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Wilson R, Eguchi S, Orihara Y, Pfeiffer M, Peterson B, Ruzieh M, Gao Z, Gorcsan J, Boehmer J. Association between right ventricular global longitudinal strain and mortality in intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism. Echocardiography 2024; 41:e15815. [PMID: 38634182 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction has been identified as a prognostic marker for adverse clinical events in patients presenting with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). However, challenges exist in identifying RV dysfunction using conventional echocardiography techniques. Strain echocardiography is an evolving imaging modality which measures myocardial deformation and can be used as an objective index of RV systolic function. This study evaluated RV Global Longitudinal Strain (RVGLS) in patients with intermediate risk PE as a parameter of RV dysfunction, and compared to traditional echocardiographic and CT parameters evaluating short-term mortality. METHODS Retrospective single center cohort study of 251 patients with intermediate-risk PE between 2010 and 2018. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality at 30 days. Statistical analysis evaluated each parameter comparing survivors versus non-survivors at 30 days. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and Kaplan-Meier curves were used for comparison of the two cohorts. RESULTS Altogether 251 patients were evaluated. Overall mortality rate was 12.4%. Utilizing an ROC curve, an absolute cutoff value of 17.7 for RVGLS demonstrated a sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 70% for observed 30-day mortality. Individuals with an RVGLS ≤17.7 had a 25 times higher mortality rate than those with RVGLS above 17.7 (HR 25.24, 95% CI = 6.0-106.4, p < .001). Area under the curve was (.855), RVGLS outperformed traditional echocardiographic parameters, CT findings, and cardiac biomarkers on univariable and multivariable analysis. CONCLUSIONS Reduced RVGLS values on initial echocardiographic assessment of patients with intermediate-risk PE identified patients at higher risk for mortality at 30 days.
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- Ryan Wilson
- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rodés-Cabau J, Lindenfeld J, Abraham WT, Zile MR, Kar S, Bayés-Genís A, Eigler N, Holcomb R, Núñez J, Lee E, Perl ML, Moravsky G, Pfeiffer M, Boehmer J, Gorcsan J, Bax JJ, Anker S, Stone GW. Interatrial shunt therapy in advanced heart failure: Outcomes from the open-label cohort of the RELIEVE-HF trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2024. [PMID: 38561314 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3215] [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] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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AIMS Heart failure (HF) outcomes remain poor despite optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). We assessed safety, effectiveness, and transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) outcomes during the 12 months after Ventura shunt implantation in the RELIEVE-HF open-label roll-in cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS Eligibility required symptomatic HF despite optimal GDMT with ≥1 HF hospitalization in the prior year or elevated natriuretic peptides. The safety endpoint was device-related major adverse cardiovascular or neurological events at 30 days, compared to a prespecified performance goal. Effectiveness evaluations included the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) at baseline, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months and TTE at baseline and 12 months. Overall, 97 patients were enrolled and implanted at 64 sites. Average age was 70 ± 11 years, 97% were in New York Heart Association class III, and half had left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤40%. The safety endpoint was achieved (event rate 0%, p < 0.001). KCCQ overall summary score was improved by 12-16 points at all follow-up timepoints (all p < 0.004), with similar outcomes in patients with reduced and preserved LVEF. At 12 months, left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes were reduced (p = 0.020 and p = 0.038, respectively), LVEF improved (p = 0.009), right ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic areas were reduced (p = 0.001 and p = 0.030, respectively), and right ventricular fractional area change (p < 0.001) and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (p < 0.001) improved. CONCLUSION Interatrial shunting with the Ventura device was safe and resulted in favourable clinical effects in patients with HF, regardless of LVEF. Improvements of left and right ventricular structure and function were consistent with reverse myocardial remodelling. These results would support the potential of this shunt device as a treatment for HF.
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- Josep Rodés-Cabau
- Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, Québec, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute of Los Robles Health System, Los Robles, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Germans Trias Heart Institute, Germans Trias University Hospital, Badalona, Spain
- CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain
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- V-Wave, Agoura Hills, California and Division of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Cardiology, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Sammy Ofer Heart Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- Division of Cardiology, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf HaRofeh), Be'er Ya'akov, Israel
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- Division of Cardiology, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology (CVK) of German Heart Center Charité, Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) Partner Site Berlin, Charité University, Berlin, Germany
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Singh JP, Wariar R, Ruble S, Kwan B, Averina V, Stolen CM, Boehmer J. Prediction of Heart Failure Events With the HeartLogic Algorithm: Real-World Validation. J Card Fail 2024; 30:509-512. [PMID: 37972705 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.10.478] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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- Jagmeet P Singh
- Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston Scientific, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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Boehmer J, Sauer AJ, Gardner R, Stolen CM, Kwan B, Wariar R, Ruble S. PRecision Event Monitoring for PatienTs with Heart Failure using HeartLogic (PREEMPT-HF) study design and enrolment. ESC Heart Fail 2023; 10:3690-3699. [PMID: 37740424 PMCID: PMC10682906 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
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AIMS The HeartLogic multisensor index has been found to be a sensitive predictor of worsening heart failure (HF). However, there is limited data on this index's association and its constituent sensors with HF readmissions. METHODS AND RESULTS The PREEMPT-HF study is a global, multicentre, prospective, observational, single-arm, post-market study. HF patients with an implantable defibrillator device or cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator with HeartLogic capabilities were eligible if sensor data collection was turned on and the HeartLogic feature was not enabled. Thus, the HeartLogic Index/alert and heart sounds sensor trends were unavailable via the LATITUDE remote monitoring system to clinicians (blinded). Evaluation of subject medical records at 6 months and a final in-clinic visit at 12 months was required for collection of all-cause hospitalizations and HF outpatient visits. The purpose of this study is exploratory, no formal hypothesis tests are planned, and no adjustment for multiple testing will be performed. A total of 2183 patients were enrolled at 103 sites between June 2018 and June 2020. A significant proportion of the patients were implanted with implantable defibrillator devices (39%) versus cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (61%); were female (27%); over 65 (61%); New York Heart Association class I (13%), II (53%), and III (33%); ejection fraction < 25% (21%); ischaemic (50%); and with a history of renal dysfunction (23%). CONCLUSIONS The PREEMPT study will provide clinical data and blinded sensor trends for the characterization of sensor changes with HF readmission, tachyarrhythmias, and event subgroups. These data may help to refine the clinical use of HeartLogic and to improve patient outcomes.
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- Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service, Golden Jubilee National HospitalGlasgowUK
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- Division of CardiologyBoston Scientific CorporationMarlboroughMAUSA
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- Division of CardiologyBoston Scientific CorporationMarlboroughMAUSA
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- Division of CardiologyBoston Scientific CorporationMarlboroughMAUSA
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- Division of CardiologyBoston Scientific CorporationMarlboroughMAUSA
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Koczo A, Marino A, Polsinelli VB, Alharethi R, Damp J, Ewald G, Givertz MM, Boehmer J, Hanley-Yanez K, Rana S, Roh J, McNamara DM. Association of activin A and postpartum blood pressure in peripartum cardiomyopathy. Pregnancy Hypertens 2023; 34:60-66. [PMID: 37852074 PMCID: PMC10841355 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2023.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Activin A has been implicated in the pathogenesis of patients with chronic hypertension and heart failure as well as patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Whether activin A correlates with blood pressure in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and HDP history has not previously been explored. METHODS AND RESULTS 82 women with PPCM w/ and w/out HDP or hypertension history were selected for analysis from the Investigations in Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC) study. Serum biomarkers and blood pressure were assessed at the time of enrollment (median postpartum day 24). Levels of both sFlt-1 (SBP: r 0.47, p = 0.008; DBP: r 0.57, p < 0.001) and activin A (SBP: r 0.59, p < 0.001;DBP: r 0.68, p < 0.001) were noted to significantly correlate with blood pressure in patients with a history of HDP who went on to develop PPCM, but not in patients with chronic hypertension or no hypertensive history. The strongest correlation was between activin A levels and postpartum diastolic blood pressure for the subset with preeclampsia (DBP: r0.82, p < 0.001). This remained significant in multivariable linear regression analysis (DBP: β = 0.011, p = 0.015). CONCLUSION In patients with PPCM, activin A and sFlt-1 levels had direct correlations with both systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP), but only in participants with history of HDP. This correlation was more evident for activin A and strongest with a history of preeclampsia. Our findings suggest that activin A may play an important role in blood pressure modulation in women with HDP who subsequently develop PPCM.
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- Agnes Koczo
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, United States
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- Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Ali O, Arnold AC, Cysyk J, Boehmer J, Zhu J, Sinoway LI, Eisen H, Weiss W. HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device Exercise Hemodynamics With Speed Adjustment Based on Left Ventricular Filling Pressures. ASAIO J 2023:00002480-990000000-00364. [PMID: 38029762 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000002096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Functional capacity remains limited in heart failure patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) due to fixed pump speed and inability to offload the left ventricle adequately. We hypothesized that manually adjusting LVAD speed during exercise based on pulmonary capillary wedge pressures would increase total cardiac output and maximal oxygen consumption. Two participants with a HeartWare LVAD underwent an invasive ramp study at rest followed by an invasive cardiopulmonary stress test exercising in two randomized phases: fixed speed and adjusted speed. In the latter phase, speed was adjusted every 1 minute during exercise at ±20 rpm/1 mm Hg change from baseline pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. There was no difference in maximal oxygen consumption between the two phases, with a modest increase in total cardiac output during speed adjustment. Filling pressures were initially controlled during speed adjustment until speed was capped at 4,000 rpm, at which point filling pressures increased. Blood pressure was variable. The pressure across the head of the pump (ΔP) was higher with speed adjustment. Contrary to our hypothesis, LVAD speed adjustment during exercise did not improve total cardiac output and functional capacity. This variable response may be attributed to the native cardiac reserve and baroreceptor response; however, additional studies are needed.
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- Omaima Ali
- From the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Applied Biomedical Engineering, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- From the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- From the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- From the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Applied Biomedical Engineering, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Lovell JP, Bermea K, Yu J, Rousseau S, Cohen CD, Bhalodia A, Zita MD, Head RD, Blumenthal RS, Alharethi R, Damp J, Boehmer J, Alexis J, McNamara DM, Sharma G, Adamo L. Serum Proteomic Analysis of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Reveals Distinctive Dysregulation of Inflammatory and Cholesterol Metabolism Pathways. JACC Heart Fail 2023; 11:1231-1242. [PMID: 37542511 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.05.031] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and its distinctive biological features remain incompletely understood. High-throughput serum proteomic profiling, a powerful tool to gain insights into the pathophysiology of diseases at a systems biology level, has never been used to investigate PPCM relative to nonischemic cardiomyopathy. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to characterize the pathophysiology of PPCM through serum proteomic analysis. METHODS Aptamer-based proteomic analysis (SomaScan 7K) was performed on serum samples from women with PPCM (n = 67), women with nonischemic nonperipartum cardiomyopathy (NPCM) (n = 31), and age-matched healthy peripartum and nonperipartum women (n = 10 each). Serum samples were obtained from the IPAC (Investigation of Pregnancy-Associated Cardiomyopathy) and IMAC2 (Intervention in Myocarditis and Acute Cardiomyopathy) studies. RESULTS Principal component analysis revealed unique clustering of each patient group (P for difference <0.001). Biological pathway analyses of differentially measured proteins in PPCM relative to NPCM, before and after normalization to pertinent healthy controls, highlighted specific dysregulation of inflammatory pathways in PPCM, including the upregulation of the cholesterol metabolism-related anti-inflammatory pathway liver-X receptor/retinoid-X receptor (LXR/RXR) (P < 0.01, Z-score 1.9-2.1). Cardiac recovery by 12 months in PPCM was associated with the downregulation of pro-inflammatory pathways and the upregulation of LXR/RXR, and an additional RXR-dependent pathway involved in the regulation of inflammation and metabolism, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α/RXRα signaling. CONCLUSIONS Serum proteomic profiling of PPCM relative to NPCM and healthy controls indicated that PPCM is a distinct disease entity characterized by the unique dysregulation of inflammation-related pathways and cholesterol metabolism-related anti-inflammatory pathways. These findings provide insight into the pathophysiology of PPCM and point to novel potential therapeutic targets.
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- Jana P Lovell
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genetics, McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. https://twitter.com/GarimaVSharmaMD
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Varma N, Kondo Y, Park SJ, Auricchio A, Gold MR, Boehmer J, Pandurangi U, Watanabe E, Lee K, Singh JP. Utilization of remote monitoring among patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy and comparison between Asia and the Americas. Heart Rhythm O2 2022; 3:868-870. [PMID: 36589006 PMCID: PMC9795253 DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2022.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Niraj Varma
- Cleveland Clinic London, London, United Kingdom,Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr Niraj Varma, Cleveland Clinic London, 40 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7AW, United Kingdom.
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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King-Dailey KA, Gardner K, Baksh G, Boehmer J, LaCoe C, Frazier S. Heart Failure Telemedicine: The New Frontier for High-Risk Heart Failure Patients. Heart Lung 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.06.009] [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]
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Cleland JGF, Bristow MR, Freemantle N, Olshansky B, Gras D, Saxon L, Tavazzi L, Boehmer J, Ghio S, Feldman AM, Daubert JC, deMets D. The Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization without a Defibrillator on Morbidity and Mortality: An Individual-Patient-Data Meta-Analysis of COMPANION and CARE-HF. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:1080-1090. [PMID: 35490339 PMCID: PMC9543287 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) reduces morbidity and mortality for patients with heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, QRS duration >130 ms and in sinus rhythm. OBJECTIVES To identify patient-characteristics that predict the effect, specifically, of CRT-pacemakers (CRT-P) on all-cause mortality or the composite of hospitalisation for heart failure or all-cause mortality. METHODS An individual patient-data meta-analysis of the Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) and Cardiac Resynchronization - Heart Failure (CARE-HF) trials. Only patients assigned to CRT-P or control (n = 1738) were included in order to avoid confounding from concomitant defibrillator therapy. The influence of baseline characteristics on treatment effects was investigated. RESULTS Median age was 67 (59-73) years, most patients were men (70%), 68% had a QRS duration of 150-199 ms and 80% had left bundle branch block (LBBB). Patients assigned to CRT-P had lower rates for all-cause mortality (HR 0.68 (95% CI 0.56 to 0.81; p < 0.0001) and the composite outcome (HR 0.67 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.78; p < 0.0001). No pre-specified characteristic, including sex, aetiology of ventricular dysfunction, QRS duration (within the studied range) or morphology or PR interval significantly influenced the effect of CRT-P on all-cause mortality or the composite outcome. However, CRT-P had a greater effect on the composite outcome for patients with lower body surface area (BSA) and those prescribed beta-blockers. CONCLUSIONS CRT-P reduces morbidity and mortality in appropriately selected patients with heart failure. Benefits may be greater in smaller patients and in those receiving beta-blockers. Neither QRS duration nor morphology independently predicted the benefit of CRT-P.
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- John G F Cleland
- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics & Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow & National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- University of Colorado Cardiovascular Institute, Aurora and Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, 90 High Holborn, London, UK
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City & Mercy Hospital - North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
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- Maria Cecilia Hospital - GVM Care & Cotignola, Italy
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- Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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Hajduczok A, Maucione C, Julian K, Bent B, DiChiacchio L, Ali O, Boehmer J. Use of Left Ventricular Assist Device Hemodynamic Ramp Studies to Assess Heart Recovery and Device Complications. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1614] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Hajduczok A, Maucione C, Julian K, Bent B, DiChiacchio L, Ali O, Boehmer J. Hemodynamic Optimization Of Left Ventricular Assist Devices During Right Heart Catheterization Ramp Studies. J Card Fail 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.140] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Stern B, Maheshwari P, Gorrepati VS, Bethards D, Chintanaboina J, Boehmer J, Clarke K. Initial endoscopic intervention is not associated with reduced risk of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in left ventricular assist device patients. Ann Gastroenterol 2021; 34:660-668. [PMID: 34475736 PMCID: PMC8375646 DOI: 10.20524/aog.2021.0656] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used for mechanical support of end-stage heart failure. Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) confers a significant morbidity in LVAD patients, with rates of up to 30% at 5 years. We assessed predictors of index and recurrent GIB (rGIB) in LVAD patients to risk stratify patients and evaluate if endoscopic approach and intervention at index GIB impacted rGIB. Methods A retrospective chart review of all LVAD patients at our institution from 01/01/2006 to 31/10/2016 was completed. Predictors for index and recurrent GIB were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was created using only statistically significant dependent variables and adjusted for demographic variables. Results A total of 77/214 (36%) patients developed GIB, and 38/214 (17.8%) developed rGIB. Destination therapy (P=0.01), longer duration of LVAD (P=0.03), and low albumin (<3.5 g/dL) (P<0.001) were associated with increased risk of index GIB. Charlson Comorbidity Index, heart failure etiology, and Medicare were predictors of index GIB on univariate analysis, but this was not seen on multivariate analysis. Performing an endoscopy with/without intervention, non- angioectasia lesions, and location of bleeding were not statistically significant predictors of rGIB. Longer duration of hospitalization appeared to be protective for rGIB on univariate analysis. Conclusions Index endoscopy and intervention is not associated with reduced risk of rGIB in LVAD patients. Several independent factors are associated with the risk of index GIB. Albumin is a potentially modifiable risk factor, and likely contributes to bleeding through poor nutrition. It is a surrogate marker for systemic illness, and may have pharmacologic implications.
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- Benjamin Stern
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA (Benjamin Stern, Venkata S. Gorrepati, Deborah Bethards, Kofi Clarke)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA (Parth Maheshwari)
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA (Benjamin Stern, Venkata S. Gorrepati, Deborah Bethards, Kofi Clarke)
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA (Benjamin Stern, Venkata S. Gorrepati, Deborah Bethards, Kofi Clarke)
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA (Jayakrishna Chintanaboina)
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- Division of Cardiology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA (John Boehmer)
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA (Benjamin Stern, Venkata S. Gorrepati, Deborah Bethards, Kofi Clarke)
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Varma N, Auricchio A, Connolly AT, Boehmer J, Bahu M, Costanzo MR, Leonelli F, Yoo D, Singh J, Nabutovsky Y, Gold M. The cost of non-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: characterizing heart failure events following cardiac resynchronization therapy. Europace 2021; 23:1586-1595. [PMID: 34198334 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euab123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS The aim of this study is to quantify healthcare resource utilization among non-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-NR) by heart failure (HF) events and influence of comorbidities. METHODS AND RESULTS The ADVANCE CRT registry (2013-2015) prospectively identified responders/CRT-NRs 6 months post-implant using the clinical composite score. Heart failure event rates and associated cost, both overall and separated for inpatient hospitalizations, office visits, emergency room visits, and observational stays, were quantified. Costs of events were imputed from payments for similar real-world encounters in subjects with CRT-D/P devices in the MarketScan™ commercial and Medicare Supplemental insurance claims databases. Effects of patient demographics and comorbidities on event rates and cost were evaluated. Of 879 US patients (age 69 ± 11 years, 29% female, ischaemic disease 52%), 310 (35%) were CRT-NR. Among CRT-NRs vs. responders, more patients developed HF (41% vs. 11%, P < 0.001), HF event rate was higher (67.0 ± 21.7 vs. 11.4 ± 3.7/100 pt-year, P < 0.001), and HF readmission within 30 days was more common [hazard ratio 7.06, 95% confidence interval (2.1-43.7)]. Inpatient hospitalization was the most common and most expensive event type in CRT-NR. Comorbid HF was increased by diabetes, hypertension, and pulmonary disorders. Over 2 years, compared to CRT responders, each CRT-NR resulted in excess cost of $6388 ($3859-$10 483) to Medicare (P = 0.015) or $10 197 ($6161-$17 394) to private insurances (P = 0.014). CONCLUSION Healthcare expenditures associated with contemporary CRT non-response management are among the highest for any HF patient group. This illustrates an unmet need for interventions to improve HF outcomes and reduce costs among some CRT recipients.
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- Niraj Varma
- Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Heart Failure Program, Dept of Cardiology, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Cardiac Electrophysiology, Biltmore Cardiology, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Cardiac Electrophysiology, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Heart Rhythm Specialists, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Goli R, Li J, Brandimarto J, Levine LD, Riis V, McAfee Q, DePalma S, Haghighi A, Seidman JG, Seidman CE, Jacoby D, Macones G, Judge DP, Rana S, Margulies KB, Cappola TP, Alharethi R, Damp J, Hsich E, Elkayam U, Sheppard R, Alexis JD, Boehmer J, Kamiya C, Gustafsson F, Damm P, Ersbøll AS, Goland S, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, McNamara DM, Arany Z. Genetic and Phenotypic Landscape of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2021; 143:1852-1862. [PMID: 33874732 PMCID: PMC8113098 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.052395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) occurs in ≈1:2000 deliveries in the United States and worldwide. The genetic underpinnings of PPCM remain poorly defined. Approximately 10% of women with PPCM harbor truncating variants in TTN (TTNtvs). Whether mutations in other genes can predispose to PPCM is not known. It is also not known if the presence of TTNtvs predicts clinical presentation or outcomes. Nor is it known if the prevalence of TTNtvs differs in women with PPCM and preeclampsia, the strongest risk factor for PPCM. METHODS Women with PPCM were retrospectively identified from several US and international academic centers, and clinical information and DNA samples were acquired. Next-generation sequencing was performed on 67 genes, including TTN, and evaluated for burden of truncating and missense variants. The impact of TTNtvs on the severity of clinical presentation, and on clinical outcomes, was evaluated. RESULTS Four hundred sixty-nine women met inclusion criteria. Of the women with PPCM, 10.4% bore TTNtvs (odds ratio=9.4 compared with 1.2% in the reference population; Bonferroni-corrected P [P*]=1.2×10-46). We additionally identified overrepresentation of truncating variants in FLNC (odds ratio=24.8, P*=7.0×10-8), DSP (odds ratio=14.9, P*=1.0×10-8), and BAG3 (odds ratio=53.1, P*=0.02), genes not previously associated with PPCM. This profile is highly similar to that found in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. Women with TTNtvs had lower left ventricular ejection fraction on presentation than did women without TTNtvs (23.5% versus 29%, P=2.5×10-4), but did not differ significantly in timing of presentation after delivery, in prevalence of preeclampsia, or in rates of clinical recovery. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the first extensive genetic and phenotypic landscape of PPCM and demonstrates that predisposition to heart failure is an important risk factor for PPCM. The work reveals a degree of genetic similarity between PPCM and dilated cardiomyopathy, suggesting that gene-specific therapeutic approaches being developed for dilated cardiomyopathy may also apply to PPCM, and that approaches to genetic testing in PPCM should mirror those taken in dilated cardiomyopathy. Last, the clarification of genotype/phenotype associations has important implications for genetic counseling.
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- Rahul Goli
- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maternal and Child Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maternal and Child Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
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- Yale School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Women’s Health, Dell Medical School- University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- University of Southern California, Keck school of medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
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- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
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- Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, and Phillips University Marburg, Hannover, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Institute, and Penn Muscle Institute, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Contursi M, Boehmer J. Re-occurrence Of Oscillatory Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2020. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000681204.63393.aa] [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: 11/21/2022]
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Ahmed R, Boehmer J, Cao M, Lobban J, Schloss E, Stolen C. Reduced LV Pacing Percentages are Associated with Progressively Worse Measures of Heart Failure Physiology in CRT Patients. Heart Lung 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.02.019] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Aktas M, An Q, Boehmer J, Rials S, Thakur P, Zhang Y. Continuous Respiratory Rate is Superior to Routine Outpatient Dyspnea Assessment for Predicting Heart Failure Events. Heart Lung 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.02.020] [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: 11/25/2022]
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An Q, Averina V, Boehmer J, Mark G, Thakur P. Third Heart Sound During Atrial Fibrillation? Confirming the Existence of Cardiac Vibrations During Deceleration Phase of Early Diastolic Filling While in AF. Heart Lung 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.02.014] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Marin y Kall C, Boehmer J, Cowie M, Cuchiara M. TCT-86 Cardiac Autonomic Nerve Stimulation Improves Hemodynamics and Clinical Status in Advanced Heart Failure Patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.127] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Boehmer J, Ricksten A, Asp J, Wasslavik C, Stahlberg A, Karason K, Wahlander H, Sunnegardh J, Dellgren G. Cell-Free DNA in Different Clinical Scenarios after Heart Transplantation: Shedding Light or Obscuring the Picture? J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.981] [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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Wilson R, Ruzieh M, Ali O, Boehmer J. DYNAMIC LVAD INFLOW CANNULA OBSTRUCTION SECONDARY TO RIGHT VENTRICULAR DILATION AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32825-6] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Boehmer J, Gardner R, Singh J, Stancak B, Nair D, Cao M, Schulze C, Thakur P. Device-measured S3 showed a stronger stratification power than auscultation when assessed at follow-up visits. Heart Lung 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.10.007] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Boehmer J, Gardner R, Singh J, Stancak B, Nair D, Cao M, Schulze C, Thakur P. S3 heart sound amplitudes measured by accelerometer reflect auscultated S3 heart sound volume grades. Heart Lung 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.10.008] [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]
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Boehmer J, Singh J, Stancak B, Nair D, Cao M, Schulze C, Thakur P. The HeartLogic multi-sensor algorithm significantly augments the prognosis of a baseline NT-proBNP assessment for heart failure events. Heart Lung 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.10.021] [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]
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Rials S, Aktas M, Capucci A, Gardner R, Gold M, Molon G, Thakur P, Sweeney R, Zhang Y, An Q, Averina V, Boehmer J. Device Measured Rapid Shallow Breathing Index and not Minute Ventilation Reflects Changes in Dyspnea Status in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients. J Card Fail 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.098] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Boehmer J, Wasslavik C, Asp J, Dellgren G, Ricksten A. P2803Rejection diagnostics with digital droplet PCR measuring donor-derived cell-free DNA: A retrospective proof-of-concept study in heart-transplanted patients. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p2803] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- J Boehmer
- Sahlgrenska Academy, Institution for Clinical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Rials S, Aktas M, An Q, Thakur P, Zhang Y, Boehmer J. Continuous Respiratory Rate is Superior to Routine Outpatient Dyspnea Assessment for Predicting Heart Failure Events. J Card Fail 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.130] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Díaz T, Marin y Kall C, Boehmer J, Cowie M, Mebazaa A, Cuchiara M. Cardiac Autonomic Nerves Stimulation Improves Hemodynamics: A Pilot Study in Advanced Heart Failure Patients. J Card Fail 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.433] [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]
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Lindenfeld J, Gardner R, Averina V, Thakur P, An Q, Boehmer J. Readmissions or Death are More Likely When Device-Derived Rapid Shallow Breathing Index Worsens During Heart Failure Hospitalization. J Card Fail 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.157] [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]
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Boehmer J, Ricksten A, Karason K, Andersson D, Stalberg A, Wahlander H, Asp J, Wasslavik C, Sunnegardh J, Dellgren G. Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Investigated by Digital PCR After Targeted Pre-Amplification: A Prospective Clinical Study of Heart-transplant Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.829] [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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McTiernan CF, Morel P, Cooper LT, Rajagopalan N, Thohan V, Zucker M, Boehmer J, Bozkurt B, Mather P, Thornton J, Ghali JK, Hanley-Yanez K, Fett J, Halder I, McNamara DM. Circulating T-Cell Subsets, Monocytes, and Natural Killer Cells in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Results From the Multicenter IPAC Study. J Card Fail 2017; 24:33-42. [PMID: 29079307 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to evaluate the hypothesis that the distribution of circulating immune cell subsets, or their activation state, is significantly different between peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and healthy postpartum (HP) women. BACKGROUND PPCM is a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, and an immune-mediated etiology has been hypothesized. Cellular immunity, altered in pregnancy and the peripartum period, has been proposed to play a role in PPCM pathogenesis. METHODS The Investigation of Pregnancy-Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC) study enrolled 100 women presenting with a left ventricular ejection fraction of <0.45 within 2 months of delivery. Peripheral T-cell subsets, natural killer (NK) cells, and cellular activation markers were assessed by flow cytometry in PPCM women early (<6 wk), 2 months, and 6 months postpartum and compared with those of HP women and women with non-pregnancy-associated recent-onset cardiomyopathy (ROCM). RESULTS Entry NK cell levels (CD3-CD56+CD16+; reported as % of CD3- cells) were significantly (P < .0003) reduced in PPCM (6.6 ± 4.9% of CD3- cells) compared to HP (11.9 ± 5%). Of T-cell subtypes, CD3+CD4-CD8-CD38+ cells differed significantly (P < .004) between PPCM (24.5 ± 12.5% of CD3+CD4-CD8- cells) and HP (12.5 ± 6.4%). PPCM patients demonstrated a rapid recovery of NK and CD3+CD4-CD8-CD38+ cell levels. However, black women had a delayed recovery of NK cells. A similar reduction of NK cells was observed in women with ROCM. CONCLUSIONS Compared with HP control women, early postpartum PPCM women show significantly reduced NK cells, and higher CD3+CD4-CD8-CD38+ cells, which both normalize over time postpartum. The mechanistic role of NK cells and "double negative" (CD4-CD8-) T regulatory cells in PPCM requires further investigation.
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- Charles F McTiernan
- Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Cardiac Transplant Center, Beth Israel Newark Medical Center, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiology, Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Augusta, Georgia
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- Division of Cardiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia
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- Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Schulze C, Averina V, Thakur P, Zhang Y, An Q, Wariar R, Sweeney R, Boehmer J. Case Study: Changes in Respiratory Rate, Third Heart Sound, and HeartLogic Identify Worsening Heart Failure in a Patient with no Decrease in Impedance. J Card Fail 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.07.376] [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]
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Gardner R, Bank AJ, Klodas E, An Q, Thakur P, Boehmer J. Ambulatory S3 Measured by an Implanted Device Changes Consistently with Echocardiography in Stable and Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. J Card Fail 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.07.180] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Cao M, Schulze C, Gardner R, An Q, Thakur P, Thompson J, Boehmer J. P1577Device-measured third heart sound predicts heart failure events better than auscultated third heart sound. Europace 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/eux158.203] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lloyd T, Buck H, Foy A, Black S, Pinter A, Pogash R, Eismann B, Balaban E, Chan J, Kunselman A, Smyth J, Boehmer J. The Penn State Heart Assistant: A pilot study of a web-based intervention to improve self-care of heart failure patients. Health Informatics J 2017; 25:292-303. [DOI: 10.1177/1460458217704247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Tom Lloyd
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of South Florida, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health, USA
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- Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
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- College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health, USA
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Boehmer J, Hariharan R, Devecchi F, Smith A, An Q, Averina V, Stolen C, Thakur P, Thompson J, Zhang Y, Singh J. 1 A Multi-Sensor Algorithm Predicts Heart Failure Events in Patients with Implanted Devices: Results from the MultiSENSE Study. Heart Lung 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2017.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cui J, Boehmer J, Blaha C, Sinoway LI. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity response to heat stress is attenuated in chronic heart failure patients. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2017; 312:R873-R882. [PMID: 28330967 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00355.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Heat stress evokes significant increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in healthy individuals. The MSNA response to heat stress in chronic heart failure (CHF) is unknown. We hypothesized that the MSNA response to heat stress is attenuated in CHF. Passive whole body heating was applied with water-perfused suits in 13 patients (61 ± 2 yr) with stable class II-III CHF, 12 age-matched (62 ± 2 yr) healthy subjects, and 14 young (24 ± 1 yr) healthy subjects. Mild heating (i.e., increases in skin temperature ΔTsk ~2-4°C, internal temperature ΔTcore <0.3°C) significantly decreased MSNA in CHF patients; however, it did not significantly alter the MSNA in the age-matched and young healthy subjects. Heat stress (i.e., ΔTsk ~4°C and ΔTcore ~0.6°C) raised MSNA in the age-matched (32.9 ± 3.2 to 45.6 ± 4.2 bursts/min; P < 0.001) and young (14.3 ± 1.7 to 26.3 ± 2.4 bursts/min; P < 0.001) controls, but not in CHF (46.2 ± 5.3 to 50.5 ± 5.3 bursts/min; P = 0.06). The MSNA increase by the heat stress in CHF (Δ4.2 ± 2.0 bursts/min) was significantly less than those seen in the age-matched (Δ12.8 ± 1.7 bursts/min, P < 0.05) and young (Δ12.0 ± 2.7 bursts/min, P < 0.05) control groups. These data suggest that the MSNA response to heat stress is attenuated in CHF patients. We speculate that the attenuated MSNA response to heat stress may contribute to impaired cardiovascular adjustments in CHF in a hot environment.
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- Jian Cui
- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Hershey, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Hershey, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Hershey, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Hershey, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Bulathsinghala M, Bulathsinghala CM, Boehmer J. ASPERGILLUS ENDOCARDITIS AND LOCKED-IN SYNDROME: RARE COMPLICATIONS AFTER ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANT. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(17)35783-2] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Damp J, Givertz MM, Semigran M, Alharethi R, Ewald G, Felker GM, Bozkurt B, Boehmer J, Haythe J, Skopicki H, Hanley-Yanez K, Pisarcik J, Halder I, Gorcsan J, Rana S, Arany Z, Fett JD, McNamara DM. Relaxin-2 and Soluble Flt1 Levels in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Results of the Multicenter IPAC Study. JACC Heart Fail 2016; 4:380-8. [PMID: 26970832 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study explored the association of vascular hormones with myocardial recovery and clinical outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). BACKGROUND PPCM is an uncommon disorder with unknown etiology. Angiogenic imbalance may contribute to its pathophysiology. METHODS In 98 women with newly diagnosed PPCM enrolled in the Investigation in Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy study, serum was obtained at baseline for analysis of relaxin-2, prolactin, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was assessed by echocardiography at baseline and 2, 6, and 12 months. RESULTS Mean age was 30 ± 6 years, with a baseline of LVEF 0.35 ± 0.09. Relaxin-2, prolactin, and sFlt1 were elevated in women presenting early post-partum, but decreased rapidly and were correlated inversely with time from delivery to presentation. In tertile analysis, higher relaxin-2 was associated with smaller left ventricular systolic diameter (p = 0.006) and higher LVEF at 2 months (p = 0.01). This was particularly evident in women presenting soon after delivery (p = 0.02). No relationship was evident for myocardial recovery and prolactin, sFlt1 or VEGF levels. sFlt1 levels were higher in women with higher New York Heart Association functional class (p = 0.01) and adverse clinical events (p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS In women with newly diagnosed PPCM, higher relaxin-2 levels soon after delivery were associated with myocardial recovery at 2 months. In contrast, higher sFlt1 levels correlated with more severe symptoms and major adverse clinical events. Vascular mediators may contribute to the development of PPCM and influence subsequent myocardial recovery. (Investigation in Pregnancy Associate Cardiomyopathy [IPAC]; NCT01085955).
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- Julie Damp
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
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- Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Cardiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Stony Brook Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Ware JS, Li J, Mazaika E, Yasso CM, DeSouza T, Cappola TP, Tsai EJ, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Kamiya CA, Mazzarotto F, Cook SA, Halder I, Prasad SK, Pisarcik J, Hanley-Yanez K, Alharethi R, Damp J, Hsich E, Elkayam U, Sheppard R, Kealey A, Alexis J, Ramani G, Safirstein J, Boehmer J, Pauly DF, Wittstein IS, Thohan V, Zucker MJ, Liu P, Gorcsan J, McNamara DM, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Arany Z. Shared Genetic Predisposition in Peripartum and Dilated Cardiomyopathies. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:233-41. [PMID: 26735901 PMCID: PMC4797319 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1505517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.6] [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] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Background Peripartum cardiomyopathy shares some clinical features with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a disorder caused by mutations in more than 40 genes, including TTN, which encodes the sarcomere protein titin. Methods In 172 women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, we sequenced 43 genes with variants that have been associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. We compared the prevalence of different variant types (nonsense, frameshift, and splicing) in these women with the prevalence of such variants in persons with dilated cardiomyopathy and with population controls. Results We identified 26 distinct, rare truncating variants in eight genes among women with peripartum cardiomyopathy. The prevalence of truncating variants (26 in 172 [15%]) was significantly higher than that in a reference population of 60,706 persons (4.7%, P=1.3×10(-7)) but was similar to that in a cohort of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (55 of 332 patients [17%], P=0.81). Two thirds of identified truncating variants were in TTN, as seen in 10% of the patients and in 1.4% of the reference population (P=2.7×10(-10)); almost all TTN variants were located in the titin A-band. Seven of the TTN truncating variants were previously reported in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. In a clinically well-characterized cohort of 83 women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, the presence of TTN truncating variants was significantly correlated with a lower ejection fraction at 1-year follow-up (P=0.005). Conclusions The distribution of truncating variants in a large series of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy was remarkably similar to that found in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. TTN truncating variants were the most prevalent genetic predisposition in each disorder.
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- James S Ware
- From the Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School (J.S.W., E.M., C.M.Y., C.E.S., J.G.S.), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (C.E.S.), and the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.S.W., E.M., C.E.S., J.G.S.) - all in Boston; the Cardiovascular Institute and the Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (J.L., T.D., T.P.C., Z.A.), the Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (I.H., J.P., K.H.-Y., J.G., D.M.M.), and Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey (J.B.) - all in Pennsylvania; the National Institute for Health Research Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (J.S.W., F.M., S.K.P.) and the National Heart and Lung Institute (J.S.W., F.M., S.A.C., S.K.P.), Imperial College London, London; the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.J.T.), and the University of Rochester, Rochester (J.A.) - both in New York; the Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (D.H.-K.); the Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (C.A.K.); the National Heart Center and Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore (S.A.C.); the Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah (R.A.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (J.D.); Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland (E.H.); University of Southern California, Los Angeles (U.E.); McGill University and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal (R.S.), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (A.K.), and University of Toronto, Toronto (P.L.) - all in Canada; University of Maryland, College Park (G.R.), and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (I.S.W.) - both in Maryland; Morristown Hospital, Morristown (J.S.), and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark (M.J.Z.) - both in New Jersey; Truman Medical Center, University of Missouri, Kansas City (D.F.P.); and Wa
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Kusumoto FM, Calkins H, Boehmer J, Buxton AE, Chung MK, Gold MR, Hohnloser SH, Indik J, Lee R, Mehra MR, Menon V, Page RL, Shen WK, Slotwiner DJ, Stevenson LW, Varosy PD, Welikovitch L. HRS/ACC/AHA Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Patients Who Are Not Included or Not Well Represented in Clinical Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; 64:1143-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Boehmer J, An Q, Zhang Y. Variation in daily median respiratory rate identifies patients at higher risk of worsening HF in 30 days. Heart Lung 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.06.009] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Cao M, Gold M, Zhang Y, Wold N, Wehrenberg S, An Q, Boehmer J. Implantable device diagnostics identify patients at higher risk of heart failure events in 30 days. Heart Lung 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kusumoto FM, Calkins H, Boehmer J, Buxton AE, Chung MK, Gold MR, Hohnloser SH, Indik J, Lee R, Mehra MR, Menon V, Page RL, Shen WK, Slotwiner DJ, Stevenson LW, Varosy PD, Welikovitch L. HRS/ACC/AHA expert consensus statement on the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients who are not included or not well represented in clinical trials. Circulation 2014; 130:94-125. [PMID: 24815500 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Fred M Kusumoto
- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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