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Sato Y, Kuragaichi T, Nakayama H, Hotta K, Nishimoto Y, Kato T, Taniguchi R, Washida K. Developing Multidisciplinary Management of Heart Failure in the Super-Aging Society of Japan. Circ J 2023; 88:2-9. [PMID: 36567108 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-22-0675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The Japanese population is rapidly aging because of its long life expectancy and low birth rate; additionally, the number of patients with heart failure (HF) is increasing to the extent that HF is now considered a pandemic. According to a recent HF registry study, Japanese patients with HF have both medical and care-related problems. Although hospitalization is used to provide medical services, and institutionalization is used to provide care for frail older adults, it can be difficult to distinguish between them. In this context, multidisciplinary management of HF has become increasingly important in preventing hospital readmissions and maintaining a patient's quality of life. Academia has promoted an increase in the number of certified HF nurses and educators. Researchers have issued numerous guidelines or statements on topics such as cardiac rehabilitation, nutrition, and palliative care, in addition to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic HF. Moreover, the Japanese government has created incentives through various medical and long-term care systems adjustments to increase collaboration between these two fields. This review summarizes current epidemiological registries that focus not only on medical but also care-related problems and the 10 years of multidisciplinary management experience in Japanese medical and long-term care systems.
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- Yukihito Sato
- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Nursing, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
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Rubattu S, Gallo G. The Natriuretic Peptides for Hypertension Treatment. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2021; 29:15-21. [PMID: 34727352 DOI: 10.1007/s40292-021-00483-5] [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: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Hypertension is a common pathological condition predisposing to a higher occurrence of cardiovascular diseases and events. Unfortunately, treatment of hypertension is still suboptimal worldwide. More efforts are needed to implement the availability of anti-hypertensive drugs. The family of natriuretic peptides, including atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP), play a key role on blood pressure regulation through the natriuretic, diuretic and vasorelaxant effects. A large number of experimental and human studies, ranging from pathophysiological to genetic investigations, supported ANP as the most relevant component of the family able to modulate blood pressure and to contribute to hypertension development. On this background, it is expected that ANP-based therapeutic approaches may give a significant contribution to the development of efficacious therapies against hypertension. Since native ANP cannot be administered due to its short half-life, several approaches were attempted over the years to overcome the difficulties inherent to the ANP instability. These approaches included ANP recombinant and fusion peptides, gene therapy, inhibition of ANP degradation by neprilysin inhibition, and designer peptides. The most relevant achievements in the field are discussed in this article. Based on the available evidence, therapies targeting ANP represent efficacious and clinically applicable anti-hypertensive agents.
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- Speranza Rubattu
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. .,IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Nieminen MS, Fonseca C, Brito D, Wikström G. The potential of the inodilator levosimendan in maintaining quality of life in advanced heart failure. Eur Heart J Suppl 2017; 19:C15-C21. [PMID: 29249906 PMCID: PMC5932556 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sux003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Maintaining adequate quality of life (QoL) is an important therapeutic objective for patients with advanced heart failure and, for some patients, may take precedence over prolonging life. Achieving good QoL in this context may involve aspects of patient care that lie outside the familiar limits of heart failure treatment. The inodilator levosimendan may be advantageous in this setting, not least because of its sustained duration of action, ascribed to a long-acting metabolite designated OR-1896. The possibility of using this drug in an outpatient setting is a notable practical advantage that avoids the need for patients to attend a clinic appointment. Intermittent therapy can be integrated into a wider system of outreach and patient monitoring. Practical considerations in the use of levosimendan as part of a palliative or end-of-life regimen focused on preserving QoL include the importance of starting therapy at low doses and avoiding bolus administration unless immediate effects are required and patients have adequate baseline arterial blood pressure.
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- Markku S Nieminen
- Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Meilahti Tower Hospital, PL 340, 00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Sao Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Akademiska sjukhuset, Ing.40, 5 tr, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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Nieminen MS, Dickstein K, Fonseca C, Serrano JM, Parissis J, Fedele F, Wikström G, Agostoni P, Atar S, Baholli L, Brito D, Colet JC, Édes I, Gómez Mesa JE, Gorjup V, Garza EH, González Juanatey JR, Karanovic N, Karavidas A, Katsytadze I, Kivikko M, Matskeplishvili S, Merkely B, Morandi F, Novoa A, Oliva F, Ostadal P, Pereira-Barretto A, Pollesello P, Rudiger A, Schwinger RHG, Wieser M, Yavelov I, Zymliński R. The patient perspective: Quality of life in advanced heart failure with frequent hospitalisations. Int J Cardiol 2015; 191:256-64. [PMID: 25981363 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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End of life is an unfortunate but inevitable phase of the heart failure patients' journey. It is often preceded by a stage in the progression of heart failure defined as advanced heart failure, and characterised by poor quality of life and frequent hospitalisations. In clinical practice, the efficacy of treatments for advanced heart failure is often assessed by parameters such as clinical status, haemodynamics, neurohormonal status, and echo/MRI indices. From the patients' perspective, however, quality-of-life-related parameters, such as functional capacity, exercise performance, psychological status, and frequency of re-hospitalisations, are more significant. The effects of therapies and interventions on these parameters are, however, underrepresented in clinical trials targeted to assess advanced heart failure treatment efficacy, and data are overall scarce. This is possibly due to a non-universal definition of the quality-of-life-related endpoints, and to the difficult standardisation of the data collection. These uncertainties also lead to difficulties in handling trade-off decisions between quality of life and survival by patients, families and healthcare providers. A panel of 34 experts in the field of cardiology and intensive cardiac care from 21 countries around the world convened for reviewing the existing data on quality-of-life in patients with advanced heart failure, discussing and reaching a consensus on the validity and significance of quality-of-life assessment methods. Gaps in routine care and research, which should be addressed, were identified. Finally, published data on the effects of current i.v. vasoactive therapies such as inotropes, inodilators, and vasodilators on quality-of-life in advanced heart failure patients were analysed.
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- S. Francisco Xavier Hospital, CHLO, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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- División de Educación en Salud, UMAE Hospital de Cardiología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico
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- Second University Cardiology Clinic, Attiko Teaching Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology and Geriatric Science, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care, Klinikum Dortmund, Germany
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Heart Failure, Heart Transplant Department, Centro Médico Zambrano Hellion, Heart Failure Clinic Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Hospital de Cardiología No. 34, IMSS Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico
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- Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Split, Croatia
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- Heart Failure Clinic & Echo Lab, Gennimatas General Hospital of Athens, Greece
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- Cardiology Intensive Care Unit, O. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Insubria, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Niguarda Ca'Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kliniken Nordoberpfalz, Weiden, Germany; Teaching Hospital of the University of Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Krems, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Austria
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- Scientific Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine of the Federal Medico-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology Intensive Care Unit, The 4th Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland
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Fluid management is of paramount importance in the treatment strategy of heart failure (HF), but the therapeutic efficacy of loop diuretic-based treatment for HF patients is limited by insufficient response and adverse effects. Clinical data establishing the efficacy and safety of tolvaptan, a selective oral vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist that induces aquaresis, have recently been accumulated over 3 years of daily clinical experience in Japan. Intravenous infusion of carperitide, a synthetic α-human atrial natriuretic peptide, has also been widely used as acute-phase therapy for acute decompensated HF in Japan. Combination therapy using loop diuretics, tolvaptan, and carperitide with differing and complementary mechanisms of action may maximize therapeutic activity, to minimize the dosage of loop diuretics and thereby reduce the adverse effects not only for volume removal but also for the stability of cardiorenal hemodynamics.
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- Kaoru Dohi
- Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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Atrial natriuretic peptide and regulation of vascular function in hypertension and heart failure: implications for novel therapeutic strategies. J Hypertens 2014; 31:1061-72. [PMID: 23524910 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e32835ed5eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) plays a pivotal role in modulation of vascular function and it is also involved in the pathophysiology of several cardiovascular diseases. We provide an updated overview of the current appraisal of ANP vascular effects in both animal models and humans. We describe the physiological implications of ANP vasomodulatory properties as well as the involvement of ANP, through its control of vascular function, in hypertension and heart failure. The principal molecular mechanisms underlying regulation of vascular tone, that is natriuretic peptide receptor type A/cyclic guanylate monophosphate, natriuretic peptide receptor type C, nitric oxide system, are discussed. We review the literature on therapeutic implications of ANP in hypertension and heart failure, examining the potential use of ANP analogues, neutral endopeptidase (NEP) inhibitors, ACE/NEP inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)/NEP inhibitors, the new dual endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE)/NEP inhibitors and ANP-based gene therapy. The data discussed support the role of ANP in different pathological conditions through its vasomodulatory properties. They also indicate that ANP may represent an optimal therapeutic agent in cardiovascular diseases.
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Hamaguchi S, Kinugawa S, Tsuchihashi-Makaya M, Goto D, Yamada S, Yokoshiki H, Tsutsui H. Characteristics, management, and outcomes for patients during hospitalization due to worsening heart failure-A report from the Japanese Cardiac Registry of Heart Failure in Cardiology (JCARE-CARD). J Cardiol 2013; 62:95-101. [PMID: 23672787 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The characteristics, in-hospital management, and outcomes of patients hospitalized with worsening heart failure (HF) have been described by large-scale registries performed mainly in the USA and Europe. However, little information is available in Japan. We thus clarified the characteristics and clinical status as well as in-hospital management and outcomes among patients hospitalized with worsening HF in Japan and compared them with those reported in previous studies. METHODS The Japanese Cardiac Registry of Heart Failure in Cardiology (JCARE-CARD) studied prospectively the characteristics and treatments in patients hospitalized with worsening HF. From the total cohort of JCARE-CARD, 1677 patients were randomly selected and their detailed data during acute phase were collected as another registry database in the present study. The characteristics, in-hospital management, and outcomes were analyzed. RESULTS The mean age was 70.7 years and 59.4% were male. Etiology was ischemic in 34.0% and mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 42.5%. Carperitide was highly used as in-hospital management in Japan (33.5%) compared to the use of nesiritide in the USA (8-11%). The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors was lower and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB) were more commonly used in this study compared to other studies in the USA and Europe. In-hospital crude mortality rate was comparable among studies (4-8%), however, length of stay was longer in Japan (15-20 versus 4-9 days). CONCLUSIONS The characteristics, clinical status, and laboratory data on admission in patients hospitalized with worsening HF were similar between the present study and previous Japanese and western studies. Management was also similar except for higher use of carperitide and ARB. The most striking difference between Japanese registries and those from the USA and Europe was the longer length of stay.
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- Sanae Hamaguchi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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Watanabe K, Dohi K, Sugimoto T, Yamada T, Sato Y, Ichikawa K, Sugiura E, Kumagai N, Nakamori S, Nakajima H, Hoshino K, Machida H, Okamoto S, Onishi K, Nakamura M, Nobori T, Ito M. Short-term effects of low-dose tolvaptan on hemodynamic parameters in patients with chronic heart failure. J Cardiol 2012; 60:462-9. [PMID: 23068288 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND We evaluated the short-term effects of low-dose tolvaptan treatment on hemodynamic parameters in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). METHODS We studied 22 patients (69 ± 10 years) with chronic HF and excess fluid retention despite receiving appropriate medical therapy, including loop and/or thiazide diuretics. The therapeutic effects of low-dose (7.5mg) once-daily tolvaptan on hemodynamics associated with changes in fluid balance and neurohumoral activations were investigated after a seven day treatment period. RESULTS After the treatment period, body weight decreased (-2.7 ± 2.3 kg) associated with increases in daily urine output. Whereas plasma arginine-vasopressin levels, serum aldosterone concentration, and plasma renin activity mildly increased, plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide and atrial natriuretic peptide significantly decreased after tolvaptan treatment. Serum electrolytes were not adversely affected by tolvaptan treatment. Although cardiac index and systemic vascular resistance index remained unchanged, mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure (22 ± 7 mmHg vs. 17 ± 7 mmHg, p<0.05), mean right atrial pressure (12 ± 5 mmHg vs. 9 ± 5 mmHg, p<0.05), mean pulmonary artery pressure (32 ± 9 mmHg vs. 25 ± 7 mmHg, p<0.05), and pulmonary vascular resistance index (332 ± 207 dynes/cm(-5)/m(2) vs. 245 ± 110 dynes/cm(-5)/m(2), p<0.05) significantly decreased after tolvaptan treatment. The extent of the reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance index after tolvaptan treatment strongly correlated with baseline values. CONCLUSIONS Short-term treatment with low-dose tolvaptan improved hemodynamic parameters and correlated with significant fluid removal in patients with chronic HF.
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- Kiyotaka Watanabe
- Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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