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Telles TM, May BM, Pimentel M, Pereira BLDS, Andrades M, Rohde LE, Dos Santos KG. Non‑synonymous polymorphisms in the HRC and ADRB1 genes may be associated with all‑cause death in patients with non‑ischemic heart failure. Exp Ther Med 2024; 27:48. [PMID: 38144921 PMCID: PMC10739235 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2023.12337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unpredictable and common mode of death in patients with heart failure (HF). Alterations in calcium handling may lead to malignant arrhythmias, resulting in SCD, and variants in calcium signaling-related genes have a significant association with SCD. Therefore, the aim of the present retrospective cohort study was to investigate the association of Ser96Ala [histidine-rich calcium-binding protein (HRC)], Ser49Gly [β1-adrenergic receptor (ADRB1)], Arg389Gly (ADRB1) and Gly1886Ser [ryanodine receptor 2 (RYR2)] polymorphisms with serious arrhythmic events and overall mortality in patients with HF with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of non-ischemic etiology. In total, 136 patients with HF underwent physical examination, routine laboratory tests, non-invasive assessment of cardiac function and an invasive electrophysiological study. The primary outcome was the occurrence of serious arrhythmic events, set as either SCD or appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy, and the secondary outcome was all-cause death. During a median follow-up of 37 months, arrhythmic events occurred in 26 patients (19%) and 41 patients (30%) died. Patients carrying the Ser allele of the Ser96Ala polymorphism in HRC had worse survival than those with the Ala/Ala genotype (log-rank P=0.043). Despite the difference in survival time, the Ala/Ala genotype was not associated with all-cause death in the regression analysis [unadjusted hazard ratio (HR)=0.17; 95% CI, 0.02-1.21]. Regarding the Ser49Gly and Arg389Gly polymorphisms in ADRB1, homozygosity for the major alleles at both sites (Ser49Ser and Arg389Arg) was associated with a two-fold increased risk of all-cause death compared with the other genotype combinations (unadjusted HR=1.98; 95% CI, 1.02-3.82). However, this association was lost after controlling for clinical covariates. No association was observed for the Gly1886Ser polymorphism in RYR2. Overall, the present findings are concurrent with the hypothesis that the Ser96Ala (HRC), Ser49Gly (ADRB1) and Arg389Gly (ADRB1) polymorphisms may be associated with HF prognosis. In particular, the Ser96Ala polymorphism might aid in risk stratification and patient selection for ICD implantation.
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- Tanise Machado Telles
- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul 92425-900, Brazil
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- Cardiology Division, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90035-903, Brazil
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- Cardiology Division, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90035-903, Brazil
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- Cells, Tissues and Genes Laboratory, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90035-903, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90035-903, Brazil
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- Cardiology Division, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90035-903, Brazil
- Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90035-003, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul 92425-900, Brazil
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Moliner-Abós C, Mojón Álvarez D, Rivas-Lasarte M, Belarte LC, Pamies Besora J, Solé-González E, Fluvià-Brugues P, Zegrí-Reiriz I, López López L, Brossa V, Pirla MJ, Mesado N, Mirabet S, Roig E, Álvarez-García J. A Simple Score to Identify Super-Responders to Sacubitril/Valsartan in Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure. Front Physiol 2021; 12:642117. [PMID: 33679455 PMCID: PMC7930570 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.642117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Sacubitril/valsartan (SV) promotes cardiac remodeling and improves prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the response to the drug may vary between patients and its implementation in daily clinical practice has been slower than expected. Our objective was to develop a score predicting the super-response to SV in HF outpatients. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of 185 consecutive patients prescribed SV from two tertiary hospitals between September 2016 and February 2018. Super-responder was defined as a patient taking the drug and (i) without HF admissions, death, or heart transplant, and (ii) with a ≥50% reduction in NT-proBNP levels and/or an increase of ≥10 points in LVEF in a 12-month follow-up period after starting SV. Clinical, echocardiographic, ECG, and biochemical variables were used in a logistic regression analysis to construct a score for super-response to SV which was internally validated using bootstrap method. RESULTS Out of 185 patients, 65 (35%) fulfilled the super-responder criteria. Predictors for super-response to SV were absence of both previous aldosterone antagonist and diuretic treatment, NYHA I-II class, female gender, previous 1-year HF admission, and sinus rhythm. An integrating score distinguished a low- (<25%), intermediate- (∼46%), and high-probability (>80%) for 1-year super-response to SV. The AUC for the model was 0.72 (95%CI: 0.64-0.80), remaining consistent after internal validation. CONCLUSION One-third of our patients presented a super-response to SV. We propose an easy-to-calculate score to predict super-response to SV after 1-year initiation based on variables that are currently assessed in clinical practice.
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- Carles Moliner-Abós
- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-SantPau, CIBERCV, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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Veltmann C, Winter S, Duncker D, Jungbauer CG, Wäßnig NK, Geller JC, Erath JW, Goeing O, Perings C, Ulbrich M, Roser M, Husser D, Gansera LS, Soezener K, Malur FM, Block M, Fetsch T, Kutyifa V, Klein HU. Protected risk stratification with the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator: results from the WEARIT-II-EUROPE registry. Clin Res Cardiol 2020; 110:102-113. [PMID: 32377784 PMCID: PMC7806570 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-020-01657-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Background The prospective WEARIT-II-EUROPE registry aimed to assess the value of the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) prior to potential ICD implantation in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction considered at risk of sudden arrhythmic death. Methods and results 781 patients (77% men; mean age 59.3 ± 13.4 years) with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were consecutively enrolled. All patients received a WCD. Follow-up time for all patients was 12 months. Mean baseline LVEF was 26.9%. Mean WCD wearing time was 75 ± 47.7 days, mean daily WCD use 20.3 ± 4.6 h. WCD shocks terminated 13 VT/VF events in ten patients (1.3%). Two patients died during WCD prescription of non-arrhythmic cause. Mean LVEF increased from 26.9 to 36.3% at the end of WCD prescription (p < 0.01). After WCD use, ICDs were implanted in only 289 patients (37%). Forty patients (5.1%) died during follow-up. Five patients (1.7%) died with ICDs implanted, 33 patients (7%) had no ICD (no information on ICD in two patients). The majority of patients (75%) with the follow-up of 12 months after WCD prescription died from heart failure (15 patients) and non-cardiac death (15 patients). Only three patients (7%) died suddenly. In seven patients, the cause of death remained unknown. Conclusions Mortality after WCD prescription was mainly driven by heart failure and non-cardiovascular death. In patients with HFrEF and a potential risk of sudden arrhythmic death, WCD protected observation of LVEF progression and appraisal of competing risks of potential non-arrhythmic death may enable improved selection for beneficial ICD implantation. Graphic abstract ![]()
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- Christian Veltmann
- Rhythmology and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
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- Rhythmology and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Arrhythmia Section, Division of Cardiology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany.,Otto-Von-Guericke University School of Medicine, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Klinische Elektrophysiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik für Kardiologie, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Klinik für Kardiologie, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Kardiologie, Klinikum Augustinum München, Munich, Germany
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- CRI-Clinical Research Institute München, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Center, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Medical Center, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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Kreusser MM, Volz MJ, Knop B, Ehlermann P, Schmack B, Ruhparwar A, Hegenbart U, Schönland SO, Katus HA, Raake PW. A novel risk score to predict survival in advanced heart failure due to cardiac amyloidosis. Clin Res Cardiol 2019; 109:700-713. [PMID: 31630214 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-019-01559-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac amyloidosis, caused by deposition of immunoglobulin light chains (AL) or transthyretin (ATTR), carries a poor prognosis. Established risk scores for amyloidosis may not predict outcomes in those patients who develop advanced heart failure and who are potential candidates for heart transplantation. Here, we aimed to identify predictive parameters for patients with severe heart failure due to amyloidosis. METHODS Out of > 1000 patients with cardiac amyloidosis (AL or ATTR) admitted to our centre between September 1998 and January 2016, a cohort of 120 patients with a complete cardiac assessment at diagnosis, including right heart catheterization, echocardiography and biomarkers, was analysed retrospectively in this study. Primary endpoint was all-cause mortality. We performed univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis, generated risk scores to predict outcomes in AL and ATTR amyloidosis and compared those to established risk models for amyloidosis. RESULTS In the Cox multivariate model, high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT; hazard ratio (HR) 1.003; confidence interval (CI) 1.001-1.005; p = 0.009) and mean pulmonary artery pressure (HR 1.061; CI 1.024-1.100; p = 0.001) were found to significantly and independently predict outcomes for AL amyloidosis, whereas QRS duration (HR 1.021; CI 1.004-1.039; p = 0.013), hsTnT (HR 1.021; CI 1.006-1.036; p = 0.006) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (HR 1.0003; CI 1.0001-1.0004; p = 0.002) were the best predictors for ATTR amyloidosis. A simple risk score ("HeiRisk") including these parameters for AL and ATTR allowed a more precise risk stratification in our patient population compared to established risk models. CONCLUSIONS Risk stratification for cardiac amyloidosis with the newly developed "HeiRisk" score may be superior to other staging systems for patients with advanced heart failure due to amyloid cardiomyopathy.
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- Michael M Kreusser
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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