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Reusch J, Wagenhäuser I, Gabel A, Höhn A, Lâm TT, Krone LB, Frey A, Schubert-Unkmeir A, Dölken L, Frantz S, Kurzai O, Vogel U, Krone M, Petri N. Inability to work following COVID-19 vaccination-a relevant aspect for future booster vaccinations. Public Health 2023; 222:186-195. [PMID: 37562083 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.07.008] [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: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES COVID-19 vaccination is a key prevention strategy to reduce the spread and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections. However, vaccine-related inability to work among healthcare workers (HCWs) could overstrain healthcare systems. STUDY DESIGN The study presented was conducted as part of the prospective CoVacSer cohort study. METHODS This study examined sick leave and intake of pro re nata medication after the first, second, and third COVID-19 vaccination in HCWs. Data were collected by using an electronic questionnaire. RESULTS Among 1704 HCWs enrolled, 595 (34.9%) HCWs were on sick leave following at least one COVID-19 vaccination, leading to a total number of 1550 sick days. Both the absolute sick days and the rate of HCWs on sick leave significantly increased with each subsequent vaccination. Comparing BNT162b2mRNA and mRNA-1273, the difference in sick leave was not significant after the second dose, but mRNA-1273 induced a significantly longer and more frequent sick leave after the third. CONCLUSION In the light of further COVID-19 infection waves and booster vaccinations, there is a risk of additional staff shortages due to postvaccination inability to work, which could negatively impact the already strained healthcare system and jeopardise patient care. These findings will aid further vaccination campaigns to minimise the impact of staff absences on the healthcare system.
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- J Reusch
- Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Le Levreur B, Frantz S, Lambert M, Chansel-Debordeaux L, Bernard V, Carriere J, Verdy G, Hocke C. [No improvement in live birth rate after luteal phase support by GnRH agonist]. Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol 2023; 51:249-255. [PMID: 36871830 DOI: 10.1016/j.gofs.2023.02.005] [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: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of adding a GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) in luteal phase support (LPS) on live birth rates in IVF/ICSI in antagonist protocols. METHODS In total, 341 IVF/ICSI attempts are analyzed in this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two groups: A f: LPS with progesterone alone (179 attempts) between March 2019 and May 2020; B: LPS with progesterone and an injection of triptorelin (GnRH-a) 0.1mg 6 days after oocyte retrieval (162 attempts) between June 2020 and June 2021. The primary outcome was live birth rate. The secondary outcomes were miscarriage rate, pregnancy rate and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome rate. RESULTS The baseline characteristic are identical between the two groups except the infertility duration (longer in the group B). There was no significant difference between the two groups in live birth rate (24.1% versus 21.2%), pregnancy rate (33.3% versus 28.1%), miscarriage rate (4.9% versus 3.4%) and no increase the SHSO rate. The multivariate regression analysis after adjustment for age, ovarian reserve and infertility duration did not reveal a significant difference in live birth rate between the two groups. CONCLUSION In this study, the results showed no statistically significant association with the single injection of a GnRH-a in addition to progesterone on live birth rate in luteal phase support.
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- B Le Levreur
- Service de gynécologie et de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
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- Service de gynécologie et de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de gynécologie et de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de biologie de la reproduction-CECOS, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de gynécologie et de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de gynécologie et de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Pôle santé publique, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de gynécologie et de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Bordeaux, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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Ungethüm K, Wiedmann S, Wagner M, Leyh R, Ertl G, Frantz S, Geisler T, Karmann W, Prondzinsky R, Herdeg C, Noutsias M, Ludwig T, Käs J, Klocke B, Krapp J, Wood D, Kotseva K, Störk S, Heuschmann PU. Secondary prevention in diabetic and nondiabetic coronary heart disease patients: Insights from the German subset of the hospital arm of the EUROASPIRE IV and V surveys. Clin Res Cardiol 2023; 112:285-298. [PMID: 36166067 PMCID: PMC9898414 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-022-02093-0] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) with and without diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of recurrent events requiring multifactorial secondary prevention of cardiovascular risk factors. We compared prevalences of cardiovascular risk factors and its determinants including lifestyle, pharmacotherapy and diabetes mellitus among patients with chronic CHD examined within the fourth and fifth EUROASPIRE surveys (EA-IV, 2012-13; and EA-V, 2016-17) in Germany. METHODS The EA initiative iteratively conducts European-wide multicenter surveys investigating the quality of secondary prevention in chronic CHD patients aged 18 to 79 years. The data collection in Germany was performed during a comprehensive baseline visit at study centers in Würzburg (EA-IV, EA-V), Halle (EA-V), and Tübingen (EA-V). RESULTS 384 EA-V participants (median age 69.0 years, 81.3% male) and 536 EA-IV participants (median age 68.7 years, 82.3% male) were examined. Comparing EA-IV and EA-V, no relevant differences in risk factor prevalence and lifestyle changes were observed with the exception of lower LDL cholesterol levels in EA-V. Prevalence of unrecognized diabetes was significantly lower in EA-V as compared to EA-IV (11.8% vs. 19.6%) while the proportion of prediabetes was similarly high in the remaining population (62.1% vs. 61.0%). CONCLUSION Between 2012 and 2017, a modest decrease in LDL cholesterol levels was observed, while no differences in blood pressure control and body weight were apparent in chronic CHD patients in Germany. Although the prevalence of unrecognized diabetes decreased in the later study period, the proportion of normoglycemic patients was low. As pharmacotherapy appeared fairly well implemented, stronger efforts towards lifestyle interventions, mental health programs and cardiac rehabilitation might help to improve risk factor profiles in chronic CHD patients.
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- K Ungethüm
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Kuratorium für Dialyse und Nierentransplantation E.V, Neu-Isenburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Clinical Research & Epidemiology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Clinical Research & Epidemiology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Clinical Research & Epidemiology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Klinik Kitzinger Land, Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany
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- Cardiology/Intensive Care Medicine, Carl Von Basedow Klinikum Merseburg, Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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- Medius Klinik Ostfildern-Ruit, Klinik für Innere Medizin, Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Ostfildern-Ruit, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital Ruppin-Brandenburg (UKRB) of the Medical School of Brandenburg (MHB), Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- European Society of Cardiology, Sophia Antipolis, France
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trusts, London, UK
- National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- European Society of Cardiology, Sophia Antipolis, France
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trusts, London, UK
- National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Clinical Research & Epidemiology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Department of Clinical Research & Epidemiology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Wissel S, Frey A, Sell R, Frantz S, Stoll G, Stoerk S. Cognitive impairment negatively impacts self-efficacy in patients with chronic heart failure patients: results from the Cognition.Matters-HF study. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.948] [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
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Background
Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in patients with chronic heart failure (HF), but evidence on its relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is sparse. We aimed to examine whether cognitive impairment is associated with HRQoL. We hypothesized that cognitive impairment would negatively impact HRQoL.
Methods
A total of 148 outpatients with chronic stable HF (mean LV ejection fraction 43±8%) were enrolled in the Cognition.Matters-HF prospective cohort study: mean age 64±11 years, 16% women, 77% in NYHA functional class I-II. Patients were extensively evaluated within 2 days by cardiological, neurological, and neuropsychological testing and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Severity of cognitive deficits were categorized based on the domains affected according to neurocognitive test battery results: 0 domains (“none”, n=46 [31%]), 1–2 domains (“mild”, n=77 [52%]), and >2 domains (“severe”, n=24 [16%]). HRQoL was measured with the generic Short-Form 36 (SF-36) and the disease-specific Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ). Multivariable analysis of variance and regression modelling were applied to model associations between cognitive impairment and HRQoL.
Results
Cognitive impairment was not associated with overall scores of SF-36 and KCCQ nor any of the subscales, with the exception of the self-efficacy scale of the KCCQ. Self-efficacy represents the ability of patients to care for themselves; it quantifies a patient's unterstanding of how to prevent heart failure exacerbations and manage arising complications. Self-efficacy was negatively associated with cognitive impairment (beta=−0.242; p=0.004) and was rated 15% lower (B=−0.148) per increment in cognitive deficit category. The association of self-efficacy with cognitive impairment remained significant after adjustment for duration and severity of HF, age, and sex (p<0.001).
Conclusions
With the exception of self-efficacy, the severity of cognitive impairment was not associated with lower HRQoL in patients with chronic HF. The self-efficacy scale of the KCCQ is a promising tool potentially suited to detect individuals, who are unable to adhere to a proper HF treatment regimen. These patients may benefit from enhanced care, e.g. in the frame of a HF nurse led management program.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): BMBF
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- S Wissel
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Internal Medicine I , Wurzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Internal Medicine I , Wurzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy , Würzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Internal Medicine I , Wurzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Neurology , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wurzburg , Germany
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Huttelmaier M, Muensterer S, Morbach C, Sahiti F, Scholz N, Albert J, Angermann C, Ertl G, Frantz S, Stoerk S, Fischer T. Mortality risk is increased in chronotropic incompetent device carriers with acute heart failure. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1070] [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
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Introduction
In heart failure (HF), chronotropic incompetence is a major factor limiting cardiac output and exercise capacity. In patients carrying cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED), accelerometer-based rate adaption (R-mode) counterbalances chronotropic incompetence during physical activity but fails to modulate heart rate under circumstances of high metabolic demand.
Purpose
We hypothesized that an activated R-mode, a surrogate of chronotropic incompetence, indicates worse prognosis during and after episodes of acutely decompensated HF (AHF).
Methods
We analysed 632 patients enrolled between 01/2014 and 02/2018 in an ongoing registry that phenotypes and follows patients admitted for AHF. We compared CIED carriers with activated R-mode (CIED-R; n=37, 16% women) with CIED carriers not in R-mode (CIED-0; n=64, 23% women) and patients without CIEDs (no-CIED; n=511, 43% women). Information on survival status was collected up to 12 months after discharge from index hospitalisation (IH). Uni- and multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression was used to identify predictors of 12-month mortality risk.
Results
Mean age of the study sample was 74 (11) years, 39% were women, median LVEF on admission was 51 (quartiles 32, 59) % and de novo HF was detected in 20% of all patients. Median length of IH was 10 (7, 14) days. In-hospital mortality was similar across groups, but 12-month mortality risk was affected by chronotropic incompetence as indicated by R-mode activation: age- and sex-associated hazard ratio (HR) for CIED-R was 2.61 (95% CI 1.59–4.29, p<0.001) compared to group no-CIED, and 2.44 (95% CI 1.25–4.74, p=0.009) compared to group CIED-0. Amongst univariable predictors of mortality risk, strong associations were found for NT-proBNP levels (p<0.001), Charlson comorbidity index (p=0.001), and de novo HF (p=0.003). These effects persisted after multivariable adjustment for comorbidity burden. Within CIED-R, mortality risk was similar in patients with pacemakers vs. ICDs (HR 1.20, 95% CI 0.49–2.95) and in subgroups with LVEF <50% vs. ≥50% (HR 1.10, 95% CI 0.79–1.53). Mean heart rate on admission was lower in CIED-R vs. CIED-0 or no-CIED (70 bpm vs. 80 bpm or 82 bpm; both p<0.001). Heart rate on admission had no impact on frequency of in-hospital worsenings or death. However, we found a 36% increase in mortality risk per tertile of heart rate at discharge (HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.10–1.69, p=0.004) after exclusion of patients with an activated R-mode.
Conclusion
In AHF, R-mode stimulation was associated with an increased 12-month mortality risk, independent of LVEF, type of CIED, burden of comorbidities and type of presentation. Further, increased resting heart rate at discharge predicted 12-month mortality risk only in patients without an activated R-mode. Our findings suggest that chronotropic incompetence per se worsens outcome in AHF and may not be adequately treated through accelerometer-based R-mode stimulation.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): The Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Integrated Research and Treatment Centre “Prevention of Heart Failure and its Complications”.
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- M Huttelmaier
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine 1 , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine 1 , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre (CHFC) Würzburg , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine 1 , Wuerzburg , Germany
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Kerwagen F, Sahiti F, Sehner S, Albert J, Cejka V, Moser N, Morbach C, Gueder G, Frantz S, Ertl G, Angermann CE, Stoerk S. MR-proADM is a strong independent predictor of long-term all-cause mortality risk in patients with chronic heart failure: results from the E-INH study. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.920] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Mid-regional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) is a blood biomarker indicating critical illness. Its short-term prognostic relevance has been investigated in several conditions including heart failure (HF). Yet, the long-term prognostic utility is unknown.
Methods
We conducted a post-hoc analysis of the Extended Interdisciplinary Network for Heart Failure (E-INH) study, which investigated the long-term effects of a HF nurse-led remote patient care program (HeartNetCare-HFTM [HNC]). Patients from nine regional centers in Germany hospitalized with HF and a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40% were randomized into HNC vs. Usual Care. MR-proADM and other standard biomarkers for disease progression and systemic inflammation were measured from venous blood collected at study inclusion, i.e. during index hospitalization. The prognostic utility was assessed using Kaplan-Meier plots and Cox proportional hazard models, and compared with other biomarkers by ROC curves.
Results
From 919 out of the 1022 recruited patients (90%), baseline levels of MR-proADM were available: median MR-proADM 0.89 (quartiles 0.63, 1.28) nmol/l; mean age 68±12 years; 28% women; 45% in class III or IV of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification.
Median LVEF was 31 (25, 37) %. Median levels of NT-proBNP, high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were 3045 (1087, 7759) pg/ml, 9.2 (3.3, 25.2) mg/l, 13.4 (10.4, 17.5) pg/ml, and 4.9 (2.0, 11.4) pg/ml, respectively. Higher levels of MR-proADM at baseline were associated with age, female sex, NYHA class, NT-proBNP, hsCRP, IL-6, and TNF-α, while there was an inverse association with LVEF.
In the course of 10 years of follow-up, 691 (68%) patients died. Unadjusted MR-proADM strongly predicted all-cause death when used as a continuous variable (HR 1.31 per nmol/l, 95% CI 1.26–1.37; p<0.001) or when grouped into quartiles (HR 1.85, 95% CI 1.71–2.0; p<0.001). Adjustments for age, sex and NYHA functional class did not materially alter the strong association. Plotting quartiles of MR-proADM in a Kaplan-Meier curve (see Figure 1) confirmed this findings. As shown in Figure 2, MR-proADM had the highest area under the curve (AUC) in ROC analysis when compared to other biomarkers.
Conclusion
MR-proADM appears to be a strong and independent predictor for long-term all-cause mortality risk in HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Therefore, assessing MR-proADM may contribute to better categorization of risk and tailored care. Its clinical utility needs to be investigated in future studies.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): BMBF
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- F Kerwagen
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology , Hamburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Medicine I , Würzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center , Wuerzburg , Germany
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Holtkamp F, Gruen D, Frey A, Jahns V, Jahns R, Gassenmaier T, Hamm C, Frantz S, Keller T, Klingenberg R. Does a 6-month change in circulating biomarkers improve the prognostic power of baseline values for predicting cardiac MRI pathologies in patients with STEMI? Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Frantz S, Wu H, Adeniran O, Wong T, Borgmann T, Matsuoka L, Geevarghese S, Alexopoulos S, Shingina A, Meranze S, Baker J, Garbett S, Brown D. Abstract No. 10 Six-year evaluation of same-day discharge following conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Goswami P, Adeniran O, Frantz S, Matsuoka L, Du L, Gandhi R, Collins Z, Matrana M, Petroziello M, Brower J, Sze D, Kennedy A, Golzarian J, Wang E, Brown D. Abstract No. 196 Overall survival and toxicities of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Barcelona clinic liver cancer C (BCLC-C) patients following Y-90 radioembolization: assessment from the RESiN Registry (NCT: 02685631). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Sahiti F, Morbach C, Ehrlich K, Detomas M, Kroiss M, Lengenfelder B, Gelbrich G, Frantz S, Fassnacht M, Heuschmann PU, Hahner S, Stoerk S, Deutschbein T. Endogenous Cushings syndrome is associated with impaired myocardial work efficiency. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab289.166] [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
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): German Ministry of Research and Education within the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg
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STAAB Cohort Study and CV-CORT-EX Study
Background
Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Long-term remission (LTR) after successful treatment is considered to positively affect the cardiovascular system including the heart. Left ventricular (LV) myocardial work (MyW) based on pressure-strain loops is a novel tool to non-invasively assess LV performance and is considered less load-dependent than LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and global longitudinal strain (GLS). We analyzed LV function in patients with overt CS and CS in LTR in comparison to healthy individuals derived from a local population-based cohort.
Methods/Results: In a cross-sectional analysis, we compared n = 31 comprehensively characterized patients with overt CS (mean age 48 ± 12 years, 71% women) and 49 patients with CS in LTR (53 ± 12 years, 77% women) with a control group who underwent transthoracic echocardiography. As control group, we analyzed a population-based sample of apparently healthy individuals (in sinus rhythm, free from CV risk factors, and no significant valve disease) from a population-based cohort: n = 439, 49 ± 11 years, 56% women. MyW assessment was performed off-line using EchoPAC (GE, version 202).
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, HbA1c, and body mass index were significantly higher in patients with either overt CS or CS in LTR when compared to healthy participants (without significant differences between both patient groups). LVEF was equal between all three groups, but GLS was significantly lower in healthy participants and tended to be lower in LTR when compared to patients with CS. Global work index was equal between all three groups, but global wasted work was significantly higher in CS patients when compared to healthy participants, resulting in lower global work efficiency (Table).
Conclusion
In contrast to LVEF as established parameter of cardiac function, myocardial work analysis revealed functional alterations in patients with current and previous cortisol excess when compared to healthy individuals derived from a population-based sample. CS patients´ hearts appear to perform larger amounts of wasted work even during long-term remission. Abstract Figure.
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- F Sahiti
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology Division, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology Division, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology Division, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology Division, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology Division, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, and MEDICOVER Oldernburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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Morbach C, Hoffmann K, Sahiti F, Detomas M, Eichner F, Kroiss M, Gelbrich G, Frantz S, Fassnacht M, Heuschmann PU, Hahner S, Stoerk S, Deutschbein T. Mild autonomous cortisol secretion portends similar cardiac compromise as overt endogenous Cushings syndrome. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab289.178] [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
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Public Institution(s). Main funding source(s): German Ministry of Research and Education within the Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre Würzburg
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CV-CortEx
Background
Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS) results in increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This risk seems to be lower in patients with incidentally discovered mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) but without the clinical features of CS. We aimed to describe and compare the cardiac morphology and function in patients with overt CS and MACS to a representative sample of a local prospective population-based cohort (STAAB).
Methods/Results: We comprehensively characterized 40 patients with overt CS (mean age 47 ± 13 years, 75% women) and 18 patients with MACS (62 ± 11 years, 56% women; both p ≤ 0.001 when compared to CS) including detailed transthoracic echocardiography. Logistic regression adjusted for age and sex showed no significant differences between both groups regarding body mass index (BMI), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), lipids, HbA1c, and echocardiographic parameters of cardiac morphology and function (table). The comparison with STAAB participants (n = 4965, 55 ± 12 years, 52% women; logistic regression adjusted for age and sex) revealed significantly higher BMI, triglycerides, HbA1c, and diastolic but not systolic BP (table). Compared to STAAB participants, patients exhibited a smaller left ventricle (LV) with thicker septal and posterior walls, and a less favorable diastolic function. LV ejection fraction (LVEF) was higher, although longitudinal contraction, measured by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), and LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) were lower in both ventricles compared to STAAB participants (table).
Conclusion
Patients with both MACS or CS exhibited a compromised metabolic profile and diastolic function pattern when compared to a population-based cohort. Higher LVEF despite lower GLS suggests a compensatory increase in LV radial contraction in states of hypercortisolism. Cardiac impairment was similar in patients with CS or MACS suggesting an adverse effect of hypercortisolism even at clinically inconspicuous levels. Abstract Figure.
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- C Morbach
- University Hospital Würzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Department for Medicine I, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Department for Medicine I, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Department for Medicine I, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Department for Medicine I, Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Würzburg, Germany
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Haring B, Schmidt A, Frantz S. [Acute Chest Pain: A Stepwise Approach to Management]. Pneumologie 2021; 75:901-909. [PMID: 34788891 DOI: 10.1055/a-1238-5254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Acute chest pain is one of the most important cardinal symptoms in medicine. There are several important differential diagnoses for chest pain. Therefore, a thorough history and physical examination, as well as the 12-lead ECG and laboratory tests are crucial. In clinical practice, it is useful to distinguish between cardiac chest pain and other forms of chest pain in order to treat patients appropriately and to exclude potentially life-threatening conditions.
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Yee LM, McGee P, Bailit JL, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Caritis SN, Prasad M, Tita AT, Saade GR, Sorokin Y, Rouse DJ, Blackwell SC, Tolosa JE, Mallett G, Grobman W, Ramos-Brinson M, Roy A, Stein L, Campbell P, Collins C, Jackson N, Dinsmoor M, Senka J, Paychek K, Peaceman A, Talucci M, Zylfijaj M, Reid Z, Leed R, Benson J, Forester S, Kitto C, Davis S, Falk M, Perez C, Hill K, Sowles A, Postma J, Alexander S, Andersen G, Scott V, Morby V, Jolley K, Miller J, Berg B, Dorman K, Mitchell J, Kaluta E, Clark K, Spicer K, Timlin S, Wilson K, Moseley L, Leveno K, Santillan M, Price J, Buentipo K, Bludau V, Thomas T, Fay L, Melton C, Kingsbery J, Benezue R, Simhan H, Bickus M, Fischer D, Kamon T, DeAngelis D, Mercer B, Milluzzi C, Dalton W, Dotson T, McDonald P, Brezine C, McGrail A, Latimer C, Guzzo L, Johnson F, Gerwig L, Fyffe S, Loux D, Frantz S, Cline D, Wylie S, Iams J, Wallace M, Northen A, Grant J, Colquitt C, Rouse D, Andrews W, Moss J, Salazar A, Acosta A, Hankins G, Hauff N, Palmer L, Lockhart P, Driscoll D, Wynn L, Sudz C, Dengate D, Girard C, Field S, Breault P, Smith F, Annunziata N, Allard D, Silva J, Gamage M, Hunt J, Tillinghast J, Corcoran N, Jimenez M, Ortiz F, Givens P, Rech B, Moran C, Hutchinson M, Spears Z, Carreno C, Heaps B, Zamora G, Seguin J, Rincon M, Snyder J, Farrar C, Lairson E, Bonino C, Smith W, Beach K, Van Dyke S, Butcher S, Thom E, Rice M, Zhao Y, Momirova V, Palugod R, Reamer B, Larsen M, Spong C, Tolivaisa S, VanDorsten J. Differences in obstetrical care and outcomes associated with the proportion of the obstetrician's shift completed. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021; 225:430.e1-430.e11. [PMID: 33812810 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Understanding and improving obstetrical quality and safety is an important goal of professional societies, and many interventions such as checklists, safety bundles, educational interventions, or other culture changes have been implemented to improve the quality of care provided to obstetrical patients. Although many factors contribute to delivery decisions, a reduced workload has addressed how provider issues such as fatigue or behaviors surrounding impending shift changes may influence the delivery mode and outcomes. OBJECTIVE The objective was to assess whether intrapartum obstetrical interventions and adverse outcomes differ based on the temporal proximity of the delivery to the attending's shift change. STUDY DESIGN This was a secondary analysis from a multicenter obstetrical cohort in which all patients with cephalic, singleton gestations who attempted vaginal birth were eligible for inclusion. The primary exposure used to quantify the relationship between the proximity of the provider to their shift change and a delivery intervention was the ratio of time from the most recent attending shift change to vaginal delivery or decision for cesarean delivery to the total length of the shift. Ratios were used to represent the proportion of time completed in the shift by normalizing for varying shift lengths. A sensitivity analysis restricted to patients who were delivered by physicians working 12-hour shifts was performed. Outcomes chosen included cesarean delivery, episiotomy, third- or fourth-degree perineal laceration, 5-minute Apgar score of <4, and neonatal intensive care unit admission. Chi-squared tests were used to evaluate outcomes based on the proportion of the attending's shift completed. Adjusted and unadjusted logistic models fitting a cubic spline (when indicated) were used to determine whether the frequency of outcomes throughout the shift occurred in a statistically significant, nonlinear pattern RESULTS: Of the 82,851 patients eligible for inclusion, 47,262 (57%) had ratio data available and constituted the analyzable sample. Deliveries were evenly distributed throughout shifts, with 50.6% taking place in the first half of shifts. There were no statistically significant differences in the frequency of cesarean delivery, episiotomy, third- or fourth-degree perineal lacerations, or 5-minute Apgar scores of <4 based on the proportion of the shift completed. The findings were unchanged when evaluated with a cubic spline in unadjusted and adjusted logistic models. Sensitivity analyses performed on the 22.2% of patients who were delivered by a physician completing a 12-hour shift showed similar findings. There was a small increase in the frequency of neonatal intensive care unit admissions with a greater proportion of the shift completed (adjusted P=.009), but the findings did not persist in the sensitivity analysis. CONCLUSION Clinically significant differences in obstetrical interventions and outcomes do not seem to exist based on the temporal proximity to the attending physician's shift change. Future work should attempt to directly study unit culture and provider fatigue to further investigate opportunities to improve obstetrical quality of care, and additional studies are needed to corroborate these findings in community settings.
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Hocké C, Diaz M, Bernard V, Frantz S, Lambert M, Mathieu C, Grellety-Cherbero M. [Genitourinary menopause syndrome. Postmenopausal women management: CNGOF and GEMVi clinical practice guidelines]. Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol 2021; 49:394-413. [PMID: 33757926 DOI: 10.1016/j.gofs.2021.03.025] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Genitourinary menopause syndrome (SGUM) is defined as a set of symptoms associated with a decrease of estrogen and other sexual steroids during menopause. The main symptoms are vulvovaginal (dryness, burning, itching), sexual (dyspareunia), and urinary (urinary infections, pollakiuria, nycturia, pain, urinary incontinence by urgenturia). SGUM leads to an alteration of the quality of life, and affects especially women's sexuality. OBJECTIVE The objective of this review was to elaborate guidelines for clinical practice regarding the management of SGUM in postmenopausal women, and in particular, in women with a history of breast cancer, treated or not with hormone therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic review of the literature on SGUM management was conducted on Pubmed, Medline and Cochrane Library. Recommendations from international scholarly societies were also taken into account: International Menopause Society (IMS) https://www.imsociety.org, The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) https://www.menopause.org, Canadian Menopause Society https://www.sigmamenopause.com, European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) https://www.emas-online.org, International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) https://www.isswsh.org. RESULTS Vaginal use of lubricants, moisturizers and hyaluronic acid improves the symptoms of SGUM and may be offered to all patients. For postmenopausal women, local estrogen will be preferred to the oral route because of their safety and efficacy on all symptoms of SGUM during low-dose use. Prasterone is a local treatment that can be proposed as an effective alternative for the management of dyspareunia and sexual function disorder. Current data on oral testosterone, tibolone, oral or transdermal DHEA and herbal medicine are currently limited. Ospemifène, which has shown a significant improvement in sexual symptoms, is not currently marketed in France. In the particular case of women with a history of breast cancer, non-hormonal regimens are a first-line therapy. Current data on the risk of breast cancer recurrence when administering low-dose local estrogen are reassuring but do not support a conclusion that this treatment is safe. CONCLUSION SGUM is a common symptom that can affect the quality of life of postmenopausal women. A treatment should be systematically proposed. Local non-hormonal treatment may be offered in all women. Local low-dose estrogen therapy and Prasterone has shown an interest in the management of symptoms. In women before a history of breast cancer, local non-hormonal treatment should be offered first-line. The safety of low-dose local estrogen therapy and Prasterone cannot be established at this time. Other alternatives exist but are not currently recommended in France due to lack of data.
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- C Hocké
- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
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- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de chirurgie gynécologique et médecine de la reproduction, centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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Frantz S, Matsuoka L, Shahin I, Vaheesan K, Petroziello M, D’Souza D, Golzarian J, Matrana M, Wang E, Gandhi R, Collins Z, Brower J, Du, Kennedy A, Sze D, Lee J, Adeniran O, Wong T, O’Hara R, Fidelman N, Shrestha R, Kouri B, Hennemeyer C, Meek J, Mohan P, Westcott M, Siskin G, Brown D. Abstract No. 115 Demographics and outcomes following Y90 radioembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma at transplant versus non-transplant centers: analysis of the radiation-emitting SIR-spheres in non-resectable liver tumor (RESiN) registry. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.03.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Morbach C, Henneges C, Sahiti F, Breunig M, Cejka V, Ertl G, Frantz S, Angermann CE, Stoerk S. Distribution pattern of left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with decompensated heart failure depends on sex results of a latent class analysis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.036] [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
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main funding source(s): unrestricted grant from Boehringer Ingelheim
Background & Aims Since 2016, heart failure (HF) is classified using left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) thresholds of 40% and 50%. However, HF phenotypes may develop across the entire LVEF spectrum depending on individual patient characteristics including the risk and comorbidity profile. Using latent class analysis, we explored the sex-specific distribution of in-hospital LVEF in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF) at a tertiary care center in Germany.
Methods Consecutive patients (≥18 years) hospitalized for AHF were recruited and phenotyped prospectively on a 7/24 basis. Exclusion criteria were high output heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and being listed for high urgency cardiac transplantation. LVEF was determined by transthoracic echocardiography using Simpson´s biplane or monoplane method. First, we estimated the distribution of LVEF in both sexes using histogram and kernel density estimation methods (bandwidth was selected by biased cross-validation). Then, Gaussian Mixture Models were fitted with increasing number of components. To identify the optimal number of subgroups we calculated the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). The minimum of the BIC criterion suggests the optimal number of subgroups for the final model. This analysis was performed on subsets including only male and only female patients.
Results Out of 629 patients (39.8% female) admitted with AHF between 09/2014 and 12/2017, 93% patients received in-hospital echocardiography, and in 79.2% LVEF could be quantitatively assessed. The BIC suggested two subgroups each for male (Fig. A) and female patients (Fig. B). In the male two-subgroup model, mean ± SD LVEF values were 30 ± 9% and 59 ± 8%, thus covering 48% and 52% of the men, respectively (Fig. C). In the female two-subgroup model, respective LVEF values were 36 ± 13% and 65 ± 8%, thus covering 47% and 53% of patients (Fig. D). The "male" model suggested 45% as cut-point, whilst the "female" model suggested 51% as cut-point differentiating between lower and higher LVEF.
Conclusions Using non-parametric and parametric statistical approaches, specific subgroups of patients hospitalized with AHF were identified among male and female patients hospitalized for AHF, which each time comprised subgroups with impaired vs. more preserved LVEF. Future analyses in larger AHF cohorts as well as in populations with chronic stable HF are warranted which take also into consideration sex differences in HF aetiology.
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A) Minimum number of components (BIC) in men. B) Minimum BIC in women. C) LVEF distribution in men (2 components). D) LVEF distribution in women (2 components). The orange line indicates the respective cut-points between low and high LVEF.
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- C Morbach
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Ziegler L, Rieger M, Gueder G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P, Lengenfelder B, Buravezky L, Herrmann S. Even a low transmitral pressure gradient after transcatheter mitral valve repair leads to impaired dynamic performance and increased left atrial endsystolic volumes. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.201] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
INTRODUCTION
Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) was shown to be safe and improves outcome in patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation (MR). Mean transmitral pressure gradients (MVG) < 5.0 mmHg are generally tolerated after TMVR. However, the prognostic relevance of this arbitrary threshold remains unclear and dynamic changes during physical exercise are not well examined.
METHODS
From 2017 to 2019 48 patients with an indication for TMVR were prospectively enrolled in a single center study. The total physical capacity was measured by dynamic stress echocardiography on bicycle at baseline, before discharge and follow-up (FUP, mean (± SD) of 8.2 ± 1.4 months). Patients were classified into two groups: "MVG present" (MVG ≥ 2.5mmHg, measured by transesophageal echocardiography intraoperatively after TMVR) or "MVG absent". Between group differences were compared with a two-sided t-test. For association analysis the Pearson Product-Moment correlation coefficient was used.
RESULTS
48 with a mean (± SD) age of 72.8 ± 12.1 years were eligible for the analysis. There was no significant difference in baseline characteristics concerning the level of the EuroScore II or prevalence of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, cardiovascular risk factors, renal failure or cardiomyopathy and demographic characteristics as age and sex, respectively. Also, most of the standard morphological and functional echocardiographic parameters as well as modern speckle-tracking derived parameters were similar between the 2 groups. There was no difference in remaining mitral regurgitation regarding severity between the two groups (p = 1.00). While the left atrial end systolic volumes (LAESV) at baseline did not differ significantly between groups, patients with an increased MVG after clipping showed an increase in LAESV (plus 56.2 ± 33.6 ml), while the other group showed a decrease in mean value (minus 15.9 ± 42.1 ml; baseline vs FUP: p < 0.001).
Further performance in dynamic stress echocardiography was significantly better in patients without development of a gradient (increase in metabolic equivalent of task (METS) changes between FUP and baseline 1.05 vs 0.06, p = 0.014).
Most importantly, those patients who had a higher MVG after TMVR showed a significant increase in MVG already during stress-echo at baseline, compared to patients who didn´t develop a significant MVG after intervention (1.45 ± 1,08 mmHg vs. 0.67 ± 1,00 mmHg; p = 0.026).
CONCLUSION
After TMVR even a low MVG increase of > = 2.5mmHg is associated with impaired performance in dynamic stress echo and with enlargement of LAESV. Increase of MVG in stress echo at baseline may be suitable to identify patients at risk to develop pathological MVG.
Therefore, periprocedural caution to hemodynamic changes in MVG should always be given. Maybe a certain residual MR could be accepted before implanting an additional clip, knowing that already a MVG > 2,5 mmHg might have adverse effects.
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- L Ziegler
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Augsburg, Medical Department I, Augsburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Medical Department I / Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Sahiti F, Morbach C, Henneges C, Breunig M, Cejka V, Scholz N, Ertl G, Frantz S, Angermann C, Stoerk S. Global wasted myocardial is unrelated to conventional markers of systolic and diastolic function in patients with acute heart failure. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.035] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main funding source(s): The AHF Register is supported by an unrestricted grant of Behringer Ingelheim, and grants of the German Ministry of Research and Education within the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg (BMBF 01E01004 and 01E01504)
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AHF Registry
Background & Aim Myocardial Work (MyW) analysis quantifies myocardial performance using non-invasively derived pressure-strain loops. It is considered less load-dependent than left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and longitudinal strain, since it integrates blood pressure into the assessment. We assessed associations between MyW indices, natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and conventional markers of systolic and diastolic cardiac function mirroring the hemodynamic changes occurring during hospitalization, in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF).
Methods Consecutive patients (≥18 years) hospitalized for AHF with serial high-quality pairs of echocardiograms (i.e., early after hospitalization and prior to discharge) were eligible. Exclusion criteria were high output AHF, cardiogenic shock, and being listed for high urgency transplantation. The following MyW measures [definition in brackets] were analyzed from the stored recordings: Global constructive work (GCW) [sum of positive work performed during systolic shortening plus negative work during lengthening in isovolumetric relaxation (IVR)], global wasted work (GWW) [sum of negative work performed during systolic lengthening plus work performed during shortening in IVR], global work efficiency (GWE) [constructive work/(constructive work + wasted work)]; global work index (GWI) [total work performed from mitral valve closure to mitral valve opening]. Associations were determined using scatter plots and Pearson Product-Moment correlation coefficients.
Results N = 126 patients (73 ± 12 years, 37% female) were eligible. GWI and GCW proved significantly correlated with surrogates measured both on admission and at discharge, NT-proBNP, LVEF, and e’ (Table). By contrast, GWW did not correlate with any of these variables. GWE was also correlated with NT-proBNP (and e’ at discharge), but at both time points respective correlations were more pronounced.
Conclusion In patients hospitalized for AHF, GWI, GCW and GWE were associated with conventional parameters of myocardial stress and LV dysfunction. In contrast, GWW was unrelated with any of these established markers. Future studies in larger cohorts and with longer-term follow-up need to clarify to what extent might GWW carry complementary clinical and prognostic significance.
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- F Sahiti
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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Baehr C, Angermann C, Albert J, Stoerk S, Morbach C, Frantz S, Ertl G. Prevalence, severity and clinical correlates of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients hospitalized with acute cardiac decompensation – a sub-study from the Acute Heart Failure. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0901] [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
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Background
To date, there are few prospective studies which characterize left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) using contemporary echo- and Doppler-techniques and take heart failure (HF) phenotype into account. Furthermore, prevalence and clinical correlates of different degrees of LVDD are unknown.
Purpose
To determine prevalence and echo characteristics of LVDD and identify clinical and biomarker correlates in patients hospitalized for AHF with either preserved (HFpEF, LVEF ≥50%) or reduced (HFrEF, LVEF <50%) LV systolic function.
Methods
The AHF Registry Würzburg enrols consecutive patients hospitalized for AHF. For the current analysis, patients with complete high-quality echo- and Doppler studies performed during the index hospitalization allowing for full quantitative analysis were eligible. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was determined using Simpson's biplane method. LVDD was graded according to 2016 ESC recommendations based on the E/A-ratio and markers of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure: E/E'-ratio, LA volume, and estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP, derived from peak tricuspid regurgitant flow velocity and estimated right atrial pressure). E/A-ratio <0.8 or E/A-ratio 0.8–2.0 without evidence of increased LV filling pressure was classified as LVDD°I, an E/A-ratio between 0.8–2.0 with evidence of elevated filling pressure as LVDD°II, and an E/A-ratio >2.0 as LVDD°III. LVDD prevalence rates were determined overall and in patients with HFrEF and HFpEF, respectively. Furthermore, other echocardiographic, clinical, and biomarker characteristics were studied.
Results
Overall, 155 patients were eligible (37.4% female, mean age 71.6±12.0 years, LVEF 45.7±17.8%, 49.7% HFpEF, 50.3% HFrEF). Most patients (83.9%) had Doppler evidence of increased filling pressures, with either LVDD°II (48.4%, LVEF 48.6±18.6%) or LVDD°III (35.5%, LVEF 40.3±15.4%). Overall, HFrEF-patients had higher rates of LVDD°III (47.4 vs 23.4%, p=0.002), while HFpEF-patients had higher rates of LVDD°II (58.4 vs 38.5%, p=0.013) (Figure). LVDD°I was present in only 16.1% of all patients (HFpEF: n=14, HFrEF: n=11, LVEF 48.9±15.4%). Compared to patients with LVDD°II-III, this subgroup had lower E/E'-ratio (11.7 vs 19.5 p<0.001), sPAP (30.9±15.8 vs 44±12.5 mmHg, p<0.001) and LA volume index (36.4±17.67 vs 53.5±21.0 ml/m2, p<0.001). Furthermore, NT-proBNP-levels were lower (median [IQR] 2236 [1336; 5204] vs 4125 [2390; 4125] pg/ml, p=0.042) and heart failure (HF) history shorter (56.0 vs 33.1% HF known <1 year, p=0.029).
Conclusion
Among patients hospitalized for AHF, the majority had significant LVDD, irrespective of LVEF. However, LVDD°II was more common in HFpEF, whereas HFrEF patients had more LVDD°III. Furthermore, the small subgroup with LVDD°I had less severe sPAP elevation, lower LA volume and NT-proBNP and a shorter HF history indicating a less advanced HF stage.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public Institution(s). Main funding source(s): Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
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- C Baehr
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Hu K, Schregelmann L, Liu D, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. Determinants and prognostic implication of improved left ventricular ejection fraction in chronic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0955] [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
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Background
Previous studies have demonstrated that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is not associated with overall survival in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). This study aimed to examine if improved EF is associated with better survival in these patients.
Methods
Study subjects were selected from the database in the REDEAL trial, which included all patients with CHF and a LVEF of <50% referred to our hospital between 2009 and 2017. Of these, 902 patients completed at least twice echocardiography examinations (BL and FUP) at a minimal interval of 12 [median 17 (14–25)] months.
Results
At baseline, there were 522 patients with BL_EF >35% (aged 68±12 years, male 74.5%, median EF 44%) and 381 patients with BL_EF ≤35% (aged 65±13 years, male 74.5%, median EF 29%). Survival was similar between groups (76.6% vs. 73.8%, P=0.322). Over a median echocardiography follow-up of 17 months, FUP_ EF increased by 1.3% (−4.0–8.0%) in the subgroup of BL-EF>35% and increased by 11.0% (2.0–20.0%) in the subgroup of BL_EF≤35%. Survival analysis showed that absolute change in EF was significantly associated with survival in the subgroup of BL_EF≤35% but not in the subgroup of BL_EF>35%. Therefore, further analysis was conducted among patients in the subgroup of BL_EF≤35%.
In this subset of BL_EF≤35%, improved EF was defined as a FUP_EF of >40%. 171 (44.9%) patients presented with improved EF, EF remained unchanged or reduced in the rest 210 patients (55.1%, FUP_EF≤40%). Patients with improved EF was associated with better survival over a median clinical follow-up of 19 (11–32) months (80.7% vs. 68.1%, P=0.001). Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that improved EF remained an independent determinant of overall survival after adjusted for potential clinical covariates including age, sex, diabetes, hyperuricemia, renal dysfunction, coronary artery bypass grafting, sleep-disordered breathing, and prior ICD or CRT_D implantation (HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.38–0.91, P=0.018). In this subgroup of BL_EF≤35%, age and sex-independent determinants of improved EF included without prior myocardial infarction (OR 0.40, 95% CI 0.24–0.67, P<0.001), without ICD or CRT-D implantation (OR 0.32, 95% CI 0.17–0.61, P=0.001), and smaller LV end-diastolic diameter (OR=0.94, 95% CI 0.90–0.99, P=0.012).
Conclusions
Longitudinal improvement in LVEF is significantly associated with survival benefit in the subgroup of baseline EF≤35% but not in the subgroup of baseline EF>35%. In the subgroup of baseline EF≤35%, improved LVEF remains an independent determinant of survival benefit Determinants of improved LVEF in HF patients with baseline EF≤35% include without myocardial infarction, without ICD implantation, and smaller LV chamber at baseline.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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- K Hu
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Hu K, Schuckart M, Liu D, Schimpf V, Hermann F, Heitzelmann P, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. Impact of right and left ventricular dysfunction on long-term outcome of moderate to severe secondary mitral regurgitation patients without surgical/interventional treatment. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.1879] [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
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Background
Secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is common in aging population and related with poor outcome. Impact of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction with or without left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in this population remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of isolated RV dysfunction and biventricular dysfunction, and to determine their prognostic implication in moderate to severe SMR without surgical/interventional treatment.
Methods
A total of 1090 consecutive moderate to severe SMR patients without surgical/interventional treatment hospitalized in our hospital center between 2009 and 2018 (aged 75±12 years, 60.4% male) were included. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed at baseline to define the cardiac morphology, function and severity of MR. Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics were analyzed. All patients completed at least 1-year clinical follow-up by reviewing the medical records or telephone interview. The primary endpoint was defined as all-cause death.
Results
A total of 521 patients (47.8%) reached the primary endpoint during the follow-up period [median 23 (8–40) months].
Mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 44.6±16.2%, and percent of patients with LVEF <50% (LV dysfunction) was 59.3%. RV dysfunction was defined as a reduced tricuspid annular plane excursion (TAPSE<17mm) or an increased systolic pulmonary artery disease (sPAP>40mmHg). Patients were divided into 4 subgroups: 1) preserved biventricular function: n=136 (12.5%); 2) isolated LV dysfunction: n=97 (8.9%); 3) isolated RV dysfunction: n=308 (28.3%); 4) biventricular dysfunction: n=549 (50.4%). The mortality in above group was 27.2%, 36.1%, 50.0%*† and 53.7%*†, respectively (*P<0.05 vs preserved biventricular function; †P<0.05 vs. isolated LV dysfunction).
Multivariable survival analysis showed that isolated LV dysfunction (adjusted HR 1.78, P=0.016), isolated RV dysfunction (HR 1.59, P=0.013), or biventricular dysfunction (HR=2.14, P<0.001) were independently associated with increased all-cause mortality, after adjustment for age, sex and other clinical covariates associated with mortality including NYHA class, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes, hyperuricemia, coronary artery diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, sleep disturbance, and kidney dysfunction.
Conclusions
Right ventricular dysfunction is associated with significantly higher mortality in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation without surgical/interventional treatment as compared to patients with preserved biventricular function and isolated LV dysfunction. Future studies are warranted to observe if operative strategy could significantly improve the outcome in SMR patients complicating with right ventricular dysfunction.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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- K Hu
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Hu K, Wagner C, Liu D, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. Septal mitral annular systolic excursion but not global longitudinal strain predicts outcome in non-ischemic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and mild diastolic dysfunction. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0956] [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
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Background
Speckle tracking derived global longitudinal strain (GLS) could provide incremental prognostic information over left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in the general population and a variety of cardiovascular diseases. Mitral annular systolic excursion (MAPSE) is a classical echocardiographic index with prognostic implication in patients with various cardiovascular diseases. Present study aimed to test the hypothesis that reduced GLS is superior to MAPSE on predicting all-cause mortality in non-ischemic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction.
Methods
A total of 952 patients with non-ischemic heart failure and reduced LVEF, who referred to our department between 2009 and 2017, were included in this study (mean age: 66±15 years, 68.8% male). All patients underwent a routine transthoracic echocardiography examination at baseline visit. Standard echocardiographic measurements were conducted according to recent guidelines. GLS was derived from the segmental averaging (18-segment) of the three apical views. M-mode MAPSE of septal and lateral walls were obtained from standard apical 4-chamber view. All patients completed at least one-year clinical follow-up by telephone interview or clinical visit. The primary endpoint was defined as all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx).
Results
Over a median follow-up period of 27 (14–40) months, 259 (27.2%) patients died and 9 (0.9%) underwent HTx. MAPSE_septal was significantly lower in non-survivors than in survivors (6 (5–8) vs. 7 (5–8) mm, P=0.009), while LVEF (36% vs. 36%, P=0.927) and GLS (−9.6% vs. −9.8%, P=0.473) were similar between non-survivors and survivors. All-cause mortality was significant higher in patients with MAPSE_septal<5mm than those with MAPSE_septal ≥5mm (34.9% vs. 26.7%, P=0.032). All-cause death increased in proportion with increased severity of diastolic dysfunction (DD, 20.4%, 29.6% and 34.0% in patients with mild, moderate and severe DD, P=0.002).
Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that reduced MAPSE_septal (<5mm, HR=1.451, 95% CI=1.079–1.951, P=0.014) was independently associated with increased all-cause mortality adjusted for clinical confounders including age, sex, NYHA class, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, hyperuricemia, chronic respiratory diseases, sleep disturbance, while MAPSE_lateral, LVEF, and GLS were not outcome determinants in this patient cohort.
Subgroup analysis showed that mild DD (n=269), reduced MAPSE_septal were significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality (adjusted HR=3.734, 95% CI=1.850–7.536, P<0.001), while MAPSE_septal was not a risk factor of all-cause mortality in the subgroup of moderate to severe DD (n=667, HR=1.314, P=0.108).
Conclusions
Septal MAPSE, but not LVEF or GLS, serves as an independent determinant of all-cause mortality in non-ischemic heart failure patients with reduced LVEF and mild diastolic dysfunction.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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- K Hu
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Steinhardt MJ, Wiebecke S, Weismann D, Frantz S, Tony HP, Klinker H, Schmalzing M. Biomarker-guided application of low-dose anakinra in an acute respiratory distress syndrome patient with severe COVID-19 and cytokine release syndrome. Scand J Rheumatol 2020; 49:414-416. [PMID: 32914670 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2020.1789734] [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] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- M J Steinhardt
- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg , Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, 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 Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg , Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg , Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg , Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg , Würzburg, Germany
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Morbach C, Gelbrich G, Tiffe T, Eichner FA, Christa M, Mattern R, Breunig M, Cejka V, Wagner M, Heuschmann PU, Störk S, Frantz S, Maack C, Ertl G, Fassnacht M, Wanner C, Leyh R, Volkmann J, Deckert J, Faller H, Jahns R. Prevalence and determinants of the precursor stages of heart failure: results from the population-based STAAB cohort study. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020; 28:924-934. [DOI: 10.1177/2047487320922636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Aims
Prevention of heart failure relies on the early identification and control of risk factors. We aimed to identify the frequency and characteristics of individuals at risk of heart failure in the general population.
Methods and Results
We report cross-sectional data from the prospective Characteristics and Course of Heart Failure Stages A–B and Determinants of Progression (STAAB) cohort study investigating a representative sample of residents of Würzburg, Germany. Sampling was stratified 1:1 for sex and 10:27:27:27:10 for age groups of 30–39/40–49/50–59/60–69/70–79 years. Heart failure precursor stages were defined according to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association: stage A (risk factors for heart failure), stage B (asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction). The main results were internally validated in the second half of the participants. The derivation sample comprised 2473 participants (51% women) with a distribution of 10%/28%/25%/27%/10% in respective age groups. Stages A and B were prevalent in 42% and 17% of subjects, respectively. Of stage B subjects, 31% had no risk factor qualifying for stage A (group ‘B-not-A’). Compared to individuals in stage B with A criteria, B-not-A were younger, more often women, and had left ventricular dilation as the predominant B qualifying criterion (all P < 0.001). These results were confirmed in the validation sample (n = 2492).
Conclusion
We identified a hitherto undescribed group of asymptomatic individuals with cardiac dysfunction predisposing to heart failure, who lacked established heart failure risk factors and therefore would have been missed by conventional primary prevention. Further studies need to replicate this finding in independent cohorts and characterise their genetic and -omic profile and the inception of clinically overt heart failure in subjects of group B-not-A.
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- Caroline Morbach
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University and University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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Morbach C, Sahiti F, Henneges C, Breunig M, Kaspar M, Ertl G, Frantz S, Angermann CE, Stoerk S. 411 Recompensation induces distinct changes in myocardial work in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure and reduced vs preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.227] [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
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Funding Acknowledgements
German Research Foundation (BMBF 01EO1004 and 01EO1504)
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Acute Heart Failure Registry
Background & Aim A new, less load-dependent echocardiographic tool to determine left ventricular (LV) myocardial work (MyW) based on longitudinal strain and blood pressure has recently been introduced and validated against invasive measurements. We investigated the impact of change in N-terminal pro-B-natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP; i.e. surrogate of recompensation) during the hospital phase on changes in MyW (global work efficiency [GWE]; global constructive work [GCW]; and global wasted work [GWW]), in patients admitted for acutely decompensated heart failure (AHF).
Methods The AHF registry is a monocentric prospective follow-up study that comprehensively phenotypes consecutive patients hospitalized for AHF. Echocardiography was performed and NT-proBNP measured on the day of admission and within 72 hours prior to discharge. MyW assessment was performed off-line using EchoPAC (GE, version 202). In order to quantify changes in MyW and NT-proBNP, we used the respective discharge-to-admission ratio (DAR). Local polynomial regression was applied to model these associations in patients with LV ejection fraction (LVEF) <40% vs ≥40%.
Results We analyzed 111 patients: mean age 73 ± 11 yrs; 32% female; 46 patients (41.4%) with LVEF < 40%. The median [Q1, Q3] NT-proBNP level at admission was 5883 pg/ml (2589, 10188). Median length of stay in hospital was 12.0 days (9.0, 16.5). The DAR for NT-proBNP was 0.55 (0.34; 0.80) indicating that the majority of patients experienced a marked lowering of NT-proBNP. The figure demonstrates that the association between DAR of MyW parameters and DAR of NT-proBNP showed distinct profiles depending on admission LVEF. E.g., in panel A, the arrows indicate that a NT-proBNP reduction by 50% was associated with a 45% increment in GCW if admission LVEF was <40%, but with an 8% increment only if LVEF was ≥40%.
Conclusions Our preliminary analysis indicates that a decrease in NT-proBNP may be associated with an improvement in GCW and GWE in patients with reduced LVEF, while these parameters were non-responsive in the other patient group. Although these results require confirmation in a larger cohort, they encourage further research in to MyW as a less load-dependent measure of LV function, shedding new light on echocardiographically manifest alterations of myocardial texture and the timing of healing processes after an acute cardiac event.
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Discharge-to-admission ratio (DAR) of A) global work efficiency (GWE, >1= improvement), B) global constructive work (GCW, >1= improvement), and C) global wasted work (GWW, <1 = improvement) as a function of discharge to admission NT-proBNP in acute heart failure patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ and <40%.
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- C Morbach
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Department for Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Liu D, Hu K, Scheffold C, Liebner F, Kirch M, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. 161 Impact of right ventricular dysfunction on outcome in heart failure patients with mid-range ejection fraction with and without chronic respiratory diseases. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.039] [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
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Background
The impact of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction on outcome of heart failure patients with mid-range left ventricular ejection fraction (HFmrEF, 40-49%) is not well characterized yet. In this study, we observed the association between echocardiography defined RV dysfunction with outcomes and if the outcome was jointly affected by co-existed chronic respiratory diseases (CRD: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, occupational lung diseases, sleep apnea syndrome) in HFmrEF patients
Methods
1090 HFmrEF patients referred to our department between 2009 and 2017 were included in this study. Baseline demographic and clinical data were obtained by reviewing the medical records. All patients subsequently completed a median clinical follow-up of 26 (15-38) months. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx). Right heart morphology and function were assessed with the use of multiple echocardiographic parameters, including right atrial area (RAA), RV mid diameter (RVD), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP).
Results
Mean age was 69 ± 13 years and 73.4% were male. The proportion of NYHA functional class III or IV was 24.8%. CRD was identified in 209 (19.2%) patients. 280 patients (25.7%, without CRD: 204, with CRD: 76) died and 2 patients (without CRD) underwent HTx. All-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFmrEF patients with CRD than without CRD (36.4% vs. 23.4%, P < 0.001).
Besides CRD, Cox regression analysis showed that age, body mass index, and cardiac risk factors and comorbidities including diabetes, atrial fibrillation, dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, kidney dysfunction (eGFR <60ml/min/1.73qm), anemia were associated with increased all-cause mortality/HTx (all P < 0.05). Multivariable Cox regression models showed that sPAP (HR 1.015, P = 0.002) and TAPSE (HR 0.962, P = 0.004) were independent determinants of all-cause mortality/HTx in patients without CRD, while sPAP served as independent determinant of all-cause mortality/HTx In patients with CRD (HR 1.018, P = 0.026) after adjusted for above mentioned confounders.
Patients without CRDs were further grouped into those with normal (sPAP ≤ 40mmHg and TAPSE≥14mm, n = 513); mild to moderate (sPAP > 40mmHg or TAPSE < 14mm, n = 387) and severe RV dysfunction (sPAP > 40mmHg and TAPSE < 14mm, n = 88). Severe RV dysfunction was independently associated with a 2-fold increased all-cause mortality/HTx as compared to normal RV function (HR 2.209, 95% CI 1.455-3.355, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Increased sPAP and reduced TAPSE are independent determinants of all-cause mortality in HFmrEF patients without CRD, and sPAP is an independent determinant of all-cause mortality in HFmrEF patients with CRD. Moreover, HFmrEF patients with severe RV dysfunction face a 2-fold increased all-cause mortality, as compared to patients with normal RV function and no CRD.
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- D Liu
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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Sahiti F, Morbach C, Henneges C, Hanke M, Ludwig R, Breunig M, Cejka V, Christa M, Scholz N, Ertl M, Kaspar M, Ertl G, Frantz S, Angermann C, Stoerk S. P803 Myocardial work in acutely decompensated heart failure patients differs between HFrEF and HFpEF. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.459] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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OnBehalf
AHF Registry
Background & Aim A novel echocardiographic method to non-invasively determine left ventricular (LV) myocardial work (MyW) based on speckle-tracking derived longitudinal strain and blood pressure has recently been validated against invasive reference measurements. MyW is considered less load-dependent than LV ejection fraction (EF) and LV longitudinal strain. We investigated MyW indices in patients with reduced ejection fraction (LVEF <40%; HFrEF) and patients with preserved ejection fraction (LVEF ≥50%, HFpEF) admitted for acutely decompensated heart failure (AHF).
Methods The AHF registry is a monocentric prospective follow-up study that comprehensively phenotypes consecutive patients hospitalized for AHF. Echocardiography was performed on the day of admission. MyW assessment was performed off-line using EchoPAC (GE, version 202). Here we present MyW indices and performed two-sided t-tests to analyze differences in numerical baseline covariates.
Results We analyzed the echocardiograms of 94 AHF patients (72 ± 10 years; 36% female). 46 patients (49%) had an LVEF <40%, while 48 patients (51%) presented with LVEF ≥50%. HFrEF patients were younger, less often female, and hat lower blood pressure (table). Consistent with lower LVEF, HFrEF patients had less negative global longitudinal strain and lower global constructive work, when compared to HFpEF patients. Since HFrEF patients also had higher global wasted work, this yielded a lower myocardial work efficiency compared to HFpEF patients (table).
Conclusions This analysis in patients with AHF exhibited marked differences in MyW indices according to subgroups with HFrEF and HFpEF, thus adding information to the classical measures of LV function. Future research has to determine whether constructive and/or wasted MyW are valuable diagnostic or therapeutic targets in patients with AHF.
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- F Sahiti
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University and University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Department for Medicine I, University and University Hospital Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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Morbach C, Henneges C, Sahiti F, Breunig M, Cejka V, Ertl G, Frantz S, Angermann CE, Stoerk S. P1432 Heart failure subgroups according to left ventricular ejection fraction A latent class analysis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.861] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
German Research Foundation (BMBF 01EO1004 and 01EO1504)
OnBehalf
AHF
Background & Aims Heart failure (HF) is classified according to left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) into heart failure with reduced (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved EF (HFpEF). In 2016, a third subgroup, heart failure with mid-range EF (HFmrEF), has been introduced by the ESC. We aimed to identify the number of naturally occurring heart failure subgroups according to LVEF using latent class analysis.
Methods The AHF registry is a monocentric prospective follow-up study that comprehensively phenotypes consecutive patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF). Echocardiography was performed within 72 hours prior to discharge. We first estimated the distribution of LVEF using histogram and kernel density estimation methods (bandwidth was selected by biased cross-validation). We then fitted Gaussian Mixture Models with increasing number of components to the data. To select the optimal number of components we calculated the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). The minimum of each criterion suggests the optimal number of components for the final model. The BIC requires more data to select more components than the AIC and hence is more conservative. Finally, for each criterion the optimal model was determined.
Results Out of 629 patients, 585 (93%) patients received echocardiography and in 498 (79.2%) the LVEF could be calculated using Simpson´s biplane or monoplane method.
The BIC suggested two (panel B), the AIC three components (panel A). In the two-component model, mean ± SD LVEF values were 60.2 ± 8.7% and 30.8 ± 9.6%, thus covering 56% and 44% of patients, respectively (panel D). In the three-component model, respective LVEF values were 64.9 ± 6.2%, 50.2 ± 6.9%, and 28.4 ± 8.1%, thus covering 35%, 27%, and 38% of patients (panel C).
Conclusions Our analysis suggests that LVEF in patients with AHF is not a continuum, but clusters in two or three subgroups. In line with the HFrEF and HFpEF classification, the more conservative model suggested two subgroups of LVEF. The less restrictive model allowed for a third subgroup, compatible with HFmrEF. Future analyses will better characterize the identified subgroups.
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- C Morbach
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Hu K, Liu D, Kirch M, Liebner F, Scheffold C, Herrmann S, Weidemann F, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. P904 Impact of significant functional mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis on outcome of HFrEF patients. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.541] [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
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Background
Concomitant aortic stenosis (AS) and functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) are common in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. We evaluated the impact of significant valve diseases on outcome of patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF, LVEF < 40%).
Methods
A total of 1264 consecutive HFrEF patients referred to our department between 2009 and 2017 were screened. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed at baseline visit in all patients. Patients with primary MR or received mitral valve operation before or after baseline visit (n = 64) as well as patients underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) before baseline visit (n = 66) were excluded. Finally, 1134 HFrEF patients were included for final analysis, and all completed a median clinical follow-up of 26 (12-40) months by medical record review or telephone interview. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx).
Results
Moderate or severe FMR or AS was detected in 902 (79.5%) and in 119 (10.5%) patients by echocardiography, respectively. Of patients with significant AS, 47 patients underwent AVR shortly after baseline visit. In total, 353 (31.2%, including HTx n = 11) HFrEF patients died or underwent HTx during follow-up.
Age, body mass index, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, chronic respiratory diseases, and renal dysfunction (all P < 0.05) were defined as clinical covariates associated with all-cause mortality/HTx and served as potential confounders in the multivariable Cox regression models. All-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFrEF patients with significant FMR than patients without significant FMR (33.8% vs. 20.7%, P < 0.001).
Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed significant FMR remained as an independent determinant of all-cause mortality/HTx in patients with HFrEF after adjusted for above mentioned confounders (HR 1.39, 95% CI 1.02-1.90, P = 0.035).
Patients with significant AS without AVR faced increased risk of all-cause mortality/HTx as compared to patients without significant AS (HR 2.34, P < 0.001), while risk of all-cause mortality/HTx was significantly lower in patients with significant AS and underwent AVR as compared to patients without significant AS after adjustment for confounders (HR 0.36, P = 0.008).
In the subgroup of HFrEF patients with significant FMR, significant AS without AVR was independently associated with increased all-cause mortality/HTx as compared to patients without significant AS (HR 2.30, P < 0.001), while outcome is better in AS and FMR patients underwent AVR as compared to patients with significant FMR and without significant AS (survival: 85.4% vs. 67.5%, P < 0.001; HR 0.34, P = 0.010) after adjustment for potential confounding factors.
Conclusion
Moderate to severe FMR and/or AS is incrementally related to higher all-cause mortality/HTx in HFrEF patients. AVR could significantly improve the survival of HFrEF patients with concomitant significant AS and FMR.
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- K Hu
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Leopoldina Hospital, Schweinfurt, Germany
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- Klinikum Vest, Medizinische Klinik I, Recklinghausen, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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Hu K, Liu D, Kirch M, Scheffold C, Liebner F, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. P1751 Right ventricular dysfunction in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction with and without chronic respiratory diseases: A treacherous combination for the ominous outcome? Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.1110] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is common in heart failure patients. In the present study, we determined the impact of echocardiography defined RV dysfunction on outcomes in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (<40%, HFrEF) with and without chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, occupational lung diseases, sleep apnea syndrome).
Methods
A total of 1264 HFrEF patients (Mean age: 68 ± 13 years; male: 76.3%) referred to our department between 2009 and 2017 were included. Baseline demographic and clinical data were obtained by reviewing the medical records. All patients subsequently completed a median clinical follow-up of 26 (12-40) months by medical record review or telephone interview. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx). Right heart morphology and function were assessed by multiple echocardiographic parameters, including right atrial area (RAA), RV mid diameter (RVD), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP).
Results
The proportion of NYHA functional class III-IV was 42.2%. Mean LVEF was 29.4 ± 7.0%. CRDs was identified in 276 (21.8%) patients, 399 (30.5%, without CRDs n = 290, with CRDs n = 109) patients died (n = 386) or underwent HTx (n = 13). All-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFrEF patients with CRDs than without CRDs (39.5% vs. 29.4%, P = 0.001).
Cox regression analysis showed that age, BMI, and other cardiac risk factors and comorbidities including diabetes, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, kidney dysfunction, and anemia were associated with all-cause mortality/HTx (all P < 0.05) besides CRDs. Multivariable Cox regression models showed that sPAP (HR 1.016, P < 0.001), TAPSE (HR 0.964, P = 0.003), RAA (HR 1.030, P < 0.001), and RVD (HR 1.029, P < 0.001) were independent determinants of all-cause mortality/HTx in HFrEF patients without CRDs, but not in HFrEF patients with CRDs after adjusted for above mentioned confounders.
With the cut-off values (sPAP > 40mmHg, TAPSE < 12mm, RAA > 25cm², and RVD > 36mm) derived from the 3rd quartiles, patients without CRDs were further grouped as normal RV function (all 4 parameters normal, n = 427); mild to moderate RV dysfunction (1 or 2 parameters abnormal, n = 467) and severe RV dysfunction (≥3 parameters abnormal, n = 94). Risk of all-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFrEF patients with severe (51.1%) and mild to moderate RV dysfunction (34.7%) as compared to patients with normal RV function (18.7%, severe vs. normal: HR 1.616 , 95% CI 1.232-2.119, P = 0.001; mild to moderate vs. normal HR: 2.657, 95% CI 1.845-3.824, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
RV dysfunction is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality in HFrEF patients without CRDs. Increased sPAP, RAA, RVD and decreased TAPSE are independent determinants of worse outcomes in HFrEF patients without CRDs, but not in HFrEF patients with CRDs.
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- K Hu
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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Hu K, Liu D, Kirch M, Scheffold C, Liebner F, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. P3551Right ventricular dysfunction in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction with and without chronic respiratory diseases: A treacherous combination for the ominous outcome? Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0414] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is common in heart failure patients. In the present study, we determined the impact of echocardiography defined RV dysfunction on outcomes in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (<40%, HFrEF) with and without chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, occupational lung diseases, sleep apnea syndrome).
Methods
A total of 1264 HFrEF patients (Mean age: 68±13 years; male: 76.3%) referred to our department between 2009 and 2017 were included. Baseline demographic and clinical data were obtained by reviewing the medical records. All patients subsequently completed a median clinical follow-up of 26 (12–40) months by medical record review or telephone interview. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx). Right heart morphology and function were assessed by multiple echocardiographic parameters, including right atrial area (RAA), RV mid diameter (RVD), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP).
Results
The proportion of NYHA functional class III-IV was 42.2%. Mean LVEF was 29.4±7.0%. CRDs was identified in 276 (21.8%) patients, 399 (30.5%, without CRDs n=290, with CRDs n=109) patients died (n=386) or underwent HTx (n=13). All-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFrEF patients with CRDs than without CRDs (39.5% vs. 29.4%, P=0.001).
Cox regression analysis showed that age, BMI, and other cardiac risk factors and comorbidities including diabetes, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, kidney dysfunction, and anemia were associated with all-cause mortality/HTx (all P<0.05) besides CRDs. Multivariable Cox regression models showed that sPAP (HR 1.016, P<0.001), TAPSE (HR 0.964, P=0.003), RAA (HR 1.030, P<0.001), and RVD (HR 1.029, P<0.001) were independent determinants of all-cause mortality/HTx in HFrEF patients without CRDs, but not in HFrEF patients with CRDs after adjusted for above mentioned confounders.
With the cut-off values (sPAP>40mmHg, TAPSE<12mm, RAA>25cm2, and RVD>36mm) derived from the 3rd quartiles, patients without CRDs were further grouped as normal RV function (all 4 parameters normal, n=427); mild to moderate RV dysfunction (1 or 2 parameters abnormal, n=467) and severe RV dysfunction (≥3 parameters abnormal, n=94). Risk of all-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFrEF patients with severe (51.1%) and mild to moderate RV dysfunction (34.7%) as compared to patients with normal RV function (18.7%, severe vs. normal: HR 1.616, 95% CI 1.232–2.119, P=0.001; mild to moderate vs. normal HR: 2.657, 95% CI 1.845–3.824, P<0.001).
Conclusions
RV dysfunction is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality in HFrEF patients without CRDs. Increased sPAP, RAA, RVD and decreased TAPSE are independent determinants of worse outcomes in HFrEF patients without CRDs, but not in HFrEF patients with CRDs.
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- K Hu
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Nordbeck P, Liu D, Hu K, Lau K, Kiwitz T, Robitzkat K, Hammel C, Ertl G, Frantz S. P3545Association between diastolic dysfunction and two-year survival in heart failure patients with mid-range or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0408] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Extensive studies have demonstrated prognostic impact of echocardiographic defined diastolic dysfunction (DD) in patients with preserved as well as reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Nevertheless, it remains controversial whether evaluation of DD could provide additional prognostic information in heart failure (HF) patients with impaired systolic function. The purpose of present study, therefore, is to investigate the prognostic impact of echocardiography-defined DD on survival in HF patients hospitalized in our centre from 2009 to 2017 with mid-range LVEF (HFmrEF, LVEF 41–49%) and reduced LVEF (HFrEF, LVEF<40%).
Methods
A total of 2018 patients with echocardiography-evidenced LVEF<50% and hospitalized in our centre between July 2009 to December 2017 were included. Baseline demographic and clinical data were obtained by reviewing the medical records. All patients subsequently completed a median clinical follow-up of 24 (IQR 13–36) months by medical record review or telephone interview. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx). Patients were divided into mild, moderate and severe DD according to recent guidelines.
Results
The mean age was 69±13 years in the HFmrEF group and 68±13 years in the HFrEF group. All-cause mortality/HTx rate was significantly higher in the HFrEF (all-cause death n=318 and HTx n=11, 30.9%) group than in patients with HFmrEF (all-cause death n=235 and HTx n=2, 24.9%, P=0.003). All-cause mortality/HTx rate increased in proportion to DD severity in HFmrEF patients: 17.1% (54/315) in the mild DD group, 25.4% (115/452) in the moderate DD group, and 37.0% (68/184) in the severe DD group (P<0.001) and in HFrEF patients: 18.9% (43/228) in the mild DD group, 30.3% (146/482) in the moderate DD group, and 39.2% (140/357) in the severe DD group (P<0.001). Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that Doppler parameter early-diastolic mitral inflow velocity to septal mitral annular velocity ratio (E/E') >14 (HR 1.41, 95% CI 1.06–1.89, P=0.020) and peak tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TRVmax) >2.8m/s (HR 1.75, 95% CI 1.33–2.29, P<0.001) were independent determinants of all-cause mortality/HTx in patients with HFmrEF; while E/E'>14 (HR 1.48, 95% CI 1.08–2.04, P=0.015) remained as an independent determinant of all-cause mortality/HTx in patients with HFrEF after adjustment for clinical and other echocardiographic confounders. Besides DD-related parameters, after adjustment with age and sex, lower tricuspid and mitral annular plane systolic excursions (TAPSE and MAPSE) were also closely related to higher mortality/HTx rate in both HFmrEF and HFrEF patients.
Figure 1. Kaplan-Meier curves
Conclusion
Our results indicate that all-cause mortality/HTx rate increases in proportion to DD severity in both HFmrEF and HFrEF patients.
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- P Nordbeck
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Muentze J, Gensler D, Cairns T, Maniuc O, Oder D, Wanner C, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. 4092Magnetic resonance imaging of Fabry disease cardiomyopathy in patients receiving oral chaperone therapy. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0104] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disorder with multiple organ involvement. Renal and cardiac symptoms can lead to dialysis and myocardial hypertrophy with fibrosis, responsible for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is available for all patients with Fabry disease since 2001, requiring infusions every other week. Since May 2016, the chaperone migalastat represents a novel form of specific therapy as the first oral therapy available for certain Fabry patients. Through this molecule the function of the mutated enzyme α-galactosidase A can be restored. Recent trials have shown positive cardiac effects of chaperone therapy using echocardiography; however, MRI investigations further evaluating these findings are not available yet.
Objective
To evaluate cardiac effects of migalastat therapy in patients with amenable α-galactosidase A mutations in the prospective monocentric HEAL-FABRY registry (NCT03362164).
Methods and results
Comprehensive clinical investigations including serial MRI were conducted at baseline before initiation of migalastat therapy and at least one year thereafter in all patients without contraindications such as pacemakers or ICDs. Out of 29 patients included in the study (mean age at start of therapy 52.8±14 years, total range 20–74 years), until then 12 patients with MRI data completed the 1-year follow-up. At 1 year, enzyme activity in leucocytes increased from 0.06 to 0.21 nmol/min/mg protein (p=0.001). Distinctive changes over time were observed not only in diastolic but also systolic parameters. The systolic myocardial mass index was reduced by 2.39% (p=0.10). In the AHA segment number 5, most important for classification of severe myocardial damage in Fabry patients, late gadolinium enhancement was reduced by 8.58% in all 5 patients with verified progressive fibrosis (p=0.14). One patient stopped migalastat therapy due to personal reasons. No significant side effects were observed.
Analysis of LGE (systolic phase)
Conclusion
These preliminary MRI data show positive effects of migalastat therapy in patients with Fabry disease and cardiac involvement. Compared to echocardiography, MRI has the potential to allow for comprehensive additional analyses regarding both cardiac morphology and function.
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- J Muentze
- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Liu D, Hu K, Scheffold C, Liebner F, Kirch M, Lengenfelder B, Ertl G, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. P4513Impact of right ventricular dysfunction on outcome in heart failure patients with mid-range ejection fraction with and without chronic respiratory diseases. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0906] [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
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Background
The impact of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction on outcome of heart failure patients with mid-range left ventricular ejection fraction (HFmrEF, 40–49%) is not well characterized yet. In this study, we observed the association between echocardiography defined RV dysfunction with outcomes and if the outcome was jointly affected by co-existed chronic respiratory diseases (CRD: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, occupational lung diseases, sleep apnea syndrome) in HFmrEF patients
Methods
1090 HFmrEF patients referred to our department between 2009 and 2017 were included in this study. Baseline demographic and clinical data were obtained by reviewing the medical records. All patients subsequently completed a median clinical follow-up of 26 (15–38) months. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality or heart transplantation (HTx). Right heart morphology and function were assessed with the use of multiple echocardiographic parameters, including right atrial area (RAA), RV mid diameter (RVD), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP).
Results
Mean age was 69±13 years and 73.4% were male. The proportion of NYHA functional class III or IV was 24.8%. CRD was identified in 209 (19.2%) patients. 280 patients (25.7%, without CRD: 204, with CRD: 76) died and 2 patients (without CRD) underwent HTx. All-cause mortality/HTx was significantly higher in HFmrEF patients with CRD than without CRD (36.4% vs. 23.4%, P<0.001).
Besides CRD, Cox regression analysis showed that age, body mass index, and cardiac risk factors and comorbidities including diabetes, atrial fibrillation, dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, kidney dysfunction (eGFR <60ml/min/1.73qm), anemia were associated with increased all-cause mortality/HTx (all P<0.05). Multivariable Cox regression models showed that sPAP (HR 1.015, P=0.002) and TAPSE (HR 0.962, P=0.004) were independent determinants of all-cause mortality/HTx in patients without CRD, while sPAP served as independent determinant of all-cause mortality/HTx In patients with CRD (HR 1.018, P=0.026) after adjusted for above mentioned confounders.
Patients without CRDs were further grouped into those with normal (sPAP≤40mmHg and TAPSE≥14mm, n=513); mild to moderate (sPAP>40mmHg or TAPSE<14mm, n=387) and severe RV dysfunction (sPAP>40mmHg and TAPSE<14mm, n=88). Severe RV dysfunction was independently associated with a 2-fold increased all-cause mortality/HTx as compared to normal RV function (HR 2.209, 95% CI 1.455–3.355, P<0.001).
Conclusions
Increased sPAP and reduced TAPSE are independent determinants of all-cause mortality in HFmrEF patients without CRD, and sPAP is an independent determinant of all-cause mortality in HFmrEF patients with CRD. Moreover, HFmrEF patients with severe RV dysfunction face a 2-fold increased all-cause mortality, as compared to patients with normal RV function and no CRD.
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- D Liu
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Maniuc O, Salinger T, Anders F, Muentze J, Liu D, Hu K, Lengenfelder B, Voelker W, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. P1715Management and outcome in patients with non-ischemic cardiogenic shock and Impella CP use. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0470] [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
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Background and purpose
From the various mechanical cardiac assist devices and indications available, use of the percutaneous intraventricular Impella CP pump is usually restricted to acute ischemic shock or prophylactic indications in high-risk interventions. In the present study, we investigated clinical usefulness of the Impella CP device in patients with non-ischemic cardiogenic shock as compared to acute ischemia.
Methods
In this retrospective single-center analysis, patients who received an Impella CP between 2013 and 2017 due to non-ischemic cardiogenic shock were age-matched 2:1 with patients receiving the device due to ischemic cardiogenic shock. Inclusion criteria were therapy refractory hemodynamic instability with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction and serum lactate >2.0 mmol/l at implantation. Basic clinical data, indications for mechanical ventricular support, and outcome were obtained in all patients with non-ischemic as well as ischemic shock and compared between both groups. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (quartiles). Categorical variables are presented as count and percent.
Results
25 patients had cardiogenic shock due to non-ischemic reasons, and were compared to 50 patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute myocardial infarction. Resuscitation rates before implantation of Impella CP were high (32 vs 42%; P=0.402). At implantation, patients with non-ischemic cardiogenic shock had lower levels of HsTNT (110.65 [57.87–322.1] vs 1610 [450.8–3861.5] pg/ml; P=0.001) and LDH (377 [279–608] vs 616 [371.3–1109] U/I; P=0.007), while age (59±16 vs 61.7±11; P=0.401), GFR (43.5 [33.2–59.7] vs 48 [35.75–69] ml/min; P=0.290), CRP (5.17 [3.27–10.26] vs 10.97 [3.23–17.2] mg/dl; P=0.195), catecholamine-index (30.6 [10.6–116.9] vs 47.6 [11.7–90] μg/kg/min; P=0.663), and serum lactate (2.6 [2.2–5.8] vs 2.9 [1.3–6.6] mg/dl; P=0.424) were comparable between both groups. There was a trend for longer duration of Impella support in the non-ischemic groups (5 [2–7.5] vs 3 [2–5.25] days, P=0.211). Rates of hemodialysis (52 vs 47%; P=0.680) and transition to ECMO (13.6 vs 22.2%; P=0.521) were comparable. No significant difference was found regarding both 30-days survival (48 vs 30%; P=0.126, Figure 1) as well in-hospital mortality (66.7 vs 74%; P=0.512) although there was a trend for better survival in the non-ischemic group.
30-days survival
Conclusions
The current results position short-time use of the Impella CP as an alternative in the treatment of patients with cardiogenic shock due to underlying non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and/or complicating additional factors. However, additional studies are needed to test whether these findings can be confirmed in larger patient populations and which subgroups might benefit most from Impella therapy.
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- O Maniuc
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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De Backer G, Jankowski P, Kotseva K, Mirrakhimov E, Reiner Ž, Rydén L, Tokgözoğlu L, Wood D, De Bacquer D, De Backer G, Jankowski P, Kotseva K, Mirrakhimov E, Reiner Z, Rydén L, Tokgözoğlu L, Wood D, De Bacquer D, Kotseva K, De Backer G, Abreu A, Aguiar C, Badariene J, Bruthans J, Castro Conde A, Cifkova R, Crowley J, Davletov K, Bacquer DD, De Smedt D, De Sutter J, Deckers J, Dilic M, Dolzhenko M, Druais H, Dzerve V, Erglis A, Fras Z, Gaita D, Gotcheva N, Grobbee D, Gyberg V, Hasan Ali H, Heuschmann P, Hoes A, Jankowski P, Lalic N, Lehto S, Lovic D, Maggioni A, Mancas S, Marques-Vidal P, Mellbin L, Miličić D, Mirrakhimov E, Oganov R, Pogosova N, Reiner Ž, Rydén L, Stagmo M, Störk S, Sundvall J, Tokgözoğlu L, Tsioufis K, Vulic D, Wood D, Wood D, Kotseva K, Jennings C, Adamska A, Adamska S, Rydén L, Mellbin L, Tuomilehto J, Schnell O, Druais H, Fiorucci E, Glemot M, Larras F, Missiamenou V, Maggioni A, Taylor C, Ferreira T, Lemaitre K, Bacquer DD, De Backer G, Raman L, Sundvall J, 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Kraen M, Frantz S, Nihlén U, Engström G, Löfdahl CG, Wollmer P, Dencker M. Matrix Metalloproteinases in COPD and atherosclerosis with emphasis on the effects of smoking. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211987. [PMID: 30789935 PMCID: PMC6383934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP´s) are known biomarkers of atherosclerosis. MMP´s are also involved in the pathophysiological processes underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoking plays an important role in both disease states and is also known to affect the concentration and activity of MMP´s systemically. Unfortunately, the epidemiological data concerning the value of MMP´s as biomarkers of COPD and atherosclerosis with special regards to smoking habits are limited. Methods 450 middle-aged subjects with records of smoking habits and tobacco consumption were examined with comprehensive spirometry, carotid ultrasound examination and biomarker analysis of MMP-1, -3, -7, -10 and -12. Due to missing data 33 subjects were excluded. Results The remaining 417 participants were divided into 4 different groups. Group I (n = 157, no plaque and no COPD), group II (n = 136, plaque but no COPD), group III (n = 43, COPD but no plaque) and group IV (n = 81, plaque and COPD). Serum levels of MMP-1,-7,-10-12 were significantly influenced by smoking, and MMP-1, -3, -7 and-12 were elevated in subjects with COPD and carotid plaque. This remained statistically significant for MMP-1 and-12 after adjusting for traditional risk factors. Conclusion COPD and concomitant plaque in the carotid artery were associated with elevated levels of MMP-1 and -MMP-12 even when adjusting for risk factors. Further studies are needed to elucidate if these two MMP´s could be useful as biomarkers in a clinical setting. Smoking was associated with increased serum levels of MMP´s (except for MMP-3) and should be taken into account when interpreting serum MMP results.
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- Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Respiratory Medicine and Allergology unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular Epidemiology research group, Department of Clinical Science, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Respiratory Medicine and Allergology unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Morbach C, Gelbrich G, Tiffe T, Eichner F, Wagner M, Heuschmann PU, Störk S, Frantz S, Maack C, Ertl G, Fassnacht M, Wanner C, Leyh R, Volkmann J, Deckert J, Faller H, Jahns R. Variations in cardiovascular risk factors in people with and without migration background in Germany - Results from the STAAB cohort study. Int J Cardiol 2018; 286:186-189. [PMID: 30420145 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.10.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND About 20% of the German population have a migration background which might influence prevalence of preventable cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF). METHODS We report data of the prospective Characteristics and Course of Heart Failure Stages A-B and Determinants of Progression (STAAB) cohort study investigating a representative sample of inhabitants of the City of Würzburg, Germany, aged 30 to 79 years. Individuals without migration background were defined as follows: German as native language, no other native language, and/or born in Germany. All other participants were defined as individuals with migration background. RESULTS Of 2473 subjects (51% female, mean age 54 ± 12 years), 291 (12%) reported a migration background: n = 107 (37%) from a country within the EU, n = 117 (40%) from Russia, and n = 67 (23%) from other countries. Prevalence of hypertension, atherosclerotic disease, and diabetes mellitus was similar in individuals with and without migration background. By contrast, prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome was significantly higher in individuals with migration background, with the least favourable profile apparent in individuals from Russia (individuals without vs. with migration background: obesity 19 vs. 24%, p < 0.05; odds ratio: EU: 1.6, Russia: 2.2*, other countries: 0.6; metabolic syndrome 18 vs. 21%, p < 0.05; odds ratio: EU: 1.2, Russia: 1.7*, other countries: 1.5; *p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Individuals with migration background in Germany might exhibit a higher CVRF burden due to a higher prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Strategies for primary prevention of heart failure may benefit from deliberately considering the migration background.
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- Caroline Morbach
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, University Hospital and University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, and Clinical Trial Center, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Dept. of Medicine I, University Hospital and University of Würzburg, Germany.
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- Dept. of Medicine I, Div. of Cardiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital and University of Würzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Medicine I, Div. of Endocrinology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Medical Psychology, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Bank of Biomaterials and Data Würzburg, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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Tita AT, Jablonski KA, Bailit JL, Grobman WA, Wapner RJ, Reddy UM, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Leveno KJ, Caritis SN, Iams JD, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Rouse DJ, Blackwell SC, Tolosa JE, Wallace M, Northen A, Grant J, Colquitt C, Mallett G, Ramos-Brinson M, Roy A, Stein L, Campbell P, Collins C, Jackson N, Dinsmoor M, Senka J, Paychek K, Peaceman A, Talucci M, Zylfijaj M, Reid Z, Leed R, Benson J, Forester S, Kitto C, Davis S, Falk M, Perez C, Hill K, Sowles A, Postma J, Alexander S, Andersen G, Scott V, Morby V, Jolley K, Miller J, Berg B, Dorman K, Mitchell J, Kaluta E, Clark K, Spicer K, Timlin S, Wilson K, Moseley L, Santillan M, Price J, Buentipo K, Bludau V, Thomas T, Fay L, Melton C, Kingsbery J, Benezue R, Simhan H, Bickus M, Fischer D, Kamon T, DeAngelis D, Mercer B, Milluzzi C, Dalton W, Dotson T, McDonald P, Brezine C, McGrail A, Latimer C, Guzzo L, Johnson F, Gerwig L, Fyffe S, Loux D, Frantz S, Cline D, Wylie S, Shubert P, Moss J, Salazar A, Acosta A, Hankins G, Hauff N, Palmer L, Lockhart P, Driscoll D, Wynn L, Sudz C, Dengate D, Girard C, Field S, Breault P, Smith F, Annunziata N, Allard D, Silva J, Gamage M, Hunt J, Tillinghast J, Corcoran N, Jimenez M, Ortiz F, Givens P, Rech B, Moran C, Hutchinson M, Spears Z, Carreno C, Heaps B, Zamora G, Seguin J, Rincon M, Snyder J, Farrar C, Lairson E, Bonino C, Smith W, Beach K, Van Dyke S, Butcher S, Thom E, Zhao Y, McGee P, Momirova V, Palugod R, Reamer B, Larsen M, Spong C, Tolivaisa S, VanDorsten J. Neonatal outcomes of elective early-term births after demonstrated fetal lung maturity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018; 219:296.e1-296.e8. [PMID: 29800541 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies of early-term birth after demonstrated fetal lung maturity show that respiratory and other outcomes are worse with early-term birth (370-386 weeks) even after demonstrated fetal lung maturity when compared with full-term birth (390-406 weeks). However, these studies included medically indicated births and are therefore potentially limited by confounding by the indication for delivery. Thus, the increase in adverse outcomes might be due to the indication for early-term birth rather than the early-term birth itself. OBJECTIVE We examined the prevalence and risks of adverse neonatal outcomes associated with early-term birth after confirmed fetal lung maturity as compared with full-term birth in the absence of indications for early delivery. STUDY DESIGN This is a secondary analysis of an observational study of births to 115,502 women in 25 hospitals in the United States from 2008 through 2011. Singleton nonanomalous births at 37-40 weeks with no identifiable indication for delivery were included; early-term births after positive fetal lung maturity testing were compared with full-term births. The primary outcome was a composite of death, ventilator for ≥2 days, continuous positive airway pressure, proven sepsis, pneumonia or meningitis, treated hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia (phototherapy), and 5-minute Apgar <7. Logistic regression and propensity score matching (both 1:1 and 1:2) were used. RESULTS In all, 48,137 births met inclusion criteria; the prevalence of fetal lung maturity testing in the absence of medical or obstetric indications for early delivery was 0.52% (n = 249). There were 180 (0.37%) early-term births after confirmed pulmonary maturity and 47,957 full-term births. Women in the former group were more likely to be non-Hispanic white, smoke, have received antenatal steroids, have induction, and have a cesarean. Risks of the composite (16.1% vs 5.4%; adjusted odds ratio, 3.2; 95% confidence interval, 2.1-4.8 from logistic regression) were more frequent with elective early-term birth. Propensity scores matching confirmed the increased primary composite in elective early-term births: adjusted odds ratios, 4.3 (95% confidence interval, 1.8-10.5) for 1:1 and 3.5 (95% confidence interval, 1.8-6.5) for 1:2 matching. Among components of the primary outcome, CPAP use and hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy were significantly increased. Transient tachypnea of the newborn, neonatal intensive care unit admission, and prolonged neonatal intensive care unit stay (>2 days) were also increased with early-term birth. CONCLUSION Even with confirmed pulmonary maturity, early-term birth in the absence of medical or obstetric indications is associated with worse neonatal respiratory and hepatic outcomes compared with full-term birth, suggesting relative immaturity of these organ systems in early-term births.
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Maniuc O, Fischer G, Petri N, Sakas G, Kolev V, Nordbeck P, Herrmann S, Frantz S, Voelker W. P3422High precision vessel access during transfemoral aortic valve implantation - a pilot study of puncture guidance using a new navigation technique. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p3422] [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] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- O Maniuc
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wurzburg, Germany
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Muentze J, Gensler D, Salinger T, Oder D, Wanner C, Frantz S, Nordbeck P. 2355Treatment of cardiac manifestations in Fabry disease with the oral drug Migalastat: First 12 months results from a cohort of amenable all-comers. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.2355] [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] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J Muentze
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
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Gensler D, Salinger T, Muentze J, Wech T, Frantz S, Jakob PM, Nordbeck P. P3702Self-navigated myocardial T2* mapping under free breathing using a radial multi gradient echo sequence. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p3702] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- D Gensler
- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University of Wuerzburg, Experimental Physics 5, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Wurzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC) and Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology, Wurzburg, Germany
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Liu D, Hu K, Lau K, Hammel C, Salinger T, Herrmann S, Ertl G, Frantz S, Stoerk S, Nordbeck P. 2455Predictive value of diastolic dysfunction severity on long-term survival in heart failure patients with mid-range or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.2455] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- D Liu
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Wuerzburg, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Kim A, Frantz S, Brower J, Akhter N. 3:18 PM Abstract No. 263 Multicenter evaluation of yttrium-90 selective internal radiation therapy for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Rückert F, Steinke T, Flöther L, Bucher M, Metz D, Frantz S, Charitos E, Treede H, Raspé C. Out-of-Center Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Predictors for Outcome and Quality of Life. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598689] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- F. Rückert
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Halle-Wittenberg University, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Heinroth KM, Unverzagt S, Mahnkopf D, Frantz S, Prondzinsky R. The double guidewire approach for transcoronary pacing in a porcine model. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2016; 112:622-628. [PMID: 27878578 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-016-0235-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transcoronary pacing is used for treatment of unheralded bradycardias in the setting of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). OBJECTIVES In the present study we introduced a new concept - the double guidewire approach - for transcoronary pacing in a porcine model. METHODS Transcoronary pacing was applied in 16 adult pigs under general anaesthesia in an animal catheterization laboratory. A special guidewire with electrical insulation by PTFE coating except for the distal part of the guidewire was positioned in the periphery of a coronary artery serving as the cathode. As the indifferent anode, an additional standard floppy tip guidewire was advanced into the proximal part of the same coronary vessel. The efficacy of double guidewire transcoronary pacing was assessed by measurement of threshold and impedance data and the magnitude of the epicardial electrogram compared with unipolar transcoronary pacing using a standard cutaneous patch electrode as indifferent anode. RESULTS Transcoronary pacing was effective in all cases. Pacing thresholds obtained with the double guidewire technique (1.5 ± 0.9 V) were similar to those obtained by standard unipolar transcoronary pacing with a cutaneous patch electrode (1.2 ± 0.7 V) and unipolar transvenous pacing against the same cutaneous patch electrode (1.5 ± 1.0 V). Bipolar transvenous pacing yielded the lowest pacing threshold at 0.8 ± 0.4 V. CONCLUSIONS Transcoronary pacing in the animal model with the novel "double guidewire approach" is a simple and effective pacing technique with comparable pacing thresholds obtained by standard unipolar transcoronary and transvenous pacing.
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- Department of Medicine III, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06097, Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- IMTR GmbH Rottmersleben, Rottmersleben, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06097, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Merseburg, Merseburg, Germany
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Lambert M, Hocké C, Jimenez C, Frantz S, Papaxanthos A, Creux H. Échecs répétés de fécondation in vitro : anomalies retrouvées sur le bilan diagnostique. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 44:565-571. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Medenwald D, Tiller D, Nuding S, Greiser KH, Kluttig A, Frantz S, Haerting J. Educational status and differences in left ventricular mass and ejection fraction - The role of BMI and parameters related to the metabolic syndrome: A longitudinal analysis from the population-based CARLA cohort. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 26:815-823. [PMID: 27397510 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 02/21/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Higher ventricular mass has been reported in non-white US-Americans with low educational status and in socially isolated people. To assess the impact of education on cardiac mass and function in the general population and to identify mediators. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from a German population-based sample were used (CARLA cohort, n = 1779 at baseline, n = 1436 at the four-year follow-up). Ventricular mass indexed on height (LVMI) and ejection fraction, using Teichholz's formula (EFTZ), were measured. Education was assessed using the ISCED classification. Mediator analyses were performed using the R-macro 'mediation' to compute the average direct effect and the average causal mediated effect after confounder adjustment. Sensitivity analyses for unobserved confounders were performed. Considered mediators were BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, HbA1c, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures. We found differences in LVMI and EFTZ, both at baseline and follow-up, between educational levels in women (lowest vs highest educational level: 15.6 g, 95% CI: -25.7, -5.6), but not in men. Similarly, women (lowest vs highest educational level at baseline: 3.3%, 95% CI: 0.8-5.7), but not men, of higher educational levels had a higher EFTZ of comparable magnitude at baseline and follow-up. Of the considered mediators, BMI explained 55.9% at baseline and 54.1% at follow-up of the educational effect, while other potential mediators had no significant effect. Relations remained constant between baseline and follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Women with low educational levels tend to have a higher ventricular mass and lower EF, which can be explained by a higher BMI in this group.
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- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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Manuck TA, Rice MM, Bailit JL, Grobman WA, Reddy UM, Wapner RJ, Thorp JM, Caritis SN, Prasad M, Tita AT, Saade GR, Sorokin Y, Rouse DJ, Blackwell SC, Tolosa JE, Varner M, Hill K, Sowles A, Postma J, Alexander S, Andersen G, Scott V, Morby V, Jolley K, Miller J, Berg B, Talucci M, Zylfijaj M, Reid Z, Leed R, Benson J, Forester S, Kitto C, Davis S, Falk M, Perez C, Dorman K, Mitchell J, Kaluta E, Clark K, Spicer K, Timlin S, Wilson K, Leveno K, Moseley L, Santillan M, Price J, Buentipo K, Bludau V, Thomas T, Fay L, Melton C, Kingsbery J, Benezue R, Simhan H, Bickus M, Fischer D, Kamon T, DeAngelis D, Mercer B, Milluzzi C, Dalton W, Dotson T, McDonald P, Brezine C, McGrail A, Latimer C, Guzzo L, Johnson F, Gerwig L, Fyffe S, Loux D, Frantz S, Cline D, Wylie S, Iams J, Wallace M, Northen A, Grant J, Colquitt C, Rouse D, Andrews W, Mallett G, Ramos-Brinson M, Roy A, Stein L, Campbell P, Collins C, Jackson N, Dinsmoor M, Senka J, Paychek K, Peaceman A, Moss J, Salazar A, Acosta A, Hankins G, Hauff N, Palmer L, Lockhart P, Driscoll D, Wynn L, Sudz C, Dengate D, Girard C, Field S, Breault P, Smith F, Annunziata N, Allard D, Silva J, Gamage M, Hunt J, Tillinghast J, Corcoran N, Jimenez M, Ortiz F, Givens P, Rech B, Moran C, Hutchinson M, Spears Z, Carreno C, Heaps B, Zamora G, Seguin J, Rincon M, Snyder J, Farrar C, Lairson E, Bonino C, Smith W, Beach K, Van Dyke S, Butcher S, Thom E, Zhao Y, McGee P, Momirova V, Palugod R, Reamer B, Larsen M, Williams T, Spangler T, Lozitska A, Spong C, Tolivaisa S, VanDorsten J. Preterm neonatal morbidity and mortality by gestational age: a contemporary cohort. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016; 215:103.e1-103.e14. [PMID: 26772790 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although preterm birth <37 weeks' gestation is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States, the majority of data regarding preterm neonatal outcomes come from older studies, and many reports have been limited to only very preterm neonates. Delineation of neonatal outcomes by delivery gestational age is needed to further clarify the continuum of mortality and morbidity frequencies among preterm neonates. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the contemporary frequencies of neonatal death, neonatal morbidities, and neonatal length of stay across the spectrum of preterm gestational ages. STUDY DESIGN This was a secondary analysis of an obstetric cohort of 115,502 women and their neonates who were born in 25 hospitals nationwide, 2008 through 2011. All liveborn nonanomalous singleton preterm (23.0-36.9 weeks of gestation) neonates were included in this analysis. The frequency of neonatal death, major neonatal morbidity (intraventricular hemorrhage grade III/IV, seizures, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, necrotizing enterocolitis stage II/III, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, persistent pulmonary hypertension), and minor neonatal morbidity (hypotension requiring treatment, intraventricular hemorrhage grade I/II, necrotizing enterocolitis stage I, respiratory distress syndrome, hyperbilirubinemia requiring treatment) were calculated by delivery gestational age; each neonate was classified once by the worst outcome for which criteria was met. RESULTS In all, 8334 deliveries met inclusion criteria. There were 119 (1.4%) neonatal deaths. In all, 657 (7.9%) neonates had major morbidity, 3136 (37.6%) had minor morbidity, and 4422 (53.1%) survived without any of the studied morbidities. Deaths declined rapidly with each advancing week of gestation. This decline in death was accompanied by an increase in major neonatal morbidity, which peaked at 54.8% at 25 weeks of gestation. As frequencies of death and major neonatal morbidity fell, minor neonatal morbidity increased, peaking at 81.7% at 31 weeks of gestation. The frequency of all morbidities fell >32 weeks. After 25 weeks, neonatal length of hospital stay decreased significantly with each additional completed week of pregnancy; among babies delivered from 26-32 weeks of gestation, each additional week in utero reduced the subsequent length of neonatal hospitalization by a minimum of 8 days. The median postmenstrual age at discharge nadired around 36 weeks' postmenstrual age for babies born at 31-35 weeks of gestation. CONCLUSION Our data show that there is a continuum of outcomes, with each additional week of gestation conferring survival benefit while reducing the length of initial hospitalization. These contemporary data can be useful for patient counseling regarding preterm outcomes.
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Frantz S, Buerke M, Horstkotte D, Levenson B, Mellert F, Naber CK, Thalhammer F. Kommentar zu den 2015-Leitlinien der Europäischen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie zur Infektiösen Endokarditis. Kardiologe 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12181-016-0058-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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