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Jayagopal PB, Shah B, Bharti BB, Vidhyadharan J, Upendra G. Applicability of the OPTA Questionnaire for Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease in Indian Clinical Practice: A Cross-sectional, Real-word Evidence Study. J Assoc Physicians India 2023; 71:11-12. [PMID: 37449684 DOI: 10.59556/japi.71.0284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Angina is the symptomatic form of stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD). The OPtimal Treatment of Angina (OPTA) questionnaire was developed and validated to overcome the lack of a standardized and accurate tool to assess patients' clinical conditions with SIHD. This study aimed to understand the applicability of OPTA in patients with SIHD in routine clinical practice in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional, single-visit study, 344 patients with SIHD were enrolled. Study endpoints were physicians' agreement on the applicability of OPTA, the usefulness of OPTA in assessing degree of impairment in daily activities of patients, and its positive predictive value (PPV). RESULTS All enrolled patients completed the study. The mean [standard deviation (SD)] age was 56.6 (10.77) years, with a majority of patients being male (69.5%) and on antianginal treatment for >1 year (80.4%). Physicians of all participating patients agreed that the OPTA questionnaire could accurately assess whether treatment received by patients was optimal (100% agreement rate). No or moderate degree of impairment of daily activities was reported by 93.9% and 73.0% of patients for one and two health-related questions, respectively. The PPV and sensitivity of the questionnaire were 88.97% [confidence interval (CI): 87.58%, 90.22%] and 39.33% (CI: 34.01%, 44.85%), respectively. CONCLUSION The OPTA questionnaire showed good agreement regarding health status between physicians and patients and could be used to periodically assess and guide clinical judgment in the management of SIHD in India. Further assessment of the impact of various treatments temporally and in the long term may be warranted.
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- P B Jayagopal
- Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Lakshmi Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala; Corresponding Author
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- Department of Cardiology, Harshal Cardiovascular Clinic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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- Department of Cardiology, Hridayalaya Heart Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
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- Established Pharmaceuticals Division, Abbott Healthcare India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Jabir A, Geevar Zachariah, Mohanan PP, Gupta MD, Ramakrishnan S, Meena CB, Sridhar L, Girish MP, Das DR, Gupta A, Praveen Nagula, Tom Devasia, Bhavesh Vajifdar, Kamlesh Thakkar, Urmil Shah, Tanuj Bhatia, Smit Srivastava, Sanjeev Sharma, Priya Kubendiran, Jayagopal PB, Sudeep Kumar, Deepthy Sadanandan, Lincy Mathew, Nitish Naik, Anup Banerji, Ashraf SM, Asokan PK, Bharti BB, Majumder B, Dhiman Kahali, Sinha DP, Sharma D, Dastidar DG, Dipankar Mukhapdhyay, Wander GS, Bali HK, Kesavamoorthy B, Agarwala MK, Khanna NN, Natesh BH, Goel PK, Chakraborty RN, Jain RK, Rakesh Yadav, Sameer Dani L, Satyavan Sharma, Satyendra Tewari, Sethi KK, Sharad Chandra, Mandal S, Bhandari S, Sikdar S, Vivek Gupta, Rath PC, Bang VH, Debabrata Roy, Das MK, Banerjee PS. COVID-19 infected ST-Elevation myocardial infarction in India (COSTA INDIA). Indian Heart J 2023; 75:243-250. [PMID: 37230465 PMCID: PMC10204278 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2023.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To find out differences in the presentation, management and outcomes of COVID-19 infected STEMI patients compared to age and sex-matched non-infected STEMI patients treated during the same period. METHODS This was a retrospective multicentre observational registry in which we collected data of COVID-19 positive STEMI patients from selected tertiary care hospitals across India. For every COVID-19 positive STEMI patient, two age and sex-matched COVID-19 negative STEMI patients were enrolled as control. The primary endpoint was a composite of in-hospital mortality, re-infarction, heart failure, and stroke. RESULTS 410 COVID-19 positive STEMI cases were compared with 799 COVID-19 negative STEMI cases. The composite of death/reinfarction/stroke/heart failure was significantly higher among the COVID-19 positive STEMI patients compared with COVID-19 negative STEMI cases (27.1% vs 20.7% p value = 0.01); though mortality rate did not differ significantly (8.0% vs 5.8% p value = 0.13). Significantly lower proportion of COVID-19 positive STEMI patients received reperfusion treatment and primary PCI (60.7% vs 71.1% p value=< 0.001 and 15.4% vs 23.4% p value = 0.001 respectively). Rate of systematic early PCI (pharmaco-invasive treatment) was significantly lower in the COVID-19 positive group compared with COVID-19 negative group. There was no difference in the prevalence of high thrombus burden (14.5% and 12.0% p value = 0.55 among COVID-19 positive and negative patients respectively) CONCLUSIONS: In this large registry of STEMI patients, we did not find significant excess in in-hospital mortality among COVID-19 co-infected patients compared with non-infected patients despite lower rate of primary PCI and reperfusion treatment, though composite of in-hospital mortality, re-infarction, stroke and heart failure was higher.
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- Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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- Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Karnataka, India.
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- Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Dr Bhim Rao Ambedhkar Memorial Hospital, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
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- G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.
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- Medica Superspeciality Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- Government Medical College, Kannur, Kerala, India.
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- Fathima Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
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- B M Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- Christian Medical Centre Hospital, Jorht, Assam, India.
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- Meenakshi Multispeciality Hospital, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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- Apollo CVHF Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Delhi Heart and Lung Institute, New Delhi, India.
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- King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Ubuntu Heart and Superspeciality Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- N H Rabindranatha Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- The Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Zachariah G, Ramakrishnan S, Das MK, Jabir A, Jayagopal PB, Venugopal K, Mani K, Khan AK, Malviya A, Gupta A, Goyal A, Singh BP, Mohan B, Bharti BB, Majumder B, Wilson B, Karunadas CP, Meena CB, Manjunath CN, Cibu M, Roy D, Choudhary D, Das DR, Sarma D, Girish MP, Wander GS, Wardhan H, Ezhilan J, Tummala K, Katyal VK, Goswami K, Subramanyam K, Goyal KK, Kumar K, Pathak LA, Bansal M, Mandal M, Gupta MD, Khanna NN, Hanumanthappa NB, Bardoloi N, Modi N, Naik N, Hasija PK, Kerkar P, Bhattacharyya PJ, Gadkari P, Chakraborthy RN, Patil RR, Gupta R, Yadav R, Murty RS, Nath RK, Sivakumar R, Sethi R, Baruah R, Tyagi S, Guha S, Krishnappa S, Kumar S, Routray SN, Tewari S, Ray S, Reddy SS, Chandra S, Gupta SB, Chatterjee SS, Siddiqui KKH, Sivabalan M, Yerram S, Kumar S, Nagarajan S, Devasia T, Jadhav U, Narain VS, Garg VK, Gupta VK, Prabhakaran D, Deb PK, Mohanan PP. Changing pattern of admissions for acute myocardial infarction in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian Heart J 2021; 73:413-423. [PMID: 34474751 PMCID: PMC8424286 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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AIM Studies on the changes in the presentation and management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic from low- and middle-income countries are limited. We sought to determine the changes in the number of admissions, management practices, and outcomes of AMI during the pandemic period in India. METHODS & RESULTS In this two-timepoint cross-sectional study involving 187 hospitals across India, patients admitted with AMI between 15th March to 15th June in 2020 were compared with those admitted during the corresponding period of 2019. We included 41,832 consecutive adults with AMI. Admissions during the pandemic period (n = 16414) decreased by 35·4% as compared to the corresponding period in 2019 (n = 25418). We observed significant heterogeneity in this decline across India. The weekly average decrease in AMI admissions in 2020 correlated negatively with the number of COVID cases (r = -0·48; r2 = 0·2), but strongly correlated with the stringency of lockdown index (r = 0·95; r2 = 0·90). On a multi-level logistic regression, admissions were lower in 2020 with older age categories, tier 1 cities, and centers with high patient volume. Adjusted utilization rate of coronary angiography, and percutaneous coronary intervention decreased by 11·3%, and 5·9% respectively. CONCLUSIONS The magnitude of reduction in AMI admissions across India was not uniform. The nature, time course, and the patient demographics were different compared to reports from other countries, suggesting a significant impact due to the lockdown. These findings have important implications in managing AMI during the pandemic.
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- Dept. of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Indra Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India
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- Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, India
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- Christian Medical Centre Hospital, Jorhat, India
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- Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiology Department, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Mysore, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, Odissa, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Science, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Consultant in Cardiology Department, MGM New Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Gupta K, Ramakrishnan S, Zachariah G, Rao JS, Mohanan PP, Venugopal K, Sateesh S, Sethi R, Jain D, Bardolei N, Mani K, Kakar TS, Jain V, Gupta P, Gupta R, Bansal S, Nath RK, Tyagi S, Wander GS, Gupta S, Mandal S, Senguttuvan NB, Subramanyam G, Roy D, Datta S, Ganguly K, Routray SN, Mishra SS, Singh BP, Bharti BB, Das MK, Deb PK, Deedwania P, Seth A. Impact of the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines on the prevalence of hypertension among Indian adults: Results from a cross-sectional survey. Int J Cardiol Hypertens 2021; 7:100055. [PMID: 33465185 PMCID: PMC7803035 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchy.2020.100055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background The impact of the 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for diagnosis and management of hypertension on the prevalence of hypertension in India is unknown. Methods We analyzed data from the Cardiac Prevent 2015 survey to estimate the change in the prevalence of hypertension. The JNC8 guidelines defined hypertension as a systolic blood pressure of ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure of ≥90 mmHg. The 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines define hypertension as a systolic blood pressure of ≥130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure of ≥80 mmHg. We standardized the prevalence as per the 2011 census population of India. We also calculated the prevalence as per the World Health Organization (WHO) World Standard Population (2000–2025). Results Among 180,335 participants (33.2% women), the mean age was 40.6 ± 14.9 years (41.1 ± 15.0 and 39.7 ± 14.7 years in men and women, respectively). Among them, 8,898 (4.9%), 99,791 (55.3%), 35,694 (11.9%), 23,084 (12.8%), 9,989 (5.5%) and 2,878 (1.6%) participants belonged to age group 18–19, 20–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65–74 and ≥ 75 years respectively. The prevalence of hypertension according to the JNC8 and 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines was 29.7% and 63.8%, respectively- an increase of 115%. With the 2011 census population of India, this suggests that currently, 486 million Indian adults have hypertension according to the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines, an addition of 260 million as compared to the JNC8 guidelines. Conclusion According to the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines, 3 in every 5 Indian adults have hypertension.
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- Kartik Gupta
- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.,Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.,Cardiology Society of India, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiology Society of India, India
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Fresno, CA, USA
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Ramakrishnan S, Jabir A, Jayagopal PB, Mohanan PP, Nair VK, Das MK, Mandal M, Roy D, Reddy SS, Malviya A, Singh BP, Bharti BB, Majumder B, Karunadas CP, Meena CB, Girish MP, Ezhilan J, Tummala K, Katyal VK, Subramanyam K, Goyal KK, Kenchappa K, Gupta MD, Hanumanthappa NB, Bardoloi N, Modi N, Bhattacharyya PJ, Gadkari P, Patil RR, Murty RS, Baruah R, Krishnappa S, Kumar S, Routray S, Tewari S, Gupta SB, Maduramuthu S, Yerram S, Kumar S, Jadhav U, Manjunath CN, Prabhakaran D, Kerker P, Yadav R, Guha S, Deb PK, Zachariah G. Pattern of acute MI admissions in India during COVID-19 era: A Cardiological Society of India study - Rationale and design. Indian Heart J 2020; 72:541-546. [PMID: 33357642 PMCID: PMC7476577 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background COVID-19 pandemic has affected around 20million patients worldwide and 2.0 million cases from India. The lockdown was employed to delay the pandemic. However, it had an unintentional impact on acute cardiovascular care, especially acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Observational studies have shown a decrease in hospital admissions for AMI in several developed countries during the pandemic period. We aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the AMI admissions patterns across India. Methods In this multicentric, retrospective, cross-sectional study, we included all AMI cases admitted to participating hospitals during the study period 15th March to 15th June 2020 and compared them using a historical control of all cases of AMI admitted during the corresponding period in the year 2019. Major objective of the study is to analyze the changes inthe number of hospital admissions for AMI in hospitals across India. In addition, we intend to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the weekly AMI admission rates, and other performance measures like rates of thrombolysis/primary percutaneous interventions (PCI), window period, door to balloon time, and door to needle time. Other objectives include evaluation of changes in the major complications and mortality rates of AMI and its predictors during COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions This CSI-AMI study will provide scientific evidence about the impact of COVID-19 on AMI care in India. Based on this study, we may be able to suggest appropriate changes to the existing MI guidelines and to educate the public regarding emergency care for AMI during COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Department of Cardiology, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkatta, West Bengal, India
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- Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Cardiology, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Medicine Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- Convenient Hospitals Ltd, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Srikrishna Hrudayalaya & Critical Care Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, Odissa, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Asian Heart Institute & Ex-HOD, Medicine and Cardiology, C Rly HQ Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Science, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- MGM New Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Centre for Chronic Disease Control, & Vice President, Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, India
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- Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Calcutta Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Tewari S, Kumar S, Kapoor A, Singh U, Agarwal A, Bharti BB, Garg N, Goel PK, Sinha N. Premature coronary artery disease in North India: an angiography study of 1971 patients. Indian Heart J 2005; 57:311-8. [PMID: 16350676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND South Asians, specially Indians, show increased risk for atherosclerosis and have the highest mortality rates due to coronary artery disease amongst all ethnic groups studied so far. We aimed to find out the differences in clinical-biochemical and angiographic profile of young patients versus older patients with angiographically proven atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. METHODS AND RESULTS Group I (n=828) consisted of patients with age above 55 years (mean age: 63.15 +/- 5.76 years), group II (n=924, mean age: 49.13 +/- 4.25 years) consisted of patients between age 41-55 years and group III (n=219) consisted of patients with age < or = 40 years (mean age: 37.37 +/- 2.92 years). Among the conventional risk factors, smoking was significantly more frequent in group III, while diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension were more prevalent in groups II and I. Q wave myocardial infarction was more frequently present in groups II and III. Only about one-third of the entire patient population in the myocardial infarction group received thrombolytic therapy. Total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were significantly higher in younger patients (groups II and III), while high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was significantly low in whole cohort but more so in older patients. Single vessel involvement was more common in group III, while multi-vessel involvement, diffuse disease and fluoroscopic calcium were more common in groups I and II. CONCLUSIONS Significant differences were observed in the clinical, biochemical and angiographic profile of young patients with coronary artery disease as compared to elderly patients. The younger cohort had more atherogenic lipid profile, higher prevalence of smoking and more frequent single vessel disease. We observed that total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio was a better predictor of coronary artery disease as compared to individual lipid levels.
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- Satyendra Tewari
- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
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Bharti BB, Kumar S, Kapoor A, Agarwal A, Mishra R, Sinha N. Assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. J Postgrad Med 2004; 50:262-5; discussion 266-7. [PMID: 15623966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Recognizing the paucity of data regarding echocardiographic studies of Left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), a study was carried out to study these parameters in these subjects. SETTINGS, DESIGN AND METHODS: Thirty-five patients with JRA and an equal number of age- and sex-matched controls were studied by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. RESULTS Patients with JRA had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures, resting heart rates, LV systolic (26.9+/-4.3 vs. 22.4 +/- 4.1 mm, p=0.001) and diastolic size (42.3+/-4.6 vs. 35.4+/-3.8 mm, p< 0.001) and volumes. Though ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) were normal, they were lower in those with JRA as compared to controls (EF: 62.9+/-4.47 vs. 67.5+/-3.63 %, p< 0.001; FS: 36.4+/-4.5 vs. 38.5 +/- 6.87, p=0.2). On Doppler analysis the JRA group had lower peak E velocity, higher peak A velocity, higher A VTI and more prolonged IVRT. Male patients had higher A VTI and IVRT as compared to females. Those with longer duration of disease had larger LV systolic (r=0.517, p=0.01) and diastolic dimension (r=0.40, p=0.05) and lower FS (r=-0.506, p=0.01). Patients with polyarticular JRA had higher E and A VTI as compared to those with systemic or oligoarticular types. CONCLUSION Despite an asymptomatic cardiac status, significant systolic and diastolic functional abnormalities exist in patients with JRA. The duration of the disease, mode of presentation, patient's age and gender have a significant impact on the left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in patients with JRA.
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- B B Bharti
- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
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Goel PK, Bharti BB, Pandey CM, Singh U, Tewari S, Kapoor A, Garg N, Sinha N. A tertiary care hospital-based study of conventional risk factors including lipid profile in proven coronary artery disease. Indian Heart J 2003; 55:234-40. [PMID: 14560932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence and mortality rates of coronary artery disease have been known to be higher in the Indian than the Western population. Most data on lipid levels in Indians have been obtained from studies on migrant Asian Indians. There are insufficient data on lipid profile and other conventional risk factors in Indian patients living within India. METHODS AND RESULTS The study included 2656 consecutive patients who underwent coronary angiography between March 1998 and February 2002. Of these, 2399 subjects had angiographically proven coronary artery disease (group 1) while 257 had normal coronary arteries (group 2). Lipid values were measured in the fasting state on the morning the coronary angiography was done. Patients receiving lipid-lowering agents, those having renal, hepatic or thyroid disorders, patients presenting within 8 weeks after acute myocardial infarction, and patients who were taking noncardiac drugs that affect the lipid profile were excluded from the study. Other conventional risk factors were also recorded. In subjects with coronary artery disease and normal coronary arteries, the levels of mean total cholesterol recorded were 178.5+/-42.1 mg/dl v. 154.1+/-40.2 mg/dl (p<0.001), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol 30.6+/-9 mg/dl v. 27.3+/-6.8 mg/dl (p<0.001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol 109.8+/-35.4 mg/dl v 93.6+/-33.9 mg/dl (p<0.001), and triglyceride 190.7+/-95.4 mg/dl v. 157.6+/-73.5 mg/dl (p<0.001), respectively. In subgroup analysis by age, the younger coronary artery disease group (< or = 40 years) had significantly higher total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels than the older group (> 40 years), viz. 194.6+/-51.4 mg/dl v. 176.3+/-40.2 mg/dl (p<0.001), and 118.3+/-39.6 mg/dl v. 108.7+/-36.1 mg/dl (p=0.001). Triglyceride levels were not significantly different [211.7+/-105.1 mg/dl v. 187.8+/-93.6 mg/dl (p=ns)], being equally high in both subgroups and, although high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were different, this difference was minimal, being equally low in both [32.7+/-9.5 mg/dl v. 30.3+/-9.0 mg/dl (p=ns)]. In the subgroup analysis of those with coronary artery disease, diabetics had significantly lower total cholesterol [174+/-41.1 mg/dl v. 180.4+/-42.4 mg/dl (p<0.001)] and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels [105.8+/-34 mg/dl v. 111.5+/-35.8 mg/dl (p<0.001)] than non-diabetics, whereas triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were not significantly different, triglycerides being equally high in both [186.2+/-95.5 mg/dl v. 192.5+/-95.2 mg/dl (p=ns)], and high-density lipoprotein equally low in both [30.9+/-9.3 mg/dl v. 30.5+/-9 mg/dl (p=ns)]. The commonest associated conventional risk factor in diabetics was hypertension and, in the younger age group (< or = 40 years), it was smoking and a positive family history of premature coronary artery disease. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that in north Indians, coronary artery disease occurs at much lower levels of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol than other populations, and high triglyceride and low high-density lipoprotein levels are more of a universal phenomenon in this population. Younger patients have a more atherogenic lipid profile than the older subgroup with coronary artery disease, and smoking and a family history of premature coronary artery disease are the most common associated risk factors. Total cholesterol levels seem to play a lesser role in the occurrence of coronary artery disease in diabetics, the presence of which is in itself overwhelming for the occurrence of coronary artery disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pravin K Goel
- Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
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