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Roh JD, Castro C, Yu A, Rana S, Shahul S, Gray KJ, Honigberg MC, Ricke-Hoch M, Iwamoto Y, Yeri A, Kitchen R, Guerra JB, Hobson R, Chaudhari V, Chang B, Sarma A, Lerchenmüller C, Al Sayed ZR, Diaz Verdugo C, Xia P, Skarbianskis N, Zeisel A, Bauersachs J, Kirkland JL, Karumanchi SA, Gorcsan J, Sugahara M, Damp J, Hanley-Yanez K, Ellinor PT, Arany Z, McNamara DM, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Rosenzweig A. Placental senescence pathophysiology is shared between peripartum cardiomyopathy and preeclampsia in mouse and human. Sci Transl Med 2024; 16:eadi0077. [PMID: 38630848 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adi0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic form of pregnancy-induced heart failure associated with preeclampsia. Circulating factors in late pregnancy are thought to contribute to both diseases, suggesting a common underlying pathophysiological process. However, what drives this process remains unclear. Using serum proteomics, we identified the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), a marker of cellular senescence associated with biological aging, as the most highly up-regulated pathway in young women with PPCM or preeclampsia. Placentas from women with preeclampsia displayed multiple markers of amplified senescence and tissue aging, as well as overall increased gene expression of 28 circulating proteins that contributed to SASP pathway enrichment in serum samples from patients with preeclampsia or PPCM. The most highly expressed placental SASP factor, activin A, was associated with cardiac dysfunction or heart failure severity in women with preeclampsia or PPCM. In a murine model of PPCM induced by cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of the gene encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α, inhibiting activin A signaling in the early postpartum period with a monoclonal antibody to the activin type II receptor improved heart function. In addition, attenuating placental senescence with the senolytic compound fisetin in late pregnancy improved cardiac function in these animals. These findings link senescence biology to cardiac dysfunction in pregnancy and help to elucidate the pathogenesis underlying cardiovascular diseases of pregnancy.
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- Jason D Roh
- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Stanley and Judith Frankel Institute for Heart and Brain Health, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
- German Center for Heart and Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Bioengineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
- Department of Cardiovascular Complications of Oncologic Therapies, Medical Faculty of the Philipps University Marburg, Marburg 35037, Germany
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- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Stanley and Judith Frankel Institute for Heart and Brain Health, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Kryczka KE, Demkow M, Dzielińska Z. Biomarkers in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy-What We Know and What Is Still to Be Found. Biomolecules 2024; 14:103. [PMID: 38254703 PMCID: PMC10813209 DOI: 10.3390/biom14010103] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of heart failure, often severe, that occurs in previously healthy women at the end of their pregnancy or in the first few months after delivery. In PPCM, the recovery of heart function reaches 45-50%. However, the all-cause mortality in long-term observation remains high, reaching 20% irrespective of recovery status. The incidence of PPCM is increasing globally; therefore, effort is required to clarify the pathophysiological background of the disease, as well as to discover specific diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. The etiology of the disease remains unclear, including oxidative stress; inflammation; hormonal disturbances; endothelial, microcirculatory, cardiomyocyte and extracellular matrix dysfunction; fibrosis; and genetic mutations. Currently, antiangiogenic 16-kDa prolactin (PRL), cleaved from standard 23-kDa PRL in the case of unbalanced oxidative stress, is recognized as the main trigger of the disease. In addition, 16-kDa PRL causes damage to cardiomyocytes, acting via microRNA-146a secreted from endothelial cells as a cause of the NF-κβ pathway. Bromocriptine, which inhibits the secretion of PRL from the pituitary gland, is now the only specific treatment for PPCM. Many different phenotypes of the disease, as well as cases of non-responders to bromocriptine treatment, indicate other pathophysiological pathways that need further investigation. Biomarkers in PPCM are not well established. There is a deficiency in specific diagnostic biomarkers. Pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal BNP are the best, however unspecific, diagnostic biomarkers of heart failure at the moment. Therefore, more efforts should be engaged in investigating more specific biomolecules of a diagnostic and prognostic manner such as 16-kDa PRL, galectin-3, myeloperoxidase, or soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1/placental growth factor ratio. In this review, we present the current state of knowledge and future directions of exploring PPCM pathophysiology, including microRNA and heat shock proteins, which may improve diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and the development of specific treatment strategies, and consequently improve patients' prognosis and outcome.
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- Karolina E. Kryczka
- Department of Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases, National Institute of Cardiology, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland
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Dell'Angela L, Nicolosi GL. From ejection fraction, to myocardial strain, and myocardial work in echocardiography: Clinical impact and controversies. Echocardiography 2024; 41:e15758. [PMID: 38284670 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15758] [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: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Enhancing an echocardiographic tool, aimed to detect even subtle left ventricular (LV) systolic function abnormalities, capable of obtaining both early diagnosis and risk prediction of heart disease, represents an ambitious, attractive, and arduous purpose in the modern era of cardiovascular imaging. Ideally, that tool should be simple, reliable, and reproducible, in order to be concretely applied in routine clinical practice. Importantly, that technique should be physiologically plausible and useful both at the population-level, as well as in the individual subject. For a long time, LV ejection fraction (EF) has been considered the first-line parameter for assessing LV global systolic function, strictly related to the prognosis, at least in some settings. However, LV EF limitations are well-known, even though frequently overemphasized, including its load-dependency. Therefore, myocardial strain techniques have been proposed, deemed able to disclose even subtle early LV function anomalies. Nevertheless, many disadvantages of myocardial strain have been reported as well. More recently, myocardial work (MW) analysis has been introduced as a new echocardiographic tool for the evaluation of LV global systolic function, attempting to overcome EF and strain disadvantages. However, MW has shown many limits as well. Notwithstanding, LV EF still remains a landmark functional classification marker for heart failure and cardiac oncology, allowing reliable fast reassessment of LV function changes during patient management, in order to guide treatment in individual cases as well. Notably, global longitudinal strain and MW parameters seem to show better meaningful results at the population-level, but controversial clinical impact, major limitations, wide cut-offs spread and overlap, when the single value needs to be applied to the single case. Taking into account the recent literature-based evidence, the scope of the present narrative critical review is trying to delineate the different types of information given by the described LV global systolic function parameters, both at the population-level and in the individual case, in order to trace a comparative analysis of advantages and limitations in clinical practice.
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- Luca Dell'Angela
- Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, Cardiology Division, Gorizia & Monfalcone Hospital, ASUGI, Gorizia, Italy
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Curtis SL, Belham M, Bennett S, James R, Harkness A, Gamlin W, Thilaganathan B, Giorgione V, Douglas H, Carroll A, Kitt J, Colebourn C, Ribeiro I, Fairbairn S, Augustine DX, Robinson S, Thorne SA. Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of the Heart in Pregnancy-a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society. Echo Res Pract 2023; 10:7. [PMID: 37076874 PMCID: PMC10116662 DOI: 10.1186/s44156-023-00019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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Pregnancy is a dynamic process associated with profound hormonally mediated haemodynamic changes which result in structural and functional adaptations in the cardiovascular system. An understanding of the myocardial adaptations is important for echocardiographers and clinicians undertaking or interpreting echocardiograms on pregnant and post-partum women. This guideline, on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society, reviews the expected echocardiographic findings in normal pregnancy and in different cardiac disease states, as well as echocardiographic signs of decompensation. It aims to lay out a structure for echocardiographic scanning and surveillance during and after pregnancy as well as suggesting practical advice on scanning pregnant women.
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- Stephanie L Curtis
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, Bristol Heart Institute, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK.
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke-On-Trent, UK
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- University Hospitals Sussex NHS FT, Brighton, UK
- United Kingdom's Maternal Cardiology Society, London, UK
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- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, Bristol Heart Institute, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, Bristol Heart Institute, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK
- Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- University Health Network Toronto, Toronto General Hospital & Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) contributes significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this review, we describe the present-day epidemiology and current understanding of the pathogenesis of PPCM. We provide an updated approach to diagnosis and management of PPCM, and discuss risk factors and predictors of outcome. RECENT FINDINGS The highest incidences of PPCM have been reported in African, Asian, and Caribbean populations. Contemporary literature supports a 'two-hit' hypothesis, whereby the 'first hit' implies a predisposition, and the 'second hit' refers to an imbalanced peripartal hormonal milieu that results in cardiomyopathy. Whereas a half of patients will have left ventricular (LV) recovery, a tenth do not survive. Clinical findings and special investigations (ECG, echocardiography, cardiac MRI, biomarkers) can be used for risk stratification. Frequent prescription of guideline-directed medical therapy is associated with improved outcomes. SUMMARY Despite advances in elucidating the pathogenesis of PPCM, it remains unclear why only certain women develop the disease. Moreover, even with better diagnostic work-up and management, it remains unknown why some patients with PPCM have persistent LV dysfunction or die. Future research should be aimed at better understanding of the mechanisms of disease and finding new therapies that could improve survival and LV recovery.
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Meeting the Challenges of Myocarditis: New Opportunities for Prevention, Detection, and Intervention—A Report from the 2021 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11195721. [PMID: 36233593 PMCID: PMC9571285 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened a workshop of international experts to discuss new research opportunities for the prevention, detection, and intervention of myocarditis in May 2021. These experts reviewed the current state of science and identified key gaps and opportunities in basic, diagnostic, translational, and therapeutic frontiers to guide future research in myocarditis. In addition to addressing community-acquired myocarditis, the workshop also focused on emerging causes of myocarditis including immune checkpoint inhibitors and SARS-CoV-2 related myocardial injuries and considered the use of systems biology and artificial intelligence methodologies to define workflows to identify novel mechanisms of disease and new therapeutic targets. A new priority is the investigation of the relationship between social determinants of health (SDoH), including race and economic status, and inflammatory response and outcomes in myocarditis. The result is a proposal for the reclassification of myocarditis that integrates the latest knowledge of immunological pathogenesis to refine estimates of prognosis and target pathway-specific treatments.
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Hoevelmann J, Engel ME, Muller E, Hohlfeld A, Böhm M, Sliwa K, Viljoen C. A global perspective on the management and outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:1719-1736. [PMID: 35778990 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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AIMS Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) remains a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The disease is associated with various complications occurring mainly early during its course. Reported adverse outcomes include decompensated heart failure, thromboembolic complications, arrhythmias and death. We sought to systematically and comprehensively review published literature on the management, and outcome of women with PPCM across different geographical regions and to identify possible predictors of adverse outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a comprehensive search of relevant literature (2000 to June 2021) across a number of electronic databases. Cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies, as well as control arms of randomised controlled trials reporting on six- and/or twelve-month outcomes of PPCM were considered eligible (PROSPERO registration: CRD42021255654). Forty-seven studies (4875 patients across 60 countries) met the inclusion criteria. Haemodynamic and echocardiographic parameters were similar across all continents. All-cause mortality was 8.0% [95% CI 5.5-10.8, I2 =79.1%) at six months and 9.8% [95% CI 6.2-14.0], I2 =80.5%) at twelve months, respectively. All-cause mortality was highest in Africa and Asia/Pacific. Overall, 44.1% ([95% CI 36.1-52.2], I2 =91.7%) of patients recovered their LV function within six months and 58.7% ([95% CI 48.1-68.9], I2 =75.8%) within twelve months, respectively. Europe and North America reported the highest prevalence of LV recovery. Frequent prescription of beta-blocker, ACE-I/ARB and bromocriptine/cabergoline were associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality and better LV recovery. CONCLUSION We identified significant global differences in six- and twelve-month outcomes in women with PPCM. Frequent prescription of guideline-directed heart failure therapy was associated with better LV recovery and lower all-cause mortality. Timely initiation and up-titration of heart failure therapy should therefore be strongly encouraged to improve outcome in PPCM. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Julian Hoevelmann
- Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg (Saar), Deutschland
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- Division of Cardiology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg (Saar), Deutschland
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- Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Sanusi M, Momin ES, Mannan V, Kashyap T, Pervaiz MA, Akram A, Khan AA, Elshaikh AO. Using Echocardiography and Biomarkers to Determine Prognosis in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review. Cureus 2022; 14:e26130. [PMID: 35875281 PMCID: PMC9299948 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but debilitating form of heart failure that affects pregnant women. Although PPCM has a high rate of complete resolution, some patients often have a progressive disease and develop significant morbidity and mortality. Making an accurate prediction of outcomes and identifying those patients at the highest risk has proven difficult over the years. This study aimed to establish if we can use echocardiographic parameters and biomarkers as reliable indicators of prognosis. A predetermined systematic search strategy was employed in four databases: PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Cochrane Library to include articles from the last 15 years (January 2007 to January 2022). Data from 12 studies were synthesized and included in this study. Although no parameter proved consistent in all the studies, echocardiographic parameters, including strain profiles and biomarkers, proved significant in the prognostication of patients with PPCM in the various studies evaluated. Therefore, a holistic approach is still needed in the risk stratification of patients with PPCM. Future studies should evaluate these parameters as well as clinical characteristics in a larger cohort study with a long follow-up period of more than one year in order to potentially develop prognostic score criteria that can be used to accurately identify those patients at the highest risk of developing severe disease or death to allow for timely and targeted therapies to improve outcomes in these patients.
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Akgoz H, Gurkan U. Subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with complete recovery from peripartum cardiomyopathy: a long-term clinical strain-echocardiographic study. Hypertens Pregnancy 2022; 41:89-96. [DOI: 10.1080/10641955.2022.2046049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Haldun Akgoz
- Cardiology Department, Acıbadem Kadıkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cardiology Department, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, İstanbul, Turkey
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Acute Stage. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12020378. [PMID: 35204469 PMCID: PMC8871076 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12020378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance in acute peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). A total of 17 patients with PPCM in the acute stage and 15 healthy controls were retrospectively analyzed regarding myocardial function, edema, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), and T1 and T2 mappings (T1, T2). Echocardiographic follow-ups were performed. Functional recovery was defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥50%. Patients with PPCM displayed biventricular dysfunction with reduced myocardial strain parameters and left ventricular and atrial dilatation, as well as diffuse myocardial edema (T2 signal intensity ratio: 2.10 ± 0.34 vs. 1.58 ± 0.21, p < 0.001; T1: 1070 ± 51 ms vs. 980 ± 28 ms, p = 0.001; T2: 63 ± 5 ms vs. 53 ± 2 ms, p < 0.001). Visual myocardial edema was present in 10 patients (59%). LGE was positive in 2 patients (12%). A total of 13 patients (76%) showed full LVEF recovery. The absence of visual myocardial edema and impairment of strain parameters were associated with delayed LVEF recovery. Multivariable Cox regression analysis revealed global longitudinal strain as an independent prognostic factor for LVEF recovery. In conclusion, biventricular systolic dysfunction with diffuse myocardial edema seems to be present in acute PPCM. Myocardial edema and strain may have prognostic value for LVEF recovery.
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The roles of global longitudinal strain imaging in contemporary clinical cardiology. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2022; 49:175-185. [PMID: 35088169 DOI: 10.1007/s10396-021-01184-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Myocardial deformation imaging is now readily available during routine echocardiography and plays an important role in the advanced care of cardiovascular diseases. Its clinical value in detecting subtle myocardial dysfunction, by helping diagnose disease and allowing prediction of disease progression and earlier pharmacological intervention, has been demonstrated. Strain imaging has been the most studied and clinically used technique in the field of cardio-oncology. A relative percent reduction in left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain > 15% from baseline is considered a marker of early subclinical LV dysfunction and may have the potential to guide early initiation of cardioprotective therapy. The role of strain imaging is expanding to other fields, such as cardiac amyloidosis, other cardiomyopathies, valvular heart diseases, pulmonary hypertension, and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. It is also used for the evaluation of the right ventricle and atria. This review aims to provide a current understanding of the roles of strain imaging in the evaluation and management of patients with cardiovascular diseases in clinical practice.
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Mostafavi A, Feizian M, Fotook Kiaei SZ, Tabatabaei SA. Dyspnea in pregnancy might be related to the incomplete physiological adaptation of the heart. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res 2022; 14:228-233. [PMID: 36699561 PMCID: PMC9871158 DOI: 10.34172/jcvtr.2022.30539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Introduction: Dyspnea is a common complaint in pregnant women with no cardiac and pulmonary diseases. We aimed to assess whether physiological dyspnea of pregnancy was correlated with subtle changes in ventricular systolic and diastolic function. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 40 healthy pregnant women in their second and third trimesters with no complaints of dyspnea and 40 healthy pregnant women in the same trimesters with a complaint of dyspnea. Parameters of echocardiography were compared between the 2 groups. Results: Global left ventricular ejection fraction (59.65±6.44 and 58.49±4.95 P=0.418 in patients without and with dyspnea respectively), and global longitudinal strain were not significantly different (18.72±2.90 and 18.94±3.07, P=0.57 in the same order). Global circumferential strain (GCS) was lower in patients with dyspnea. (20.19±4.86 vs 22.61±4.69, P=0.03). Systolic volume (33.17±8.94 vs 32.63±8.09) and diastolic volume (80.75±18.73 vs 78.37±16.63) and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (47.5±4.24 vs 46.23±3.21) were not different (P=0.784, 0.560 and 0.146 respectively). Left ventricular end-systolic diameter was significantly lower in the case group (32.52±4.66 vs 29.92±4.05, P=0.011). Left atrial area index in the patients with dyspnea was lower(8.13±1.42 vs 8.94±1.4, P=0.014). Other findings were a high E/E' and high pulmonary artery pressure in the patients with dyspnea. Conclusion: Dyspnea in pregnant women can be a consequence of incomplete physiological adaptation to volume overload in pregnancy. Lower systolic and diastolic diameters of the left ventricle, left atrial area, and left atrial index may lead to increased filling pressure, manifested by a higher E/E' ratio and pulmonary artery pressure.
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- Atoosa Mostafavi
- Department of Cardiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cardiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Advanced Thoracic research center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cardiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Corresponding Author: Seyed Abdol Hussein Tabatabaei,
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Kawamoto Y, Nishihara T, Aono J, Nandate H, Hamada T, Yasuoka T, Matsumoto T, Yamaguchi O, Sugiyama T, Yorozuya T. Perioperative management of emergent cesarean section in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy and orthopnea: a case report. J Int Med Res 2021; 49:3000605211063077. [PMID: 34898316 PMCID: PMC8678898 DOI: 10.1177/03000605211063077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Perioperative management of pregnant women with heart failure is difficult. Management of anesthesia in pregnant women is especially difficult because all of the currently available choices present challenges. We report a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) who required an emergent cesarean section and discuss the possible tactics for managing anesthesia. A 40-year-old primipara with severe cardiac and respiratory failure required an emergent cesarean section at 39+1 gestational weeks. Her left ventricular ejection fraction was between 10% and 15%, and she had orthopnea. General anesthesia was planned after inserting sheaths for percutaneous cardiopulmonary support from the femoral artery and vein. However, when the patient was asked to lie down on the operation bed, she panicked and resisted because of labor pain and dyspnea. Therefore, anesthesia was induced instead of the initial plan. Finally, we successfully managed the anesthesia and delivered the newborn. There are no alternatives to general anesthesia in patients with PPCM presenting with orthopnea. Anesthesia induction in the supine position is impossible in such patients owing to dyspnea. Anesthesia should be started with light sedation in the sitting position, and ketamine or low-dose remifentanil may be an option to maintain maternal hemodynamics and prevent neonatal asphyxia.
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- Yuko Kawamoto
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension, and Nephrology, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension, and Nephrology, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, 38050Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Davis MB, Rameez R, Joseph MS. Cardiac Function in Women With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: The Tip of the Iceberg. JACC Case Rep 2021; 3:1654-1655. [PMID: 34766012 PMCID: PMC8571788 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- Melinda B. Davis
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Comparison with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11101752. [PMID: 34679449 PMCID: PMC8535040 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11101752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Peripartum (PPCM) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathies are distinct forms of cardiac disease that share certain aspects in clinical presentation. Aim: We hypothesized that different cardiac structural changes underlie PPCM and DCM, and we aimed to investigate them with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Methods: We included 21 PPCM patients (30.5 ± 5.9 years) and 30 female DCM patients (41.5 ± 16.8 years) matched for left ventricular ejection fraction. Biventricular and biatrial volumetric and functional parameters were assessed along with ventricular and atrial strain indices based on feature-tracking techniques. The presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was also assessed. Results: In PPCM, the left ventricular (LV) stroke volume index was lower (p = 0.04), right atrial (RA) minimal and pre-systolic volumes were higher (p < 0.01 and p = 0.02, respectively), and the total RA ejection fraction was lower (p = 0.02) in comparison to DCM. Moreover, in PPCM, the LV global longitudinal strain (p = 0.03), global circumferential strain rate (p = 0.04), and global longitudinal strain rate (p < 0.01) were less impaired than in DCM. Both PPCM and DCM patients with LGE had more dilated ventricles and more impaired LV and left atrial function than in PPCM and DCM patients without LGE. Conclusions: Subtle differences appear on CMR between PPCM and DCM. Most importantly, the RA is larger and more impaired, and LV global longitudinal strain is less reduced in PPCM than in DCM. Furthermore, similarly to DCM, PPCM patients with LGE have more dilated and impaired ventricles than patients without LGE.
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Cardiovascular disease is a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality and frequently preventable. Women with known cardiovascular disease should undergo cardiac evaluation before pregnancy. Many women with pregnancy-associated cardiac complications are not previously known to have cardiac disease. Women at high risk or who have signs or symptoms suggestive of heart failure, angina, or arrhythmias should undergo prompt evaluation. This article describes various diagnostic imaging modalities that can be used in pregnancy, including indications, strengths, and limitations.
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- Alina Brener
- Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street (MC 715), Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street (MC 715), Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of heart failure that occurs toward the end of pregnancy or in the months following pregnancy and is marked by left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The cause of PPCM remains unknown and there is no diagnostic test specific to PPCM. Outcomes vary and include complete left ventricular recovery, persistent cardiac dysfunction, transplant, and death. Numerous advances have been made in understanding this disease, but many knowledge gaps remain. This article reviews recent data and recommendations for clinical practice in addition to highlighting the multiple knowledge gaps related to PPCM that warrant further investigation.
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- Erika J Douglass
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Farhan HA, Yaseen IF. Peripartum cardiomyopathy in Iraq: initial registry-based data and 6 month outcomes. ESC Heart Fail 2021; 8:4048-4054. [PMID: 34184413 PMCID: PMC8497348 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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AIMS This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics, echocardiographic measurements, medical treatment, pregnancy outcomes, and the 6 month follow-up outcomes among patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) in Iraq. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were collected prospectively at cardio-maternal clinic in Baghdad Heart Center, using case report form for the EORP-PPCM registry from January 2015 to November 2020. Six month follow-up was performed either by attendance of patients or by phone contact. A total of 64 PPCM patients were enrolled with a mean age of 32.1 ± 6.8 years. Diagnosis in 35 (54.7%) women was made in the post-partum period. There was a history of previous PPCM in 9 (14%), coexisting hypertension with the current pregnancy in 30 (51.7%), cholelithiasis in 5 (7.8%), and cancer in 3 (4.7%). Baseline mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 34.7 ± 8.1%, significantly higher than that reported globally (31 ± 10%) (P-value 0.011), and 26 (40.6%) of our patients had LVEF of ≤34%. Baseline mean global longitudinal strain (GLS) for 26 (40.6%) patients was -9.4 ± 4.1%. Baseline mean left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic dimensions were 61.2 ± 8.5 and 50.6 ± 10.2 mm, respectively. At 6 month follow-up, 11 (36.7%) women recovered their LVEF, lower than global data (46%) but higher than that in the Middle East (25%) with P-value 0.241 and 0.919, respectively. The mean LVEF was 44.5 ± 11.9%, and the mean GLS for 15 (23.4%) of patients was -13.4 ± 5.3%, including 5 (33.3%) with the range of -18.6% to -17%. Bromocriptine was the least used drug in 4 (8.2%) vs. globally reported (15%) (P-value 0.188). Thrombo-embolic events and maternal death were reported in 2 (4.1%) and 3 (4.7%) cases, respectively, within 6 months. CONCLUSIONS Around half of our PPCM patients were diagnosed at post-partum period with impaired initial LVEF and GLS, and one-third had early LVEF recovery at 6 month follow-up, higher than that in the Middle East but lower than the globally reported figure in the EORP-PPCM registry. Limited use of bromocriptine might explain the later finding. The co-morbid diseases in our setting were hypertension and cholelithiasis. Interestingly, the comparable ratios of neonatal and maternal mortalities in our study to that of the EORP-PPCM registry were found less than the Middle East figures. Bromocriptine needs to be considered in Middle East countries, including Iraq, which may be the key to improving LVEF recovery and perhaps reducing maternal mortality.
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- Hasan Ali Farhan
- Scientific Council of CardiologyIraqi Board for Medical SpecializationsBaghdadIraq
- Baghdad Heart CenterBaghdad Teaching Hospital, Medical CityBaghdadIraq
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Afari HA, Davis EF, Sarma AA. Echocardiography for the Pregnant Heart. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2021; 23:55. [PMID: 34075291 PMCID: PMC8160078 DOI: 10.1007/s11936-021-00930-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Purpose of review Pregnancy is associated with significant hemodynamic changes, making it a potentially high-risk period for women with underlying cardiovascular disease. Echocardiography remains the preferred modality for diagnosis and monitoring of pregnant women with cardiovascular disease as it is widely available and does not require radiation. This paper reviews the role of echocardiography along the continuum of pregnancy in at-risk patients, with a focus on key cardiac disease states in pregnancy. Recent findings In the preconception stage, risk stratification scores such as CARPREG II, ZAHARA and the modified WHO remain central to counseling and planning. As such, echocardiography serves an important role in assessing the severity of pre-existing structural disease. Among women with pre-existing cardiovascular disease who become pregnant-as well as those who develop cardiovascular symptoms during pregnancy-echocardiography is a key imaging tool for assessment of hemodynamic and structural changes and is recommended as the first-line imaging modality when appropriate by both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, routine screening intervals during pregnancy for various cardiac lesions are not well defined, resulting in clinical heterogeneity in care. Summary Echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for defining, risk stratifying, and monitoring cardiovascular changes throughout pregnancy. Once identified, at-risk patients should receive careful individual counseling and follow-up with a multidisciplinary team. Echocardiography serves as a widely available tool for serial monitoring of pregnant women with cardiovascular disease throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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Counseling Women With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy About Subsequent Pregnancies. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11936-021-00915-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The strain and strain rate imaging paradox in echocardiography: overabundant literature in the last two decades but still uncertain clinical utility in an individual case. Arch Med Sci Atheroscler Dis 2021; 5:e297-e305. [PMID: 33644489 PMCID: PMC7885811 DOI: 10.5114/amsad.2020.103032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Almost two decades ago strain and strain rate imaging were proposed as a new, potentially more sensitive modality for quantifying both regional and global myocardial function. Until now, however, strain and strain rate imaging have been slow to be incorporated into everyday clinical practice. More recently, two dimensional strain has been claimed as of greater clinical utility, given that it is angle independent, with improved feasibility and reproducibility as compared to tissue Doppler strain. Nevertheless, speckle tracking strain is reliant on 2D image quality and frame rates. Three dimensional speckle tracking could eliminate the problem of through-plane motion inherent in 2D imaging, but 3D strain is currently limited by low frame rates. Another limitation of strain imaging is that the results are dependent on the ultrasound machine on which analyses are performed, with variability in measurements between different vendors. Despite the diagnostic and prognostic advantages of 2D strain, there is a lack of specific therapeutic interventions based on strain and a paucity of long-term large-scale randomized trial evidence on cardiovascular outcomes. After overabundant literature the same definition of normal cut-off values is controversial and not univocal. Further studies are needed, involving both manufacturers and medical professionals, on the additive contribution, possibly different case by case, of interfering and artifactual factors, aside from myocardial function per se. These artifactual determinants and motion artifacts components could be dominant in individual cases and should always be taken into account in the clinical decision making process in a single case.
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Port Z, Ammari Z, Babapoor-Farrokhran S, Bozorgnia B. Assessing the future risks of subsequent pregnancies in peripartum cardiomyopathy. Heart Fail Rev 2021; 27:779-784. [PMID: 33433773 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-021-10075-z] [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] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a myocardial disease process which occurs in young women either in late pregnancy or the early postpartum period. Due to the young age of women effected by this disease, many of these patients elect to pursue a subsequent pregnancy after their initial diagnosis. Currently, echocardiography is used to better elucidate the cardiovascular risks these young patients face when undergoing a subsequent pregnancy; however, the most accurate modality to determine these risks is debatable. In this review, we explore the current literature regarding the use and accuracy of resting transthoracic echocardiography, exercise stress echocardiography, and dobutamine stress echocardiography in risk stratification of a subsequent pregnancy in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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- Zachary Port
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Risk Stratification for Subsequent Pregnancy After Prior Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11936-020-00882-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hsu PC, Lee WH, Tsai WC, Chu CY, Chen YC, Lee MK, Lin TH, Lee CS, Voon WC, Lai WT, Sheu SH, Su HM. Impact of Simultaneous Consideration of Cardiac and Vascular Function on Long-Term All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality. J Clin Med 2019; 8:jcm8122145. [PMID: 31817192 PMCID: PMC6947191 DOI: 10.3390/jcm8122145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is a good indicator of cardiac function, and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is a good indicator of vascular function. Both of them can predict cardiovascular (CV) outcomes. Objectives: There is scarce literature discussing the impact of simultaneous consideration of cardiac and vascular function on overall and CV mortality. Methods: We included 958 patients and classified them into four groups. Groups 1 to 4 were patients with LVEF ≥ 50% and baPWV below the median, LVEF < 50% but baPWV below the median, LVEF ≥ 50% but baPWV above the median, and LVEF < 50% and baPWV above the median, respectively. Results: The median follow-up to mortality was 93 (25th–75th percentile: 69–101) months. There were 91 cases of CV mortality and 238 cases of all-cause mortality. After multivariable analysis, age, gender, diabetes, mean blood pressure, group 2 versus group 1, and group 4 versus group 1 were significant predictors of all-cause mortality (P ≤ 0.038) and age, diabetes, mean blood pressure, group 2 versus group 1, and group 4 versus group 1 were significant predictors of CV mortality (P ≤ 0.008). Conclusions: Patients with higher LVEF and lower baPWV had a similar overall and CV mortality as patients with higher LVEF and baPWV. Patients with lower LVEF and higher baPWV had the highest overall and CV mortality among the four study groups. In addition, patients with lower LVEF alone had a higher CV mortality than the patients with higher baPWV alone. Therefore, simultaneous consideration of cardiac and vascular function may be useful in predicting overall and CV mortality.
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- Po-Chao Hsu
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: 886-7-8036783-3441; Fax: 886-7-8063346
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