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Sundermeyer J, Kellner C, Beer BN, Besch L, Dettling A, Bertoldi LF, Blankenberg S, Dauw J, Dindane Z, Eckner D, Eitel I, Graf T, Horn P, Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska J, Kirchhof P, Kluge S, Linke A, Landmesser U, Luedike P, Lüsebrink E, Majunke N, Mangner N, Maniuc O, Möbius-Winkler S, Nordbeck P, Orban M, Pappalardo F, Pauschinger M, Pazdernik M, Proudfoot A, Kelham M, Rassaf T, Scherer C, Schulze PC, Schwinger RHG, Skurk C, Sramko M, Tavazzi G, Thiele H, Villanova L, Morici N, Winzer EB, Westermann D, Schrage B. Sex-related differences in patients presenting with heart failure-related cardiogenic shock. Clin Res Cardiol 2024; 113:612-625. [PMID: 38353681 PMCID: PMC10954943 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-024-02392-8] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Heart failure-related cardiogenic shock (HF-CS) accounts for a significant proportion of all CS cases. Nevertheless, there is a lack of evidence on sex-related differences in HF-CS, especially regarding use of treatment and mortality risk in women vs. men. This study aimed to investigate potential differences in clinical presentation, use of treatments, and mortality between women and men with HF-CS. METHODS In this international observational study, patients with HF-CS (without acute myocardial infarction) from 16 tertiary-care centers in five countries were enrolled between 2010 and 2021. Logistic and Cox regression models were used to assess differences in clinical presentation, use of treatments, and 30-day mortality in women vs. men with HF-CS. RESULTS N = 1030 patients with HF-CS were analyzed, of whom 290 (28.2%) were women. Compared to men, women were more likely to be older, less likely to have a known history of heart failure or cardiovascular risk factors, and lower rates of highly depressed left ventricular ejection fraction and renal dysfunction. Nevertheless, CS severity as well as use of treatments were comparable, and female sex was not independently associated with 30-day mortality (53.0% vs. 50.8%; adjusted HR 0.94, 95% CI 0.75-1.19). CONCLUSIONS In this large HF-CS registry, sex disparities in risk factors and clinical presentation were observed. Despite these differences, the use of treatments was comparable, and both sexes exhibited similarly high mortality rates. Further research is necessary to evaluate if sex-tailored treatment, accounting for the differences in cardiovascular risk factors and clinical presentation, might improve outcomes in HF-CS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jonas Sundermeyer
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Cardio Center, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Population Health Innovation (POINT), University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Population Health Innovation (POINT), University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, DHZC Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Dept Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AO SS Antonio E Biagio E Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, DHZC Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Pavia Italy, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo Hospital IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Unità Di Cure Intensive Cardiologiche and De Gasperis Cardio-Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Gnocchi, ONLUS, Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy
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- Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
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Sundermeyer J, Kellner C, Beer BN, Besch L, Dettling A, Bertoldi LF, Blankenberg S, Dauw J, Dindane Z, Eckner D, Eitel I, Graf T, Horn P, Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska J, Kirchhof P, Kluge S, Linke A, Landmesser U, Luedike P, Lüsebrink E, Majunke N, Mangner N, Maniuc O, Winkler SM, Nordbeck P, Orban M, Pappalardo F, Pauschinger M, Pazdernik M, Proudfoot A, Kelham M, Rassaf T, Scherer C, Schulze PC, Schwinger RHG, Skurk C, Sramko M, Tavazzi G, Thiele H, Villanova L, Morici N, Westenfeld R, Winzer EB, Westermann D, Schrage B. Association between left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality and use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock. Clin Res Cardiol 2024; 113:570-580. [PMID: 37982863 PMCID: PMC10954940 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-023-02332-y] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Currently, use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock (CS) is predominantly guided by shock-specific markers, and not by markers of cardiac function. We hypothesise that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) can identify patients with a higher likelihood to benefit from MCS and thus help to optimise their expected benefit. METHODS Patients with non-ischaemic CS and available data on LVEF from 16 tertiary-care centres in five countries were analysed. Cox regression models were fitted to evaluate the association between LVEF and mortality, as well as the interaction between LVEF, MCS use and mortality. RESULTS N = 807 patients were analysed: mean age 63 [interquartile range (IQR) 51.5-72.0] years, 601 (74.5%) male, lactate 4.9 (IQR 2.6-8.5) mmol/l, LVEF 20 (IQR 15-30) %. Lower LVEF was more frequent amongst patients with more severe CS, and MCS was more likely used in patients with lower LVEF. There was no association between LVEF and 30-day mortality risk in the overall study cohort. However, there was a significant interaction between MCS use and LVEF, indicating a lower 30-day mortality risk with MCS use in patients with LVEF ≤ 20% (hazard ratio 0.72, 95% confidence interval 0.51-1.02 for LVEF ≤ 20% vs. hazard ratio 1.31, 95% confidence interval 0.85-2.01 for LVEF > 20%, interaction-p = 0.017). CONCLUSION This retrospective study may indicate a lower mortality risk with MCS use only in patients with severely reduced LVEF. This may propose the inclusion of LVEF as an adjunctive parameter for MCS decision-making in non-ischaemic CS, aiming to optimise the benefit-risk ratio.
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- Jonas Sundermeyer
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Dept Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AO SS Antonio E Biagio E Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IRCCS S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany
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- Unità Di Cure Intensive Cardiologiche and De Gasperis Cardio-Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
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Mullens W, Dauw J, Gustafsson F, Mebazaa A, Steffel J, Witte KK, Delgado V, Linde C, Vernooy K, Anker SD, Chioncel O, Milicic D, Hasenfuß G, Ponikowski P, von Bardeleben RS, Koehler F, Ruschitzka F, Damman K, Schwammenthal E, Testani JM, Zannad F, Böhm M, Cowie MR, Dickstein K, Jaarsma T, Filippatos G, Volterrani M, Thum T, Adamopoulos S, Cohen-Solal A, Moura B, Rakisheva A, Ristic A, Bayes-Genis A, Van Linthout S, Tocchetti CG, Savarese G, Skouri H, Adamo M, Amir O, Yilmaz MB, Simpson M, Tokmakova M, González A, Piepoli M, Seferovic P, Metra M, Coats AJS, Rosano GMC. Integration of implantable device therapy in patients with heart failure. A clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur J Heart Fail 2024; 26:483-501. [PMID: 38269474 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3150] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Implantable devices form an integral part of the management of patients with heart failure (HF) and provide adjunctive therapies in addition to cornerstone drug treatment. Although the number of these devices is growing, only few are supported by robust evidence. Current devices aim to improve haemodynamics, improve reverse remodelling, or provide electrical therapy. A number of these devices have guideline recommendations and some have been shown to improve outcomes such as cardiac resynchronization therapy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and long-term mechanical support. For others, more evidence is still needed before large-scale implementation can be strongly advised. Of note, devices and drugs can work synergistically in HF as improved disease control with devices can allow for further optimization of drug therapy. Therefore, some devices might already be considered early in the disease trajectory of HF patients, while others might only be reserved for advanced HF. As such, device therapy should be integrated into HF care programmes. Unfortunately, implementation of devices, including those with the greatest evidence, in clinical care pathways is still suboptimal. This clinical consensus document of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) describes the physiological rationale behind device-provided therapy and also device-guided management, offers an overview of current implantable device options recommended by the guidelines and proposes a new integrated model of device therapy as a part of HF care.
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- Wilfried Mullens
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
- UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
- UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- The Heart Center, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Université de Paris, UMR Inserm - MASCOT; APHP Saint Louis Lariboisière University Hospitals, Department of Anesthesia-Burn-Critical Care, Paris, France
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- Hirslanden Heart Clinic and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Hospital University Germans Trias i Pujol, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Heart Vascular and Neurology Theme, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Department of Cardiology (CVK) and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) Partner Site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'Prof. C.C. Iliescu', University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Medical Department, Division of Cardiology and Angiology, Centre for Cardiovascular Telemedicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic of Cardiology, University Heart Centre, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of Groningen, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 14-33, Inserm U1116, CHRU, F-CRIN INI-CRCT (Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists), Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
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- Universitatsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik fur Innere Medizin III, Saarland University, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Homburg, Germany
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- Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Lifesciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany and Fraunhofer institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Lariboisière, AP-HP, Paris, France; INSERM UMR-S 942, MASCOT, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Armed Forces Hospital, Porto, and Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Scientific Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Universi Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, CIBERCV, Badalona, Spain
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- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Cardio-Oncology Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences (DISMET); Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), Interdepartmental Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CIRCET), Interdepartmental Hypertension Research Center (CIRIAPA); Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia and Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Program of Cardiovascular Diseases, CIMA Universidad de Navarra, and IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain; CIBERCV, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical Cardiac Unit, Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Universi Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia and Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Meekers E, Petit T, Dauw J, Gruwez H, Dhont S, Luwel E, Nijst P, Dupont M, Bertrand PB, Martens P, Mullens W. Analysing the accuracy of pressure measurements during exercise with pulmonary artery pressure sensors - Insights from the ACTION-MEMS study. Eur J Heart Fail 2024; 26:523-524. [PMID: 38213095 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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- Evelyne Meekers
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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Sundermeyer J, Kellner C, Beer BN, Besch L, Dettling A, Bertoldi LF, Blankenberg S, Dauw J, Dindane Z, Eckner D, Eitel I, Graf T, Horn P, Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska J, Kirchhof P, Kluge S, Linke A, Landmesser U, Luedike P, Lüsebrink E, Majunke N, Mangner N, Maniuc O, Möbius Winkler S, Nordbeck P, Orban M, Pappalardo F, Pauschinger M, Pazdernik M, Proudfoot A, Kelham M, Rassaf T, Reichenspurner H, Scherer C, Schulze PC, Schwinger RHG, Skurk C, Sramko M, Tavazzi G, Thiele H, Villanova L, Morici N, Winzer EB, Westermann D, Gustafsson F, Schrage B. Clinical presentation, shock severity and mortality in patients with de novo versus acute-on-chronic heart failure-related cardiogenic shock. Eur J Heart Fail 2024; 26:432-444. [PMID: 37940139 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
Abstract
AIMS Heart failure-related cardiogenic shock (HF-CS) accounts for a significant proportion of CS cases. Whether patients with de novo HF and those with acute-on-chronic HF in CS differ in clinical characteristics and outcome remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in clinical presentation and mortality between patients with de novo and acute-on-chronic HF-CS. METHODS AND RESULTS In this international observational study, patients with HF-CS from 16 tertiary care centres in five countries were enrolled between 2010 and 2021. To investigate differences in clinical presentation and 30-day mortality, adjusted logistic/Cox regression models were fitted. Patients (n = 1030) with HF-CS were analysed, of whom 486 (47.2%) presented with de novo HF-CS and 544 (52.8%) with acute-on-chronic HF-CS. Traditional markers of CS severity (e.g. blood pressure, heart rate and lactate) as well as use of treatments were comparable between groups. However, patients with acute-on-chronic HF-CS were more likely to have a higher CS severity and also a higher mortality risk, after adjusting for relevant confounders (de novo HF 45.5%, acute-on-chronic HF 55.9%, adjusted hazard ratio 1.38, 95% confidence interval 1.10-1.72, p = 0.005). CONCLUSION In this large HF-CS cohort, acute-on-chronic HF-CS was associated with more severe CS and higher mortality risk compared to de novo HF-CS, although traditional markers of CS severity and use of treatments were comparable. These findings highlight the vast heterogeneity of patients with HF-CS, emphasize that HF chronicity is a relevant disease modifier in CS, and indicate that future clinical trials should account for this.
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- Jonas Sundermeyer
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Population Health Innovation (POINT), University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Population Health Innovation (POINT), University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Population Health Innovation (POINT), University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo Hospital IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Intensive Cardiac Care Unit and De Gasperis Cardio-Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Heart Centre Dresden, University Hospital, Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany
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- Rigshospitalet and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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Dauw J, Meekers E, Martens P, Deferm S, Dhont S, Marchal W, Mesotten L, Dupont M, Nijst P, Tang WHW, Janssens SP, Mullens W. Sodium loading in ambulatory patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Mechanistic insights into sodium handling. Eur J Heart Fail 2024. [PMID: 38247136 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3131] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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AIMS Sodium restriction was not associated with improved outcomes in heart failure patients in recent trials. The skin might act as a sodium buffer, potentially explaining tolerance to fluctuations in sodium intake without volume overload, but this is insufficiently understood. Therefore, we studied the handling of an increased sodium load in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-one ambulatory, stable HFrEF patients and 10 healthy controls underwent a 2-week run-in phase, followed by a 4-week period of daily 1.2 g (51 mmol) sodium intake increment. Clinical, echocardiographic, 24-h urine collection, and bioelectrical impedance data were collected every 2 weeks. Blood volume, skin sodium content, and skin glycosaminoglycan content were assessed before and after sodium loading. Sodium loading did not significantly affect weight, blood pressure, congestion score, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, echocardiographic indices of congestion, or total body water in HFrEF (all p > 0.09). There was no change in total blood volume (4748 ml vs. 4885 ml; p = 0.327). Natriuresis increased from 150 mmol/24 h to 173 mmol/24 h (p = 0.024), while plasma renin decreased from 286 to 88 μU/L (p = 0.002). There were no significant changes in skin sodium content, total glycosaminoglycan content, or sulfated glycosaminoglycan content (all p > 0.265). Healthy controls had no change in volume status, but a higher increase in natriuresis without any change in renin. CONCLUSIONS Selected HFrEF patients can tolerate sodium loading, with increased renal sodium excretion and decreased neurohormonal activation.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Genk, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Biomedical Research Institute, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Dauw J, Charaya K, Lelonek M, Zegri-Reiriz I, Nasr S, Paredes-Paucar CP, Borbély A, Erdal F, Benkouar R, Cobo-Marcos M, Barge-Caballero G, George V, Zara C, Ross NT, Barker D, Lekhakul A, Frea S, Ghazi AM, Knappe D, Doghmi N, Klincheva M, Fialho I, Bovolo V, Findeisen H, Alhaddad IA, Galluzzo A, de la Espriella R, Tabbalat R, Miró Ò, Singh JS, Nijst P, Dupont M, Martens P, Mullens W. Protocolized Natriuresis-Guided Decongestion Improves Diuretic Response: The Multicenter ENACT-HF Study. Circ Heart Fail 2024; 17:e011105. [PMID: 38179728 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.123.011105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND The use of urinary sodium to guide diuretics in acute heart failure is recommended by experts and the most recent European Society of Cardiology guidelines. However, there are limited data to support this recommendation. The ENACT-HF study (Efficacy of a Standardized Diuretic Protocol in Acute Heart Failure) investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a standardized natriuresis-guided diuretic protocol in patients with acute heart failure and signs of volume overload. METHODS ENACT-HF was an international, multicenter, open-label, pragmatic, 2-phase study, comparing the current standard of care of each center with a standardized diuretic protocol, including urinary sodium to guide therapy. The primary end point was natriuresis after 1 day. Secondary end points included cumulative natriuresis and diuresis after 2 days of treatment, length of stay, and in-hospital mortality. All end points were adjusted for baseline differences between both treatment arms. RESULTS Four hundred one patients from 29 centers in 18 countries worldwide were included in the study. The natriuresis after 1 day was significantly higher in the protocol arm compared with the standard of care arm (282 versus 174 mmol; adjusted mean ratio, 1.64; P<0.001). After 2 days, the natriuresis remained higher in the protocol arm (538 versus 365 mmol; adjusted mean ratio, 1.52; P<0.001), with a significantly higher diuresis (5776 versus 4381 mL; adjusted mean ratio, 1.33; P<0.001). The protocol arm had a shorter length of stay (5.8 versus 7.0 days; adjusted mean ratio, 0.87; P=0.036). In-hospital mortality was low and did not significantly differ between the 2 arms (1.4% versus 2.0%; P=0.852). CONCLUSIONS A standardized natriuresis-guided diuretic protocol to guide decongestion in acute heart failure was feasible, safe, and resulted in higher natriuresis and diuresis, as well as a shorter length of stay.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium (J.D., P.N., M.D., P.M.)
- UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium (J.D., W.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Sonography and Functional Diagnostics, First Moscow State Medical University, Russia (K.C.)
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- Department of Noninvasive Cardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland (M.L.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain (I.Z.-R.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Mount Lebanon Hospital-Balamand University Medical Center, Hazmiyeh (S.N.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary (A.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Thorax Centrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands (F.E.)
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- Benyoucef Benkhedda Faculty of Medicine, Mustapha Pacha Hospital, University of Algiers, Algeria (R.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (IDIPHISA), Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain (M.C.-M.)
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- Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), A Coruña, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (G.B.-C.)
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- Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla, India (V.G.)
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- Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Malaysia (N.T.R.)
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- University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom (D.B.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital of Torino, Turin, Italy (S.F.)
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- National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (A.M.G.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany (D.K.)
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU Ibn Sina, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco (N.D.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal (I.F.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Michele e Pietro Ferrero Hospital, Verduno, Italy (V.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Bremen, Germany (H.F.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Abdali Hospital, Amman, Jordan (R.T.)
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Ò.M.)
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- The Heart Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (J.S.S.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium (J.D., P.N., M.D., P.M.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium (J.D., P.N., M.D., P.M.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium (J.D., P.N., M.D., P.M.)
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- UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium (J.D., W.M.)
- UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium (W.M.)
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Weerts J, Amin H, Barandiarán Aizpurua A, Gevaert AB, Handoko ML, Dauw J, Tun HN, Rommel K, Verbrugge FH, Kresoja K, Sanders‐van Wijk S, Brunner‐La Rocca H, Bayés‐Genís A, Lumens J, Knackstedt C, van Empel VP. Webtool to enhance the accuracy of diagnostic algorithms for HFpEF: a prospective cross-over study. ESC Heart Fail 2023; 10:3493-3503. [PMID: 37724334 PMCID: PMC10682885 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14525] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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AIMS Diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) can be challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the potential of a webtool to enhance the scoring accuracy when applying the complex HFA-PEFF and H2 FPEF algorithms, which are commonly used for diagnosing HFpEF. METHODS AND RESULTS We developed an online tool, the HFpEF calculator, that enables the automatic calculation of current HFpEF algorithms. We assessed the accuracy of manual vs. automatic scoring, defined as the percentage of correct scores, in a cohort of cardiologists with varying clinical experience. Cardiologists scored eight online clinical cases using a triple cross-over design (i.e. two manual-two automatic-two manual-two automatic). Data were analysed in study completers (n = 55, 29% heart failure specialists, 42% general cardiologists, and 29% cardiology residents). Manually calculated scores were correct in 50% (HFA-PEFF: 50% [50-75]; H2 FPEF: 50% [38-50]). Correct scoring improved to 100% using the HFpEF calculator (HFA-PEFF: 100% [88-100], P < 0.001; H2 FPEF: 100% [75-100], P < 0.001). Time spent on clinical cases was similar between scoring methods (±4 min). When corrections for faulty algorithm scores were displayed, cardiologists changed their diagnostic decision in up to 67% of cases. At least 67% of cardiologists preferred using the online tool for future cases in clinical practice. CONCLUSIONS Manual calculation of HFpEF diagnostic algorithms is often inaccurate. Using an automated webtool to calculate HFpEF algorithms significantly improved correct scoring. This new approach may impact the eventual diagnostic decision in up to two-thirds of cases, supporting its routine use in clinical practice.
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- Jerremy Weerts
- Department of CardiologyCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+)PO Box 6166200 MDMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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- Department of CardiologyCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+)PO Box 6166200 MDMaastrichtThe Netherlands
- Department of CardiologyThoraxcentrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands
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- Department of CardiologyCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+)PO Box 6166200 MDMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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- Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, GENCOR DepartmentUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
- Department of CardiologyAntwerp University Hospital (UZA)EdegemBelgium
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- Department of CardiologyAmsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences/Heart Failure and ArrhythmiasAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of CardiologyAZ Sint‐LucasGhentBelgium
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- Larner College of MedicineUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVTUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine/CardiologyHeart Center Leipzig, Leipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Centre for Cardiovascular DiseasesUniversity Hospital BrusselsJetteBelgium
- Faculty of Medicine and PharmacyVrije Universiteit BrusselBrusselsBelgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine/CardiologyHeart Center Leipzig, Leipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Department of CardiologyCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+)PO Box 6166200 MDMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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- Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, CIBERCVBadalonaSpain
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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- Department of CardiologyCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+)PO Box 6166200 MDMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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- Department of CardiologyCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+)PO Box 6166200 MDMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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Meekers E, Dauw J, Martens P, Dhont S, Verbrugge FH, Nijst P, Ter Maaten JM, Damman K, Mebazaa A, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Tang WHW, Dupont M, Mullens W. Renal function and decongestion with acetazolamide in acute decompensated heart failure: the ADVOR trial. Eur Heart J 2023; 44:3672-3682. [PMID: 37623428 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the ADVOR trial, acetazolamide improved decongestion in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). Whether the beneficial effects of acetazolamide are consistent across the entire range of renal function remains unclear. METHODS This is a pre-specified analysis of the ADVOR trial that randomized 519 patients with ADHF to intravenous acetazolamide or matching placebo on top of intravenous loop diuretics. The main endpoints of decongestion, diuresis, natriuresis, and clinical outcomes are assessed according to baseline renal function. Changes in renal function are evaluated between treatment arms. RESULTS On admission, median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 40 (30-52) mL/min/1.73 m². Acetazolamide consistently increased the likelihood of decongestion across the entire spectrum of eGFR (P-interaction = .977). Overall, natriuresis and diuresis were higher with acetazolamide, with a higher treatment effect for patients with low eGFR (both P-interaction < .007). Acetazolamide was associated with a higher incidence of worsening renal function (WRF; rise in creatinine ≥ 0.3 mg/dL) during the treatment period (40.5% vs. 18.9%; P < .001), but there was no difference in creatinine after 3 months (P = .565). This was not associated with a higher incidence of heart failure hospitalizations and mortality (P-interaction = .467). However, decongestion at discharge was associated with a lower incidence of adverse clinical outcomes irrespective of the onset of WRF (P-interaction = .805). CONCLUSIONS Acetazolamide is associated with a higher rate of successful decongestion across the entire range of renal function with more pronounced effects regarding natriuresis and diuresis in patients with a lower eGFR. While WRF occurred more frequently with acetazolamide, this was not associated with adverse clinical outcomes. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV IDENTIFIER NCT03505788.
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Affiliation(s)
- Evelyne Meekers
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg AV, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Universiteitslaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Universiteitslaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg AV, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg AV, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Universiteitslaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg AV, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Université Paris Cité, Inserm MASCOT, APHP, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg AV, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg AV, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Universiteitslaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Dhont S, Martens P, Meekers E, Dauw J, Verbrugge FH, Nijst P, Ter Maaten JM, Damman K, Mebazaa A, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Tang WHW, Dupont M, Mullens W. Sodium and potassium changes during decongestion with acetazolamide - A pre-specified analysis from the ADVOR trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2023; 25:1310-1319. [PMID: 37062871 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2863] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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AIMS Acetazolamide, an inhibitor of proximal tubular sodium reabsorption, leads to more effective decongestion in acute heart failure (AHF). It is unknown whether acetazolamide alters serum sodium and potassium levels on top of loop diuretics and if baseline values modify the treatment effect of acetazolamide. METHODS AND RESULTS This is a pre-specified sub-analysis of the ADVOR trial that randomized 519 patients with AHF and volume overload in a 1:1 ratio to intravenous acetazolamide or matching placebo on top of standardized intravenous loop diuretics. Mean potassium and sodium levels at randomization were 4.2 ± 0.6 and 139 ± 4 mmol/L in the acetazolamide arm versus 4.2 ± 0.6 and 140 ± 4 mmol/L in the placebo arm. Hypokalaemia (<3.5 mmol/L) on admission was present in 44 (9%) patients and hyponatraemia (≤135 mmol/L) in 82 (16%) patients. After 3 days of treatment, 44 (17%) patients in the acetazolamide arm and 35 (14%) patients in the placebo arm developed hyponatraemia (p = 0.255). Patients randomized to acetazolamide demonstrated a slight decrease in mean potassium levels during decongestion, which was non-significant over time (p = 0.053) and had no significant impact on hypokalaemia incidence (p = 0.061). Severe hypokalaemia (<3.0 mmol/L) occurred in only 7 (1%) patients, similarly distributed between the two treatment arms (p = 0.676). Randomization towards acetazolamide improved decongestive response irrespective of baseline serum sodium and potassium levels. CONCLUSIONS Acetazolamide on top of standardized loop diuretic therapy does not lead to clinically important hypokalaemia or hyponatraemia and improves decongestion over the entire range of baseline serum potassium and sodium levels.
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- Sebastiaan Dhont
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
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- Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V, Genk, Belgium
- Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
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Martens P, Verbrugge FH, Dauw J, Nijst P, Meekers E, Augusto SN, Ter Maaten JM, Heylen L, Damman K, Mebazaa A, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Tang WHW, Dupont M, Mullens W. Pre-treatment bicarbonate levels and decongestion by acetazolamide: the ADVOR trial. Eur Heart J 2023; 44:1995-2005. [PMID: 37138385 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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AIMS Acetazolamide inhibits proximal tubular sodium and bicarbonate re-absorption and improved decongestive response in acute heart failure in the ADVOR trial. It is unknown whether bicarbonate levels alter the decongestive response to acetazolamide. METHODS AND RESULTS This is a sub-analysis of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ADVOR trial that randomized 519 patients with acute heart failure and volume overload in a 1:1 ratio to intravenous acetazolamide (500 mg/day) or matching placebo on top of standardized intravenous loop diuretics (dose equivalent of twice oral maintenance dose). The primary endpoint was complete decongestion after 3 days of treatment (morning of day 4). Impact of baseline HCO3 levels on the treatment effect of acetazolamide was assessed. : Of the 519 enrolled patients, 516 (99.4%) had a baseline HCO3 measurement. Continuous HCO3 modelling illustrated a higher proportional treatment effect for acetazolamide if baseline HCO3 ≥ 27 mmol/l. A total of 234 (45%) had a baseline HCO3 ≥ 27 mmol/l. Randomization towards acetazolamide improved decongestive response over the entire range of baseline HCO3- levels (P = 0.004); however, patients with elevated baseline HCO3 exhibited a significant higher response to acetazolamide [primary endpoint: no vs. elevated HCO3; OR 1.37 (0.79-2.37) vs. OR 2.39 (1.35-4.22), P-interaction = 0.065), with higher proportional diuretic and natriuretic response (both P-interaction < 0.001), greater reduction in congestion score on consecutive days (treatment × time by HCO3-interaction <0.001) and length of stay (P-interaction = 0.019). The larger proportional treatment effect was mainly explained by the development of diminished decongestive response in the placebo arm (loop diuretics only), both with regard to reaching the primary endpoint of decongestion as well as reduction in congestion score. Development of elevated HCO3 further worsened decongestive response in the placebo arm (P-interaction = 0.041). A loop diuretic only strategy was associated with an increase in the HCO3 during the treatment phase which was prevented by acetazolamide (day 3: placebo 74.8% vs. acetazolamide 41.3%, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Acetazolamide improves decongestive response over the entire range of HCO3- levels; however, the treatment response is magnified in patients with baseline or loop diuretic-induced elevated HCO3 (marker of proximal nephron NaHCO3 retention) by specifically counteracting this component of diuretic resistance.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Schiepse bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Schiepse bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Schiepse bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Schiepse bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nefrology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Université Paris Cité, Inserm MASCOT, APHP, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Schiepse bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Schiepse bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
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Verbrugge FH, Martens P, Dauw J, Nijst P, Meekers E, Augusto SN, Ter Maaten JM, Damman K, Filippatos G, Lassus J, Mebazaa A, Ruschitzka F, Dupont M, Mullens W. Natriuretic Response to Acetazolamide in Patients With Acute Heart Failure and Volume Overload. J Am Coll Cardiol 2023; 81:2013-2024. [PMID: 37197845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.400] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acetazolamide facilitates decongestion in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). OBJECTIVES This study sought to investigate the effect of acetazolamide on natriuresis in ADHF and its relationship with outcomes. METHODS Patients from the ADVOR (Acetazolamide in Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload) trial with complete data on urine output and urine sodium concentration (UNa) were analyzed. Predictors of natriuresis and its relationship with the main trial endpoints were evaluated. RESULTS This analysis included 462 of 519 patients (89%) from the ADVOR trial. During 2 days after randomization, UNa was 92 ± 25 mmol/L on average, and total natriuresis was 425 ± 234 mmol. Allocation to acetazolamide strongly and independently predicted natriuresis with a 16 mmol/L (19%) increase in UNa and 115 mmol (32%) greater total natriuresis. Higher systolic blood pressure, better renal function, higher serum sodium levels, and male sex also independently predicted both a higher UNa and greater total natriuresis. A stronger natriuretic response was associated with faster and more complete relief of signs of volume overload, and this effect was already significant on the first morning of assessment (P = 0.022). A significant interaction was observed between the effect of allocation to acetazolamide and UNa on decongestion (P = 0.007). Stronger natriuresis with better decongestion translated into a shorter hospital stay (P < 0.001). After multivariable adjustments, every 10 mmol/L UNa increase was independently associated with a lower risk of all-cause death or heart failure readmission (HR: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.85-0.99). CONCLUSIONS Increased natriuresis is strongly related to successful decongestion with acetazolamide in ADHF. UNa may be an attractive measure of effective decongestion for future trials. (Acetazolamide in Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload [ADVOR]; NCT03505788).
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- Frederik H Verbrugge
- Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Chaidari, Greece
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- Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Université Paris Cité, National Institute of Health and Medical Research MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Situation of Stress), APHP (Public Assistance Hospital of Paris), Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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van den Buijs DMF, Poels EM, Ferdinande B, Cottens D, Vrolix M, Dauw J, Dens J, Ameloot K. Comparison of Radifocus versus Silverway Guidewires for Percutaneous Radial Angiography Following Failed Use of a J-Tip Guidewire. Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939429. [PMID: 37025045 PMCID: PMC10088458 DOI: 10.12659/msm.939429] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND During transradial coronary angiography, when conventional J-tip wires fail to deliver catheters to the aortic root due to anatomical obstacles, additional hydrophilic wires, such as Radifocus (Terumo) or Silverway (Asahi), are used. We recently showed that the Silverway guidewire was effective at delivering the catheter to the aortic root. In this study, we aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of Radifocus and Silverway guidewires in 100 patients after failed use of the J-tip guidewire. MATERIAL AND METHODS After patients had a failure of a conventional J-tip wire to reach the aortic root, 100 patients were 1:1 randomized to either the Silverway or Radifocus wire. All patients with failure of the J-tip wire were eligible. The primary endpoint was the time between wire entry in the catheter and successful delivery of the catheter to the aortic root. Secondary endpoints included change of access site, number of complications, and questionnaires on subjective wire assessments by the performing interventional cardiologist. RESULTS The primary endpoint was significantly shorter in patients randomized to the Silverway arm (median 30 s [21-39] vs 48 s [36-66]; P<0.001)). The percentage of patients with change of access site was not different between the groups (2 vs 2, not significant). Only 1 minor complication (2%) occurred, in the Radifocus group. Questionnaires revealed that torque control, crossing, and support were all significantly better with the Silverway wire (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Silverway showed superior torque control, resulting in faster catheter delivery to the aortic root when compared with the Radifocus guidewire.
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Schrage B, Sundermeyer J, Beer BN, Bertoldi L, Bernhardt A, Blankenberg S, Dauw J, Dindane Z, Eckner D, Eitel I, Graf T, Horn P, Kirchhof P, Kluge S, Linke A, Landmesser U, Luedike P, Lüsebrink E, Mangner N, Maniuc O, Winkler SM, Nordbeck P, Orban M, Pappalardo F, Pauschinger M, Pazdernik M, Proudfoot A, Kelham M, Rassaf T, Reichenspurner H, Scherer C, Schulze PC, Schwinger RHG, Skurk C, Sramko M, Tavazzi G, Thiele H, Villanova L, Morici N, Wechsler A, Westenfeld R, Winzer E, Westermann D. Use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock. Eur J Heart Fail 2023; 25:562-572. [PMID: 36781178 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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AIMS Despite its high incidence and mortality risk, there is no evidence-based treatment for non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock (CS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for non-ischaemic CS treatment. METHODS AND RESULTS In this multicentre, international, retrospective study, data from 890 patients with non-ischaemic CS, defined as CS due to severe de-novo or acute-on-chronic heart failure with no need for urgent revascularization, treated with or without active MCS, were collected. The association between active MCS use and the primary endpoint of 30-day mortality was assessed in a 1:1 propensity-matched cohort. MCS was used in 386 (43%) patients. Patients treated with MCS presented with more severe CS (37% vs. 23% deteriorating CS, 30% vs. 25% in extremis CS) and had a lower left ventricular ejection fraction at baseline (21% vs. 25%). After matching, 267 patients treated with MCS were compared with 267 patients treated without MCS. In the matched cohort, MCS use was associated with a lower 30-day mortality (hazard ratio 0.76, 95% confidence interval 0.59-0.97). This finding was consistent through all tested subgroups except when CS severity was considered, indicating risk reduction especially in patients with deteriorating CS. However, complications occurred more frequently in patients with MCS; e.g. severe bleeding (16.5% vs. 6.4%) and access-site related ischaemia (6.7% vs. 0%). CONCLUSION In patients with non-ischaemic CS, MCS use was associated with lower 30-day mortality as compared to medical therapy only, but also with more complications. Randomized trials are needed to validate these findings.
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- Benedikt Schrage
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cardio Center, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Dept Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AO SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo Hospital IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany
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- Unità di Cure Intensive Cardiologiche and De Gasperis Cardio-Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Santa Maria Nascente Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Kliniken Nordoberpfalz AG, Weiden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Herzzentrum Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center, Freiburg, Germany
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Martens P, Dauw J, Verbrugge FH, Nijst P, Meekers E, Augusto SN, Ter Maaten JM, Damman K, Mebazaa A, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Tang WHW, Dupont M, Mullens W. Decongestion With Acetazolamide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Across the Spectrum of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Prespecified Analysis From the ADVOR Trial. Circulation 2023; 147:201-211. [PMID: 36335479 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.122.062486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Acetazolamide inhibits proximal tubular sodium reabsorption and improved decongestion in the ADVOR (Acetazolamide in Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload) trial. It remains unclear whether the decongestive effects of acetazolamide differ across the spectrum of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS This is a prespecified analysis of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ADVOR trial that enrolled 519 patients with acute heart failure (HF), clinical signs of volume overload (eg, edema, pleural effusion, or ascites), NTproBNP (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) >1000 ng/L, or BNP (B-type natriuretic peptide) >250 ng/mL to receive intravenous acetazolamide (500 mg once daily) or placebo in addition to standardized intravenous loop diuretics (twice that of the oral home maintenance dose). Randomization was stratified according to LVEF (≤40% or >40%). The primary end point was successful decongestion, defined as the absence of signs of volume overload within 3 days from randomization without the need for mandatory escalation of decongestive therapy because of poor urine output. RESULTS Median LVEF was 45% (25th to 75th percentile; 30% to 55%), and 43% had an LVEF ≤40%. Patients with lower LVEF were younger and more likely to be male with a higher prevalence of ischemic heart disease, higher NTproBNP, less atrial fibrillation, and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate. No interaction on the overall beneficial treatment effect of acetazolamide to the primary end point of successful decongestion (OR, 1.77 [95% CI, 1.18-2.63]; P=0.005; all P values for interaction >0.401) was found when LVEF was assessed per randomization stratum (≤40% or >40%), or as HF with reduced ejection fraction, HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction, and HF with preserved ejection fraction, or on a continuous scale. Acetazolamide resulted in improved diuretic response measured by higher cumulative diuresis and natriuresis and shortened length of stay without treatment effect modification by baseline LVEF (all P values for interaction >0.160). CONCLUSIONS When added to treatment with loop diuretics in patients with acute decompensated HF, acetazolamide improves the incidence of successful decongestion and diuretic response, and shortens length of stay without treatment effect modification by baseline LVEF. REGISTRATION URL: https://www. CLINICALTRIALS gov; Unique identifier: NCT03505788.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute (P.M., W.H.W.T.), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.,Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium (P.M., J.D., P.N., E.M., M.D., W.M.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium (P.M., J.D., P.N., E.M., M.D., W.M.).,Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium (J.D., E.M., W.M.)
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium (F.H.V.).,Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium (F.H.V.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium (P.M., J.D., P.N., E.M., M.D., W.M.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium (P.M., J.D., P.N., E.M., M.D., W.M.).,Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium (J.D., E.M., W.M.)
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute (S.N.A.), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- University of Groningen, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands (J.M.T.M. K.D.)
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- University of Groningen, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands (J.M.T.M. K.D.)
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm MASCOT, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris' France (A.M.)
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Greece (G.F.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland (F.R.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute (P.M., W.H.W.T.), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium (P.M., J.D., P.N., E.M., M.D., W.M.)
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg A.V., Genk, Belgium (P.M., J.D., P.N., E.M., M.D., W.M.).,Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium (J.D., E.M., W.M.)
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Mullens W, Dauw J, Martens P, Verbrugge FH, Nijst P, Meekers E, Tartaglia K, Chenot F, Moubayed S, Dierckx R, Blouard P, Troisfontaines P, Derthoo D, Smolders W, Bruckers L, Droogne W, Ter Maaten JM, Damman K, Lassus J, Mebazaa A, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Dupont M. Acetazolamide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload. N Engl J Med 2022; 387:1185-1195. [PMID: 36027559 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2203094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Whether acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor that reduces proximal tubular sodium reabsorption, can improve the efficiency of loop diuretics, potentially leading to more and faster decongestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure with volume overload, is unclear. METHODS In this multicenter, parallel-group, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned patients with acute decompensated heart failure, clinical signs of volume overload (i.e., edema, pleural effusion, or ascites), and an N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide level of more than 1000 pg per milliliter or a B-type natriuretic peptide level of more than 250 pg per milliliter to receive either intravenous acetazolamide (500 mg once daily) or placebo added to standardized intravenous loop diuretics (at a dose equivalent to twice the oral maintenance dose). Randomization was stratified according to the left ventricular ejection fraction (≤40% or >40%). The primary end point was successful decongestion, defined as the absence of signs of volume overload, within 3 days after randomization and without an indication for escalation of decongestive therapy. Secondary end points included a composite of death from any cause or rehospitalization for heart failure during 3 months of follow-up. Safety was also assessed. RESULTS A total of 519 patients underwent randomization. Successful decongestion occurred in 108 of 256 patients (42.2%) in the acetazolamide group and in 79 of 259 (30.5%) in the placebo group (risk ratio, 1.46; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17 to 1.82; P<0.001). Death from any cause or rehospitalization for heart failure occurred in 76 of 256 patients (29.7%) in the acetazolamide group and in 72 of 259 patients (27.8%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.78 to 1.48). Acetazolamide treatment was associated with higher cumulative urine output and natriuresis, findings consistent with better diuretic efficiency. The incidence of worsening kidney function, hypokalemia, hypotension, and adverse events was similar in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS The addition of acetazolamide to loop diuretic therapy in patients with acute decompensated heart failure resulted in a greater incidence of successful decongestion. (Funded by the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Center; ADVOR ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03505788.).
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- Wilfried Mullens
- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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- From Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk (W.M., J.D., P.M., P.N., E.M., K.T., M.D.), Hasselt University, Hasselt (W.M., J.D., E.M., L.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette (F.H.V.), Grand Hôpital de Charleroi (F.C.) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi (S.M.), Charleroi, OLV Hospital, Aalst (R.D.), Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge (P.B.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Citadelle Hospital, Liege (P.T.), AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk (D.D.), AZ Klina, Brasschaat (W.S.), and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W.D.) - all in Belgium; the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.M.T.M., K.D.); the Heart and Lung Center, Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki (J.L.); Université Paris Cité, INSERM MASCOT (Cardiovascular Markers in Stressed Conditions), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (A.M.); the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); and Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich (F.R.)
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Dauw J, Sokolski M, Middleton JT, Nijst P, Dupont M, Forouzan O, Rothman AM, Ruschitzka F, Flammer AJ, Mullens W. Ambulatory haemodynamic-guided management reduces heart failure hospitalizations in a multicentre European heart failure cohort. ESC Heart Fail 2022; 9:3858-3867. [PMID: 35916354 PMCID: PMC9773754 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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AIMS To investigate the outcomes and associated costs of haemodynamic-guided heart failure (HF) management with a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) sensor in a multicentre European cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from all consecutive patients receiving a PAP sensor in Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, University Hospital Zurich and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust before January 2021 were collected. Medication changes, total number of HF hospitalizations and HF related health care costs (composed of HF hospitalizations, outpatient cardiology visits and monitoring costs) were compared between the pre-implantation and post-implantation period at 3, 6, and 12 months. PAP evolution post-implantation were grouped according to baseline mPAP ≥25 mmHg versus <25 mmHg and changes from baseline were analyzed via an area under the curve (AUC) analysis. A total of 48 patients received a PAP sensor (29 CardioMEMS and 19 Cordella devices) with a median follow-up of 19 (13-30) months. Mean age was 71 ± 10 years, 25.0% were female, 68.8% had a left ventricular ejection fraction < 50%, median NT-proBNP was 1801 (827-4503) pg/mL, and 89.6% were in NYHA class III. The number of diuretic therapy changes were non-significantly increased after 3 months (49 vs. 82; P = 0.284) and 6 months (82 vs. 127; P = 0.093) with a significant increase noted after 12 months (118 vs. 195; P = 0.005). The mPAP AUC decreased by -1418 mmHg-days for patients with a baseline mean PAP ≥ 25 mmHg. The number of HF hospitalizations was reduced for all patients after 6 (34 vs. 17; P = 0.014) and 12 months (48 vs. 29; P = 0.032). HF related health care costs were reduced from € 6286 to € 3761 at 6 months (P = 0.012) and from € 8960 to € 6167 at 12 months (P = 0.032). CONCLUSION Haemodynamic-guided HF management reduces HF hospitalizations and HF related health care costs in selected HF patients amongst different European health care systems.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of CardiologyZiekenhuis Oost‐LimburgGenkBelgium,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRCUHasselt – Hasselt UniversityDiepenbeekBelgium
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- University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland,Institute of Heart DiseasesWroclaw Medical UniversityWroclawPoland
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular DiseaseUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- Department of CardiologyZiekenhuis Oost‐LimburgGenkBelgium
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- Department of CardiologyZiekenhuis Oost‐LimburgGenkBelgium
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular DiseaseUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- University Heart CenterUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of CardiologyZiekenhuis Oost‐LimburgGenkBelgium,Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRCUHasselt – Hasselt UniversityDiepenbeekBelgium
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Mullens W, Dauw J, Martens P, Meekers E, Nijst P, Verbrugge FH, Chenot F, Moubayed S, Dierckx R, Blouard P, Derthoo D, Smolders W, Ector B, Hulselmans M, Lochy S, Raes D, Van Craenenbroeck E, Vandekerckhove H, Hofkens PJ, Goossens K, Pouleur AC, De Ceuninck M, Gabriel L, Timmermans P, Prihadi EA, Van Durme F, Depauw M, Vervloet D, Viaene E, Vachiery JL, Tartaglia K, Ter Maaten JM, Bruckers L, Droogne W, Troisfontaines P, Damman K, Lassus J, Mebazaa A, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Dupont M. Acetazolamide in Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload trial (ADVOR): Baseline Characteristics. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:1601-1610. [PMID: 35733283 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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AIMS To describe the baseline characteristics of participants in the Acetazolamide in Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload (ADVOR) trial and compare these with other contemporary diuretic trials in acute heart failure (AHF). METHODS AND RESULTS ADVOR recruited 519 patients with AHF, clinically evident volume overload, elevated NT-proBNP and maintenance loop diuretictherapy prior to admission. All participants received standardized loop diuretics and were randomised towards once daily intravenous acetazolamide (500 mg) versus placebo, stratified according to study centre and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (≤40% vs. >40%). The primary endpoint was successful decongestion assessed by a dedicated score indicating no more than trace oedema and no other signs of congestion after 3 consecutive days of treatment without need for escalating treatment. Mean age was 78 years, 63% were men, mean LVEF was 43%, and median NT-proBNP 6173 pg/mL. The median clinical congestion score was 4 with an EuroQol-5 dimensions health utility index of 0.6. Patients with LVEF ≤40% were more often male, had more ischaemic heart disease, higher levels of NT-proBNP and less atrial fibrillation. Compared with diuretic trials in AHF, patients enrolled in ADVOR were considerably older with higher NT-proBNP levels, reflecting the real-world clinical situation. CONCLUSION ADVOR is the largest randomised diuretic trial in AHF, investigating acetazolamide to improve decongestion on top of standardized loop diuretics. The elderly enrolled population with poor quality of life provides a good representation of the real-world AHF population. The pragmatic design will provide novel insights in the diuretic treatment of patients with AHF.
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- Wilfried Mullens
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Hasselt University, Diepenbeek/Hasselt, Belgium
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- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Jette, Belgium.,Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.,Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- University of Groningen, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Heart and Lung Center and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Dauw J, Martens P, Nijst P, Meekers E, Deferm S, Gruwez H, Rivero-Ayerza M, Van Herendael H, Pison L, Nuyens D, Dupont M, Mullens W. The MADIT-ICD benefit score helps to select implantable cardioverter-defibrillator candidates in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Europace 2022; 24:1276-1283. [PMID: 35352116 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac039] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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AIMS The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the MADIT-ICD benefit score can predict who benefits most from the addition of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in real-world patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and to compare this with selection according to a multidisciplinary expert centre approach. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive HFrEF patients who received a CRT for a guideline indication at a tertiary care hospital (Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium) between October 2008 and September 2016, were retrospectively evaluated. The MADIT-ICD benefit groups (low, intermediate, and high) were compared with the current multidisciplinary expert centre approach. Endpoints were (i) sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) and (ii) non-arrhythmic mortality. Of the 475 included patients, 165 (34.7%) were in the lowest, 220 (46.3%) in the intermediate, and 90 (19.0%) in the highest benefit group. After a median follow-up of 34 months, VT/VF occurred in 3 (1.8%) patients in the lowest, 9 (4.1%) in the intermediate, and 13 (14.4%) in the highest benefit group (P < 0.001). Vice versa, non-arrhythmic death occurred in 32 (19.4%) in the lowest, 32 (14.6%) in the intermediate, and 3 (3.3%) in the highest benefit group (P = 0.002). The predictive power for ICD benefit was comparable between expert multidisciplinary judgement and the MADIT-ICD benefit score: Uno's C-statistic 0.69 vs. 0.69 (P = 0.936) for VT/VF and 0.62 vs. 0.60 (P = 0.790) for non-arrhythmic mortality. CONCLUSION The MADIT-ICD benefit score can identify who benefits most from CRT-D and is comparable with multidisciplinary judgement in a CRT expert centre.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Martens P, Dupont M, Dauw J, Nijst P, Tang WHW, Mullens W. The effect of Intravenous ferric-carboxymaltose on right ventricular function - insights from the IRON-CRT trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:1106-1113. [PMID: 35303390 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) improves left ventricular (LV) function in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Yet, the effect of FCM on right ventricular (RV) function remains insufficiently elucidated. METHODS This is a predefined analysis of the IRON-CRT trial in which symptomatic HFrEF patients with iron deficiency and reduced LV ejection (LVEF) despite optimal medical therapy and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) underwent 1:1-randomization to FCM or placebo in a double blind fashion. RV function was measured as the change from baseline to 3-month follow-up of RV fractional area change (FAC), TAPSE and RV S', systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) and its coupling to the RV (TAPSE/SPAP-ratio). The RV-contractile reserve was measured as the change in TAPSE during incremental pacing at 70, 90 and 110 Bpm. RESULTS A total of 75 patients underwent randomization and received FCM(n= 37) or placebo(n=38). At baseline 72.5% had RV dysfunction and 70% had RV dilatation. At 3-month follow-up patients receiving FCM had a significant improvement in RV FAC (Placebo=-2.2%[-4.9%-+0.6%] vs FCM=+4.1%[+1.4%-+6.9%], p=0.002) and TAPSE (placebo=-0.19mm[-0.85mm-+0.48mm] vs FCM=+0.98mm[+0.28mm-+1.62mm], p=0.020), but not RV S'. Patients receiving FCM had a numerically lower SPAP (p=0.073) and significant improvement in TAPSE/SPAP-ratio (placebo= +0.002[-0.046-+0.051] vs FCM= +0.097[+0.048-+0.146], p=0.008). At baseline both groups had diminished RV-contractile reserve during incremental pacing, which was attenuated at 3-month follow-up in the FCM group (p=0.004). Patients manifesting more RV function improvement were more likely to exhibit higher degrees of LVEF-improvement (p<0.05 for all). CONCLUSIONS Treatment with FCM in HFrEF patients results in an improvement in RV function and structure and improves the RV-contractile reserve.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of cardiovascular medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.,Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of cardiovascular medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Data science institute, Centrum for statistics (CenStat), University Hasselt
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Dauw J, Mullens W, Girerd N. The Fasted Way to the Heart is Through the Veins: Towards a Better Understanding of Congestion. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:463-465. [PMID: 35118776 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jeroen Dauw
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Université de Lorraine, Inserm, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques - 1433, and Inserm DCAC, CHRU Nancy, F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France
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Dauw J, Lelonek M, Zegri-Reiriz I, Paredes-Paucar CP, Zara C, George V, Cobo-Marcos M, Knappe D, Shchekochikhin D, Lekhakul A, Klincheva M, Frea S, Miró Ò, Barker D, Borbély A, Nasr S, Doghmi N, de la Espriella R, Singh JS, Bovolo V, Fialho I, Ross NT, van den Heuvel M, Benkouar R, Findeisen H, Alhaddad IA, Al Balbissi K, Barge-Caballero G, Ghazi AM, Bruckers L, Martens P, Mullens W. Rationale and Design of the Efficacy of a Standardized Diuretic Protocol in Acute Heart Failure Study. ESC Heart Fail 2021; 8:4685-4692. [PMID: 34708555 PMCID: PMC8712839 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims Although acute heart failure (AHF) with volume overload is treated with loop diuretics, their dosing and type of administration are mainly based upon expert opinion. A recent position paper from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) proposed a step‐wise pharmacologic diuretic strategy to increase the diuretic response and to achieve rapid decongestion. However, no study has evaluated this protocol prospectively. Methods and results The Efficacy of a Standardized Diuretic Protocol in Acute Heart Failure (ENACT‐HF) study is an international, multicentre, non‐randomized, open‐label, pragmatic study in AHF patients on chronic loop diuretic therapy, admitted to the hospital for intravenous loop diuretic therapy, aiming to enrol 500 patients. Inclusion criteria are as follows: at least one sign of volume overload (oedema, ascites, or pleural effusion), use ≥ 40 mg of furosemide or equivalent for >1 month, and a BNP > 250 ng/L or an N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide > 1000 pg/L. The study is designed in two sequential phases. During Phase 1, all centres will treat consecutive patients according to the local standard of care. In the Phase 2 of the study, all centres will implement a standardized diuretic protocol in the next cohort of consecutive patients. The protocol is based upon the recently published HFA algorithm on diuretic use and starts with intravenous administration of two times the oral home dose. It includes early assessment of diuretic response with a spot urinary sodium measurement after 2 h and urine output after 6 h. Diuretics will be tailored further based upon these measurements. The study is powered for its primary endpoint of natriuresis after 1 day and will be able to detect a 15% difference with 80% power. Secondary endpoints are natriuresis and diuresis after 2 days, change in congestion score, change in weight, in‐hospital mortality, and length of hospitalization. Conclusions The ENACT‐HF study will investigate whether a step‐wise diuretic approach, based upon early assessment of urinary sodium and urine output as proposed by the HFA, is feasible and able to improve decongestion in AHF with volume overload.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk, 3600, Belgium.,UHasselt-Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Noninvasive Cardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of cardiology, sonography and functional diagnostics, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Division of Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Emergency Department, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke on Trent, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Cardiology, Mount Lebanon Hospital-Balamand University Medical Center, Hazmiyeh, Lebanon
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU Ibn Sina, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- The Heart Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Michele e Pietro Ferrero Hospital, Verduno, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
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- Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Cardiology, Thorax Centrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Benyoucef Benkhedda Faculty of Medicine, Mustapha Pacha Hospital, University of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Bremen, Germany
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- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- I-BioStat, Data Science Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk, 3600, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk, 3600, Belgium.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Dauw J, Dupont M, Martens P, Nijst P, Mullens W. Cardiac device troubleshooting in the intensive care unit: an educational review. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2021; 10:1086-1098. [PMID: 34697640 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuab085] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Numerous patients with a cardiac implantable electronic device are admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU). When taking care of these patients, it is essential to have basic knowledge of potential device problems and how they could be tackled. This review summarizes common issues with pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization devices and provides a framework for troubleshooting in the ICU. In addition, specific aspects of intensive care that might interfere with cardiac devices are discussed.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Gruwez H, Evens S, Desteghe L, Knaepen L, Dreesen P, Wouters F, Deferm S, Dauw J, Smeets C, Pison L, Haemers P, Heidbuchel H, Vandervoort P. Performance of an artificial intelligence algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation on a 24-hour continuous photoplethysmography recording using a smartwatch: ACURATE study. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0489] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
In the awakening era of mobile health, wearable devices capable of detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) are on the rise. Smartwatches and wristbands are equipped with photoplethysmography (PPG) technology that enables (semi)continuous rhythm monitoring. These devices have been pioneered already in a few screening trials. However, such devices are being spread among consumers at a pace that is not paralleled by the evidence supporting their clinical performance. This imbalance reflects the urgent need for validation studies.
Purpose
To determine the diagnostic performance of an artificial intelligence algorithm to detect AF using photoplethysmography acquired by a smartwatch.
Methods
One hundred patients (≥18 years) without a pacemaker-dependent heart rhythm who were referred to a university hospital or a large tertiary hospital for elective 24-hour ECG Holter monitoring were asked to wear a continuous PPG monitoring smartwatch (i.e. Samsung GWA2 or Empatica E4) simultaneously with the Holter. All activities of daily life were allowed. The ECG trace and PPG waveform were synchronised and fragmented in one-minute fragements. The one-minute ECG fragments were labelled as AF, non-AF, or insufficient quality based on the routine clinical interpretation of the 24-hour Holter (i.e. software + physician overreading). The one-minute PPG fragments were analysed by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm (i.e. FibriCheck) and were given the same labels. Diagnostic metrics of the PPG AI algorithm were calculated with respect to the ECG interpretation, for all fragments with sufficient quality for both PPG and ECG.
Results
Four patients had to be excluded due to technical error (3 Holter errors, 1 smartwatch error). The mean age in the remaining study population (n=96) was 59±16 years, 51 (53%) were men and 15 (15.6%) were known with permanent AF. In this population, simultaneous ECG and PPG monitoring was recorded for 115,245 one-minute fragments. Fragments of insufficient quality for ECG (n=1,454; 1.3%), PPG (n=25,704; 22.3%) or both (n=15,362; 13.3%) were excluded. PPG fragments were more frequently of insufficient quality (p<0.001). AF was present in 10,255 (14.1%) of the resulting 72,725 high-quality one-minute fragments. The sensitivity of PPG to detect AF was 93.4% (CI 92.9% - 93.8%). The specificity of PPG to exclude AF was 98.4% (CI 98.3% - 98.5%). As a result, the overall accuracy of the PPG algorithm on one-minute fragment level was 97.7% (CI 97.6%- 97.8%).
Conclusion
Continuous out-of-hospital PPG monitoring using a smartwatch in combination with an AI algorithm can accurately discriminate between AF and non-AF rhythms in a heterogenous patient population. PPG quality is more often affected than ECG quality during daily life activities.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Research Foundation-Flanders, Strategic Basic Research Fund
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- H Gruwez
- University of Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- Qompium NV, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University Hospital Antwerp, Cardiology, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hasselt University, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Hasselt University, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Hasselt University, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Future Health Department, Genk, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospital Antwerp, Cardiology, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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Gruwez H, Evens S, Desteghe L, Dreesen P, Knaepen L, Wouters F, Dauw J, Deferm S, Smeets C, Pison L, Haemers P, Heidbuchel H, Vandervoort P. Assessment of heart rate agreement on continuous photoplethysmography monitoring using a smartwatch versus beat-to-beat synchronized ECG monitoring. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
In the awakening era of mobile health, wearables equipped with photoplethysmography (PPG) technology to monitor the heart rate (HR) and rhythm are on the rise. Smartwatches and wristbands enable HR monitoring for consumers at massive scale. Unfortunately, once consumers become patients, physicians are limited by insufficient evidence to support the clinical use of PPG based wearables. Accurate identification of heartbeats is the first step in the interpretation of PPG traces and should be validated.
Purpose
To assess the agreement between continuous PPG monitoring using a smartwatch and continuous ECG Holter monitoring in the identification of heartbeats and calculation of the HR.
Methods
One hundred patients (≥18 years) without a pacemaker-dependent heart rhythm who were referred to a university hospital and a large tertiary hospital for elective 24-hour ECG Holter monitoring were asked to wear a continuous PPG monitoring smartwatch (i.e. Samsung GWA2 or Empatica E4) simultaneously with the 24-hour Holter monitor. All activities of daily life were allowed. The ECG trace and PPG waveform were synchronised and fragmented in one-minute fragments. The one-minute ECG fragments were labelled as AF, non-AF, or insufficient quality based on the routine clinical interpretation (i.e. software + physician overreading), and the average HR during each fragment was calculated by Holter algorithm. The PPG fragments were analysed by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm (i.e. FibriCheck) that labelled fragments as sufficient or insufficient quality, identified the number of heartbeats and calculated the HR. The agreement between the HR on ECG and PPG in sufficient quality tracings was analysed with linear regression, Pearson's product-moment correlation and Bland-Altman analysis. A subanalysis was performed for AF rhythm and non-AF rhythms.
Results
A total of 72,725 simultaneous ECG and PPG one-minute fragments were recorded in 96 patients, after excluding 4 patients (due to 3 Holter and 1 smartwatch technical error) and 42,520 minutes (36.9%) of insufficient quality (ECG 1,454 (1.3%); PPG 25,704 (22.3%), ECG and PPG 15,362 (13.3%)). The correlation (r=0.935) between ECG and PPG HR was statistically significant (CI 0.934–0.936; P<0.001), with a mean difference between ECG and PPG of 0.8bpm. The lower and upper limit boundary (LLB and ULB; defined as ±1.96 SD) were −8.0bpm and 9.7bpm, respectively, i.e. 95% of PPG measurements identified the HR within 8bpm below or 10bpm above the ECG reference. The mean difference between ECG and PPG HR in the AF subgroup (n=10,255 (14.1%)) was 0.9bpm (LLB −8.4bpm; ULB 10.2bpm) and 0.8bpm in the non-AF subgroup (LLB −0.8bpm; ULB 9.6bpm).
Conclusion
The AI algorithm analysing continuous out-of-hospital PPG tracings can annotate heartbeats and assess HR without a clinically significant bias compared to continuous ECG monitoring, both during AF and non-AF rhythms in a heterogenous patient population.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Research Foundation-Flanders, Strategic Basic Research Fund Correlation plot & Bland-Altman plot
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Affiliation(s)
- H Gruwez
- University of Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- Qompium NV, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University Hospital Antwerp, Cardiology, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hasselt University, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University Hospital Antwerp, Cardiology, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hasselt University, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Future Health Department, Genk, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospital Antwerp, Cardiology, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Department of Cardiology, Genk, Belgium
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Sokolski M, Trenson S, Sokolska JM, D'Amario D, Meyer P, Poku NK, Biering-Sørensen T, Højbjerg Lassen MC, Skaarup KG, Barge-Caballero E, Pouleur AC, Stolfo D, Sinagra G, Ablasser K, Muster V, Rainer PP, Wallner M, Chiodini A, Heiniger PS, Mikulicic F, Schwaiger J, Winnik S, Cakmak HA, Gaudenzi M, Mapelli M, Mattavelli I, Paul M, Cabac-Pogorevici I, Bouleti C, Lilliu M, Minoia C, Dauw J, Costa J, Celik A, Mewton N, Montenegro CEL, Matsue Y, Loncar G, Marchel M, Bechlioulis A, Michalis L, Dörr M, Prihadi E, Schoenrath F, Messroghli DR, Mullens W, Lund LH, Rosano GMC, Ponikowski P, Ruschitzka F, Flammer AJ. Heart failure in COVID-19: the multicentre, multinational PCHF-COVICAV registry. ESC Heart Fail 2021; 8:4955-4967. [PMID: 34533287 PMCID: PMC8653014 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims We assessed the outcome of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patients with heart failure (HF) compared with patients with other cardiovascular disease and/or risk factors (arterial hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidaemia). We further wanted to determine the incidence of HF events and its consequences in these patient populations. Methods and results International retrospective Postgraduate Course in Heart Failure registry for patients hospitalized with COVID‐19 and CArdioVascular disease and/or risk factors (arterial hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidaemia) was performed in 28 centres from 15 countries (PCHF‐COVICAV). The primary endpoint was in‐hospital mortality. Of 1974 patients hospitalized with COVID‐19, 1282 had cardiovascular disease and/or risk factors (median age: 72 [interquartile range: 62–81] years, 58% male), with HF being present in 256 [20%] patients. Overall in‐hospital mortality was 25% (n = 323/1282 deaths). In‐hospital mortality was higher in patients with a history of HF (36%, n = 92) compared with non‐HF patients (23%, n = 231, odds ratio [OR] 1.93 [95% confidence interval: 1.44–2.59], P < 0.001). After adjusting, HF remained associated with in‐hospital mortality (OR 1.45 [95% confidence interval: 1.01–2.06], P = 0.041). Importantly, 186 of 1282 [15%] patients had an acute HF event during hospitalization (76 [40%] with de novo HF), which was associated with higher in‐hospital mortality (89 [48%] vs. 220 [23%]) than in patients without HF event (OR 3.10 [2.24–4.29], P < 0.001). Conclusions Hospitalized COVID‐19 patients with HF are at increased risk for in‐hospital death. In‐hospital worsening of HF or acute HF de novo are common and associated with a further increase in in‐hospital mortality.
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- Mateusz Sokolski
- Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.,Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland.,Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.,Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Service, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Cardiology Service, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), A Coruña, Spain
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc and Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital of Trieste - ASUGI, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital of Trieste - ASUGI, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,Cardiovascular Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine, CBmed GmbH, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Mustafakemalpasa State Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Cardiovascular Section, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Cardiovascular Section, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Heart Center Lucerne, Luzerner Kantonsspital (LUKS), Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Nicolae Testemitanu", Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Cardiology Department, Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) INSERM 1402, Poitiers Hospital, Poitiers University, Poitiers, France
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Azienda ULSS 9, M. Magalini Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Public Health Company Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life sciences, LCRC, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Reims University Hospital Centre, Reims, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey
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- Cardiovascular Hospital Louis Pradel, Department of Heart Failure, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Clinical Investigation Center, Inserm 1407, Lyon, France.,CARMEN Inserm 1060, Claude Bernard University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- PROCAPE- Pronto Socorro Cardiológico de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Cardiovascular Respiratory Sleep Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Cardiology, Charité University Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine-Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Unit of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland
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Gruwez H, Proesmans T, Evens S, Verbrugge FH, Deferm S, Dauw J, Willems R, Vandervoort P, Haemers P, Pison L. Atrial Fibrillation Population Screening. Card Electrophysiol Clin 2021; 13:531-542. [PMID: 34330379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2021.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with adverse outcomes. Screening may lead to earlier recognition and treatment of asymptomatic AF. However, most evidence regarding AF applies to clinical AF, with symptoms or electrocardiographic diagnosis. Whether this evidence can be translated toward subclinical AF, without symptoms and detected by novel, more continuous screening devices is uncertain. The diagnostic yield of screening is determined by the screening population, tool, duration and frequency. Longer and more frequent screening in a higher risk population leads to more effective screening. New devices based on photoplethysmography and single-lead electrocardiography increase convenience and the likelihood of cost-effectiveness.
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- Henri Gruwez
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Doctoral School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium; Cardiology, University hospitals Leuven Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Qompium, Kempische steenweg, 303 27, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Qompium, Kempische steenweg, 303 27, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University Hospital Brussels, Avenue du Laerbeek 101, 1090 Jette, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Doctoral School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Doctoral School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Cardiology, University hospitals Leuven Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Doctoral School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Cardiology, University hospitals Leuven Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
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Martens P, ter Maaten JM, Vanhaen D, Heeren E, Caers T, Bovens B, Dauw J, Dupont M, Mullens W. Heart failure is associated with accelerated age related metabolic bone disease. Acta Cardiol 2021; 76:718-726. [PMID: 32498656 DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2020.1771885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The heart failure (HF)-syndrome is associated with neuro-hormonal activation, chronic kidney disease (CKD), inflammation and alterations in the phosphorus-metabolism, all of which are involved in regulation of mineral bone density. However, the role of HF as an independent factor associated with metabolic bone disease (MBD) remains unclear. METHODS HF-patients undergoing dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) were matched in a 1:2 fashion against age and gender matched controls without HF, to determine the proportion of osteoporosis (T-score < -2.5). HF-status was tested against known predictors of MBD. Correlation analysis and Z-score analysis were used to assess the impact of HF on age-related bone demineralisation. RESULTS A total of 190 HF-patients (age = 80 ± 10 years, female = 61%) were age and gender matched to 380 controls. HF-patients had a higher proportion of osteoporosis (26 vs 17%; p = .007). HF patients had a lower averaged mineral bone density expressed in g/cm2 (p = .030), T-scores (p = .001) and Z-scores (p < .001). After adjusting for the individual osteoporosis risk-factors of the FRAX-score, difference in baseline features, kidney function and phosphorus-metabolism alterations, heart failure remained independently associated with a lower averaged T-score (Adjusted β = -0.189; p = .017). Heart failure was associated with an accelerated age-related decline in mineral bone density (p = .0418). Therapies with ACE-I or ARBs and beta-blockers associated with ameliorated bone demineralisation (p = .023, respectively p = .029), while loop diuretic associated with worsened bone demineralization (p < .001). CONCLUSION Heart failure independently associates with MBD and higher prevalence of osteoporosis. Heart failure aggravates the aged related loss in mineral bone density while treatment with neuro-hormonal blockers seemed to ameliorate this finding.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Deferm S, Bertrand PB, Verhaert D, Dauw J, Van Keer JM, Van De Bruaene A, Herregods MC, Meuris B, Verbrugghe P, Rex S, Vandervoort PM, Rega F. Outcome and durability of mitral valve annuloplasty in atrial secondary mitral regurgitation. Heart 2021; 107:1503-1509. [PMID: 34415852 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2021-319045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Atrial secondary mitral regurgitation (ASMR) is a clinically distinct form of Carpentier type I mitral regurgitation (MR), rooted in excessive atrial and mitral annular dilation in the absence of left ventricular dysfunction. Mitral valve annuloplasty (MVA) is expected to provide a more durable solution for ASMR than for ventricular secondary MR (VSMR). Yet data on MR recurrence and outcome after MVA for ASMR are scarce. This study sought to investigate surgical outcomes and repair durability in patients with ASMR, as compared with a contemporary group of patients with VSMR. METHODS Clinical and echocardiographic data from consecutive patients who underwent MVA to treat ASMR or VSMR in an academic centre were retrospectively analysed. Patient characteristics, operative outcomes, time to recurrence of ≥moderate MR and all-cause mortality were compared between patients with ASMR versus VSMR. RESULTS Of the 216 patients analysed, 97 had ASMR opposed to 119 with VSMR and subvalvular leaflet tethering. Patients with ASMR were typically female (68.0% vs 33.6% in VSMR, p<0.001), with a history of atrial fibrillation (76.3% vs 33.6% in VSMR, p<0.001), paralleling a larger left atrial size (p<0.033). At a median follow-up of 3.3 (IQR 1.0-7.3) years, recurrence of ≥moderate MR was significantly lower in ASMR versus VSMR (7% vs 25% at 2 years, overall log-rank p=0.001), also when accounting for all-cause death as competing risk (subdistribution HR 0.50 in ASMR, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.88, p=0.016). Moreover, ASMR was associated with better overall survival compared with VSMR (adjusted HR 0.43 95% CI 0.22 to 0.82, p=0.011), independent from baseline European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II surgical risk score. CONCLUSION Prognosis following MVA to treat ASMR is better, compared with VSMR as reflected by lower all-cause mortality and MR recurrence. Early distinction of secondary MR towards underlying ventricular versus atrial disease has important therapeutic implications.
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- Sébastien Deferm
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium .,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Martens P, Kooij J, Maessen L, Dauw J, Dupont M, Mullens W. The importance of developing hyperkalaemia in heart failure during long-term follow-up. Acta Cardiol 2021; 76:589-597. [PMID: 32264757 DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2020.1748346] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperkalaemia is a potentially life-threatening condition. Furthermore, it is one of the main reasons for discontinuation and dose reduction of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi) in clinical practice. However, exact data on the prevalence and consequences of occurrence of hyperkalaemia when taking RAASi in a dedicated heart failure care setting are scarce. METHODS Consecutive patients diagnosed with heart failure from a single tertiary hospital between August 2000 and May 2017 were retrospectively evaluated. Primary endpoint was the development of hyperkalaemia (≥5.5 mmol/L) at any moment during follow-up. RESULTS About 396 patients were included in the current analysis (mean follow-up 6.9 years). 26% (n = 104) and 12% (n = 46) of patients developed hyperkalaemia (≥5.5 mmol/L and ≥6.0 mmol/L, respectively). Diabetes mellitus (OR = 1.80, 95% CI = 1.03-3.19) and baseline creatinine (mg/dL) (OR = 2.37, 95% CI = 2.37-3.85) were independent risk factors for hyperkalaemia. Development of hyperkalaemia was associated with 6.5 higher odds for recurrence. Only 10% developed hyperkalaemia during up-titration of RAASi, while 90% developed during later follow-up on stable doses of RAASi. hyperkalaemia was not associated with worse outcome after multivariate adjustment for baseline co-morbidities. However, hyperkalaemia was associated with discontinuation and lower doses of MRAs during follow-up (p = 0.007). Discontinuation of MRA due to hyperkalaemia was associated with an increase in all-cause mortality in HFrEF patients (HR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.05-2.99). CONCLUSIONS Approximately, one-fourth of patients developed hyperkalaemia during follow-up which was associated with a lower MRA dose during follow-up. Discontinuation of MRA, but not hyperkalaemia itself, was associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and heart failure admission in HFrEF patients.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Tersalvi G, Gasperetti A, Schiavone M, Dauw J, Gobbi C, Denora M, Krul JD, Cioffi GM, Mitacchione G, Forleo GB. Acute heart failure in elderly patients: a review of invasive and non-invasive management. J Geriatr Cardiol 2021; 18:560-576. [PMID: 34404992 PMCID: PMC8352772 DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a major cause of unplanned hospitalisations in the elderly and is associated with high mortality. Its prevalence has grown in the last years due to population aging and longer life expectancy of chronic heart failure patients. Although international societies have provided guidelines for the management of AHF in the general population, scientific evidence for geriatric patients is often lacking, as these are underrepresented in clinical trials. Elderly have a different risk profile with more comorbidities, disability, and frailty, leading to increased morbidity, longer recovery time, higher readmission rates, and higher mortality. Furthermore, therapeutic options are often limited, due to unfeasibility of invasive strategies, mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation. Thus, the in-hospital management of AHF should be tailored to each patient's clinical situation, cardiopulmonary condition and geriatric assessment. Palliative care should be considered in some cases, in order to avoid unnecessary diagnostics and/or treatments. After discharge, a strict follow-up through outpatient clinic or telemedicine is can improve quality of life and reduce rehospitalisation rates. The aim of this review is to offer an insight on current literature and provide a clinically oriented, patient-tailored approach regarding assessment, treatment and follow-up of elderly patients admitted for AHF.
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- Gregorio Tersalvi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Cardiology Unit, ASST-Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, ASST-Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Institut Cardiovasculaire de Caen, Hôpital Privé Saint Martin, Caen, France
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- Cardiology Unit, ASST-Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Cardiology Unit, ASST-Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, ASST-Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Martens P, Dupont M, Dauw J, Nijst P, Herbots L, Dendale P, Vandervoort P, Bruckers L, Tang WHW, Mullens W. The effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on cardiac reverse remodelling following cardiac resynchronization therapy-the IRON-CRT trial. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:4905-4914. [PMID: 34185066 PMCID: PMC8691806 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aims Iron deficiency is common in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and negatively affects cardiac function and structure. The study the effect of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) on cardiac reverse remodelling and contractile status in HFrEF. Methods and results Symptomatic HFrEF patients with iron deficiency and a persistently reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF <45%) at least 6 months after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) implant were prospectively randomized to FCM or standard of care (SOC) in a double-blind manner. The primary endpoint was the change in LVEF from baseline to 3-month follow-up assessed by three-dimensional echocardiography. Secondary endpoints included the change in left ventricular end-systolic (LVESV) and end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) from baseline to 3-month follow-up. Cardiac performance was evaluated by the force–frequency relationship as assessed by the slope change of the cardiac contractility index (CCI = systolic blood pressure/LVESV index) at 70, 90, and 110 beats of biventricular pacing. A total of 75 patients were randomized to FCM (n = 37) or SOC (n = 38). At baseline, both treatment groups were well matched including baseline LVEF (34 ± 7 vs. 33 ± 8, P = 0.411). After 3 months, the change in LVEF was significantly higher in the FMC group [+4.22%, 95% confidence interval (CI) +3.05%; +5.38%] than in the SOC group (−0.23%, 95% CI −1.44%; +0.97%; P < 0.001). Similarly, LVESV (−9.72 mL, 95% CI −13.5 mL; −5.93 mL vs. −1.83 mL, 95% CI −5.7 mL; 2.1 mL; P = 0.001), but not LVEDV (P = 0.748), improved in the FCM vs. the SOC group. At baseline, both treatment groups demonstrated a negative force–frequency relationship, as defined by a decrease in CCI at higher heart rates (negative slope). FCM resulted in an improvement in the CCI slope during incremental biventricular pacing, with a positive force–frequency relationship at 3 months. Functional status and exercise capacity, as measured by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and peak oxygen consumption, were improved by FCM. Conclusions Treatment with FCM in HFrEF patients with iron deficiency and persistently reduced LVEF after CRT results in an improvement of cardiac function measured by LVEF, LVESV, and cardiac force–frequency relationship.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk 3600, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk 3600, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk 3600, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk 3600, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Stadsomvaart 11, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Stadsomvaart 11, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk 3600, Belgium
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- Data Science Institute, Centrum for Statistics (CenStat), University Hasselt, Agoralaan building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of cardiovascular medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J3-4, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, Genk 3600, Belgium.,Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan building C, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Dauw J, Martens P, Deferm S, Bertrand P, Nijst P, Hermans L, Van den Bergh M, Housen I, Hijjit A, Warnants M, Cottens D, Ferdinande B, Vrolix M, Dens J, Ameloot K, Dupont M, Mullens W. Left ventricular function recovery after ST-elevation myocardial infarction: correlates and outcomes. Clin Res Cardiol 2021; 110:1504-1515. [PMID: 34091698 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-021-01887-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Contemporary data on left ventricular function (LVF) recovery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are scarce and to date, no comparison has been made with patients with a baseline normal LVF. This study examined predictors of LVF recovery and its relation to outcomes in STEMI. METHODS Patients presenting with STEMI between January 2010 and December 2016 were categorized in three groups after 3 months according to left ventricular ejection fraction (EF): (i) baseline normal LVF (EF ≥ 50% at baseline); (ii) recovered LVF (EF < 50% at baseline and ≥ 50% after 3 months); and (iii) reduced LVF (EF < 50% at baseline and after 3 months). Heart failure hospitalization, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality were compared between the three groups. RESULTS Of 577 patients, 341 (59%) patients had a baseline normal LVF, 112 (19%) had a recovered LVF and 124 (22%) had a reduced LVF. Independent correlates of LVF recovery were higher baseline EF, lower peak troponin and cardiac arrest. After median 5.8 years, there was no difference in outcomes between patients with LVF recovery and baseline normal LVF. In contrast, even after multivariate adjustment, patients with persistently reduced LVF had a higher risk for heart failure hospitalization (HR 5.00; 95% CI 2.17-11.46) and all-cause mortality (HR 1.87; 95% CI 1.11-3.16). CONCLUSION In contemporary treated STEMI patients, prognosis is significantly worse in those with a persistently reduced LVF after 3 months, compared with patients with a baseline normal LVF and those with LVF recovery.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium. .,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute, LCRC, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Dauw J, Martens P, Tersalvi G, Schouteden J, Deferm S, Gruwez H, De Moor B, Nijst P, Dupont M, Mullens W. Diuretic response and effects of diuretic omission in ambulatory heart failure patients on chronic low-dose loop diuretic therapy. Eur J Heart Fail 2021; 23:1110-1119. [PMID: 33641220 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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AIMS To study loop diuretic response and effect of loop diuretic omission in ambulatory heart failure (HF) patients on chronic low-dose loop diuretics. METHODS AND RESULTS Urine collections were performed on two consecutive days in 40 ambulatory HF patients with 40-80 mg furosemide (day 1 with loop diuretic; day 2 without loop diuretic). Three phases were collected each day: (i) first 6 h; (ii) rest of the day; and (iii) night. On the day of loop diuretic intake, the total natriuresis was 125.9 (86.9-155.0) mmol/24 h and urine output was 1650 (1380-2025) mL/24 h. There was a clear loop diuretic response with a natriuresis of 9.4 (6.7-15.9) mmol/h and a urine output of 117 (83-167) mL/h during the first 6 h, followed by a significant drop in natriuresis and urine output during the rest of the day [2.6 (1.8-4.8) mmol/h and 55 (33-71) mL/h] and night [2.2 (1.6-3.5) mmol/h and 44 (34-73) mL/h]. On day 2, after loop diuretic omission, the natriuresis and urine output remained similarly low the entire day, resulting in a 50% reduction in natriuresis [55.1 (33.5-77.7) mmol/24 h; P < 0.001] and a 31% reduction in urine output [1035 (875-1425) mL/24 h; P < 0.001] compared with the day of loop diuretic intake. CONCLUSION Patients with HF on chronic loop diuretic treatment still have a clear diuretic response phase, while loop diuretic omission leads to a significant drop in natriuresis and urine output, arguing against routine cessation of low-dose loop diuretics.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Nephrology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,UHasselt - Hasselt University, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Martens P, Dupont M, Vermeersch P, Dauw J, Nijst P, Bito V, Mesotten L, Penders J, Janssens S, Tang WHW, Mullens W. Impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Global and Cardiac Metabolism and Cardiac Mitochondrial Function. J Card Fail 2021; 27:706-715. [PMID: 33639318 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, KU Leuven, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of cardiovascular medicine, KULeuven, UZLeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Department of Laboratory Medicine, KU Leuven, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Martens P, Verluyten L, Van de Broek H, Somers F, Dauw J, Dupont M, Mullens W. Determinants of maximal dose titration of sacubitril/valsartan in clinical practice. Acta Cardiol 2021; 76:20-29. [PMID: 31697901 DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2019.1686226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little information is available about the tolerability of uptitration to the maximal dose of sacubitril/valsartan and the predictors and clinical correlates of achieving such a dose. METHODS All consecutive heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who received sacubitril/valsartan for a class-IB indication in a tertiary heart failure clinic were retrospectively analysed. Predictors of maximal uptitration including associated changes in clinical parameters were assessed in patients with at least 1 follow-up. RESULTS A total of 401 HFrEF-patients received sacubitril/valsartan. Uptitration was possible in 41% and up to 32% of patients tolerated the maximal dose of sacubitril/valsartan. Younger age (HR = 0.862; CI = 0.751-0.989), higher systolic-blood-pressure (HR = 1.077; CI = 1.014-1.137), lower serum creatinine (HR = 0.064; CI = 0.005-0.822), and higher previous dose of renin-angiotensin-system-inhibitors (RASi [HR = 1.065; CI = 1.016-1.115]) independently predicted a higher odds of tolerating a maximal dose of sacubitril/valsartan. Patients who were seen more frequently in a structured heart failure clinic were also more likely to receive a maximal dose (p = .038). Patient assigned to the maximal dose, were more often able to reduce their loop diuretic dose (p = .001) and more often had an increase in serum creatinine (p = .011), without a higher risk for hyperkalemia (p = .524). An improvement in New York Heart Association class and the rate of heart failure hospitalisations was observed in all patients, independent of the sacubitril/valsartan dose. CONCLUSION Uptitration to the maximal dose of sacubitril/valsartan is possible in up to 32% of real-world HFrEF-patients in our cohort, which relates to both patient characteristics' as well as heart failure care-related factors.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
- Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Tersalvi G, Winterton D, Cioffi GM, Ghidini S, Roberto M, Biasco L, Pedrazzini G, Dauw J, Ameri P, Vicenzi M. Telemedicine in Heart Failure During COVID-19: A Step Into the Future. Front Cardiovasc Med 2020; 7:612818. [PMID: 33363223 PMCID: PMC7755592 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.612818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 worldwide pandemic, patients with heart failure are a high-risk group with potential higher mortality if infected. Although lockdown represents a solution to prevent viral spreading, it endangers regular follow-up visits and precludes direct medical assessment in order to detect heart failure progression and optimize treatment. Furthermore, lifestyle changes during quarantine may trigger heart failure decompensations. During the pandemic, a paradoxical reduction of heart failure hospitalization rates was observed, supposedly caused by patient reluctance to visit emergency departments and hospitals. This may result in an increased patient mortality and/or in more complicated heart failure admissions in the future. In this scenario, different telemedicine strategies can be implemented to ensure continuity of care to patients with heart failure. Patients at home can be monitored through dedicated apps, telephone calls, or devices. Virtual visits and forward triage screen the patients with signs or symptoms of decompensated heart failure. In-hospital care may benefit from remote communication platforms. After discharge, patients may undergo remote follow-up or telerehabilitation to prevent early readmissions. This review provides a comprehensive appraisal of the many possible applications of telemedicine for patients with heart failure during Coronavirus disease 2019 and elucidates practical limitations and challenges regarding specific telemedicine modalities.
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- Gregorio Tersalvi
- Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.,Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Dyspnea Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Torino 4, Ospedale di Ciriè, Ciriè, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Dyspnea Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.,Cardiovascular Disease Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Pellicori P, Platz E, Dauw J, Ter Maaten JM, Martens P, Pivetta E, Cleland JGF, McMurray JJV, Mullens W, Solomon SD, Zannad F, Gargani L, Girerd N. Ultrasound imaging of congestion in heart failure: examinations beyond the heart. Eur J Heart Fail 2020; 23:703-712. [PMID: 33118672 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Congestion, related to pressure and/or fluid overload, plays a central role in the pathophysiology, presentation and prognosis of heart failure and is an important therapeutic target. While symptoms and physical signs of fluid overload are required to make a clinical diagnosis of heart failure, they lack both sensitivity and specificity, which might lead to diagnostic delay and uncertainty. Over the last decades, new ultrasound methods for the detection of elevated intracardiac pressures and/or fluid overload have been developed that are more sensitive and specific, thereby enabling earlier and more accurate diagnosis and facilitating treatment strategies. Accordingly, we considered that a state-of-the-art review of ultrasound methods for the detection and quantification of congestion was timely, including imaging of the heart, lungs (B-lines), kidneys (intrarenal venous flow), and venous system (inferior vena cava and internal jugular vein diameter).
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- Pierpaolo Pellicori
- Robertson Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Genk, Belgium.,Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Division of Emergency Medicine and High Dependency Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Cancer Epidemiology Unit and CPO Piemonte, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Robertson Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Genk, Belgium.,Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique, INSERM 1433, CHRU de Nancy, Institut Lorrain du Coeur et des Vaisseaux, Nancy, France.,INI-CRCT (Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists) F-CRIN Network, Nancy, France
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique, INSERM 1433, CHRU de Nancy, Institut Lorrain du Coeur et des Vaisseaux, Nancy, France.,INI-CRCT (Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists) F-CRIN Network, Nancy, France
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Dauw J, Mullens W. Diuretics After Heart Failure Hospitalization, Not for All! J Am Coll Cardiol 2020; 76:2418. [PMID: 33183517 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tersalvi G, Dauw J, Gasperetti A, Winterton D, Cioffi GM, Scopigni F, Pedrazzini G, Mullens W. The value of urinary sodium assessment in acute heart failure. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2020; 10:216-223. [PMID: 33620424 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuaa006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a frequent medical condition that needs immediate evaluation and appropriate treatment. Patients with signs and symptoms of volume overload mostly require intravenous loop diuretics in the first hours of hospitalization. Some patients may develop diuretic resistance, resulting in insufficient and delayed decongestion, with increased mortality and morbidity. Urinary sodium measurement at baseline and/or during treatment has been proposed as a useful parameter to tailor diuretic therapy in these patients. This systematic review discusses the current sum of evidence regarding urinary sodium assessment to evaluate diuretic efficacy in AHF. We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Clinical Trials Register for published studies that tested urinary sodium assessment in patients with AHF.
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- Gregorio Tersalvi
- Department of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.,Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.,Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Mullens W, Martens P, Forouzan O, Dauw J, Vercammen J, Luwel E, Ceyssens W, Kockaerts V, Ameloot K, Dupont M. Effects of dapagliflozin on congestion assessed by remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring. ESC Heart Fail 2020; 7:2071-2073. [PMID: 32588973 PMCID: PMC7524114 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Aims To explore the effects of dapagliflozin on congestion through CardioMEMS (Abbott Inc., Atlanta, USA) and Cordella™ pulmonary artery Sensor (Endotronix Inc., Lisle, Il, USA) devices, which are implantable systems that provide real‐time remote monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP). Methods and results Single‐centre open label observational pilot trial, to investigate the short‐term effects of dapagliflozin in consecutive heart failure and reduced ejection fraction patients with elevated PAP between October and December 2019, previously implanted with CardioMEMS or Cordella™ Sensor. Changes in PAP were evaluated with an area under the curve methodology to estimate the total sum increase or decrease in pressures (mmHg/day) for 7 days before and after starting dapagliflozin relative to the first day of each period. Nine patients (72 ± 10 years, N‐terminal pro b‐type natriuretic peptide 1027 ± 510 pg/mL, estimated glomerular filtration rate 45 ± 15 mL/kg/m2, left ventricular ejection fraction 35 ± 10%), all on optimal guideline‐directed therapy was included. The mean PAP was reduced from 42 ± 9.16 to 38 ± 9.95 mmHg with dapagliflozin therapy (P < 0.05). The average area under the curve for the week leading to dapagliflozin therapy remained unchanged compared to the drop observed for the week after therapy (P < 0.05). Interestingly, the drop in PAP occurred within the first 2 days of dapagliflozin and remained stable for the week following the start of the therapy. Conclusions This is the first study to demonstrate a direct effect of dapagliflozin on achieving effective hemodynamic decongestion, providing further mechanistic data regarding the potential mechanisms of sodium‐glucose co‐transporter‐2 inhibitor benefits on heart failure.
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- Wilfried Mullens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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Martens P, Dupont M, Dauw J, Somers F, Herbots L, Timmermans P, Verwerft J, Mullens W. Rationale and design of the IRON-CRT trial: effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on reverse remodelling following cardiac resynchronization therapy. ESC Heart Fail 2019; 6:1208-1215. [PMID: 31562751 PMCID: PMC6989286 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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AIMS Iron deficiency is common in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), it is associated with a diminished reverse remodelling response and poor functional improvement. The latter is partially related to a loss in contractile force at higher heart rates (negative force-frequency relationship). METHODS AND RESULTS The effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on reverse remodelling following cardiac resynchronization therapy (IRON-CRT) trial is a multicentre, prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial in HFrEF patients who experienced incomplete reverse remodelling (defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction below <45%) at least 6 months after CRT. Additionally, patients need to have iron deficiency defined as a ferritin below 100 μg/L irrespective of transferrin saturation or a ferritin between 100 and 300 μg/L with a transferrin saturation <20%. Patients will be randomized to either intravenous ferric carboxymaltose (dose based according to Summary of Product Characteristics) or intravenous placebo. The primary objective is to evaluate the effect of ferric carboxymaltose on metrics of cardiac reverse remodelling and contractility, measured by the primary endpoint, change in left ventricular ejection fraction assessed by three-dimensional (3D) echo from baseline to 3 month follow-up and the secondary endpoints change in left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volume. The secondary objective is to determine if ferric carboxymaltose is capable of improving cardiac contractility in vivo, by assessing the force-frequency relationship through incremental biventricular pacing. A total of 100 patients will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion. CONCLUSIONS The IRON-CRT trial will determine the effect of ferric carboxymaltose on cardiac reverse remodelling and rate-dependent cardiac contractility in HFrEF patients.
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- Pieter Martens
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.,Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has proven to improve quality of life, reduce heart failure hospitalization, and prolong life in selected heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction, on optimal medical therapy and with electrical dyssynchrony. To ensure maximal benefit for CRT patients, optimization of care should be implemented. This begins with appropriate referring as well as selecting patients, knowing that the presence of left bundle branch block and QRS ≥ 150 ms is associated with the greatest reverse remodeling. The LV lead, preferably quadripolar, is best targeted in a postero-lateral position. After implantation, optimal device programming should aim for maximal biventricular pacing and in selected cases further electrical delay optimization might be of use. Even as important, is the implementation of thorough multidisciplinary heart failure care with medication uptitration, remote monitoring, rehabilitation, and patient education. The role of newer pacing strategies as endocardial or His-bundle pacing remains the subject of ongoing investigation.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium.
- Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, LCRC, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Dauw J, De Meester P, Van De Bruaene A, Gabriels C, Troost E, Budts W. Right heart morphology in elevated pulmonary artery pressure: relationship between echocardiographic and right heart catheterization data. Acta Cardiol 2014; 69:371-5. [PMID: 25181911 DOI: 10.1080/ac.69.4.3036652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND When elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is assessed by echocardiography, right heart morphology is always considered. The goal of this study was to evaluate how right heart geometry changes with increasing right ventricular pressure load. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Data from patients undergoing transthoracic echocardiography with subsequent right heart catheterization within a time period of 6 months were retrospectively analysed. First, Spearman-rho coefficients between mean PAP and right heart parameters were calculated. Second, the population was divided into tertiles according to mean PAP and Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis between variables was performed. RESULTS Fifty-four patients (23 female, median age 77 years, IQ range 63-83) were selected. Mean PAP (median 27 mmHg, IQ range 24-36), right atrial (RA) dilatation (median 1, IQ range 0-2), tricuspid insufficiency (TI) severity (median 1.5, IQ range 0-2) and right ventricular (RV) dilatation (median 0, IQ range 0) were included. Significant correlations with mean PAP were found for RA dilatation (rho = 0.380; P = 0.005) and TI severity (rho = 0.294; P = 0.032). No correlation with RV dilatation could be shown (rho = 0.241; P = 0.081). Across the tertiles [(1) mean PAP 25 mmHg; (2) mean PAP 26-30 mmHg; (3) mean PAP > or = 31 mmHg)], variance analysis showed a significant increase in RA dilatation (P = 0.009) and TI severity (P = 0.040). No change in RV dilatation across groups was observed (P = 0.216). CONCLUSIONS RA dilatation and TI severity significantly increase with increasing RV pressure load. No increase in RV dilatation was observed in the studied population. Hence, absence of RV dilatation does not exclude the presence of elevated PAP.
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- Jeroen Dauw
- Dept. of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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- Dept. of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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- Dept. of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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Dewilde TR, Dauw J, Vandenneucker H, Bellemans J. Opening wedge distal femoral varus osteotomy using the Puddu plate and calcium phosphate bone cement. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2013; 21:249-54. [PMID: 23011581 DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2156-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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PURPOSE The goal of this study was to document the outcome at midterm follow-up of 19 patients treated for lateral osteoarthritis of the knee between 1999 and 2007. It was our hypothesis that the results and complication rate would be comparable to or better than those reported in the literature for closing wedge or alternative open wedge techniques. METHODS All patients underwent an open wedge distal femoral varisation osteotomy using the Puddu plate system combined with calcium phosphate injection into the defect. Knee Society Knee Score and Kellgren-Lawrence osteoarthritis score were assessed preoperatively and at final follow-up. RESULTS The average knee score improved significantly from 43 ± 8 preoperatively to 78 ± 23 at final follow-up. The Kellgren-Lawrence osteoarthritis score remained unchanged. Kaplan-Meier analysis using revision surgery or conversion to TKA as an endpoint demonstrated an 82% successful survivorship at 7 years of follow-up. CONCLUSION Based upon these results, we believe that a distal femoral varisation osteotomy using the Puddu plate and injectable bone cement is an equivalent treatment option compared to closing wedge techniques and leading to good results at midterm follow-up in patients with lateral gonarthrosis and valgus alignment. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV.
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- T R Dewilde
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Catholic University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
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