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2. P650Influence of fetunin-a level on progression of calcific aortic valve stenosis The COFRASA - GENERAC StudyP651Common carotid artery remodeling 1 year after aortic valve surgeryP652Low gradient aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction: reclassification of severity by 3D transesophageal echocardiography. P653Results of balloon aortic valvuloplasty in patients with impaired left ventricle ejection fraction.P654Burden of associated aortic regurgitation in patients with mitral regurgitationP655Differences in right ventricular mechanics in acute and chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation after inferoposterior myocardial infarctionP656Tricuspid regurgitation in patients operated for severe symptomatic native aortic stenosis: pre-operative determinantsP657Echocardiographic diagnosis in patients with prosthetic or annuloplasty ring dysfunction: correlation with surgical findingsP659Agreement analisys of different three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiographic modalities and cardiac CT scan in aortic annulus sizing for transapical heart valve implantationP660Elevated gradients after TAVR are associated with increased rehospitalization, but have no impact on mortality and major adverse cardiac eventsP661Echocardiographic characteristics of post-TAVI thrombosis and endocarditis: single-centre experienceP662Impact of mixed aortic valve disease in long-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantationP663Quantification of mitral regurgitation during interventional valve repair: correlation between haemodynamic parameters and 3D color Doppler echocardiographyP664Mitraclip in functional mitral regurgitation: are immediate results the same in ischemic and non ischemic etiology?P665Left ventricular contractile reserve by stress echocardiography as a predictor of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: a meta-analysisP666Regardless of the definition used, left ventricular reverse remodeling is not different in fibrosis positive and negative dilated cardiomyopathy patientsP667Heterogeneity of LV contractile function by multidimensional strain in patients with EF<35%: Insights for the hemodynamic burdenP668Ability of 99mTc-DPD scintigraphy to predict conduction disorders requiring permanent pacemaker in patients with transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosisP669Provocation of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction using nitrate inhalation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: relation to electromechanical delayP670Could echocardiographic features differentiate Fabry cardiomyopathy from sarcomeric forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?P671Pregnancy is well tolerated in women with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy P672Glycogen storage cardiomyopathy (PRKAG2): do particular echocardiography findings in established and advanced techniques are helpful in suggesting the diagnosis?P673Improvement of arterial stiffness and myocardial deformation in patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 2 after optimization of antidiabetic medication
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3. Prognostic value of low plasma absolute lymphocyte count in patients admitted for acute heart failure
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Lombardi, Carlo Mario, Carubelli, Valentina, Castrini AI, Lazzarini V, Bonadei, Ivano, Sciatti, E, Vizzardi, Enrico, and Metra, Marco
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- 2015
4. [Efficacy of ACE-inhibitors in patients with recent myocardial infarction. Studies with zofenopril]
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Lombardi, Carlo Mario, Castrini, Ai, Metra, Marco, Carubelli, Valentina, Lazzarini, Valentina, Inama, L, and DEI CAS, Livio
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Captopril ,Time Factors ,Myocardial Infarction ,Humans ,Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - Abstract
Several large-scale trials have demonstrated improved survival with the administration of ACE-inhibitors to patients with a recent myocardial infarction. Many ACE-inhibitors with different pharmacological properties have been shown to be safe and effective. More recently the data provided by the Survival of Myocardial Infarction Long-term Evaluation (SMILE) program indicate that zofenopril may favorably affect the prognosis of patients with a recent myocardial infarction and, according to the results of the SMILE-4 study, it may be superior to ramipril with respect to some variables (cardiovascular hospitalizations) when both these ACE-inhibitors are administered combined with acetylsalicylic acid.
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- 2012
5. Linee guida per la diagnosi e trattamento dell'insufficienza cardiaca
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Del Magro, F, Castrini, Ai, Guidetti, F, Volpato, V, Armato, A, Cuminetti, G, Villa, C, Vaccari, A, Pezzotti, E, Metra, Marco, and DEI CAS, Livio
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- 2011
6. Ipertensione polmonare: epidemiologia, fisiopatologia e prognosi
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Lombardi, Carlo Mario, Metra, Marco, Danesi, R, Rovetta, R, Lupi, L, Rocco, E, Volpato, V, Guidetti, F, Castrini, Ai, Armato, A, and DEI CAS, Livio
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- 2011
7. Prediction of severe ventricular arrhythmias in patients with mitral valve prolapse by exercise ECG.
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Five CK, Hasselberg NE, Chivulescu M, Rootwelt-Norberg C, Ribe MP, Dejgaard LA, Castrini AI, Aabel EW, and Haugaa KH
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Competing Interests: Disclosures The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.
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- 2024
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8. Stretch of the papillary insertion triggers reentrant arrhythmia: an in silico patient study.
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Myklebust L, Monopoli G, Balaban G, Aabel EW, Ribe M, Castrini AI, Hasselberg NE, Bugge C, Five C, Haugaa K, Maleckar MM, and Arevalo H
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Background: The electrophysiological mechanism connecting mitral valve prolapse (MVP), premature ventricular complexes and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia is unknown. A common hypothesis is that stretch activated channels (SACs) play a significant role. SACs can trigger depolarizations or shorten repolarization times in response to myocardial stretch. Through these mechanisms, pathological traction of the papillary muscle (PM), as has been observed in patients with MVP, may induce irregular electrical activity and result in reentrant arrhythmia., Methods: Based on a patient with MVP and mitral annulus disjunction, we modeled the effect of excessive PM traction in a detailed medical image-derived ventricular model by activating SACs in the PM insertion region. By systematically varying the onset of SAC activation following sinus pacing, we identified vulnerability windows for reentry with 1 ms resolution. We explored how reentry was affected by the SAC reversal potential ( E SAC ) and the size of the region with simulated stretch (SAC region). Finally, the effect of global or focal fibrosis, modeled as reduction in tissue conductivity or mesh splitting (fibrotic microstructure), was investigated., Results: In models with healthy tissue or fibrosis modeled solely as CV slowing, we observed two vulnerable periods of reentry: For E SAC of -10 and -30 mV, SAC activated during the T-wave could cause depolarization of the SAC region which lead to reentry. For E SAC of -40 and -70 mV, SAC activated during the QRS complex could result in early repolarization of the SAC region and subsequent reentry. In models with fibrotic microstructure in the SAC region, we observed micro-reentries and a larger variability in which times of SAC activation triggered reentry. In these models, 86% of reentries were triggered during the QRS complex or T-wave. We only observed reentry for sufficiently large SAC regions ( > = 8 mm radius in models with healthy tissue)., Conclusion: Stretch of the PM insertion region following sinus activation may initiate ventricular reentry in patients with MVP, with or without fibrosis. Depending on the SAC reversal potential and timing of stretch, reentry may be triggered by ectopy due to SAC-induced depolarizations or by early repolarization within the SAC region., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Myklebust, Monopoli, Balaban, Aabel, Ribe, Castrini, Hasselberg, Bugge, Five, Haugaa, Maleckar and Arevalo.)
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- 2024
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9. Mitral valve prolapse: arrhythmic risk during pregnancy and postpartum.
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Sabbag A, Aabel EW, Castrini AI, Siontis KC, Laredo M, Nizard J, Duthoit G, Asirvatham S, Sehrawat O, Kirkels FP, van Rosendael PJ, Beinart R, Acha MR, Peichl P, Lim HS, Sohns C, Martins R, Font J, Truong NNK, Estensen M, and Haugaa KH
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- Humans, Female, Pregnancy, Retrospective Studies, Adult, Risk Factors, Arrhythmias, Cardiac epidemiology, Arrhythmias, Cardiac etiology, Tachycardia, Ventricular epidemiology, Tachycardia, Ventricular etiology, Puerperal Disorders epidemiology, Puerperal Disorders etiology, Defibrillators, Implantable, Incidence, Ventricular Fibrillation epidemiology, Ventricular Fibrillation etiology, Postpartum Period, Mitral Valve Prolapse complications, Mitral Valve Prolapse epidemiology, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular epidemiology
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Background and Aims: Arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse (AMVP) is linked to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (VAs), and young women are considered at high risk. Cases of AMVP in women with malignant VA during pregnancy have emerged, but the arrhythmic risk during pregnancy is unknown. The authors aimed to describe features of women with high-risk AMVP who developed malignant VA during the perinatal period and to assess if pregnancy and the postpartum period were associated with a higher risk of malignant VA., Methods: This retrospective international multi-centre case series included high-risk women with AMVP who experienced malignant VA and at least one pregnancy. Malignant VA included ventricular fibrillation, sustained ventricular tachycardia, or appropriate shock from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The authors compared the incidence of malignant VA in non-pregnant periods and perinatal period; the latter defined as occurring during pregnancy and within 6 months after delivery., Results: The authors included 18 women with AMVP from 11 centres. During 7.5 (interquartile range 5.8-16.6) years of follow-up, 37 malignant VAs occurred, of which 18 were pregnancy related occurring in 13 (72%) unique patients. Pregnancy and 6 months after delivery showed increased incidence rate of malignant VA compared to the non-pregnancy period (univariate incidence rate ratio 2.66, 95% confidence interval 1.23-5.76)., Conclusions: The perinatal period could impose increased risk of malignant VA in women with high-risk AMVP. The data may provide general guidance for pre-conception counselling and for nuanced shared decision-making between patients and clinicians., (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.)
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- 2024
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10. The added value of abnormal regional myocardial function for risk prediction in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
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Kirkels FP, Rootwelt-Norberg C, Bosman LP, Aabel EW, Muller SA, Castrini AI, Taha K, van Osta N, Lie ØH, Asselbergs FW, Lumens J, Te Riele ASJM, Hasselberg NE, Cramer MJ, Haugaa KH, and Teske AJ
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- Humans, Female, Male, Myocardium, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Prognosis, Echocardiography, Ventricular Function, Right, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging
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Aims: A risk calculator for individualized prediction of first-time sustained ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) patients has recently been developed and validated (www.ARVCrisk.com). This study aimed to investigate whether regional functional abnormalities, measured by echocardiographic deformation imaging, can provide additional prognostic value., Methods and Results: From two referral centres, 150 consecutive patients with a definite ARVC diagnosis, no prior sustained VA, and an echocardiogram suitable for deformation analysis were included (aged 41 ± 17 years, 50% female). During a median follow-up of 6.3 (interquartile range 3.1-9.8) years, 37 (25%) experienced a first-time sustained VA. All tested left and right ventricular (LV and RV) deformation parameters were univariate predictors for first-time VA. While LV function did not add predictive value in multivariate analysis, two RV deformation parameters did; RV free wall longitudinal strain and regional RV deformation patterns remained independent predictors after adjusting for the calculator-predicted risk [hazard ratio 1.07 (95% CI 1.02-1.11); P = 0.004 and 4.45 (95% CI 1.07-18.57); P = 0.040, respectively] and improved its discriminative value (from C-statistic 0.78 to 0.82 in both; Akaike information criterion change > 2). Importantly, all patients who experienced VA within 5 years from the echocardiographic assessment had abnormal regional RV deformation patterns at baseline., Conclusions: This study showed that regional functional abnormalities measured by echocardiographic deformation imaging can further refine personalized arrhythmic risk prediction when added to the ARVC risk calculator. The excellent negative predictive value of normal RV deformation could support clinicians considering the timing of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in patients with intermediate arrhythmic risk., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: None declared., (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.)
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- 2023
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11. Lifetime exercise dose and ventricular arrhythmias in patients with mitral valve prolapse.
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Five CK, Hasselberg NE, Aaserud LT, Castrini AI, Vlaisavljevic K, Lie Ø, Rootwelt-Norberg C, Aabel EW, and Haugaa KH
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- Humans, Female, Male, Retrospective Studies, Arrhythmias, Cardiac diagnosis, Arrhythmias, Cardiac etiology, Arrhythmias, Cardiac therapy, Mitral Valve Prolapse complications, Mitral Valve Prolapse diagnosis, Tachycardia, Ventricular diagnosis, Tachycardia, Ventricular etiology, Tachycardia, Ventricular prevention & control, Heart Arrest
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Aims: Patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) have high risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Data on the impact of exercise on arrhythmic risk in these patients are lacking. We explored whether lifetime exercise dose was associated with severe VA and with established risk factors in patients with MVP. Furthermore, we explored the circumstances at the VA event., Methods and Results: In this retrospective cohort study, we included patients with MVP and assessed lifetime exercise dose as metabolic equivalents of task (MET) hours/week. Severe VA was defined as sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, aborted cardiac arrest, and appropriate shock by a primary preventive implantable cardioverter defibrillator. We included 136 MVP patients (48 years [interquartile range (IQR) 35-59], 61% female), and 17 (13%) had previous severe VA. The lifetime exercise dose did not differ in patients with and without severe VA (17 MET h/week [IQR 9-27] vs. 14 MET h/week [IQR 6-31], P = 0.34). Lifetime exercise dose > 9.6 MET h/week was a borderline significant marker for severe VA (OR 3.38, 95% CI 0.92-12.40, P = 0.07), while not when adjusted for age (OR 2.63, 95% CI 0.66-10.56, P = 0.17). Ventricular arrhythmia events occurred most frequently during wakeful rest (53%), followed by exercise (29%) and sleep (12%)., Conclusion: We found no clear association between moderate lifetime exercise dose and severe VA in patients with MVP. We cannot exclude an upper threshold for safe levels of exercise. Further studies are needed to explore exercise and risk of severe VA., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: None declared., (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.)
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- 2023
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12. Sudden cardiac death in the young-Can illicit drug use explain the unexplained?
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Haugaa KH and Castrini AI
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- 2023
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13. Monitoring of Myocardial Involvement in Early Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Across the Age Spectrum.
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Kirkels FP, van Osta N, Rootwelt-Norberg C, Chivulescu M, van Loon T, Aabel EW, Castrini AI, Lie ØH, Asselbergs FW, Delhaas T, Cramer MJ, Teske AJ, Haugaa KH, and Lumens J
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- Female, Male, Humans, Myocardium, Heart, Computer Simulation, Disease Progression, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging
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Background: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is characterized by fibrofatty replacement of primarily the right ventricular myocardium, a substrate for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Repeated cardiac imaging of at-risk relatives is important for early disease detection. However, it is not known whether screening should be age-tailored., Objectives: The goal of this study was to assess the need for age-tailoring of follow-up protocols in early ARVC by evaluating myocardial disease progression in different age groups., Methods: We divided patients with early-stage ARVC and genotype-positive relatives without overt structural disease and VA at first evaluation into 3 groups: age <30 years, 30 to 50 years, and ≥50 years. Longitudinal biventricular deformation characteristics were used to monitor disease progression. To link deformation abnormalities to underlying myocardial disease substrates, Digital Twins were created using an imaging-based computational modeling framework., Results: We included 313 echocardiographic assessments from 82 subjects (57% female, age 39 ± 17 years, 10% probands) during 6.7 ± 3.3 years of follow-up. Left ventricular global longitudinal strain slightly deteriorated similarly in all age groups (0.1%-point per year [95% CI: 0.05-0.15]). Disease progression in all age groups was more pronounced in the right ventricular lateral wall, expressed by worsening in longitudinal strain (0.6%-point per year [95% CI: 0.46-0.70]) and local differences in myocardial contractility, compliance, and activation delay in the Digital Twin. Six patients experienced VA during follow-up., Conclusions: Disease progression was similar in all age groups, and sustained VA also occurred in patients aged >50 years without overt ARVC phenotype at first evaluation. Unlike recommended by current guidelines, our study suggests that follow-up of ARVC patients and relatives should not stop at older age., Competing Interests: Funding Support and Author Disclosures This work was supported by the European Research Area Network on Cardiovascular Diseases (EMPATHY project), ProCardio Center for Innovation supported by the Norwegian Research Council (grant #309762), and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-ZonMw, VIDI grant #016.176.340 to Dr Lumens). Dr Asselbergs is supported by UCL Hospitals NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose., (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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14. Pregnancy and Progression of Cardiomyopathy in Women With LMNA Genotype-Positive.
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Castrini AI, Skjølsvik E, Estensen ME, Almaas VM, Skulstad H, Lyseggen E, Edvardsen T, Lie ØH, Picard KCI, Lakdawala NK, and Haugaa KH
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- Adult, Female, Genotype, Humans, Lamin Type A genetics, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Retrospective Studies, Stroke Volume, Ventricular Function, Left, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrioventricular Block, Cardiomyopathies genetics, Cardiomyopathies therapy, Defibrillators, Implantable
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Background We aimed to assess the association between number of pregnancies and long-term progression of cardiac dysfunction, arrhythmias, and event-free survival in women with pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants of gene encoding for Lamin A/C proteins ( LMNA+). Methods and Results We retrospectively included consecutive women with LMNA+ and recorded pregnancy data. We collected echocardiographic data, occurrence of atrial fibrillation, atrioventricular block, sustained ventricular arrhythmias, and implantation of cardiac electronic devices (implantable cardioverter defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator). We analyzed retrospectively complications during pregnancy and the peripartum period. We included 89 women with LMNA+ (28% probands, age 41±16 years), of which 60 had experienced pregnancy. Follow-up time was 5 [interquartile range, 3-9] years. We analyzed 452 repeated echocardiographic examinations. Number of pregnancies was not associated with increased long-term risk of atrial fibrillation, atrioventricular block, sustained ventricular arrhythmias, or implantable cardioverter defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation. Women with previous pregnancy and nulliparous women had a similar annual deterioration of left ventricular ejection fraction (-0.5/year versus -0.3/year, P =0.37) and similar increase of left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (0.1/year versus 0.2/year, P =0.09). Number of pregnancies did not decrease survival free from death, left ventricular assist device, or need for cardiac transplantation. Arrhythmias occurred during 9% of pregnancies. No increase in maternal and fetal complications was observed. Conclusions In our cohort of women with LMNA+, pregnancy did not seem associated with long-term adverse disease progression or event-free survival. Likewise, women with LMNA+ generally well-tolerated pregnancy, with a small proportion of patients experiencing arrhythmias.
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15. The response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in LMNA cardiomyopathy.
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Sidhu K, Castrini AI, Parikh V, Reza N, Owens A, Tremblay-Gravel M, Wheeler MT, Mestroni L, Taylor M, Graw S, Gigli M, Merlo M, Paldino A, Sinagra G, Judge DP, Ramos H, Mesubi O, Brown E, Turnbull S, Kumar S, Roy D, Tedrow UB, Ngo L, Haugaa K, and Lakdawala NK
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- Adult, Humans, Lamin Type A, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Stroke Volume, Treatment Outcome, Ventricular Function, Left, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiomyopathies therapy, Heart Failure
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Aims: Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) therapy is fundamental to the management of LMNA cardiomyopathy due to the high frequency of atrioventricular block and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. We aimed to define the role of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in impacting heart failure in LMNA cardiomyopathy., Methods and Results: From nine referral centres, LMNA cardiomyopathy patients who underwent CRT with available pre- and post-echocardiograms were identified retrospectively. Factors associated with CRT response were identified (defined as improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] ≥5% 6 months post-implant) and the associated impact on the primary outcome of death, implantation of a left ventricular assist device or cardiac transplantation was assessed. We identified 105 patients (mean age 51 ± 10 years) undergoing CRT, including 70 (67%) who underwent CRT as a CIED upgrade. The mean change in LVEF ∼6 months post-CRT was +4 ± 9%. A CRT response occurred in 40 (38%) patients and was associated with lower baseline LVEF or a high percentage of right ventricular pacing prior to CRT in patients with pre-existing CIED. In patients with a European Society of Cardiology class I guideline indication for CRT, response rates were 61%. A CRT response was evident at thresholds of LVEF ≤45% or percent pacing ≥50%. There was a 1.3 year estimated median difference in event-free survival in those who responded to CRT (p = 0.04)., Conclusion: Systolic function improves in patients with LMNA cardiomyopathy who undergo CRT, especially with strong guideline indications for implantation. Post-CRT improvements in LVEF are associated with survival benefits in this population with otherwise limited options., (© 2022 European Society of Cardiology.)
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16. Progression of cardiac disease in patients with lamin A/C mutations.
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Skjølsvik ET, Haugen Lie Ø, Chivulescu M, Ribe M, Castrini AI, Broch K, Pripp AH, Edvardsen T, and Haugaa KH
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- Adult, Echocardiography, Female, Humans, Lamin Type A genetics, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Stroke Volume, Ventricular Function, Left, Ventricular Function, Right, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency complications, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency diagnostic imaging, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency genetics
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Aims: We aimed to study the progression of cardiac dysfunction in patients with lamin A/C mutations and explore markers of adverse cardiac outcome., Methods and Results: We followed consecutive lamin A/C genotype-positive patients divided into tertiles according to age. Patients underwent repeated clinical examinations, electrocardiograms (ECGs), and echocardiograms. We followed left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) size and function, and the severity atrioventricular-valve regurgitations. Outcome was death, LVAD implant, or cardiac transplantation. We included 101 patients [age 44 (29-54) years, 39% probands, 50% female]. We analysed 576 echocardiograms and 258 ECGs during a follow-up of 4.9 (interquartile range 2.5-8.2) years. The PR-interval increased at young age from 204 ± 73 to 212 ± 69 ms (P < 0.001), LV ejection fraction (LVEF) declined from middle age from 50 ± 12% to 47 ± 13% (P < 0.001), while LV volumes remained unchanged. RV function and tricuspid regurgitation worsened from middle age with accelerating rates. Progression of RV dysfunction [odds ratio (OR) 1.3, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.03-1.65), P = 0.03] and tricuspid regurgitation [OR 4.9, 95% CI (1.64-14.9), P = 0.004] were associated with outcome when adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, LVEF, and New York Heart Association functional class., Conclusion: In patients with lamin A/C genotype, electrical disease started at young age. From middle age, LV function deteriorated progressively, while LV size remained unchanged. Worsening of RV function and tricuspid regurgitation accelerated in older age and were associated with outcome. Our systematic map on cardiac deterioration may help optimal monitoring and prognostication in lamin A/C disease., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.)
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17. Sex differences in disease progression and arrhythmic risk in patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
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Rootwelt-Norberg C, Lie ØH, Chivulescu M, Castrini AI, Sarvari SI, Lyseggen E, Almaas VM, Bogsrud MP, Edvardsen T, and Haugaa KH
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- Adult, Arrhythmias, Cardiac diagnosis, Arrhythmias, Cardiac epidemiology, Arrhythmias, Cardiac therapy, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Sex Characteristics, Young Adult, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia epidemiology, Defibrillators, Implantable
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Aims: We aimed to assess sex-specific phenotypes and disease progression, and their relation to exercise, in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) patients., Methods and Results: In this longitudinal cohort study, we included consecutive patients with AC from a referral centre. We performed echocardiography at baseline and repeatedly during follow-up. Patients' exercise dose at inclusion was expressed as metabolic equivalents of task (MET)-h/week. Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) was defined as aborted cardiac arrest, sustained ventricular tachycardia, or appropriate therapy by implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. We included 190 AC patients (45% female, 51% probands, age 41 ± 17 years). Ventricular arrhythmia had occurred at inclusion or occurred during follow-up in 85 patients (33% of females vs. 55% of males, P = 0.002). Exercise doses were higher in males compared with females [25 (interquartile range, IQR 14-51) vs. 12 (IQR 7-22) MET-h/week, P < 0.001]. Male sex was a marker of proband status [odds ratio (OR) 2.6, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4-5.0, P = 0.003] and a marker of VA (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.4-5.0, P = 0.003), but not when adjusted for exercise dose and age (adjusted OR 1.8, 95% CI 0.9-3.6, P = 0.12 and 1.5, 95% CI 0.7-3.1, P = 0.30, by 5 MET-h/week increments). In all, 167 (88%) patients had ≥2 echocardiographic examinations during 6.9 (IQR 4.7-9.8) years of follow-up. We observed no sex differences in deterioration of right or left ventricular dimensions and functions., Conclusion: Male AC patients were more often probands and had higher prevalence of VA than female patients, but not when adjusting for exercise dose. Importantly, disease progression was similar between male and female patients., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.)
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18. Reply to: TFC ECG in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: Inadequate mixture of criteria?
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Stokke MK, Castrini AI, Aneq MÅ, Jensen HK, Madsen T, Hansen J, Bundgaard H, Gilljam T, Platonov PG, Svendsen JH, Edvardsen T, and Haugaa KH
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- Electrocardiography, Genotype, Humans, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnosis, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia genetics
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- 2021
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19. Pregnancies, ventricular arrhythmias, and substrate progression in women with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in the Nordic ARVC Registry.
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Platonov PG, Castrini AI, Svensson A, Christiansen MK, Gilljam T, Bundgaard H, Madsen T, Heliö T, Christensen AH, Åström MA, Carlson J, Edvardsen T, Jensen HK, Haugaa KH, and Svendsen JH
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- Arrhythmias, Cardiac diagnosis, Arrhythmias, Cardiac epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Mutation, Pregnancy, Proportional Hazards Models, Registries, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnosis, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia epidemiology, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia genetics
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Aims: Women with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) are at relatively lower risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) than men, but the physical burden associated with pregnancy on VA risk remains insufficiently studied. We aimed to assess the risk of VA in relation to pregnancies in women with ARVC., Methods and Results: We included 199 females with definite ARVC (n = 121) and mutation-positive family members without ascertained ARVC diagnosis (n = 78), of whom 120 had at least one childbirth. Ventricular arrhythmia-free survival after the latest childbirth was compared between women with one (n = 20), two (n = 67), and three or more (n = 37) childbirths. Cumulative probability of VA for each pregnancy (n = 261) was assessed from conception through 2 years after childbirth and compared between those pregnancies that occurred before (n = 191) or after (n = 19) ARVC diagnosis and in mutation-positive family members (n = 51). The nulliparous women had lower median age at ARVC diagnosis (38 vs. 42 years, P < 0.001) and first VA (22 vs. 41 years, P < 0.001). Ventricular arrhythmia-free survival after the latest childbirth was not related to the number of pregnancies. No pregnancy-related VA was reported among the family members. Women who gave birth after ARVC diagnosis had elevated risk of VA postpartum (hazard ratio 13.74, 95% confidence interval 2.9-63, P = 0.001), though only two events occurred during pregnancies., Conclusion: In women with ARVC, pregnancy was uneventful for the overwhelming majority and the number of prior completed pregnancies was not associated with VA risk. Pregnancy-related VA was primarily related to the phenotypical severity rather than pregnancy itself., (Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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20. Absence of ECG Task Force Criteria does not rule out structural changes in genotype positive ARVC patients.
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Stokke MK, Castrini AI, Aneq MÅ, Jensen HK, Madsen T, Hansen J, Bundgaard H, Gilljam T, Platonov PG, Svendsen JH, Edvardsen T, and Haugaa KH
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- Cross-Sectional Studies, Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, Female, Genotype, Humans, Male, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia epidemiology
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Aims: In Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC), electrophysiological pathology has been claimed to precede morphological and functional pathology. Accordingly, an ECG without ARVC markers should be rare in ARVC patients with pathology identified by cardiac imaging. We quantified the prevalence of ARVC patients with evidence of structural disease, yet without ECG Task Force Criteria (TFC)., Methods and Results: We included 182 probands and family members with ARVC-associated mutations (40 ± 17 years, 50% women, 73% PKP2 mutations) from the Nordic ARVC Registry in a cross-sectional analysis. For echocardiography and cardiac MR (CMR), we differentiated between "abnormalities" and TFC. "Abnormalities" were defined as RV functional or structural measures outside TFC reference values, without combinations required to fulfill TFC. ECG TFC were used as defined, as these are not composite parameters. We found that only 4% of patients with ARVC fulfilled echocardiographic TFC without any ECG TFC. However, importantly, 38% of patients had imaging abnormalities without any ECG TFC. These results were supported by CMR data from a subset of 51 patients: 16% fulfilled CMR TFC without fulfilling ECG TFC, while 24% had CMR abnormalities without any ECG TFC. In a multivariate analysis, echocardiographic TFC were associated with arrhythmic events., Conclusion: More than one third of ARVC genotype positive patients had subtle imaging abnormalities without fulfilling ECG TFC. Although most patients will have both imaging and ECG abnormalities, structural abnormalities in ARVC genotype positive patients cannot be ruled out by the absence of ECG TFC., (Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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21. Number of pregnancies and subsequent phenotype in a cross-sectional cohort of women with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
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Castrini AI, Lie ØH, Leren IS, Estensen ME, Stokke MK, Klæboe LG, Edvardsen T, and Haugaa KH
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- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging, Cross-Sectional Studies, Echocardiography, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia complications, Gravidity
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Aims: We aimed to assess the relation between number of pregnancies and cardiac structure, function, and arrhythmic events in women with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC)., Methods and Results: We included female AC patients in a cross-sectional study. Number of pregnancies and pregnancy related symptoms were recorded. Ventricular arrhythmias were defined as aborted cardiac arrest, sustained ventricular tachycardia, or appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy. Right and left ventricular dimensions and function, including strain analyses, were assessed by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. We created a new AC severity score to grade the severity of AC disease. We included 77 women (age 47 ± 16, 43 probands and 34 AC mutation positive female relatives), 19 ± 14 years after last pregnancy. Median number of pregnancies was 2 (0-4); 19 had no previous pregnancies, 16 had 1 pregnancy, 30 had 2, and 12 had ≥3 pregnancies. Presence of a definite AC diagnosis (P = 0.36), severity of AC disease (P = 0.53), and arrhythmic events (P = 0.25) did not differ between groups of pregnancies. Number of pregnancies was related to increased right ventricular outflow tract diameter in single variable analyses [odds ratio (OR) 1.76, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08-2.87; P = 0.02], but not when adjusted for body surface area and age (OR 1.56, 95% CI 0.91-2.66; P = 0.11). The number of pregnancies was not associated with any other measures of cardiac structure and function., Conclusion: Higher number of pregnancies did not seem to relate to a worse phenotype in women with AC.
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22. Prognostic value of the absolute lymphocyte count in patients admitted for acute heart failure.
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Carubelli V, Bonadei I, Castrini AI, Gorga E, Ravera A, Lombardi C, and Metra M
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- Acute Disease, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cause of Death, Comorbidity, Creatinine blood, Female, Heart Failure surgery, Heart Transplantation, Hospitalization, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Predictive Value of Tests, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Sodium blood, Heart Failure blood, Heart Failure mortality, Hospital Mortality trends, Lymphocyte Count, Renal Insufficiency epidemiology
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Background: Low relative lymphocyte count is an important prognostic marker in acute heart failure (AHF); however, it could be influenced by other abnormalities in white cells count. Our purpose is to evaluate if low absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) is an independent predictor of events in patients with AHF., Methods: In a retrospective analysis, we included 309 patients with AHF, divided into two groups according to the median value of ALC at admission (1410 cells/μl). The primary end point was all-cause mortality or urgent heart transplantation within 1 year., Results: Patients with low ALC were older and had more comorbidity, namely atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and anemia. Low ALC was associated with higher all-cause mortality or urgent heart transplantation at 1 year (24.3 vs 13.0%; P = 0.012). In a multivariable model, the independent predictors of mortality at 1 year were ALC 1410 cells/μl or less at admission [hazard ratio 2.04; CI (confidence interval) 95% (1.06-3.95); P = 0.033], age [hazard ratio 1.08; CI 95% (1.04-1.12); P < 0.001], baseline serum creatinine [hazard ratio 1.25; CI 95% (1.05-1.50); P = 0.012] and baseline serum Na [hazard ratio 0.91; CI 95% (0.85-0.98); P = 0.013]., Conclusion: Low ALC in patients with AHF is associated with higher in-hospital mortality during the hospitalization and is an independent predictor of long-term mortality.
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23. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure.
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Carubelli V, Lombardi C, Lazzarini V, Bonadei I, Castrini AI, Gorga E, Richards AM, and Metra M
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- Acute Disease, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers blood, Cause of Death, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Italy, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Discharge, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Diuretics therapeutic use, Heart Failure drug therapy, Heart Failure mortality, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain blood, Peptide Fragments blood
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Background: In patients with acute heart failure, high levels of N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) at discharge are associated with worse outcomes. We hypothesized that NT-proBNP-guided therapy may improve prognosis., Methods and Results: Two hundred and seventy-one consecutive patients, admitted for acute heart failure, were prospectively randomized to NT-proBNP-guided therapy or control group. The NT-proBNP-guided therapy group underwent medical treatment intensification when predischarge NT-proBNP was at least 3000 pg/ml. The primary endpoint was cardiovascular death or cardiovascular rehospitalization at day 182. The secondary endpoints were all-cause death, cardiovascular death, cardiovascular rehospitalization, heart failure rehospitalization, and cardiovascular death or heart failure rehospitalization at day 182. Treatment intensification in the NT-proBNP-guided therapy group regarded mainly diuretics. The NT-proBNP strategy was not associated with a significant reduction of the primary endpoint [43% intervention vs. 39% controls, hazard ratio 1.22 (0.84, 1.76), P = 0.305] and of any secondary endpoint. The change of NT-proBNP from predischarge to discharge was associated with the risk of cardiovascular death or cardiovascular rehospitalization through day 182, even after multivariable adjustment., Conclusion: NT-proBNP-guided therapy resulted mainly in an increase of diuretics in acute setting and compared with clinical evaluation alone did not improve prognosis. However, the reduction of NT-proBNP at discharge was an independent predictor of outcomes.
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24. Prognostic value of serial measurements of blood urea nitrogen in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure.
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Lombardi C, Carubelli V, Rovetta R, Castrini AI, Vizzardi E, Bondei I, Sciatti E, Manerba A, Benlodi E, Nodari S, and Metra M
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers blood, Cause of Death, Chi-Square Distribution, Chronic Disease, Disease Progression, Female, Heart Failure diagnosis, Heart Failure mortality, Heart Failure physiopathology, Hospitalization, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Stroke Volume, Time Factors, Up-Regulation, Ventricular Function, Left, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Heart Failure blood
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Background: Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients may represent increased neurohormonal activation. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the prognostic value of BUN and its variation in ambulatory patients with stable CHF., Methods: In a retrospective analysis we included 241 outpatients with stable CHF (NYHA class I-III). We evaluated patients at baseline and at 6 months, then they have been followed for one year. The population was divided in four groups according to the median value of BUN at baseline and BUN change (percentage) at 6 months (group 1 BUN <25.2 mg/dL and variation <3.4%, group 2 BUN <25.2 mg/dL and ≥3.4 %, group 3 BUN ≥25.2 mg/dL and <3.4%, group 4 BUN ≥25.2 mg/dL and ≥3.4%). During a median follow-up of one year, 3 (1.3%) patients died and 49 (20.3%) were hospitalized due to worsening heart failure HF., Results: The Kaplan-Meier curve showed that group 3 and group 4 had worse prognosis compared with group 1 and 2 and that a greater change in BUN, was associated with a further worsening of the prognosis (group 4). Multivariable models confirmed that cardiovascular mortality and HF hospitalizations were more frequent in patients who had an increase of BUN (HR 1.011 [IC 95% 1.002-1.021]; P=0.015)., Conclusions: In ambulatory patients with stable chronic heart failure the increment of BUN is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and heart failure hospitalizations at one-year.
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25. Effects of oral administration of orodispersible levo-carnosine on quality of life and exercise performance in patients with chronic heart failure.
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Lombardi C, Carubelli V, Lazzarini V, Vizzardi E, Bordonali T, Ciccarese C, Castrini AI, Dei Cas A, Nodari S, and Metra M
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- Administration, Oral, Aged, Anaerobic Threshold, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors therapeutic use, Blood Glucose metabolism, Cholesterol blood, Chronic Disease, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Echocardiography, Exercise Test, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Triglycerides blood, Ventricular Function, Left, Walking, Carnosine administration & dosage, Dietary Supplements, Exercise, Heart Failure drug therapy, Quality of Life
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Objective: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is characterized by several micronutrient deficits. Amino acid supplementation may have a positive effect on nutritional and metabolic status in patients with CHF. Levo-carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) is expressed at a high concentration in myocardium and muscle. Preliminary studies with L-carnosine in healthy individuals have suggested a potential role in improving exercise performance. To our knowledge, no study has been conducted in patients with heart failure. The aim of this study was to test the oral supplementation of L-carnosine and its effects on quality of life and exercise performance in patients with stable CHF., Methods: Fifty patients with stable CHF and severe left-ventricular systolic dysfunction on optimal medical therapy were randomized 1:1 to receive oral orodispersible L-carnosine (500 mg OD) or standard treatment. Left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured by echocardiography. Cardiopulmonary stress test, 6-minute walking test (6 MWT) and quality-of-life (visual analog scale score and the EuroQOL five dimensions questionnaire [EQ-5D]) were performed at baseline and after 6 mo., Results: Patients receiving orodispersible L-carnosine had an improvement in 6 MWT distance (P = 0.014) and in quality-of-life (VAS score) (P = 0.039) between baseline and follow-up. Compared with controls, diet supplementation with orodispersible L-carnosine was associated with an improvement in peakVO2 (P < 0.0001), VO2 at anaerobic threshold, peak exercise workload, 6 MWT and quality-of-life assessed by the EQ-5D test and the VAS score., Conclusion: This study suggests that L-carnosine, added to conventional therapy, has beneficial effects on exercise performance and quality of life in stable CHF. More data are necessary to evaluate its effects on left-ventricular ejection fraction and prognosis in CHF., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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26. Amino acids and derivatives, a new treatment of chronic heart failure?
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Carubelli V, Castrini AI, Lazzarini V, Gheorghiade M, Metra M, and Lombardi C
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Chronic Disease, Clinical Trials as Topic, Dietary Supplements, Exercise Tolerance physiology, Humans, Amino Acids metabolism, Amino Acids therapeutic use, Heart Failure drug therapy, Heart Failure physiopathology
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Amino acids play a key role in multiple cellular processes. Amino acids availability is reduced in patients with heart failure (HF) with deleterious consequences on cardiac and whole-body metabolism. Several metabolic abnormalities have been identified in the failing heart, and many of them lead to an increased need of amino acids. Recently, several clinical trials have been conducted to demonstrate the benefits of amino acids supplementation in patients with HF. Although they have shown an improvement of exercise tolerance and, in some cases, of left ventricular function, they have many limitations, namely small sample size, differences in patients' characteristics and nutritional supplementations, and lack of data regarding outcomes. Moreover recent data suggest that a multi-nutritional approach, including also antioxidants, vitamins, and metals, may be more effective. Larger trials are needed to ascertain safety, efficacy, and impact on prognosis of such an approach in HF.
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27. Serelaxin a novel treatment for acute heart failure.
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Castrini AI, Carubelli V, Lazzarini V, Bonadei I, Lombardi C, and Metra M
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- Acute Disease, Animals, Cost of Illness, Heart Failure epidemiology, Heart Failure physiopathology, Humans, Recombinant Proteins pharmacology, Recombinant Proteins therapeutic use, Relaxin pharmacology, Heart Failure drug therapy, Relaxin therapeutic use
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Acute heart failure (AHF) represents a major healthcare burden with a high risk of in-hospital and post-discharge mortality, which remained almost unchanged in the last few decades, underscoring the need of new treatments. Relaxin is a naturally occurring human peptide initially identified as a reproductive hormone and has been shown to play a key role in the maternal hemodynamic and renal adjustments that accommodate pregnancy. Recently, the new molecule serelaxin, a recombinant form of the naturally occurring hormone relaxin has been studied in patients hospitalized for AHF. In addition to vasodilation, serelaxin has anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and connective tissue regulating properties. In preclinical studies, it reduced both systemic and renal vascular resistance and, in the clinical trials Pre-RELAX-AHF and RELAX-AHF, it improved dyspnea and signs of congestion. In addition, serelaxin was associated with a reduction of 180-day mortality. The aim of this review is to summarize the pharmacological properties of serelaxin and the results of the preclinical and clinical studies.
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