Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alex Jaffe, Ivan Goryachev, Charles Sodini, Brian W. Anthony
Summary: We estimate central venous pressure (CVP) using force-coupled ultrasound imaging of the internal jugular vein (IJV). The collapse force of the IJV has a strong linear correlation with jugular venous pulsation height (JVP), the clinical noninvasive standard for estimating CVP. We observe predictable changes in collapse force when perturbing venous pressure positively or negatively, and derive a CVP waveform using an inverse three-dimensional finite element optimization.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Libo Wang, Jonathan Harrison, Elizabeth Dranow, Nijat Aliyev, Lillian Khor
Summary: Point-of-care ultrasonography assessment of jugular venous pressure (JVP) is accurate and feasible in predicting elevated central venous pressure (CVP) in patients undergoing right heart catheterization, showing potential clinical application.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Po-Han Lo, Chuen-Chau Chang, Chun-Chieh Yeh, Li-Chin Sung, Yih-Giun Cherng, Ta-Liang Chen, Chien-Chang Liao
Summary: Patients with heart failure have increased risks of complications and mortality after noncardiac surgeries, suggesting the need for specific perioperative care interventions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sung-Min Cho, J. Hunter Mehaffey, Susan L. Meyers, Ryan S. Cantor, Randall C. Starling, James K. Kirklin, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, John Kern, Ken Uchino, Leora T. Yarboro
Summary: Comparing two contemporary centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist devices, HM3 is associated with lower hazard of major NAEs compared to HVAD in both early postimplantation period and constant hazard phase.
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Sanchit Sharma, Samagra Agarwal, Anoop Saraya, Ashok Choudhury, Mamun Al Mahtab, Mohd Shahinul Alam, Sanjiv Saigal, Dong Joon Kim, C. E. Eapen, Ashish Goel, Qin Ning, Harshad Devarbhavi, Virendra Singh, Akash Shukla, Saeed Hamid, Jinhua Hu, Soek-Siam Tan, Anil Arora, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Mohd Rela, Dinesh Jothimani, P. N. Rao, Anand Kulkarni, Hashmik Ghaznian, Guan Huei Lee, Duan Zhongping, Ajit Sood, Omesh Goyal, Laurentius A. Lesmana, Rinaldi C. Lesmana, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Nan Yuemin, Samir Shah, Han Tao, V. M. Dayal, Xin Shaojie, Fazal Karim, Zaigham Abbas, Jose D. Sollano, Kemal Fariz Kalista, Ananta Shreshtha, Diana Payawal, Masao Omata, Shiv Kumar Sarin
Summary: This study evaluated the outcomes of acute variceal bleeding (AVB) in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and found that patients with AVB had a higher mortality rate.
HEPATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Florian Schlotter, Mizuki Miura, Karl-Patrik Kresoja, Brunilda Alushi, Hannes Alessandrini, Adrian Attinger-Toller, Christian Besler, Luigi Biasco, Daniel Braun, Eric Brochet, Kim A. Connelly, Sabine de Bruijn, Paolo Denti, Rodrigo Estevez-Loureiro, Neil Fam, Mara Gavazzoni, Dominique Himbert, Edwin C. Ho, Jean-Michel Juliard, Daniel Kalbacher, Ryan Kaple, Felix Kreidel, Azeem Latib, Edith Lubos, Sebastian Ludwig, Michael Mehr, Vanessa Monivas, Tamim M. Nazif, Georg Nickenig, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Alberto Pozzoli, Fabien Praz, Rishi Puri, Josep Rodes-Cabau, Karl-Philipp Rommel, Ulrich Schaefer, Joachim Schofer, Horst Sievert, Gilbert H. L. Tang, Holger Thiele, Matthias Unterhuber, Alec Vahanian, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, Maximilian von Roeder, John G. Webb, Marcel Weber, Mirjam G. Wild, Stephan Windecker, Michel Zuber, Joerg Hausleiter, Francesco Maisano, Martin B. Leon, Rebecca T. Hahn, Alexander Lauten, Maurizio Taramasso, Philipp Lurz
Summary: TTVI is associated with reduced mortality compared to conservative therapy and might exert its highest treatment effect in patients with mid-range reduced RV function.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Luke Kostanjsek, Maddalena Ardissino, Osama Moussa, Bilal Rayes, Ravi Amin, Peter Collins, Sanjay Purkayastha
Summary: This study found that bariatric surgery significantly reduces the incidence of heart failure and all-cause mortality in patients with obesity. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms behind this reduction and explore the long-term benefits in high-risk populations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shyh-Ming Chen, Lin-Yi Wang, Mei-Yun Liaw, Ming-Kung Wu, Po-Jui Wu, Chin-Ling Wei, An-Ni Chen, Tsui-Ling Su, Jui-Kun Chang, Tsung-Hsun Yang, Ching Chen, Cheng- Cheng, Po-Cheng Chen, Yung-Lung Chen
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the medium- to long-term impact of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on patients with acute heart failure (HF) and identify predictors of successful CR. The results showed that participation in CR was associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality, but the benefit was decreased in patients not prescribed renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors. Further evaluation is needed.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yu Cui, Langtao Guo, Li Xu, Qixia Mu, Qunying Wu, Lu Kang, Qin Chen, Yani He, Hong Liu
Summary: A retrospective study found that the sedation success rate with chloral hydrate was higher in children who received the initial dose in the afternoon. Subgroup analysis revealed a higher success rate in male patients in the afternoon, while no significant difference was found in female patients between morning and afternoon cases. The clinical significance of these findings needs to be further discussed, and additional prospective studies are required to validate the results.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Jaromir Richter, Peter Sklienka, Nilay Chatterjee, Jan Maca, Roman Zahorec, Michal Burda
Summary: The study found that high SjvO(2) values in OHCA patients are often associated with unfavorable outcomes and high NSE levels at 48 and 72 hours post-arrest. There is a positive correlation between CO2 levels and an increase in SjvO(2).
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Michelle Feijen, Monika Beles, Yan Zhi Tan, Audrey Cordon, Matthias Dupont, Roderick W. Treskes, Maria-Luce Caputo, Koen Van Bockstal, Angelo Auricchio, Anastasia D. Egorova, Edith Maes, Saskia L. M. A. Beeres, Ward A. Heggermont
Summary: This study investigates whether integrating the HeartLogic algorithm into standard care for HF patients provides clinical benefit. The results show that compared to conventional telemonitoring, HeartLogic can reduce the number of worsening HF events and shorten the duration of hospitalizations related to fluid retention.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Felix Arne Rottmann, Ann Katrin Breiden, Xavier Bemtgen, Thomas Welte, Alexander Supady, Tobias Wengenmayer, Dawid Leander Staudacher
Summary: Using levosimendan in heart failure patients does not significantly affect the occurrence of arrhythmias and death based on kidney function. Age and treatment methods may be more significant factors.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yue Yu, Ren-Qi Yao, Yu-Feng Zhang, Su-Yu Wang, Wang Xi, Jun-Nan Wang, Xiao-Yi Huang, Yong-Ming Yao, Zhi-Nong Wang
Summary: This study investigated the impact of oxygen therapy on normoxemic patients with acute heart failure using real-world data. The results showed that routine use of supplemental oxygen did not reduce all-cause in-hospital mortality or ICU mortality for these patients, and may lead to prolonged hospital stays. The lack of effect of supplemental oxygen on mortality was consistent across all subgroups analyzed.
MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Riyad Y. Kherallah, Darren Harrison, Ourania Preventza, Guilherme Silva, Kathryn G. Dougherty, Stephanie A. Coulter, Leo Simpson, Neil E. Strickman, Ali Mortazavi, Nicolas Palaskas, Richard D. Fish, Zvonimir Krajcer, Raymond F. Stainback, Juan Carlos Plana Gomez, James J. Livesay, Joseph S. Coselli, Srikanth Koneru
Summary: This retrospective study examined 1341 patients who underwent TAVR, with 50 having a history of CRT. The study found that TAVR is safe and effective for patients with aortic valve stenosis and previous CRT, with outcomes similar to the general aortic stenosis population. However, patients with a history of CRT are more likely to experience postprocedural respiratory failure and require permanent pacemaker implantation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Chi-Jung Tai, Chin-Chung Wu, Kun-Tai Lee, Tzyy-Guey Tseng, Hui-Chun Wang, Fang-Rong Chang, Yi-Hsin Yang
Summary: The study suggests that in patients with myocardial infarction, the use of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is associated with lower all-cause mortality and a reduced risk of recurrent MI.
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
(2022)
Article
Rheumatology
Mercedes E. Quinones, Joyce K. Joseph, Sharon Dowell, Hans J. Moore, Pamela E. Karasik, Gregg C. Fonarow, Ross D. Fletcher, Yan Cheng, Qing Zeng-Treitler, Cherinne Arundel, Angelike P. Liappis, Helen M. Sheriff, Sijian Zhang, Daniel D. Taub, Michael S. Heimall, Charles Faselis, Gail S. Kerr, Ali Ahmed
Summary: This study examined the long-term risk of hydroxychloroquine use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The results showed that there was no association between hydroxychloroquine use and LQTS risk during the first 2 years of therapy. However, the risk increased significantly after 5 years of treatment. Nevertheless, the overall risk was low and attenuated with longer follow-up. These findings support the long-term safety of hydroxychloroquine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Elizabeth Bierbower, Nayrana Griffith, Venkatesh K. Raman, Vijaywant Brar, Jeffrey Roseman, Prakash Deedwania, Gregg C. Fonarow, Richard M. Allman, Charles Faselis, Sijian Zhang, George Howard, Ali Ahmed, Phillip H. Lam
Summary: Heart failure (HF) is a risk factor for incident stroke, and the time to first stroke is shorter in older adults with HF. However, this extra risk appears to be primarily mediated by four cardiovascular diseases that are also risk factors for HF. These findings highlight the importance of primary prevention of these HF risk factors to reduce the extra risk of stroke in HF patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yijun Shao, Ali Ahmed, Edward Y. Zamrini, Yan Cheng, Joseph L. Goulet, Qing Zeng-Treitler
Summary: Deep neural network (DNN) is a powerful technology used in disease risk prediction models. We developed a novel method called interaction scores for measuring the covariate interactions captured by DNN models. The method is model-agnostic and can be applied to other types of machine learning models.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yan Cheng, Edward Zamrini, Charles Faselis, Douglas Redd, Yijun Shao, Charity J. Morgan, Helen M. Sheriff, Ali Ahmed, Peter Kokkinos, Qing Zeng-Treitler
Summary: This study found that cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with the incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Moderate and high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are related to a lower risk of dementia.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Jay Patel, Negin Rassekh, Gregg C. Fonarow, Prakash Deedwania, Farooq H. Sheikh, Ali Ahmed, Phillip H. Lam
Summary: Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is the cornerstone of pharmacological treatment for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and includes four main drug classes: renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, evidence-based beta-blockers, mineralocorticoid inhibitors, and sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors. The recommendation for GDMT use is based on multiple large randomized controlled trials that have shown improved clinical outcomes in HFrEF patients. However, there is underutilization of GDMT due to a lack of knowledge on how to initiate and titrate these medications safely and effectively. This review article aims to describe the different drug classes in GDMT and provide guidance on initiation and titration in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alexander Smith, Sant Kumar, Hans J. Moore, Ami E. Iskandrian, Navin C. Nanda, Venkatesh K. Raman, Steven Singh, Ross D. Fletcher, Prakash Deedwania, Gregg C. Fonarow, Michael D. Greenberg, Ali Ahmed, Phillip H. Lam
Summary: This study aimed to examine whether the effect of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) on mortality in heart failure patients varied based on the noninvasive imaging method used to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The study found that there was no evidence that the effect of ICD on mortality varied based on the imaging method used.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mo-Kyung Sin, Yan Cheng, Jeffrey M. Roseman, Caitlin Latimer, Ali Ahmed, Edward Zamrini
Summary: This study focuses on the characteristics and predictors of resilience to cognitive impairment in individuals with neuropathological evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study found that resilience to cognitive impairment was uncommon in older adults with AD neuropathology. Older age, diuretic use, and APOE-e2 carrier status were independently associated with higher odds of the resilience phenotype.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mo-Kyung Sin, Yan Cheng, Jeffrey M. Roseman, Edward Zamrini, Ali Ahmed
Summary: Cerebral microinfarcts are associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. Small vessel diseases such as cerebral arteriolosclerosis and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) have been found to be significantly correlated with the presence, numbers, and location (cortical and subcortical) of microinfarcts. However, the association with arteriolosclerosis is stronger than that with CAA.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Samir Patel, Phillip H. Lam, Evangelos I. Kanonidis, Amiya A. Ahmed, Venkatesh K. Raman, Wen-Chih Wu, Patrick Rossignol, Cherinne Arundel, Charles Faselis, Ioannis E. Kanonidis, Prakash Deedwania, Richard M. Allman, Farooq H. Sheikh, Gregg C. Fonarow, Bertram Pitt, Ali Ahmed
Summary: The study shows that renin-angiotensin system inhibitors are beneficial for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and advanced kidney disease. These drugs reduce the risk of heart failure readmission and all-cause mortality.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Samir Patel, Eduardo Trujillo A. Rivera, Venkatesh K. Raman, Charles Faselis, Virginia Wang, Jeffrey C. Fink, Jeffrey M. Roseman, Charity J. Morgan, Sijian Zhang, Helen M. Sheriff, Michael S. Heimall, Wen-Chih Wu, Qing Zeng-Treitler, Ali Ahmed
Summary: This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of maintenance hemodialysis treatment and death rates in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. The findings suggest that there was no disruption in the delivery of maintenance hemodialysis treatment during the pandemic, and the modest increase in death rates is unlikely to be due to missed dialysis.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Mo-Kyung Sin, Jung-Ah Lee, Patrick J. M. Murphy, Charles Faselis, Ali Ahmed
Summary: Aging-associated upper extremity weakness is associated with adverse health outcomes in older adults. However, the association between impaired upper extremity function and cause-specific mortality is less known. This study found that upper extremity weakness is weakly associated with all-cause mortality, primarily driven by a higher risk of non-cardiovascular mortality.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yijun Shao, Yan Cheng, Stuart J. Nelson, Peter Kokkinos, Edward Y. Zamrini, Ali Ahmed, Qing Zeng-Treitler
Summary: Transformer is a cutting-edge deep neural network architecture that has revolutionized natural language processing. To adapt Transformer to the healthcare domain, a new DNN architecture called Hybrid Value-Aware Transformer (HVAT) has been designed, which can effectively learn from both longitudinal and non-longitudinal clinical data. HVAT is unique in its ability to incorporate numerical values associated with clinical codes/concepts and utilize a flexible longitudinal data representation. A prototype HVAT model trained on a case-control dataset achieved high performance in predicting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, demonstrating the potential of HVAT for clinical data learning tasks.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Samir Patel, Wen-Chih Hank Wu, Sijian Zhang, Venkatesh K. Raman, Prakash C. Deedwania, Paul A. Heidenreich, Jeffrey Jeffrey, Craig Fink, Charles Faselis, Phillip Hong Lam, Helen Sheriff, Gregg C. Fonarow, Qing Zeng, Ali Ahmed
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Charles Faselis, Phillip Hong Lam, Prakash C. Deedwania, Ioannis Kanonidis, Evangelos Kanonidis, Amiya Ahmed, Samir Patel, Venkatesh K. Raman, Wen-Chih Wu, Michael Doumas, Richard M. Allman, Gregg C. Fonarow, Ali Ahmed
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Amiya Ahmed, Evangelos Kanonidis, Phillip Hong Lam, Helen Sheriff, Prakash C. Deedwania, Samir Patel, Gregg C. Fonarow, Ioannis Kanonidis, Richard Allman, Charles Faselis, Ali Ahmed
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jose E. Exaire, Timothy A. Mixon
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Giuseppe Di Gioia, Federica Coletti, Lorenzo Buzzelli, Viviana Maestrini, Sara Monosilio, Andrea Segreti, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Erika Lemme, Antonio Nenna, Antonio Pelliccia
Summary: Dyslipidemia is common in Paralympic athletes, with lipid levels influenced by the type of disability and sporting discipline.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Esra Donmez, Sevgi Ozcan, Irfan Sahin, Murat Ziyrek, Ertugrul Okuyan
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the GRACE risk score in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients for 30-day mortality and the need for thrombolytic treatment. The study found that the GRACE risk score, along with the PESI score, were independent risk factors associated with 30-day mortality and the need for thrombolytic treatment. The GRACE risk score showed high sensitivity and specificity in predicting mortality, and its combination with the PESI score helped define high-risk PE patients and predict poor prognosis.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tom Kai Ming Wang, Reza Reyaldeen, Kevser Akyuz, Zoran B. Popovic, A. Marc Gillinov, Bo Xu, Brian P. Griffin, Milind Y. Desai
Summary: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is commonly used to evaluate isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR), but there is limited research comparing its quantification with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this study, a novel TTE algorithm was developed to identify severe TR based on TTE parameters. The algorithm had a higher accuracy than the current guidelines' criteria in detecting severe TR by MRI.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Enkhtsogt Sainbayar, Ramzi Ibrahim, Hoang Nhat Pham, Wisam Beauti, Mahek Shahid, Natalie Hickerson, Mohammed Salih, Joao Paulo Ferreira, Mamas A. Mamas
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Richard E. Casazza, Hymie Chera, Carlos Adolfo Rodriguez, Sergey Ayzenberg
Summary: This article presents a case of a patient with known situs inversus who underwent cardiac catheterization and was found to have chronic total occlusion in the right coronary artery. Situs inversus is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by the inverted position of chest and abdominal organs. Cardiac catheterization is uncommon in patients with this particular abnormality, highlighting the importance of customizing techniques to engage coronary arteries and optimize guide support for percutaneous coronary intervention if needed.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Georgiana Pintea Bentea, Brahim Berdaoui, Sophie Samyn, Marielle Morissens, Philippe van de Borne, Jose Castro Rodriguez
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Bulbul Ahmed, Melissa G. Farb, Shakun Karki, Sophia D'Alessandro, Niloo M. Edwards, Noyan Gokce
Summary: This study evaluated the angiogenic capacity of adipose tissue in patients undergoing cardiac surgeries and found that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) had reduced angiogenic capacity in their pericardial adipose tissue. Gene expression analysis revealed upregulated expression of the anti-angiogenic gene TSP-1 in CAD patients, with no significant differences in other angiogenic factors. Additionally, inhibiting TSP-1 expression significantly improved angiogenic deficiency in CAD patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moshe Rav-Acha, Orli Wube, Oholi Tovia Brodie, Yoav Michowitz, Michael Ilan, Tal Ovdat, Robert Klempfner, Mahmud Suleiman, Ilan Goldenberg, Michael Glikson
Summary: The current guidelines recommend prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) and low left ventricular ejection fraction. However, not all patients will benefit from ICD treatment. This study evaluated the feasibility of using the MADIT-II-based Risk Stratification Score (MRSS) to predict the survival benefit of prophylactic ICDs in patients with HF. The results showed that different risk subgroups had varying levels of ICD survival benefit.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ariel Banai, Rachel Retsky, Lior Lupu, Erez Levi, David Zahler, Omri Feder, Roei Merin, Yan Topilsky, Raphael Rosso, Shmuel Banai, Sami Viskin, Ehud Chorin
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the association between electromechanical window (EMW) and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). The study found that TTS patients had a lower EMW value, which was associated with an increased risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Harun Kundi, Kobina Hagan, Tamer Yahya, Garima Sharma, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Zulqarnain Javed, Khurram Nasir
Summary: Using latent class analysis (LCA), the study identified clinical, demographic, and social subphenotypes in ASCVD population and assessed the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality across different socioclinical classes. The results showed that the younger, female, non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic individuals with a high burden of co-morbidities and unfavorable social determinants of health had the highest risk of mortality in the identified latent classes.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moises A. Vasquez, Mina Iskander, Mohammed Mustafa, Juan A. Quintero-Martinez, Antonio Luna, Joel Mintz, Jose Noy, Juan Uribe, Ivan Mijares, Eduardo de Marchena, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis
Summary: The benefits of pericardiocentesis (PC) in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and pericardial effusions are unclear. The study found that PC in PH patients is associated with higher in-hospital mortality and rates of cardiovascular complications.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ken Kuwajima, Mana Ogawa, Irving Ruiz, Hiroko Hasegawa, Nobuichiro Yagi, Florian Rader, Robert J. Siegel, Takahiro Shiota
Summary: After cardiac surgery, the longitudinal function of the right ventricle and left ventricle is reduced, despite preserved global functions. In particular, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) remains decreased after surgery.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Min -Jung Kim, Robert H. Aseltine Jr, Sara R. Tabtabai
Summary: This study evaluated the rates and causes of 30-day readmissions after discharge for heart failure (HF) as a primary and secondary diagnosis. The findings indicate that efforts to reduce readmission rates should include patients with secondary HF diagnosis, and surveillance should extend to 2 weeks postdischarge to identify at-risk patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ya He, Jianzhong Zhou
Summary: This study aimed to examine the relation between reverse septal curvature (RSC) and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The study found that patients with RSC were younger and had a higher incidence of NSVT, and RSC was identified as a strong independent risk factor for NSVT.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)