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Steegh FMEG, Keijbeck AA, de Hoogt PA, Rademakers T, Houben AJHM, Reesink KD, Stehouwer CDA, Daemen MJAP, Peutz-Kootstra CJ. Capillary rarefaction: a missing link in renal and cardiovascular disease? Angiogenesis 2024; 27:23-35. [PMID: 37326760 DOI: 10.1007/s10456-023-09883-8] [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: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Capillary rarefaction may be both one of the causes as well as a consequence of CKD and cardiovascular disease. We reviewed the published literature on human biopsy studies and conclude that renal capillary rarefaction occurs independently of the cause of renal function decline. Moreover, glomerular hypertrophy may be an early sign of generalized endothelial dysfunction, while peritubular capillary loss occurs in advanced renal disease. Recent studies with non-invasive measurements show that capillary rarefaction is detected systemically (e.g., in the skin) in individuals with albuminuria, as sign of early CKD and/or generalized endothelial dysfunction. Decreased capillary density is found in omental fat, muscle and heart biopsies of patients with advanced CKD as well as in skin, fat, muscle, brain and heart biopsies of individuals with cardiovascular risk factors. No biopsy studies have yet been performed on capillary rarefaction in individuals with early CKD. At present it is unknown whether individuals with CKD and cardiovascular disease merely share the same risk factors for capillary rarefaction, or whether there is a causal relationship between rarefaction in renal and systemic capillaries. Further studies on renal and systemic capillary rarefaction, including their temporal relationship and underlying mechanisms are needed. This review stresses the importance of preserving and maintaining capillary integrity and homeostasis in the prevention and management of renal and cardiovascular disease.
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- Floor M E G Steegh
- Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, UMC Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Department of Pathology, Gelre Ziekenhuizen, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
- , Porthoslaan 39, 6213 CN, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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The Role of Imaging in Preventive Cardiology in Women. Curr Cardiol Rep 2023; 25:29-40. [PMID: 36576679 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-022-01828-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The prevalence of CVD in women is increasing and is due to the increased prevalence of CV risk factors. Traditional CV risk assessment tools for prevention have failed to accurately determine CVD risk in women. CAC has shown to more precisely determine CV risk and is a better predictor of CV outcomes. Coronary CTA provides an opportunity to determine the presence of CAD and initiate prevention in women presenting with angina. Identifying women with INOCA due to CMD with use of cPET or cMRI with MBFR is vital in managing these patients. This review article outlines the role of imaging in preventive cardiology for women and will include the latest evidence supporting the use of these imaging tests for this purpose. RECENT FINDINGS CV mortality is higher in women who have more extensive CAC burden. Women have a greater prevalence of INOCA which is associated with higher MACE. INOCA is due to CMD in most cases which is associated with traditional CVD risk factors. Over half of these women are untreated or undertreated. Recent study showed that stratified medical therapy, tailored to the specific INOCA endotype, is feasible and improves angina in women. Coronary CTA is useful in the setting of women presenting with acute chest pain to identify CAD and initiate preventive therapy. CAC confers greater relative risk for CV mortality in women versus (vs.) men. cMRI or cPET is useful to assess MBFR to diagnose CMD and is another useful imaging tool in women for CV prevention.
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Bianco HT, Povoa R, Izar MC, Alves CMR, Barbosa AHP, Bombig MTN, Gonçalves I, Luna B, Aguirre AC, Moraes PIDM, Almeida D, Moreira FT, Povoa FF, Stefanini E, Caixeta AM, Bacchin AS, Moisés VA, Fonseca FA. Pharmaco-invasive Strategy in Myocardial Infarction: Descriptive Analysis, Presentation of Ischemic Symptoms and Mortality Predictors. Arq Bras Cardiol 2022; 119:691-702. [PMID: 36453760 PMCID: PMC9750212 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20211055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is defined by symptoms accompanied by typical electrocardiogram changes. However, the characterization of ischemic symptoms is unclear, especially in subgroups such as women and the elderly. OBJECTIVES To analyze the typification of ischemic symptoms, temporal metrics and observe the occurrence of in-hospital outcomes, in the analysis of predictive scores, in patients with STEMI, in a drug-invasive strategy. METHODS Study involving 2,290 patients. Types of predefined clinical presentations: typical pain, atypical pain, dyspnea, syncope. We measured the time between the onset of symptoms and demand for care and the interval between arrival at the medical unit and thrombolysis. Odds-ratios (OR; CI-95%) were estimated in a regression model. ROC curves were constructed for mortality predictors. The adopted significance level (alpha) was 5%. RESULTS Women had a high prevalence of atypical symptoms; longer time between the onset of symptoms and seeking care; delay between arrival at the emergency room and fibrinolysis. Hospital mortality was 5.6%. Risk prediction by Killip-Kimball classification: AUC: [0.77 (0.73-0.81)] in class ≥II. Subgroups studied [OR (CI-95%)]: women [2.06 (1.42-2.99); p=0.01]; chronic renal failure [3.39 (2.13-5.42); p<0.001]; elderly [2.09 (1.37-3.19) p<0.001]; diabetics [1.55 (1.04-2.29); p=0.02]; obese 1.56 [(1.01-2.40); p=0.04]: previous stroke [2.01 (1.02-3.96); p=0.04] correlated with higher mortality rates. CONCLUSION Despite higher mortality rates in some subgroups, significant disparity persists in women, with delays in symptom recognition and prompt thrombolysis. We highlight the applicability of the Killip-Kimball score in prediction, regardless of the clinical presentation.
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- Henrique Tria Bianco
- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São PauloCardiologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de MedicinaMedicinaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina – Medicina, São Paulo, SP – Brasil
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Najjar RS, Turner CG, Wong BJ, Feresin RG. Berry-Derived Polyphenols in Cardiovascular Pathologies: Mechanisms of Disease and the Role of Diet and Sex. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13020387. [PMID: 33513742 PMCID: PMC7911141 DOI: 10.3390/nu13020387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence, pathogenesis, and manifestation is differentially influenced by biological sex. Berry polyphenols target several signaling pathways pertinent to CVD development, including inflammation, oxidative stress, and cardiac and vascular remodeling, and there are innate differences in these pathways that also vary by sex. There is limited research systematically investigating sex differences in berry polyphenol effects on these pathways, but there are fundamental findings at this time that suggest a sex-specific effect. This review will detail mechanisms within these pathological pathways, how they differ by sex, and how they may be individually targeted by berry polyphenols in a sex-specific manner. Because of the substantial polyphenolic profile of berries, berry consumption represents a promising interventional tool in the treatment and prevention of CVD in both sexes, but the mechanisms in which they function within each sex may vary.
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- Rami S. Najjar
- Department of Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA;
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA; (C.G.T.); (B.J.W.)
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA; (C.G.T.); (B.J.W.)
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- Department of Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA;
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Howell SJ, German D, Bender A, Phan F, Mukundan SV, Perez-Alday EA, Rogovoy NM, Haq KT, Yang K, Wirth A, Jensen K, Tereshchenko LG. Does Sex Modify an Association of Electrophysiological Substrate with Sudden Cardiac Death? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. CARDIOVASCULAR DIGITAL HEALTH JOURNAL 2020; 1:80-88. [PMID: 34308405 PMCID: PMC8301262 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdhj.2020.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background Sex is a well-recognized risk factor for sudden cardiac death (SCD). We hypothesized that sex modifies the association of electrophysiological (EP) substrate with SCD. Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are sex differences in electrocardiographic (ECG) measures and whether sex modifies the association of ECG measures of EP substrate with SCD. Methods Participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study with analyzable ECGs (n = 14,725; age 54.2 ± 5.8 years; 55% female; 74% white) were included. EP substrate was characterized by heart rate, QRS, QTc, Cornell voltage, spatial ventricular gradient (SVG), and sum absolute QRST integral (SAI QRST) ECG metrics. Two competing outcomes were adjudicated: SCD and non-SCD. Interaction of ECG metrics with sex was studied in Cox proportional hazards and Fine-Gray competing risk models. Model 1 was adjusted for prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and risk factors. Time-updated model 2 was additionally adjusted for incident nonfatal CVD. Relative hazard ratio (RHR) and relative subhazard ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI) for SCD and non-SCD risk for women relative to men were calculated. Model 1 was adjusted for prevalent CVD and risk factors. Time-updated model 2 was additionally adjusted for incident nonfatal CVD. Results Over median follow-up of 24.4 years, there were 530 SCDs (incidence 1.72; 95% CI 1.58–1.88 per 1000 person-years). Women compared to men experienced a greater risk of SCD associated with Cornell voltage (RHR 1.18; 95% CI 1.06–1.32; P = .003), SAI QRST (RHR 1.16; 95% CI 1.04–1.30; P = .007), and SVG magnitude (RHR 1.24; 95% CI 1.05–1.45; P = .009), independently from incident CVD. Conclusion In women, the global EP substrate is associated with up to 24% greater risk of SCD than in men, suggesting differences in underlying mechanisms and the need for sex-specific SCD risk stratification.
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- Stacey J. Howell
- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr Larisa G. Tereshchenko, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, UHN62, Portland, OR 97239.
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Nijenkamp LLAM, Bollen IAE, Niessen HWM, dos Remedios CG, Michels M, Poggesi C, Ho CY, Kuster DWD, van der Velden J. Sex-specific cardiac remodeling in early and advanced stages of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0232427. [PMID: 32369506 PMCID: PMC7199944 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most frequent genetic cardiac disease with a prevalence of 1:500 to 1:200. While most patients show obstructive HCM and a relatively stable clinical phenotype (stage II), a small group of patients progresses to end-stage HCM (stage IV) within a relatively brief period. Previous research has shown sex-differences in stage II HCM with more diastolic dysfunction in female than in male patients. Moreover, female patients more often show progression to heart failure. Here we investigated if differences in functional and structural properties of the heart may underlie sex-differences in disease progression from stage II to stage IV HCM. Cardiac tissue from stage II and IV patients was obtained during myectomy (n = 54) and heart transplantation (n = 10), respectively. Isometric force was measured in membrane-permeabilized cardiomyocytes to define active and passive myofilament force development. Titin isoform composition was assessed using gel electrophoresis, and the amount of fibrosis and capillary density were determined with histology. In accordance with disease stage-dependent adverse cardiac remodeling end-stage patients showed a thinner interventricular septal wall and larger left ventricular and atrial diameters compared to stage II patients. Cardiomyocyte contractile properties and fibrosis were comparable between stage II and IV, while capillary density was significantly lower in stage IV compared to stage II. Women showed more adverse cellular remodeling compared to men at stage II, evident from more compliant titin, more fibrosis and lower capillary density. However, the disease stage-dependent reduction in capillary density was largest in men. In conclusion, the more severe cellular remodeling in female compared to male stage II patients suggests a more advanced disease stage at the time of myectomy in women. Changes in cardiomyocyte contractile properties do not explain the progression of stage II to stage IV, while reduced capillary density may underlie disease progression to end-stage heart failure.
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- Louise L. A. M. Nijenkamp
- Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Pathology and Cardiac Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Dworatzek E, Mahmoodzadeh S, Schriever C, Kusumoto K, Kramer L, Santos G, Fliegner D, Leung YK, Ho SM, Zimmermann WH, Lutz S, Regitz-Zagrosek V. Sex-specific regulation of collagen I and III expression by 17β-Estradiol in cardiac fibroblasts: role of estrogen receptors. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 115:315-327. [PMID: 30016401 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Aims Sex differences in cardiac fibrosis point to the regulatory role of 17β-Estradiol (E2) in cardiac fibroblasts (CF). We, therefore, asked whether male and female CF in rodent and human models are differentially susceptible to E2, and whether this is related to sex-specific activation of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and beta (ERβ). Methods and results In female rat CF (rCF), 24 h E2-treatment (10-8 M) led to a significant down-regulation of collagen I and III expression, whereas both collagens were up-regulated in male rCF. E2-induced sex-specific collagen regulation was also detected in human CF, indicating that this regulation is conserved across species. Using specific ERα- and ERβ-agonists (10-7 M) for 24 h, we identified ERα as repressive and ERβ as inducing factor in female and male rCF, respectively. In addition, E2-induced ERα phosphorylation at Ser118 only in female rCF, whereas Ser105 phosphorylation of ERβ was exclusively found in male rCF. Further, in female rCF we found both ER bound to the collagen I and III promoters using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. In contrast, in male rCF only ERβ bound to both promoters. In engineered connective tissues (ECT) from rCF, collagen I and III mRNA were down-regulated in female ECT and up-regulated in male ECT by E2. This was accompanied by an impaired condensation of female ECT, whereas male ECT showed an increased condensation and stiffness upon E2-treatment, analysed by rheological measurements. Finally, we confirmed the E2-effect on both collagens in an in vivo mouse model with ovariectomy for E2 depletion, E2 substitution, and pressure overload by transverse aortic constriction. Conclusion The mechanism underlying the sex-specific regulation of collagen I and III in the heart appears to involve E2-mediated differential ERα and ERβ signaling in CFs.
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- Elke Dworatzek
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK, partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Division of Environmental Genetics and Molecular Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Environmental Genetics and Molecular Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK, partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK, partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Qishen capsule safely boosts cardiac function and angiogenesis via the MEK/ERK pathway in a rat myocardial infarction model. JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY : JGC 2019; 16:764-774. [PMID: 31700516 PMCID: PMC6828606 DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Background Qishen (QS) capsules, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been widely used to treat coronary heart disease in China. However, evidence of its effectiveness remains unclear. Methods To explore whether QS has cardioprotective efficacy and/or promotes angiogenesis after myocardial infarction (MI), we performed experiments in a preclinical rat MI model. One month after left anterior descending coronary artery ligation, the rats received either QS solution (0.4 g/kg/day) or the same volume of saline by intragastric injection for four weeks. Results Echocardiographic and hemodynamic analyses demonstrated relatively preserved cardiac function in MI rats administered QS. Indeed, QS treatment was associated with reduced infarct scar size and heart weight index, and these beneficial effects were responsible for enhancing angiogenesis. Mechanistically, QS treatment increased phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt) and downregulated phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular-regulated kinase (MEK/ERK). Conclusions QS therapy can improve the cardiac function of rats after MI by an underlying mechanism involving increased angiogenesis, at least partially via activation of the Akt signaling pathway and inhibition of MEK/ERK phosphorylation.
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Ripley DP, Jenkins NP, Thomas HE. The use of adenosine in the assessment of stable coronary heart disease. J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2019; 49:182-184. [PMID: 31497782 DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2019.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- David P Ripley
- Department of Cardiology, Northumbria Specialist Care Emergency Hospital, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria Way, Northumberland NE23 6NZ, UK,
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- Department of Cardiology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Northumbria Specialist Care Emergency Hospital, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northumberland, UK
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Cui X, Li F, Xiang J, Fang L, Chung MK, Day DB, Mo J, Weschler CJ, Gong J, He L, Zhu D, Lu C, Han H, Zhang Y, Zhang JJ. Cardiopulmonary effects of overnight indoor air filtration in healthy non-smoking adults: A double-blind randomized crossover study. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2018; 114:27-36. [PMID: 29475121 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND More than 90% of the world's population lives in areas where outdoor air pollution levels exceed health-based limits. In these areas, individuals may use indoor air filtration, often on a sporadic basis, in their residences to reduce exposure to respirable particles (PM2.5). Whether this intervention can lead to improvements in health outcomes has not been evaluated. METHODS Seventy non-smoking healthy adults, aged 19 to 26 years, received both true and sham indoor air filtration in a double-blinded randomized crossover study. Each filtration session was approximately 13 h long. True and sham filtration sessions were separated by a two-week washout interval. The study was carried out in a suburb of Shanghai. RESULTS During the study period, outdoor PM2.5 concentrations ranged from 18.6 to 106.9 μg/m3, which overlapped with levels measured in Western Europe and North America. Compared to sham filtration, true filtration on average decreased indoor PM2.5 concentration by 72.4% to 10.0 μg/m3 and particle number concentration by 59.2% to 2316/cm3. For lung function measured immediately after the end of filtration, true filtration significantly lowered airway impedance at 5 Hz (Z5) by 7.1% [95% CI: 2.4%, 11.9%], airway resistance at 5 Hz (R5) by 7.4% [95% CI: 2.4%, 12.5%], and small airway resistance (R5-R20) by 20.3% [95% CI: 0.1%, 40.5%], reflecting improved airway mechanics especially for the small airways. However, no significant improvements for spirometry indicators (FEV1, FVC) were observed. True filtration also significantly lowered von Willebrand factor (VWF) by 26.9% [95% CI: 7.3%, 46.4%] 24 h after the end of filtration, indicating reduced risk for thrombosis. Stratified analysis in male and female participants showed that true filtration significantly decreased pulse pressure by 3.3% [95% CI: 0.8%, 7.4%] in females, and significantly reduced VWF by 42.4% [95% CI: 17.4%, 67.4%] and interleukin-6 by 22.6% [95% CI: 0.4%, 44.9%] in males. Effect modification analyses indicated that filtration effects in male and female participants were not significantly different. CONCLUSION A single overnight residential air filtration, capable of reducing indoor particle concentrations substantially, can lead to improved airway mechanics and reduced thrombosis risk.
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- Xiaoxing Cui
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province 215316, China.
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA; Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Beijing 100084, China; Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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- Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; BIC-ESAT and SKL-ESPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA; Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province 215316, China; Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; BIC-ESAT and SKL-ESPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Bienvenu LA, Morgan J, Reichelt ME, Delbridge LM, Young MJ. Chronic in vivo nitric oxide deficiency impairs cardiac functional recovery after ischemia in female (but not male) mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2017; 112:8-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Rivero F, Cuesta J, Bastante T, Benedicto A, Fernández-Pérez C, Antuña P, García-Guimaraes M, Alfonso F. Reliability of physiological assessment of coronary stenosis severity using intracoronary pressure techniques: a comprehensive analysis from a large cohort of consecutive intermediate coronary lesions. EUROINTERVENTION 2017; 13:e193-e200. [DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-16-00574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Dworatzek E, Mahmoodzadeh S. Targeted basic research to highlight the role of estrogen and estrogen receptors in the cardiovascular system. Pharmacol Res 2017; 119:27-35. [PMID: 28119050 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2017.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2016] [Revised: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Epidemiological, clinical and animal studies revealed that sex differences exist in the manifestation and outcome of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The underlying molecular mechanisms implicated in these sex differences are not fully understood. The reasons for sex differences in CVD are definitely multifactorial, but major evidence points to the contribution of sex steroid hormone, 17β-estradiol (E2), and its receptors, estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and estrogen receptor beta (ERβ). In this review, we summarize past and present studies that implicate E2 and ER as important determinants of sexual dimorphism in the physiology and pathophysiology of the heart. In particular, we give an overview of studies aimed to reveal the role of E2 and ER in the physiology of the observed sex differences in CVD using ER knock-out mice. Finally, we discuss recent findings from novel transgenic mouse models, which have provided new information on the sexual dimorphic roles of ER specifically in cardiomyocytes under pathological conditions.
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- Elke Dworatzek
- Institut of Gender in Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charitè-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Berlin), Berlin, Germany.
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Chen YC, Inagaki T, Fujii Y, Schwenke DO, Tsuchimochi H, Edgley AJ, Umetani K, Zhang Y, Kelly DJ, Yoshimoto M, Nagai H, Evans RG, Kuwahira I, Shirai M, Pearson JT. Chronic intermittent hypoxia accelerates coronary microcirculatory dysfunction in insulin-resistant Goto-Kakizaki rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 311:R426-39. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00112.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chronic intermittent hypoxia (IH) induces oxidative stress and inflammation, which impair vascular endothelial function. Long-term insulin resistance also leads to endothelial dysfunction. We determined, in vivo, whether the effects of chronic IH and insulin resistance on endothelial function augment each other. Male 12-wk-old Goto-Kakizaki (GK) and Wistar control rats were subjected to normoxia or chronic IH (90-s N2, 5% O2 at nadir, 90-s air, 20 cycles/h, 8 h/day) for 4 wk. Coronary endothelial function was assessed using microangiography with synchrotron radiation. Imaging was performed at baseline, during infusion of acetylcholine (ACh, 5 μg·kg−1·min−1) and then sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 5 μg·kg−1·min−1), after blockade of both nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) with Nω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 50 mg/kg) and cyclooxygenase (COX, meclofenamate, 3 mg/kg), and during subsequent ACh. In GK rats, coronary vasodilatation in response to ACh and SNP was blunted compared with Wistar rats, and responses to ACh were abolished after blockade. In Wistar rats, IH blunted the ability of ACh or SNP to increase the number of visible vessels. In GK rats exposed to IH, neither ACh nor SNP were able to increase visible vessel number or caliber, and blockade resulted in marked vasoconstriction. Our findings indicate that IH augments the deleterious effects of insulin resistance on coronary endothelial function. They appear to increase the dependence of the coronary microcirculation on NO and/or vasodilator prostanoids, and greatly blunt the residual vasodilation in response to ACh after blockade of NOS/COX, presumably mediated by endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors.
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- Yi Ching Chen
- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biosciences Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Physiology-Heart Otago, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biosciences Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Harima, Japan
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- St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
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- Departments of Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Forensic Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biosciences Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tokai University Tokyo Hospital, Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biosciences Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Monash Biomedical Imaging Facility, Melbourne, Australia; and
- Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne, Australia
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Joseph SM, Brisco MA, Colvin M, Grady KL, Walsh MN, Cook JL. Women With Cardiogenic Shock Derive Greater Benefit From Early Mechanical Circulatory Support: An Update From the cVAD Registry. J Interv Cardiol 2016; 29:248-56. [DOI: 10.1111/joic.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Susan M. Joseph
- Advanced Heart and Lung Disease; Baylor University Medical Center; Dallas Texas
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- Cardiovascular Division; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina
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- Cardiovascular Division; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan
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- Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation; St. Vincent's Heart Center; Indianapolis Indiana
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- Division of Cardiology; Sarver Heart Center; University of Arizona; Tucson Arizona
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Despite recent progress in identifying and narrowing the gaps in cardiovascular outcomes between men and women, general understanding of how and why cardiovascular disease presentations differ between the sexes remains limited. Sex-specific patterns of cardiac and vascular ageing play an important role and, in fact, begin very early in life. Differences between the sexes in patterns of age-related cardiac remodelling are associated with the relatively greater prevalence in women than in men of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Similarly, sex variation in how vascular structure and function change with ageing contributes to differences between men and women in how coronary artery disease manifests typically or atypically over the adult life course. Both hormonal and non-hormonal factors underlie sex differences in cardiovascular ageing and the development of age-related disease. The midlife withdrawal of endogenous oestrogen appears to augment the age-related increase in cardiovascular risk seen in postmenopausal compared with premenopausal women. However, when compared with intrinsic biological differences between men and women that are present throughout life, this menopausal transition may not be as substantial an actor in determining cardiovascular outcomes.
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- Allison A Merz
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
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Mohammed SF, Redfield MM. Response to Letters Regarding Article, "Coronary Microvascular Rarefaction and Myocardial Fibrosis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction". Circulation 2016; 132:e206. [PMID: 26481572 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.017050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Campbell DJ. Letter by Campbell Regarding Article, "Coronary Microvascular Rarefaction and Myocardial Fibrosis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction". Circulation 2016; 132:e205. [PMID: 26481571 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.016091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Duncan J Campbell
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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Pepine CJ, Ferdinand KC, Shaw LJ, Light-McGroary KA, Shah RU, Gulati M, Duvernoy C, Walsh MN, Bairey Merz CN. Emergence of Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Woman's Problem and Need for Change in Definition on Angiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015; 66:1918-33. [PMID: 26493665 PMCID: PMC4618799 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Recognition of ischemic heart disease (IHD) is often delayed or deferred in women. Thus, many at risk for adverse outcomes are not provided specific diagnostic, preventive, and/or treatment strategies. This lack of recognition is related to sex-specific IHD pathophysiology that differs from traditional models using data from men with flow-limiting coronary artery disease (CAD) obstructions. Symptomatic women are less likely to have obstructive CAD than men with similar symptoms, and tend to have coronary microvascular dysfunction, plaque erosion, and thrombus formation. Emerging data document that more extensive, nonobstructive CAD involvement, hypertension, and diabetes are associated with major adverse events similar to those with obstructive CAD. A central emerging paradigm is the concept of nonobstructive CAD as a cause of IHD and related adverse outcomes among women. This position paper summarizes currently available knowledge and gaps in that knowledge, and recommends management options that could be useful until additional evidence emerges.
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- Carl J Pepine
- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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- Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- The College of Medicine and The College of Clinical Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California
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Roberts V, Lu B, Dwyer KM, Cowan PJ. Adenosine receptor expression in the development of renal fibrosis following ischemic injury. Transplant Proc 2015; 46:3257-61. [PMID: 25498034 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Long-term renal allograft survival has not improved despite improvements in short term outcomes. Graft loss is characterized histologically by the development of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA). Mechanisms underlying the development of IFTA are multifactorial and include ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). Therapeutic options to reduce IFTA include management of immunologic causes, such as rejection, but despite these efforts IFTA can still occur and leads to the inexorable destruction of the transplanted kidney. The adenosine A2B receptor (A2BR) has recently been implicated in the development of renal fibrosis. We performed an observational study to examine the mRNA expression of the adenosine receptors after renal ischemia up to the development of renal fibrosis in a mouse model of unilateral IRI. A2BR was the only adenosine receptor that showed elevated expression following ischemia until the development of renal fibrosis 4 weeks after injury. At 2 weeks after ischemia, increased expression of the fibrotic markers transforming growth factor β and Collagen-1α was observed. Expression of hypoxia inducible factor 1α and endothelin-1, which lie downstream of A2BR activation and have been recognized to promote renal fibrosis, were also significantly up-regulated at 2 weeks after ischemia. Expression of fibrotic markers returned to baseline by 4 weeks after ischemia, indicating resolution of injury with the concurrent development of renal fibrosis and reduced renal function. Our data suggest that A2BR may be a therapeutic target in reducing the development of renal fibrosis after ischemia.
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- V Roberts
- Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Prior DL, Somaratne JB, Jenkins AJ, Yii M, Newcomb AE, Schalkwijk CG, Black MJ, Kelly DJ, Campbell DJ. Calibrated integrated backscatter and myocardial fibrosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Open Heart 2015; 2:e000278. [PMID: 26339497 PMCID: PMC4555070 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Objective The reported association between calibrated integrated backscatter (cIB) and myocardial fibrosis is based on study of patients with dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and extensive (mean 15–34%) fibrosis. Its association with lesser degrees of fibrosis is unknown. We examined the relationship between cIB and myocardial fibrosis in patients with coronary artery disease. Methods Myocardial histology was examined in left ventricular epicardial biopsies from 40 patients (29 men and 11 women) undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery, who had preoperative echocardiography with cIB measurement. Results Total fibrosis (picrosirius red staining) varied from 0.7% to 4%, and in contrast to previous reports, cIB showed weak inverse associations with total fibrosis (r=−0.32, p=0.047) and interstitial fibrosis (r=−0.34, p=0.03). However, cIB was not significantly associated with other histological parameters, including immunostaining for collagens I and III, the advanced glycation end product (AGE) Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) and the receptor for AGEs (RAGE). When biomarkers were examined, cIB was weakly associated with log plasma levels of amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (r=0.34, p=0.03), creatinine (r=0.33, p=0.04) and glomerular filtration rate (r=−0.33, p=0.04), and was more strongly associated with log plasma levels of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (sVEGFR-1) (r=0.44, p=0.01) and soluble RAGE (r=0.53, p=0.002). Conclusions Higher cIB was not a marker of increased myocardial fibrosis in patients with coronary artery disease, but was associated with higher plasma levels of sVEGFR-1 and soluble RAGE. The role of cIB as a non-invasive index of fibrosis in clinical studies of patients without extensive fibrosis is, therefore, questionable.
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- David L Prior
- Department of Cardiology , St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia ; Department of Medicine , University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia ; St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research , Fitzroy , Australia
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- Department of Medicine , University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery , St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia ; Department of Surgery , University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery , St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia ; Department of Surgery , University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine , University of Maastricht , Maastricht , The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology , Monash University , Clayton , Australia
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- Department of Medicine , University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia
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- Department of Medicine , University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne , Fitzroy , Australia ; St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research , Fitzroy , Australia
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Corcoran D, Berry C, Oldroyd K. Current frontiers in the clinical research of coronary physiology. Interv Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.2217/ica.14.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Fengler K, Fuernau G, Desch S, Eitel I, Neumann FJ, Olbrich HG, de Waha A, de Waha S, Richardt G, Hennersdorf M, Empen K, Hambrecht R, Fuhrmann J, Böhm M, Poess J, Strasser R, Schneider S, Schuler G, Werdan K, Zeymer U, Thiele H. Gender differences in patients with cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction: a substudy of the IABP-SHOCK II-trial. Clin Res Cardiol 2014; 104:71-8. [PMID: 25287767 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-014-0767-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with high mortality. Previous studies regarding gender-specific differences in CS are conflicting and there are insufficient data for the presence of gender-associated differences in the contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention era. Aim of this study was therefore to investigate gender-specific differences in a large cohort of AMI patients with CS undergoing contemporary treatment. METHODS In the randomized Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in Cardiogenic Shock II (IABP-SHOCK II) trial, 600 patients with CS complicating AMI undergoing early revascularization were assigned to therapy with or without intra-aortic balloon pump. We compared sex-specific differences in these patients with regard to baseline and procedural characteristics as well as short- and long-term clinical outcome. RESULTS Of 600 patients 187 (31%) were female. Women were significantly older than men and had a significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure at presentation (p < 0.05 for all). Diabetes mellitus and hypertension were more frequent in women, whereas smoking was more frequent in men (p < 0.05 for all). Women showed a higher mortality within the first day after randomization (p = 0.004). However, after multivariable adjustment this numerical difference was no longer statistically significant. No gender-related differences in clinical outcome were observed after 1, 6 and 12 months of follow-up. CONCLUSION In this large-scale multicenter study in patients with CS complicating AMI, women had a worse-risk profile in comparison to men. No significant gender-related differences in treatment as well as short- and long-term outcome were observed.
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- Karl Fengler
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Strümpellstraße 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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Patel MR, Dai D, Hernandez AF, Douglas PS, Messenger J, Garratt KN, Maddox TM, Peterson ED, Roe MT. Prevalence and predictors of nonobstructive coronary artery disease identified with coronary angiography in contemporary clinical practice. Am Heart J 2014; 167:846-52.e2. [PMID: 24890534 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend noninvasive tests (NITs) to risk stratify and identify patients with higher likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD) prior to elective coronary angiography. However, a high percentage of patients are found to have nonobstructive CAD. We aimed to understand the relationship between patient characteristics, NIT findings, and the likelihood of nonobstructive CAD. METHODS Patients undergoing elective catheterization without history of CAD were identified from 1,128 hospitals in National Cardiovascular Data Registry's CathPCI Registry between July 2009 and December 2011. Noninvasive tests included stress electrocardiogram, stress echocardiogram, stress radionuclide, stress cardiac magnetic resonance, and computed tomographic angiography. Patient demographics, risk factors, symptoms, and NIT results were correlated with the presence of nonobstructive CAD, defined as all native coronary stenoses <50%. RESULTS Of 661,063 patients undergoing elective angiography, 386,003 (58.4%) had nonobstructive CAD. Preprocedure NIT was performed in 64% of patients; 51.9% were reported to be abnormal, but only 9% had high-risk findings. Independent factors associated with nonobstructive CAD were younger age, female sex, atypical chest pain, and a low-risk NIT. Patients with high-risk findings on NIT were more likely to have obstructive CAD (adjusted odds ratio 3.03 [2.86-3.22]). Noninvasive test findings had minimal incremental value beyond clinical factors for predicting obstructive disease (C index = 0.75 for clinical factors vs 0.74 for NIT findings). CONCLUSION In current practice, about two-thirds of patients undergo NIT prior to elective cardiac catheterization, yet most patients have nonobstructive CAD. The weak correlation between most NIT results and the likelihood of obstructive CAD provides further impetus for improving preangiography assessment of likelihood of disease.
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- Manesh R Patel
- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC.
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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Park KE, Pepine CJ. Microvascular dysfunction: what have we learned from WISE? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2014; 9:1491-4. [DOI: 10.1586/erc.11.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Campbell DJ, Somaratne JB, Prior DL, Yii M, Kenny JF, Newcomb AE, Kelly DJ, Black MJ. Obesity is associated with lower coronary microvascular density. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81798. [PMID: 24312359 PMCID: PMC3843695 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Obesity is associated with diastolic dysfunction, lower maximal myocardial blood flow, impaired myocardial metabolism and increased risk of heart failure. We examined the association between obesity, left ventricular filling pressure and myocardial structure. Methods We performed histological analysis of non-ischemic myocardium from 57 patients (46 men and 11 women) undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery who did not have previous cardiac surgery, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation or loop diuretic therapy. Results Non-obese (body mass index, BMI, ≤30 kg/m2, n=33) and obese patients (BMI >30 kg/m2, n=24) did not differ with respect to myocardial total, interstitial or perivascular fibrosis, arteriolar dimensions, or cardiomyocyte width. Obese patients had lower capillary length density (1145±239, mean±SD, vs. 1371±333 mm/mm3, P=0.007) and higher diffusion radius (16.9±1.5 vs. 15.6±2.0 μm, P=0.012), in comparison with non-obese patients. However, the diffusion radius/cardiomyocyte width ratio of obese patients (0.73±0.11 μm/μm) was not significantly different from that of non-obese patients (0.71±0.11 μm/μm), suggesting that differences in cardiomyocyte width explained in part the differences in capillary length density and diffusion radius between non-obese and obese patients. Increased BMI was associated with increased pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP, P<0.0001), and lower capillary length density was associated with both increased BMI (P=0.043) and increased PCWP (P=0.016). Conclusions Obesity and its accompanying increase in left ventricular filling pressure were associated with lower coronary microvascular density, which may contribute to the lower maximal myocardial blood flow, impaired myocardial metabolism, diastolic dysfunction and higher risk of heart failure in obese individuals.
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- Duncan J. Campbell
- St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Health, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Li J, Rihal CS, Matsuo Y, Elrashidi MY, Flammer AJ, Lee MS, Cassar A, Lennon RJ, Herrmann J, Bell MR, Holmes DR, Bresnahan JF, Hua Q, Lerman LO, Lerman A. Sex-related differences in fractional flow reserve-guided treatment. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2013; 6:662-70. [PMID: 24149976 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.113.000762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sex-specific differences affect the evaluation, treatment, and prognosis of coronary artery disease. We tested the hypothesis that long-term outcomes of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are different between women and men. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive 1090 patients, referred for PCI and undergoing FFR measurements at the Mayo Clinic between October 2002 and December 2009, were included in this registry study. Clinical events were compared between the sexes during a median follow-up of 50.9 months. Of all patients, women had higher FFR adjusted by visual coronary stenosis than men (P=0.03). The Kaplan-Meier percent of major adverse cardiac events at 5 years was 35% in women and 38% in men (P=0.54). Interestingly, in patients undergoing PCI with an FFR <0.75, the incidence of death or myocardial infarction was significantly higher in women than in men (hazard ratio, 2.16; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-4.51; P=0.04). Moreover, compared with patients with FFR >0.80, deferral of PCI for those with FFR between 0.75 and 0.80 was associated with an increased rate of major adverse cardiac events, particularly death or myocardial infarction in women (hazard ratio, 3.25; 95% confidence interval, 1.56-6.74; P=0.002) and revascularization in men (hazard ratio, 2.66; 95% confidence interval, 1.66-4.54; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Long-term outcome differs between women and men undergoing FFR-guided PCI. Our data suggest that the sex-based treatment strategy is necessary to further optimize prognosis of patients with coronary artery disease.
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- Jing Li
- From the Division of Cardiology, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (J.L., Q.H.); Division of Cardiovascular Diseases (C.S.R., Y.M., A.C., J.H., M.R.B., D.R.H., J.F.B., A.L.), Division of General Internal Medicine (M.Y.E.), Biomedical Statistics (R.J.L.), and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (L.O.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Cardiovascular Center, Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (A.J.F.); and Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea (M.-S.L.)
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Reduced microvascular density in non-ischemic myocardium of patients with recent non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2013; 167:1027-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2011] [Revised: 01/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Seltenhammer MH, Marchart K, Paula P, Kordina N, Klupp N, Schneider B, Fitzl C, Risser DU. Micromorphological changes in cardiac tissue of drug-related deaths with emphasis on chronic illicit opioid abuse. Addiction 2013; 108:1287-95. [PMID: 23297783 PMCID: PMC3746107 DOI: 10.1111/add.12106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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AIMS The main intention of this retrospective study was to investigate whether chronic illicit drug abuse, especially the intravenous use of opioids (heroin), could potentially trigger the development of myocardial fibrosis in drug addicts. DESIGN A retrospective case-control study was performed using myocardial tissue samples from both drug-related deaths (DRD) with verifiable opioid abuse and non-drug-related deaths in the same age group. SETTING Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (1993-94). PARTICIPANTS Myocardial specimens were retrieved from 76 deceased intravenous opioid users and compared to those of 23 deceased non-drug users. MEASUREMENTS Drug quantification was carried out using the enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT), followed by [gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), MAT 112(®) ], and analysed using the Integrator 3390A by Hewlett Packard(®) and LABCOM.1 computer (MSS-G.G.). The amount of fibrous connective tissue (FCT) in the myocardium was determined by using the morphometric software LUCIA Net version 1.16.2(©) , Laboratory Imaging, with NIS Elements 3.0(®) . FINDINGS Drug analysis revealed that 67.11% were polydrug users and the same proportion was classified as heroin addicts (6-monoacetylmorphine, 6-MAM)-32.89% were users of pure heroin. In 76.32% of DRD cases, codeine was detected. Only 2.63% consumed cocaine. The mean morphine concentrations were 389.03 ng/g in the cerebellum and 275.52 ng/g in the medulla oblongata, respectively. Morphometric analysis exhibited a strong correlation between DRD and myocardial fibrosis. The mean proportion of FCT content in the drug group was 7.6 ± 2.9% (females: 6.30 ± 2.19%; males: 7.91 ± 3.01%) in contrast to 5.2 ± 1.7% (females: 4.45 ± 1.23%; males: 5.50 ± 1.78%) in the control group, indicating a significant difference (P = 0.0012), and a significant difference in the amount of FCT between females and males (P = 0.0383). There was no significant interaction of age and FCT (P = 0.8472). CONCLUSIONS There is a long-term risk of cardiac dysfunction following chronic illicit drug abuse with opioids as a principal component. Regular cardiological examination of patients receiving substitution treatment with morphine is strongly recommended.
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
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Reichelt ME, Mellor KM, Bell JR, Chandramouli C, Headrick JP, Delbridge LMD. Sex, sex steroids, and diabetic cardiomyopathy: making the case for experimental focus. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H779-92. [PMID: 23792676 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00141.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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More than three decades ago, the Framingham study revealed that cardiovascular risk is elevated for all diabetics and that this jeopardy is substantially accentuated for women in particular. Numerous studies have subsequently documented worsened cardiac outcomes for women. Given that estrogen and insulin exert major regulatory effects through common intracellular signaling pathways prominent in maintenance of cardiomyocyte function, a sex-hormone:diabetic-disease interaction is plausible. Underlying aspects of female cardiovascular pathophysiology that exaggerate cardiovascular diabetic risk may be identified, including increased vulnerability to coronary microvascular disease, age-dependent impairment of insulin-sensitivity, and differential susceptibility to hyperglycemia. Since Framingham, considerable progress has been made in the development of experimental models of diabetic disease states, including a diversity of genetic rodent models. Ample evidence indicates that animal models of both type 1 and 2 diabetes variably recapitulate aspects of diabetic cardiomyopathy including diastolic and systolic dysfunction, and cardiac structural pathology including fibrosis, loss of compliance, and in some instances ventricular hypertrophy. Perplexingly, little of this work has explored the relevance and mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Only a small number of experimental studies have addressed this question, yet the prospects for gaining important mechanistic insights from further experimental enquiry are considerable. The case for experimental interrogation of sex differences, and of sex steroid influences in the aetiology of diabetic cardiomyopathy, is particularly compelling-providing incentive for future investigation with ultimate therapeutic potential.
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- Melissa E Reichelt
- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Papakonstantinou NA, Stamou MI, Baikoussis NG, Goudevenos J, Apostolakis E. Sex differentiation with regard to coronary artery disease. J Cardiol 2013; 62:4-11. [PMID: 23642501 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Coronary artery disease was considered a male disease for many years. However, nowadays, coronary artery disease constitutes the leading cause of death in women, although there are a lot of gender-related differences regarding the presentation of acute myocardial infarction, its diagnosis, its treatment, short- and long-term mortality rates, and post-acute myocardial infarction complications. Generally, women have smaller and stiffer hearts and cardiac vessels, suffering a greater extent of atherosclerosis and endothelial and smooth muscle dysfunction. They are usually older than men and they have more comorbidities such as hypertension, renal impairment, and diabetes mellitus. Moreover, female coronary artery disease, the diagnosis of which is more complicated due to more false negative results of some diagnostic methods in women, is more often presented with atypical symptoms and women's symptoms of typical or atypical angina are more severe. Furthermore, women delay significantly more in seeking care and they are more frequently undertreated. Finally, women are associated with generally poorer in-hospital and long-term prognosis having almost two-fold higher early mortality and they are more prone to complications such as bleeding complications, shock, and heart failure, as well as to post-myocardial infarction depression and poorer physical function and mental health. In this review, we discuss these sex-related differences according to current literature.
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Regitz-Zagrosek V, Dworatzek E, Kintscher U, Dragun D. Sex and Sex Hormone–Dependent Cardiovascular Stress Responses. Hypertension 2013. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.189233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
- From the Institute of Gender in Medicine (V.R.-Z., E.D.), Center for Cardiovascular Research (V.R.-Z., E.D., U.K., D.D.), Department of Pharmacology (U.K.), and Clinic for Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine (D.D.), Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- From the Institute of Gender in Medicine (V.R.-Z., E.D.), Center for Cardiovascular Research (V.R.-Z., E.D., U.K., D.D.), Department of Pharmacology (U.K.), and Clinic for Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine (D.D.), Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- From the Institute of Gender in Medicine (V.R.-Z., E.D.), Center for Cardiovascular Research (V.R.-Z., E.D., U.K., D.D.), Department of Pharmacology (U.K.), and Clinic for Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine (D.D.), Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- From the Institute of Gender in Medicine (V.R.-Z., E.D.), Center for Cardiovascular Research (V.R.-Z., E.D., U.K., D.D.), Department of Pharmacology (U.K.), and Clinic for Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine (D.D.), Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Diastolic dysfunction of aging is independent of myocardial structure but associated with plasma advanced glycation end-product levels. PLoS One 2012. [PMID: 23189164 PMCID: PMC3506639 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Heart failure is associated with abnormalities of myocardial structure, and plasma levels of the advanced glycation end-product (AGE) Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) correlate with the severity and prognosis of heart failure. Aging is associated with diastolic dysfunction and increased risk of heart failure, and we investigated the hypothesis that diastolic dysfunction of aging humans is associated with altered myocardial structure and plasma AGE levels. Methods We performed histological analysis of non-ischemic left ventricular myocardial biopsies and measured plasma levels of the AGEs CML and low molecular weight fluorophores (LMWFs) in 26 men undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery who had transthoracic echocardiography before surgery. None had previous cardiac surgery, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, or heart failure. Results The patients were aged 43–78 years and increasing age was associated with echocardiographic indices of diastolic dysfunction, with higher mitral Doppler flow velocity A wave (r = 0.50, P = 0.02), lower mitral E/A wave ratio (r = 0.64, P = 0.001), longer mitral valve deceleration time (r = 0.42, P = 0.03) and lower early diastolic peak velocity of the mitral septal annulus, e’ (r = 0.55, P = 0.008). However, neither mitral E/A ratio nor mitral septal e’ was correlated with myocardial total, interstitial or perivascular fibrosis (picrosirius red), immunostaining for collagens I and III, CML, and receptor for AGEs (RAGE), cardiomyocyte width, capillary length density, diffusion radius or arteriolar dimensions. Plasma AGE levels were not associated with age. However, plasma CML levels were associated with E/A ratio (r = 0.44, P = 0.04) and e’ (r = 0.51, P = 0.02) and LMWF levels were associated with E/A ratio (r = 0.49, P = 0.02). Moreover, the mitral E/A ratio remained correlated with plasma LMWF levels in all patients (P = 0.04) and the mitral septal e’ remained correlated with plasma CML levels in non-diabetic patients (P = 0.007) when age was a covariate. Conclusions Diastolic dysfunction of aging was independent of myocardial structure but was associated with plasma AGE levels.
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Lekawanvijit S, Kompa AR, Manabe M, Wang BH, Langham RG, Nishijima F, Kelly DJ, Krum H. Chronic kidney disease-induced cardiac fibrosis is ameliorated by reducing circulating levels of a non-dialysable uremic toxin, indoxyl sulfate. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41281. [PMID: 22829936 PMCID: PMC3400638 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular death commonly occurs in patients with chronic kidney disease. Indoxyl sulfate (IS), a uremic toxin, has been demonstrated in vitro as a contributory factor in cardiac fibrosis, a typical pathological finding in uremic cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine if cardiac fibrosis is reversible by lowering serum IS levels using an oral charcoal adsorbent, AST-120. Subtotal-nephrectomized (5/6-STNx) Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to receive either AST-120 (AST-120, n = 13) or no treatment (vehicle, n = 17) for 12 weeks. Sham operated rats (n = 12) were used as controls. Early left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction was demonstrated by an increase in peak velocity of atrial filling [A and A’ waves] and a decrease of E/A and E’/A’ ratios obtained by echocardiography. This was accompanied by a 4.5-fold increase in serum IS (p<0.001) as well as elevated tail-cuff blood pressure (p<0.001) and heart weight (p<0.001). Increased LV fibrosis (p<0.001), gene expression of pro-fibrotic (TGF-β, CTGF) and hypertrophic (ANP, β-MHC and α-skeletal muscle actin) markers, as well as TGF-β and phosphorylated NF-κB protein expression were observed in STNx + vehicle rats. Treatment with AST-120 reduced serum creatinine (by 54%, p<0.05) and urine total protein (by 27%, p<0.05) vs vehicle whilst having no effect on blood pressure (AST-120 = 227±11 vs vehicle = 224±8 mmHg, ns) and heart weight. The increase in serum IS was prevented with AST-120 (by 100%, p<0.001) which was accompanied by reduced LV fibrosis (68%, p<0.01) and TGF-β and phosphorylated NF-κB protein expression (back to sham levels, p<0.05) despite no significant change in LV function. In conclusion, STNx resulted in increased cardiac fibrosis and circulating IS levels. Reduction of IS with AST-120 normalizes cardiac fibrosis, in a blood pressure independent manner.
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- Suree Lekawanvijit
- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Pharmaceutical Department, Kureha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Nephrology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Campbell DJ, Somaratne JB, Jenkins AJ, Prior DL, Yii M, Kenny JF, Newcomb AE, Schalkwijk CG, Black MJ, Kelly DJ. Impact of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome on myocardial structure and microvasculature of men with coronary artery disease. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2011; 10:80. [PMID: 21929744 PMCID: PMC3182888 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-10-80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome are associated with impaired diastolic function and increased heart failure risk. Animal models and autopsy studies of diabetic patients implicate myocardial fibrosis, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, altered myocardial microvascular structure and advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy. We investigated whether type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome are associated with altered myocardial structure, microvasculature, and expression of AGEs and receptor for AGEs (RAGE) in men with coronary artery disease. Methods We performed histological analysis of left ventricular biopsies from 13 control, 10 diabetic and 23 metabolic syndrome men undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery who did not have heart failure or atrial fibrillation, had not received loop diuretic therapy, and did not have evidence of previous myocardial infarction. Results All three patient groups had similar extent of coronary artery disease and clinical characteristics, apart from differences in metabolic parameters. Diabetic and metabolic syndrome patients had higher pulmonary capillary wedge pressure than controls, and diabetic patients had reduced mitral diastolic peak velocity of the septal mitral annulus (E'), consistent with impaired diastolic function. Neither diabetic nor metabolic syndrome patients had increased myocardial interstitial fibrosis (picrosirius red), or increased immunostaining for collagen I and III, the AGE Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine, or RAGE. Cardiomyocyte width, capillary length density, diffusion radius, and arteriolar dimensions did not differ between the three patient groups, whereas diabetic and metabolic syndrome patients had reduced perivascular fibrosis. Conclusions Impaired diastolic function of type 2 diabetic and metabolic syndrome patients was not dependent on increased myocardial fibrosis, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, alteration of the myocardial microvascular structure, or increased myocardial expression of Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine or RAGE. These findings suggest that the increased myocardial fibrosis and AGE expression, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, and altered microvasculature structure described in diabetic heart disease were a consequence, rather than an initiating cause, of cardiac dysfunction.
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- Duncan J Campbell
- Department of Molecular Cardiology, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia.
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