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Desai SA, Mirza UA, Mueller PJ. Influence of sex and sedentary conditions on sympathetic burst characteristics in prepubertal, postpubertal, and young adult rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2024; 136:1170-1181. [PMID: 38511214 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00649.2023] [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: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Recent evidence indicates that sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) begin early in life, particularly when associated with risk factors such as a sedentary lifestyle. CVD is associated with elevated sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), quantified as increased SNA burst activity in humans. Whether burst characteristics are influenced by sex or sedentary conditions at younger ages is unknown. The purpose of our study is to compare SNA bursts in active and sedentary female and male rats at ages including prepuberty and young adulthood. We hypothesized that burst characteristics and blood pressure are higher under sedentary conditions and lower in female rats compared with males. We analyzed splanchnic SNA (SpSNA) recordings from Inactin-anesthetized male and female rats at 4-, 8-, and 16-wk of age. Physically active and sedentary rats were each housed in separate, environmentally controlled chambers where physically active rats had free access to an in-cage running wheel. Sympathetic bursts were obtained by rectifying and integrating the raw SpSNA signal. Burst frequency, burst height, and burst width were calculated using the Peak Parameters extension in LabChart. Our results showed that sedentary conditions produced a greater burst width in 8- and 16-wk-old rats compared with 4-wk-old rats in both males and females (P < 0.001 for both). Burst frequency and incidence were both higher in 16-wk-old males compared with 16-wk-old females (P < 0.001 for both). Our results suggest that there are sedentary lifestyle- and sex-related mechanisms that impact sympathetic regulation of blood pressure at ages that range from prepuberty into young adulthood.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The mechanisms of decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in reproductive-age women compared with age-matched men are unknown. The strong association between elevated sympathetic activity and CVD led us to characterize splanchnic sympathetic bursts in female and male rats. Prepubescent males and females exhibited narrower sympathetic bursts, whereas young adult males had higher resting burst frequency compared with age-matched females. Sex-based regulation of sympathetic activity suggests a need for sex-dependent therapeutic strategies to combat CVD.
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- Shivansh A Desai
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Li YL, Leu HB, Ting CH, Lim SS, Tsai TY, Wu CH, Chung IF, Liang KH. Predicting long-term time to cardiovascular incidents using myocardial perfusion imaging and deep convolutional neural networks. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3802. [PMID: 38360974 PMCID: PMC10869727 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54139-0] [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: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a clinical tool which can assess the heart's perfusion status, thereby revealing impairments in patients' cardiac function. Within the MPI modality, the acquired three-dimensional signals are typically represented as a sequence of two-dimensional grayscale tomographic images. Here, we proposed an end-to-end survival training approach for processing gray-scale MPI tomograms to generate a risk score which reflects subsequent time to cardiovascular incidents, including cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and non-fatal ischemic stroke (collectively known as Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events; MACE) as well as Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). We recruited a total of 1928 patients who had undergone MPI followed by coronary interventions. Among them, 80% (n = 1540) were randomly reserved for the training and 5- fold cross-validation stage, while 20% (n = 388) were set aside for the testing stage. The end-to-end survival training can converge well in generating effective AI models via the fivefold cross-validation approach with 1540 patients. When a candidate model is evaluated using independent images, the model can stratify patients into below-median-risk (n = 194) and above-median-risk (n = 194) groups, the corresponding survival curves of the two groups have significant difference (P < 0.0001). We further stratify the above-median-risk group to the quartile 3 and 4 group (n = 97 each), and the three patient strata, referred to as the high, intermediate and low risk groups respectively, manifest statistically significant difference. Notably, the 5-year cardiovascular incident rate is less than 5% in the low-risk group (accounting for 50% of all patients), while the rate is nearly 40% in the high-risk group (accounting for 25% of all patients). Evaluation of patient subgroups revealed stronger effect size in patients with three blocked arteries (Hazard ratio [HR]: 18.377, 95% CI 3.719-90.801, p < 0.001), followed by those with two blocked vessels at HR 7.484 (95% CI 1.858-30.150; p = 0.005). Regarding stent placement, patients with a single stent displayed a HR of 4.410 (95% CI 1.399-13.904; p = 0.011). Patients with two stents show a HR of 10.699 (95% CI 2.262-50.601; p = 0.003), escalating notably to a HR of 57.446 (95% CI 1.922-1717.207; p = 0.019) for patients with three or more stents, indicating a substantial relationship between the disease severity and the predictive capability of the AI for subsequent cardiovascular inciidents. The success of the MPI AI model in stratifying patients into subgroups with distinct time-to-cardiovascular incidents demonstrated the feasibility of proposed end-to-end survival training approach.
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- Yi-Lian Li
- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
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Alammari F, Al-Sowayan BS, Albdah B, Alsubait AA. The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Patients with Chronic Diseases Admitted to ICU: a Cohort Retrospective Study. J Epidemiol Glob Health 2023; 13:313-321. [PMID: 37199912 PMCID: PMC10193306 DOI: 10.1007/s44197-023-00112-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection is causing significant morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. A comprehensive investigation of the disease characteristics, especially among vulnerable disease groups, could help better manage the disease and reduce the pathogen's effect. This retrospective study examined the impact of COVID-19 infection on three groups of patients with chronic diseases. We investigated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 535 COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), chronic kidney diseases (CKD), and Cancer that were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Of the total cases, 433 patients (80.93%) were discharged from the ICU, and 102 patients (19.06%) were declared dead. Patients' symptoms, their clinical laboratory findings, number and type of medications, length of ICU stay, and outcome were collected and analyzed. Most COVID-19 patients included in our study were associated with other comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and heart disease and failure. Upon ICU admission, the main COVID-19-related symptoms in CVD, CKD, and cancer patients were cough (55.73, 50.42, and 50.5%, respectively), Shortness of Breath (SOB) (59.38, 43.1, and 43.7%, respectively), and fever (41.15%, 48.75%, and 28.2%, respectively). In terms of lab findings, D-dimer, LDH, and inflammatory markers, in particular, were outside the normal range. Treatment options for patients with COVID-19 in ICU were mainly antibiotics, synthetic glucocorticoids, and Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH). Furthermore, CKD patients had a longer ICU stay (13.93 ± 15.87 days) which illustrates the poorer outcome in this group of patients compared with the others. In conclusion, our results highlighted the significant risk factors among COVID-19 patients within the three groups. This can guide physicians in prioritizing ICU admission and help in the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19.
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- Farah Alammari
- Department of Blood and Cancer Research, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Blood and Cancer Research, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Section of Biostatistics, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Research Core Facility and Platforms Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Monitoring COVID-19 and Influenza: The Added Value of a Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System in Portugal. THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES & MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY = JOURNAL CANADIEN DES MALADIES INFECTIEUSES ET DE LA MICROBIOLOGIE MEDICALE 2023; 2023:6590011. [PMID: 36846348 PMCID: PMC9950323 DOI: 10.1155/2023/6590011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Background Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) surveillance is recommended to assess the severity of respiratory infections disease. In 2021, the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, in collaboration with two general hospitals, implemented a SARI sentinel surveillance system based on electronic health registries. We describe its application in the 2021/2022 season and compare the evolution of SARI cases with the COVID-19 and influenza activity in two regions of Portugal. Methods The main outcome of interest was the weekly incidence of patients hospitalized due to SARI, reported within the surveillance system. SARI cases were defined as patients containing ICD-10 codes for influenza-like illness, cardiovascular diagnosis, respiratory diagnosis, and respiratory infection in their primary admission diagnosis. Independent variables included weekly COVID-19 and influenza incidence in the North and Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions. Pearson and cross-correlations between SARI cases, COVID-19 incidence and influenza incidence were estimated. Results A high correlation between SARI cases or hospitalizations due to respiratory infection and COVID-19 incidence was obtained (ρ = 0.78 and ρ = 0.82, respectively). SARI cases detected the COVID-19 epidemic peak a week earlier. A weak correlation was observed between SARI and influenza cases (ρ = -0.20). However, if restricted to hospitalizations due to cardiovascular diagnosis, a moderate correlation was observed (ρ = 0.37). Moreover, hospitalizations due to cardiovascular diagnosis detected the increase of influenza epidemic activity a week earlier. Conclusion In the 2021/2022 season, the Portuguese SARI sentinel surveillance system pilot was able to early detect the COVID-19 epidemic peak and the increase of influenza activity. Although cardiovascular manifestations associated with influenza infection are known, more seasons of surveillance are needed, to confirm the potential use of cardiovascular hospitalizations as an indicator of influenza activity.
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Stephen M, Felix A. Fuzzy AHP point factored inference system for detection of cardiovascular disease. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS 2023. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-223048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The World health organization (WHO) reported that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, particularly in developing countries. But while diagnosing cardiovascular disease, medical practitioners might have differences of opinions and faced challenging when there is inadequate information and uncertainty of the problem. Therefore, to resolve ambiguity and vagueness in diagnosing disease, a perfect decision-making model is required to assist medical practitioners in detecting the disease at an early stage. Thus, this study designs a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) point-factored inference system to detect cardiovascular disease. The attributes are selected and classified into sub-attributes and point factor scale using the clinical data, medical practitioners, and literature review. Fuzzy AHP is used in calculating the attribute weights, the strings are generated using the Mamdani fuzzy inference system, and the strength of each set of fuzzy rules is calculated by multiplying the attribute weights with the point factor scale. The string weights determine the output ranges of cardiovascular disease. Moreover, the results are validated using sensitivity analysis, and comparative analysis is performed with AHP techniques. The results show that the proposed method outperforms other methods, which are elucidated by the case study.
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- M. Stephen
- Mathematics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus, Chennai, TamilNadu, India
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- Mathematics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus, Chennai, TamilNadu, India
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Noble NC, Merker JB, Webber TK, Ressler KJ, Seligowski AV. PTSD and depression severity are associated with cardiovascular disease symptoms in trauma-exposed women. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2023; 14:2234810. [PMID: 37470387 PMCID: PMC10360993 DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2023.2234810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Epidemiological studies have revealed these illnesses to be highly comorbid, particularly among women. In the current study, we explored associations between indices of cardiovascular health, PTSD, and depression among a sample of trauma-exposed individuals assigned female at birth.Methods: Participants were N = 49 individuals without CVD who reported lifetime Criterion A trauma exposure. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) were collected during a 5-minute resting period. Symptoms of CVD (e.g. extremity pain and swelling, shortness of breath), PTSD, and depression were assessed, along with an exploratory measure of anhedonia.Results: Trauma exposure was positively correlated with systolic BP (r = .32, p = .029) and diastolic BP (r = .30, p = .040). The number of reported CVD symptoms was positively correlated with symptoms of PTSD (r = .41, p = .004), depression (r = .40, p = .005) and anhedonia (r = .38, p = .007). CVD symptoms were also significantly associated with PTSD (β = .41, t = 2.43, p = .023), depression (β = .40, t = 2.76, p = .009), and anhedonia (β = .38, t = 2.51, p = .017) after controlling for age and trauma exposure. These associations were not moderated by HF-HRV in our sample.Conclusions: Our results support the association between PTSD and depressive symptoms and worse cardiovascular functioning among an often-overlooked population that is particularly vulnerable to these illnesses. Future studies should investigate residual impacts of PTSD and depression treatment on CVD risk among trauma-exposed individuals, particularly women.
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Farghaly A, Fitzsimons D, Bradley J, Sedhom M, Atef H. The Need for Breathing Training Techniques: The Elephant in the Heart Failure Cardiac Rehabilitation Room: A Randomized Controlled Trial. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14694. [PMID: 36429418 PMCID: PMC9690833 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192214694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although solid evidence has indicated that respiratory symptoms are common amongst patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), state-of-the-art cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs do not typically include management strategies to address respiratory symptoms. This study investigated the effect of the addition of breathing exercises (BE) to the CR programs in CHF. METHODS In a two parallel-arm randomized controlled study (RCT), 40 middle-aged patients with CHF and respiratory symptoms were recruited and randomized into two equal groups (n = 20); group (A): standard CR with BE and group (B): standard CR alone. Primary outcomes were respiratory parameters and secondary outcomes included cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary outcomes. All the participants attended a program of aerobic exercise (three sessions/week, 60-75% MHR, 45-55 min) for 12 weeks, plus educational, nutritional, and psychological counseling. Group (A) patients attended the same program together with BE using inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and breathing calisthenics (BC) (six sessions/week, 15-25 min) for the same duration. RESULTS There was a significant improvement in the respiratory outcomes, and most of the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary outcomes in both groups with a greater change percentage in group A (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that the addition of BE to the CR programs in CHF is effective and is a "patient-centered" approach.
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- Abeer Farghaly
- Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular/Respiratory Disorder & Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-Wolfson NI Clinical Research Facility, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Basic Science Department, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular/Respiratory Disorder & Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Imam H, Jitpanya C. Factors related to health-related quality of life in patients with acute coronary syndrome in West Java, Indonesia: A correlational study. BELITUNG NURSING JOURNAL 2022; 8:349-356. [PMID: 37546492 PMCID: PMC10401368 DOI: 10.33546/bnj.1247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Background Although acute coronary syndrome impacts patients' health-related quality of life, a dearth of studies explore this issue in Indonesia. Thus, understanding factors associated with health-related quality of life among patients with acute coronary syndrome is a necessity. Objective This study aimed to examine the relationships between age, pain, dyspnea, functional status, self-efficacy, social support, and health-related quality of life in patients with acute coronary syndrome in West Java, Indonesia. Methods This study employed a descriptive correlational study involving 186 patients with acute coronary syndrome purposively selected in the outpatient clinics of the top referral public hospital. Data were collected in 2020 using validated instruments: Rose Questionnaire for Angina (RQA), Rose Dyspnea Scale (RDS), Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ), General Self-efficacy Scale (GSE), ENRICHD Social Support Instrument (ESSI), and MacNew Health-Related Quality of Life. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman-rank correlation. Results Overall, the health-related quality of life in patients with acute coronary syndrome was high (Mean = 4.97, SD = 0.92), including in its subscales: emotional (Mean = 4.94, SD = 0.88), physical (Mean = 5.07, SD = 1.12), and social (Mean = 5.05, SD = 1.55) subscales. Significant factors related to health-related quality of life were pain (r = 0.296, p <0.001), functional status (r = 0.601, p <0.001), dyspnea (r = -0.438, p <0.001), and self-efficacy (r = 0.299, p <0.001). Meanwhile, age and social support had no significant relationships with health-related quality of life (p = 0.270, p = 0.059). Interestingly, social support was significantly correlated with the emotional subscale of health-related quality of life (r = 0.156, p = 0.034). Conclusion Functional status, pain, and self-efficacy were positively correlated with health-related quality of life, while dyspnea had a negative association. This finding serves as basic information for nurses and other healthcare professionals to consider the related factors identified in this study to improve nursing interventions in order to increase health-related quality of life among patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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- Haerul Imam
- Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Vaccarino V, Badimon L, Bremner JD, Cenko E, Cubedo J, Dorobantu M, Duncker DJ, Koller A, Manfrini O, Milicic D, Padro T, Pries AR, Quyyumi AA, Tousoulis D, Trifunovic D, Vasiljevic Z, de Wit C, Bugiardini R. Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 position paper of the ESC working group on coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation. Eur Heart J 2020; 41:1687-1696. [PMID: 30698764 PMCID: PMC10941327 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Viola Vaccarino
- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, 1518 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Cardiovascular Program (ICCC), IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. CiberCV-Institute Carlos III. Autonomous University of Barcelona, C/ Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
- Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
- Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, 670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA, 30033, USA
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Giuseppe Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Program (ICCC), IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. CiberCV-Institute Carlos III. Autonomous University of Barcelona, C/ Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’ of Bucharest, Emergency Clinical Hospital of Bucharest, Calea Floreasca 8, Sector 1, Bucuresti, 014461, Romania
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Natural Sciences, University of Physical Education, Alkotas street, 44, 1123, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 10595, USA
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Giuseppe Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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- Department for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Cardiovascular Program (ICCC), IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. CiberCV-Institute Carlos III. Autonomous University of Barcelona, C/ Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Charitè-University Medicine, Thielallee 71, D-14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, 1518 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Vasilissis Sofias 114, TK 115 28, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Pasterova 2, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institut für Physiologie, Universität zu Lübeck and Deutsches Zentrumfür Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK), Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Giuseppe Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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Rocco E, La Rosa G, Liuzzo G, Biasucci LM. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays and acute coronary syndrome. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2019; 20:504-509. [DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000000811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Bjørnnes AK, Parry M, Leegaard M, Ayala AP, Lenton E, Harvey P, McFetridge-Durdle J, McGillion MH, Price J, Stinson J, Watt-Watson J. Self-Management of Cardiac Pain in Women: A Meta-Summary of the Qualitative Literature. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2018; 28:1769-1787. [PMID: 29916769 DOI: 10.1177/1049732318780683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Symptom recognition and self-management is instrumental in reducing the number of deaths related to coronary artery disease (CAD) in women. The purpose of this study was to synthesize qualitative research evidence on the self-management of cardiac pain and associated symptoms in women. Seven databases were systematically searched, and the concepts of the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory were used as the framework for data extraction and analysis. Search strategies yielded 22,402 citations, from which 35 qualitative studies were included in a final meta-summary, comprising data from 769 participants, including 437 (57%) women. The available literature focused cardiac pain self-management from a binary sex and gender perspective. Ethnicity was indicated in 19 (54%) studies. Results support individualized intervention strategies that promote goal setting and action planning, management of physical and emotional responses, and social facilitation provided through social support.
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- Ann Kristin Bjørnnes
- 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2 Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 3 Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 6 The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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