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Fazzini L, Ghirardi A, Limonta R, Calabrese A, D'Elia E, Canova P, Fontana A, Grosu A, Iacovoni A, Ferrari P, De Maria R, Gavazzi A, Montisci R, Senni M, Gori M. Long-term outcomes of phenoclusters in preclinical heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction. ESC Heart Fail 2024; 11:3350-3359. [PMID: 38965689 PMCID: PMC11424346 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14913] [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: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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AIMS The identification of subjects at higher risk for incident heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (EF) suitable for more intensive preventive programmes remains challenging. We applied phenomapping to the DAVID-Berg population, comprising subjects with preclinical HF, aiming to refine HF risk stratification. METHODS The DAVID-Berg study prospectively enrolled 596 asymptomatic outpatients with EF > 40% with hypertension, diabetes mellitus or known cardiovascular disease. In this cohort, we performed an unsupervised cluster analysis on 591 patients, including clinical, laboratory, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters. We tested the association between each cluster and a composite outcome of HF/death. RESULTS The median age was 70 years, 55.5% were males and the median EF was 61.0%. Phenomapping provided three different clusters. Subjects in Cluster 3 were the oldest and had the highest prevalence of atrial fibrillation, the lowest estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the highest N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and the largest left atrium. During a median follow-up of 5.7 years, 13.4% of subjects experienced HF/death events (N = 79). Compared with Clusters 1 and 2, Cluster 3 had the worst prognosis (log-rank test: Cluster 3 vs. 1 P < 0.001; Cluster 3 vs. 2 P = 0.008). Cluster 3 was associated with a risk of HF/death 2.5 times higher than Cluster 1 [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) = 2.46, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.24-4.90]. CONCLUSIONS Based on phenomapping, older patients with lower kidney function and worse diastolic function might represent a subset of preclinical HF with EF > 40% who deserve more efforts to prevent clinical HF.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luca Fazzini
- Clinical Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- FROM Research Foundation, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- National Research Council Clinical Physiology Institute, Pisa, Italy
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- FROM Research Foundation, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Clinical Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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Bayes-Genis A, Bozkurt B. Pre-Heart Failure, Heart Stress, and Subclinical Heart Failure: Bridging Heart Health and Heart Failure. JACC. HEART FAILURE 2024; 12:1115-1118. [PMID: 38703158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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- Antoni Bayes-Genis
- Heart Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, CIBERCV, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Winters Center for Heart Failure, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Chi R, Shan X, Guan C, Yang H, Wang X, Li B, Zhang Q. Association between systemic inflammatory response index and left ventricular remodeling and systolic dysfunction in atrial fibrillation patients. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2023; 23:377. [PMID: 37507722 PMCID: PMC10386546 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-023-03403-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiac remodeling and dysfunction can be caused by atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between the systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) and left ventricular (LV) remodeling and systolic function in individuals with AF. METHODS 416 patients with AF who were admitted to the Second Department of Cardiology in the East Ward of the Qingdao Municipal Hospital between January 2020 and May 2022 were included in the present retrospective research. The relationship between SIRI and various cardiac parameters was analyzed. The patients' left atrial (LA) enlargement and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction were evaluated. SIRI was calculated by the formula: neutrophil × monocyte/lymphocyte. RESULTS SIRI significantly correlated with LV end-diastolic diameter (LVDd), LV posterior wall thickness at end-diastole (LVPWTd), interventricular septal thickness at end-diastole (IVSTd), LV mass index (LVMI), LV ejection fraction (LVEF), LA diameter (LAD), C-reactive protein (CRP), and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with AF. In multivariate linear regression analyses, SIRI was discovered to be significantly related to LVMI (ln-transformed) (p = 0.025), LVEF (ln-transformed) (p = 0.005), and LAD (ln-transformed) (p = 0.007). In multivariate logistic regression, the highest quartile of SIRI (SIRI > 1.62) was significantly associated with LV hypertrophy (p = 0.026), impaired LV systolic function (p = 0.002), and LA enlargement (p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS SIRI was significantly associated with LV remodeling and systolic function impairment in patients with AF. SIRI may serve as a reliable and convenient inflammatory biomarker for detecting impaired cardiac structure and systolic function in patients with AF.
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- Runze Chi
- Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital, 266011, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital, 266011, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital, 266011, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Weifang Medical University, 261000, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital, 266011, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), 266011, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), 266011, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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Berezin AA, Obradovic Z, Berezina TA, Boxhammer E, Lichtenauer M, Berezin AE. Cardiac Hepatopathy: New Perspectives on Old Problems through a Prism of Endogenous Metabolic Regulations by Hepatokines. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12020516. [PMID: 36830074 PMCID: PMC9951884 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12020516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Cardiac hepatopathy refers to acute or chronic liver damage caused by cardiac dysfunction in the absence of any other possible causative reasons of liver injury. There is a large number of evidence of the fact that cardiac hepatopathy is associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with acute or actually decompensated heart failure (HF). However, the currently dominated pathophysiological background does not explain a role of metabolic regulative proteins secreted by hepatocytes in progression of HF, including adverse cardiac remodeling, kidney injury, skeletal muscle dysfunction, osteopenia, sarcopenia and cardiac cachexia. The aim of this narrative review was to accumulate knowledge of hepatokines (adropin; fetuin-A, selenoprotein P, fibroblast growth factor-21, and alpha-1-microglobulin) as adaptive regulators of metabolic homeostasis in patients with HF. It is suggested that hepatokines play a crucial, causative role in inter-organ interactions and mediate tissue protective effects counteracting oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis and necrosis. The discriminative potencies of hepatokines for HF and damage of target organs in patients with known HF is under on-going scientific discussion and requires more investigations in the future.
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- Alexander A. Berezin
- Internal Medicine Department, Zaporozhye Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, 69000 Zaporozhye, Ukraine
- Klinik Barmelweid, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, 5017 Barmelweid, Switzerland
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- Klinik Barmelweid, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, 5017 Barmelweid, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine & Nephrology, VitaCenter, 69000 Zaporozhye, Ukraine
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
- Internal Medicine Department, Zaporozhye State Medical University, 69035 Zaporozhye, Ukraine
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Role of Left Ventricle Function in Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes in Stage B Heart Failure Patients. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 2021; 40:E5-E9. [PMID: 31714391 DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To study the role of left ventricle systolic function in cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP) response in stage B heart failure patients. METHODS A retrospective analysis was completed of 691 patients with previous myocardial infarction that underwent a CRP, classified in 3 groups: preserved ejection fraction (pEF), mid-range ejection fraction (mrEF), and reduced ejection fraction (rEF). We compared the response to CRP analyzing the relative changes of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness (CRFe), resting heart rate (HR), and chronotropic index (CI). RESULTS After exercise training (median [interquartile range]) mrEF (23.9% [9.7, 40.8]) and rEF (23.9% [9.7, 41.2]) groups had a better CRFe response to CRP than pEF groups (17.6% [0.0, 35.9]), P = .009. CI increased similarly in all groups. We found a small effect of CRP on resting HR. CONCLUSION Exercise-based CRP yields notable benefits to mrEF and rEF groups and the magnitude of its benefits is, at least, similar to that found in pEF patients.
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Gori M, Claggett B, Senni M, Shah AM, Goldenberg I, Kutyifa V, Knappe D, Pouleur AC, Solomon SD. Combining diastolic dysfunction and natriuretic peptides to risk stratify patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Int J Cardiol 2021; 335:59-65. [PMID: 33887340 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diastolic dysfunction (DD) might help to risk stratify patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Nonetheless, HF guidelines/risk scores don't consider DD. We aimed to show the independent prognostic value of DD for nonfatal HF/death in patients with HFrEF on top of natriuretic peptides (NP). METHODS We analyzed 1155 baseline echocardiograms of the MADIT-CRT study (LVEF≤30%, QRS ≥ 130 ms, NYHA class I/II), classifying DD according to 2016 ASE/EACVI classification. RESULTS Patients were 64 ± 11 years-old, 24% females, LVEF was 24 ± 5%, 58% had abnormal BNP (≥100 pg/ml). While 45% had impaired relaxation, 33% had pseudonormal filling, 12% restrictive pattern, 6% indeterminate diastolic function, 4% were not classifiable due to missing data. During a follow-up of 2.1 ± 1.0 years, there were 233 HF/death. Compared to patients without pseudonormal/restrictive filling and with normal NP (23%), patients with pseudonormal/restrictive filling, alone (15%) or combined to elevated NP (30%), were at higher risk of events (respectively padj = 0.025 and padj < 0.001), as opposed to those with abnormal NP alone (22%; padj = 0.55). Adding DD to conventional markers of risk and NP improved prediction (C-statistic 0.733 versus 0.708, p = 0.024). DD was the first parameter to be considered to risk stratify MADIT-CRT population, according to Classification-And-Regression-Tree analysis. CONCLUSIONS Among HFrEF patients with mild symptoms, pseudonormal/restrictive filling, either alone or combined with elevated NP, was associated with high risk of events, as opposed to isolated elevation of NP. DD provided incremental risk prediction for death/HF beyond commonly used markers. These data might suggest to integrate DD into HF guidelines/risk scores.
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- Mauro Gori
- Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1 - 24127, Bergamo, Italy; Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1 - 24127, Bergamo, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Adverse Outcomes after Non-Cardiac Surgeries in Patients with Heart Failure: A Propensity-Score Matched Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10071501. [PMID: 33916530 PMCID: PMC8038504 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10071501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The impact of heart failure (HF) on postoperative outcomes is not completely understood. Our purpose is to investigate complications and mortality after noncardiac surgeries in people who had HF. In the analyses of research data of health insurance in, we identified 32,808 surgical patients with preoperative HF and 32,808 patients without HF undergoing noncardiac surgeries. We used a matching procedure with propensity score and considered basic characteristics, coexisting diseases, and information of index surgery between patients with and without HF. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for complications and mortality after noncardiac surgeries in patients with HF were analyzed in multivariate logistic regressions. HF increased the risks of postoperative acute myocardial infarction (OR 2.51, 95% CI 1.99-3.18), pulmonary embolism (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.73-3.50), acute renal failure (OR 1.97, 95% CI 1.76-2.21), intensive care (OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.85-2.01), and 30-day in-hospital mortality (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.59-2.04). Preoperative emergency care, inpatient care, and injections of diuretics and cardiac stimulants due to heart failure were also associated with mortality after surgery. Patients with HF had increased complications and mortality after noncardiac surgeries compared with those without HF. The surgical care team may consider revising the protocols for perioperative care in patients with HF.
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Refining the 10-Year Prediction of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer. JACC: CARDIOONCOLOGY 2021; 3:62-72. [PMID: 34396306 PMCID: PMC8352242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2020.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Background In childhood cancer survivors (CCS) at risk for heart failure, echocardiographic surveillance recommendations are currently based on anthracyclines and chest-directed radiotherapy dose. Whether the ejection fraction (EF) measured at an initial surveillance echocardiogram can refine these recommendations is unknown. Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess the added predictive value of EF at >5 years after cancer diagnosis to anthracyclines and chest-directed radiotherapy dose in CCS, for the development of left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction <40% (LVD40). Methods Echocardiographic surveillance was performed in 299 CCS from the Emma Children’s Hospital in the Netherlands. Cox regression models were built including cardiotoxic cancer treatment exposures with and without EF to estimate the probability of LVD40 at 10-year follow-up. Calibration, discrimination, and reclassification were assessed. Results were externally validated in 218 CCS. Results Cumulative incidences of LVD40 at 10-year follow-up were 3.7% and 3.6% in the derivation and validation cohort, respectively. The addition of EF resulted in an integrated area under the curve increase from 0.74 to 0.87 in the derivation cohort and from 0.72 to 0.86 in the validation cohort (likelihood ratio p < 0.001). Reclassification of CCS without LVD40 improved significantly (noncase continuous net reclassification improvement 0.50; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.40 to 0.60). A predicted LVD40 probability ≤3%, representing 75% of the CCS, had a negative predictive value of 99% (95% CI: 98% to 100%) for LVD40 within 10 years. However, patients with midrange EF (40% to 49%) at initial screening had an incidence of LVD40 of 11% and a 7.81-fold (95% CI: 2.07- to 29.50-fold) increased risk of LV40 at follow-up. Conclusions In CCS, an initial surveillance EF, in addition to anthracyclines and chest-directed radiotherapy dose, improves the 10-year prediction for LVD40. Through this strategy, both the identification of low-risk survivors in whom the surveillance frequency may be reduced and a group of survivors at increased risk of LVD40 could be identified.
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Zhang H, Shi R, Qin W, Chen W, Li L, Wang W, Zhao Y, Wang R, Chen X. Mid-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with mild left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a multicentre retrospective cohort study. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2021; 32:855-863. [PMID: 33611582 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivab005] [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: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) is common and associated with adverse events in patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, the prognosis of mild LVSD has not been clearly described. We aimed to evaluate the mid-term outcomes of patients with mild LVSD following CABG. METHODS This multicentre cohort study using propensity score matching took place from December 2012 to October 2019 in Jiangsu Province, China, with a mean and maximum follow-up of 3.2 and 7.2 years, respectively. Patients were classified to normal left ventricular systolic function (left ventricular ejection fraction ≥53%) and mild LVSD (left ventricular ejection fraction >40%/<53%). The primary outcomes were death from all causes and death from cardiovascular causes. The secondary outcomes were heart failure, myocardial infarction, repeat revascularization and a composite of all mentioned outcomes, including death from all causes (major adverse events). RESULTS A total of 581 pairs were formed after matching. In-hospital death (1.5% vs 2.1%, P = 0.51) did not differ between 2 cohorts. Throughout 7 years, mild LVSD was associated with higher rates of death from all causes [hazard ratio (HR) 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.39-0.89; P = 0.012], death from cardiovascular causes (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.36-0.90; P = 0.017), heart failure (HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.37-0.93; P = 0.023) and major adverse events (HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.49-0.91; P = 0.009). There was no difference in the rates of myocardial infarction and repeat revascularization. CONCLUSIONS Mild LVSD was associated with a worse mid-term prognosis in patients following CABG.
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- Hang Zhang
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing Lishui People's Hospital, Zhongda Hospital Lishui Branch, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Burocchi S, Gori M, Cioffi G, Calabrese A, Canova P, De Maria R, Grosu A, Fontana A, Iacovoni A, Ferrari P, Volpe M, De Biase L, Parati G, Gavazzi A, Senni M. Risk stratifying asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the community: beyond left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 21:1405-1411. [PMID: 31808506 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Midwall fractional shortening (MWFS) is a measure of left ventricular (LV) systolic function that is more reliable in case of concentric LV geometry compared to LV ejection fraction (LVEF). We hypothesized that MWFS might predict heart failure (HF) and death in a high-risk asymptomatic population, beyond other echocardiographic parameters. METHODS AND RESULTS Among 4047 subjects aged ≥55/≤80 years followed by 10 general practitioners in northern Italy, the DAVID-Berg study prospectively enrolled 623 asymptomatic outpatients at increased risk for HF. Baseline evaluation included clinical visit, electrocardiogram, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and echocardiogram. Mean age of the population was 69 ± 7 years, 56% were men, 88% had hypertension, mean LVEF was 61 ± 9%, and mean MWFS 16.2 ± 3.3. During a median follow-up of 5.7 years, 95 subjects experienced HF/death events. At Cox analysis, lower MWFS was the only echocardiographic parameter, among structural/functional ones, associated with higher risk of HF/death [hazard ratio (HR) 0.89, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84-0.95, Padjusted < 0.001]. The risk of HF/death related to clinical data and NT-proBNP (baseline model) was reclassified by echocardiography only when MWFS was included into the model (baseline C-statistics 0.761; adding conventional structural/functional echocardiographic data 0.776, P = 0.09; adding MWFS 0.791, P = 0.007). Compared to subjects with normal LVEF and MWFS, only subjects with combined systolic dysfunction (11% of the population) were at higher risk (P = 0.001 for both abnormal; P > 0.24 for either LVEF or MWFS abnormal). CONCLUSION DAVID-Berg data suggest to include MWFS assessment in clinical practice, a simple and reliable echocardiographic parameter able to improve risk stratification in subjects at high risk for HF.
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- Simone Burocchi
- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital University of Rome Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Roma, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Piazzale Aristide Stefani, 1, Verona, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, CardioThoracic and Vascular Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Piazza dell'Ospedale Maggiore, 3, Milano, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital University of Rome Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Roma, Italy.,IRCCS Neuromed, Loc. Camerelle, Pozzilli IS, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital University of Rome Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, S. Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazzale Brescia, 20, Milano, Italy
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- Research Foundation, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1 - 24127 Bergamo, Italy
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- CardioVascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo, Italy
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Tomasoni D, Adamo M, Lombardi CM, Metra M. Highlights in heart failure. ESC Heart Fail 2019; 6:1105-1127. [PMID: 31997538 PMCID: PMC6989277 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) remains a major cause of mortality, morbidity, and poor quality of life. It is an area of active research. This article is aimed to give an update on recent advances in all aspects of this syndrome. Major changes occurred in drug treatment of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Sacubitril/valsartan is indicated as a substitute to ACEi/ARBs after PARADIGM-HF (hazard ratio [HR], 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.73 to 0.87 for sacubitril/valsartan vs. enalapril for the primary endpoint and Wei, Lin and Weissfeld HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.71-0.89 for recurrent events). Its initiation was then shown as safe and potentially useful in recent studies in patients hospitalized for acute HF. More recently, dapagliflozin and prevention of adverse-outcomes in DAPA-HF trial showed the beneficial effects of the sodium-glucose transporter type 2 inhibitor dapaglifozin vs. placebo, added to optimal standard therapy [HR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.65 to 0.85;0.74; 95% CI, 0.65 to 0.85 for the primary endpoint]. Trials with other SGLT 2 inhibitors and in other patients, such as those with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or with recent decompensation, are ongoing. Multiple studies showed the unfavourable prognostic significance of abnormalities in serum potassium levels. Potassium lowering agents may allow initiation and titration of mineralocorticoid antagonists in a larger proportion of patients. Meta-analyses suggest better outcomes with ferric carboxymaltose in patients with iron deficiency. Drugs effective in HFrEF may be useful also in HF with mid-range ejection fraction. Better diagnosis and phenotype characterization seem warranted in HF with preserved ejection fraction. These and other burning aspects of HF research are summarized and reviewed in this article.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniela Tomasoni
- Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of BresciaCardiothoracic DepartmentCivil HospitalsBresciaItaly
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- Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of BresciaCardiothoracic DepartmentCivil HospitalsBresciaItaly
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- Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of BresciaCardiothoracic DepartmentCivil HospitalsBresciaItaly
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- Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of BresciaCardiothoracic DepartmentCivil HospitalsBresciaItaly
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Metra M. November 2018 at a glance: from prediction of heart failure in asymptomatic subjects to advanced chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail 2018; 20:1503-1504. [PMID: 30451351 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Marco Metra
- Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Italy
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