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Saracoglu E, Kılıç S, Vuruşkan E, Düzen I, Çekici Y, Kuzu Z, Yıldırım A, Küçükosmanoğlu M, Çetin M. Prediction of subtle left ventricular systolic dysfunction in homozygous and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: Genetic analyses and speckle tracking echocardiography study. Echocardiography 2018; 35:1289-1299. [PMID: 29870584 DOI: 10.1111/echo.14021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Few studies have shown the direct effect of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) on myocardial systolic function. Studies focused on heterozygote FH patients but not homozygote ones, and they did not perform genetic analyses. We aimed to evaluate all types of patients with FH using the potentially more sensitive speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) technique to identify early left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. METHODS Genetic analyses of patients with FH were conducted for LDL-receptor, PCSK9, and ApoB100. Nine homozygote, two compound heterozygote, and 82 heterozygote FH patients and 85 healthy subjects were prospectively studied. Longitudinal and circumferential strain measurements and conventional echocardiography findings were obtained. RESULTS LV ejection fractions were similar for all (homozygote, heterozygote, and control) groups. The LV average longitudinal strain (aLS) and average circumferential strain (aCS) levels were significantly reduced in the homozygote and heterozygote groups when compared with the controls (for aLS, P = .008 (<.001); for aCS, P =< .001). A significant inverse correlation was found between LDL-C levels and LS (P < .001, r = .728) and CS (P < .001, r = .642) for all FH patients. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the potential of using systolic strain values obtained using 2D STE for determining lipotoxicity in the myocardium owing to hypercholesterolemia. Our study found that cardiac functions of homozygote patients who had the highest cholesterol levels were disrupted at very early ages. Therefore, starting lipid reduction treatment and early reverse LV remodelling therapy at early ages may be beneficial for high-risk patients.
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- Erhan Saracoglu
- Dr. Ersin Arslan Education and Training Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Dr. Ersin Arslan Education and Training Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Gaziantep 25 Aralık State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Dr. Ersin Arslan Education and Training Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Dr. Ersin Arslan Education and Training Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Dr. Ersin Arslan Education and Training Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Strand LN, Young RL, Bertoni AG, Bluemke DA, Burke GL, Lima JA, Sotoodehnia N, Psaty BM, McClelland RL, Heckbert SR, Delaney JA. New statin use and left ventricular structure: Estimating long-term associations in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2018; 27:570-580. [PMID: 29380457 PMCID: PMC5984180 DOI: 10.1002/pds.4389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE Only small and short-term studies have evaluated statins in relation to changes in heart structure. We estimated the association between new statin use and 10-year remodeling of the left ventricle. METHODS The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis collected data on statin use over approximately 10 years, conducting cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging at baseline and the 10-year exam. Participants were free of baseline cardiovascular disease, and we excluded users of statins at baseline. Statin initiation was defined as a report of current use at any of the 4 subsequent exams. Primary outcomes were the change in left ventricular mass index (LVMI; % predicted by height, weight, and sex) and mass-to-volume ratio. Associations were estimated in a propensity score-matched analysis. RESULTS A total of 3113 participants (53% female; 40% European-American, 25% African-American, 22% Hispanic-American, and 13% Chinese-American) were eligible; 2431 returned for follow-up CMR imaging after a median of 9.4 years. Statin therapy (moderate dose, 76%) was started by 36% of participants (N = 872). We excluded 42 participants with incident myocardial infarction. Compared with nonuse, statin use was associated with less 10-year progression in LVMI (-2.35 percentage points; 95% CI, -4.24 to -0.47; P = .01) and mass-to-volume ratio (-0.03 absolute difference; 95% CI, -0.07 to -0.00; P = .02); effects were small in magnitude. A dose response was observed: Higher statin dose was associated with less LVMI progression. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to previous small studies, we found very modest associations between statin use and indices of left ventricular remodeling over 10 years in this prospective study of a diverse cohort.
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- Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Chung SW, Park H, Kwon J, Choe GY, Kim SH, Oh JH. Effect of Hypercholesterolemia on Fatty Infiltration and Quality of Tendon-to-Bone Healing in a Rabbit Model of a Chronic Rotator Cuff Tear: Electrophysiological, Biomechanical, and Histological Analyses. Am J Sports Med 2016; 44:1153-64. [PMID: 26912283 DOI: 10.1177/0363546515627816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND The incidence of healing failure after rotator cuff repair is high, and fatty infiltration is a crucial factor in healing failure. PURPOSE To verify the effect of hypercholesterolemia on fatty infiltration and the quality of tendon-to-bone healing and its reversibility by lowering the cholesterol level in a chronic tear model using the rabbit supraspinatus. STUDY DESIGN Controlled laboratory study. METHODS Forty-eight rabbits were randomly allocated into 4 groups (n = 12 each). After 4 weeks of a high-cholesterol diet (groups A and B) and a regular diet (groups C and D), the supraspinatus tendon was detached and left alone for 6 weeks and then was repaired in a transosseous manner (groups A, B, and C). Group D served as a control. Group A continued to receive the high-cholesterol diet until the final evaluation (6 weeks after repair); however, at the time of repair, group B was changed to a general diet with administration of a cholesterol-lowering agent (simvastatin). Histological evaluation of the fat-to-muscle proportion was performed twice, at the time of repair and the final evaluation, and an electromyographic (EMG) test, mechanical test, and histological test of tendon-to-bone healing were performed at the final evaluation. RESULTS For the EMG test, group A showed a significantly smaller area of compound muscle action potential compared with groups C and D (all P <.01), and group B showed a larger area than group A, almost up to the level of group C (P = .312). Similarly, group A showed significantly lower mechanical properties both in load-to-failure and stiffness compared with groups C and D (all P <.05). In addition, although not significantly different, the mechanical properties of group B were higher than those of group A (mean load-to-failure: group A = 42.01 N, group B = 58.23 N [P = .103]; mean stiffness: group A = 36.32 N/mm, group B = 47.22 N/mm [P = .153]). For the histological test, groups A and B showed a significantly higher fat-to-muscle proportion than did groups C and D at 6 weeks after detachment (all P <.05), but at the final evaluation, group B showed a decreased fat-to-muscle proportion (mean ± SD: from 64.02% ± 11.87% to 54.68% ± 10.47%; P = .146) compared with group A, which showed increased fat-to-muscle proportion (from 59.26% ± 17.80% to 78.23% ± 10.87%; P = .015). Groups B and C showed better tendon-to-bone interface structures than did group A, which showed coarse and poorly organized collagen fibers with fat interposition. CONCLUSION Hypercholesterolemia had a deleterious effect on fatty infiltration and the quality of tendon-to-bone repair site, and lowering hypercholesterolemia seemed to halt or reverse these harmful effects in this experimental model. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Systemic diseases such as hypercholesterolemia should be tightly controlled during the perioperative period of rotator cuff repair.
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- Seok Won Chung
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Soares EA, Novaes RD, Nakagaki WR, Fernandes GJM, Garcia JAD, Camilli JA. Metabolic and structural bone disturbances induced by hyperlipidic diet in mice treated with simvastatin. Int J Exp Pathol 2015; 96:261-8. [PMID: 26175225 PMCID: PMC4561563 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Simvastatin can modulate lipid and bone metabolism. However, information related to the interaction between diet and simvastatin on bone structure and biomechanics is scarce. Thus, this study evaluated the effects of simvastatin on femoral biomechanics and cortical/trabecular bone structure in wild-type mice nourished with a hyperlipidic diet. Three-month-old male wild-type mice (C57BL6 strain) were divided into four groups: (1) group W, nourished with a standard diet; (2) group WH, fed a hyperlipidic diet; (3) group WS, nourished with a standard diet plus oral simvastatin (20 mg/kg/day); and (4) group WHS, fed a hyperlipidic diet plus oral simvastatin (20 mg/kg/day). All animals received only their specific diet and water for 60 days. Blood samples were collected for the analysis of calcium, triglycerides, total cholesterol (TC) and fraction serum levels. Diet manipulation was able to induce a dyslipidaemic status in mice, characterized by triglyceride and TC rise in WH animals. Simvastatin prevented hypercholesterolaemia and reduced TC and LDL serum levels, but did not prevent hypertriglyceridaemia and HDL serum levels in the WHS group. In the WH mice the hyperlipidaemia was associated with reduction in trabecular bone thickness, femur structural and material property alterations. Simvastatin prevented these morphological alterations and minimized femur biomechanical changes in WHS mice. Taken together, the results indicated that the hyperlipidic diet intake acts as a risk factor for bone integrity, generating bones with reduced resistance and more susceptible to fractures, an effect attenuated by simvastatin that is potentially related to the modulatory action of this drug on lipid and bone metabolism.
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- Department of Structural Biology, Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Alfenas, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Nucleus of Experimental Research in Pharmacology and Experimental Surgery, University José Rosário Vellano (UNIFENAS), Alfenas, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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New vis-tas in lactosylceramide research. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 842:127-38. [PMID: 25408340 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11280-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Endothelin receptor blockade ameliorates renal injury by inhibition of RhoA/Rho-kinase signalling in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2014; 32:795-805. [PMID: 24463935 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Excessive production of fibrosis is a feature of hypertension-induced renal injury. Activation of RhoA/Rho-kinase (ROCK) axis has been shown in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats. We assessed whether selective endothelin receptor blockers can attenuate renal fibrosis by inhibiting RhoA/ROCK axis in DOCA-salt rats. METHODS At 4 weeks after the start of DOCA-salt treatment and uninephrectomization, male Wistar rats were randomized into three groups for 4 weeks: vehicle, ABT-627 (endothelin-A receptor inhibitor) and A192621 (endothelin-B receptor inhibitor). RESULTS DOCA-salt was characterized by increased blood pressure, decreased renal function, increased proteinuria, increased glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis with myofibroblast accumulation, increased renal endothelin-1 levels and RhoA activity along with increased expression of connective tissue growth factor at both mRNA and protein levels as compared with uninephrectomized control male Wistar rats. Treatment with a selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, eplerenone, ameliorated proteinuria. Impaired renal function and histological changes were overcome by treatment with ABT-627, but not with A192621. The beneficial effects of bosentan, a nonspecific endothelin receptor blocker, on proteinuria, RhoA activity, and connective tissue growth factor levels were similar to ABT-627. Furthermore, in an isolated perfuse kidney, a RhoA inhibitor, C3 exoenzyme, and two ROCK inhibitors, fasudil and Y-27632, significantly attenuated connective tissue growth factor levels. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that DOCA-salt elevates renal endothelin-1 levels and RhoA activity via activation of mineralocorticoid receptor, resulting in renal fibrosis and proteinuria. Endothelin-A receptor blockade can attenuate DOCA-salt-induced renal fibrosis probably through the inhibition of RhoA/ROCK activity and connective tissue growth factor expression.
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Pecoraro V, Moja L, Dall'Olmo L, Cappellini G, Garattini S. Most appropriate animal models to study the efficacy of statins: a systematic review. Eur J Clin Invest 2014; 44:848-71. [PMID: 25066257 DOI: 10.1111/eci.12304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND In animal models and clinical trials, statins are reported as effective in reducing cholesterol levels and lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases. We have aggregated the findings in animal models - mice, rats and rabbits - using the technique of systematic review and meta-analysis to highlight differences in the efficacy of statins. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched Medline and Embase. After examining all eligible articles, we extracted results about total cholesterol and other blood parameters, blood pressure, myocardial infarction and survival. Weighted and standard mean difference random effects meta-analysis was used to measure overall efficacy in prespecified species, strains and subgroups. RESULTS We included in systematic review 161 animal studies and we analysed 120 studies, accounting for 2432 animals. Statins lowered the total cholesterol across all species, although with large differences in the effect size: -30% in rabbits, -20% in mice and -10% in rats. The reduction was larger in animals fed on a high-cholesterol diet. Statins reduced infarct volume but did not consistently reduce the blood pressure or effect the overall survival. Few studies considered strains at high risk of cardiovascular diseases or hard outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Although statins showed substantial efficacy in animal models, few preclinical data considered conditions mimicking human pathologies for which the drugs are clinically indicated and utilized. The empirical finding that statins are more effective in lowering cholesterol derived from an external source (i.e. diet) conflicts with statin's supposed primary mechanism of action.
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- Valentina Pecoraro
- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Yang C, Madonna R, Li Y, Zhang Q, Shen WF, McNamara K, Yang YJ, Geng YJ. Simvastatin-enhanced expression of promyogenic nuclear factors and cardiomyogenesis of murine embryonic stem cells. Vascul Pharmacol 2013; 60:8-16. [PMID: 24200505 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2013.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A combination of statin and stem cell therapies has been shown to benefit in experimental models of myocardial infarction. This study tests whether treatment with simvastatin has a direct impact on the cardiomyogenic development of murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in embryoid bodies. In a concentration-dependent manner, simvastatin treatment enhanced expression of several promyogenic nuclear transcription factors, including GATA4, Nkx2.5, DTEF-1 and myocardin A. The statin-treated cells also displayed higher levels of cardiac proteins, including myosin, α-actinin, Ryanodine receptor-2, and atrial natriuretic peptide, and they developed synchronized contraction. The statin's promyogenic effect was partially diminished by the addition of the two isoprenoids FPP and GGPP, which are intermediates of cholesterol synthesis. Thus, simvastatin treatment enhances ESC myogenesis during early development perhaps via a mechanism inhibiting the mevalonate-FPP/GGPP pathway.
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- ChenMin Yang
- The Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX USA; The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ruijin Hospital, Jiao-Tong University Medical School, Shanghai, China; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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- The Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX USA; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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- The Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX USA; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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- The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Jiao-Tong University Medical School, Shanghai, China
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- The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Jiao-Tong University Medical School, Shanghai, China
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- The Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX USA; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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- FuWai Cardiovascular Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX USA; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
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van der Bijl P, Heradien M, Doubell A, Brink P. QTc prolongation prior to angiography predicts poor outcome and associates significantly with lower left ventricular ejection fractions and higher left ventricular end-diastolic pressures. Cardiovasc J Afr 2012. [PMID: 23192258 PMCID: PMC3721884 DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2012-060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background QT prolongation on the surface ECG is associated with sudden cardiac death. The cause of QT prolongation in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) patients remains unknown, but may be due to a complex interplay between genetic factors and impaired systolic and/or diastolic function through as yet unexplained mechanisms. It was hypothesised that QT prolongation before elective coronary angiography is associated with an increased mortality at six months. Methods Complete records of 321 patients who underwent coronary angiography were examined for QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and known ischaemic heart disease risk factors. Patients were designated long QTc (LQTc) when they had prolonged QTc intervals or normal QTc (NQTc) when the QTc interval was normal. Patients with atrial fibrillation, bundle branch blocks, no ECG in the 24 hours before angiography, or a creatinine level > 200 μmol/l were excluded. Survival was determined telephonically at six months. Results Twenty-eight per cent of the total population had LQTc. During follow up, 15 patients (4.7%) died suddenly, 73% of whom had a LQTc. LQTc was significantly associated with mortality (LQTc 12% vs NQTc 1.7%; p < 0.01), and with lower but normal LVEF (LQTc 52.9 ± 15.4% vs NQTc 61.6 ± 13.6%; p < 0.01), higher LVEDP at LVEF > 45% (LQTc 19.2 ± 9.0 mmHg vs NQTc 15.95 ± 7.5 mmHg; p < 0.05), hypercholesterolaemia and a negative family history of IHD. Conclusion In patients with sinus rhythm and normal QRS width, QTc prolongation before coronary angiography predicted increased mortality at six months. QTc also associated strongly with left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction, hypercholesterolaemia and a negative family history of IHD.
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- P van der Bijl
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
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Soares EA, Nakagaki WR, Garcia JAD, Camilli JA. Effect of hyperlipidemia on femoral biomechanics and morphology in low-density lipoprotein receptor gene knockout mice. J Bone Miner Metab 2012; 30:419-25. [PMID: 22246084 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-011-0345-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of hyperlipidemia on the biomechanical and morphological properties of the femur of low-density lipoprotein receptor gene knockout mice (LDLr-/-) mice. Ten wild-type mice (C57BL6) and 10 LDLr-/- mice generated on a C57BL6 background were used. Male 3-month-old animals were divided into four groups (n = 5): group W (wild type) and group L (LDLr-/-) receiving low-fat commercial ration, and group WH (wild type) and group LH (LDLr-/-) receiving a high-fat diet. After 60 days, blood samples were collected for laboratory analysis of calcium, triglycerides, and cholesterol. The femur was excised for mechanical testing and morphometric analysis. LDLr-/- mice receiving the high-fat diet presented more marked alterations in the mechanical and morphological properties of femoral cortical and trabecular bone. Changes in the plasma levels of calcium, triglycerides, cholesterol, and fractions were also more pronounced in this group. The present results demonstrate that hyperlipidemia causes alterations in the structure and mechanical properties of the femur of LDLr-/- mice. These effects were more pronounced when associated with a high-fat diet.
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- Evelise Aline Soares
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of José Rosário Vellano (UNIFENAS), Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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Finsterer J, Stöllberger C, Gulz W, Grimm G. Non-triggered Takotsubo-syndrome in metabolic myopathy. Int J Cardiol 2012; 154:e16-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Amran AA, Zakaria Z, Othman F, Das S, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Nordin NAMM. Changes in the vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and c-reactive protein following administration of aqueous extract of piper sarmentosum on experimental rabbits fed with cholesterol diet. Lipids Health Dis 2011; 10:2. [PMID: 21214952 PMCID: PMC3024236 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-10-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Inflammation process plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. Hypercholesterolemia is one of the major risk factors for atherosclerosis. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of Piper sarmentosum (P.s) on inflammatory markers like vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and C-reactive protein (CRP). METHODS Forty two male New Zealand white rabbits were divided equally into seven groups; (i) C- control group fed normal rabbit chow (ii) CH- cholesterol diet (1%cholesterol) (iii) X1- 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (62.5 mg/kg) (iv) X2- 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (125 mg/kg (v) X3- 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (250 mg/kg) (vi) X4- 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (500 mg/kg) and (vii) SMV group fed with 1% cholesterol supplemented with simvistatin drug (1.2 mg/kg). All animals were treated for 10 weeks. Blood serum was taken for observing the inflammatory markers at the beginning and end of the experiment. RESULTS Rabbits fed with 1% cholesterol diet (CH) showed significant increase in the level of VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and CRP compared to the C group. The levels of VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and CRP in the 1% cholesterol group and supplemented with P.s (500 mg/kg) were significantly reduced compared to the cholesterol group. Similar results were also reported with simvistatin group. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the supplementation of Piper sarmentosum extract could inhibit inflammatory markers which in turn could prevent atherosclerosis.
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- Adel A Amran
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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No effect of rosuvastatin on left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension. Int J Cardiol 2010; 145:156-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Amran AA, Zakaria Z, Othman F, Das S, Raj S, Nordin NAMM. Aqueous extract of Piper sarmentosum decreases atherosclerotic lesions in high cholesterolemic experimental rabbits. Lipids Health Dis 2010; 9:44. [PMID: 20433693 PMCID: PMC2877048 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-9-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Piper sarmentosum (P.s) has flavonoid component in its leaves which has antioxidative effect. To date, its effect on atherosclerosis has not been studied histologically. AIM The study aimed to investigate the effect of P.s on atherosclerotic changes in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. METHODS Forty two male New Zealand white rabbits were divided into seven groups. C - control group fed normal rabbit chow, CH - cholesterol diet (1% cholesterol), W1 - 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (62.5 mg/kg), W2 - 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (125 mg/kg), W3 - 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (250 mg/kg), W4 - 1% cholesterol with water extract of P.s (500 mg/kg) and Smv - 1% cholesterol supplemented with simvistatin drug (1.2 mg/kg). All rabbits were treated for 10 weeks. Following 10 weeks of supplementation, the animals were sacrificed and the aortic tissue was taken for histological study. RESULTS Rabbits fed only with high cholesterol diet 1% cholesterol (CH) showed focal fatty streak lesions compared to the C group and 1% cholesterol supplemented with simvistatin drug (Smv) group. Atherosclerotic lesions in the 1% cholesterol group supplemented with P.s (500 mg/kg) i.e. W4 group showed significant reduction (30 + or - 6.0%, p < 0.05) in fatty streak compared to the high cholesterol group (85.6 + or - 4.1%) under Sudan IV stain. The atherosclerotic lesions under transmission electron microscope showed reduction in foam cells in the treatment groups compared to the CH groups. CONCLUSION Administration of P.s extract has protective effect against atheroscleros.
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- Adel A Amran
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Unit Electron Microscopy, Institute of Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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Mitsuhashi H, Yatsuya H, Matsushita K, Zhang H, Otsuka R, Muramatsu T, Takefuji S, Hotta Y, Kondo T, Murohara T, Toyoshima H, Tamakoshi K. Uric acid and left ventricular hypertrophy in Japanese men. Circ J 2009; 73:667-72. [PMID: 19225200 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-08-0626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Experimental studies have reported that allopurinol protects hypertensive rats from left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with negligible effects on blood pressure (BP). Uric acid (UA) was thought to induce cardiomyocyte growth and interstitial fibrosis of the heart, partly via activation of the renin-angiotensin system. In the present study, the relationship between serum UA levels and electrocardiographically-diagnosed LVH (ECG-LVH) was examined in Japanese men not taking medication for hypertension (HTN), which could confound the association. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 3,305 male workers aged 35-66 years (mean age+/-SD, 48.0+/-7.1) were studied. LVH was defined as meeting the ECG criteria (ie, Sokolow-Lyon voltage and/or Cornell voltage QRS duration product). Subjects were divided into 3 groups by tertile of serum UA level. The highest tertile (UA range 0.39-0.65 mmol/L or 6.6-11.0 mg/dl) had a significantly increased prevalence of LVH compared with the lowest tertile independent of age, body mass index, serum creatinine level, HTN, diabetes and hyperlipidemia (odds ratio 1.58, 95% confidence interval 1.23-2.02, P<0.001). Similar results were obtained in both the normal and high BP subgroups. CONCLUSIONS UA concentration independently and positively associated with ECG-LVH in Japanese men.
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- Hirotsugu Mitsuhashi
- Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Sandesara CM, Roodneshin H, Sbaity S, Olshansky B. Antiarrhythmic effects of statins in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin 2008; 4:187-200. [PMID: 18433699 DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In vitro heart failure models indicate that statins may be antiarrhythmic, but the mechanisms by which statins are antiarrhythmic are not completely understood. Several retrospective and post hoc analysis studies also indicate that statins can be antiarrhythmic in heart failure populations, but this was not confirmed by a recent large prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. Ongoing and future clinical trials will likely resolve the discrepancies between studies and further the understanding of how pleiotropic properties of statins can be antiarrhythmic in patients who have heart failure.
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He YP, Zhao LY, Zheng QS, Liu SW, Zhao XY, Lu XL, Niu XL, Li X. Involvement of ERK and AKT signaling in the growth effect of arginine vasopressin on adult rat cardiac fibroblast and the modulation by simvastatin. Mol Cell Biochem 2008; 317:33-41. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-9802-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Short- and long-term effect of simvastatin therapy on the heterogeneity of cardiac repolarization in diabetic patients. Pharmacol Res 2008; 57:393-7. [PMID: 18487058 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Revised: 04/02/2008] [Accepted: 04/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interlead variability of QT interval in the 12-lead electrocardiogram, QT dispersion (QTd), has been shown to reflect dispersion of ventricular refractoriness and may provide a measure of arrhythmogenic potential in diabetic patients. QTd and heart rate corrected QTd (QTcd) were also proposed to be accurate predictors of cardiac death in patients with diabetes. In recent years, experimental and clinical evidence demonstrates that statins exert antiarrhythmic properties. Therefore, in the present study, we have examined whether simvastatin treatment has any effect on the QTd and QTcd in patients with diabetes mellitus. Sixty type 2 diabetic patients without known coronary artery disease and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol >100mg/dl and 30 age and sex-matched non-diabetic controls were included in a prospective study. Out of 60 diabetic patients, 30 were treated with simvastatin 40 mg/day for 1 year and the remaining 30 subjects were served as diabetic controls. No lipid lowering therapy was administered to the diabetic and the non-diabetic controls. QTd and QTcd of treated diabetics and the non-diabetic controls were measured at baseline, 6, 12 weeks and at 1 year. QTd and QTcd of the diabetic controls were obtained at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks. Both QTd and QTcd were significantly greater in patients with the diabetes than in the non-diabetic controls at baseline (52+/-13 ms vs. 41+/-12 ms, p<0.001 and 62+/-17 ms vs. 42+/-11 ms, p<0.001, respectively). Simvastatin therapy significantly decreased both QTd and QTcd at the end of first year compared to baseline (51+/-15 ms vs. 33+/-11 ms, p<0.001 and 60+/-18 ms vs. 38+/-12 ms, p<0.001, respectively). No significant change were found in QTd and QTcd in the non-diabetic (p=0.29 and p=0.87 by ANOVA, respectively) and in the diabetic controls (p=0.72 and p=0.57, by ANOVA, respectively). This study suggests for the first time that simvastatin treatment in diabetic patients with hyperlipidemia is associated with an improvement in the heterogeneity of cardiac repolarization. This may be one of the mechanisms for the reduction in clinical events reported in the survival studies with statins. Further prospective randomized studies are warranted to confirm our findings.
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S-nitroso-N-acetylcysteine (SNAC) prevents myocardial alterations in hypercholesterolemic LDL receptor knockout mice by antiinflammatory action. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2008; 51:78-85. [PMID: 18209572 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e31815c39d4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We investigated the ability of S-nitroso-N-acetylcyseine (SNAC) to prevent structural and functional myocardial alterations in hypercholesterolemic mice. C57BL6 wild-type (WT) and LDL-R-/- male mice (S) were fed a standard diet for 15 days. LDL-R-/- mice (S) showed an 11% increase in blood pressure, 62% decrease in left atrial contractility, and lower CD40L and eNOS expression relative to WT. LDL-R-/- mice fed an atherogenic diet for 15 days (Chol) showed significant increased left ventricular mass compared to S, which was characterized by: (1) 1.25-fold increase in the LV weight/body weight ratio and cardiomyocyte diameter; (2) enhanced expression of the NOS isoforms, CD40L, and collagen amount; and (3) no alteration in the atrial contractile performance. Administration of SNAC to Chol mice (Chol + SNAC) (0.51 micromol/kg/day for 15 day, IP) prevented increased left ventricular mass, collagen deposit, NOS isoforms, and CD40L overexpression, but it had no effect on the increased blood pressure or atrial basal hypocontractility. Deletion of the LDL receptor gene in mice resulted in hypertension and a marked left atrial contractile deficit, which may be related to eNOS underexpression. Our data show that SNAC treatment has an antiinflammatory action that might contribute to prevention of structural and functional myocardial alterations in atherosclerotic mice independently of changes in blood pressure.
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Talini E, Di Bello V, Bianchi C, Palagi C, Delle Donne MG, Penno G, Nardi C, Canale ML, Del Prato S, Mariani M, Miccoli R. Early impairment of left ventricular function in hypercholesterolemia and its reversibility after short term treatment with rosuvastatin. Atherosclerosis 2008; 197:346-54. [PMID: 17631295 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 05/25/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypercholesterolemia contributes to coronary heart disease but little is known about its direct effect on myocardial function. We evaluated left ventricular function using echocardiography and the effect of treatment with rosuvastatin in a group of patients with primary hypercholesterolemia. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirty-three patients with primary hypercholesterolemia (HC) and without evidence of coronary heart disease and 25 aged matched healthy volunteers (C) were submitted to conventional echocardiography, pulsed wave tissue Doppler imaging (PWTDI), color Doppler myocardial imaging (CDMI) and integrated backscatter (IBS). Echocardiographic evaluation was repeated after 6 months of treatment with rosuvastatin (10mg/day) in 17 patients. Compared with C, patients with HC showed lower E/A ratio (p<0.0001) and higher Tei index mit (p<0.0001), as well as lower PW TDI E/A both at septum (p<0.0001) and at lateral level (p<0.0001) and higher modified Tei index both at septal annulus (p<0.0001) and lateral annulus (p<0.0001). Integrated backscatter parameters were significantly reduced in patients with HC (CVIsept p<0.0001 and CVI post wall p<0.05). CDMI derived indices in the two groups were not different. After 6 months of Rosuvastatin treatment a significant reduction of LDL cholesterol levels (51%, p<0.0001) was registered in HC patients together with a significant improvement of longitudinal global systolic and diastolic function (Tei index) and myocardial intrinsic contractility (CVI). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that in patients with hypercholesterolemia exists an early cardiomyopathy characterized by systolic and diastolic dysfunction. That could produce a substratum for an "impaired preconditioning". Rosuvastatin seems able to revert systolic abnormalities.
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- Enrica Talini
- Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department, University of Pisa, Italy.
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Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), despite its adaptive nature, is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Achievement of LVH regression is thus considered a principal therapeutic aim. However, regression of LVH induced by various therapeutic means may exhibit differing patterns, with variable biological implications. Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (statins) have been shown to induce prevention or regression of LVH in different models of pathological myocardial growth. In addition to reduction of LV mass, statins were shown to reduce myocardial fibrosis, increase capillary density network and attenuate electrical instability of the hypertrophied heart. Most importantly, statins improved systolic and diastolic LV function and even decreased mortality. The inhibition of hypertrophic growth was only partly achieved by reduction of haemodynamic overload. Direct mechanisms, such as inhibition of neurohumoral activation in the myocardial tissue, attenuated production of growth factors and markers of inflammation and reduction of oxidative stress also seem to participate. The protective effect of statins was associated with the inhibition of expression and activation of small guanosintriphosphate-binding proteins such as Ras and Rho, which control the intensity of oxidative stress, the production and availability of nitric oxide, and the expression of genes involved in myocardial growth. In addition to reduction of LV mass, statins may also improve the prognosis of LVH independently of their lipid-lowering effect.
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- F Simko
- School of Medicine, Komensky University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Tamargo J, Caballero R, Gómez R, Núñez L, Vaquero M, Delpón E. Lipid-lowering therapy with statins, a new approach to antiarrhythmic therapy. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 114:107-26. [PMID: 17287023 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2006] [Accepted: 12/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase (statins) are the most effective and best-tolerated drugs to treat elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). In addition, they exhibit other effects unrelated to their lipid lowering effects (pleiotropic actions). In recent years, experimental and clinical evidence demonstrates that statins exert antiarrhythmic properties, reducing the recurrences of supraventricular and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias both in patients with and without coronary artery disease (CAD). Thus, statins may constitute a novel therapeutic approach to cardiac arrhythmias. This article reviews the antiarrhythmic properties of statins as well as the possible mechanisms involved, including the lowering of LDL-C levels, the improvement of endothelial dysfunction and autonomic function, the stabilization of the atherosclerotic plaques, the antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antithrombotic and cardioprotective properties and the modulation of transmembrane ion fluxes.
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- Juan Tamargo
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Demyanets S, Kaun C, Pfaffenberger S, Hohensinner PJ, Rega G, Pammer J, Maurer G, Huber K, Wojta J. Hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors induce apoptosis in human cardiac myocytes in vitro. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 71:1324-30. [PMID: 16540096 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2005] [Revised: 01/25/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recent findings have implicated hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors or statins, an established class of drugs for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, in tissue remodeling in the heart. Statins induce apoptosis in different cell culture systems including rat neonatal cardiomyocytes. We investigated possible effects of different statins in vitro in human adult cardiac myocytes on the expression of proteins thought to be involved in the regulation of apoptosis such as Mcl-1, an inhibitor of apoptosis, Bax, an inducer of apoptosis, as well as on cytoplasmic histone-associated-DNA-fragments. Human adult cardiac myocytes (HACM) were treated with different statins at concentrations from 0.01 to 5 microM for up to 96 h. Whereas the lipophilic statin simvastatin at a concentration of 5 microM downregulated Mcl-1 mRNA by 49%, the hydrophilic pravastatin had no effect. Bax mRNA levels were not affected by neither of the statins. Simvastatin but not pravastatin reduced Mcl-1 protein expression whereas Bax protein was not detectable in HACM as determined by Western blotting. Simvastatin, atorvastatin and fluvastatin induced an up to seven-fold increase in histone-associated-DNA-fragments whereas pravastatin did not. Simvastatin up regulated histone-associated-DNA-fragments dose-dependently, and mevalonate and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate reversed this effect to control levels. Our results show that lipophilic statins can induce a pro-apoptotic state in human adult cardiac myocytes in vitro. We speculate that, similar to findings in animal models, statins might be involved in the attenuation of cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling in humans by modulating the balance between cell survival and apoptosis.
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- Svitlana Demyanets
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, and 3rd Medical Department for Cardiology and Emergency Medicine, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
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Huang THW, Yang Q, Harada M, Li GQ, Yamahara J, Roufogalis BD, Li Y. Pomegranate flower extract diminishes cardiac fibrosis in Zucker diabetic fatty rats: modulation of cardiac endothelin-1 and nuclear factor-kappaB pathways. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2005; 46:856-62. [PMID: 16306813 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000190489.85058.7e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The diabetic heart shows increased fibrosis, which impairs cardiac function. Endothelin (ET)-1 and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) interactively regulate fibroblast growth. We have recently demonstrated that Punica granatum flower (PGF), a Unani anti-diabetic medicine, is a dual activator of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-alpha and -gamma, and improves hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and fatty heart in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat, a genetic animal model of type 2 diabetes and obesity. Here, we demonstrated that six-week treatment with PGF extract (500 mg/kg, p.o.) in Zucker diabetic fatty rats reduced the ratios of van Gieson-stained interstitial collagen deposit area to total left ventricular area and perivascular collagen deposit areas to coronary artery media area in the heart. This was accompanied by suppression of overexpressed cardiac fibronectin and collagen I and III mRNAs. Punica granatum flower extract reduced the up-regulated cardiac mRNA expression of ET-1, ETA, inhibitor-kappaBbeta and c-jun, and normalized the down-regulated mRNA expression of inhibitor-kappaBalpha in Zucker diabetic fatty rats. In vitro, Punica granatum flower extract and its components oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and gallic acid inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced NF-kappaB activation in macrophages. Our findings indicate that Punica granatum flower extract diminishes cardiac fibrosis in Zucker diabetic fatty rats, at least in part, by modulating cardiac ET-1 and NF-kappaB signaling.
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- Tom H W Huang
- Herbal Medicines Research and Education Center, Faculty of Pharmacy A15, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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