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Migliaccio-Walle K, Elsea D, Gupta A, Sarnes E, Griffith K, Pandey R, Gillard K. Treatment intensification with bempedoic acid to achieve LDL-C goal in patients with ASCVD: A simulation model using a real-world patient cohort in the US. Atheroscler Plus 2024; 55:98-105. [PMID: 38571880 PMCID: PMC10987878 DOI: 10.1016/j.athplu.2024.01.006] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Background and aims Guidelines recommend that high-risk patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) be treated with maximally tolerated statins to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events. In patients whose LDL-C remains elevated, non-statin adjunct therapies, including ezetimibe (EZE), bempedoic acid (BA), and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors are recommended. Methods The impact of BA and EZE in a fixed-dose combination (FDC) on LDL-C goal attainment was evaluated using a simulation model developed for a United States cohort of high-risk adults with ASCVD. Treatment was simulated for 73,056 patients not at goal (LDL-C >70 mg/dL), comparing BA + EZE (FDC), EZE only, and no oral adjunct therapy (NOAT). The addition of PCSK9 inibitors was assumed after 1 year in patients not at LDL-C goal. Treatment efficacy was estimated from clinical trials. Patient-level outcomes were predicted over a 10-year horizon accounting for treatment discontinuation and general mortality. Results Baseline mean age of the cohort was 67 years, most were White (79%) and male (56%). A majority had established coronary artery disease (75%), 48% had diabetes, and mean LDL-C was 103.0 mg/dL. After 1 year, 79% of patients achieved LDL-C goal (mean, 61.1 mg/dL) with BA + EZE (FDC) compared to 58% and 42% with EZE (71.7 mg/dL) and NOAT (78.4 mg/dL), respectively. Conclusions This simulation shows that adding BA + EZE (FDC) to maximally tolerated statins would result in more patients achieving LDL-C goal than adding EZE alone or NOAT.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Ray KK, Haq I, Bilitou A, Manu MC, Burden A, Aguiar C, Arca M, Connolly DL, Eriksson M, Ferrières J, Laufs U, Mostaza JM, Nanchen D, Rietzschel E, Strandberg T, Toplak H, Visseren FL, Catapano AL. Treatment gaps in the implementation of LDL cholesterol control among high- and very high-risk patients in Europe between 2020 and 2021: the multinational observational SANTORINI study. Lancet Reg Health Eur 2023; 29:100624. [PMID: 37090089 PMCID: PMC10119631 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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Background European data pre-2019 suggest statin monotherapy is the most common approach to lipid management for preventing cardiovascular (CV) events, resulting in only one-fifth of high- and very high-risk patients achieving the 2019 ESC/EAS recommended low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals. Whether the treatment landscape has evolved, or gaps persist remains of interest. Methods Baseline data are presented from SANTORINI, an observational, prospective study that documents the use of lipid-lowering therapies (LLTs) in patients ≥18 years at high or very high CV risk between 2020 and 2021 across primary and secondary care settings in 14 European countries. Findings Of 9602 enrolled patients, 9044 with complete data were included (mean age: 65.3 ± 10.9 years; 72.6% male). Physicians reported using 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines as a basis for CV risk classification in 52.0% (4706/9044) of patients (overall: high risk 29.2%; very high risk 70.8%). However, centrally re-assessed CV risk based on 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines suggested 6.5% (308/4706) and 91.0% (4284/4706) were high- and very high-risk patients, respectively. Overall, 21.8% of patients had no documented LLTs, 54.2% were receiving monotherapy and 24.0% combination LLT. Median (interquartile range [IQR]) LDL-C was 2.1 (1.6, 3.0) mmol/L (82 [60, 117] mg/dL), with 20.1% of patients achieving risk-based LDL-C goals as per the 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines. Interpretation At the time of study enrolment, 80% of high- and very high-risk patients failed to achieve 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines LDL-C goals. Contributory factors may include CV risk underestimation and underutilization of combination therapies. Further efforts are needed to achieve current guideline-recommended LDL-C goals. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04271280. Funding This study is funded by Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany.
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- Kausik K. Ray
- Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, ICTU-Global, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Corresponding author. Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Imperial College London, Level 2, Faculty Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Medical Affairs, Daiichi Sankyo Europe, Munich, Germany
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- Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Daiichi Sankyo Europe, Munich, Germany
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- Biostatistics and Data Management, Daiichi Sankyo Europe, Munich, Germany
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Unit, Heart Institute, Carnaxide, Portugal
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham City Hospital, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, and Aston Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology and INSERM UMR 1295, Toulouse Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse University School of Medicine, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, La Paz-Carlos III Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Multimedica IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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McQueen RB, Baum SJ, Louie MJ, Sasiela WJ, Bilitou A, Shah H, Nash B, Gillard KK, Ray KK. Potential Cardiovascular Events Avoided with Bempedoic Acid Plus Ezetimibe Fixed-Dose Combination Compared with Ezetimibe Alone in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Taking Maximally Tolerated Statins. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2023; 23:67-76. [PMID: 36316612 PMCID: PMC9845167 DOI: 10.1007/s40256-022-00552-7] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who require additional low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering despite maximally tolerated statins have a significant unmet medical need and are at increased risk of future cardiovascular events and a reduced quality of life. OBJECTIVE We aimed to estimate the percentage of cardiovascular events avoided following treatment with a fixed-dose combination of bempedoic acid plus ezetimibe (BA+EZE FDC) versus ezetimibe (EZE) in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease receiving maximally tolerated statins across a range of baseline LDL-C levels. METHODS A Markov cohort simulation model estimated major adverse cardiovascular events avoided over a lifetime horizon among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and baseline LDL-C levels from 80 to >200 mg/dL. BA+EZE FDC was compared with EZE based on mean percent LDL-C reductions versus placebo reported in a phase III trial. Health outcomes for the average patient were extrapolated to a US population of 100,000 persons using evidence on contemporary LDL-C levels from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. RESULTS Among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease not at the LDL-C goal with maximally tolerated statins, the addition of BA+EZE FDC compared with the addition of EZE was predicted to provide incremental absolute reductions in major adverse cardiovascular events dependent on baseline LDL-C levels at the population level. For those with baseline LDL-C of 101-110 mg/dL (n = 15,237), there were 4.9% (744) fewer events predicted, while for patients with baseline LDL-C of > 200 mg/dL (n = 1689), 10.9% (184) fewer events were predicted through the addition of BA+EZE FDC versus EZE. CONCLUSIONS Further LDL-C reductions through the addition of BA+EZE FDC to maximally tolerated statins are predicted to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events compared with the addition of EZE. Benefits are potentially greater among those with higher starting LDL-C.
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- R. Brett McQueen
- grid.430503.10000 0001 0703 675XSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Mail Stop C238, 12850 E. Montview Blvd, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- grid.255951.fDepartment of Integrated Medical Science, Cardiology and Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL USA
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- grid.488264.40000000404520791Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- grid.488264.40000000404520791Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- grid.488273.20000 0004 0623 5599Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany
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- Real Endpoints, Florham Park, NJ USA
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- grid.488264.40000000404520791Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Shah NN, Ghazi L, Yamamoto Y, Martin M, Simonov M, Riello RJ, Faridi KF, Ahmad T, Wilson FP, Desai NR. Rationale and design of a pragmatic trial aimed at improving treatment of hyperlipidemia in outpatients with very high risk atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: A pragmatic trial of messaging to providers about treatment of hyperlipidemia (PROMPT-LIPID). Am Heart J 2022; 253:76-85. [PMID: 35841944 PMCID: PMC9936562 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite guideline recommendations to optimize low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction with intensification of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), few of these patients achieve LDL-C < 70 mg/dL in practice. PURPOSE We developed a real-time, targeted electronic health record (EHR) alert with embedded ordering capability to promote intensification of evidence based LLT in outpatients with very high risk ASCVD. METHODS We designed a pragmatic, multicenter, single-blind, cluster randomized trial to test the effectiveness of an EHR-based LLT intensification alert. The study will enroll about 100 providers who will be randomized to either receive the alert or undergo usual care for outpatients with high risk ASCVD with LDL-C > 70 mg/dL. Total enrollment will include 2,500 patients. The primary outcome will be the proportion of patients with LLT intensification at 90 days. Secondary outcomes include achieved LDL-C at 6 months and the proportion of patients with LDL-C < 70 mg/dL or < 55 mg/dL at 6 months. RESULTS Enrollment of 1,250 patients (50% of goal) was reached within 47 days (50% women, mean age 72, median LDL-C 91). At baseline, 71%, 9%, and 3% were on statins, ezetimibe, or proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors, respectively. CONCLUSIONS PRagmatic Trial of Messaging to Providers about Treatment of HyperLIPIDemia has rapidly reached 50% enrollment of patients with very high risk ASCVD, demonstrating low baseline LLT utilization. This pragmatic, EHR-based trial will determine the effectiveness of a real-time, targeted EHR alert with embedded ordering capability to promote LLT intensification. Findings from this low-cost, widely scalable intervention to improve LDL-C may have important public health implications. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov NCT04394715.
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- Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT; Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT; Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT; Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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Cosín-Sales J, Campuzano Ruiz R, Díaz Díaz JL, Escobar Cervantes C, Fernández Olmo MR, Gómez-Doblas JJ, Mostaza JM, Pedro-Botet J, Plana Gil N, Valdivielso P. Dyslipidemia observatory: Treatment of hypercholesterolemia in Spain, context and levers for improvement in clinical practice. Clin Investig Arterioscler 2022; 34:253-260. [PMID: 35272866 DOI: 10.1016/j.arteri.2022.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The treatment of dyslipidemia exhibits wide variability in clinical practice and important limitations that make lipid-lowering goals more difficult to attain. Getting to know the management of these patients in clinical practice is key to understand the existing barriers and to define actions that contribute to achieving the therapeutic goals from the most recent Clinical Practice Guidelines. METHODS Observatory where the information gathered is based on routine clinical practice and the experience from the healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of dyslipidemia in Spain. The information is collected by health area through: (i) face-to-face meeting with three different medical specialties and (ii) quantitative information related to hypercholesterolemia patients' management (ad-hoc questionnaire). Information includes patients' profiles, assistance burden, guidelines and protocols used, goal attainment, limitations and opportunities in clinical practice. RESULTS 145 health areas are planned to be included, with the participation of up to 435 healthcare professionals from the 17 Autonomous Regions of Spain. Information collection will result in aggregated data from over four thousand patients. CONCLUSIONS This observatory aims to understand how hypercholesterolemia is being treated in routine clinical practice in Spain. Even though the preliminary results show important improvement areas in the treatment of dyslipidemias, mechanisms to drive a change towards health outcomes optimization are also identified.
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- Juan Cosín-Sales
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria-IBIMA CIBERCV, Málaga, España
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Barrios V, Escobar C, Arrarte V, Bravo M, Del Campo A, Hidalgo R, Recasens L, Cequier Á. Analysis of the prescription process of PCSK9 inhibitors in the cardiology departments of Spanish hospitals and optimization proposal. The IKIGAI study. Clin Investig Arterioscler 2021; 33:296-305. [PMID: 34315626 DOI: 10.1016/j.arteri.2021.05.003] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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AIMS To ascertain the formalities and procedures required for the prescription of PCSK9 inhibitors in the cardiology departments of Spanish hospitals, making proposals for improvement to optimize the prescription process. METHODS A first phase of collecting information about the variables and administrative procedures required for the prescription of PCK9 inhibitors and the elaboration of a specific questionnaire and a second phase of collecting data with an online self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 88 hospitals participated in the study (mean number of beds 625; mean number of cardiologists 18 ± 10; 78% university hospitals). There was underuse of PCSK9 inhibitors (real prescription of 30 treatments/year; potential prescription of 80), mainly because of not fulfilling the therapeutic positioning report (52%) and application refusal (31%). Beyond the requirements of the therapeutic positioning report, 1.2 ± 0.4 applications are required with 8.5 ± 4.2 variables. Only 21% of hospitals did not require a previous authorization process and in the remaining hospitals, approval from a committee was necessary. The accumulated time of the prescription process was 6 weeks. Discontinuation rates during follow-up were 9% ± 12%. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with PCSK9 inhibitors is clearly underused in Spain. This is mainly due to both inappropriate identification of patients, and complex administrative procedures that could inhibit/discourage prescription by cardiologists and consequently, limit their use. In addition, there is a substantial delay from drug approval tadministration.
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- Vivencio Barrios
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España.
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, Pontevedra, España
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- Sociología y Comunicación, Gabinete de estudios sociosanitarios, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, España
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Cambray S, Ibarz M, Bermudez-Lopez M, Marti-Antonio M, Bozic M, Fernandez E, Valdivielso JM. Magnesium Levels Modify the Effect of Lipid Parameters on Carotid Intima Media Thickness. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12092631. [PMID: 32872319 PMCID: PMC7551902 DOI: 10.3390/nu12092631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Classical risk factors of atherosclerosis in the general population show paradoxical effects in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Thus, low low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels have been associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes. Magnesium (Mg) is a divalent cation whose homeostasis is altered in CKD. Furthermore, Mg levels have been associated with cardiovascular health. The present study aims to understand the relationships of Mg and lipid parameters with atherosclerosis in CKD. In this analysis, 1754 participants from the Observatorio Nacional de Atherosclerosis en Nefrologia (NEFRONA) cohort were included. Carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) was determined in six arterial territories, and associated factors were investigated by linear regression. cIMT correlated positively with being male, Caucasian, a smoker, diabetic, hypertensive, dyslipidemic and with increased age, BMI, and triglyceride levels, and negatively with levels of HDL cholesterol. First-order interactions in linear regression analysis showed that Mg was an effect modifier on the influence of lipidic parameters. Thus, cIMT predicted values were higher when triglycerides or LDL levels were high and Mg levels were low. On the contrary, when Mg levels were high, this effect disappeared. In conclusion, Mg acts as an effect modifier between lipidic parameters and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Therefore, Mg levels, together with lipidic parameters, should be taken into account when assessing atherosclerotic risk.
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- Serafi Cambray
- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (M.B.-L.); (M.M.-A.); (M.B.); (E.F.)
- Correspondence: (S.C.); (J.M.V.)
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- Indicators and Specifications of the Quality in the Clinical Laboratory Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain;
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (M.B.-L.); (M.M.-A.); (M.B.); (E.F.)
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (M.B.-L.); (M.M.-A.); (M.B.); (E.F.)
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (M.B.-L.); (M.M.-A.); (M.B.); (E.F.)
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (M.B.-L.); (M.M.-A.); (M.B.); (E.F.)
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research Pifarré Foundation, IRBLleida Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (M.B.-L.); (M.M.-A.); (M.B.); (E.F.)
- Correspondence: (S.C.); (J.M.V.)
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Atallah B, Khaddage R, Sadik ZG, Mallah SI, Lee-St John TJ, Alfardan S, Traina MI, Almahmeed W. Lipid Control Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: One Year Follow-Up of a Middle-Eastern Cohort. Glob Heart 2020; 15:12. [PMID: 32489785 DOI: 10.5334/gh.530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background: Data on patient characteristics and provider practices in the management of lipids per the new guidelines in specific secondary prevention patients in the Middle East is limited. Objective: To explore patient characteristics and lipid management practices according to the new cholesterol guidelines in secondary prevention patients, up to one year following discharge for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients discharged post CABG between February 2017 and February 2018 at a quaternary care centre in the Middle East. Patients were characterized by baseline demographics, comorbidities, and use of lipid lowering medications. Results: 189 patients were included in the analysis. Most were diabetic (70.9%) and classified as very high risk per the ACC/AHA guidelines (84.1%) and as extremely high risk per the AACE guidelines (85.2%). Most patients (93.1%) were discharged on high intensity statin. About one third (28.6%) were never seen or only followed once within the first 2 weeks post discharge. Of those who continued to follow up beyond 3 months and within 1 year of discharge (44.4%), about half (51.2%) had follow-up lipid panels performed. Patients who followed up and were seen by a cardiologist were five times more likely to have lipid panels ordered than those seen solely by a CT surgeon. Of those with follow-up lipid panels beyond 3 months: 59.3% achieved LDL goal of <70 mg/dL and 29% achieved LDL <55 mg/dL based on their respective goals. Conclusions: Most patients undergoing CABG in a quaternary care centre in the Middle East are high risk ASCVD. Nonetheless, lipid goals are not commonly achieved nor routinely monitored. Providers will need to transition from the previous risk stratification and statin-only focused approach to adopt the most recent guidelines.
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