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Guo S, Gu C, Sun L, Qi Z, Wang B. Evaluation of Carotid Stiffness in Metabolic Syndrome by Real-Time Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging and Ultrafast Pulse Wave Velocity. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2024; 50:1280-1286. [PMID: 38806338 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2024.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study utilized real-time shear wave elasticity imaging (SWE) and ultrafast pulse wave velocity (ufPWV) to assess carotid arterial stiffness, aiming to predict atherosclerosis risk in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS). METHODS In this study, 181 patients with metabolic syndrome (MS group) were compared with 73 healthy adults. The MS group was divided into three groups: MS I group: CIMT was normal (CIMT < 1.0 mm, no plaque, n = 61); MS II group: CIMT thickening (1.0 mm ≤ CIMT<1.5 mm, no plaque, n = 39); MS III group: plaque group (CIMT ≥ 1.5 mm, plaque, n = 81). Concurrently, the group of 73 healthy individuals was designated as the control set (NC). Parameters assessed include carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), elastic modulus values of the carotid artery's anterior and posterior walls (Mean, Max, Min), pulse wave velocity at systole's commencement (PWV-BS), and pulse wave velocity at systole's termination (PWV-ES). Differences, distribution characteristics, and correlations across these groups were analyzed. RESULTS A significant association was found between PWV-BS, PWV-ES, and arteriosclerosis severity, with these factors gaining importance as arteriosclerosis progressed. Notably, PWV-ES differences were significant across the four groups (p < 0.05). Both MS III and MS II groups exhibited higher PWV-ES values compared to the MS I group and controls. Statistically significant differences were observed between MS III, MS II, and MS I groups relative to the control group (p < 0.05). Additionally, the Mean, Max, and Min values of the anterior and posterior carotid walls in the MS III group surpassed those of the other groups. CONCLUSION Real-time shear wave elasticity imaging and ultrafast pulse wave velocity are valuable tools for assessing atherosclerosis risk in MS patients. These non-invasive, safe, and reproducible imaging techniques can quantitatively evaluate the stiffness of the common carotid artery's wall, offering important insights into cardiovascular risk assessment.
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- Shuai Guo
- First Hospital of Qin Huangdao, Qin Huangdao, China
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- First Hospital of Qin Huangdao, Qin Huangdao, China
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- First Hospital of Qin Huangdao, Qin Huangdao, China.
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- First Hospital of Qin Huangdao, Qin Huangdao, China
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Chou YC, Payne S. Static and dynamic analysis of cerebral blood flow in fifty-six large arterial vessel networks. Physiol Meas 2024; 45:075004. [PMID: 38917841 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ad5bbb] [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: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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Objective.The cerebral vasculature is formed of an intricate network of blood vessels over many different length scales. Changes in their structure and connection are implicated in multiple cerebrovascular and neurological disorders. In this study, we present a novel approach to the quantitative analysis of the cerebral macrovasculature using computational and mathematical tools in a large dataset.Approach.We analysed a publicly available vessel dataset from a cohort of 56 (32/24F/M) healthy subjects. This dataset includes digital reconstructions of human brain macrovasculatures. We then propose a new mathematical model to compute blood flow dynamics and pressure distributions within these 56-representative cerebral macrovasculatures and quantify the results across this cohort.Main results.Statistical analysis showed that the steady state level of cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) gradually increases with age in both men and women. These age-related changes in CVR are in good agreement with previously reported values. All subjects were found to have only small phase angles (<6°) between blood pressure and blood flow at the cardiac frequency.Significance.These results showed that the dynamic component of blood flow adds very little phase shift at the cardiac frequency, which implies that the cerebral macrocirculation can be regarded as close to steady state in its behaviour, at least in healthy populations, irrespective of age or sex. This implies that the phase shift observed in measurements of blood flow in cerebral vessels is caused by behaviour further down the vascular bed. This behaviour is important for future statistical models of the dynamic maintenance of oxygen and nutrient supply to the brain.
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- Yuan-Chung Chou
- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Attachaipanich T, Sriwichaiin S, Apaijai N, Kerdphoo S, Thongmung N, Vathesatogkit P, Sritara P, Chattipakorn N, Kitiyakara C, Chattipakorn SC. An Increase in Vascular Stiffness Is Positively Associated With Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Impairment of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in the Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2024; 79:glae095. [PMID: 38567632 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glae095] [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: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a noninvasive parameter reflecting vascular stiffness. CAVI correlates with the burden of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular events. Mitochondria of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) have been identified as a noninvasive source for assessing systemic mitochondrial bioenergetics. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between CAVI values and mitochondrial bioenergetics of PBMCs in the older adults.. This cross-sectional study enrolled participants from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand between 2017 and 2018. A total of 1 640 participants with an ankle-brachial index greater than 0.9 were included in this study. All participants were stratified into 3 groups based on their CAVI values as high (CAVI ≥ 9), moderate (9 > CAVI ≥ 8), and low (CAVI < 8), in which each group comprised 702, 507, and 431 participants, respectively. The extracellular flux analyzer was used to measure mitochondrial respiration of isolated PBMCs. The mean age of the participants was 67.9 years, and 69.6% of them were male. After adjusted with potential confounders including age, sex, smoking status, body mass index, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and creatinine clearance, participants with high CAVI values were independently associated with impaired mitochondrial bioenergetics, including decreased basal respiration, maximal respiration, and spare respiratory capacity, as well as increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. This study demonstrated that CAVI measurement reflects the underlying impairment of cellular mitochondrial bioenergetics in PBMCs. Further longitudinal studies are necessary to establish both a causal relationship between CAVI measurement and underlying cellular dysfunction.
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- Tanawat Attachaipanich
- Faculty of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Office of Research Academic and Innovation, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- The Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Department of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Stefens SJM, van Vliet N, IJpma A, Burger J, Li Y, van Heijningen PM, Lindeman JHN, Majoor-Krakauer D, Verhagen HJM, Kanaar R, Essers J, van der Pluijm I. Increased vascular smooth muscle cell senescence in aneurysmal Fibulin-4 mutant mice. NPJ AGING 2024; 10:31. [PMID: 38902222 PMCID: PMC11189919 DOI: 10.1038/s41514-024-00154-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Aortic aneurysms are dilatations of the aorta that can rupture when left untreated. We used the aneurysmal Fibulin-4R/R mouse model to further unravel the underlying mechanisms of aneurysm formation. RNA sequencing of 3-month-old Fibulin-4R/R aortas revealed significant upregulation of senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) factors and key senescence factors, indicating the involvement of senescence. Analysis of aorta histology and of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in vitro confirmed the senescent phenotype of Fibulin-4R/R VSMCs by revealing increased SA-β-gal, p21, and p16 staining, increased IL-6 secretion, increased presence of DNA damage foci and increased nuclei size. Additionally, we found that p21 luminescence was increased in the dilated aorta of Fibulin-4R/R|p21-luciferase mice. Our studies identify a cellular aging cascade in Fibulin-4 aneurysmal disease, by revealing that Fibulin-4R/R aortic VSMCs have a pronounced SASP and a senescent phenotype that may underlie aortic wall degeneration. Additionally, we demonstrated the therapeutic effect of JAK/STAT and TGF-β pathway inhibition, as well as senolytic treatment on Fibulin-4R/R VSMCs in vitro. These findings can contribute to improved therapeutic options for aneurysmal disease aimed at reducing senescent cells.
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- Sanne J M Stefens
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Kim HL, Jo SH. Arterial Stiffness and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. J Korean Med Sci 2024; 39:e195. [PMID: 38887204 PMCID: PMC11182699 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is prevalent and associated with a poor prognosis, imposing a significant burden on society. Arterial stiffness is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor in the pathophysiology of HFpEF, affecting diagnosis, management, and prognosis. As a hallmark of vascular aging, arterial stiffness contributes to increased afterload on the left ventricle (LV), leading to diastolic dysfunction, a key feature of HFpEF. Elevated arterial stiffness is linked with common cardiovascular risk factors in HFpEF, such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity, exacerbating the progression of disease. Studies have demonstrated that patients with HFpEF exhibit significantly higher levels of arterial stiffness compared to those without HFpEF, highlighting the value of arterial stiffness measurements as both diagnostic and prognostic tools. Moreover, interventions aimed at reducing arterial stiffness, whether through pharmacological therapies or lifestyle modifications, have shown potential in improving LV diastolic function and patient outcomes. Despite these advancements, the precise mechanisms by which arterial stiffness contributes to HFpEF are still not fully understood, necessitating the need for further research.
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- Hack-Lyoung Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
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Kim BS, Ahn JH, Shin JH, Kang MG, Kim KH, Bae JS, Cho YH, Koh JS, Park Y, Hwang SJ, Tantry US, Gurbel PA, Hwang JY, Jeong YH. Long-term prognostic implications of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 11:1384981. [PMID: 38912344 PMCID: PMC11190319 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1384981] [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: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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Objective The long-term clinical effect of arterial stiffness in high-risk disease entities remains unclear. The prognostic implications of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) were assessed using a real-world registry that included patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods Arterial stiffness was measured using baPWV before discharge. The primary outcome was net adverse clinical events (NACE), defined as a composite of all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or major bleeding. Secondary outcomes included major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE: a composite of all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, or non-fatal stroke), and major bleeding. The outcomes were assessed over a 4-year period. Results Patients (n = 3,930) were stratified into high- and low-baPWV groups based on a baPWV cut-off of 1891 cm/s determined through time-dependent receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. baPWV was linearly correlated with 4-year post-PCI clinical events. The high baPWV group had a greater cumulative incidence of NACE, MACCE, and major bleeding. According to multivariable analysis, the high baPWV groups had a significantly greater risk of 4-year NACE (adjusted hazard ratio [HRadj]: 1.44; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12-1.85; p = 0.004), MACCE (HRadj: 1.40; 95% CI: 1.07-1.83; p = 0.015), and major bleeding (HRadj: 1.94; 95% CI: 1.15-3.25; p = 0.012). Conclusion In PCI-treated patients, baPWV was significantly associated with long-term clinical outcomes, including ischemic and bleeding events, indicating its value for identifying high-risk phenotypes.
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- Byung Sik Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju-si, Republic of Korea
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- CAU Thrombosis and Biomarker Center, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Gwangmyeong-si, Republic of Korea
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Xue R, Zhang J, Zhen Z, Liang W, Li Y, Zhang L, Dong Y, Dong B, Liu C. Estimated pulse wave velocity predicts mortality in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Hellenic J Cardiol 2024:S1109-9666(24)00117-9. [PMID: 38795773 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2024.05.013] [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: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV), a newly established arterial stiffness (AS) parameter, predicts the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death in the general population or in patients with CVD risk factors. However, whether ePWV is associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients remains unknown. Our study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of ePWV on clinical outcomes in HFpEF. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed HFpEF participants from the Americas in the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial with available baseline data (n = 1764). Cox proportional hazard model was used to explore the prognostic value of ePWV on long-term clinical outcomes (all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause hospitalization, and heart failure hospitalization). Each ePWV increase by 1 m/s increased the risk for all-cause death by 16% (HR:1.16; 95% CI:1.10-1.23; P < 0.001) and CVD mortality by 13% (HR:1.13; 95% CI:1.04-1.21; P = 0.002) after adjusting for confounders. Patients were then grouped into 4 quartiles of ePWV. Our study indicated that the highest ePWV quartile (ePWV ≥ 12.806 m/s) was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality (HR: 1.96; 95% CI: 1.43-2.69; P < 0.001) and CVD mortality (HR: 1.72; 95% CI: 1.16-2.56; P = 0.008) after adjusting for potential confounders. CONCLUSION These results suggested ePWV is independently associated with increased all-cause mortality and CVD mortality in HFpEF patients, indicating ePWV is an appropriate predictor of prognosis in patients with HFpEF.
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- Ruicong Xue
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Ottosson F, Engström G, Orho‐Melander M, Melander O, Nilsson PM, Johansson M. Plasma Metabolome Predicts Aortic Stiffness and Future Risk of Coronary Artery Disease and Mortality After 23 Years of Follow-Up in the General Population. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e033442. [PMID: 38639368 PMCID: PMC11179945 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Increased aortic stiffness (arteriosclerosis) is associated with early vascular aging independent of age and sex. The underlying mechanisms of early vascular aging remain largely unexplored in the general population. We aimed to investigate the plasma metabolomic profile in aortic stiffness (vascular aging) and associated risk of incident cardiovascular disease and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 6865 individuals from 2 Swedish population-based cohorts. Untargeted plasma metabolomics was performed by liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry. Aortic stiffness was assessed directly by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) and indirectly by augmentation index (AIx@75). A least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model was created on plasma metabolites in order to predict aortic stiffness. Associations between metabolite-predicted aortic stiffness and risk of new-onset cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality were calculated. Metabolite-predicted aortic stiffness (PWV and AIx@75) was positively associated particularly with acylcarnitines, dimethylguanidino valeric acid, glutamate, and cystine. The plasma metabolome predicted aortic stiffness (PWV and AIx@75) with good accuracy (R2=0.27 and R2=0.39, respectively). Metabolite-predicted aortic stiffness (PWV and AIx@75) was significantly correlated with age, sex, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and low-density lipoprotein. After 23 years of follow-up, metabolite-predicted aortic stiffness (PWV and AIx@75) was significantly associated with increased risk of new-onset coronary artery disease, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality. CONCLUSIONS Aortic stiffness is associated particularly with altered metabolism of acylcarnitines, cystine, and dimethylguanidino valeric acid. These metabolic disturbances predict increased risk of new-onset coronary artery disease, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality after more than 23 years of follow-up in the general population.
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- Filip Ottosson
- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöLund UniversityMalmöSweden
- Section for Clinical Mass SpectrometryStatens Serum InstitutCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöLund UniversityMalmöSweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöLund UniversityMalmöSweden
- Department of Internal MedicineSkåne University HospitalMalmöSweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöLund UniversityMalmöSweden
- Department of Internal MedicineSkåne University HospitalMalmöSweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöLund UniversityMalmöSweden
- Department of CardiologySkåne University HospitalMalmöSweden
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Zhao Y, Wang Z, Chen Y, Feng M, Liu X, Chen H, Wang N, Wang Z, Cao S, Ren J, Liu X, Zhao Y, Zhang Y. Asprosin aggravates atherosclerosis via regulating the phenotype transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 268:131868. [PMID: 38677690 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131868] [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: 03/09/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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Phenotype transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. Asprosin is a newly discovered adipokine, which is critical in regulating metabolism. However, the relationship between asprosin and phenotype transformation of VSMCs in atherosclerosis remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate whether asprosin affects the progression of atherosclerosis by inducing phenotype transformation of VSMCs. We established an atherosclerosis model in ApoE-/- mice and administered asprosin recombinant protein and asprosin antibody to mice. Knocking down asprosin was also as an intervention. Interestingly, we found a correlation between asprosin levels and atherosclerosis. Asprosin promoted plaque formation and phenotype transformation of VSMCs. While, AspKD or asprosin antibody reduced the plaque lesion and suppressed vascular stiffness in ApoE-/- mice. Mechanistically, asprosin induced phenotype transformation of MOVAs by binding to GPR54, leading to Gαq/11 recruitment and activation of the PLC-PKC-ERK1/2-STAT3 signaling pathway. Si GPR54 or GPR54 antagonist partially inhibited the action of asprosin in MOVAs. Mutant GPR54-(267, 307) residue cancelled the binding of asprosin and GPR54. In summary, this study confirmed asprosin activated GPR54/Gαq/11-dependent ERK1/2-STAT3 signaling pathway, thereby promoting VSMCs phenotype transformation and aggravating atherosclerosis, thus providing a new target for the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Atherosclerosis/metabolism
- Atherosclerosis/pathology
- Atherosclerosis/genetics
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Fibrillin-1/metabolism
- Fibrillin-1/genetics
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/metabolism
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
- Male
- Signal Transduction
- Disease Models, Animal
- Apolipoproteins E/deficiency
- Apolipoproteins E/genetics
- Apolipoproteins E/metabolism
- Humans
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics
- Mice, Knockout
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- Yu Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Department of Pathophysiology, Province Key Laboratory of Medicine-Food Homologous Resources and Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Diseases, Basic Medical College, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar 161000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Department of Pharmacology, State Key Labratoray-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
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Luo P, Wu R, Gao W, Yan W, Wang R, Ye Y. Effects of high-intensity interval exercise on arterial stiffness in individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1376861. [PMID: 38694567 PMCID: PMC11061535 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1376861] [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: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024] Open
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Objective The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on arterial stiffness (AS) and vascular function in persons at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods We conducted a comprehensive search of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, Embase, and Ebsco) since their inception through October 2023 to evaluate the effect of HIIT on AS and vascular function in persons at high risk for CVD. The weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated, and heterogeneity was assessed using the I2 test. Results This study included 661 participants from 16 studies. HIIT significantly reduced pulse wave velocity (PWV) in persons at high risk for CVD [weighted mean difference (WMD), -0.62; 95% CI, -0.86--0.38; P < 0.00001]. Subgroup analysis showed that the PWV improvement effect was better when the HIIT program was performed 2-3 times per week and the duration was controlled within 40 min [2-3 times, -0.67; 95% CI, -0.93--0.41; P < 0.00001; time of duration, ≤40 min, -0.66; 95% CI, -0.91--0.41; P < 0.00001]. HIIT significantly reduced systolic blood pressure (SBP, -5.43; 95% CI, -8.82--2.04; P = 0.002), diastolic blood pressure (DPB, -2.96; 95% CI, -4.88--1.04; P = 0.002), and resting heart rate (RHR, -4.35; 95% CI, -7.04--1.66; P = 0.002), but had no significant effect on augmentation index (AIX, -2.14; 95% CI, -6.77-2.50; P = 0.37). Conclusion HIIT can improve PWV in high-risk individuals with CVD and reduce SBP, DBP, and RHR, but has no significant effect on AIX. HIIT can effectively improve AS and vascular function and can be recommended as an effective method to improve AS in high-risk persons with CVD. Systematic Review Registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier: CRD42023471593.
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- Ping Luo
- School of Physical Education, Wuhan Sport University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Physical Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
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- School of Physical Education, Wuhan Sport University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Physical Education, Wuhan Sport University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Physical Education, Wuhan Sport University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Physical Education, Wuhan Sport University, Wuhan, China
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Hu F, Zhou W, Wang T, Yu C, Zhu L, Bao H, Cheng X. Association between six different types of anthropometric indices and arterial stiffness measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in hypertensive Chinese adults. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28523. [PMID: 38601660 PMCID: PMC11004534 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28523] [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: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Background The associations of body fat parameters with arterial stiffness measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in hypertensive patients were scarce. Methods This cross-sectional study analyzed 4322 hypertensive adults. The correlations between the anthropometric indexes (body mass index [BMI], waist circumference, waist-tohip ratio [WHR], waist-to-height ratio [WHtR], a body shape index [ABSI], body round index [BRI]) and ba-PWV values were analyzed using multivariable linear regression model. Results In both sex categories, linear regression models showed that BMI levels were inversely related to baPWV (adjusted-β per SD increase in male: -0.51, 95% CI -0.66 to -0.36, P < 0.001; female: -0.50, 95% CI -0.63 to -0.37, P < 0.001). Waist circumference positively correlated with baPWV only in male hypertensive individuals. BaPWV positively correlated to WHR or WHtR levels (adjusted-β per SD increase: 0.32, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.43, P < 0.001; 0.64, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.82, P < 0.001; respectively), ABSI (adjusted-β per SD increase for ABSI × 100: 0.27, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.36, P < 0.001) and BRI (adjusted-β per SD increase: 0.64, 95% CI 0.46 to 0.81, P < 0.001) levels. The relationship between anthropometric indices and arterial stiffness based on baPWV values were also consistent. ABSI had the highest predictive power of arterial stiffness (area under the curve, 0.594; P < 0.001). Conclusion In Chinese adults with hypertension, BMI was inversely related to baPWV, while WHR, WHtR, ABSI and BRI were positively related. Waist circumference positively correlated with baPWV only in male hypertensive individuals.
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- Feng Hu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Department of Cardiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, 350000, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Jiangxi Sub-center of National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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Suntratonpipat S, Pajunen K, Rosolowsky E, Escudero CA, Girgis R, Thompson RB, Pagano JJ, Tham EB. Cardiac MRI evaluation of aortic biophysical properties in paediatric Turner syndrome. Cardiol Young 2024:1-7. [PMID: 38606642 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951124000799] [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] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Aortopathy in Turner syndrome is associated with aortic dilation, and the risk of dissection is increased when the aortic size index is ≥ 2-2.5 cm/m2. We evaluated the aortic biophysical properties in paediatric Turner syndrome using cardiac MRI to determine their relationship to aortic size index. METHODS Turner syndrome patients underwent cardiac MRI to evaluate ventricular function, aortic dimensions, and biophysical properties (aortic stiffness index, compliance, distensibility, pulse wave velocity, and aortic and left ventricular elastance). Spearman correlation examined correlations between these properties and aortic size index. Data was compared to 10 controls. RESULTS Of 25 Turner syndrome patients, median age 14.7 years (interquartile range: 11.0-16.8), height z score -2.7 (interquartile range: -2.92 - -1.54), 24% had a bicuspid aortic valve. Turner syndrome had increased diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.001) and decreased left ventricular end-diastolic (p < 0.001) and end-systolic (p = 0.002) volumes compared to controls. Median aortic size index was 1.81 cm/m2 (interquartile range: 1.45-2.1) and 7 had an aortic size index > 2 cm/m2. Aortic and left ventricular elastance were greater in Turner syndrome compared to controls (both p < 0.001). Increased aortic size index correlated with increased aortic elastance (r = 0.5, p = 0.01) and left ventricular elastance (r = 0.59, p = 0.002) but not aortic compliance. Higher ascending aortic areas were associated with increased aortic compliance (r = 0.44, p = 0.03) and left ventricular elastance (r = 0.49, p = 0.01). CONCLUSION Paediatric Turner syndrome with similar aortic size index to controls showed MRI evidence of abnormal aortic biophysical properties. These findings point to an underlying aortopathy and provide additional parameters that may aid in determining risk factors for aortic dissection.
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- Somjate Suntratonpipat
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital & Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital & Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital & Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital & Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital & Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Kumar M, Yan P, Kuchel GA, Xu M. Cellular Senescence as a Targetable Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Diseases: Therapeutic Implications: JACC Family Series. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2024; 9:522-534. [PMID: 38680957 PMCID: PMC11055207 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2023.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases markedly rises with age. Cellular senescence, a hallmark of aging, is characterized by irreversible cell cycle arrest and the manifestation of a senescence-associated secretory phenotype, which has emerged as a significant contributor to aging, mortality, and a spectrum of chronic ailments. An increasing body of preclinical and clinical research has established connections between senescence, senescence-associated secretory phenotype, and age-related cardiac and vascular pathologies. This review comprehensively outlines studies delving into the detrimental impact of senescence on various cardiovascular diseases, encompassing systemic atherosclerosis (including coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease), as well as conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart diseases. In addition, we have preclinical studies demonstrating the beneficial effects of senolytics-a class of drugs designed to eliminate senescent cells selectively across diverse cardiovascular disease scenarios. Finally, we address knowledge gaps on the influence of senescence on cardiovascular systems and discuss the future trajectory of strategies targeting senescence for cardiovascular diseases.
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- Manish Kumar
- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Park S, Kim HL, Park KT, Joh HS, Lim WH, Seo JB, Kim SH, Kim MA. Association between arterial stiffness and autonomic dysfunction in participants underwent treadmill exercise testing: a cross-sectional analysis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3588. [PMID: 38351168 PMCID: PMC10864279 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53681-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Data on the impact of arterial stiffness on autonomic function are limited. We sought to investigate whether heart rate recovery (HRR), a predictor of autonomic function, is impaired in patients with increased arterial stiffness. A total of 475 participants (mean age 55.8 ± 11.1 years, 34.3% women) who underwent a treadmill exercise test (TET) for the evaluation of chest pain were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) measurement on the same day. HRR was defined as the difference in heart rate from maximal exercise to 1 min of recovery. Participants with the lowest HRR tertile were older and had more cardiovascular risk factors than those with the highest HRR tertile. Simple correlation analysis showed that baPWV was negatively correlated with HRR (r = - 0.327, P < 0.001). In multiple linear regression analysis, there was a significant association between baPWV and HRR, even after adjusting for potential confounders (β = - 0.181, P < 0.001). In participants who underwent TET, baPWV was negatively correlated with HRR. The results of our study indicate a potential relationship between arterial stiffness and the autonomic nervous system.
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- Sungjoon Park
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea.
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Wen Q, Wright A, Tong Y, Zhao Y, Risacher SL, Saykin AJ, Wu YC, Limaye K, Riley K. Paravascular fluid dynamics reveal arterial stiffness assessed using dynamic diffusion-weighted imaging. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 37:e5048. [PMID: 37798964 PMCID: PMC10810720 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.5048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Paravascular cerebrospinal fluid (pCSF) surrounding the cerebral arteries within the glymphatic system is pulsatile and moves in synchrony with the pressure waves of the vessel wall. Whether such pulsatile pCSF can infer pulse wave propagation-a property tightly related to arterial stiffness-is unknown and has never been explored. Our recently developed imaging technique, dynamic diffusion-weighted imaging (dynDWI), captures the pulsatile pCSF dynamics in vivo and can explore this question. In this work, we evaluated the time shifts between pCSF waves and finger pulse waves, where pCSF waves were measured by dynDWI and finger pulse waves were measured by the scanner's built-in finger pulse oximeter. We hypothesized that the time shifts reflect brain-finger pulse wave travel time and are sensitive to arterial stiffness. We applied the framework to 36 participants aged 18-82 years to study the age effect of travel time, as well as its associations with cognitive function within the older participants (N = 15, age > 60 years). Our results revealed a strong and consistent correlation between pCSF pulse and finger pulse (mean CorrCoeff = 0.66), supporting arterial pulsation as a major driver for pCSF dynamics. The time delay between pCSF and finger pulses (TimeDelay) was significantly lower (i.e., faster pulse propagation) with advanced age (Pearson's r = -0.44, p = 0.007). Shorter TimeDelay was further associated with worse cognitive function in the older participants. Overall, our study demonstrated pCSF as a viable pathway for measuring intracranial pulses and encouraged future studies to investigate its relevance with cerebrovascular functions.
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- Qiuting Wen
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Stark Neuroscience Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Yang Y, Liang X, Luo H, Cheng YX, Guo Y, Wu P, Huang YL, Zhang JP, Wang Z. Assessment of aortic and peripheral arterial stiffness in patients with knee osteoarthritis by ultrasound Doppler derived pulse wave velocity. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1346. [PMID: 38228753 PMCID: PMC10791623 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52097-1] [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: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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Information regarding regional arterial stiffness assessment in osteoarthritis (OA) was scarce and sometimes contradictory. We aimed to investigate the aortic, lower limb peripheral arterial stiffness and their associations with knee OA. Patients with primary knee OA and matched non-OA controls were prospectively enrolled from two medical centers in China. The carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and femoral-ankle pulse wave velocity (faPWV) were measured using a novel ultrasound technique. A total of 238 participants (including 128 patients with knee OA and 110 controls) were included. In OA patients, cfPWV was significantly higher than that of non-OA controls (9.40 ± 1.92 vs 8.25 ± 1.26 m/s, P < 0.0001). However, faPWV measurements in OA patients (12.10 ± 2.09 m/s) showed no significant difference compared with that of the controls (11.67 ± 2.52 m/s, P = 0.130). Multiple regression analysis revealed that cfPWV was independently associated with knee OA (P < 0.0001) after adjusting for the confounding factors including age, gender, smoking, mean blood pressure, body mass index, heart rate, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and lipids profiles. In contrast, faPWV did not show independent association with knee OA (P = 0.372) when after adjusting for confounding factors. In addition, Spearman's correlation analysis showed cfPWV had a significant correlation with Kellgren-Lawrence score (rs = 0.2333, P = 0.008), but no correlation was founded between faPWV with Kellgren-Lawrence score (rs = 0.1624, P = 0.067) in OA patients. This study demonstrated that stiffening of aorta, but not lower limb arteries, was independently associated with knee OA. Our findings may call for further implementation of routine aortic stiffness assessments so as to evaluate cardiovascular risk in patients with OA.
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- Yong Yang
- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 569# Xinsi Rd, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 569# Xinsi Rd, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of Osteology, Qinhuai Medical Section of General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, 210000, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 569# Xinsi Rd, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of OsteologyTangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of OsteologyTangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Qinhuai Medical Section of General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, 210000, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Hospital of Unit 96608 of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), 7# Dongchang Rd, Hanzhong, 723100, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 569# Xinsi Rd, Xi'an, 710038, China.
- Department of Medical Imaging, Hospital of Unit 96608 of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), 7# Dongchang Rd, Hanzhong, 723100, China.
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Nordenstam F, Norman M, Caidahl K, Wickström R. Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children Exposed to Smokeless Tobacco in Fetal Life. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e9128. [PMID: 38214274 PMCID: PMC10926805 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.032384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Arterial stiffening and increased intima-media thickness can be seen as early as childhood and are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events in adult life. The authors hypothesized that exposure to prenatal smokeless tobacco (Swedish snus) without additional nicotine exposure after the breastfeeding period would be associated with increased arterial stiffness and intima-media thickening in preschool children. METHODS AND RESULTS This was a longitudinal follow-up cohort study of children aged 5 to 6 years exposed to high doses of nicotine in utero. Women exclusively using snus and unexposed controls were enrolled in early pregnancy (gestational age range, 6-12 weeks). Exposure data were collected during and after pregnancy with questionnaires from both groups. For this study, only children of women using >48 mg nicotine per day during their entire pregnancy were included in the exposure group. Outcomes were determined in 40 healthy children (21 exposed to snus in utero). Ultrasonography of the common carotid artery was used to determine carotid intima-media thickness and calculate arterial stiffness index from the relationship between pulsatile changes in arterial diameter and arterial pressure. Children exposed to snus in fetal life had higher carotid stiffness (median 4.1 [interquartile range (IQR), 2.4-5] versus 2.9 [IQR, 2.1-3.5]; P=0.014) than tobacco-free controls. Carotid strain (relative diameter change) was lower in children exposed to snus (mean 16% [SD, 5.7%] versus 21% [SD, 6.6%]) than in controls (P=0.015). Carotid intima-media thickness did not differ significantly between children exposed to snus and controls. CONCLUSIONS Exposure to snus during fetal life was associated with a stiffer carotid artery in preschool children.
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- Felicia Nordenstam
- Pediatric Cardiology UnitKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
- Department of Women’s and Children’s HealthKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of NeonatologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and TechnologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Clinical PhysiologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s HealthKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Neuropediatric UnitKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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Zhang Y, Qi Y, Jia Z, Li Y, Wu L, Zhou Q, Xu F. Effects and mechanisms of Zhizi Chuanxiong herb pair against atherosclerosis: an integration of network pharmacology, molecular docking, and experimental validation. Chin Med 2024; 19:8. [PMID: 38212797 PMCID: PMC10782628 DOI: 10.1186/s13020-023-00874-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The Zhizi Chuanxiong herb pair (ZCHP) can delay pathological progression of atherosclerosis (AS); however, its pharmacological mechanism remains unclear because of its complex components. The purpose of current study is to systematically investigate the anti-AS mechanism of ZCHP. METHODS The databases of TCMSP, STITCH, SwissTargetPrediction, BATMAN-TCM, and ETCM were searched to predict the potential targets of ZCHP components. Disease targets associated with AS was retrieved from the GEO database. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) signaling pathway analyses were executed using DAVID 6.8. Molecular docking method was employed to evaluate the core target binding to blood components, and animal experiments were performed to test action mechanism. RESULTS A ZCHP-components-targets-AS network was constructed by using Cytoscape, included 11 main components and 52 candidate targets. Crucial genes were shown in the protein-protein interaction network, including TNF, IL-1β, IGF1, MMP9, COL1A1, CCR5, HMOX1, PTGS1, SELE, and SYK. KEGG enrichment illustrated that the NF-κB, Fc epsilon RI, and TNF signaling pathways were important for AS treatment. These results were validated by molecular docking. In ApoE-/- mice, ZCHP significantly reduced intima-media thickness, pulse wave velocity, plaque area, and serum lipid levels while increasing the difference between the end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters. Furthermore, ZCHP significantly decreased the mRNA and protein levels of TNF-α and IL-1β, suppressed NF-κB activation, and inhibited the M1 macrophage polarization marker CD86 in ApoE-/- mice. CONCLUSION This study combining network pharmacology, molecular biology, and animal experiments showed that ZCHP can alleviate AS by suppressing the TNF/NF-κB axis and M1 macrophage polarization.
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- Yan Zhang
- Institute of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Comprehensive Care of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Hajdusianek W, Żórawik A, Macek P, Poręba M, Poręba R, Gać P. Stiffness and Elasticity of Aorta Assessed Using Computed Tomography Angiography as a Marker of Cardiovascular Health-A Cross-Sectional Study. J Clin Med 2024; 13:384. [PMID: 38256515 PMCID: PMC10816888 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13020384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Cardiovascular (CV) health can be measured using the American Health Association's Life's Simple 7 scale (ALS7). Aortic stiffness (AoS) and elasticity (AoE) can be assessed using various methods, e.g., computed tomography (CT). To measure AoE, we use aortic strain and distensibility (AoD). The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between ALS7, AoS, and AoE. The study group (SG) was composed of 96 patients (mean age 70.41 ± 8.32 years) with a BMI of 25.58 ± 3.12 kg/m2; 28.1% were smokers, 54.2% had hypertension, 11.4% had diabetes, and 67.7% had hypercholesterolemia. The SG was further divided into three subgroups (optimal (ALS7-H), intermediate (ALS7-I), and inadequate (ALS7-L)) based on the ALS7. The AoS and AoE were assessed in each of them. We found that the ALS7-I and ALS7-H had significantly lower AoS values compared to the ALS7-L (AoS: 3.50 ± 0.53 and 4.10 ± 0.70 vs. 4.57 ± 1.03, respectively). The opposite relationship was observed for AoE measured with AoD in the ALS7-H vs. ALS7-L (AoD: 0.23 ± 0.14 vs. 0.11 ± 0.09 cm2/dyn). AoS correlated (r = 0.61) with systolic blood pressure (BP). In our regression model, higher scores on the ALS7 in BP, smoking, and BMI were independent protective factors against greater AoS. Higher ALS7 scores in BP, smoking, BMI, and physical activity were protective factors against lesser aortic strain. Higher scores in ALS7 for BP and smoking were protective factors against lesser AoD. We conclude that better cardiovascular health expressed via higher scores obtained on the ALS7 is associated with lower AoS and higher AoE on CT.
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- Wojciech Hajdusianek
- Department of Population Health, Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Population Health, Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Paralympic Sports, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Witelona 25a, 51-617 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Population Health, Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
- Centre of Diagnostic Imaging, 4th Military Hospital, Weigla 5, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland
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Kim HL, Lee KS, Joh HS, Lim WH, Seo JB, Kim SH, Zo JH, Kim MA. Prognostic Value of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity According to Subjects' Clinical Characteristics: Data From Analysis of 10,597 Subjects. J Korean Med Sci 2023; 38:e414. [PMID: 38147838 PMCID: PMC10752741 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To make good use of the prognostic value of arterial stiffness, it is important to identify the population with the greatest benefit. In this study, we compared the prognostic value of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) according to various clinical characteristics. METHODS A total of 10,597 subjects who underwent baPWV measurement (mean age, 61.4 ± 9.5 years; female proportion, 42.5%) were retrospectively analyzed. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), defined as a composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, and ischemic stroke were assessed during the clinical follow-up period. RESULTS In the multivariate analysis, clinical variables with more than 4,000 subjects were selected as grouping variables, which were sex (men and women), age (≥ 65 and < 65 years), body mass index (BMI) (≥ 25 and < 25 kg/m²), hypertension (presence and absence), estimated glomerular filtration rate (≥ 90 and < 90 mL/min/1.73 m²), and statin use (user and non-user). During the median clinical follow-up duration of 3.58 years (interquartile range, 1.43-5.38 years), there were 422 MACEs (4.0%). In total study subjects, baseline higher baPWV was associated with increased risk of MACE occurrence (hazard ratio for baPWV ≥ 1,800 cm/s compared to baPWV < 1,400 cm/s, 4.04; 95% confidence interval, 2.62-6.21; P < 0.001). The prognostic value of baPWV was statistically significant regardless of sex, age, BMI, hypertension, renal function, and statin use. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that baPWV is not only effective in specific clinical situations, but can be effectively applied to predict cardiovascular prognosis in various clinical situations.
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- Hack-Lyoung Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Bohoran TA, Parke KS, Graham-Brown MPM, Meisuria M, Singh A, Wormleighton J, Adlam D, Gopalan D, Davies MJ, Williams B, Brown M, McCann GP, Giannakidis A. Resource efficient aortic distensibility calculation by end to end spatiotemporal learning of aortic lumen from multicentre multivendor multidisease CMR images. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21794. [PMID: 38066222 PMCID: PMC10709583 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48986-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Aortic distensibility (AD) is important for the prognosis of multiple cardiovascular diseases. We propose a novel resource-efficient deep learning (DL) model, inspired by the bi-directional ConvLSTM U-Net with densely connected convolutions, to perform end-to-end hierarchical learning of the aorta from cine cardiovascular MRI towards streamlining AD quantification. Unlike current DL aortic segmentation approaches, our pipeline: (i) performs simultaneous spatio-temporal learning of the video input, (ii) combines the feature maps from the encoder and decoder using non-linear functions, and (iii) takes into account the high class imbalance. By using multi-centre multi-vendor data from a highly heterogeneous patient cohort, we demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the state-of-the-art method in terms of accuracy and at the same time it consumes [Formula: see text] 3.9 times less fuel and generates [Formula: see text] 2.8 less carbon emissions. Our model could provide a valuable tool for exploring genome-wide associations of the AD with the cognitive performance in large-scale biomedical databases. By making energy usage and carbon emissions explicit, the presented work aligns with efforts to keep DL's energy requirements and carbon cost in check. The improved resource efficiency of our pipeline might open up the more systematic DL-powered evaluation of the MRI-derived aortic stiffness.
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- Tuan Aqeel Bohoran
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Imperial College London & Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London (UCL), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UCL Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, WC1E 6DD, UK
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK.
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Jouabadi SM, Ataabadi EA, Golshiri K, Bos D, Stricker BHC, Danser AHJ, Mattace-Raso F, Roks AJM. Clinical Impact and Mechanisms of Nonatherosclerotic Vascular Aging: The New Kid to Be Blocked. Can J Cardiol 2023; 39:1839-1858. [PMID: 37495207 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Ischemic cardiovascular disease and stroke remain the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. During aging, protective mechanisms in the body gradually deteriorate, resulting in functional, structural, and morphologic changes that affect the vascular system. Because atherosclerotic plaques are not always present along with these alterations, we refer to this kind of vascular aging as nonatherosclerotic vascular aging (NAVA). To maintain proper vascular function during NAVA, it is important to preserve intracellular signalling, prevent inflammation, and block the development of senescent cells. Pharmacologic interventions targeting these components are potential therapeutic approaches for NAVA, with a particular emphasis on inflammation and senescence. This review provides an overview of the pathophysiology of vascular aging and explores potential pharmacotherapies that can improve the function of aged vasculature, focusing on NAVA.
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- Soroush Mohammadi Jouabadi
- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Arterial stiffness and hypertension are closely related in pathophysiology. Chronic high blood pressure (BP) can lead to arterial wall damage by mechanical stress, endothelial dysfunction, increased inflammation, oxidative stress, and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activation. Hypertension also increases collagen fiber production and accelerates elastin fiber degradation. Stiffened arteries struggle with BP changes, raising systolic BP and pulse pressure. The resulting increased systolic pressure further hardens arteries, creating a harmful cycle of inflammation and calcification. Arterial stiffness data can predict target organ damage and future cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients. Thus, early detection of arterial stiffness aids in initiating preventive measures and treatment plans to protect against progression of vascular damage. While various methods exist for measuring arterial stiffness, pulse wave velocity is a non-invasive, simple measurement method that maximizes effectiveness. Healthy lifestyle changes, RAAS blockers, and statins are known to reduce arterial stiffness. Further research is needed to ascertain if improving arterial stiffness will enhance prognosis in hypertensive patients.
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- Hack-Lyoung Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 5 Boramae-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea.
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Lim WH, Kim HL, Joh HS, Seo JB, Kim SH, Zo JH, Kim MA. The Prognostic Value of Arterial Stiffness According to Socioeconomic Status. J Clin Med 2023; 12:6943. [PMID: 37959408 PMCID: PMC10647441 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12216943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Individuals of low socioeconomic status (SES) often exhibit increased cardiovascular risk factors and a worse prognosis. We conducted this study to ascertain whether brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), a straightforward and reliable measure of arterial stiffness, can hold prognostic value for people with low SES. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed a total of 1266 subjects (mean age 64.6 ± 11.6 years; 47.2% female) without documented cardiovascular disease who had undergone baPWV measurement. The subjects included 633 National Health Insurance Beneficiaries (NHIB) and 633 Medical Aid Beneficiaries (MAB), matched for major clinical features through a 1:1 propensity score matching method. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), such as death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal ischemic stroke, coronary revascularization, and heart failure necessitating admission, were assessed during the clinical follow-up. RESULTS During a median follow-up period of 4.2 years (interquartile range, 2.2-5.7 years), there were 77 MACE cases (6.1%). In multivariable Cox regression analyses, baPWV was identified as a significant predictor of MACE in both groups, regardless of the use of three different baPWV criteria (median value, Asian consensus recommendation, and cut-off value obtained by receiver operating characteristic [ROC] curve analysis). In both groups, the baPWV value obtained using ROC curve analysis emerged as the best predictor of MACE. This predictive value was stronger in the NHIB group (hazard ratio, 5.80; 95% confidence interval, 2.30-14.65; p < 0.001) than in the MAB group (hazard ratio, 3.30; 95% confidence interval, 1.57-6.92; p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS baPWV was associated with future MACE incidence in both NHIB and MAB groups. Since baPWV is simple and cost-effective to measure, it could be efficiently used as a risk stratification tool for individuals with low SES.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 07061, Republic of Korea; (W.-H.L.); (H.S.J.); (J.-B.S.); (S.-H.K.); (J.-H.Z.); (M.-A.K.)
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Kim HL, Joh HS, Lim WH, Seo JB, Kim SH, Zo JH, Kim MA. Associations of Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference among General Korean Adults. Metabolites 2023; 13:1082. [PMID: 37887407 PMCID: PMC10608635 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13101082] [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: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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The correlation between body fat parameters and arterial stiffness is still under debate. This study aimed to examine the associations of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV). We utilized data from 14,228 subjects (mean age 53.4 ± 16.8 years; 56.9% were female) from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The ePWV was calculated using a formula based on age and blood pressure. Simple linear correlation analyses revealed significant associations between both BMI and ePWV (r = 0.098; p < 0.001) and WC and ePWV (r = 0.291; p < 0.001), with a stronger correlation observed between WC and ePWV. Multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that WC remained significantly associated with ePWV after adjusting for potential confounders (β = 0.020; p = 0.001). However, a statistically significant association was not found between BMI and ePWV (β = 0.011; p = 0.076). Multiple binary logistic regression analysis further indicated that both higher BMI and WC were independently associated with higher ePWV, but the association was more pronounced between WC and ePWV than between BMI and ePWV. These findings underscore a stronger correlation between visceral obesity (as indicated by WC) and arterial stiffness (as indicated by ePWV) compared to overall obesity (as indicated by BMI). This highlights the potential significance of abdominal obesity in assessing cardiovascular risk.
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- Hack-Lyoung Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 07061, Republic of Korea; (H.S.J.); (W.-H.L.); (J.-B.S.); (S.-H.K.); (J.-H.Z.); (M.-A.K.)
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Dogan Z, Ileri C, Kay EA, Sunbul M, Gurel EY, Özben Sadıc B, Sayar N, Ergun T, Tigen KM. Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Parameters and the Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Level in Patients with Premature Myocardial Infarction. J Pers Med 2023; 13:1489. [PMID: 37888100 PMCID: PMC10608472 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13101489] [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: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Myocardial infarction (MI) is increasing at a younger age. Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has been implicated in several key mechanisms of atherogenesis. Arterial stiffness parameters, including pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the augmentation index (AIx), can indicate the presence or progression of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the GDF-15 level and arterial stiffness parameters in patients with premature MI. METHOD Thirty patients aged ≤45 years (mean age: 39 ± 5 years, 23 male) who recovered from a MI and 15 age and sex-matched subjects were consecutively included. The serum GDF-15 concentration levels and arterial stiffness parameters of the patients and controls were measured. RESULTS GDF-15 levels were significantly higher in patients with premature MI, while there were no significant differences in PWV and AIx between the groups. The GDF-15 level was correlated negatively with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and positively with uric acid levels. Both GDF-15 (p = 0.046, odds ratio: 1.092, 95% confidence interval: 1.003-1.196) and HDL cholesterol (p = 0.037, odds ratio: 0.925, 95% confidence interval: 0.859-0.995) were found as independent factors associated with premature MI. CONCLUSIONS GDF-15 could be a risk factor for premature MI. Further studies are needed to elucidate the central role of GDF-15 in the pathophysiology of early atherosclerosis and MI in the young population.
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- Zekeriya Dogan
- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34865, Turkey;
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey;
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34890, Turkey; (E.A.K.); (M.S.); (E.Y.G.); (B.Ö.S.); (N.S.); (K.M.T.)
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Inuzuka S, Vitorino PVDO, Barroso AS, Magalhães FG, Sousa AC, Alves Filho RPP, Melo VA, Oliveira LFD, Sousa ALL, Jardim PCBV, Coca A, Barroso WKS. Pulse Wave Velocity of 8.2 m/s as a Threshold Associated with Cardiovascular Target Organ Damage Presence. Arq Bras Cardiol 2023; 120:e20220934. [PMID: 37909579 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20220934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have established normal and reference values for Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV). However, the PWV value that has the strongest association with cardiovascular biomarkers remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the PWV value more likely to be associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), increased intima-media thickness (IMT), and presence of carotid plaques in patients with hypertension. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 119 patients. Analysis of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves was performed for each cardiovascular biomarker. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. RESULTS According to the ROC curve analysis, the PWV values were 8.1 m/s, 8.2 m/s, and 8.7 for the LVH, IMT, and presence of carotid plaques, respectively. A PWV value of 8.2 m/s was identified as the best parameter to determine the three TOD biomarkers. PWV above 8.2 m/s was associated with increased CIMT (p = 0.004) and the presence of carotid plaques (p = 0.003) and LVH (p<0.001). PWV above 8.2 showed greater sensitivity for increased CIMT (AUC = 0.678, sensitivity = 62.2), LVH (AUC = 0.717, sensitivity = 87.2), and the presence of plaques (AUC = 0.649, sensitivity = 74.51) in the ROC curve analysis. CONCLUSION The PWV value 8.2 m/s was more sensitive in early identifying the existence of cardiovascular biomarkers of TOD.
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- Sayuri Inuzuka
- Universidade Federal de Goiás - Liga de Hipertensão Arterial, Goiânia, GO - Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás - Liga de Hipertensão Arterial, Goiânia, GO - Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás - Liga de Hipertensão Arterial, Goiânia, GO - Brasil
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- Hypertension and Vascular Risk Unit. Hospital Clinic. University of Barcelona, Barcelona - Espanha
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Kuo CH, Chen MS, Wang CH, Lai YH, Lin YL, Hsu BG. Resistin: A Potential Indicator of Aortic Stiffness in Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2023; 59:1652. [PMID: 37763771 PMCID: PMC10535243 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59091652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Background and Objectives: In the progression and development of atherosclerosis, resistin plays a significant role. Chronic kidney disease (CKD), frequently associated with atherosclerosis, exhibits a marked increase in morbidity and mortality rates. This study set out to explore the association between aortic stiffness and serum levels of resistin in non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients ranging from stages 3 to 5. Materials and Methods: We collected fasting blood samples from 240 CKD patients across stages 3 to 5. The concentration of resistin in serum was determined using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay kit. Those patients who exhibited a carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) greater than 10 m/s were identified as the aortic stiffness group. Results: Out of the 240 CKD patients, 88 (36.7%) were classified within the aortic stiffness group. This group demonstrated higher incidences of diabetes, advanced age, increased body weight, body mass index, body fat mass, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, and serum resistin levels. Multivariate logistic regression analysis highlighted resistin, diabetes, and body weight as independent predictors of aortic stiffness. Additionally, body fat mass, logarithmically transformed cfPWV (log-cfPWV) values and log-triglyceride levels were independent predictors of log-resistin levels by multivariate stepwise linear regression analysis. Conclusions: In CKD patients from stages 3 to 5, a positive correlation exists between elevated serum resistin levels and cfPWV values, identifying resistin as a potential predictor of aortic stiffness.
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- Chiu-Huang Kuo
- Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 97004, Taiwan; (C.-H.K.); (Y.-L.L.)
- School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 97004, Taiwan; (C.-H.K.); (Y.-L.L.)
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 97004, Taiwan; (C.-H.K.); (Y.-L.L.)
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 97004, Taiwan; (C.-H.K.); (Y.-L.L.)
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 97004, Taiwan; (C.-H.K.); (Y.-L.L.)
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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Kim HL, Joh HS, Lim WH, Seo JB, Kim SH, Zo JH, Kim MA. Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5855. [PMID: 37762796 PMCID: PMC10531714 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12185855] [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: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Background The prognostic value of estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV) has been infrequently explored in high-risk patient groups. Our study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of ePWV among patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a drug-eluting stent (DES). Methods A total of 4119 consecutive subjects who underwent a PCI with a DES (mean age, 67.1 ± 11.6 years and 33.1% were female) were retrospectively analyzed. ePWV was calculated based on the patient's age and mean blood pressure. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, and ischemic stroke, were evaluated. Results During a median follow-up duration of 3.51 years (interquartile range, 1.35-6.37 years), there were 746 MACEs (18.1%). A multivariable analysis showed that a higher ePWV was associated with a higher MACE incidence (middle tertile vs. the lowest tertile: hazard ratio [HR], 2.49; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.81-3.42; p < 0.001; the highest tertile vs. the lowest tertile: HR, 6.18; 95% CI, 4.33-8.80; p < 0.001) The inclusion of ePWV data significantly increased the global chi-square values when added to the clinical information (from 96 to 128; p < 0.001). Conclusion ePWV demonstrated a significant association with MACEs in patients who underwent DES implantation. Given its relative simplicity to calculate, ePWV could potentially serve as a valuable instrument for stratifying cardiovascular risks within this high-risk patient population.
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- Hack-Lyoung Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 07061, Republic of Korea; (H.S.J.); (W.-H.L.)
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Sági B, Késői I, Vas T, Csiky B, Nagy J, Kovács TJ. Relationship between arterial stiffness, left ventricular diastolic function, and renal function in chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrol 2023; 24:261. [PMID: 37661275 PMCID: PMC10476356 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03308-w] [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: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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AIM In chronic kidney disease, IgA nephropathy, and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction have prognostic significance as well. However, the relationship between diastolic dysfunction, arterial stiffness, and renal function has not been fully elucidated. METHODS 79 IgA nephropathy patients (aged 46 ± 11 years) and 50 controls were investigated. Tissue Doppler imaging was used to measure early (Ea) and late (Aa) diastolic velocities. Arterial stiffness was measured by a photoplethysmographic (stiffness index (SI)) and an oscillometric method (aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVao)). RESULTS We compared the IgAN patients to a similar cardiovascular risk group with a preserved eGFR. A strong correlation was found between Ea/Aa and SI (p < 0.001), also with PWVao (p < 0.001), just in IgAN, and with eGFR (p < 0.001) in both groups. IgAN patients were divided into groups CKD1-2 vs. CKD3-5. In the CKD 3-5 group, the incidence of diastolic dysfunction increased significantly: 39% vs. 72% (p = 0.003). Left ventricle rigidity (LVR) was calculated, which showed a close correlation with SI (p = 0.009) and eGFR (p = 0.038). By linear regression analysis, the independent predictors of SI were age, E/A, and E/Ea; SI was the predictor of LVR; and E/A and hypertension were the predictors of eGFR. CONCLUSION In chronic kidney disease, increased cardiac rigidity and vascular stiffness coexist with decreased renal function, which is directly connected to diastolic dysfunction and vascular stiffness. On the basis of comparing the CKD group to the control group, vascular alterations in very early CKD can be identified.
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- Balázs Sági
- 2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Diabetes Centre, Medical School, Clinical Center, University of Pécs, Pacsirta Street 1, Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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- Mohács Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Szepessy square 7, Mohács, 7700, Hungary
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- 2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Diabetes Centre, Medical School, Clinical Center, University of Pécs, Pacsirta Street 1, Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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- 2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Diabetes Centre, Medical School, Clinical Center, University of Pécs, Pacsirta Street 1, Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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- 2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Diabetes Centre, Medical School, Clinical Center, University of Pécs, Pacsirta Street 1, Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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- 2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Diabetes Centre, Medical School, Clinical Center, University of Pécs, Pacsirta Street 1, Pécs, 7624, Hungary.
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Kumar M, Orkaby A, Tighe C, Villareal DT, Billingsley H, Nanna MG, Kwak MJ, Rohant N, Patel S, Goyal P, Hummel S, Al-Malouf C, Kolimas A, Krishnaswami A, Rich MW, Kirkpatrick J, Damluji AA, Kuchel GA, Forman DE, Alexander KP. Life's Essential 8: Optimizing Health in Older Adults. JACC. ADVANCES 2023; 2:100560. [PMID: 37664644 PMCID: PMC10470487 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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The population worldwide is getting older as a result of advances in public health, medicine, and technology. Older individuals are living longer with a higher prevalence of subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD). In 2010, the American Heart Association introduced a list of key prevention targets, known as "Life's Simple 7" to increase CVD-free survival, longevity, and quality of life. In 2022, sleep health was added to expand the recommendations to "Life's Essential 8" (eat better, be more active, stop smoking, get adequate sleep, manage weight, manage cholesterol, manage blood pressure, and manage diabetes). These prevention targets are intended to apply regardless of chronologic age. During this same time, the understanding of aging biology and goals of care for older adults further enhanced the relevance of prevention across the range of functions. From a biological perspective, aging is a complex cellular process characterized by genomic instability, telomere attrition, loss of proteostasis, inflammation, deregulated nutrient-sensing, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, stem cell exhaustion, and altered intercellular communication. These aging hallmarks are triggered by and enhanced by traditional CVD risk factors leading to geriatric syndromes (eg, frailty, sarcopenia, functional limitation, and cognitive impairment) which complicate efforts toward prevention. Therefore, we review Life's Essential 8 through the lens of aging biology, geroscience, and geriatric precepts to guide clinicians taking care of older adults.
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- Manish Kumar
- Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- New England GRECC (Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center), VA Boston HealthCare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Aging, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- VISN 4 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA
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- Program for the Care and Study of Aging Heart, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louise, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- The Inova Center of Outcomes Research, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh GRECC, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Li J, Hidru TH, Lin Y, Wang X, Lin L, Chen S, Xia Y, Yang X, Wu S. Arterial stiffness is associated with cancer mortality: Insight from Kailuan study. Cancer Med 2023; 12:16580-16590. [PMID: 37350577 PMCID: PMC10469642 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6251] [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: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is limited evidence on the association between arterial stenosis and the risk of all-cause mortality in cancer patients (ACMC). This study investigated whether the status of arterial function and structure measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is associated with ACMC. METHODS A total of 43,943 Chinese adults underwent a baPWV examination. Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess the association between the baPWV values and ACMC. RESULTS During a total follow-up duration of 3.81 ± 2.50 years, there were 157 deaths among 553 cancer cases diagnosed during the follow-up. Patients with baPWV ≥18 m/s showed an increased risk of ACMC compared to patients with ideal vascular function. In the multivariate-adjusted model, we observed a significant association between arterial stiffness severity and ACMC with a hazard ratio (HR) 2.72 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.55-4.80; p < 0.001) in those with baPWV ≥18 m/s. With a 1-SD increase in baPWV, the HR (95% CI) for ACMC in the entire cohort, men, and patients ≤60 years old were 1.20 (95% CI: 1.03-1.41; p < 0.05), 1.20 (95% CI: 1.01-1.43; p < 0.05), and 1.44 (95% CI: 1.10-1.44; p = 0.008), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Increased arterial stiffness measured by baPWV is associated with ACMC. The association between high baPWV (≥18 m/s) and risk of all-cause mortality was prominent in men and those ≤60 years of age.
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- Jiatian Li
- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalianChina
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- Department of Cardiology, Kailuan General HospitalNorth China University of Science and TechnologyTangshanChina
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Bucciarelli V, Bianco F, Di Blasio A, Morano T, Tuosto D, Mucedola F, Di Santo S, Cimini A, Napolitano G, Bucci I, Di Baldassarre A, Cianchetti E, Gallina S. Cardiometabolic Profile, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors after Different Physical Exercise Protocols: A 34-Month Follow-Up Study. J Clin Med 2023; 12:4795. [PMID: 37510910 PMCID: PMC10381308 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12144795] [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: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer (BC) and cardiovascular (CV) disease share many risk factors associated with worse outcomes, in terms of cancer relapse, CV events, and quality of life (QoL), that could be counteracted by physical exercise (PE). We aimed to assess the impact of a 12-week differential PE protocol on cardiometabolic profile, QoL, CV- and BC-related long-term outcomes, and physical activity (PA) in a cohort of BC survivors (BCS) not treated with chemotherapy. METHODS 57 BCS participated in a 12-week PE protocol [aerobic exercise training (AET) or resistance exercise training (RET)]. Anthropometric and CV evaluation, health-related (HR)-QoL, daily PA, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) levels were assessed before (T0) and after (T1) PE. We assessed BC and CV outcomes, HR-QoL, CV-QoL, and PA at the follow-up. RESULTS RET improved waist circumference, DHEA-S, cortisol/DHEA-S, systolic and mean blood pressure, and ventricular/arterial coupling; AET ameliorated sagittal abdomen diameter and pulse wave velocity. Regarding HR-QoL, physical function improved only in AET group. At a mean 34 ± 3.6-month follow-up, we documented no significant differences in CV-QoL, HR-QoL, and PA or CV and BC outcomes. CONCLUSIONS AET and RET determine specific, positive adaptations on many parameters strongly related to CV risk, CV and BC outcomes, and QoL, and should be included in any cardio-oncology rehabilitation program.
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- Valentina Bucciarelli
- Cardiovascular Sciences Department-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Sciences Department-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Eusoma Breast Centre, "G. Bernabeo" Hospital, ASL02 Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti, 66026 Ortona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Eusoma Breast Centre, "G. Bernabeo" Hospital, ASL02 Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti, 66026 Ortona, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Saengsin K, Gauvreau K, Prakash A. Comparison of aortic stiffness and hypertension in repaired coarctation patients with a bicuspid versus a tricuspid aortic valve. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2023; 25:31. [PMID: 37316842 PMCID: PMC10268521 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-023-00941-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is associated with reduced aortic distensibility and systemic hypertension (HTN). 60-85% of COA patients have a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). It is not known if the presence of a BAV accentuates the aortopathy and HTN in CoA patients. We examined whether patients with COA and a BAV had lower aortic distensibility by CMR, and a higher prevalence of systemic HTN compared with COA patients with a tricuspid aortic valve (TAV). METHODS In successfully repaired COA patients excluding those with residual COA, ascending aorta (AAO) and descending aorta (DAO) distensibility was calculated by CMR. HTN was assessed using standard pediatric and adult criteria. RESULTS Among 215 COA patients (median age 25.3 years), 67% had a BAV, and 33% had a TAV. Median AAO distensibility z-score was lower in the BAV group (- 1.2 versus - 0.7; p = 0.014) but DAO distensibility was similar in BAV and TAV patients. HTN prevalence was similar in BAV (32%) and TAV groups (36%, p = 0.56). On multivariable analysis controlling for confounders, HTN was not associated with BAV but was associated with male gender (p = 0.003) and older age at follow-up (p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS In young adults with treated COA, those with a BAV had stiffer AAO compared to those with a TAV, but DAO stiffness was similar. HTN was not related to BAV. These results suggest that although the presence of a BAV in COA exacerbates the AAO aortopathy, it does not exacerbate the more generalized vascular dysfunction and associated HTN.
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- Kwannapas Saengsin
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Bonfioli GB, Rodella L, Rosati R, Carrozza A, Metra M, Vizzardi E. Aortopathies: From Etiology to the Role of Arterial Stiffness. J Clin Med 2023; 12:3949. [PMID: 37373642 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12123949] [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: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The aorta and aortic wall have a complex biological system of structural, biochemical, biomolecular, and hemodynamic elements. Arterial stiffness could be considered a manifestation of wall structural and functional variations, and it has been revealed to have a strong connection with aortopathies and be a predictor of cardiovascular risk, especially in patients affected by hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and nephropathy. Stiffness affects the function of different organs, especially the brain, kidneys, and heart, promoting remodeling of small arteries and endothelial dysfunction. This parameter could be easily evaluated using different methods, but pulse-wave velocity (PWV), the speed of transmission of arterial pressure waves, is considered the gold standard for a good and precise assessment. An increased PWV value indicates an elevated level of aortic stiffness because of the decline in elastin synthesis and activation of proteolysis and the increase in fibrosis that contributes to parietal rigidity. Higher values of PWV could also be found in some genetic diseases, such as Marfan syndrome (MFS) or Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS). Aortic stiffness has emerged as a major new cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor, and its evaluation using PWV could be very useful to identify patients with a high cardiovascular risk, giving some important prognostic information but also being used to value the benefits of therapeutic strategies.
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- Giovanni Battista Bonfioli
- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Cardiology University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Cardiology University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Cardiology University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Cardiology University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Cardiology University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Cardiology University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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da Silva DVT, Baião DDS, Almeida CC, Paschoalin VMF. A Critical Review on Vasoactive Nutrients for the Management of Endothelial Dysfunction and Arterial Stiffness in Individuals under Cardiovascular Risk. Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15112618. [PMID: 37299579 DOI: 10.3390/nu15112618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Pathophysiological conditions such as endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness, characterized by low nitric oxide bioavailability, deficient endothelium-dependent vasodilation and heart effort, predispose individuals to atherosclerotic lesions and cardiac events. Nitrate (NO3-), L-arginine, L-citrulline and potassium (K+) can mitigate arterial dysfunction and stiffness by intensifying NO bioavailability. Dietary compounds such as L-arginine, L-citrulline, NO3- and K+ exert vasoactive effects as demonstrated in clinical interventions by noninvasive flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) and pulse-wave velocity (PWV) prognostic techniques. Daily L-arginine intakes ranging from 4.5 to 21 g lead to increased FMD and reduced PWV responses. Isolated L-citrulline intake of at least 5.6 g has a better effect compared to watermelon extract, which is only effective on endothelial function when supplemented for longer than 6 weeks and contains at least 6 g of L-citrulline. NO3- supplementation employing beetroot at doses greater than 370 mg promotes hemodynamic effects through the NO3--NO2-/NO pathway, a well-documented effect. A potassium intake of 1.5 g/day can restore endothelial function and arterial mobility, where decreased vascular tone takes place via ATPase pump/hyperpolarization and natriuresis, leading to muscle relaxation and NO release. These dietary interventions, alone or synergically, can ameliorate endothelial dysfunction and should be considered as adjuvant therapies in cardiovascular diseases.
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- Davi Vieira Teixeira da Silva
- Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, sala 545, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, sala 545, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, sala 545, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, sala 545, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, RJ, Brazil
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O'Riordan CE, Trochet P, Steiner M, Fuchs D. Standardisation and future of preclinical echocardiography. Mamm Genome 2023; 34:123-155. [PMID: 37160810 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-023-09981-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Echocardiography is a non-invasive imaging technique providing real-time information to assess the structure and function of the heart. Due to advancements in technology, ultra-high-frequency transducers have enabled the translation of ultrasound from humans to small animals due to resolutions down to 30 µm. Most studies are performed using mice and rats, with ages ranging from embryonic, to neonatal, and adult. In addition, alternative models such as zebrafish and chicken embryos are becoming more frequently used. With the achieved high temporal and spatial resolution in real-time, cardiac function can now be monitored throughout the lifespan of these small animals to investigate the origin and treatment of a range of acute and chronic pathological conditions. With the increased relevance of in vivo real-time imaging, there is still an unmet need for the standardisation of small animal echocardiography and the appropriate cardiac measurements that should be reported in preclinical cardiac models. This review focuses on the development of standardisation in preclinical echocardiography and reports appropriate cardiac measurements throughout the lifespan of rodents: embryonic, neonatal, ageing, and acute and chronic pathologies. Lastly, we will discuss the future of cardiac preclinical ultrasound.
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- FUJIFILM VisualSonics, Inc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Rousseau-Portalis M, Cymberknop L, Farro I, Armentano R. Computational clustering reveals differentiated coronary artery calcium progression at prevalent levels of pulse wave velocity by classifying high-risk patients. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1161914. [PMID: 37260949 PMCID: PMC10228741 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1161914] [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: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Many studies found that increased arterial stiffness is significantly associated with the presence and progression of Coronary Calcium Score (CCS). However, none so far have used machine learning algorithms to improve their value. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the association between carotid-femoral Pulse Wave Velocity (cfPWV) and CCS score through computational clustering. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study using data from a cardiovascular risk screening program that included 377 participants. We used an unsupervised clustering algorithm using age, weight, height, blood pressure, heart rate, and cfPWV as input variables. Differences between cluster groups were analyzed through Chi-square and T-student tests. The association between (i) cfPWV and age groups, (ii) log (CCS) and age groups, and (iii) cfPWV and log(CCS) were addressed through linear regression analysis. Clusters were labeled post hoc based on cardiovascular risk. A "higher-risk group" had significantly higher left (0.76 vs. 0.70 mm, P < 0.001) and right (0.71 vs. 0.66 mm, P = 0.003) intima-media thickness, CCS (42 vs. 4 Agatston units, P = 0.012), and ascending (3.40 vs. 3.20 cm, P < 0.001) and descending (2.60 vs. 2.37 cm, P < 0.001) aorta diameters. Association with age appeared linear for cfPWV and exponential for log (CCS). The progression of the log (CCS) and cfPWV through age groups was steeper in the "higher-risk group" than in the "lower-risk group". cfPWV strongly correlated with CCS, and CCS progression over cfPWV differed among clusters. This finding could improve PWV as a "gate-keeper" of CCS testing and potentially enhance cardiovascular risk stratification.
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- Maximo Rousseau-Portalis
- Bioengineering Research and Development Group, National Technological University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Department of Internal Medicine, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Bioengineering Research and Development Group, National Technological University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Biológica, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay
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- Bioengineering Research and Development Group, National Technological University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería Biológica, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay
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Komnenov D, Rossi NF. Fructose-induced salt-sensitive blood pressure differentially affects sympathetically mediated aortic stiffness in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. Physiol Rep 2023; 11:e15687. [PMID: 37161090 PMCID: PMC10169770 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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Hypertension is the leading risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Aortic stiffness and sympathoexcitation are robust predictors of MACE. Combined high fructose and sodium intake increases arterial pressure, aortic stiffness, renin, and sympathetic nerve activity in male rats. We hypothesized that activation of the renin angiotensin system (RAS) and/or the sympathetic system mediates aortic stiffness in rats with fructose-induced salt-sensitive blood pressure. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats ingested 20% fructose or 20% glucose in drinking water with 0.4% NaCl chow for 1 week. Then, fructose-fed rats were switched to 4% NaCl chow (Fru + HS); glucose-fed rats remained on 0.4% NaCl chow (Glu + NS, controls for caloric intake). After 2 weeks, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and aortic pulsed wave velocity (PWV) were evaluated at baseline or after acute intravenous vehicle, clonidine, enalapril, losartan, or hydrochlorothiazide. Baseline global longitudinal strain (GLS) was also assessed. MAP and PWV were greater in male Fru + HS versus Glu + NS male rats (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively). PWV was similar between the female groups. Despite similarly reduced MAP after clonidine, PWV decreased in Fru + HS versus Glu + NS male rats (p < 0.01). Clonidine induced similar decreases in MAP and PWV in females on either diet. GLS was lower in Fru + HS versus Glu + NS male rats and either of the female groups. Thus, acute sympathoinhibition improved aortic compliance in male rats with fructose salt-sensitive blood pressure. Female rats retained aortic compliance regardless of diet. Acute RAS inhibition exerted no significant effects. Male rats on fructose high salt diet displayed an early deficit in myocardial function. Taken together, these findings suggest that adult female rats are protected from the impact of fructose and high salt diet on blood pressure, aortic stiffness, and early left ventricular dysfunction compared with male rats.
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- Dragana Komnenov
- Department of PhysiologyWayne State UniversityDetroitMichiganUSA
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- Department of PhysiologyWayne State UniversityDetroitMichiganUSA
- John D. Dingell VA Medical CenterDetroitMichiganUSA
- Department of Internal MedicineWayne State UniversityDetroitMichiganUSA
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Sangwan T, Saini N, Anand A, Bisla A. Thoracic and abdominal aortic alterations in dogs affected with systemic hypertension. Res Vet Sci 2023; 159:133-145. [PMID: 37141684 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.04.017] [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: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Aortic remodeling is the consequence of untreated systemic hypertension along with aortic dilatation as a marker for target organ damage in human literature. Therefore, the present study was planned to detect the changes in aorta at the level of aortic root via echocardiography, thoracic descending aorta via radiography and abdominal aorta via ultrasonography in healthy (n = 46), diseased normotensive (n = 20) and systemically hypertensive dogs (n = 60). The aortic root dimensions were measured at the level of aortic annulus, sinus of valsalva, sino-tubular junction and proximal ascending aorta via left ventricular outflow tract view of echocardiography. The thoracic descending aorta was subjectively assessed for any disparity in size and shape of aorta via lateral and dorso-ventral view of chest radiography. The abdominal aorta was assessed via left and right paralumbar window for calculating the aortic elasticity along with aortic and caudal venacaval dimensions to calculate the aortic-caval ratio. The aortic root measurements were dilated (p < 0.001) in systemically hypertensive dogs with a positive correlation (p < 0.001) with systolic blood pressure (BP). Thoracic descending aorta was also (p < 0.05) altered in the size and shape (undulation) of systemically hypertensive dogs. Abdominal aorta was markedly stiffened with reduced elasticity (p < 0.05) along with dilatation (p < 0.01) in hypertensive dogs. Also, there was a positive correlation (p < 0.001) of aortic diameters and aortic-caval ratio and negative correlation (p < 0.001) of aortic elasticity with systolic BP. Therefore, it was concluded that aorta could be considered as an important target organ damage of systemic hypertension in dogs.
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- Tanvika Sangwan
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India
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- Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India
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- Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India
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Leed A, Sheridan E, Baker B, Bamford S, Emmanouilidis E, Stewart F, Ostafe K, Sarwari M, Lim K, Zheng M, Islam SMS, Bolton KA, Grimes CA. Dietary Intake and Arterial Stiffness in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Nutrients 2023; 15:2092. [PMID: 37432233 DOI: 10.3390/nu15092092] [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: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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Arterial stiffness is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease that is affected by diet. However, research understanding how these dietary risk factors are related to arterial stiffness during childhood is limited. The purpose of this review was to determine whether various dietary factors were associated with arterial stiffness in the pediatric population. Five databases were systematically searched. Intervention studies, cross-sectional and cohort studies were included that investigated nutrient or food intake and outcomes of arterial stiffness, primarily measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx), in the pediatric population (aged 0-18 years). A final 19 studies (six intervention and 13 observational) were included. Only two intervention studies, including a vitamin D and omega-3 supplementation trial, found protective effects on PWV and AIx in adolescents. Findings from observational studies were overall inconsistent and varied. There was limited evidence to indicate a protective effect of a healthy dietary pattern on arterial stiffness and an adverse effect of total fat intake, sodium intake and fast-food consumption. Overall, results indicated that some dietary factors may be associated with arterial stiffness in pediatric populations; however, inconsistencies were observed across all study designs. Further longitudinal and intervention studies are warranted to confirm the potential associations found in this review.
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- Allanah Leed
- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia
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Almarjan AI, Almarjan SA, Masoud AT. Different Doses of Scubitril/Valsartan Compared with Olmesartan in Patients with Essential Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2023; 30:207-218. [PMID: 37017901 DOI: 10.1007/s40292-023-00572-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Since sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) has neprilysin inhibition and angiotensin receptor-blocking properties, it is anticipated to have strong antihypertensive effects. However, there is not enough evidence to compare the safety and efficacy of sacubitril/valsartan to those of olmesartan in patients with hypertension. AIM To compare the efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan versus olmesartan in patients with hypertension. METHODS This study follows the guidelines of the Cochrane Handbook. We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Central, Scopus, and Web of Science databases for relevant clinical trials. We extracted outcome endpoints regarding mean ambulatory systolic/diastolic blood pressure (maSBP/maDBP), mean sitting systolic/diastolic blood pressure (msSBP/msDBP), mean ambulatory/mean sitting pulse pressure (maPP/msPP), the proportion of patients achieving blood pressure control (< 140/90 mmHg), and adverse events. We used Review Manager Software for the conduction of the analysis of this study. The effect estimates of the studies were pooled as Mean difference or risk ratio and 95% confidence interval. We also conducted a subgroup analysis based on the dose of sacubitril/valsartan. RESULTS A total of six clinical trials were included. The studies showed an overall low risk of bias. The pooled effect estimate revealed that sacubitril/valsartan significantly reduces maSBP, maDBP, maPP, msSBP, and msDBP measurements compared with olmesartan (p < 0.001). A significantly higher portion of patients achieved blood pressure control in the sacubitril/valsartan group (p < 0.001). The test of subgroup difference showed that 400 mg dose is significantly more effective than 200 mg dose in reducing maSBP. Regarding the safety profile, olmesartan was associated with more side effects due to drug discontinuation and more serious side effects. CONCLUSION Sacubitril/valsartan or LCZ696 is more effective and safer than olmesartan for controlling blood pressure in patients with hypertension.
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- Amjaad Ibrahim Almarjan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, 21 Mesalla St., Dalla, Faiyum, 63525, Egypt.
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Allen MF, Pekas EJ, Park SY. Arterial Stiffness as a Prognostic Marker for Peripheral Artery Disease Risk: Clinical Relevance and Considerations. JACC. ASIA 2023; 3:298-300. [PMID: 37181382 PMCID: PMC10167508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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- Michael F. Allen
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Lee WJ, Shah YK, Ku A, Patel NR, Maldjian PD. Double Aortic Arch in an Asymptomatic Adult. Cureus 2023; 15:e37437. [PMID: 37181976 PMCID: PMC10174635 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.37437] [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] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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We present a rare double aortic arch (DAA) diagnosis incidentally on CT in a 60-year-old male who presented with pneumonia. DAA is a vascular ring that typically manifests in infants or children due to compression of the esophagus or trachea, resulting in dysphagia or dyspnea. Diagnosis of DAA in adulthood is usually due to the delayed emergence of obstructive symptoms. We present a case of DAA in an adult patient without dysphagia or dyspnea. We discuss factors that can lead to the presentation of DAA in adults. These include an absence of associated congenital disabilities, insufficient tracheal or esophageal constriction in childhood and the onset of compressive symptoms later in life from decreased vascular compliance.
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- Radiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Ng XN, Tsai JP, Wang CH, Hsu BG. Carotid–Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity Could Be a Marker to Predict Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality of Hemodialysis Patients. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12072509. [PMID: 37048592 PMCID: PMC10094871 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12072509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Among hemodialysis (HD) patients, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is recognized as a major contributor to the high risk of mortality, and emerging evidence has ascertained arterial stiffness as an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcomes. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of arterial stiffness measurement in predicting CV and all-cause mortality in patients on HD (n = 130). Carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) was measured by a validated tonometry system. A cfPWV of >10 m/s was used to assign patients to the arterial stiffness group (n = 64). Baseline and biochemical characteristics, as well as all-cause and CV mortality, were recorded. During the 3-year follow-up period, a total of 32 deaths (25%) occurred. The patients who died had clinically significant high cfPWV levels; were relatively old; and had hypoalbuminemia, low creatinine levels, and diabetes. After adjustment for the prognostic variables, patients with elevated cfPWV had significantly higher all-cause (p = 0.036) and CV mortality (p = 0.017), compared with the mortality rates in the normal group. In this study, cfPWV was found to be an independent predictor of all-cause and CV mortality in HD patients.
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Yi T, Gao L, Fan F, Jiang Y, Jia J, Zhang Y, Li J, Huo Y. Association between pulse wave velocity and the 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Chinese population: A community-based study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2023; 25:278-285. [PMID: 36794419 PMCID: PMC9994158 DOI: 10.1111/jch.14642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Accumulated evidence has shown that carotid-femoral and brachial-ankle PWV well predict cardiovascular events but it is still unclear if the predictability is same or not. In this cross-sectional study based on a community atherosclerosis cohort in Beijing, China, a total of 5282 participants without previous coronary heart disease and stroke were enrolled from a community atherosclerosis cohort in Beijing, China. The 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk were calculated by the China-PAR model, and < 5%, 5%-10% and > 10% were defined as low, intermediate, and high risk, respectively. The average baPWV and cfPWV values were 16.63 ± 3.35 m/s and 8.45 ± 1.78 m/s, respectively. The mean 10-year ASCVD risk was 6.98% (interquartile range: 3.90%-12.01%). The patients with low, intermediate, and high 10-year ASCVD risk accounted for 34.84% (1840), 31.94% (1687),, and 33.23% (1755) respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that for every 1 m/s increase in baPWV and cfPWV, the 10-year ASCVD risk increased by 0.60% (95% confidence interval: 0.56%-0.65%, p < .001) and 1.17% (95% confidence interval: 1.09%-1.25%, p < .001), respectively. The diagnostic ability of the baPWV was comparable to the cfPWV (area under the curve: 0.870 [0.860-0.879] vs. 0.871 [0.861-0.881], p = .497). In conclusion, baPWV and cfPWV are positively associated with the 10-year risk of ASCVD in the Chinese community-based population, with a nearly identical association with a high 10-year risk of ASCVD.
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- Tieci Yi
- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.,Hypertension Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Research Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Papakonstantinou K, Rorris FP, Schizas N, Antonopoulos C, Samiotis I, Patris V, Geroulakos G, Antoniou GA. Echocardiographic Changes in Cardiac Function After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Vasc Surg 2023; 90:119-127. [PMID: 36442711 DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2022.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evidence suggests thoracic stent grafts increase the aortic stiffness postimplantation. Our objective was to examine the effect of thoracic aortic stenting on heart function, as demonstrated with echocardiography. METHODS We considered nonrandomized studies examining echocardiographic parameters (left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricle end-diastolic (LVED) and end-systolic diameter (LVESD), posterior wall thickness (LVPWT), interventricular septal thickness (IVST), mass, and mass index) pre and poststent graft implantation in patients with thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysm, dissection, and blunt injury). MEDLINE and CENTRAL were searched (up to March 2021) for eligible studies. The National Institutes of Health Quality Assessment Tool was used for risk of bias assessment. Echocardiographic data pre and postimplantation were compared using the pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS Four studies were included in the meta-analysis. Three of the studies were judged to be "good" quality and one "fair". Nonsignificant differences pre and postimplantation were found for ejection fraction (SMD = -0.53, 95% CI = -1.8 to 0.728, P = 0.406), IVST (SMD = -0.79, 95%, CI = -3.25 to 1.66, P = 0.52), EDD (SMD = -0.10, 95% CI = -0.48 to 0.28, P = 0.60), ESD (SMD = -0.66, 95% CI = -2.35 to 1.02, P = 0.44), and PWT (SMD = -2.20, 95% CI = -5.89 to 1.47, P = 0.24). A trend toward an increase in mass postimplantation was found (SMD = 0.28, 95%, CI = -0.03 to 0.60, P = 0.08), but there was no significant difference in mass index (SMD = 0, 95%, CI = -0.195 to 0.195, P = 1). CONCLUSIONS Thoracic aortic stenting does not appear to significantly impact cardiac physiology as indicated by echocardiographic parameters.
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Schäfer M, Browne LP, Truong U, Bjornstad P, Tell S, Snell-Bergeon J, Baumgartner A, Hunter KS, Reusch JEB, Barker AJ, Nadeau KJ, Schauer IE. Bromocriptine Improves Central Aortic Stiffness in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Arterial Health Results From the BCQR-T1D Study. Hypertension 2023; 80:482-491. [PMID: 36472197 PMCID: PMC9852005 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.19547] [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: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The presence of vascular dysfunction is a well-recognized feature in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D), accentuating their lifetime risk of cardiovascular events. Therapeutic strategies to mitigate vascular dysfunction are a high clinical priority. In the bromocriptine quick release T1D study (BCQR-T1D), we tested the hypothesis that BCQR would improve vascular health in youth with T1D. METHODS BCQR-T1D was a placebo-controlled, random-order, double-blinded, cross-over study investigating the cardiovascular and metabolic impact of BCQR in T1D. Adolescents in the BCQR-T1D study were randomized 1:1 to phase-1: 4 weeks of BCQR or placebo after which blood pressure and central aortic stiffness measurements by pulse wave velocity, relative area change, and distensibility from phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging were performed. Following a 4-week washout period, phase 2 was performed in identical fashion with the alternate treatment. RESULTS Thirty-four adolescents (mean age 15.9±2.6 years, hemoglobin A1c 8.6±1.1%, body mass index percentile 71.4±26.1, median T1D duration 5.8 years) with T1D were enrolled and had magnetic resonance imaging data available. Compared with placebo, BCQR therapy decreased systolic (∆=-5 mmHg [95% CI, -3 to -7]; P<0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (∆=-2 mmHg [95% CI, -4 to 0]; P=0.039). BCQR reduced ascending aortic pulse wave velocity (∆=-0.4 m/s; P=0.018) and increased relative area change (∆=-2.6%, P=0.083) and distensibility (∆=0.08%/mmHg; P=0.017). In the thoraco-abdominal aorta, BCQR decreased pulse wave velocity (∆=-0.2 m/s; P=0.007) and increased distensibility (∆=0.05 %/mmHg; P=0.013). CONCLUSIONS BCQR improved blood pressure and central and peripheral aortic stiffness and pressure hemodynamics in adolescents with T1D over 4 weeks versus placebo. BCQR may improve aortic stiffness in youth with T1D, supporting future longer-term studies.
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- Michal Schäfer
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Barbara Davis Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, CO
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- Section of Endocrinology, Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC, Aurora, CO
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
- Center for Women’s Health Research, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, CO
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- Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Section of Endocrinology, Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC, Aurora, CO
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
- Center for Women’s Health Research, University of Colorado – School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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Glaucoma is a progressive, age-related optic neuropathy, whereby the prevalence increases sharply over the age of 60 and is associated with increased systemic tissue stiffness. On a molecular basis, this is associated with increased deposition of collagen and loss of elastin structure, resulting in aberrant biomechanical compliance and reduced tissue elasticity. Increased tissue stiffness is a known driver of myofibroblast activation and persistence, especially in chronic cellular injuries via mechanotransduction pathways mediated by integrins and focal adhesion kinases. Evidence from histological and imaging studies plus force measurements of glaucomatous eyes show that several ocular tissues are stiffer than normal, healthy age-matched controls including the trabecular meshwork, Schlemm's canal, cornea, sclera and the lamina cribrosa. This is associated with increased extracellular matrix deposition and fibrosis. This review reports on the evidence to support the concept that glaucoma represents 'a stiff eye in a stiff body' and addresses potential mechanisms to attenuate this.
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- Sarah Powell
- Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.,Catherine McAuley Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.,Catherine McAuley Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Guo X, Xu C, Li Y. Association of Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity with Abdominal Aortic Calcification: A Large Cross-Sectional Study. Artery Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s44200-022-00027-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Objectives
There is evidence that pulse wave velocity (PWV) can predict the occurrence of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), while the association between estimated PWV (ePWV) and AAC has not been reported, so our study aimed to analyze the association between ePWV and AAC.
Methods
The study enrolled 3140 adults between the ages of 40 and 80 who participated in the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Using multivariate logistic regression analysis, multivariate linear regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to evaluate the association between ePWV and AAC.
Results
The ePWV was significantly higher in participants with AAC compared with those without AAC. And ePWV had a high correlation with age and AAC (correlation coefficient = 0.906 and 0.332, both P < 0.001). Individuals in high ePWV group had significantly higher percentage of AAC compared to low ePWV group (OR = 2.971, 95% CI 2.529–3.490, P < 0.001) in the crude model. After adjusting for all confounding variables, ePWV was still significantly higher (Model 3, OR = 1.962, 95% CI 1.612–2.389, P < 0.001). While after adjusting for all confounding variables plus age (Model 4), ePWV, when as a categorical variable, was no longer significantly positively associated with AAC. Additionally, the ROC curve indicated that both ePWV and age had some diagnostic value for AAC (AUC = 0.690, P < 0.001; AUC = 0.708, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
In the age range of 40–80 years, ePWV did have an association with AAC but did not have predictive power beyond age.
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