Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shaomin Chen, Shijia Li, Xinheng Feng, Guisong Wang
Summary: This study investigated the effect of repeated remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) started early after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on left ventricular (LV) function in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The results showed that repeated RIC can improve LV function and reduce plasma NT proBNP levels in patients with STEMI.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mihai-Andrei Lazar, Ioana Ionac, Constantin-Tudor Luca, Lucian Petrescu, Cristina Vacarescu, Simina Crisan, Dan Gaita, Dragos Cozma, Raluca Sosdean, Diana-Aurora Arnautu, Alina-Ramona Cozlac, Slivia-Ana Luca, Andra Gurgu, Claudia Totorean, Cristian Mornos
Summary: This study investigated the role of speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) in predicting cardiac remodeling in STEMI patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The results showed that age, triglyceride level, and midmyocardial radial strain were risk factors for adverse remodeling, while increased initial twist decreased the chances of adverse remodeling.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mokhtar Eisvand, Reza Mohseni-Badalabadi, Ali Hosseinsabet
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the changes in right atrial phasic functions during acute anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (ASTEMI) and compare them with a control group. The results showed that RA strain and strain rate were reduced in the ASTEMI group, indicating impaired reservoir and conduit functions. However, RA contraction function remained preserved. Furthermore, RA contraction function was found to be predictive of all-cause mortality or reinfarction during the follow-up period.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Wanwei Zhang, Qizhe Cai, Mingming Lin, Runyu Tian, Shan Jin, Yunyun Qin, Xiuzhang Lu
Summary: This study aimed to explore the diagnostic potential of myocardial early systolic lengthening (ESL) in suspected non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients. The results showed that the early systolic index (ESI) could serve as a valuable marker for the diagnosis and risk stratification of NSTE-ACS patients.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2023)
Review
Oncology
Grzegorz Slawinski, Maja Hawryszko, Aleksandra Lizewska-Springer, Izabela Nabialek-Trojanowska, Ewa Lewicka
Summary: The assessment of global longitudinal strain (GLS) plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis of anticancer treatment-related cardiotoxicity in cardio-oncology. Baseline left ventricular (LV) GLS and right ventricular (RV) GLS assessments can identify patients at risk for systolic dysfunction and heart failure. Serial echocardiography with GLS assessment should be performed during anticancer therapy to promptly initiate and adjust cardioprotection for subclinical myocardial contractile dysfunction.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Seung-Woon Rha, Cheol Ung Choi, Byoung Geol Choi, Ji Bak Kim, Soohyung Park, Dong Oh Kang, Ji Young Park, Sang-Ho Park, Myung Ho Jeong
Summary: Using a new-generation drug-eluting stent, the study compared the 2-year clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-DM concomitant with a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. The results showed higher non-CD rates in patients with DM and higher CD rates in patients without DM in the NSTEMI group.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Seung-Jun Lee, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: The study compared the 2-year major clinical outcomes between STEMI and NSTEMI patients who are current smokers treated with PCI, and found no significant difference in outcomes. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Steffen Desch, Anne Freund, Ibrahim Akin, Michael Behnes, Michael R. Preusch, Thomas A. Zelniker, Carsten Skurk, Ulf Landmesser, Tobias Graf, Ingo Eitel, Georg Fuernau, Hendrik Haake, Peter Nordbeck, Fabian Hammer, Stephan B. Felix, Christian Hassager, Thomas Engstrom, Stephan Fichtlscherer, Jakob Ledwoch, Karsten Lenk, Michael Joner, Stephan Steiner, Christoph Liebetrau, Ingo Voigt, Uwe Zeymer, Michael Brand, Roland Schmitz, Jan Horstkotte, Claudius Jacobshagen, Janine Poss, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Philipp Lurz, Alexander Jobs, Suzanne de Waha-Thiele, Denise Olbrich, Frank Sandig, Inke R. Koenig, Sabine Brett, Maren Vens, Kathrin Klinge, Holger Thiele
Summary: Among patients with resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation, the immediate angiography strategy did not provide any benefit over a delayed or selective strategy in terms of the 30-day risk of death from any cause.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jihoon Kim, Young Bin Song, Ju-Hyeon Oh, Deok-Kyu Cho, Jin Bae Lee, Sang-Hyun Kim, Jin-Ok Jeong, Jang-Ho Bae, Byung Ok Kim, Jang Hyun Cho, Il-Woo Suh, Doo-il Kim, Hoon-Ki Park, Jong-Seon Park, Woong Gil Choi, Wang Soo Lee, Ki Hong Choi, Taek Kyu Park, Joo Myung Lee, Jeong Hoon Yang, Jin-Ho Choi, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Joon-Hyung Doh, Joo-Yong Hahn
Summary: Prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for 12 months or more can reduce the risk of recurrent myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis regardless of the type of myocardial infarction. However, it also increases the risk of bleeding.
CIRCULATION JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Chuanfen Liu, Meng Guo, Yuxia Cui, Manyan Wu, Hong Chen
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and predictors of left ventricular function change in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The study found that 54.3% of patients had a decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) during long-term follow-up, while 45.7% experienced an improvement in LV function after primary PCI. Predictors of LVEF improvement included lower peak troponin I, non-anterior STEMI, lower baseline LVEF, and no previous history of myocardial infarction.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Sergio Alejandro Gomez-Ochoa, Lyda Z. Rojas, Juliana Alexandra Hernandez-Vargas, Jorge Largo, Taulant Muka, Luis E. Echeverria
Summary: This systematic review analyzed the left ventricular longitudinal strain patterns using speckle tracking in different stages of Chagas disease. The study found that patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy had significantly higher mean global longitudinal strain values compared to those with the indeterminate form, while no significant difference was observed between the indeterminate form patients and healthy controls. Segmental strain analyses showed that patients with the indeterminate form had worse strain values in certain segments compared to healthy controls.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xiaojun Yan, Yuman Li, Juanjuan Liu, Ting Zhou, Yi Zhou, Wei Sun, Chenchen Sun, Jing Ma, Li Zhang, You Shang, Mingxing Xie
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the serial changes in left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation in patients with sepsis. The results showed that LV myocardial strain gradually improved during the ten-day period, but was not fully recovered to normality by the seventh to the tenth days.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Juan Carlos C. Montoy, Yu-Chu Shen, Ralph G. Brindis, Harlan M. Krumholz, Renee Y. Hsia
Summary: The study found that regionalization programs for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction did not have a statistically significant impact on the treatment and outcomes of patients with NSTEMIs. Over the study period, there were slight increases in early angiography rates and decreases in mortality rates, but these changes were not directly related to regionalization policies.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Maarten J. G. Leening, Nathalie I. Bouwer, M. Arfan Ikram, Maryam Kavousi, Rikje Ruiter, Eric Boersma, Ewout-Jan van den Bos, Auke P. J. D. Weevers, Jaap W. Deckers, Mark-David Levin
Summary: Analysis of administrative databases suggests a higher incidence of cancer among individuals who experienced a myocardial infarction, especially within the first 6 months. However, it remains unclear whether this is due to a biological link or the detection of pre-symptomatic cancers and shared risk factors. A study comparing the cancer incidence between thrombotic ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients and the general population found no significant difference over a 5-year follow-up, but a higher incidence was observed in the first 3 months after the myocardial infarction.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Laurent Faroux, Thibault Lhermusier, Flavien Vincent, Luis Nombela-Franco, Didier Tchetche, Marco Barbanti, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Stephan Windecker, Vincent Auffret, Diego Carter Campanha-Borges, Quentin Fischer, Erika Munoz-Garcia, Ramiro Trillo-Nouche, Troels Jorgensen, Vicens Serra, Stefan Toggweiler, Giuseppe Tarantini, Francesco Saia, Eric Durand, Pierre Donaint, Enrique Gutierrez-Ibanes, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Gabriela Veiga, Giuseppe Patti, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Raul Moreno, Christian Hengstenberg, Chekrallah Chamandi, Lluis Asmarats, Rosana Hernandez-Antolin, Joan Antoni Gomez-Hospital, Juan Gabriel Cordoba-Soriano, Uri Landes, Victor Alfonso Jimenez-Diaz, Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez, Mohammed Nejjari, Francois Roubille, Eric Van Belle, German Armijo, Saifullah Siddiqui, Giuliano Costa, Sameh Elsaify, Thomas Pilgrim, Herve le Breton, Marina Urena, Antonio Jesus Munoz-Garcia, Lars Sondergaard, Montserrat Bach-Oller, Chiara Fraccaro, Helene Eltchaninoff, Damien Metz, Maria Tamargo, Victor Fradejas-Sastre, Andrea Rognoni, Francesco Bruno, Georg Goliasch, Marcelo Santalo-Corcoy, Jesus Jimenez-Mazuecos, John G. Webb, Guillem Muntane-Carol, Jean-Michal Paradis, Antonio Mangieri, Henrique Barbosa Ribeiro, Francisco Campelo-Parada, Josep Rodes-Cabau
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Results showed that patients with STEMI after TAVR had longer door-to-balloon times and a higher PCI failure rate, leading to poorer outcomes attributed to coronary access issues specific to the TAVR population.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Kyung Hye Lee, Sang Jin Ha, Jong-Shin Woo, Gi-Ja Lee, So-Ra Lee, Jung Wook Kim, Hun Kuk Park, Weon Kim
HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION
(2017)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Hyun Joong Kim, Kyung Jin Choe, Woo-Dae Bang, Sang Jin Ha, Sang-Yong Yoo, Sangsig Cheong
KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2017)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yeo-Jeong Song, Sang Jin Ha, Dong Seok Lee, Woo-Dae Bang, Dong Geum Shin, Yeongmin Woo, Sangsig Cheong, Sang-Yong Yoo
KOREAN CIRCULATION JOURNAL
(2018)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Sang Jin Ha, Se Hwan Kwon, Soo-Joong Kim
KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2014)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hyuk-Jae Chang, Fay Y. Lin, Dan Gebow, Hae Young An, Daniele Andreini, Ravi Bathina, Andrea Baggiano, Virginia Beltrama, Rodrigo Cerci, Eui-Young Choi, Jung-Hyun Choi, So-Yeon Choi, Namsik Chung, Jason Cole, Joon-Hyung Doh, Sang-Jin Ha, Ae-Young Her, Cezary Kepka, Jang-Young Kim, Jin-Won Kim, Sang-Wook Kim, Woong Kim, Gianluca Pontone, Uma Valeti, Todd C. Villines, Yao Lu, Amit Kumar, Iksung Cho, Ibrahim Danad, Donghee Han, Ran Heo, Sang-Eun Lee, Ji Hyun Lee, Hyung-Bok Park, Ji-min Sung, David Leflang, Joseph Zullo, Leslee J. Shaw, James K. Min
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lohendran Baskaran, Xiaohan Ying, Zhuoran Xu, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Benjamin C. Lee, Sang-Eun Lee, Ibrahim Danad, Hyung-Bok Park, Ravi Bathina, Andrea Baggiano, Virginia Beltrama, Rodrigo Cerci, Eui-Young Choi, Jung-Hyun Choi, So-Yeon Choi, Jason Cole, Joon-Hyung Doh, Sang-Jin Ha, Ae-Young Her, Cezary Kepka, Jang-Young Kim, Jin-Won Kim, Sang-Wook Kim, Woong Kim, Yao Lu, Amit Kumar, Ran Heo, Ji Hyun Lee, Ji-min Sung, Uma Valeti, Daniele Andreini, Gianluca Pontone, Donghee Han, Todd C. Villines, Fay Lin, Hyuk-Jae Chang, James K. Min, Leslee J. Shaw
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Doosup Shin, Seung Hun Lee, Joo Myung Lee, Ki Hong Choi, Doyeon Hwang, Hyun-Jong Lee, Ho-Jun Jang, Hyun Kuk Kim, Jae-Jin Kwak, Sang Jin Ha, Young Bin Song, Eun-Seok Shin, Joon-Hyung Doh
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Seung Hun Lee, Doosup Shin, Joo Myung Lee, Adrien Lefieux, David Molony, Ki Hong Choi, Doyeon Hwang, Hyun-Jong Lee, Ho-Jun Jang, Hyun Kuk Kim, Sang Jin Ha, Jae-Jin Kwak, Taek Kyu Park, Jeong Hoon Yang, Young Bin Song, Joo-Yong Hahn, Joon-Hyung Doh, Eun-Seok Shin, Chang-Wook Nam, Bon-Kwon Koo, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Seung Hun Lee, Juwon Kim, Adrien Lefieux, David Molony, Doosup Shin, Doyeon Hwang, Ki Hong Choi, Ha-Sung Chang, Ki-Hyun Jeon, Hyun-Jong Lee, Ho-Jun Jang, Hyun Kuk Kim, Sang Jin Ha, Taek Kyu Park, Jeong Hoon Yang, Young Bin Song, Joo-Yong Hahn, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Joon-Hyung Doh, Eun-Seok Shin, Chang-Wook Nam, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Joo Myung Lee
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical implications of residual FFR gradient after successful PCI, and found that objective analysis using dFFR(t)/dt improved classification agreement on the presence of the major residual FFR gradient among operators. Patients with a major residual FFR gradient had a higher risk of target vessel failure at 2 years.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jina Lim, Chung Jo Yu, Hoon Yu, Sang Jin Ha
Summary: The study showed that ESA can improve endothelial dysfunction, left ventricular hypertrophy, and left atrial volume in patients with non-dialysis CKD. This suggests that ESA may be considered as adjunctive therapy for reducing cardiovascular risk in these patients.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sang Jin Ha, Se-Jun Park, Bora Lee, Hyesung Moon, Bo Young Kim
Summary: This study examined the short-and long-term prognosis of patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The results showed that compared to non-RA patients, RA patients had a shorter median survival time from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and were at an increased risk of MACE in the long-term.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Da-Hye Ju, Hyeyoun Lee, Sang Jin Ha
Summary: This study found that women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MS) compared to women with a normal delivery, and MS development occurs at a shorter time interval for women with HDP. Women with HDP should undergo a thorough assessment of MS components.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jong Shin Woo, Yeongmin Woo, Jeong Yoon Jang, Sang Jin Ha
Summary: This study demonstrates the safety of daily 4000 IU vitamin D dosage for patients with chronic heart failure. Although it did not improve endothelial function, it did improve 6-minute walk distance, symptoms, and left atrial diameter.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sang Jin Ha, Sang Yong Yoo, Myeong Ki Hong, Geu Ru Hong
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Sang Jin Ha, Yeonggul Jang, Byoung Kwon Lee, In-Jeong Cho, Chi Young Shim, Geu-Ru Hong, Namsik Chung, Hyuk-Jae Chang
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)
