days (OR = 1.40, 95 % CI 0.93-2.11, p = 0.10). In sensitivity analyses, history of CAD and/or AF and/or VR remained independently associated with 1-year mortality in ICU survivors (OR = 3.58, 95 % CI = 2.41-7.82, p < 0.001). Conclusions History of CAD and/or AF and/or VR was associated with mortality in ARDS. Prompt referral to cardiologists for comprehensive management post-ICU discharge may be warranted to optimize outcomes in this vulnerable population.
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- Arnaud Gacouin
- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
- Inserm-CIC-1414, Faculté de Médecine, Université Rennes 1, IFR 140, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
- Inserm-CIC-1414, Faculté de Médecine, Université Rennes 1, IFR 140, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
- Inserm-CIC-1414, Faculté de Médecine, Université Rennes 1, IFR 140, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, F-35033 Rennes, France
- Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, F-35043 Rennes, France
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Bwanali AN, Munthali L, Napolo U, Lubanga AF, Gundo R, Mpinganjira SL. Clinical audit of cases and outcomes of patients admitted to the intensive care unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. Sci Rep 2024; 14:19019. [PMID: 39152144 PMCID: PMC11329498 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66810-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024] Open
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In 2016, a new, improved and modern intensive care unit was constructed at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. Having been operational for about 4 years, there has not been a systematic audit to gauge its performance. Therefore, this quantitative retrospective cohort study aimed at investigating the performance of the intensive care unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. We analysed the patterns of admission through 250 clinical cases and their respective outcomes spanning from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019 using STATA. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed. We also had a follow-up discussion with the Head of the unit to better understand the unit's functioning. Out of the 250 admissions, we evaluated 249 case files. About 30.8% of all patients were referred from the main operating theatre, and 20.7% from the casualty (emergency medicine). Head injury (26.7%) and peritonitis (15.7%) were the commonest causes of admission. The overall mortality was 52.2% with more females (57.5%) dying than males (47.9%). Head injury and peritonitis had the highest contribution to the mortality accounting for 25.3% and 16.9% of all deaths respectively. In conclusion, despite the new unit registering an improved performance compared to the old unit's 2012 mortality of 60.9%, the current mortality rate of 52.2% generally reflects a suboptimal performance. The intensive care unit is still grappling with a number of challenges that need immediate attention including few working beds, shortage of critical care specialists and nursing staff and lack of standard admission criteria.
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- Akim Nelson Bwanali
- School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
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- School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- School of Nursing, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Keane RR, Carnicelli AP, Loriaux DB, Kendsersky P, Krasuski RA, Brown KM, Arps K, Baird-Zars V, Dixson JA, Echols E, Granger CB, Harrison RW, Kontos M, Newby LK, Park JG, Shah KS, Ternus BW, Van Diepen S, Katz JN, Morrow DA. Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:101077. [PMID: 39135920 PMCID: PMC11318473 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Background Little is known regarding the characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) admitted to cardiac intensive care units (CICUs). Objectives The authors sought to better define the contemporary epidemiology, treatment patterns, and outcomes of ACHD admissions in the CICU. Methods The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter network of CICUs in North America. Participating centers contributed prospective data from consecutive admissions during 2-month annual snapshots from 2017 to 2022. We analyzed characteristics and outcomes of admissions with ACHD compared with those without ACHD. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess mortality in ACHD vs non-ACHD admissions. Results Of 23,299 CICU admissions across 42 sites, there were 441 (1.9%) ACHD admissions. Shunt lesions were most common (46.1%), followed by right-sided lesions (29.5%) and complex lesions (28.7%). ACHD admissions were younger (median age 46 vs 67 years) than non-ACHD admissions. ACHD admissions were more commonly for heart failure (21.3% vs 15.7%, P < 0.001), general medical problems (15.6% vs 6.0%, P < 0.001), and atrial arrhythmias (8.6% vs 4.9%, P < 0.001). ACHD admissions had a higher median presenting Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (5.0 vs 3.0, P < 0.001). Total hospital stay was longer for ACHD admissions (8.2 vs 5.9 days, P < 0.01), though in-hospital mortality was not different (12.7% vs 13.6%; age- and sex-adjusted OR: 1.19 [95% CI: 0.89-1.59], P = 0.239). Conclusions This study illustrates the unique aspects of the ACHD CICU admission. Further investigation into the best approach to manage specific ACHD-related CICU admissions, such as cardiogenic shock and acute respiratory failure, is warranted.
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- Ryan R. Keane
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Yoo HJ, Kim N, Park MK. Patient-centered care for mental health in patients with heart failure in the intensive care unit: A systematic review. Appl Nurs Res 2024; 78:151814. [PMID: 39053991 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2024.151814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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AIM To assess basic data for developing appropriate interventions by examining the effects of patient-centered care (PCC) on the mental health of patients with heart failure in the intensive care unit (ICU). BACKGROUND Patients with heart failure are frequently admitted to ICUs, and ICU stays are associated with prolonged mental health problems. METHODS We conducted a systematic review using the CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and gray literature databases. Inclusion criteria were studies with participants aged ≥18 years with heart failure in the ICU who received a PCC intervention, and studies that described the outcomes for mental health problems. Data were extracted from five selected studies published after 2020 and analyzed. RESULTS PCC is classified into three areas: comprehensive nursing, multidisciplinary disease management, and targeted motivational interviewing with conventional nursing. The two specific areas of focus for PCC regarding mental health were integrated mental healthcare and specific psychological nursing. Specific psychological nursing comprised relationship building, therapeutic communication, relaxation and motivational techniques, active therapeutic cooperation, psychological status evaluation, music therapy, and environmental management. CONCLUSIONS This review provides a distinctive understanding of multidisciplinary and multicomponent PCC interventions for patients with heart failure in the ICU as an effective approach for improving their mental health. Future PCC intervention strategies aimed at patients with heart failure in the ICU should consider their preferences and family participation.
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- Hye Jin Yoo
- College of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Wonju College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
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- Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Daniels LB, Phreaner N, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Chaudhry SP, Fordyce CB, Goldfarb MJ, Katz JN, Kenigsberg BB, Lawler PR, Martillo Correa MA, Papolos AI, Roswell RO, Sinha SS, van Diepen S, Park JG, Morrow DA. Sex Differences in Characteristics, Resource Utilization, and Outcomes of Cardiogenic Shock: Data From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network (CCCTN) Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2024; 17:e010614. [PMID: 38899459 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Sex disparities exist in the management and outcomes of various cardiovascular diseases. However, little is known about sex differences in cardiogenic shock (CS). We sought to assess sex-related differences in the characteristics, resource utilization, and outcomes of patients with CS. METHODS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter registry of advanced cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) in North America. Between 2018 and 2022, each center (N=35) contributed annual 2-month snapshots of consecutive CICU admissions. Patients with CS were stratified as either CS after acute myocardial infarction or heart failure-related CS (HF-CS). Multivariable logistic regression was used for analyses. RESULTS Of the 22 869 admissions in the overall population, 4505 (20%) had CS. Among 3923 patients with CS due to ventricular failure (32% female), 1235 (31%) had CS after acute myocardial infarction and 2688 (69%) had HF-CS. Median sequential organ failure assessment scores did not differ by sex. Women with HF-CS had shorter CICU lengths of stay (4.5 versus 5.4 days; P<0.0001) and shorter overall lengths of hospital stay (10.9 versus 12.8 days; P<0.0001) than men. Women with HF-CS were less likely to receive pulmonary artery catheters (50% versus 55%; P<0.01) and mechanical circulatory support (26% versus 34%; P<0.0001) compared with men. Women with HF-CS had higher in-hospital mortality than men, even after adjusting for age, illness severity, and comorbidities (34% versus 23%; odds ratio, 1.76 [95% CI, 1.42-2.17]). In contrast, there were no significant sex differences in utilization of advanced CICU monitoring and interventions, or mortality, among patients with CS after acute myocardial infarction. CONCLUSIONS Women with HF-CS had lower use of pulmonary artery catheters and mechanical circulatory support, shorter CICU lengths of stay, and higher in-hospital mortality than men, even after accounting for age, illness severity, and comorbidities. These data highlight the need to identify underlying reasons driving the differences in treatment decisions, so outcomes gaps in HF-CS can be understood and eliminated.
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- Lori B Daniels
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (L.B.D., N.P.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (L.B.D., N.P.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.D.B., E.A.B., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.D.B., E.A.B., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (C.B.F.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (M.J.G.)
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- Division of Cardiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY (J.N.K.)
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC (B.B.K., A.I.P.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada (P.R.L.)
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC (B.B.K., A.I.P.)
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- Northwell, Departments of Cardiology and Science Education, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY (R.O.R.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, VA (S.S.S.)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (S.V.D.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.D.B., E.A.B., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.D.B., E.A.B., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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Ko RE, Lee J, Kim S, Ahn JH, Na SJ, Yang JH. Machine learning methods for developing a predictive model of the incidence of delirium in cardiac intensive care units. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA (ENGLISH ED.) 2024; 77:547-555. [PMID: 38237663 DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2023.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Delirium, recognized as a crucial prognostic factor in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), has evolved in response to the changing demographics among critically ill cardiac patients. This study aimed to create a predictive model for delirium for patients in the CICU. METHODS This study included consecutive patients admitted to the CICU of the Samsung Medical Center. To assess the candidate variables for the model: we applied the following machine learning methods: random forest, extreme gradient boosting, partial least squares, and Plmnet-elastic.net. After selecting relevant variables, we performed a logistic regression analysis to derive the model formula. Internal validation was conducted using 100-repeated hold-out validation. RESULTS We analyzed 2774 patients, 677 (24.4%) of whom developed delirium in the CICU. Machine learning-based models showed good predictive performance. Clinically significant and frequently important predictors were selected to construct a delirium prediction scoring model for CICU patients. The model included albumin level, international normalized ratio, blood urea nitrogen, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein level, age, heart rate, and mechanical ventilation. The model had an area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC) of 0.861 (95%CI, 0.843-0.879). Similar results were obtained in internal validation with 100-repeated cross-validation (AUROC, 0.854; 95%CI, 0.826-0.883). CONCLUSIONS Using variables frequently ranked as highly important in four machine learning methods, we created a novel delirium prediction model. This model could serve as a useful and simple tool for risk stratification for the occurrence of delirium at the patient's bedside in the CICU.
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- Ryoung-Eun Ko
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Biostatics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Pyrpyris N, Dimitriadis K, Theofilis P, Iliakis P, Beneki E, Pitsiori D, Tsioufis P, Shuvy M, Aznaouridis K, Tsioufis K. Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions in the Acute Setting: An Emerging Indication. J Clin Med 2024; 13:3528. [PMID: 38930057 PMCID: PMC11204700 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13123528] [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: 05/11/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Structural heart disease is increasingly prevalent in the general population, especially in patients of increased age. Recent advances in transcatheter structural heart interventions have gained a significant following and are now considered a mainstay option for managing stable valvular disease. However, the concept of transcatheter interventions has also been tested in acute settings by several investigators, especially in cases where valvular disease comes as a result of acute ischemia or in the context of acute decompensated heart failure. Tested interventions include both the mitral and aortic valve, mostly evaluating mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair and transcatheter aortic valve implantation, respectively. This review is going to focus on the use of acute structural heart interventions in the emergent setting, and it will delineate the available data and provide a meaningful discussion on the optimal patient phenotype and future directions of the field.
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- Nikolaos Pyrpyris
- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- Jesselson Integrated Heart Centre, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel;
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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- First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece; (N.P.); (P.T.); (P.I.); (E.B.); (D.P.); (P.T.); (K.A.); (K.T.)
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Rali AS, Tran L, Balakrishna A, Senussi M, Kapur NK, Metkus T, Tedford RJ, Lindenfeld J. Guide to Lung-Protective Ventilation in Cardiac Patients. J Card Fail 2024; 30:829-837. [PMID: 38513887 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The incidence of acute respiratory insufficiency has continued to increase among patients admitted to modern-day cardiovascular intensive care units. Positive pressure ventilation (PPV) remains the mainstay of treatment for these patients. Alterations in intrathoracic pressure during PPV has distinct effects on both the right and left ventricles, affecting cardiovascular performance. Lung-protective ventilation (LPV) minimizes the risk of further lung injury through ventilator-induced lung injury and, hence, an understanding of LPV and its cardiopulmonary interactions is beneficial for cardiologists.
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- Aniket S Rali
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Hamzi K, Gall E, Roubille F, Trimaille A, Elbaz M, El Ouahidi A, Noirclerc N, Fard D, Lattuca B, Fauvel C, Goralski M, Alvain S, Chaib A, Piliero N, Schurtz G, Pommier T, Bouleti C, Tron C, Bonnet G, Nhan P, Auvray S, Léquipar A, Dillinger JG, Vicaut E, Henry P, Toupin S, Pezel T. Phenotypic clustering of patients hospitalized in intensive cardiac care units: Insights from the ADDICT-ICCU study. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2024; 117:392-401. [PMID: 38834393 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2024.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Intensive cardiac care units (ICCUs) were created to manage ventricular arrhythmias after acute coronary syndromes, but have diversified to include a more heterogeneous population, the characteristics of which are not well depicted by conventional methods. AIMS To identify ICCU patient subgroups by phenotypic unsupervised clustering integrating clinical, biological, and echocardiographic data to reveal pathophysiological differences. METHODS During 7-22 April 2021, we recruited all consecutive patients admitted to ICCUs in 39 centers. The primary outcome was in-hospital major adverse events (MAEs; death, resuscitated cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock). A cluster analysis was performed using a Kamila algorithm. RESULTS Of 1499 patients admitted to the ICCU (69.6% male, mean age 63.3±14.9 years), 67 (4.5%) experienced MAEs. Four phenogroups were identified: PG1 (n=535), typically patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PG2 (n=444), younger smokers with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PG3 (n=273), elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and conduction disturbances; PG4 (n=247), patients with acute heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Compared to PG1, multivariable analysis revealed a higher risk of MAEs in PG2 (odds ratio [OR] 3.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16-10.0) and PG3 (OR 3.16, 95% CI 1.02-10.8), with the highest risk in PG4 (OR 20.5, 95% CI 8.7-60.8) (all P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Cluster analysis of clinical, biological, and echocardiographic variables identified four phenogroups of patients admitted to the ICCU that were associated with distinct prognostic profiles. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05063097.
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- Kenza Hamzi
- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France
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- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France
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- Inserm, CNRS, PhyMedExp, Cardiology Department, INI-CRT, Université de Montpellier, CHU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg University Hospital, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brest, 29609 Brest cedex, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Annecy-Genevois, 74370 Épagny-Metz-Tessy, France
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- Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, University Hospital Henri-Mondor, Créteil, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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- Inserm U1096, Department of Cardiology, Université de Rouen-Normandie, CHU de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier d'Orleans, Orléans, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier de Saintes, Saintes, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier de Montreuil, Montreuil, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, CHU de Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France
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- Inserm U1096, Department of Cardiology, Université de Rouen-Normandie, CHU de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Inserm, Inrae, C2VN, Service de Cardiologie Interventionnelle, Aix-Marseille Université, CHU de Timone, AP-HM, Marseille, France
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- Inserm UMR_S 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Cardiométabolisme et Nutrition (ICAN), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Felix-Guyon University Hospital, Saint-Denis, Reunion
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- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France
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- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France
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- Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Unité de Recherche Clinique, Hôpital Fernand-Widal, AP-HP, 75010 Paris, France
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- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France
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- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France
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- Inserm MASCOT - UMRS 942, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lariboisière, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France; Department of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Health, DATA-TEMPLE Laboratory, University Hospital of Lariboisière (AP-HP), 75010 Paris, France.
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Papolos AI, Kenigsberg BB, Singam NSV, Berg DD, Guo J, Bohula EA, Katz JN, Diepen SVAN, Morrow DA. Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure as a Surrogate for Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Cardiogenic Shock. J Card Fail 2024; 30:853-856. [PMID: 38513886 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND It is common for clinicians to use the pulmonary artery diastolic pressure (PADP) as a surrogate for the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP). Here, we determine the validity of this relationship in patients with various phenotypes of cardiogenic shock (CS). METHODS AND RESULTS In this analysis of the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network registry, we identified 1225 people admitted with CS who received pulmonary artery catheters. Linear regression, Bland-Altman and receiver operator characteristic analyses were performed to determine the strength of the association between PADP and PCWP in patients with left-, right-, biventricular, and other non-myocardia phenotypes of CS (eg, arrhythmia, valvular stenosis, tamponade). There was a moderately strong correlation between PADP and PCWP in the total population (r = 0.64, n = 1225) and in each CS phenotype, except for right ventricular CS, for which the correlation was weak (r = 0.43, n = 71). Additionally, we found that a PADP ≥ 24 mmHg can be used to infer a PCWP ≥ 18 mmHg with ≥ 90% confidence in all but the right ventricular CS phenotype. CONCLUSIONS This analysis validates the practice of using PADP as a surrogate for PCWP in most patients with CS; however, it should generally be avoided in cases of right ventricular-predominant CS.
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- Alexander I Papolos
- Department of Critical Care and Division of Cardiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Critical Care and Division of Cardiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Critical Care and Division of Cardiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Berg DD, Singal S, Palazzolo M, Baird-Zars VM, Bofarrag F, Bohula EA, Chaudhry SP, Dodson MW, Hillerson D, Lawler PR, Liu S, O'Brien CG, Pisani BA, Racharla L, Roswell RO, Shah KS, Solomon MA, Sridharan L, Thompson AD, Diepen SVAN, Katz JN, Morrow DA. Modes of Death in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Report from the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network. J Card Fail 2024; 30:728-733. [PMID: 38387758 PMCID: PMC11098678 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND There are limited data on how patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) die. METHODS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a research network of cardiac intensive care units coordinated by the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study Group (Boston, MA). Using standardized definitions, site investigators classified direct modes of in-hospital death for CS admissions (October 2021 to September 2022). Mutually exclusive categories included 4 modes of cardiovascular death and 4 modes of noncardiovascular death. Subgroups defined by CS type, preceding cardiac arrest (CA), use of temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS), and transition to comfort measures were evaluated. RESULTS Among 1068 CS cases, 337 (31.6%) died during the index hospitalization. Overall, the mode of death was cardiovascular in 82.2%. Persistent CS was the dominant specific mode of death (66.5%), followed by arrhythmia (12.8%), anoxic brain injury (6.2%), and respiratory failure (4.5%). Patients with preceding CA were more likely to die from anoxic brain injury (17.1% vs 0.9%; P < .001) or arrhythmia (21.6% vs 8.4%; P < .001). Patients managed with tMCS were more likely to die from persistent shock (P < .01), both cardiogenic (73.5% vs 62.0%) and noncardiogenic (6.1% vs 2.9%). CONCLUSIONS Most deaths in CS are related to direct cardiovascular causes, particularly persistent CS. However, there is important heterogeneity across subgroups defined by preceding CA and the use of tMCS.
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- David D Berg
- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Northwell, Department of Cardiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. New Hyde Park, NY
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine & Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Koerber DM, Katz JN, Bohula E, Park JG, Dodson MW, Gerber DA, Hillerson D, Liu S, Pierce MJ, Prasad R, Rose SW, Sanchez PA, Shaw J, Wang J, Jentzer JC, Kristin Newby L, Daniels LB, Morrow DA, van Diepen S. Variation in risk-adjusted cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) length of stay and the association with in-hospital mortality: An analysis from the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network (CCCTN) registry. Am Heart J 2024; 271:28-37. [PMID: 38369218 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that there is wide variability in cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) length of stay (LOS); however, these studies are limited by the absence of detailed risk assessment at the time of admission. Thus, we evaluated inter-hospital differences in CICU LOS, and the association between LOS and in-hospital mortality. METHODS Using data from the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network (CCCTN) registry, we included 22,862 admissions between 2017 and 2022 from 35 primarily tertiary and quaternary CICUs that captured consecutive admissions in annual 2-month snapshots. The primary analysis compared inter-hospital differences in CICU LOS, as well as the association between CICU LOS and all-cause in-hospital mortality using a Fine and Gray competing risk model. RESULTS The overall median CICU LOS was 2.2 (1.1-4.8) days, and the median hospital LOS was 5.9 (2.8-12.3) days. Admissions in the longest tertile of LOS tended to be younger with higher rates of pre-existing comorbidities, and had higher Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores, as well as higher rates of mechanical ventilation, intravenous vasopressor use, mechanical circulatory support, and renal replacement therapy. Unadjusted all-cause in-hospital mortality was 9.3%, 6.7%, and 13.4% in the lowest, intermediate, and highest CICU LOS tertiles. In a competing risk analysis, individual patient CICU LOS was correlated (r2 = 0.31) with a higher risk of 30-day in-hospital mortality. The relationship remained significant in admissions with heart failure, ST-elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. CONCLUSIONS In a large registry of academic CICUs, we observed significant variation in CICU LOS and report that LOS is independently associated with all-cause in-hospital mortality. These findings could potentially be used to improve CICU resource utilization planning and refine risk prognostication in critically ill cardiovascular patients.
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- Daniel M Koerber
- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Max Rady College of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Patel SM, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Baird-Zars VM, Barsness GW, Chaudhry SP, Chonde MD, Cooper HA, Ginder C, Jentzer JC, Kontos MC, Miller PE, Newby LK, O'Brien CG, Park JG, Pierce MJ, Pisani BA, Potter BJ, Shah KS, Teuteberg JJ, Katz JN, van Diepen S, Morrow DA. Early Serial Assessment of Aggregate Vasoactive Support and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock: Insights From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry. Circ Heart Fail 2024; 17:e011736. [PMID: 38587438 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.124.011736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Associations of early changes in vasoactive support with cardiogenic shock (CS) mortality remain incompletely defined. METHODS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter registry of cardiac intensive care units. Patients admitted with CS (2018-2023) had vasoactive dosing assessed at 4 and 24 hours from cardiac intensive care unit admission and quantified by the vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS). Prognostic associations of VIS at both time points, as well as change in VIS from 4 to 24 hours, were examined. Interaction testing was performed based on mechanical circulatory support status. RESULTS Among 3665 patients, 82% had a change in VIS <10, with 7% and 11% having a ≥10-point increase and decrease from 4 to 24 hours, respectively. The 4 and 24-hour VIS were each associated with cardiac intensive care unit mortality (13%-45% and 11%-73% for VIS <10 to ≥40, respectively; Ptrend <0.0001 for each). Stratifying by the 4-hour VIS, changes in VIS from 4 to 24 hours had a graded association with mortality, ranging from a 2- to >4-fold difference in mortality comparing those with a ≥10-point increase to ≥10-point decrease in VIS (Ptrend <0.0001). The change in VIS alone provided good discrimination of cardiac intensive care unit mortality (C-statistic, 0.72 [95% CI, 0.70-0.75]) and improved discrimination of the 24-hour Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (0.72 [95% CI, 0.69-0.74] to 0.76 [95% CI, 0.74-0.78]) and the clinician-assessed Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions shock stage (0.72 [95% CI, 0.70-0.74] to 0.77 [95% CI, 0.75-0.79]). Although present in both groups, the mortality risk associated with VIS was attenuated in patients managed with versus without mechanical circulatory support (odds ratio per 10-point higher 24-hour VIS, 1.36 [95% CI, 1.23-1.49] versus 1.84 [95% CI, 1.69-2.01]; Pinteraction <0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Early changes in the magnitude of vasoactive support in CS are associated with a gradient of risk for mortality. These data suggest that early VIS trajectory may improve CS prognostication, with the potential to be leveraged for clinical decision-making and research applications in CS.
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- Siddharth M Patel
- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (G.W.B., J.C.J.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY (H.A.C.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (G.W.B., J.C.J.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (M.C.K.)
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT (P.E.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (L.K.N.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (C.G.O.B.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwell Health, Zucker School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY (M.J.P.)
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC (B.A.P.)
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- Cardiology Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Research Center and Cardiovascular Center, Quebec, QC, Canada (B.J.P.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (K.S.S.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (J.J.T.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York (J.N.K.)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (S.v.D.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.M.P., D.D.B., E.A.B., V.M.B.-Z., C.G., J.-G.P., D.A.M.)
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Keane RR, Menon V, Cremer PC. Acute Heart Valve Emergencies. Cardiol Clin 2024; 42:237-252. [PMID: 38631792 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2024.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Within the cardiac intensive care unit, prompt recognition of severe acute valvular lesions is essential because hemodynamic collapse can occur rapidly, especially when cardiac chambers have not had time for compensatory remodeling. Within this context, optimal medical management, considerations for temporary mechanical circulatory support and decisive treatments strategies are addressed. Fundamental concepts include an appreciation for how sudden changes in flow and pressure gradients between cardiac chambers can impact hemodynamic and echocardiographic findings differently compared to similarly severe chronic lesions, as well as understanding the main causes for decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock for each valvular abnormality.
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- Ryan R Keane
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, 9500 Euclid Ave: Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, 9500 Euclid Ave: Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, 9500 Euclid Ave: Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Lopez MP, Applefeld W, Miller PE, Elliott A, Bennett C, Lee B, Barnett C, Solomon MA, Corradi F, Sionis A, Mireles-Cabodevila E, Tavazzi G, Alviar CL. Complex Heart-Lung Ventilator Emergencies in the CICU. Cardiol Clin 2024; 42:253-271. [PMID: 38631793 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2024.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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This review aims to enhance the comprehension and management of cardiopulmonary interactions in critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing mechanical ventilation. Highlighting the significance of maintaining a delicate balance, this article emphasizes the crucial role of adjusting ventilation parameters based on both invasive and noninvasive monitoring. It provides recommendations for the induction and liberation from mechanical ventilation. Special attention is given to the identification of auto-PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) and other situations that may impact hemodynamics and patients' outcomes.
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- Mireia Padilla Lopez
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Leigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Clinical Center and Cardiology Branch, Critical Care Medicine Department, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and the Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, USA.
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Desai R, Mondal A, Patel V, Singh S, Chauhan S, Jain A. Elevated cardiovascular risk and acute events in hospitalized colon cancer survivors: A decade-apart study of two nationwide cohorts. World J Clin Oncol 2024; 15:548-553. [PMID: 38689632 PMCID: PMC11056864 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v15.i4.548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Over the years, strides in colon cancer detection and treatment have boosted survival rates; yet, post-colon cancer survival entails cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks. Research on CVD risks and acute cardiovascular events in colorectal cancer survivors has been limited. AIM To compare the CVD risk and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in current colon cancer survivors compared to a decade ago. METHODS We analyzed 2007 and 2017 hospitalization data from the National Inpatient Sample, studying two colon cancer survivor groups for CVD risk factors, mortality rates, and major adverse events like pulmonary embolism, arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, and stroke, adjusting for confounders via multivariable regression analysis. RESULTS Of total colon cancer survivors hospitalized in 2007 (n = 177542) and 2017 (n = 178325), the 2017 cohort often consisted of younger (76 vs 77 years), male, African-American, and Hispanic patients admitted non-electively vs the 2007 cohort. Furthermore, the 2017 cohort had higher rates of smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, coagulopathy, liver disease, weight loss, and renal failure. Patients in the 2017 cohort also had higher rates of cardiovascular comorbidities, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, and at least one traditional CVD (P < 0.001) vs the 2007 cohort. On adjusted multivariable analysis, the 2017 cohort had a significantly higher risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) (OR: 1.47, 95%CI: 1.37-1.48), arrhythmia (OR: 1.41, 95%CI: 1.38-1.43), atrial fibrillation/flutter (OR: 1.61, 95%CI: 1.58-1.64), cardiac arrest including ventricular tachyarrhythmia (OR: 1.63, 95%CI: 1.46-1.82), and stroke (OR: 1.28, 95%CI: 1.22-1.34) with comparable all-cause mortality and fewer routine discharges (48.4% vs 55.0%) (P < 0.001) vs the 2007 cohort. CONCLUSION Colon cancer survivors hospitalized 10 years apart in the United States showed an increased CVD risk with an increased risk of acute cardiovascular events (stroke 28%, PE 47%, arrhythmia 41%, and cardiac arrest 63%). It is vital to regularly screen colon cancer survivors with concomitant CVD risk factors to curtail long-term cardiovascular complications.
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- Rupak Desai
- Independent Researcher, Atlanta, GA 30079, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19152, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19152, United States
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bio-informatics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam 7057, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Geisinger Health System, Wikes-Barre, PA 18702, United States
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- Division of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77079, United States
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Padkins M, Kashani K, Tabi M, Gajic O, Jentzer JC. Association between the shock index on admission and in-hospital mortality in the cardiac intensive care unit. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298327. [PMID: 38626151 PMCID: PMC11020967 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND An elevated shock index (SI) predicts worse outcomes in multiple clinical arenas. We aimed to determine whether the SI can aid in mortality risk stratification in unselected cardiac intensive care unit patients. METHODS We included admissions to the Mayo Clinic from 2007 to 2015 and stratified them based on admission SI. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality, and predictors of in-hospital mortality were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression. RESULTS We included 9,939 unique cardiac intensive care unit patients with available data for SI. Patients were grouped by SI as follows: < 0.6, 3,973 (40%); 0.6-0.99, 4,810 (48%); and ≥ 1.0, 1,156 (12%). After multivariable adjustment, both heart rate (adjusted OR 1.06 per 10 beats per minute higher; CI 1.02-1.10; p-value 0.005) and systolic blood pressure (adjusted OR 0.94 per 10 mmHg higher; CI 0.90-0.97; p-value < 0.001) remained associated with higher in-hospital mortality. As SI increased there was an incremental increase in in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR 1.07 per 0.1 beats per minute/mmHg higher, CI 1.04-1.10, p-Value < 0.001). A higher SI was associated with increased mortality across all examined admission diagnoses. CONCLUSION The SI is a simple and universally available bedside marker that can be used at the time of admission to predict in-hospital mortality in cardiac intensive care unit patients.
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- Mitchell Padkins
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jesselson Integrated Heart Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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Nilsson T, Mokhtari A, Sandgren J, Lundager Forberg J, Olsson de Capretz P, Ekelund U. Complications in Emergency Department Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome with Contemporary Care. Cardiology 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38599184 DOI: 10.1159/000538637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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INTRODUCTION With the implementation of early reperfusion therapy, the number of complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has diminished significantly. However, ACS patients are still routinely admitted to units with high-level monitoring such as the coronary or intensive care unit (CCU/ICU). The cost of these admissions is high and there is often a shortage of beds. The aim of this study was to analyze the complications in contemporary emergency department (ED) patients with ACS and to map patient management. METHODS This observational study was a secondary analysis of data collected in the ESC-TROP trial (NCT03421873) that included 26,545 consecutive chest pain patients ≥18 years at five Swedish EDs. Complications were defined as the following within 30 days: death, cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, pulmonary edema, severe ventricular arrhythmia, high-degree atrioventricular (AV) block that required a pacemaker, and mechanical complications such as papillary muscle rupture, cardiac tamponade, or ventricular septum defects (VSDs). Complications were identified via diagnosis and/or intervention codes in the database, and manual chart review was performed in cases with complications. RESULTS Of all 26,545 patients, 2,463 (9.3%) were diagnosed with ACS, and 151 of these (6.1%) suffered any complication within 30 days. Mean age was higher in patients with (79.2 years) than without (69.4 years) complications, and more were female (39.7% vs. 33.0%). Eighty-four (3.4% of all ACS patients) patients died, 33 (1.3%) had cardiac arrest, 22 (0.9%) respiratory failure, 13 (0.5%) high-degree AV block, 10 (0.4%) cardiogenic shock, 12 (0.5%) severe ventricular arrhythmia, and 2 each (<0.1%) had VSD or cardiac tamponade. Almost 30% of the complications were present already at the ED, and 40% of patients with complications were not admitted to the CCU/ICU. Only 80 (53%) of the patients with complications underwent coronary angiography and 62 (41%) were revascularized with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting. CONCLUSION With current care, serious complications occurred in only 6 out of 100 ACS patients, and 2 of these complications were present already at the ED. Four out of 10 ACS patients with complications were not admitted to the CCU/ICU and about half did not undergo coronary angiography. Further research is needed to improve risk assessment in ED ACS patients, which may allow more effective use of cardiac monitoring and hospital resources.
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- Tsvetelina Nilsson
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Studies Sweden, Forum South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Alviar CL, Li BK, Keller NM, Bohula-May E, Barnett C, Berg DD, Burke JA, Chaudhry SP, Daniels LB, DeFilippis AP, Gerber D, Horowitz J, Jentzer JC, Katrapati P, Keeley E, Lawler PR, Park JG, Sinha SS, Snell J, Solomon MA, Teuteberg J, Katz JN, van Diepen S, Morrow DA. Prognostic performance of the IABP-SHOCK II Risk Score among cardiogenic shock subtypes in the critical care cardiology trials network registry. Am Heart J 2024; 270:1-12. [PMID: 38190931 PMCID: PMC11032171 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Risk stratification has potential to guide triage and decision-making in cardiogenic shock (CS). We assessed the prognostic performance of the IABP-SHOCK II score, derived in Europe for acute myocardial infarct-related CS (AMI-CS), in a contemporary North American cohort, including different CS phenotypes. METHODS The critical care cardiology trials network (CCCTN) coordinated by the TIMI study group is a multicenter network of cardiac intensive care units (CICU). Participating centers annually contribute ≥2 months of consecutive medical CICU admissions. The IABP-SHOCK II risk score includes age > 73 years, prior stroke, admission glucose > 191 mg/dl, creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl, lactate > 5 mmol/l, and post-PCI TIMI flow grade < 3. We assessed the risk score across various CS etiologies. RESULTS Of 17,852 medical CICU admissions 5,340 patients across 35 sites were admitted with CS. In patients with AMI-CS (n = 912), the IABP-SHOCK II score predicted a >3-fold gradient in in-hospital mortality (low risk = 26.5%, intermediate risk = 52.2%, high risk = 77.5%, P < .0001; c-statistic = 0.67; Hosmer-Lemeshow P = .79). The score showed a similar gradient of in-hospital mortality in patients with non-AMI-related CS (n = 2,517, P < .0001) and mixed shock (n = 923, P < .001), as well as in left ventricular (<0.0001), right ventricular (P = .0163) or biventricular (<0.0001) CS. The correlation between the IABP-SHOCK II score and SOFA was moderate (r2 = 0.17) and the IABP-SHOCK II score revealed a significant risk gradient within each SCAI stage. CONCLUSIONS In an unselected international multicenter registry of patients admitted with CS, the IABP- SHOCK II score only moderately predicted in-hospital mortality in a broad population of CS regardless of etiology or irrespective of right, left, or bi-ventricular involvement.
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- Carlos L Alviar
- The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY;.
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Cardiology, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;; Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA
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- Division of Cardiology, Rush University, Chicago, IL
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Sarma D, Padkins M, Smith R, Bennett CE, Murphy JG, Bell MR, Damluji AA, Anavekar NS, Barsness GW, Jentzer JC. Patients Aged 90 Years and Above With Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Management and Outcomes. Am J Cardiol 2024; 215:19-27. [PMID: 38266797 PMCID: PMC11025344 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Limited data exist regarding outcomes after coronary angiography (CAG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients aged ≥90 years admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We studied sequential CICU patients ≥90 years admitted with ACS from 2007 to 2018. Three therapeutic approaches were defined: (1) No CAG; (2) CAG without PCI (CAG/No PCI); and (3) CAG with PCI (CAG/PCI). In-hospital mortality was evaluated using multivariable logistic regression. All-cause 1-year mortality was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier and multivariable Cox proportional hazards analysis. The study included 239 patients with a median age of 92 (range 90 to 100) years (57% females; 45% ST-elevation myocardial infarction; 8% cardiac arrest; 16% shock). The No CAG group had higher Day 1 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores, more co-morbidities, worse kidney function, and fewer ST-elevation myocardial infarctions. In-hospital mortality was 20.8% overall and did not differ between the No CAG (n = 103; 21.4%), CAG/No PCI (n = 47; 21.3%), and CAG/PCI (n = 90; 20.0%) groups, before or after adjustment. Overall 1-year mortality was 52.5% and did not differ between groups before or after adjustment. Median survival was 6.9 months overall and 41.2% of hospital survivors died within 1 year of CICU admission. CICU patients aged ≥90 years with ACS have a substantial burden of illness with high in-hospital and 1-year mortality that was not lower in those who underwent CAG or PCI. These results suggest that careful patient selection for invasive coronary procedures is essential in this vulnerable population.
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- Dhruv Sarma
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Inova Center of Outcomes Research, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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Mehta A, Vavilin I, Nguyen AH, Batchelor WB, Blumer V, Cilia L, Dewanjee A, Desai M, Desai SS, Flanagan MC, Isseh IN, Kennedy JLW, Klein KM, Moukhachen H, Psotka MA, Raja A, Rosner CM, Shah P, Tang DG, Truesdell AG, Tehrani BN, Sinha SS. Contemporary approach to cardiogenic shock care: a state-of-the-art review. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1354158. [PMID: 38545346 PMCID: PMC10965643 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1354158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a time-sensitive and hemodynamically complex syndrome with a broad spectrum of etiologies and clinical presentations. Despite contemporary therapies, CS continues to maintain high morbidity and mortality ranging from 35 to 50%. More recently, burgeoning observational research in this field aimed at enhancing the early recognition and characterization of the shock state through standardized team-based protocols, comprehensive hemodynamic profiling, and tailored and selective utilization of temporary mechanical circulatory support devices has been associated with improved outcomes. In this narrative review, we discuss the pathophysiology of CS, novel phenotypes, evolving definitions and staging systems, currently available pharmacologic and device-based therapies, standardized, team-based management protocols, and regionalized systems-of-care aimed at improving shock outcomes. We also explore opportunities for fertile investigation through randomized and non-randomized studies to address the prevailing knowledge gaps that will be critical to improving long-term outcomes.
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- Aditya Mehta
- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Virginia Heart, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Virginia Heart, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA, United States
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Wiley BM, Zern EK. Defining Training in Critical Care Cardiology: What Is the "Gold Standard?". JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:100849. [PMID: 38938824 PMCID: PMC11198660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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- Brandon M. Wiley
- Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Gall E, Pezel T, Lattuca B, Hamzi K, Puymirat E, Piliero N, Deney A, Fauvel C, Aboyans V, Schurtz G, Bouleti C, Fabre J, El Ouahidi A, Thuaire C, Millischer D, Noirclerc N, Delmas C, Roubille F, Dillinger JG, Henry P. Profile of patients hospitalized in intensive cardiac care units in France: ADDICT-ICCU registry. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2024; 117:195-203. [PMID: 38418306 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2023.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Intensive cardiac care units (ICCU) were initially developed to monitor ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction. In recent decades, ICCU have diversified their activities. AIM To determine the type of patients hospitalized in ICCU in France. METHODS We analysed the characteristics of patients enrolled in the ADDICT-ICCU registry (NCT05063097), a prospective study of consecutive patients admitted to ICCU in 39 centres throughout France from 7th-22nd April 2021. In-hospital major adverse events (MAE) (death, resuscitated cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock) were recorded. RESULTS Among 1499 patients (median age 65 [interquartile range 54-74] years, 69.6% male, 21.7% diabetes mellitus, 64.7% current or previous smokers), 34.9% had a history of coronary artery disease, 11.7% atrial fibrillation and 5.2% cardiomyopathy. The most frequent reason for admission to ICCU was acute coronary syndromes (ACS; 51.5%), acute heart failure (AHF; 14.1%) and unexplained chest pain (6.8%). An invasive procedure was performed in 36.2%. "Advanced" ICCU therapies were required for 19.9% of patients (intravenous diuretics 18.4%, non-invasive ventilation 6.1%, inotropic drugs 2.3%). No invasive procedures or advanced therapies were required in 44.1%. Cardiac computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging was carried out in 12.3% of patients. The median length of ICCU hospitalization was 2.0 (interquartile range 1.0-4.0) days. The mean rate of MAE was 4.5%, and was highest in patients with AHF (10.4%). CONCLUSIONS ACS remains the main cause of admissions to ICCU, with most having a low rate of in-hospital MAE. Most patients experience a brief stay in ICCU before being discharged home. AHF is associated with highest death rate and with higher resource consumption.
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- Emmanuel Gall
- Department of Cardiology, hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Inserm U-942, 10, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Inserm U-942, 10, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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- Department of Cardiology, hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Inserm U-942, 10, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou (HEGP), Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU de Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Cardiac Care Unit, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU de Rouen, University, UNIROUEN, U1096, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Dupuytren University Hospital, Inserm 1094, Limoges, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brest, 29609 Brest cedex, France
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- Department of Cardiology, centre hospitalier de Chartres, 28630 Le Coudray, France
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- Department of Cardiology, hôpital Montfermeil, 93370 Montfermeil, France
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- Department of Cardiology, centre hospitalier Annecy-Genevois, 1, avenue de l'Hôpital, 74370 Epagny Metz-Tessy, France
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- Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology, INI-CRT, CHU de Montpellier, PhyMedExp, université de Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 3429 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Cardiology, hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Inserm U-942, 10, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Inserm U-942, 10, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France.
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Sacco A, Pagnesi M, Frea S, Briani M, Dini CS, Bertaina M, Marini M, Trombara F, Villanova L, Ravera A, Tavazzi G, Pappalardo F, Morici N, Potena L. Transitioning to Palliative Care in an Italian Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Network. Am J Crit Care 2024; 33:145-148. [PMID: 38424013 DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2024535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Recent data indicate that end-of-life management for patients affected by acute decompensated heart failure in cardiac intensive care units is aggressive, with late or no engagement of palliative care teams. OBJECTIVE To assess current palliative care and end-of-life practices in a contemporary Italian multicenter registry of patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute decompensated heart failure. METHODS A survey-based approach was used to collect data on palliative care and end-of-life management practices. The AltShock-2 registry enrolled patients with cardiogenic shock from 12 participating centers. A subset of 153 patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute decompensated heart failure enrolled between March 2020 and March 2023 was analyzed, with a focus on early engagement of palliative care teams and deactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). RESULTS "Do not resuscitate" orders were documented in patient records in only 5 of 12 centers (42%). Palliative care teams were engaged for 21 of 153 enrolled patients (13.7%). Among the 51 patients with ICDs, 6 of 17 patients who died (35%) had defibrillator deactivation. Of the 17 patients who died, 13 died in the hospital and 4 died within 6 months after discharge; 1 patient had ICD deactivation supported by palliative care services at home. CONCLUSIONS Therapy-limiting practices, including ICD deactivation, are not routine in the Italian centers participating in this study. The results emphasize the importance of integrating palliative care as a simultaneous process with intensive care to address the unmet needs of these patients and their families.
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- Alice Sacco
- Alice Sacco is a physician, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, De Gasperis Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Matteo Pagnesi is a physician, Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Simone Frea is a physician, Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Martina Briani is a physician, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Carlotta Sorini Dini is a physician, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Maurizio Bertaina is a physician, Division of Cardiology, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Marco Marini is a physician, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinic of Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Filippo Trombara is a physician, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Luca Villanova is a physician, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, De Gasperis Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Amelia Ravera is a physician, Department of Cardiology, "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona" Hopital-University, Salerno, Italy
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- Guido Tavazzi is a physician, Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Pavia Italy Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo Hospital IRCCS, Anestesia e Rianimazione I, Pavia, Italy
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- Federico Pappalardo is a physician, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Nuccia Morici is a physician, IRCCS S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, Italy
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- Luciano Potena is a physician, Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Vallabhajosyula S, Mehta A, Bansal M, Jentzer JC, Applefeld WN, Sinha SS, Geller BJ, Gage AE, Rose SW, Barnett CF, Katz JN, Morrow DA, Roswell RO, Solomon MA. Training Paradigms in Critical Care Cardiology: A Scoping Review of Current Literature. JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:100850. [PMID: 38352139 PMCID: PMC10861182 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
Background Over the past decade there has been increasing interest in critical care medicine (CCM) training for cardiovascular medicine (CV) physicians either in isolation (separate programs in either order [CV/CCM], integrated critical care cardiology [CCC] training) or hybrid training with interventional cardiology (IC)/heart failure/transplant (HF) with targeted CCC training. Objective To review the contemporary landscape of CV/CCM, CCC, and hybrid training. Methods We reviewed the literature from 2000-2022 for publications discussing training in any combination of internal medicine CV/CCM, CCC, and hybrid training. Information regarding training paradigms, scope of practice and training, duration, sequence, and milestones was collected. Results Of the 2,236 unique citations, 20 articles were included. A majority were opinion/editorial articles whereas two were surveys. The training pathways were classified into - (i) specialty training in both CV (3 years) and CCM (1-2 years) leading to dual American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) board certification, or (ii) base specialty training in CV with competencies in IC, HF or CCC leading to a non-ABIM certificate. Total fellowship duration varied between 4-7 years after a three-year internal medicine residency. While multiple articles commented on the ability to integrate the fellowship training pathways into a holistic and seamless training curriculum, few have highlighted how this may be achieved to meet competencies and standards. Conclusions In 20 articles describing CV/CCM, CCC, and hybrid training, there remains significant heterogeneity on the standardized training paradigms to meet training competencies and board certifications, highlighting an unmet need to define CCC competencies.
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- Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
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- Centennial Heart, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Kanwar MK, Billia F, Randhawa V, Cowger JA, Barnett CM, Chih S, Ensminger S, Hernandez-Montfort J, Sinha SS, Vorovich E, Proudfoot A, Lim HS, Blumer V, Jennings DL, Reshad Garan A, Renedo MF, Hanff TC, Baran DA. Heart failure related cardiogenic shock: An ISHLT consensus conference content summary. J Heart Lung Transplant 2024; 43:189-203. [PMID: 38069920 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023] Open
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In recent years, there have been significant advancements in the understanding, risk-stratification, and treatment of cardiogenic shock (CS). Despite improved pharmacologic and device-based therapies for CS, short-term mortality remains as high as 50%. Most recent efforts in research have focused on CS related to acute myocardial infarction, even though heart failure related CS (HF-CS) accounts for >50% of CS cases. There is a paucity of high-quality evidence to support standardized clinical practices in approach to HF-CS. In addition, there is an unmet need to identify disease-specific diagnostic and risk-stratification strategies upon admission, which might ultimately guide the choice of therapies, and thereby improve outcomes and optimize resource allocation. The heterogeneity in defining CS, patient phenotypes, treatment goals and therapies has resulted in difficulty comparing published reports and standardized treatment algorithms. An International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) consensus conference was organized to better define, diagnose, and manage HF-CS. There were 54 participants (advanced heart failure and interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, critical care cardiologists, intensivists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals), with vast clinical and published experience in CS, representing 42 centers worldwide. State-of-the-art HF-CS presentations occurred with subsequent breakout sessions planned in an attempt to reach consensus on various issues, including but not limited to models of CS care delivery, patient presentations in HF-CS, and strategies in HF-CS management. This consensus report summarizes the contemporary literature review on HF-CS presented in the first half of the conference (part 1), while the accompanying document (part 2) covers the breakout sessions where the previously agreed upon clinical issues were discussed with an aim to get to a consensus.
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- Manreet K Kanwar
- Cardiovascular Institute at Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Henry Ford Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Disease, Recovery and Replacement Program, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, Texas
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Perioperative Medicine Department, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Heart Failure and Thoracic Transplantation, Fundacion Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Heart, Vascular Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida.
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Wang J, Thames MD. More Alike Than Not? Predicting Mortality in the Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care Units. JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:100758. [PMID: 38939810 PMCID: PMC11198225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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- Jeffrey Wang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Donnelly S, Barnett CF, Bohula EA, Chaudhry SP, Chonde MD, Cooper HA, Daniels LB, Dodson MW, Gerber D, Goldfarb MJ, Guo J, Kontos MC, Liu S, Luk AC, Menon V, O'Brien CG, Papolos AI, Pisani BA, Potter BJ, Prasad R, Schnell G, Shah KS, Sridharan L, So DYF, Teuteberg JJ, Tymchak WJ, Zakaria S, Katz JN, Morrow DA, van Diepen S. Interhospital Variation in Admissions Managed With Critical Care Therapies or Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring in Tertiary Cardiac Intensive Care Units: An Analysis From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2024; 17:e010092. [PMID: 38179787 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND Wide interhospital variations exist in cardiovascular intensive care unit (CICU) admission practices and the use of critical care restricted therapies (CCRx), but little is known about the differences in patient acuity, CCRx utilization, and the associated outcomes within tertiary centers. METHODS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter registry of tertiary and academic CICUs in the United States and Canada that captured consecutive admissions in 2-month periods between 2017 and 2022. This analysis included 17 843 admissions across 34 sites and compared interhospital tertiles of CCRx (eg, mechanical ventilation, mechanical circulatory support, continuous renal replacement therapy) utilization and its adjusted association with in-hospital survival using logistic regression. The Pratt index was used to quantify patient-related and institutional factors associated with CCRx variability. RESULTS The median age of the study population was 66 (56-77) years and 37% were female. CCRx was provided to 62.2% (interhospital range of 21.3%-87.1%) of CICU patients. Admissions to CICUs with the highest tertile of CCRx utilization had a greater burden of comorbidities, had more diagnoses of ST-elevation myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, or cardiogenic shock, and had higher Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores. The unadjusted in-hospital mortality (median, 12.7%) was 9.6%, 11.1%, and 18.7% in low, intermediate, and high CCRx tertiles, respectively. No clinically meaningful differences in adjusted mortality were observed across tertiles when admissions were stratified by the provision of CCRx. Baseline patient-level variables and institutional differences accounted for 80% and 5.3% of the observed CCRx variability, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In a large registry of tertiary and academic CICUs, there was a >4-fold interhospital variation in the provision of CCRx that was primarily driven by differences in patient acuity compared with institutional differences. No differences were observed in adjusted mortality between low, intermediate, and high CCRx utilization sites.
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- Sarah Donnelly
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (S.D.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (C.F.B., C.G.O.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (E.A.B., J.G., D.A.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IN (S.-P.C.)
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- Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA (M.D.C.)
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- Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla (H.A.C.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (L.B.D.)
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- Department of Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT (M.W.D.)
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, CA (D.G.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada (M.J.G)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (E.A.B., J.G., D.A.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (M.C.K.)
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- Max Rady College of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (S.L.)
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital, Division of Cardiology and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, ON, Canada (A.C.L.)
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH (V.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (C.F.B., C.G.O.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC (A.I.P.)
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- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Research Center and Cardiovascular Center, QC, Canada (B.J.P.)
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- Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Canada (G.S.)
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- University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City (K.S.S.)
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, ON, Canada (D.Y.F.S.)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine (W.J.T.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (W.J.T.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (S.Z.)
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (E.A.B., J.G., D.A.M.)
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Salluh JIF, Quintairos A, Dongelmans DA, Aryal D, Bagshaw S, Beane A, Burghi G, López MDPA, Finazzi S, Guidet B, Hashimoto S, Ichihara N, Litton E, Lone NI, Pari V, Sendagire C, Vijayaraghavan BKT, Haniffa R, Pisani L, Pilcher D. National ICU Registries as Enablers of Clinical Research and Quality Improvement. Crit Care Med 2024; 52:125-135. [PMID: 37698452 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Clinical quality registries (CQRs) have been implemented worldwide by several medical specialties aiming to generate a better characterization of epidemiology, treatments, and outcomes of patients. National ICU registries were created almost 3 decades ago to improve the understanding of case-mix, resource use, and outcomes of critically ill patients. This narrative review describes the challenges, proposed solutions, and evidence generated by National ICU registries as facilitators for research and quality improvement. DATA SOURCES English language articles were identified in PubMed using phrases related to ICU registries, CQRs, outcomes, and case-mix. STUDY SELECTION Original research, review articles, letters, and commentaries, were considered. DATA EXTRACTION Data from relevant literature were identified, reviewed, and integrated into a concise narrative review. DATA SYNTHESIS CQRs have been implemented worldwide by several medical specialties aiming to generate a better characterization of epidemiology, treatments, and outcomes of patients. National ICU registries were created almost 3 decades ago to improve the understanding of case-mix, resource use, and outcomes of critically ill patients. The initial experience in European countries and in Oceania ensured that through locally generated data, ICUs could assess their performances by using risk-adjusted measures and compare their results through fair and validated benchmarking metrics with other ICUs contributing to the CQR. The accomplishment of these initiatives, coupled with the increasing adoption of information technology, resulted in a broad geographic expansion of CQRs as well as their use in quality improvement studies, clinical trials as well as international comparisons, and benchmarking for ICUs. CONCLUSIONS ICU registries have provided increased knowledge of case-mix and outcomes of ICU patients based on real-world data and contributed to improve care delivery through quality improvement initiatives and trials. Recent increases in adoption of new technologies (i.e., cloud-based structures, artificial intelligence, machine learning) will ensure a broader and better use of data for epidemiology, healthcare policies, quality improvement, and clinical trials.
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- Jorge I F Salluh
- D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine, Academic Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
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- Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- National Coordinator, Nepal Intensive Care Research Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Ling, Bagshaw), University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Division of Internal Medicine (Villeneuve), Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Public Health, University of Alberta and Grey Nuns Hospitals, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Critical Care, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Argentine Society of Intensive Care (SATI). SATI-Q Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Intermediate Care Unit, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Italy
- Associazione GiViTI, c/o Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation, Paris, France
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- Division of Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA
- The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group, United Kingdom
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- Chennai Critical Care Consultants, Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Anesthesia and Critical Care, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Critical Care, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
- Crit Care Asia, Network for Improving Critical Care Systems and Training, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Critical Care, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
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- University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Health, Prahran, VIC, Australia
- The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Camberwell, Australia
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Li L, Ding L, Zheng L, Wu L, Hu Z, Liu L, Zhang Z, Zhou L, Yao Y. U-shaped association between stress hyperglycemia ratio and risk of all-cause mortality in cardiac ICU. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2024; 18:102932. [PMID: 38147811 DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2023.102932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stress hyperglycemia has been associated with poor prognosis in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU). Recently, the stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) has been proposed to reflect true acute hyperglycemic. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between SHR and prognosis of patients in the cardiac ICU. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted on a cohort of 5,564 patients admitted to the cardiac ICU. The participants were divided into seven groups based on their SHR levels. SHR was calculated as admission blood glucose/[(28.7 × HbA1c %) - 46.7]. The primary outcomes of this study were 28-day all-cause mortality. RESULTS During the follow-up period, 349 (6.3%) patients succumbed within 28 days. A U-shaped correlation between SHR and mortality persisted, even after adjusting for other confounding variables, with a discernible inflection point at 0.95. When SHR surpassed 0.95, each standard deviation (SD) increase corresponded to a 1.41-fold elevation in the risk of mortality (odds ratio [OR]: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.25 to 1.59). In contrast, when SHR fell below 0.95, each SD increment correlated with a significantly reduced risk of mortality (OR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.91). CONCLUSION There was a U-shaped association between SHR and short -term mortality in patients in the cardiac ICU. The inflection point of SHR for poor prognosis was identified at an SHR value of 0.95.
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- Le Li
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Sarma D, Jentzer JC. Cardiogenic Shock: Pathogenesis, Classification, and Management. Crit Care Clin 2024; 40:37-56. [PMID: 37973356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a life-threatening circulatory failure syndrome which can progress rapidly to irreversible multiorgan failure through self-perpetuating pathophysiological processes. Recent developments in CS classification have highlighted its etiologic, mechanistic, and hemodynamic heterogeneity. Optimal CS management depends on early recognition, rapid reversal of the underlying cause, and prompt initiation of hemodynamic support.
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- Dhruv Sarma
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Smith RJ, Sarma D, Padkins MR, Gajic O, Lawler PR, Van Diepen S, Kashani KB, Jentzer JC. Admission Total Leukocyte Count as a Predictor of Mortality in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients. JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:100757. [PMID: 38939813 PMCID: PMC11198230 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Background Inflammation is a sequela of cardiovascular critical illness and a risk factor for mortality. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the association between white blood cell count (WBC) and mortality in a broad population of patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients admitted to the Mayo Clinic CICU between 2007 and 2018. We analyzed WBC as a continuous variable and then categorized WBC as low (<4.0 × 103/mL), normal (≥4.0 to <11.0 × 103/mL), high (≥11.0 to <22.0 × 103/mL), or very high (≥22.0 × 103/mL). The association between WBC and in-hospital mortality was evaluated using multivariable logistic regression and random forest models. Results We included 11,699 patients with a median age of 69.3 years (37.6% females). Median WBC was 9.6 (IQR: 7.4-12.7). Mortality was higher in the low (10.5%), high (12.0%), and very high (33.3%) WBC groups relative to the normal WBC group (5.3%). A rising WBC was incrementally associated with higher in-hospital mortality after adjustment (AICc adjusted OR: 1.03 [95% CI: 1.02-1.04] per 1 × 103 increase in WBC). After adjustment, only the high (AICc adjusted OR: 1.37 [95% CI: 1.15-1.64]) and very high (AICc adjusted OR: 1.99 [1.47-2.71]) WBC groups remained associated with increased risk of in-hospital mortality. Conclusions Leukocytosis is associated with an increased mortality risk in a diverse cohort of CICU patients. This readily available marker of systemic inflammation may be useful for risk stratification within the increasingly complex CICU patient population.
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- Ryan J. Smith
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Kaur G, Berg DD. The Changing Epidemiology of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Clin 2024; 40:1-13. [PMID: 37973347 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Coronary care units (CCUs) were originally designed to monitor and treat peri-infarction ventricular arrhythmias but have evolved into highly specialized cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) that provide care to a patient population that is increasingly heterogeneous and complex. Paralleling broader epidemiologic trends, patients admitted to contemporary CICUs are older and have a greater burden of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular comorbidities. Moreover, contemporary CICU patients have high illness severity and often present with acute noncardiac organ dysfunction. In addition to these shifting demographic patterns, there have been important epidemiologic changes in CICU technologies, multidisciplinary systems of care, and physician staffing and training.
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- Gurleen Kaur
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, TIMI Study Group, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Pierce JB, Applefeld WN, Senman B, Loriaux DB, Lawler PR, Katz JN. Design and Execution of Clinical Trials in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Clin 2024; 40:193-209. [PMID: 37973354 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Clinical practice in the contemporary cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) has evolved significantly over the last several decades. With more frequent multisystem organ failure, increasing use of advanced respiratory support, and the advent of new mechanical circulatory support platforms, clinicians in the CICU are increasingly managing patients with complex comorbid disease in addition to their high-acuity cardiovascular illnesses. Here, the authors discuss challenges associated with traditional trial design in the CICU setting and review novel clinical trial designs that may facilitate better evidence generation in the CICU.
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- Jacob B Pierce
- Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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Jentzer JC, Van Diepen S, Patel PC, Henry TD, Morrow DA, Baran DA, Kashani KB. Serial Assessment of Shock Severity in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients. J Am Heart Assoc 2023; 12:e032748. [PMID: 37930059 PMCID: PMC10727310 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.032748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND One-time assessment of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) shock classification robustly predicts mortality in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). We sought to determine whether serial SCAI shock classification could improve risk stratification. METHODS AND RESULTS Unique admissions to a single academic level 1 CICU from 2015 to 2018 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Electronic health record data were used to assign the SCAI shock stage during 4-hour blocks of the first 24 hours of CICU admission. Shock was defined as hypoperfusion (SCAI shock stage C, D, or E). In-hospital death was evaluated using logistic regression. Among 2918 unique CICU patients, 1537 (52.7%) met criteria for shock during ≥1 block, and 266 (9.1%) died in the hospital. The SCAI shock stage on admission was: A, 37.6%; B, 31.5%; C, 25.9%; D, 1.8%; and E, 3.3%. Patients who met SCAI criteria for shock on admission (first 4 hours) and those with worsening SCAI shock stage after admission were at higher risk for in-hospital death. Each higher admission (adjusted odds ratio, 1.36 [95% CI, 1.18-1.56]; area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.70), maximum (adjusted odds ratio, 1.59 [95% CI, 1.37-1.85]; area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.73) and mean (adjusted odds ratio, 2.42 [95% CI, 1.99-2.95]; area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.78) SCAI shock stage was incrementally associated with a higher in-hospital mortality rate. Discrimination was highest for the mean SCAI shock stage (P<0.05). Each additional 4-hour block meeting SCAI criteria for shock predicted a higher mortality rate (adjusted odds ratio, 1.15 [95% CI, 1.07-1.24]). CONCLUSIONS Dynamic assessment of shock using serial SCAI shock classification assignment can improve mortality risk stratification in CICU patients by quantifying the magnitude and duration of shock.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineUniversity of Alberta HospitalEdmontonAlbertaCanada
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- Department of Cardiovascular MedicineMayo Clinic FloridaJacksonvilleFLUSA
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- The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital and The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular InstituteCincinnatiOHUSA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular DivisionBrigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
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- Department of Cardiovascular MedicineCleveland Clinic FloridaWestonFLUSA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of MedicineMayo Clinic RochesterRochesterMNUSA
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Berg DD, Kaur G, Bohula EA, Baird-Zars VM, Alviar CL, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Burke JA, Chaudhry SP, Chonde M, Cooper HA, Daniels LB, Dodson MW, Gerber DA, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani UK, Goldfarb MJ, Guo J, Hillerson D, Kenigsberg BB, Kochar A, Kontos MC, Kwon Y, Lopes MS, Loriaux DB, Miller PE, O’Brien CG, Papolos AI, Patel SM, Pisani BA, Potter BJ, Prasad R, Roswell RO, Shah KS, Sinha SS, Smith TD, Solomon MA, Teuteberg JJ, Thompson AD, Zakaria S, Katz JN, van Diepen S, Morrow DA. Prognostic significance of haemodynamic parameters in patients with cardiogenic shock. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE 2023; 12:651-660. [PMID: 37640029 PMCID: PMC10599641 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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AIMS Invasive haemodynamic assessment with a pulmonary artery catheter is often used to guide the management of patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) and may provide important prognostic information. We aimed to assess prognostic associations and relationships to end-organ dysfunction of presenting haemodynamic parameters in CS. METHODS AND RESULTS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is an investigator-initiated multicenter registry of cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) in North America coordinated by the TIMI Study Group. Patients with CS (2018-2022) who underwent invasive haemodynamic assessment within 24 h of CICU admission were included. Associations of haemodynamic parameters with in-hospital mortality were assessed using logistic regression, and associations with presenting serum lactate were assessed using least squares means regression. Sensitivity analyses were performed excluding patients on temporary mechanical circulatory support and adjusted for vasoactive-inotropic score. Among the 3603 admissions with CS, 1473 had haemodynamic data collected within 24 h of CICU admission. The median cardiac index was 1.9 (25th-75th percentile, 1.6-2.4) L/min/m2 and mean arterial pressure (MAP) was 74 (66-86) mmHg. Parameters associated with mortality included low MAP, low systolic blood pressure, low systemic vascular resistance, elevated right atrial pressure (RAP), elevated RAP/pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ratio, and low pulmonary artery pulsatility index. These associations were generally consistent when controlling for the intensity of background pharmacologic and mechanical haemodynamic support. These parameters were also associated with higher presenting serum lactate. CONCLUSION In a contemporary CS population, presenting haemodynamic parameters reflecting decreased systemic arterial tone and right ventricular dysfunction are associated with adverse outcomes and systemic hypoperfusion.
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- David D Berg
- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Lehigh Valley Heart Network, Allentown, PA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Cardiology Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) Research Center and Cardiovascular Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Wellstar Health System, Marietta, GA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, Zucker School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, VA, USA
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- Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 7022, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Fraccaro C, Karam N, Möllmann H, Bleiziffer S, Bonaros N, Teles RC, Carrilho Ferreira P, Chieffo A, Czerny M, Donal E, Dudek D, Dumonteil N, Esposito G, Fournier S, Hassager C, Kim WK, Krychtiuk KA, Mehilli J, Pręgowski J, Stefanini GG, Ternacle J, Thiele H, Thielmann M, Vincent F, von Bardeleben RS, Tarantini G. Transcatheter interventions for left-sided valvular heart disease complicated by cardiogenic shock: a consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in collaboration with the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care (ACVC) and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery. EUROINTERVENTION 2023; 19:634-651. [PMID: 37624587 PMCID: PMC10587846 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-23-00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
Abstract
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is one of the most frequent causes of heart failure (HF) and is associated with poor prognosis, particularly among patients with conservative management. The development and improvement of catheter-based VHD interventions have broadened the indications for transcatheter valve interventions from inoperable/high-risk patients to younger/lower-risk patients. Cardiogenic shock (CS) associated with severe VHD is a clinical condition with a very high risk of mortality for which surgical treatment is often deemed a prohibitive risk. Transcatheter valve interventions might be a promising alternative in this setting given that they are less invasive. However, supportive scientific evidence is scarce and often limited to small case series. Current guidelines on VHD do not contain specific recommendations on how to manage patients with both VHD and CS. The purpose of this clinical consensus statement, developed by a group of international experts invited by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) Scientific Documents and Initiatives Committee, is to perform a review of the available scientific evidence on the management of CS associated with left-sided VHD and to provide a rationale and practical approach for the application of transcatheter valve interventions in this specific clinical setting.
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- Chiara Fraccaro
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Heart Valves Unit, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Johannes Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental (HSC), Carnaxide, Portugal and Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, CHULN, CAML, CCUL, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Centre, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Service de Cardiologie, CCP CHU de Rennes, University of Rennes, INSERM, LTSI-UMR 1099, Rennes, France
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- Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Service of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Johannes Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Medizinische Klinik I, Landshut-Achdorf Hospital, Landshut, Germany
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy
- Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada and Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
- Haut-Leveque Cardiology Hospital, Bordeaux University, Pessac, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany and University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Kiyeng J, Akwanalo C, Sugut W, Barasa F, Mwangi A, Njuguna B, Siika A, Vedanthan R. Types and Outcomes of Arrhythmias in a Cardiac Care Unit in Western Kenya: A Prospective Study. Glob Heart 2023; 18:50. [PMID: 37744209 PMCID: PMC10516140 DOI: 10.5334/gh.1261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Background Sustained arrhythmias are frequently encountered in cardiac care units (CCU), but their types and outcomes in Africa are unknown. Studies from high-income countries suggest arrhythmias are associated with worse outcomes. Objectives To determine the types and proportion of cardiac arrhythmias among patients admitted to the CCU at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), and to compare 30-day outcomes between patients with and without arrhythmias at the time of CCU admission. Methods We conducted a prospective study of a cohort of all patients admitted to MTRH-CCU between March and December 2021. They were stratified on the presence or absence of arrhythmia at the time of CCU admission, irrespective of whether it was the primary indication for CCU care or not. Clinical characteristics were collected using a structured questionnaire. Participants were followed up for 30 days. The primary outcome of interest was 30-day all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were 30-day all-cause readmission and length of hospital stay. The 30-day outcomes were compared between the patients with and without arrhythmia, with a p value < 0.05 being considered statistically significant. Results We enrolled 160 participants. The median age was 46 years (IQR 31, 68), and 95 (59.4%) were female. Seventy (43.8%) had a diagnosis of arrhythmia at admission, of whom 62 (88.6%) had supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, five (7.1%) had ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and three (4.3%) had bradyarrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation was the most common supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (82.3%). There was no statistically significant difference in the primary outcome of 30-day mortality between those who had arrhythmia at admission versus those without: 32.9% versus 30.0%, respectively (p = 0.64). Conclusion Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias were common in critically hospitalized cardiac patients in Western Kenya, with atrial fibrillation being the most common. Thirty-day all-cause mortality did not differ significantly between the group admitted with a diagnosis of arrhythmia and those without.
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- Joan Kiyeng
- Department of Cardiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, KE
- Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, KE
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- Department of Cardiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, KE
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- Department of Cardiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, KE
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- Department of Math, Physics and Computing, Moi University, Eldoret, KE
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Practice, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, KE
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- Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, KE
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- Department of Population Health and Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
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Wolfe JD, Waken RJ, Fanous E, Fox DK, May AM, Maddox KEJ. Variation in the Use of Targeted Temperature Management for Cardiac Arrest. Am J Cardiol 2023; 201:25-33. [PMID: 37352661 PMCID: PMC10960656 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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Targeted temperature management (TTM) is recommended for patients who do not respond after return of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest. However, the degree to which patients with cardiac arrest have access to this therapy on a national level is not known. Understanding hospital- and patient-level factors associated with receipt of TTM could inform interventions to improve access to this treatment among appropriate patients. Therefore, we performed a retrospective analysis using National Inpatient Sample data from 2016 to 2019. We used International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition diagnosis and procedure codes to identify adult patients with in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and receipt of TTM. We evaluated patient and hospital factors associated with receiving TTM. We identified 478,419 patients with cardiac arrest. Of those, 4,088 (0.85%) received TTM. Hospital use of TTM was driven by large, nonprofit, urban, teaching hospitals, with less use at other hospital types. There was significant regional variation in TTM capabilities, with the proportion of hospitals providing TTM ranging from >21% in the Mid-Atlantic region to <11% in the East and West South Central and Mountain regions. At the patient level, age >74 years (odds ratio [OR] 0.54, p <0.001), female gender (OR 0.89, p >0.001), and Hispanic ethnicity (OR 0.74, p <0.001) were all associated with decreased odds of receiving TTM. Patients with Medicare (OR 0.75, p <0.001) and Medicaid (OR 0.89, p = 0.027) were less likely than patients with private insurance to receive TTM. Part of these differences was driven by inequitable access to TTM-capable hospitals. In conclusion, TTM is rarely used after cardiac arrest. Hospital use of TTM is predominately limited to a subset of academic hospitals with substantial regional variation. Older age, female gender, Hispanic ethnicity, and Medicare or Medicaid insurance are all associated with a decreased likelihood of receiving TTM.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
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- Center for Health Economics and Policy, Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Kadosh BS, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Park JG, Baird-Zars VM, Alviar C, Alzate J, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Burke J, Chaudhry SP, Daniels LB, DeFilippis A, Delicce A, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani U, Goldfarb M, Katz JN, Keeley EC, Kenigsberg B, Kontos MC, Lawler PR, Leibner E, Menon V, Metkus TS, Miller PE, O'Brien CG, Papolos AI, Prasad R, Shah KS, Sinha SS, Snell RJ, So D, Solomon MA, Ternus BW, Teuteberg JJ, Toole J, van Diepen S, Morrow DA, Roswell RO. Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. JACC. HEART FAILURE 2023; 11:903-914. [PMID: 37318422 PMCID: PMC10527413 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The appropriate use of pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) in critically ill cardiac patients remains debated. OBJECTIVES The authors aimed to characterize the current use of PACs in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) with attention to patient-level and institutional factors influencing their application and explore the association with in-hospital mortality. METHODS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter network of CICUs in North America. Between 2017 and 2021, participating centers contributed annual 2-month snapshots of consecutive CICU admissions. Admission diagnoses, clinical and demographic data, use of PACs, and in-hospital mortality were captured. RESULTS Among 13,618 admissions at 34 sites, 3,827 were diagnosed with shock, with 2,583 of cardiogenic etiology. The use of mechanical circulatory support and heart failure were the patient-level factors most strongly associated with a greater likelihood of the use of a PAC (OR: 5.99 [95% CI: 5.15-6.98]; P < 0.001 and OR: 3.33 [95% CI: 2.91-3.81]; P < 0.001, respectively). The proportion of shock admissions with a PAC varied significantly by study center ranging from 8% to 73%. In analyses adjusted for factors associated with their placement, PAC use was associated with lower mortality in all shock patients admitted to a CICU (OR: 0.79 [95% CI: 0.66-0.96]; P = 0.017). CONCLUSIONS There is wide variation in the use of PACs that is not fully explained by patient level-factors and appears driven in part by institutional tendency. PAC use was associated with higher survival in cardiac patients with shock presenting to CICUs. Randomized trials are needed to guide the appropriate use of PACs in cardiac critical care.
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- Bernard S Kadosh
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York, USA; Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA.
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Lehigh Valley Heart Institute, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, Cardiovascular Health Program, University of British Columbia Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Wellstar Cardiovascular Medicine, Marietta, Georgia, USA
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- University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Jyotsna F, Ahmed A, Kumar K, Kaur P, Chaudhary MH, Kumar S, Khan E, Khanam B, Shah SU, Varrassi G, Khatri M, Kumar S, Kakadiya KA. Exploring the Complex Connection Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Analyzing Approaches to Mitigate Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Diabetes. Cureus 2023; 15:e43882. [PMID: 37746454 PMCID: PMC10511351 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.43882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in individuals diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. This narrative review offers a comprehensive examination of the complex correlation between diabetes and cardiovascular complications. The objective of this review is to analyze the most recent evidence on preventive measures and treatment options for mitigating cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes, by synthesizing existing literature. Insulin resistance plays a crucial role in connecting diabetes and CVD, leading to the development of dyslipidemia and atherogenesis. As a result, the risk of cardiovascular events in individuals with diabetes is significantly elevated. Moreover, the presence of hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress and inflammation serves to intensify endothelial dysfunction and vascular damage, thereby exacerbating the risk of cardiovascular complications. The interaction between diabetes and CVD frequently speeds up the development of atherosclerotic plaque, making the plaque more prone to rupture. This can lead to severe cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. It is crucial to comprehend the intricate relationship between diabetes and CVD in order to formulate effective strategies aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and mitigating the burden associated with these interconnected chronic conditions. Healthcare practitioners can enhance the quality of life and reduce mortality rates associated with CVD in diabetic patients by thoroughly examining evidence-based preventive measures and treatment options. This approach allows them to make informed decisions when managing cardiovascular risk. In summary, this narrative review provides a valuable resource for healthcare professionals and researchers, presenting a comprehensive analysis of the complex relationship between diabetes and CVD. By providing a comprehensive analysis of the latest evidence and elucidating the underlying mechanisms, this review seeks to establish a foundation for the development of innovative strategies in diabetes management. These strategies have the potential to significantly improve cardiovascular outcomes and enhance overall patient care.
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- Fnu Jyotsna
- Medicine, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College & Hospital, Mohali, IND
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- Medicine, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, PAK
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- Medicine, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, PAK
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- Internal Medicine, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, IND
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- Medicine, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, PAK
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- Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND
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- Internal Medicine, National Tuberculosis Control Center, Kathmandu, NPL
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- Medicine and Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK
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- Medicine and Surgery, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Karachi, PAK
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Grupper A, Chernomordik F, Herscovici R, Mazin I, Segev A, Beigel R, Matetzky S. The burden of heart failure in cardiac intensive care unit: a prospective 7 years analysis. ESC Heart Fail 2023; 10:1615-1622. [PMID: 36802123 PMCID: PMC10192277 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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AIMS The profiles of patients at cardiac intensive care units (CICU) have evolved towards a patient population with an increasing number of co-morbid medical conditions and acute heart failure (HF). The current study was designed to illustrate the burden of HF patients admitted to CICU, and evaluate patient characteristics, in-hospital course and outcomes of CICU patients with HF compared with patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS AND RESULTS A prospective study including all consecutive patients admitted to the CICU at a tertiary medical centre between 2014 and 2020. The main outcome was a direct comparison between HF and ACS patients in processes of care, resource use, and outcomes during CICU hospitalization. A secondary analysis compared ischaemic versus non-ischaemic HF aetiology. Adjusted analysis evaluated parameters associated with prolonged hospitalization. The cohort included 7674 patients with a total annual CICU admissions of 1028-1145 patients. HF diagnosis patients represented 13-18% of the annual CICU admissions and were significantly older with higher incidence of multiple co-morbidities compared with patients with ACS. HF patients also required more intensive therapies and demonstrated higher incidence of acute complications as compared with ACS patients. Length of stay at the CICU was significantly longer among HF patients compared with patients with ACS (either STEMI or NSTEMI) (6.2 ± 4.3 vs. 4.1 ± 2.5 vs. 3.5 ± 2.1, respectively, P < 0.001). HF patients represented a disproportionately higher amount of total CICU patient days during the study period, as the total length of hospitalization of HF patients was 44-56% out of the total cumulative days in CICU of patients with ACS every year. In hospital mortality rates were also significantly higher among patients with HF compared with STEMI or NSTEMI (4.2% vs. 3.1% vs. 0.7%, respectively, P < 0.001). Despite several differences in baseline characteristics between patients with ischaemic versus non-ischaemic HF, which can be attributed mainly to disease aetiology, hospitalization length and outcomes were similar among the groups regardless of HF aetiology. In multivariable analysis for the risk of prolonged hospitalization in the CICU adjusted to potential significant co-morbidities associated with poor outcomes, HF was found to be an independent and significant parameter associated with the risk of prolonged hospitalization with an OR of 3.5 (95% CI 2.9-4.1, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Patients with HF in CICU have higher severity of illness with a prolonged and complicated hospital course, all of which can substantially increase the burden on clinical resources.
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- Avishay Grupper
- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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- Division of CardiologyLeviev Center of Cardiovascular medicine, Sheba Medical Center in Tel‐Ha'ShomerRamat‐GanIsrael
- Sackler School of MedicineTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐AvivIsrael
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Schöler D, Loosen SH, Wirtz TH, Brozat JF, dos Santos Ferreira Grani LA, Luedde T, Heinrichs L, Frank D, Koch A, Roderburg C, Spehlmann ME. Low extracellular vesicle concentrations predict survival in patients with heart failure. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1163525. [PMID: 37293281 PMCID: PMC10244507 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1163525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Background Heart disease is of worldwide importance due to high morbidity and mortality. Extracellular vesicle (EV) concentration and size represent novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, e.g. in patients with liver cancer, but data on their prognostic relevance in heart disease are lacking. Here, we investigated the role of EV concentration, size and zeta potential in patients with heart disease. Methods Vesicle size distribution, concentration and zeta potential were measured by nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) in 28 intensive care unit (ICU) and 20 standard care (SC) patients and 20 healthy controls. Results Patients with any disease had a lower zeta potential compared to the healthy controls. Vesicle size (X50) was significantly higher in ICU patients (245 nm) with heart disease as compared to those patients with heart disease receiving standard care (195 nm), or healthy controls (215 nm) (p = 0.001). Notably, EV concentration was lower in ICU patients with heart disease (4.68 × 1010 particles/ml) compared to SC patients with heart disease (7,62 × 1010 particles/ml) and healthy controls (1.50 × 1011 particles/ml) (p = 0.002). Extracellular vesicle concentration is prognostic for overall survival in patients with heart disease. Overall survival is significantly reduced when the vesicle concentration is below 5.55 × 1010 particles/ml. Median overall survival was only 140 days in patients with vesicle concentrations below 5.55 × 1010 particles/ml compared to 211 days in patients with vesicle concentrations above 5.55 × 1010 particles/ml (p = 0.032). Summary Concentration of EVs is a novel prognostic marker in ICU and SC patients with heart disease.
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- David Schöler
- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases and Intensive Care Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases and Intensive Care Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charite—Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK) and Campus Charite Mitte (CCM), Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases and Intensive Care Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Sacco A, Tavecchia G, Ditali V, Garatti L, Villanova L, Colombo C, Viola G, Scavelli F, Varrenti M, Milani M, Morici N, Tavazzi G, Lissoni B, Forni L, Gorni G, Saporetti G, Oliva F. Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in cardiac intensive care unit. Eur J Clin Invest 2023:e13982. [PMID: 36912206 DOI: 10.1111/eci.13982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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- Alice Sacco
- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia Italy.,Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Psicology Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Comitato per l'Etica di Fine Vita, Milan, Italy.,School of Law, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Palliative Care Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Quality and Risk Management, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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