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De Filippo O, Cammann VL, Pancotti C, Di Vece D, Silverio A, Schweiger V, Niederseer D, Szawan KA, Würdinger M, Koleva I, Dusi V, Bellino M, Vecchione C, Parodi G, Bossone E, Gili S, Neuhaus M, Franke J, Meder B, Jaguszewski M, Noutsias M, Knorr M, Jansen T, Dichtl W, von Lewinski D, Burgdorf C, Kherad B, Tschöpe C, Sarcon A, Shinbane J, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Koenig W, Pott A, Meyer P, Roffi M, Banning A, Wolfrum M, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Napp LC, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Poledniková K, Toušek P, Winchester DE, Massoomi M, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Hauck C, Paolini C, Bilato C, Kobayashi Y, Kato K, Ishibashi I, Himi T, Din J, Al-Shammari A, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Liu K, Schulze PC, Bianco M, Jörg L, Rickli H, Pestana G, Nguyen TH, Böhm M, Maier LS, Pinto FJ, Widimský P, Felix SB, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Rottbauer W, Hasenfuß G, Pieske BM, Schunkert H, Budnik M, Opolski G, Thiele H, Bauersachs J, Horowitz JD, Di Mario C, Bruno F, Kong W, Dalakoti M, Imori Y, Münzel T, Crea F, Lüscher TF, Bax JJ, Ruschitzka F, De Ferrari GM, Fariselli P, Ghadri JR, Citro R, D'Ascenzo F, Templin C. Machine learning-based prediction of in-hospital death for patients with takotsubo syndrome: The InterTAK-ML model. Eur J Heart Fail 2023; 25:2299-2311. [PMID: 37522520 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
Abstract
AIMS Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is associated with a substantial rate of adverse events. We sought to design a machine learning (ML)-based model to predict the risk of in-hospital death and to perform a clustering of TTS patients to identify different risk profiles. METHODS AND RESULTS A ridge logistic regression-based ML model for predicting in-hospital death was developed on 3482 TTS patients from the International Takotsubo (InterTAK) Registry, randomly split in a train and an internal validation cohort (75% and 25% of the sample size, respectively) and evaluated in an external validation cohort (1037 patients). Thirty-one clinically relevant variables were included in the prediction model. Model performance represented the primary endpoint and was assessed according to area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity. As secondary endpoint, a K-medoids clustering algorithm was designed to stratify patients into phenotypic groups based on the 10 most relevant features emerging from the main model. The overall incidence of in-hospital death was 5.2%. The InterTAK-ML model showed an AUC of 0.89 (0.85-0.92), a sensitivity of 0.85 (0.78-0.95) and a specificity of 0.76 (0.74-0.79) in the internal validation cohort and an AUC of 0.82 (0.73-0.91), a sensitivity of 0.74 (0.61-0.87) and a specificity of 0.79 (0.77-0.81) in the external cohort for in-hospital death prediction. By exploiting the 10 variables showing the highest feature importance, TTS patients were clustered into six groups associated with different risks of in-hospital death (28.8% vs. 15.5% vs. 5.4% vs. 1.0.8% vs. 0.5%) which were consistent also in the external cohort. CONCLUSION A ML-based approach for the identification of TTS patients at risk of adverse short-term prognosis is feasible and effective. The InterTAK-ML model showed unprecedented discriminative capability for the prediction of in-hospital death.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ovidio De Filippo
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
- Department of Vascular Physiopathology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, 'Antonio Cardarelli' Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, Department of Internal Medicine III, Mid-German Heart Center, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Klinik für Akut- und Notfallmedizin, St.-Antonius-Hospital gGmbH, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der RWTH Aachen, Eschweiler, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Krankenhaus 'Maria Hilf' Medizinische Klinik, Stadtlohn, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
- Vincentius-Diakonissen Hospital, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, Medical Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital No 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital No 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital No 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I-Cardiology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- CHULN, Center of Cardiology of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Local Health Unit n. 8, Cardiology Unit, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Kimitsu Central Hospital, Kisarazu, Japan
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- Dorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK
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- Dorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U. San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- CHULN, Center of Cardiology of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, Medical Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, Schlieren Campus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College and Kings College, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Vascular Physiopathology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
- Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular, University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Sebestjen M, Okrajsek R, Žorž N, Vrtovec B. Prolonged-Release Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppression in Heart Transplant Recipients: 5-Year Follow-Up. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Okrajsek R, Sebestjen M, Žorž N, Knezevic I, Vrtovec B. Lvad-Stem Cell Combination Therapy in Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patient: Case Report. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Poglajen G, Jovanovic M, Žorž N, Frljak S, Vrtovec B. Decreased Peripheral Cd34+ Cell Count is Associated with Worse Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Poljancic L, Poglajen G, Žorž N, Frljak S, Cerar A, Zemljic G, Okrajsek R, Sebestjen M, Vrtovec B. Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy is Associated with Decreased Cd34+ Peripheral Cell Count and Increased Vegf Serum Levels. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Qayyum AA, van Klarenbosch B, Frljak S, Cerar A, Poglajen G, Traxler-Weidenauer D, Nadrowski P, Paitazoglou C, Vrtovec B, Bergmann MW, Chamuleau SAJ, Wojakowski W, Gyöngyösi M, Kraaijeveld A, Hansen KS, Vrangbaek K, Jørgensen E, Helqvist S, Joshi FR, Johansen EM, Follin B, Juhl M, Højgaard LD, Mathiasen AB, Ekblond A, Haack-Sørensen M, Kastrup J. Effect of allogeneic adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cell treatment in chronic ischaemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction - the SCIENCE trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2023; 25:576-587. [PMID: 36644821 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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AIMS The aim of the SCIENCE trial was to investigate whether a single treatment with direct intramyocardial injections of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (CSCC_ASCs) was safe and improved cardiac function in patients with chronic ischaemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). METHODS AND RESULTS The study was a European multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial using allogeneic CSCC_ASCs from healthy donors or placebo (2:1 randomization). Main inclusion criteria were New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <45%, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels >300 pg/ml. CSCC_ASCs or placebo (isotonic saline) were injected directly into viable myocardium. The primary endpoint was change in left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) at 6-month follow-up measured by echocardiography. A total of 133 symptomatic HFrEF patients were included. The treatment was safe without any drug-related severe adverse events or difference in cardiac-related adverse events during a 3-year follow-up period. There were no significant differences between groups during follow-up in LVESV (0.3 ± 5.0 ml, p = 0.945), nor in secondary endpoints of left ventricular end-diastolic volume (-2.0 ± 6.0 ml, p = 0.736) and LVEF (-1.6 ± 1.0%, p = 0.119). The NYHA class improved slightly within the first year in both groups without any difference between groups. There were no changes in 6-min walk test, NT-proBNP, C-reactive protein or quality of life the first year in any groups. CONCLUSION The SCIENCE trial demonstrated safety of intramyocardial allogeneic CSCC_ASC therapy in patients with chronic HFrEF. However, it was not possible to improve the pre-defined endpoints and induce restoration of cardiac function or clinical symptoms.
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- Abbas Ali Qayyum
- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology and Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiology Stem Cell Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Banovic M, Poglajen G, Vrtovec B, Ristic A. Contemporary Challenges of Regenerative Therapy in Patients with Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart Failure. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022; 9:jcdd9120429. [PMID: 36547426 PMCID: PMC9783726 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9120429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
It has now been almost 20 years since first clinical trials of stem cell therapy for heart repair were initiated. While initial preclinical data were promising and suggested that stem cells may be able to directly restore a diseased myocardium, this was never unequivocally confirmed in the clinical setting. Clinical trials of cell therapy did show the process to be feasible and safe. However, the clinical benefits of this treatment modality in patients with ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure have not been consistently confirmed. What is more, in the rapidly developing field of stem cell therapy in patients with heart failure, relevant questions regarding clinical trials' protocol streamlining, optimal patient selection, stem cell type and dose, and the mode of cell delivery remain largely unanswered. Recently, novel approaches to myocardial regeneration, including the use of pluripotent and allogeneic stem cells and cell-free therapeutic approaches, have been proposed. Thus, in this review, we aim to outline current knowledge and highlight contemporary challenges and dilemmas in clinical aspects of stem cell and regenerative therapy in patients with chronic ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure.
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- Marko Banovic
- Cardiology Department, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
- Belgrade Medical School, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
- Correspondence: (M.B.); (G.P.)
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence: (M.B.); (G.P.)
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Cardiology Department, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
- Belgrade Medical School, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Susič D, Poglajen G, Gradišek A. Identification of decompensation episodes in chronic heart failure patients based solely on heart sounds. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:1009821. [DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1009821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Decompensation episodes in chronic heart failure patients frequently result in unplanned outpatient or emergency room visits or even hospitalizations. Early detection of these episodes in their pre-symptomatic phase would likely enable the clinicians to manage this patient cohort with the appropriate modification of medical therapy which would in turn prevent the development of more severe heart failure decompensation thus avoiding the need for heart failure-related hospitalizations. Currently, heart failure worsening is recognized by the clinicians through characteristic changes of heart failure-related symptoms and signs, including the changes in heart sounds. The latter has proven to be largely unreliable as its interpretation is highly subjective and dependent on the clinicians’ skills and preferences. Previous studies have indicated that the algorithms of artificial intelligence are promising in distinguishing the heart sounds of heart failure patients from those of healthy individuals. In this manuscript, we focus on the analysis of heart sounds of chronic heart failure patients in their decompensated and recompensated phase. The data was recorded on 37 patients using two types of electronic stethoscopes. Using a combination of machine learning approaches, we obtained up to 72% classification accuracy between the two phases, which is better than the accuracy of the interpretation by cardiologists, which reached 50%. Our results demonstrate that machine learning algorithms are promising in improving early detection of heart failure decompensation episodes.
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Ugovšek S, Rehberger Likozar A, Finderle S, Poglajen G, Okrajšek R, Vrtovec B, Šebeštjen M. TNF-α Predicts Endothelial Function and Number of CD34 + Cells after Stimulation with G-CSF in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022; 9:jcdd9080281. [PMID: 36005445 PMCID: PMC9410381 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9080281] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) have reduced cardiac output and impaired peripheral blood flow, which diminishes endothelial shear stress and consequently flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). The aim of our study was to find out whether endothelial dysfunction is associated with the number of CD34+ cells and TNF-α levels in patients with ischemic and non-ischemic HF after stimulation with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). We included 56 patients with advanced HF (LVEF < 35%). Eighteen patients (32.14%) had ischemic and 38 (67.86%) patients had non-ischemic HF. FMD of the brachial artery was performed before the patients underwent 5-day bone marrow stimulation with daily subcutaneous injections of G-CSF (5 μg/kg bid). On the fifth day peripheral blood CD34+ cell count was measured. No statistically significant differences were found between the patient groups in NT-proBNP levels ((1575 (425−2439) vs. 1273 (225−2239)) pg/mL; p = 0.40), peripheral blood CD34+ cell count ((67.54 ± 102.32 vs. 89.76 ± 71.21) × 106; p = 0.32), TNF-α ((8.72 ± 10.30 vs. 4.96 ± 6.16) ng/mL; p = 0.13) and FMD (6.7 ± 5.4 vs. 7.2 ± 5.9%; p = 0.76). In a linear regression model, only FMD (p = 0.001) and TNF-α (p = 0.003) emerged as statistically significant predictors of CD34+ cells counts. Our study suggests that TNF-α is a good predictor of impaired endothelial function and of CD34+ cells mobilization after G-CSF stimulation in patients with advanced HF of ischemic and non-ischemic origin.
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- Sabina Ugovšek
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Vascular Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence:
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Jelenc M, Jelenc B, Novak R, Poglajen G. Left ventricular venting in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A computer simulation study. Int J Artif Organs 2022; 45:841-848. [PMID: 35903013 DOI: 10.1177/03913988221115444] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) is the fastest way to restore circulation in refractory cardiogenic shock, however it cannot unload the failing left ventricle. There is a lack of consensus regarding optimal approach to left ventricular venting in V-A ECMO patients with severely depressed or absent left ventricular function. METHODS A computer model was developed in Matlab Simulink R20016b (MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA, USA) to analyze different venting options as well as atrial septostomy in the setting of cardiogenic shock and V-A ECMO. RESULTS The model has shown an inverse linear relationship between left atrial pressure and either vent, Impella or atrial septum defect flow rate. The minimum vent flow required to prevent pulmonary edema in complete loss of left ventricular function needed to be higher than the bronchial blood flow. Atrial septostomy restored normal pulmonary blood flow with low left atrial pressure but induced stasis in the left ventricle. Venting the pulmonary artery induced stasis in the entire pulmonary circulation as well as left atrium and left ventricle. Venting the left ventricle directly with a cannula or Impella device avoided blood stasis. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that reduction of left atrial pressure is linearly related to the vent, Impella or atrial septal defect flow rate. The preferred vent location is the left ventricle as it avoids stasis in the pulmonary circulation and cardiac chambers.
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- Matija Jelenc
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Vrtovec B, Frljak S, Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Sever M, Haddad F, Wu JC. A PILOT CLINICAL TRIAL OF CELL THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:1441-1449. [PMID: 35775390 PMCID: PMC9540623 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Aims We investigated the effects of CD34+ cell therapy in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Methods and results In a prospective pilot study, we enrolled 30 patients with HFpEF. In Phase 1, patients were treated with medical therapy for 6 months. Thereafter, all patients underwent CD34+ cell transplantation. Using electroanatomical mapping, we measured local mechanical diastolic delay and myocardial viability to guide the targeting of cell injections. Patients were followed for 6 months after cell transplantation (Phase 2), and the primary endpoint was the difference in change in E/e′ between Phase 1 and Phase 2. In Phase 1, the decrease in E/e′ was significantly less pronounced than in Phase 2 (−0.33 ± 1.72 vs. −3.77 ± 2.66, p = 0.001). During Phase 1, there was no significant change in global systolic strain (GLS; from −12.5 ± 2.4% to −12.8 ± 2.6%, p = 0.77), N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP; from 1463 ± 1247 pg/ml to 1298 ± 931 pg/ml, p = 0.31), or 6‐min walk test (6MWT; from 391 ± 75 m to 402 ± 93 m, p = 0.42). In Phase 2, an improvement was noted in NT‐proBNP (from 1298 ± 931 pg/ml to 887 ± 809 pg/ml, p = 0.02) and 6MWT (from 402 ± 93 m to 438 ± 72 m, p = 0.02). Although GLS did not change significantly in Phase 2 (from −12.8 ± 2.6% to −13.8 ± 2.7%, p = 0.36), we found improved local systolic strain at cell injection sites (−3.4 ± 6.8%, p = 0.005). Conclusions In this non‐randomized trial, transendocardial CD34+ cell therapy in HFpEF was associated with an improvement in E/e′, NT‐proBNP, exercise capacity, and local myocardial strain at the cell injection sites. Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02923609.
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- Bojan Vrtovec
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Hematology, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Jelenc M, Jelenc B, Poglajen G, Lakič N. Aortic valve leaflet and root dimensions in normal tricuspid aortic valves: A computed tomography study. J Card Surg 2022; 37:2350-2357. [PMID: 35526127 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16587] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this study was to use coronary computed tomography in patients with normal tricuspid aortic valves to perform detailed aortic root and aortic valve geometric analysis with a focus on the asymmetry of the three leaflets. METHODS Retrospective analysis of anonymized coronary computed tomography angiograms was performed using dedicated software, where manual aortic root segmentation and marking of several points of interest were followed by automated measurements of aortic root and leaflets. Asymmetry of the three leaflets in individual patients was assessed by calculating absolute and relative differences between the largest and the smallest of the three leaflets. RESULTS We analyzed 70 aortic valves, the mean patient age was 53 ± 11 years, and 50% (n = 35) of patients were female. All aortic valves were tricuspid, without calcifications and aortic roots were of normal dimensions. Some degree of asymmetry was present in all analyzed valves. Absolute and relative differences for free margin length were 3.2 ± 1.4 mm and 9.3 ± 3.8%, respectively. The largest relative difference was noted in the coaptation area (36.5 ± 16.5%) and the smallest in leaflet effective height (6.1 ± 4.8%). Using predefined cutoff criteria for absolute differences in leaflet dimensions, 86% of the valves were classified as asymmetric. CONCLUSIONS Most normal tricuspid aortic valves show some degree of asymmetry. Equal free margin length of the three leaflets is not needed for normal tricuspid aortic valve function. Leaflet effective height showed the least amount of asymmetry confirming its importance in keeping the aortic valve competent.
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- Matija Jelenc
- Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Osrednjeslovenska, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Program, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Poglajen G, Ihan A, Žorž N, Frljak S, Petek S, Pohar K, Cerar A, Zemljič G, Okrajšek R, Šebeštjen M, Kneževič I, Vrtovec B. Efficacy and Safety of mRNA SARS-CoV2 Vaccination in Heart Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022. [PMCID: PMC8988590 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Purpose Data on immunologic response to SARS-CoV2 vaccination in heart transplant recipients are scarce. We investigated the efficacy and safety of mRNA SARS-CoV2 vaccination in this patient population. Methods In a retrospective single-center study we included 54 consecutive adult heart transplant recipients who received 2 doses of mRNA SARS-CoV2 vaccine between January 1 and June 30, 2021. All patients were followed for 112±28 days after the second dose. At the end of follow-up we measured humoral response to SARS-CoV2 by assessing total antibody levels to the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV2 spike (S) protein using anti-RBD immunoassay. Anti-S antibody serum levels ≥250 BAU/mL were considered protective. At the same time, cellular response was measured by the IFN-γ response to S-peptide stimulation of recipient T lymphocyte populations. Protective cellular response was defined as more than 0,3% of IFN-γ responsive T cells. Results Of 54 recipients, 44 (81%) were male with a mean age of 63±8 years and a mean time from transplantation of 6.6±4.0 years. Immunosupressive regimen consisted of tacrolimus (mean C0 level 7.4±1.7 μg/mL), mycophenolate mofetil (mean dose 2120±419 mg) and steroids (mean dose 2.5±0.9 mg). The majority of patients received BTN162b2 vaccine (83%), and 17% of recipients were vaccinated with mRNA-1273. During follow-up, a humoral response was present in 24 (44%) of the recipients (median anti-S serum level 35.5 BAU/mL). We found no difference in humoral response between patients receiving BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccine (median anti-S serum level 68.3 BAU/mL vs. 15.5 BAU/mL, P=0.81). Protective humoral response was observed in 6 (11%) of the recipients (median anti-S serum level 557 BAU/mL). A cellular response to vaccine was present in 3 (6%) of the recipients; all 3 displayed a protective level of reponse. No recipients developed simultaneous protective humoral and cellular responses. Recipient age was the only predictor of protective humoral response (55±11 years in responders vs. 65±8 years in nonresponders; P=0.01). In 3 (6%) recipients we found worsening of allograft function requiring hospital admission, which occured within 1 month after receiving the second dose of vaccine. Conclusion In heart transplant recipients, mRNA SARS-CoV2 vaccination appears to be of limited efficacy and may, in some cases, be associated with worsening of allograft function.
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Zemljič G, Cerar A, Okrajšek R, Šebeštjen M, Vrtovec B. Prognostic Significance of Early Leukopenia in Heart Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is the most common cause of hospitalisation for heart failure. However, only limited effective treatments are available. Recent evidence suggests that HFpEF may result from a systemic proinflammatory state, microvascular endothelial inflammation and microvascular rarefaction. Formation of new microvasculature in ischaemic tissues is dependent on CD34+ cells, which incorporate into the newly developing vasculature and produce pro-angiogenic cytokines. In HFpEF patients, worsening of diastolic function appears to correlate with decreased numbers of CD34+ cells. Therefore, it is plausible that increasing the myocardial numbers of CD34+ cells could theoretically lead to improved microvascular function and improved diastolic parameters in HFpEF. In accordance with this hypothesis, recent pilot clinical data suggest that CD34+ cell therapy may indeed be associated with improved diastolic function and better functional capacity in HFpEF patients and could thus represent a promising novel therapeutic modality for this patient population.
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- Sabina Frljak
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Žorž N, Poglajen G, Frljak S, Knezevič I, Vrtovec B. Transendocardial CD34 + Cell Therapy Improves Local Mechanical Dyssynchrony in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Cell Transplant 2022; 31:9636897221080384. [PMID: 35320035 PMCID: PMC8949703 DOI: 10.1177/09636897221080384] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We investigated the effects of cell therapy on local mechanical dyssynchrony (LMD) in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM). We analyzed electromechanical data of 30 NICM patients undergoing CD34+ cell transplantation. All patients underwent bone marrow stimulation; CD34+ cells were collected by apheresis and injected transendocardially. At baseline and at 6 months after therapy, we performed electromechanical mapping and measured unipolar voltage (UV) and LMD at cell injection sites. LMD was defined as a temporal difference between global and segmental peak systolic displacement normalized to the average duration of the RR interval. Favorable clinical response was defined as increase in the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥5% between baseline and 6 months. Using paired electromechanical point-by-point analysis, we were able to identify 233 sites of CD34+ cell injections in 30 patients. We found no overall differences in local UV between baseline and 6 months (10.7 ± 4.1 mV vs 10.0 ± 3.6 mV, P = 0.42). In contrast, LMD decreased significantly (17 ± 17% at baseline vs 13 ± 12% at 6 months, P = 0.00007). Favorable clinical response at 6 months was found in 19 (63%) patients (group A), and 11 (37%) patients did not respond to cell therapy (group B). At baseline, the two groups did not differ in age, gender, LVEF, or N terminal-pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels. Similarly, we found no differences in baseline UV (9.5 ± 2.9 mV in group A vs 8.6 ± 2.4 mV in group B, P = 0.41) or LMD at cell injection sites (17 ± 19% vs 16 ± 14%, P = 0.64). In contrast, at 6 months, we found higher UV in group A (10.0 ± 3.1 mV vs 7.4 ± 1.9 mV in group B, P = 0.04). Furthermore, when compared with group B, patients in group A displayed a significantly lower LMD (11 ± 12% vs 16 ± 10%, P = 0.002). Thus, it appears that favorable clinical effects of cell therapy in NICM patients may be associated with a decrease of LMD at cell injection sites.
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- Neža Žorž
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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El-Battrawy I, Cammann VL, Kato K, Szawan KA, Di Vece D, Rossi A, Wischnewsky M, Hermes-Laufer J, Gili S, Citro R, Bossone E, Neuhaus M, Franke J, Meder B, Jaguszewski M, Noutsias M, Knorr M, Heiner S, D'Ascenzo F, Dichtl W, Burgdorf C, Kherad B, Tschöpe C, Sarcon A, Shinbane J, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Koenig W, Pott A, Meyer P, David Arroja J, Banning A, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Napp LC, Budnik M, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, Kozel M, Tousek P, Winchester DE, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Hauck C, Paolini C, Bilato C, Kobayashi Y, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Liu K, Schulze PC, Bianco M, Jörg L, Rickli H, Pestana G, Nguyen TH, Böhm M, Maier LS, Pinto FJ, Widimský P, Felix SB, Opolski G, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Rottbauer W, Hasenfuß G, Pieske BM, Schunkert H, Thiele H, Bauersachs J, Katus HA, Horowitz JD, Di Mario C, Münzel T, Crea F, Bax JJ, Lüscher TF, Ruschitzka F, Duru F, Borggrefe M, Ghadri JR, Akin I, Templin C. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcome in Takotsubo Syndrome: Data From the International Takotsubo Registry. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e014059. [PMID: 34315238 PMCID: PMC8475688 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.014059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for mortality. The prevalence, clinical correlates, and prognostic impact of AF in Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) have not yet been investigated in a large patient cohort. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, clinical correlates, and prognostic impact of AF in patients with TTS. Methods and Results Patients with TTS were enrolled from the International Takotsubo Registry, which is a multinational network with 26 participating centers in Europe and the United States. Patients were dichotomized according to the presence or absence of AF at the time of admission. Of 1584 patients with TTS, 112 (7.1%) had AF. The mean age was higher (P<0.001), and there were fewer women (P=0.046) in the AF than in the non‐AF group. Left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly lower (P=0.001), and cardiogenic shock was more often observed (P<0.001) in the AF group. Both in‐hospital (P<0.001) and long‐term mortality (P<0.001) were higher in the AF group. Multivariable Cox regression analysis revealed that AF was independently associated with higher long‐term mortality (hazard ratio, 2.31; 95% CI, 1.50–3.55; P<0.001). Among patients with AF on admission, 42% had no known history of AF before the acute TTS event, and such patients had comparable in‐hospital and long‐term outcomes compared with those with a history of AF. Conclusions In patients presenting with TTS, AF on admission is significantly associated with increased in‐hospital and long‐term mortality rates. Whether antiarrhythmics and/or cardioversion are beneficial in TTS with AF should thus be tested in a future trial. Registration URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01947621.
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- Ibrahim El-Battrawy
- First Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Researchpartner site Heidelberg-Mannheim Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Heart Department University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona" Salerno Italy
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- Division of Cardiology "Antonio Cardarelli" Hospital Naples Italy
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Frauenfeld Frauenfeld Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg Germany
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- First Department of Cardiology Medical University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland
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- Mid-German Heart Center Department of Internal Medicine III Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care University Hospital HalleMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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- Center for Cardiology Cardiology 1 University Medical Center Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Center for Cardiology Cardiology 1 University Medical Center Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Medical Sciences AOU Città della Salute e della ScienzaUniversity of Turin Turin Italy
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology) Medical University Innsbruck Innsbruck Austria
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- Department of Cardiology CharitéCampus Rudolf Virchow Berlin Germany
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- Department of Cardiology CharitéCampus Rudolf Virchow Berlin Germany
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- Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology Department of Medicine University of California-San Francisco San Francisco CA
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- Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III Heart Center University of Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III Heart Center University of Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Intensive Care Medicine and Angiology Vincentius-Diakonissen-Hospital Karlsruhe Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology University Heart Center Hamburg Hamburg Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck Hamburg Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum MünchenTechnische Universität München Munich Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research partner site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology University of UlmMedical Center Ulm Germany
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- Service de Cardiologie Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Geneva Switzerland
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- Service de Cardiologie Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology John Radcliffe HospitalOxford University Hospitals Oxford United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Lucerne Lucerne Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Lucerne Lucerne Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Winterthur Winterthur Switzerland
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- Heart Center Turku University Hospital and University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Cardiology King's College Hospital London United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology King's College Hospital London United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology University Hospital Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Hospital Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCSUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome Italy
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- Department of Cardiology Christchurch Hospital Christchurch New Zealand
| | - Paul Bridgman
- Department of Cardiology Christchurch Hospital Christchurch New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Researchpartner site Greifswald Greifswald Germany
| | - Clément Delmas
- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center University Hospital of Rangueil Toulouse France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center University Hospital of Rangueil Toulouse France
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov Moscow Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov Moscow Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov Moscow Russia
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- Cardiocenter Third Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter Third Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Medicine College of Medicine University of Florida Gainesville FL
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- Department of Internal Medicine I-Cardiology University Hospital Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin IIIUniversitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Homburg Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center University Medical Center Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Cardiology Department Santa Maria University HospitalCHLNCAMLCCULFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II Universitätsklinikum Regensburg Regensburg Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine Chiba Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic Rochester MN
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center University of Iowa Iowa City IA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I University Hospital JenaFriedrich-Schiller-University Jena Jena Germany
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- Division of Cardiology A.O.U. San Luigi Gonzaga Orbassano, Turin Italy
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital St. Gallen St. Gallen Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital St. Gallen St. Gallen Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São JoãoE.P.E. Porto Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology Basil Hetzel InstituteQueen Elizabeth HospitalUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide Australia
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin IIIUniversitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Homburg Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II Universitätsklinikum Regensburg Regensburg Germany
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- Cardiology Department Santa Maria University HospitalCHLNCAMLCCULFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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- Cardiocenter Third Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Researchpartner site Greifswald Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology University of UlmMedical Center Ulm Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology Georg August University Goettingen Goettingen Germany
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- Department of Cardiology CharitéCampus Rudolf Virchow Berlin Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum MünchenTechnische Universität München Munich Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research partner site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology Heart Center Leipzig-University Hospital Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg Germany
| | - John D Horowitz
- Department of Cardiology Basil Hetzel InstituteQueen Elizabeth HospitalUniversity of Adelaide Adelaide Australia
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology Careggi University Hospital Florence Italy
| | - Thomas Münzel
- Center for Cardiology Cardiology 1 University Medical Center Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCSUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome Italy
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- Department of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology Schlieren Campus University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland.,Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College London United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- First Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Researchpartner site Heidelberg-Mannheim Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- First Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Researchpartner site Heidelberg-Mannheim Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Cardiology University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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Napp LC, Cammann VL, Jaguszewski M, Szawan KA, Wischnewsky M, Gili S, Knorr M, Heiner S, Citro R, Bossone E, D'Ascenzo F, Neuhaus M, Franke J, Sorici-Barb I, Noutsias M, Burgdorf C, Koenig W, Kherad B, Sarcon A, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Pott A, Meyer P, Arroja JD, Banning A, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Hauck C, Paolini C, Bilato C, Imori Y, Kato K, Kobayashi Y, Opolski G, Budnik M, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Dichtl W, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, Horowitz JD, Polednikova K, Tousek P, Widimský P, Winchester DE, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Di Mario C, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Schulze PC, Bianco M, Crea F, Borggrefe M, Maier LS, Pinto FJ, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Rottbauer W, Katus HA, Hasenfuß G, Tschöpe C, Pieske BM, Thiele H, Schunkert H, Böhm M, Felix SB, Münzel T, Bax JJ, Bauersachs J, Braunwald E, Lüscher TF, Ruschitzka F, Ghadri JR, Templin C. Coexistence and outcome of coronary artery disease in Takotsubo syndrome. Eur Heart J 2021; 41:3255-3268. [PMID: 32484517 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
AIMS Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute heart failure syndrome, which shares many features with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Although TTS was initially described with angiographically normal coronary arteries, smaller studies recently indicated a potential coexistence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in TTS patients. This study aimed to determine the coexistence, features, and prognostic role of CAD in a large cohort of patients with TTS. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary anatomy and CAD were studied in patients diagnosed with TTS. Inclusion criteria were compliance with the International Takotsubo Diagnostic Criteria for TTS, and availability of original coronary angiographies with ventriculography performed during the acute phase. Exclusion criteria were missing views, poor quality of angiography loops, and angiography without ventriculography. A total of 1016 TTS patients were studied. Of those, 23.0% had obstructive CAD, 41.2% had non-obstructive CAD, and 35.7% had angiographically normal coronary arteries. A total of 47 patients (4.6%) underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, and 3 patients had acute and 8 had chronic coronary artery occlusion concomitant with TTS, respectively. The presence of CAD was associated with increased incidence of shock, ventilation, and death from any cause. After adjusting for confounders, the presence of obstructive CAD was associated with mortality at 30 days. Takotsubo syndrome patients with obstructive CAD were at comparable risk for shock and death and nearly at twice the risk for ventilation compared to an age- and sex-matched ACS cohort. CONCLUSIONS Coronary artery disease frequently coexists in TTS patients, presents with the whole spectrum of coronary pathology including acute coronary occlusion, and is associated with adverse outcome. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT01947621.
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Affiliation(s)
- L Christian Napp
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Heart Department, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona", Salerno, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, "Antonio Cardarelli" Hospital, Naples, Italy
| | - Fabrizio D'Ascenzo
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
| | - Michael Neuhaus
- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
| | - Jennifer Franke
- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Mid-German Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Krankenhaus "Maria Hilf" Medizinische Klinik, Stadtlohn, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Germany, Hamburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Service de cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Local Health Unit no. 8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- Local Health Unit no. 8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Santa Maria University Hospital, CHLN, CAML, CCUL, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Santa Maria University Hospital, CHLN, CAML, CCUL, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital, Germany, Leipzig
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, Schlieren Campus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College, London, UK
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Cerar A, Frljak S, Poglajen G, Zemljič G, Vrtovec B. Myocardial Ischemia Correlates with Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Andročec V, Haddad F, Vrtovec B. Non-Pulsatile Flow is Associated with Lower Levels of Circulating CD34+ Cells in LVAD-Supported Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Zemljič G, Okrajšek R, Cerar A, Šebeštjen M, Andročec V, Vrtovec B. Clinical Effects of CD34+ Cell Therapy in Advanced Chronic Heart Failure Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Žorž N, Poglajen G, Frljak S, Zemljič G, Andročec V, Kneževič I, Vrtovec B. Vitamin D Serum Levels are Not Associated with Risk of Skin Cancer in Heart Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Žorž N, Poglajen G, Andročec V, Vrtovec B. Stratification of Arrhythmic Risk Using Remote Patient Monitoring in a Heart Transplant Recipient with Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Frljak S, Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Haddad F, Jorde U, Vrtovec B. Papillary Muscle Viability Correlates with Changes of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Poglajen G, Poljančič L, Frljak S, Zemljič G, Cerar A, Okrajšek R, Šebeštjen M, Vrtovec B. Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy is Associated with Decreased CD34+ Cell Count in Heart Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Rakusa M, Poglajen G, Vrtovec B, Goricar K, Janez A, Jensterle M. Factors associated with degraded trabecular bone score in heart transplant recipients. Clin Transplant 2021; 35:e14274. [PMID: 33675551 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14274] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Trabecular bone score (TBS) is a textural index that provides indirect evaluation of trabecular microarchitecture. It improves fracture risk assessment in several high-risk populations. We aimed to evaluate the role of TBS assessment in heart transplant recipients (HTR). In a cross-sectional study with 87 HTR (69 males and 18 females), we assessed TBS and evaluated potential associations between TBS and factors related to increased fracture risk. We also evaluated the correlations between the presence of vertebral fractures (VF) and degraded TBS. We confirmed degraded TBS in the majority of HTR. 27.6% of HTR had partially degraded, 27.6% had degraded TBS. HTR with degraded TBS were older, had higher body mass index, lower bone mineral density (BMD), and T-score. As opposed to stable BMD over different time points, TBS significantly differed among different post-transplant time periods. TBS did not correlate with current methylprednisolone or past zoledronic acid treatment, presence of hypogonadism or diabetes. TBS did not have additional value over BMD in predicting the presence of VF. Most fractures occurred in patients with osteopenia and in patients with partly degraded TBS. Studies with longitudinal designs and larger sample sizes are warranted to further assess the potential role of TBS in HRT.
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- Matej Rakusa
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Kato K, Cammann VL, Napp LC, Szawan KA, Micek J, Dreiding S, Levinson RA, Petkova V, Würdinger M, Patrascu A, Sumalinog R, Gili S, Clarenbach CF, Kohler M, Wischnewsky M, Citro R, Vecchione C, Bossone E, Neuhaus M, Franke J, Meder B, Jaguszewski M, Noutsias M, Knorr M, Heiner S, D'Ascenzo F, Dichtl W, Burgdorf C, Kherad B, Tschöpe C, Sarcon A, Shinbane J, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Koenig W, Pott A, Meyer P, Roffi M, Banning A, Wolfrum M, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Budnik M, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Kozel M, Tousek P, Winchester DE, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Hauck C, Paolini C, Bilato C, Sano M, Ishibashi I, Takahara M, Himi T, Kobayashi Y, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Liu K, Schulze PC, Bianco M, Jörg L, Rickli H, Pestana G, Nguyen TH, Böhm M, Maier LS, Pinto FJ, Widimský P, Felix SB, Opolski G, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Rottbauer W, Hasenfuß G, Pieske BM, Schunkert H, Borggrefe M, Thiele H, Bauersachs J, Katus HA, Horowitz JD, Di Mario C, Münzel T, Crea F, Bax JJ, Lüscher TF, Ruschitzka F, Ghadri JR, Templin C. Prognostic impact of acute pulmonary triggers in patients with takotsubo syndrome: new insights from the International Takotsubo Registry. ESC Heart Fail 2021; 8:1924-1932. [PMID: 33713566 PMCID: PMC8120351 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13165] [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: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
AIMS Acute pulmonary disorders are known physical triggers of takotsubo syndrome (TTS). This study aimed to investigate prevalence of acute pulmonary triggers in patients with TTS and their impact on outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with TTS were enrolled from the International Takotsubo Registry and screened for triggering factors and comorbidities. Patients were categorized into three groups (acute pulmonary trigger, chronic lung disease, and no lung disease) to compare clinical characteristics and outcomes. Of the 1670 included patients with TTS, 123 (7%) were identified with an acute pulmonary trigger, and 194 (12%) had a known history of chronic lung disease. The incidence of cardiogenic shock was highest in patients with an acute pulmonary trigger compared with those with chronic lung disease or without lung disease (17% vs. 10% vs. 9%, P = 0.017). In-hospital mortality was also higher in patients with an acute pulmonary trigger than in the other two groups, although not significantly (5.7% vs. 1.5% vs. 4.2%, P = 0.13). Survival analysis demonstrated that patients with an acute pulmonary trigger had the worst long-term outcome (P = 0.002). The presence of an acute pulmonary trigger was independently associated with worse long-term mortality (hazard ratio 2.12, 95% confidence interval 1.33-3.38; P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates that TTS is related to acute pulmonary triggers in 7% of all TTS patients, which accounts for 21% of patients with physical triggers. The presence of acute pulmonary trigger is associated with a severe in-hospital course and a worse long-term outcome.
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- Ken Kato
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Heart Department, University Hospital 'San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona', Salerno, Italy
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- Heart Department, University Hospital 'San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona', Salerno, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Antonio Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Krankenhaus 'Maria Hilf' Medizinische Klinik, Stadtlohn, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital (CHLN), Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL), Lisbon School of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Kimitsu Central Hospital, Kisarazu, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, JenaUniversity Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, E.P.E, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital (CHLN), Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL), Lisbon School of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, Schlieren Campus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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Cammann VL, Szawan KA, Stähli BE, Kato K, Budnik M, Wischnewsky M, Dreiding S, Levinson RA, Di Vece D, Gili S, Citro R, Bossone E, Neuhaus M, Franke J, Meder B, Jaguszewski M, Noutsias M, Knorr M, Heiner S, D'Ascenzo F, Dichtl W, Burgdorf C, Kherad B, Tschöpe C, Sarcon A, Shinbane J, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Koenig W, Pott A, Meyer P, Roffi M, Banning A, Wolfrum M, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Napp LC, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Poledniková K, Toušek P, Winchester DE, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Hauck C, Paolini C, Bilato C, Kobayashi Y, Shoji T, Ishibashi I, Takahara M, Himi T, Din J, Al-Shammari A, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Liu K, Schulze PC, Bianco M, Jörg L, Rickli H, Pestana G, Nguyen TH, Böhm M, Maier LS, Pinto FJ, Widimský P, Felix SB, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Rottbauer W, Hasenfuß G, Pieske BM, Schunkert H, Borggrefe M, Thiele H, Bauersachs J, Katus HA, Horowitz JD, Di Mario C, Münzel T, Crea F, Bax JJ, Lüscher TF, Ruschitzka F, Ghadri JR, Opolski G, Templin C. Age-Related Variations in Takotsubo Syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 75:1869-1877. [PMID: 32327096 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) occurs predominantly in post-menopausal women but is also found in younger patients. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate age-related differences in TTS. METHODS Patients diagnosed with TTS and enrolled in the International Takotsubo Registry between January 2011 and February 2017 were included in this analysis and were stratified by age (younger: ≤50 years, middle-age: 51 to 74 years, elderly: ≥75 years). Baseline characteristics, hospital course, as well as short- and long-term mortality were compared among groups. RESULTS Of 2,098 TTS patients, 242 (11.5%) patients were ≤50 years of age, 1,194 (56.9%) were 51 to 74 years of age, and 662 (31.6%) were ≥75 years of age. Younger patients were more often men (12.4% vs. 10.9% vs. 6.3%; p = 0.002) and had an increased prevalence of acute neurological (16.3% vs. 8.4% vs. 8.8%; p = 0.001) or psychiatric disorders (14.1% vs. 10.3% vs. 5.6%; p < 0.001) compared with middle-aged and elderly TTS patients. Furthermore, younger patients had more often cardiogenic shock (15.3% vs. 9.1% vs. 8.1%; p = 0.004) and had a numerically higher in-hospital mortality (6.6% vs. 3.6% vs. 5.1%; p = 0.07). At multivariable analysis, younger (odds ratio: 1.60; 95% confidence interval: 0.86 to 3.01; p = 0.14) and older age (odds ratio: 1.09; 95% confidence interval: 0.66 to 1.80; p = 0.75) were not independently associated with in-hospital mortality using the middle-aged group as a reference. There were no differences in 60-day mortality rates among groups. CONCLUSIONS A substantial proportion of TTS patients are younger than 50 years of age. TTS is associated with severe complications requiring intensive care, particularly in younger patients.
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- Victoria L Cammann
- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Heart Department, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, "Antonio Cardarelli" Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Mid-German Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- TJ Health Partners Heart and Vascular, Glasgow, Kentucky
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Krankenhaus "Maria Hilf" Medizinische Klinik, Stadtlohn, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Service de cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Angiology, Magdeburg University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital #1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital #1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital #1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Santa Maria University Hospital, CHULN, Center of Cardiology of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Kimitsu Central Hospital, Kisarazu, Japan
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- Dorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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- Dorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Santa Maria University Hospital, CHULN, Center of Cardiology of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, Schlieren Campus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- University Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Frljak S, Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Haddad F, Terzic A, Vrtovec B. Larger End-Diastolic Volume Associates With Response to Cell Therapy in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Mayo Clin Proc 2020; 95:2125-2133. [PMID: 33012343 PMCID: PMC7539130 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) and the response to cell therapy in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM). PATIENTS AND METHODS Five-year registry data from 133 consecutive patients with NICM who underwent CD34+ cell treatment were analyzed. All patients received granulocyte-colony stimulating factor; CD34+ cells were collected by apheresis and delivered by transendocardial injections. Patients with baseline LVEDV less than 200 mL (group A; n=72) and patients with LVEDV 200 to 370 mL (group B; n=54) were included. Patients with LVEDV greater than 370 mL were excluded (n=7). Favorable ejection fraction response was pre-defined by improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) greater than or equal to 5% at 1 y post-cell therapy. RESULTS At baseline, groups A and B were comparable with regards to age (52±11 y in group A vs 53±10 y in group B; P=.95), sex (male: 79% vs 83%, respectively; P=.55), creatinine (1.07±0.28 mg/dL vs 1.03±0.21 mg/dL, respectively; P=.21), or N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide (1454±1658 pg/mL vs 1589±1338 pg/mL, respectively; P=.80). Baseline LVEF was higher in group A (32.8±8.7%) than in group B (30.2±8.7%; P=.03). During follow-up, there were four deaths in group A (5.6%), and 2 in group B (3.7%, P=.63). At 1-year post-cell therapy, LVEDV decreased significantly in group B (-56±30 mL; P=.003), but not in group A (+12±97 mL; P=.13). On multivariate analysis, baseline LVEDV was an independent correlate of favorable response in LVEF to therapy (P=.02). CONCLUSION Larger LVEDV was associated with more pronounced increase in LVEF after transendocardial CD34+ cell therapy in NICM patients, informing target individuals with the highest likelihood of regenerative response. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02445534.
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- Sabina Frljak
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Zemljič G, Cerar A, Okrajšek R, Šebeštjen M, Vrtovec B. Stem Cell Therapy for Chronic and Advanced Heart Failure. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2020; 17:261-270. [PMID: 32783146 DOI: 10.1007/s11897-020-00477-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to discuss recent advances in the field of cell therapy in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) of ischemic (iCMP) and nonischemic (dCMP) etiology, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and in advanced heart failure patients undergoing mechanical circulatory support (LVAD). RECENT FINDINGS In HFrEF patients (iCMP and dCMP cohorts), autologous and/or allogeneic cell therapy was shown to improve myocardial performance, patients' functional capacity, and neurohumoral activation. In HFpEF patient population, the concept of cell therapy in novel and remains largely unexplored. However, initial data are very encouraging and suggest at least a similar benefit in improvements of myocardial performance (also diastolic function of the left ventricle), exercise capacity, and neurohumoral activation. Recently, cell therapy was explored in the sickest population of advanced heart failure patients undergoing LVAD support also showing a potential benefit in promoting myocardial reverse remodeling and recovery. In the past decade, several cell therapy-based clinical trials showed promising results in various chronic and advanced heart failure patient cohorts. Future cell treatment strategies should aim for more personalized therapeutic approaches by defining optimal stem cell type or their combination, dose, and delivery method for an individual patient adjusted for patient's age and stage/duration of heart failure.
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- Gregor Poglajen
- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. .,Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Cerar A, Jaklic M, Frljak S, Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Guzic Salobir B, Dolenc Novak M, Stalc M, Zbacnik R, Kozelj M. Response to the letter to the editor: unravel the genetic background of noncompaction before relating it with myocardial hypoperfusion. ESC Heart Fail 2020; 7:1999-2000. [PMID: 32543089 PMCID: PMC7373906 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Andraz Cerar
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of CardiologyUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaZaloska 7LjubljanaSI‐1525Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of CardiologyUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaZaloska 7LjubljanaSI‐1525Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of CardiologyUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaZaloska 7LjubljanaSI‐1525Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of CardiologyUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaZaloska 7LjubljanaSI‐1525Slovenia
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of CardiologyUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaZaloska 7LjubljanaSI‐1525Slovenia
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity Medical Centre LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
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BACKGROUND Endocrine disorders in patients after heart transplantation (HT) remain understudied. We aimed to assess endocrine profiles and management of HT recipients in the early post- transplant period. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study on 123 consecutive HT recipients in the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme between 2009 and 2018. All recipients had per-protocol endocrine follow-up within the first postoperative year. The median time to first post-transplant endocrine follow-up was 3 months (IQR 2-4). We assessed the incidence of vitamin D deficiency, bone mineral density, history of low energy fractures, hypogonadism in male recipients, posttransplant diabetes mellitus, and thyroid and parathyroid function. RESULTS We enrolled 22 women and 101 men of median age 57 years (IQR 50-63). Post-transplant diabetes mellitus developed in 14 patients (11.4%). 18 of 25 patients (14.6%) with preexisting type 2 diabetes mellitus required intensification of antidiabetic therapy. 38 male patients (40.4%) had hypogonadism. 5 patients (4.6%) were hypothyroid and 10 (9.3%) latent hyperthyroid. Secondary hyperparathyroidism was present in 19 (17.3%), 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in 64 (54.7%) of patients. Osteoporosis was present in 26 (21.1%), osteopenia in 59 (48.0%) patients. 47 vertebral fractures, 3 hip and 1 humerus fractures occurred in 21 patients. Most of the patients had coincidence of two or three disorders, while less than 5% did not have any endocrine irregularities. All patients received calcium and vitamin D supplements. Forty-six patients (37.4%) were treated with zoledronic acid, 12 (9.8%) with oral bisphosphonates. Two patients were treated with teriparatide. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of multiple endocrine disorders early after heart transplantation is high. Assessment and management of increased fracture risk and all other potentially affected endocrine axes should be considered as a standard of care in this early period.
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- Matej Rakusa
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Poglajen G, Frljak S, Andročec V, Haddad F, Vrtovec B. Non-Pulsatile Flow is Associated with Lower Levels of Circulating CD34+ Cells in LVAD-Supported Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Poglajen G, Zemljič G, Frljak S, Okrajšek R, Šebeštjen M, Cerar A, Andročec V, Vrtovec B. Prolonged Release Tacrolimus Has Comparable Safety and Efficacy Profile as Standard Release Tacrolimus in Heart Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Cerar A, Jaklic M, Frljak S, Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Guzic Salobir B, Dolenc Novak M, Stalc M, Zbacnik R, Kozelj M. Impairment of myocardial perfusion correlates with heart failure severity in patients with non-compaction cardiomyopathy. ESC Heart Fail 2020; 7:1161-1167. [PMID: 32212326 PMCID: PMC7261548 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Aims Non‐compaction cardiomyopathy (NCM) is a congenital heart disease characterized by an arrest of the myocardial compaction process. Although NCM patients have impaired formation of microvasculature, the functional impact of these changes remains undefined. We sought to analyse a potential correlation between myocardial ischemia and heart failure severity in NCM patients. Methods and results We enrolled 41 NCM patients (28 male and 13 female), aged 21–70 years. In all patients, we have determined left ventricular end‐diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and global longitudinal strain (GLS) by echocardiography. At the same time, serum levels of N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) have been measured, and myocardial single‐photon emission computed tomography at rest and on stress was used to define significant myocardial ischemia defined as summed difference score ≥ 2. Myocardial ischemia has been demonstrated in 11 patients (27%, Group A), and 30 patients showed no significant ischemic changes (73%, Group B). The groups did not differ in sex, age, kidney, or liver function. When compared with Group B, Group A had significantly lower LVEF (35 ± 15% in Group A vs. 53 ± 11% in Group B, P < 0.001), higher LVEDV (188 ± 52 mL vs. 136 ± 52 mL, P = 0.007), lower GLS (−9.9 ± 5.2% vs. −14.5 ± 4.1%, P = 0.001), and higher NT‐proBNP levels (1691 ± 1883 pg/mL vs. 422 ± 877 pg/mL, P = 0.006). Overall, higher summed difference score was associated with lower LVEF (r = −0.48, P = 0.001), higher LVEDV (r = 0.39, P = 0.012), lower GLS (r = 0.352, P = 0.024), and higher levels of NT‐proBNP (r = 0.66, P < 0.001). Conclusions The presence of myocardial ischemia in patients with NCM is associated with worse left ventricular function, dilation of the left ventricle, and more pronounced neurohumoral activation.
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- Andraz Cerar
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Poglajen G, Vrtovec B. Can stem cell therapy increase the rate of myocardial recovery in left ventricular assist device-supported advanced heart failure patients?-current data and future perspectives. Ann Transl Med 2020; 7:613. [PMID: 31930014 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.10.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Gregor Poglajen
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Jurisic S, Gili S, Cammann VL, Kato K, Szawan KA, D'Ascenzo F, Jaguszewski M, Bossone E, Citro R, Sarcon A, Napp LC, Franke J, Noutsias M, Knorr M, Heiner S, Burgdorf C, Koenig W, Pott A, Kherad B, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Meyer P, Arroja JD, Banning A, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Dworakowski R, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Dichtl W, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, Kozel M, Tousek P, Winchester DE, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Paolini C, Bilato C, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Pinto FJ, Opolski G, MacCarthy P, Kobayashi Y, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Widimský P, Horowitz JD, Di Mario C, Crea F, Tschöpe C, Pieske BM, Hasenfuß G, Rottbauer W, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Felix SB, Borggrefe M, Thiele H, Bauersachs J, Katus HA, Schunkert H, Münzel T, Böhm M, Bax JJ, Lüscher TF, Ruschitzka F, Ghadri JR, Templin C. Clinical Predictors and Prognostic Impact of Recovery of Wall Motion Abnormalities in Takotsubo Syndrome: Results From the International Takotsubo Registry. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8:e011194. [PMID: 31672100 PMCID: PMC6898832 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.011194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Background Left ventricular (LV) recovery in takotsubo syndrome (TTS) occurs over a wide‐ranging interval, varying from hours to weeks. We sought to investigate the clinical predictors and prognostic impact of recovery time for TTS patients. Methods and Results TTS patients from the International Takotsubo Registry were included in this study. Cut‐off for early LV recovery was determined to be 10 days after the acute event. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with the absence of early recovery. In‐hospital outcomes and 1‐year mortality were compared for patients with versus without early recovery. We analyzed 406 patients with comprehensive and serial imaging data regarding time to recovery. Of these, 191 (47.0%) had early LV recovery and 215 (53.0%) demonstrated late LV improvement. Patients without early recovery were more often male (12.6% versus 5.2%; P=0.011) and presented more frequently with typical TTS (76.3% versus 67.0%, P=0.040). Cardiac and inflammatory markers were higher in patients without early recovery than in those with early recovery. Patients without early recovery showed unfavorable 1‐year outcome compared with patients with early recovery (P=0.003). On multiple logistic regression, male sex, LV ejection fraction <45%, and acute neurologic disorders were associated with the absence of early recovery. Conclusions TTS patients without early LV recovery have different clinical characteristics and less favorable 1‐year outcome compared with patients with early recovery. The factors associated with the absence of early recovery included male sex, reduced LV ejection fraction, and acute neurologic events. Clinical Trial Registration URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01947621.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stjepan Jurisic
- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland.,Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS Milan Italy
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine Chiba Japan
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Medical Sciences AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza University of Turin Italy
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- Heart Department University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona" Salerno Italy
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- Heart Department University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona" Salerno Italy
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- University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles CA
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care Department of Internal Medicine III University Hospital Halle Martin-Luther-University Halle Halle (Saale) Germany
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- Center for Cardiology Cardiology 1 University Medical Center Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Center for Cardiology Cardiology 1 University Medical Center Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München Technische Universität München Munich Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology University of Ulm, Medical Center Ulm Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow Berlin Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III Heart Center University of Cologne Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III Heart Center University of Cologne Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology Georg August University Goettingen Goettingen Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology University Heart Center Hamburg Hamburg Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck Hamburg Germany
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- Service de cardiologie Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Geneva Switzerland
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- Service de cardiologie Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford University Hospitals Oxford United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Lucerne Lucerne Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Lucerne Lucerne Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology Kantonsspital Winterthur Winterthur Switzerland
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- Heart Center Turku University Hospital and University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Department of Cardiology Kings College Hospital Kings Health Partners London United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology University Hospital Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology University Hospital Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Rome Rome Italy
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology) Medical University Innsbruck Innsbruck Austria
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- Department of Cardiology Christchurch Hospital Christchurch New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology Christchurch Hospital Christchurch New Zealand
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- Department of Internal Medicine B University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center University Hospital of Rangueil Toulouse France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center University Hospital of Rangueil Toulouse France
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- Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine College of Medicine University of Florida Gainesville FL
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov Moscow Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov Moscow Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit Moscow City Hospital # 1 named after N. Pirogov Moscow Russia
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- First Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim Mannheim Germany
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- First Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology University Hospital Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center University Medical Center Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit Arzignano Vicenza Italy
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- Local Health Unit n.8, Cardiology Unit Arzignano Vicenza Italy
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- Cardiology Department Santa Maria University Hospital (CHLN) Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL) Lisbon School of Medicine Universidade de Lisboa Portugal
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- Cardiology Department Santa Maria University Hospital (CHLN) Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL) Lisbon School of Medicine Universidade de Lisboa Portugal
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- Department of Cardiology Kings College Hospital Kings Health Partners London United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine Chiba Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic Rochester MN
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- Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiology Basil Hetzel Institute Queen Elizabeth Hospital University of Adelaide Australia
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS Roma Italy
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- Department of Cardiology Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow Berlin Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow Berlin Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin Berlin Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Berlin Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology Georg August University Goettingen Goettingen Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology University of Ulm, Medical Center Ulm Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine B University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald Greifswald Germany
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- First Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg-Mannheim Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology Heart Center Leipzig-University Hospital Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München Technische Universität München Munich Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany
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- Center for Cardiology Cardiology 1 University Medical Center Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Department of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology Schlieren Campus University of Zurich Switzerland.,Cardiology Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College London United Kingdom
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- University Heart Center Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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Frljak S, Jaklic M, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Poglajen G, Vrtovec B. CD34 + Cell Transplantation Improves Right Ventricular Function in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Stem Cells Transl Med 2019; 7:168-172. [PMID: 29380563 PMCID: PMC5788875 DOI: 10.1002/sctm.17-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigated the effects of CD34+ cell therapy on right ventricular (RV) function in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We enrolled 60 patients with DCM who were randomized to CD34+ cell therapy (Stem Cells (SC) Group n = 30), or no cell therapy (Controls, n = 30). The SC Group received granulocyte‐colony stimulating factor, and CD34+ cells were collected by apheresis and injected transendocardially. Patients were followed for 6 months. At baseline, the groups did not differ in age, gender, left ventricular ejection fraction, N‐terminal probrain natriuretic peptide, or parameters of RV function. At 6 months, we found a significant improvement in RV function in the SC Group (tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion [TAPSE]: +0.44 ± 0.64 cm, p = .001; peak systolic tissue Doppler velocity of tricuspid annulus [St]: +1.5 ± 2.1 cm/s; p = .001; percent of fractional area change [FAC]: +8.6% ± 5%, p = .01), but not in Controls (TAPSE: −0.07 ± 0.32 cm, p = .40; St: −0.1 ± 1.2 cm/s; p = .44; FAC: −1.2% ± 3.2%, p = .50). On repeat electroanatomical mapping, we found an improvement in interventricular septum viability in 19 of 30 patients from the SC Group; this correlated with the improvements in RV function (13/19 in the improved septum group versus 3/11 in the remaining cohort, p = .029). These results suggest that patients with DCM, changes in RV function correlate with changes of viability of interventricular septum. CD34+ cell therapy appears to be associated with improved right ventricular function in this patient cohort. (Clinical Trial Registration Information: www.clinicaltrials.gov; NCT02248532). Stem Cells Translational Medicine2018;7:168–172
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Affiliation(s)
- Sabina Frljak
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Wischnewsky MB, Candreva A, Bacchi B, Cammann VL, Kato K, Szawan KA, Gili S, D'Ascenzo F, Dichtl W, Citro R, Bossone E, Neuhaus M, Franke J, Sorici-Barb I, Jaguszewski M, Noutsias M, Knorr M, Heiner S, Burgdorf C, Kherad B, Tschöpe C, Sarcon A, Shinbane J, Rajan L, Michels G, Pfister R, Cuneo A, Jacobshagen C, Karakas M, Koenig W, Pott A, Meyer P, Arroja JD, Banning A, Cuculi F, Kobza R, Fischer TA, Vasankari T, Airaksinen KEJ, Napp LC, Budnik M, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Kaiser C, Osswald S, Galiuto L, Chan C, Bridgman P, Beug D, Delmas C, Lairez O, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Gilyarova E, Shilova A, Gilyarov M, Kozel M, Tousek P, Winchester DE, Galuszka J, Ukena C, Poglajen G, Carrilho-Ferreira P, Hauck C, Paolini C, Bilato C, Prasad A, Rihal CS, Liu K, Schulze PC, Bianco M, Jörg L, Rickli H, Nguyen TH, Kobayashi Y, Böhm M, Maier LS, Pinto FJ, Widimský P, Borggrefe M, Felix SB, Opolski G, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Rottbauer W, Hasenfuß G, Pieske BM, Schunkert H, Thiele H, Bauersachs J, Katus HA, Horowitz J, Di Mario C, Münzel T, Crea F, Bax JJ, Lüscher TF, Ruschitzka F, Ghadri JR, Templin C. Prediction of short- and long-term mortality in takotsubo syndrome: the InterTAK Prognostic Score. Eur J Heart Fail 2019; 21:1469-1472. [PMID: 31452320 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Heart Department, University Hospital 'San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona', Salerno, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, 'Antonio Cardarelli' Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Center, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital No. 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital No. 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Moscow City Hospital No. 1 named after N. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Hamburg/Saar, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, CHLN, CAML, CCUL, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, West Vicenza General Hospitals, Vicenza, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, West Vicenza General Hospitals, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Hamburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, CHLN, CAML, CCUL, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin; and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Basil Hetzel Institute, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Cardiology, Cardiology 1, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, Schlieren Campus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust and Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Poglajen G, Zemljič G, Cerar A, Frljak S, Jaklič M, Androcec V, Vrtovec B. Transendocardial CD34+ Cell Therapy does not Increase the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Cell Transplant 2019; 28:856-863. [PMID: 31046425 PMCID: PMC6719496 DOI: 10.1177/0963689719840351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Ventricular arrhythmias (VA) are of major concern in the field of cell therapy, potentially limiting its safety and efficacy. We sought to investigate the effects of CD34+ cell therapy on VA burden in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We performed registry data analysis of patients with CHF and implanted ICD/CRT devices treated with transendocardial CD 34+ cell therapy. Demographic, echocardiographic, and biochemical parameters were analyzed. Device records were reviewed and the number and type of VA 1 year prior to and 1 year after cell therapy were analyzed. All patients underwent electroanatomical mapping, and myocardial scar was defined as unipolar voltage (UV) <8.3 mV and linear local shortening (LLS) <6%. Of 209 patients screened, 48 met inclusion criteria. The mean age of the patients was 52 years and 88% were male. Nonischemic and ischemic cardiomyopathy were present in 55% and 45% of patients. The average serum creatinine was 91±26 µmol/L, serum bilirubin 18±9 µmol/L, NT-proBNP 1767 (468, 2446) pg/mL, LVEF 27±9% and 6’ walk test 442±123 m. The average scar burden in patients with nonischemic and ischemic DCM was 58±15% and 51±25% (P=0.48). No significant difference in VA burden was observed before and after cell therapy (48% vs. 44%; P=0.68). ICD activation occurred in 19% and 27% of patients before and after cell therapy (P=0.33). According to our results, transendocardial CD34+ cell therapy does not appear to increase the risk of VA in chronic heart failure patients.
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- Gregor Poglajen
- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia.,2 Faculy of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia.,2 Faculy of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Frljak S, Okrajšek R, Šebeštjen M, Cerar A, Andročec V, Jaklič M, Vrtovec B. Quantiferon-CMV Guided Virostatic Prophylaxis after Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Frljak S, Jaklic M, Zemljic G, Cerar A, Poglajen G, Haddad F, Vrtovec B. Right Ventricular Dysfunction Correlates with Decreased Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mobilisation and Impaired Angiogenesis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Zemljic G, Jaklic M, Cerar A, Frljak S, Poglajen G, Vrtovec B. The Impact of Biomarkers in Predicting the Response to CD34+ Cell Therapy in Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Poglajen G, Zemljic G, Frljak S, Cerar A, Jaklič M, Vrtovec B. Comparison of Long-Term Effects of Cell Therapy in Patients with Ischemic and. Nonischemic Heart Failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Frljak S, Zemljic G, Poglajen G, Cerar A, Jaklic M, Haddad F, Vrtovec B. THE EFFECTS OF CD34+ CELL THERAPY ON FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)31617-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ventricular assist device (VAD) technology has evolved significantly over the past decades and currently represents one of the most important treatment strategies for patients with advanced chronic heart failure. There is increasing evidence that in selected patients undergoing long-term VAD support, improvement of myocardial structure and function may occur. However, there seems to be a significant discrepancy between structural and functional recovery of the failing myocardium, as only a small fraction of VAD-supported patients demonstrate reverse structural remodeling and eventually reach clinically significant and stable, functional improvement. More recently, cell therapy has gained a growing interest in the heart failure community because of its potential to augment reverse remodeling of the failing myocardium. Although theoretically the combination of long-term VAD support and cell therapy may offer significant advantages over using these therapeutic modalities separately, it remains largely unexplored. This review aims to summarize the current state of the art of the effects of VAD support and cell therapy on the reverse remodeling of the failing myocardium and to discuss the rationale for using a combined treatment strategy to further promote myocardial recovery in patients with advanced chronic heart failure.
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- Gregor Poglajen
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia (G.P., B.V.).,Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation, Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (G.P., I.D.G., R.R.)
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- Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation, Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (G.P., I.D.G., R.R.)
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- Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation, Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (G.P., I.D.G., R.R.)
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia (G.P., B.V.)
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Vrtovec B, Poglajen G, Sever M, Zemljic G, Frljak S, Cerar A, Cukjati M, Jaklic M, Cernelc P, Haddad F, Wu JC. Effects of Repetitive Transendocardial CD34
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Cell Transplantation in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Circ Res 2018; 123:389-396. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.117.312170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Bojan Vrtovec
- From the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center (B.V., G.P., G.Z., S.F., A.C., M.J.)
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- From the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center (B.V., G.P., G.Z., S.F., A.C., M.J.)
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- From the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center (B.V., G.P., G.Z., S.F., A.C., M.J.)
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- From the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center (B.V., G.P., G.Z., S.F., A.C., M.J.)
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- From the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center (B.V., G.P., G.Z., S.F., A.C., M.J.)
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- UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia; National Blood Transfusion Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (M.C.)
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- From the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center (B.V., G.P., G.Z., S.F., A.C., M.J.)
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (F.H., J.C.W.)
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (F.H., J.C.W.)
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Cerar A, Zemljic G, Frljak S, Jaklic M, Poglajen G, Sever M, Cukjati M, Vrtovec B. Transendocardial CD34 + Cell Transplantation in Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: First-in-Man Case Study. Cell Transplant 2018; 27:1027-1030. [PMID: 29974792 PMCID: PMC6158552 DOI: 10.1177/0963689718779349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a rare congenital heart disorder characterized by an arrest of the myocardial compaction process. This results in the altered formation of coronary microvessels with a resulting decrease in myocardial perfusion. Transendocardial CD34+ cell transplantation has been shown to increase myocardial perfusion and function in patients with non-ischemic heart failure. In our first-in-man case study, we investigated the feasibility, safety and clinical effect of transendocardial CD34+ cell therapy in a patient with noncompaction cardiomyopathy.
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- Andraz Cerar
- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 2 Department of Hematology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 3 National Blood Transfusion Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Frljak S, Jaklic M, Cerar A, Zemljic G, Poglajen G, Vrtovec B. Transendocardial Injection of CD34 + Cells Targeting Interventricular Septum Improves Right Ventricular Function in Non-ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Poglajen G, Cerar A, Frljak S, Zemljič G, Jaklič M, Vrtovec B. Elevated Red Cell Distribution Width is Associated with Increased Incidence of Late Allograft Rejection after Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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