Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Stefano Ghio, Erberto Carluccio, Angela Beatrice Scardovi, Frank Lloyd Dini, Andrea Rossi, Calogero Falletta, Laura Scelsi, Alessandra Greco, Pier Luigi Temporelli
Summary: In stable HFrEF outpatients, re-assessment of LV filling pattern, PASP and TAPSE using Doppler echocardiography provides additional prognostic information beyond baseline evaluation, offering better prognostic stratification.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Masaki Izumo
Summary: Echocardiography plays a crucial role in understanding cardiac function and hemodynamics in patients with acute HF, despite being highly recommended by guidelines but with limited evidence.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Masayoshi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Seo, Tomoko Ishizua, Daishi Nakagawa, Kimi Sato, Tomoko Machino-Ohtsuka, Isao Nishi, Yoshie Hamada-Harimura, Seika Sai, Akinori Sugano, Masako Baba, Haruhiko Higuchi, Kazutaka Aonuma, Nobuyuki Ohte, Masaki Ieda
Summary: This study showed that sST2 can predict cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure, especially in those with preserved ejection fraction. Other biomarkers such as PTX3, Gal-3, and high-sensitivity troponin T did not demonstrate significant predictive value after adjustment for clinical variables.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sarina Schaefer, Muhammet Ali Aydin, Sebastian Appelbaum, Kari Kuulasmaa, Tarja Palosaari, Francisco Ojeda, Stefan Blankenberg, Pekka Jousilahti, Veikko Salomaa, Mahir Karakas
Summary: The study found a strong association between low testosterone levels and future heart failure in men, but this association became non-significant after full adjustment. In contrast, testosterone levels were not significantly associated with incident heart failure in women.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yifan Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Xin Pan, Teng Ma, Yawei Xu, Qimao Fen, Muyesai Nijiati, Chen Chi, Yang Su, Xianling Zhang, Dachun Xu
Summary: This study aimed to describe the prognostic value of plasma soluble AXL (sAXL) in patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF). The results showed that plasma sAXL levels were associated with clinical endpoints in HF patients, with higher levels indicating higher risk. The combined use of sAXL and NT-proBNP was more effective in predicting all-cause or cardiovascular mortality.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lukasz Wolowiec, Joanna Banach, Jacek Budzynski, Anna Wolowiec, Mariusz Kozakiewicz, Maciej Bielinski, Albert Jasniak, Agata Olejarczyk, Grzegorz Grzesk
Summary: The study aimed to assess the prognostic value of plasma catestatin concentration in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in predicting unplanned hospitalization and all-cause death at a 2-year follow-up. The study included 122 hospitalized Caucasian patients in NYHA classes II to IV. Patients who died during the follow-up period had higher levels of CST, NT-proBNP, troponin T, creatinine, and glucose, and lower TAPSE, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, and platelet count compared to survivors. Plasma catestatin concentration was positively associated with NYHA class and blood NT-proBNP concentration. Higher plasma catestatin concentration increased the risk of all-cause death by more than five times. Plasma CST concentration is a valuable prognostic parameter in predicting death from all causes and unplanned hospitalization in patients with HFrEF.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tomonari Harada, Miho Yamaguchi, Kazunori Omote, Hiroyuki Iwano, Yoshifumi Mizuguchi, Shiro Amanai, Kuniko Yoshida, Toshimitsu Kato, Koji Kurosawa, Toshiyuki Nagai, Kazuaki Negishi, Toshihisa Anzai, Masaru Obokata
Summary: In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, cardiac power output is independently and incrementally associated with adverse outcomes, while other markers of cardiac performance are not.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Edoardo Sciatti, Anna Merlo, Claudio Scangiuzzi, Raul Limonta, Mauro Gori, Emilia D'Elia, Alberto Aimo, Giuseppe Vergaro, Michele Emdin, Michele Senni
Summary: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in using multiple biomarkers, such as soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 (sST2), to stratify the risk and identify pathophysiological processes associated with heart failure. sST2 is produced in response to myocardial stress and is associated with both cardiac and immune cells. This article aims to review the prognostic value of sST2 in chronic and acute heart failure and provides a flowchart for its potential use in clinical practice.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Guihai Wu, Shenglin Wu, Jingyi Yan, Shanshan Gao, Jinxiu Zhu, Minghui Yue, Zexin Li, Xuerui Tan
Summary: This study found that elevated serum FGF21 levels are associated with adverse short-term prognosis in patients with acute heart failure, suggesting that it could be a potential predictive biomarker for this condition.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jiayu Feng, Pengchao Tian, Lin Liang, Yuyi Chen, Yunhong Wang, Mei Zhai, Yan Huang, Qiong Zhou, Xuemei Zhao, Lang Zhao, Boping Huang, Liyan Huang, Yuhui Zhang, Jian Zhang
Summary: This study compared the prognostic value of NT-proBNP and hs-CRP in MDCM and DCM. The results showed that higher levels of hs-CRP were associated with adverse outcomes in MDCM patients, while NT-proBNP was not associated with prognosis.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Can Wang, Wen Jian, Qiuhu Luo, Jiasheng Cui, Yali Qing, Chunyu Qin, Gaoye Li, Wuxian Chen
Summary: The study found that circulating CILP-1 is an independent prognostic predictor in chronic HF, with higher levels associated with increased risk of mortality. Additionally, CILP-1 improved prognostic prediction over N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, indicating its potential value in predicting patient outcomes.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Takahide Fujihashi, Yasuhiko Sakata, Kotaro Nochioka, Masanobu Miura, Ruri Abe, Shintaro Kasahara, Masayuki Sato, Hajime Aoyanagi, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Hideka Hayashi, Takashi Shiroto, Koichiro Sugimura, Jun Takahashi, Satoshi Miyata, Hiroaki Shimokawa
Summary: This study found a U-shaped prognostic effect of serum uric acid levels, with abnormal transitions to either higher or lower levels associated with poor prognosis in elderly patients.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ryohei Takeishi, Tomofumi Misaka, Yasuhiro Ichijo, Shinji Ishibashi, Mitsuko Matsuda, Yukio Yamadera, Himika Ohara, Yukiko Sugawara, Yu Hotsuki, Koichiro Watanabe, Fumiya Anzai, Yu Sato, Takamasa Sato, Masayoshi Oikawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Takayoshi Yamaki, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Yasuchika Takeishi
Summary: Selenoprotein P derived from the liver is associated with hepatic hypoperfusion and may serve as a novel target for cardiohepatic interactions and a useful biomarker for predicting prognosis in patients with heart failure.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Frank Lloyd Dini, Piercarlo Ballo, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Ibadete Bytyci, Andreina D'Agostino, Gani Bajraktari, Roberto Pedrinelli, Michael Y. Henein
Summary: Repeat assessment of left ventricular filling pressure and cardiac index improved risk stratification and prognosis prediction for patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Giuseppe M. C. Rosano, Cristiana Vitale, Giuseppe Maltese
Summary: Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of heart failure, and vice versa. A multidisciplinary approach is recommended for the comprehensive management of heart failure in diabetic patients.
DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Emily K. Zern, Dongyu Wang, Paula Rambarat, Samuel Bernard, Samantha M. Paniagua, Elizabeth E. Liu, Jenna McNeill, Jessica K. Wang, Carl T. Andrews, Eugene Pomerantsev, Michael H. Picard, Jennifer E. Ho
Summary: In a hospital-based cohort study, it was found that patients with lower PAPi had higher risks of all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiac events, and heart failure hospitalizations, with the greatest risk observed in the lowest quartile of PAPi.
CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Roxy Senior, Harmony R. Reynolds, James K. Min, Daniel S. Berman, Michael H. Picard, Bernard R. Chaitman, Leslee J. Shaw, Courtney B. Page, Sajeev C. Govindan, Jose Lopez-Sendon, Jesus Peteiro, Gurpreet S. Wander, Jaroslaw Drozdz, Jose Marin-Neto, Joseph B. Selvanayagam, Jonathan D. Newman, Christophe Thuaire, Johann Christopher, James J. Jang, Raymond Y. Kwong, Sripal Bangalore, Gregg W. Stone, Sean M. Brien, William E. Boden, David J. Maron, Judith S. Hochman
Summary: In patients with moderate or severe ischemia, it was found that clinical and stress testing parameters were not strongly predictive of left main coronary artery disease (LMD) on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA). Anatomical imaging is necessary to rule out LMD in most patients with moderate or severe ischemia.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sebastien Deferm, Philippe B. Bertrand, Evin Yucel, Samuel Bernard, Mayooran Namasivayam, Yasufumi Nagata, Jacob P. Dal-Bianco, Danita Y. Sanborn, Michael H. Picard, Robert A. Levine, Judy Hung, Timothy W. Churchill
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic impact of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) in mitral annular calcium (MAC)-related mitral valve (MV) disease and determine its determinants. The findings revealed that higher SPAP was strongly associated with all-cause mortality, independent of cardiovascular risk factors and indices of MV dysfunction. The determinants of SPAP included mean transmitral gradient, mitral regurgitation severity, left ventricular ejection fraction, and moderate or severe aortic stenosis.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Biographical-Item
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alan S. Pearlman, Michael H. Picard
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mayooran Namasivayam, Paul D. Myers, John Guttag, Romain Capoulade, Philippe Pibarot, Michael H. Picard, Judy Hung, Collin M. Stultz
Summary: An explainable clinical risk prediction model for patients with aortic stenosis, including those with low-gradient AS, was developed using machine learning. The model achieved good performance in predicting the combined outcome of all-cause mortality or aortic valve replacement over a 5-year follow-up period.
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Michael H. Picard
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Harmony R. Reynolds, Ariel Diaz, Derek D. Cyr, Leslee J. Shaw, G. B. John Mancini, Jonathon Leipsic, Matthew J. Budoff, James K. Min, Cameron J. Hague, Daniel S. Berman, Bernard R. Chaitman, Michael H. Picard, Sean W. Hayes, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Raymond Y. Kwong, Renato D. Lopes, Roxy Senior, Sudhanshu K. Dwivedi, Todd D. Miller, Benjamin J. W. Chow, Ramesh de Silva, Gregg W. Stone, William E. Boden, Sripal Bangalore, Sean M. O'Brien, Judith S. Hochman, David J. Maron
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence of ischemia with nonobstructive coronary arteries (INOCA) among patients with at least moderate ischemia and the relationship between ischemia severity and non-obstructive atherosclerosis severity. The results showed that the prevalence of INOCA was 13% and there was no significant association between the severity of ischemia and the severity of nonobstructive atherosclerosis. Female sex was identified as an independent predictor of INOCA.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Thiago Quinaglia, Carlos Gongora, Magid Awadalla, Malek Z. O. Hassan, Amna Zafar, Zsofia D. Drobni, Syed S. Mahmood, Lili Zhang, Otavio R. Coelho-Filho, Giselle A. Suero-Abreu, Muhammad A. Rizvi, Gagan Sahni, Anant Mandawat, Eduardo Zatarain-Nicolas, Michael Mahmoudi, Ryan Sullivan, Sarju Ganatra, Lucie M. Heinzerling, Franck Thuny, Stephane Ederhy, Hannah K. Gilman, Supraja Sama, Sofia Nikolaidou, Ana Gonzalez Mansilla, Antonio Calles, Marcella Cabral, Francisco Fernandez-Aviles, Juan Jose Gavira, Nahikari Salterain Gonzalez, Manuel Garcia de Yebenes Castro, Ana Barac, Jonathan Afilalo, Daniel A. Zlotoff, Leyre Zubiri, Kerry L. Reynolds, Richard Devereux, Judy Hung, Michael H. Picard, Eric H. Yang, Dipti Gupta, Caroline Michel, Alexander R. Lyon, Carol L. Chen, Anju Nohria, Michael G. Fradley, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Tomas G. Neilan
Summary: GCS and GRS are reduced in patients with ICI myocarditis, and the magnitude of reduction has prognostic significance.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alvin Chandra, Michael H. Picard, Shi Huang, Deepak K. Gupta, Kartik Agusala, Julie E. Buring, I-Min Lee, Nancy R. Cook, JoAnn E. Manson, Ravi Thadhani, Thomas J. Wang
Summary: In a study lasting 2 years, supplementation with vitamin D3 and n-3 fatty acids did not have significant effects on cardiac structure and function in middle-aged/older individuals.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Daniela R. Crousillat, Daniel K. Amponsah, Alexander Camacho, Ritvik R. Kandanelly, Devavrat Bapat, Chen Chen, Alexandra Selberg, Ayman Shaqdan, Varsha K. Tanguturi, Michael H. Picard, Judy W. Hung, Sammy Elmariah
Summary: Racial and ethnic disparities exist in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis (AS) among patients in the United States, with minority groups and patients with less severe disease less likely to be diagnosed with AS. Efforts are needed to address these disparities and improve recognition and treatment of AS.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Timothy W. Churchill, Evin Yucel, Samuel Bernard, Mayooran Namasivayam, Yasufumi Nagata, Emily S. Lau, Sebastien Deferm, Wei He, Jacqueline S. Danik, Danita Y. Sanborn, Michael H. Picard, Robert A. Levine, Judy Hung, Philippe B. Bertrand
Summary: Mitral annular calcification (MAC)-related mitral valve (MV) dysfunction is a recognized entity with high morbidity and mortality. However, there is a lack of data on the gender differences in MAC phenotype and clinical implications. This study analyzed 3,524 patients with extensive MAC and significant MAC-related MV dysfunction to determine gender differences in clinical and echocardiographic characteristics and the prognostic importance of MAC-related MV dysfunction. Women had higher transmitral gradients, more hypertrophy, and mitral regurgitation compared to men. Men had worse adjusted survival, but the prognostic impact of transmitral gradient did not differ significantly between genders.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jay Khambhati, Varsha K. Tanguturi, Chen Chen, Marc Allard-Ratick, Paris J. Jamiel, Michael H. Picard, Dhaval Kolte, Evin Yucel, Judy Hung, Jonathan Passeri, Nathaniel Langer, Sammy Elmariah
Proceedings Paper
Acoustics
Jerome Charton, Hui Ren, Jay Khambhati, Jeena DeFrancesco, Justin Cheng, Anam A. Waheed, Sylwia Marciniak, Filipe Moura, Rhanderson Cardoso, Bruno B. Lima, Erik Steen, Eigil Samset, Michael H. Picard, Xiang Li, Quanzheng Li
Summary: This study developed a general framework for view classification of Doppler echocardiography using deep learning techniques. By automatically aligning CDI and B-mode videos, it achieved analysis and diagnosis of heart images.
SIMPLIFYING MEDICAL ULTRASOUND, ASMUS 2022
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mayooran Namasivayam, Timothy Churchill, Romain Capoulade, Philippe Pibarot, Jacqueline Suk Danik, Michael H. Picard, Robert A. Levine, Judy W. Hung
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Lawrence M. Phillips, Judith Hochman, David Joel Maron, Leslee J. Shaw, Daniel S. Berman, John A. Spertus, Daniel B. Mark, Michael H. Picard, Bernard R. Chaitman, Philip Jones, Harmony Reynolds, Jelena Celutkiene, Gregg W. Stone, Joao V. Vitola, Nagaraja Moorthy
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)