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2. Libman-Sacks Endocarditis: Detection, Characterization, and Clinical Correlates by Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography

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Roldan, Carlos A, Tolstrup, Kirsten, Macias, Leonardo, Qualls, Clifford R, Maynard, Diana, Charlton, Gerald, and Sibbitt, Wilmer L

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Heart Disease, Biomedical Imaging, Cardiovascular, Detection, screening and diagnosis, 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies, Adult, Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Endocarditis, Female, Humans, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Male, Mitral Valve, Reproducibility of Results, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Young Adult, Libman-Sacks endocarditis, Libman-Sacks vegetations, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Valvular heart disease, Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography, Two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography, Cerebrovascular disease, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
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BackgroundLibman-Sacks endocarditis, characterized by Libman-Sacks vegetations, is common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and is commonly complicated with embolic cerebrovascular disease. Thus, accurate detection of Libman-Sacks vegetations may lead to early therapy and prevention of their associated complications. Although two-dimensional (2D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has high diagnostic value for detection of Libman-Sacks vegetations, three-dimensional (3D) TEE may allow improved detection, characterization, and clinical correlations of Libman-Sacks vegetations.MethodsTwenty-nine patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (27 women; mean age, 34 ± 12 years) prospectively underwent 40 paired 3D and 2D transesophageal echocardiographic studies and assessment of cerebrovascular disease manifested as acute clinical neurologic syndromes, neurocognitive dysfunction, or focal brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging. Initial and repeat studies in patients were intermixed in a blinded manner with paired studies from healthy controls, deidentified, coded, and independently interpreted by experienced observers unaware of patients' clinical and imaging data.ResultsThe results of 3D TEE compared with 2D TEE were more often positive for mitral or aortic valve vegetations, and 3D TEE detected more vegetations per study and determined larger sizes of vegetations (P ≤ .03 for all). Also, 3D TEE detected more vegetations on the anterior mitral leaflet, anterolateral and posteromedial scallops, and ventricular side or both atrial and ventricular sides of the leaflets (P

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2015

3. Lambl's Excrescences: Association with Cerebrovascular Disease and Pathogenesis

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Roldan, Carlos A, Schevchuck, Oleksandr, Tolstrup, Kirsten, Roldan, Paola C, Macias, Leonardo, Qualls, Clifford R, Greene, Ernest R, Hayek, Reyaad, Charlton, Gerald A, and Sibbitt, Wilmer L

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Atherosclerosis, Clinical Research, Brain Disorders, Heart Disease, Aging, Stroke, Cardiovascular, Neurosciences, Lupus, Adolescent, Adult, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Female, Heart Valve Diseases, Heart Valves, Humans, Incidence, Longitudinal Studies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial, Young Adult, Lambl's excrescences, Cerebrovascular disease, Magnetic resonance imaging, Transcranial Doppler, Transesophageal echocardiography, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Clinical sciences
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BackgroundLambl's excrescences (LEx) are detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and are characterized as thin, elongated, and hypermobile structures located at the leaflets' coaptation point of the heart valves. The association of LEx with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is still undefined and yet patients with LEx and suspected CVD receive unproven effective antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy or even undergo valve surgery. Also, the association of LEx with aging and atherogenic, inflammatory, or thrombogenic parameters has not been reported.MethodsSeventy-seven patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (71 women, age 37 ± 12 years) and 26 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (22 women, age 34 ± 11 years) prospectively underwent routine history and physical exam, transcranial Doppler, brain MRI, TEE, carotid duplex, and clinical and laboratory evaluations of atherogenesis, inflammation, platelet activity, coagulation, and fibrinolysis. Subjects without stroke/TIA on enrollment (with and without LEx) had a median follow-up of 57 months.ResultsOn enrollment, 33 (43%) of 77 patients had CVD manifested as acute stroke/TIA (23 patients), cerebromicroembolism by transcranial Doppler (17 patients), or cerebral infarcts by MRI (14 patients). Mitral or aortic valve LEx were equally frequent in healthy controls (46%) as in patients with and without any CVD (39 and 43%), stroke/TIA (35 and 43%), cerebromicroembolism (41 and 42%), or cerebral infarcts (36 and 43%) (all p ≥ 0.72). Also, other mechanisms for CVD other than LEx such as Libman-Sacks vegetations, patent foramen ovale or interatrial septal aneurysm, aortic or carotid atherosclerosis, or thrombogenesis were found in ≥94% of patients with CVD. In addition, 36 subjects with and 44 without LEx had similar low incidence of stroke/TIA (1 (1.3%) and 2 (2.5%), respectively, p = 1.0) during follow-up. Finally, LEx were not associated with aging, atherogenic risk factors, atherosclerosis, inflammation, or thrombogenesis.ConclusionsIn this study, LEx are similarly prevalent in healthy controls and SLE patients, are not associated with CVD, and are not associated with pathogenic risk factors. Therefore, the study findings suggest that LEx may not be cardioembolic substrates, may not represent pathologic valve structures, and may not require therapy.

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2015

5. Omecamtiv mecarbil in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, GALACTIC‐HF: baseline characteristics and comparison with contemporary clinical trials

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Teerlink, John R., Diaz, Rafael, Felker, G. Michael, McMurray, John J.V., Metra, Marco, Solomon, Scott D., Adams, Kirkwood F., Anand, Inder, Arias‐Mendoza, Alexandra, Biering‐Sørensen, Tor, Böhm, Michael, Bonderman, Diana, Cleland, John G.F., Corbalan, Ramon, Crespo‐Leiro, Maria G., Dahlström, Ulf, Echeverria Correa, Luis E., Fang, James C., Filippatos, Gerasimos, Fonseca, Cândida, Goncalvesova, Eva, Goudev, Assen R., Howlett, Jonathan G., Lanfear, David E., Lund, Mayanna, Macdonald, Peter, Mareev, Vyacheslav, Momomura, Shin‐ichi, O'Meara, Eileen, Parkhomenko, Alexander, Ponikowski, Piotr, Ramires, Felix J. A., Serpytis, Pranas, Sliwa, Karen, Spinar, Jindrich, Suter, Thomas M., Tomcsanyi, Janos, Vandekerckhove, Hans, Vinereanu, Dragos, Voors, Adriaan A., Yilmaz, Mehmet B., Zannad, Faiez, Sharpsten, Lucie, Legg, Jason C., Abbasi, Siddique A., Varin, Claire, Malik, Fady I., Kurtz, Christopher E., Besada, Diego Alejandro, Majul, Claudio Rodolfo, Bruno, Marco Raul Litvak, Sassone, Sonia, Avaca, Horacio Alberto, Rasmussen, Mariela, Aiub, Jorge Roberto, Hominal, Miguel Angel, Perna, Eduardo, Duran, Ruben Omar Garcia, Schiavi, Lilia, Marquez, Lilia Luz Lobo, Vilamajo, Oscar Alberto Gomez, Mackinnon, Ignacio, Fuente, Ricardo Alfonso Leon, Montana, Oscar Romano, Novaretto, Leonardo, Guerrero, Rodolfo Andres Ahuad, Brasca, Daniela Garcia, Prado, Aldo, Garrido, Marcelo Alejandro, Luquez, Hugo, Martinez, Diego Felipe, Nicolosi, Liliana, Parody, Maria Leonor, Zaidman, Cesar, Berra, Fernando Colombo, Ibañez, Julio, Zapata, Gerardo, Caccavo, Alberto, Colque, Roberto, Diez, Mirta, Poy, Carlos, Salomone, Oscar Alejandro, Vogel, Daniel, Bordonava, Anselmo Paulino, Fernandez, Alberto, French, John, Atherton, John, Hamilton, Andrew, Begg, Alistair, Abhayaratna, Walter, Judkins, Christopher, De Pasquale, Carmine, McKenzie, Scott, Amerena, John, Szto, Gregory, Kearney, Leighton, Zimmet, Hendrik, Sverdlov, Aaron, Beltrame, John, Korczyk, Dariusz, Sindone, Andrew, Moertl, Deddo, Huber, Kurt, Huelsmann, Martin, Ablasser, Klemens, Ebner, Christian, Siostrzonek, Peter, Drexel, Heinz, Poelzl, Gerhard, Dujardin, Karl, Dupont, Matthias, Buysschaert, Ian, Lancellotti, Patrizio, Droogne, Walter, Chouchane, Iman, Silveira, Fabio, Rassi, Salvador, Reis, Gilmar, Filho, Pedro Pimentel, Simoes, Marcus Vinicius, Braga, Joao Carlos, Giorgeto, Flavio Eduardo, Ferraz, Almir, Jaeger, Cristiano Pederneiras, Saraiva, Jose Francisco, Tognon, Alexandre, Cardoso, Juliano, Greco, Oswaldo, Paiva, Maria Sanali, Paolino, Bruno, Filho, Otavio Coelho, Maia, Lilia Nigro, Silva, Rodrigo, Canesin, Manoel, Rossi, Paulo Roberto Ferreira, Fortes, Jose Augusto Ribas, Cerci, Rodrigo Julio, Manenti, Euler Roberto Fernandes, Leaes, Paulo Ernesto, Silva Neto, Luis Beck, Souza, Weimar Kunz Barroso, Bacal, Fernando, Chaves, Renato, Ramires, Felix, Vidotti, Maria Helena, Barros e Silva, Pedro Gabriel Melo, Piegas, Leopoldo Soares, Todorov, Georgi, Tzekova, Maria, Goudev, Assen, Mincheva, Valentina, Vasilev, Ivaylo, Tisheva‐ Gospodinova, Snezhanka, Petrov, Ivo, Postadzhiyan, Arman, Velikov, Chavdar, Dimov, Bojidar, Constance, Christian, Phaneuf, Denis‐Carl, Mielniczuk, Lisa, Pandey, A Shekhar, Senaratne, Manohara, Zieroth, Shelley, Savard, Daniel, Stewart, Robert, Huynh, Thao, Giannetti, Nadia, Moe, Gordon, Bourgeois, Ronald, Ezekowitz, Justin, Hartleib, Michael, Sussex, Bruce, Babapulle, Mohan, Chehayeb, Raja, Gaudet, Daniel, McKelvie, Robert, Nguyen, Viviane, Roth, Sherryn, Gupta, Milan, Pesant, Yves, Rupka, Dennis, Bhargava, Rakesh, Costa‐Vitali, Atilio, Proulx, Guy, Vega, Mario, Potthoff, Sergio, Cid, Maria Cristina Schnettler, Sepulveda, Alex Mauricio Villablanca, Zanetti, Fernando Tomas Lanas, Gajardo, Victor Areli Saavedra, Kindel, Carlos Conejeros, Jofre, Christian Paolo Pincetti, Segarra, Jorge Leonardo Cobos, Venegas, Manuel Eduardo Rodriguez, Hidalgo, Mario Yanez, Jalaf, Margarita Gertrudis Vejar, Li, Weimin, Zhang, Jinguo, Fu, Xin, Zhang, Xuelian, Li, Dongye, Wang, Zhifang, Qu, Yanling, Zheng, Zhe, Tang, Huifang, Yang, Ping, Zhang, Yuhui, Zheng, Yang, Mi, Yafei, Huang, He, Bu, Peili, Chen, Guoqin, Chen, Jiyan, Han, Yajun, Li, Zhangquan, Ma, Shumei, Yang, Xuming, Yuan, Zuyi, Dong, Yugang, Li, Zhaoping, Mahemuti, Ailiman, Niu, Wentang, Yang, Zhenyu, Zhang, Yuqing, Sun, Yuemin, Wu, Weiheng, Liu, Feng, Yan, Jing, Li, Yinjun, Wang, Yi, Zhang, Shouyan, Zhou, Changyong, Cui, Hanbin, Li, Jianjun, Li, Tianfa, Han, Qinghua, Wei, Yu, Correa, Luis Eduardo Echeverria, Mendoza, Jose Luis Accini, Jattin, Fernando Manzur, Osorio, Wilder Castaño, Luengas, Carlos Alberto, Arroyo, Julian Alonso 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Jean‐Pierre, Decoulx, Eric, Berdague, Philippe, Jondeau, Guillaume, Ovize, Michel, Groote, Pascal De, Donal, Erwan, Isnard, Richard, Sabatier, Rémi, Trochu, Jean Noel, Damy, Thibaud, Georges, Jean‐Louis, Rosamel, Yann, Picard, François, Aboyans, Victor, Laperche, Thierry, Mitrovic, Veselin, Taggeselle, Jens, Störk, Stefan, Ebelt, Henning, Genth‐Zotz, Sabine, Rassaf, Tienush, Duengen, Hans‐Dirk, Mittag, Marcus, Menck, Niels, Zeymer, Uwe, Haehling, Stephan, Boehm, Michael, Frankenstein, Lutz, Killat, Holger, Bourhaial, Hakima, Beug, Daniel, Horacek, Thomas, Pfister, Roman, Sandri, Marcus, Westenfeld, Ralf, Kadel, Christoph, Karvounis, Haralambos, Patsilinakos, Sotirios, Mantas, Ioannis, Karavidas, Apostolos, Giamouzis, Grigorios, Tsioufis, Konstantinos, Naka, Katerina, Tziakas, Dimitrios, Parissis, John, Styliadis, Ioannis, Barbetseas, Ioannis, Manolis, Athanasios, Kochiadakis, George, Herczeg, Bela, Nagy, Laszlo, Nyolczas, Noemi, Toth, Kalman, Merkely, Bela, Laszlo, Zoltan, Mark, Laszlo, Szakal, Imre, Papp, Andras, Bezzegh, Katalin, Lakatos, Ferenc, Hajko, Erik, Papp, Aniko, Forster, Tamas, Lupkovics, Geza, Mohacsi, Attila, Salamon, Csaba, Aradi, Daniel, Andreka, Peter, Szasz, Gyula, Zilahi, Zsolt, Kazinczy, Rita, Margonato, Alberto, Agostoni, Piergiuseppe, Fucili, Alessandro, Piovaccari, Giancarlo, Senni, Michele, Carluccio, Erberto, Bilato, Claudio, Frigerio, Maria, Indolfi, Ciro, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Brunetti, Natale Daniele, Perna, Gianpiero, Pini, Daniela, Volterrani, Maurizio, Leonardi, Sergio, Mortara, Andrea, Friz, Hernan Emilio Francisco Polo, Rossini, Roberta, Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele, Vincenzi, Antonella, Cavallini, Claudio, Floresta, Agata Marina, Zaca, Valerio, Giudici, Vittorio, Villani, Giovanni Quinto, Higashino, Yorihiko, Oishi, Shogo, Wada, Atsuyuki, Fukuzawa, Shigeru, Onoue, Kenji, Koike, Akihiro, Koizumi, Tomomi, Masuda, Seigo, Mitsuo, Kazuhisa, Takahashi, Natsuki, Takenaka, Takashi, Tanabe, Jun, Watanabe, Naoki, Yoshida, Takeshi, Amano, Tetsuya, Ishikawa, Masahiro, Kida, Keisuke, Kubota, Toru, Nakamura, Kentaro, Sakamoto, Tomohiro, Shimomura, Mitsuhiro, Yuge, Masaru, Doi, Masayuki, Domae, Hiroshi, Ebato, Mio, Fujii, Kenshi, Fujiwara, Wakaya, Gohara, Seiichiro, Hata, Yoshiki, Kanda, Junji, Kitaoka, Hiroaki, Matsumoto, Takashi, Michishita, Ichiro, Miura, Shinichiro, Miyazaki, Tetsuro, Nakamura, Akihiro, Ogawa, Tomohiro, Okumura, Takahiro, Okumura, Yasuo, Sakai, Tetsuo, Sato, Yukihito, Shimizu, Wataru, Sugino, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Masahiro, Takagi, Atsutoshi, Takaishi, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Takahiro, Terasaki, Toshiro, Tsujimoto, Mitsuru, Ueda, Yasunori, Ujino, Keiji, Usui, Makoto, Yamamoto, Mitsutaka, Yoshikawa, Masaki, Ando, Kenji, Asakura, Masanori, Asano, Hiroshi, Fujii, Shigeru, Hara, Hisao, Inomata, Takayuki, Isshiki, Takaaki, Kadokami, Toshiaki, Kai, Hisashi, Kasai, Toshio, Kawamitsu, Katsunori, Kawasaki, Tomohiro, Koga, Tokushi, Komiyama, Nobuyuki, Maejima, Yasuhiro, Manita, Mamoru, Miyamoto, Nobuhide, Node, Koichi, 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Tatiana, Fonseca, Candida, Oliveira, Luis, Santos, Luis, Brito, Dulce, Stanciulescu, Gabriela, Spiridon, Marilena Renata, Militaru, Constantin, Podoleanu, Cristian Gheorghe, Zdrenghea, Dumitru, Popescu, Mircea Ioachim, Macarie, Cezar‐Eugen, Giuca, Alina, Mitu, Florin, Voicu, Olga‐Cristina, Dorobantu, Maria, Lighezan, Daniel, Stamate, Sorin, Bykov, Alexander, Kobalava, Zhanna, Zrazhevskiy, Konstantin, Semenova, Irina, Vishnevsky, Alexander, Shutemova, Elena, Tereschenko, Sergey, Shvarts, Yury, Barbarash, Olga, Lukyanov, Yury, Voevoda, Mikhail, Dovgolis, Svetlana, Dronov, Dmitry, Goloshchekin, Boris, Sitnikova, Maria, Ezhov, Marat, Tarasov, Nikolay, Kotelnikov, Mikhail, Kostenko, Viktor, Solovev, Oleg, Goncharov, Ivan, Myasnikov, Roman, Rafalskiy, Vladimir, Ryabov, Vyacheslav, Kosmacheva, Elena, Motylev, Igor, Nosov, Vladimir, Osipova, Irina, Salukhov, Vladimir, Belenkiy, Dmitriy, Bolshakova, Olga, Pimenov, Leonid, Shilkina, Nataliya, Kulibaba, Elena, Repin, Alexey, Timofeev, Alexander, Mitrokhin, Vladislav, Sherenkov, Alexander, Arbolishvili, Georgy, Antalik, Lubomir, Dzupina, Andrej, Fulop, Peter, Majercak, Ivan, Gonsorcik, Jozef, Vinanska, Daniela, Lenner, Egon, Lukacova, Jana, Margoczy, Roman, Smik, Rudolf, Stevlik, Jan, Uhliar, Rudolf, Burgess, Lesley, Badat, Aysha, Klug, Eric, Van Zyl, Louis, Abelson, Mark, Moodley, Rajendran, Tsabedze, Nqoba, Fourie, Nyda, Bonet, Luis Almenar, Prado, Jose Maria Arizon, Oliveira Soares, Manue Martinez‐Selles D, Villota, Julio Eduardo Nuñez, Leiro, Maria Generosa Crespo, Juanatey, Jose Ramon Gonzalez, Figal, Domingo Andres Pascual, Palomas, Juan Luis Bonilla, Perez, Sonia Mirabet, Jimenez, Juan Francisco Delgado, Padron, Antonio Lara, Diaz, Victor Alfonso Jimenez, Cubero, Javier Segovia, Paya, Vicente Eduardo Climent, Mayoral, Alejandro Recio, Fuente Galan, Luis, Doblas, Juan Jose Gomez, Freire, Ramon Bover, Peiro, Maria Teresa Blasco, Molina, Beatriz Diaz, Martinez, Laura Jordan, Vilchez, Francisco Gonzalez, Boman, Kurt, 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Andrew, Collins, John, Dib, Nabil, Fang, James, Gilmore, Richard, Gray, Wayne, Grazette, Luanda, Haddad, Tariq, Hearne, Steven, Janmohamed, Munir, Katz, Richard, Kazemi, Navid, Llerena, Sara, Lohr, Nicole, Marzouka, George, Mignone, John, Ooi, Henry, Paszczuk, Anna, Pickett, Christopher, Sampognaro, Gregory, Sawyer, Douglas, Shayani, Steven, Treasure, Charles, Vaz, Garth, Vijay, Nampalli, Williams, Celeste, Yeoman, Gary, Zhang, Lily, Aaronson, Keith, Abo‐Auda, Wael, Alharethi, Rami, Anderson, William, Ariani, Mehrdad, Banerji, Sourin, Baweja, Paramdeep, Carson, Peter, Eberly, Arthur, Elliott, James, Fernando, Ronald, Fisher, Daniel, Forman, Steven, Gabriel, George, Gogia, Harinder, Hametz, Craig, Houston, Brian, Ibrahim, Hassan, Jadbabaie, Farid, Kassiotis, Christos, Krishnamoorthy, Arun, Kwan, Michael, Lupovitch, Steven, Macias, Leonardo, Malik, Adnan, Martinez, Luis, Miyamoto, Michael, Mody, Freny, Patel, Devesh, Peart, Brenda, Pisani, Barbara, Ramos, Mark, Rivero, Mariel, Shah, 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Kaluski, Edo, Karim, Amin, Kono, Alan, Lader, Ellis, Lakshminarayanan, Batlagundu, Lewis, Neil, Malhotra, Vinay, Mayer, Nolan, Mohapatra, Robert, Nair, Nandini, O'Brien, Terrence, Pauwaa, Sunil, Rowan, Christopher, Saxena, Sanjeev, Seto, Arnold, Shah, Nishant, Singh, Pradeep, Skopicki, Hal, Stoddard, Marcus, and Sweitzer, Nancy

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Aims:\ud The safety and efficacy of the novel selective cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is tested in the Global Approach to Lowering Adverse Cardiac outcomes Through Improving Contractility in Heart Failure (GALACTIC‐HF) trial. Here we describe the baseline characteristics of participants in GALACTIC‐HF and how these compare with other contemporary trials.\ud \ud Methods and Results:\ud Adults with established HFrEF, New York Heart Association functional class (NYHA) ≥ II, EF ≤35%, elevated natriuretic peptides and either current hospitalization for HF or history of hospitalization/ emergency department visit for HF within a year were randomized to either placebo or omecamtiv mecarbil (pharmacokinetic‐guided dosing: 25, 37.5 or 50 mg bid). 8256 patients [male (79%), non‐white (22%), mean age 65 years] were enrolled with a mean EF 27%, ischemic etiology in 54%, NYHA II 53% and III/IV 47%, and median NT‐proBNP 1971 pg/mL. HF therapies at baseline were among the most effectively employed in contemporary HF trials. GALACTIC‐HF randomized patients representative of recent HF registries and trials with substantial numbers of patients also having characteristics understudied in previous trials including more from North America (n = 1386), enrolled as inpatients (n = 2084), systolic blood pressure

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2020

11. Aortic Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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Roldan PC, Ratliff M, Snider R, Macias L, Rodriguez R, Sibbitt W, and Roldan CA

Abstract

Aortic atherosclerosis (AoA) defined as intima-media thickening or plaques and aortic stiffness (AoS) also considered an atherosclerotic process and defined as decreased vessel distensibility (higher pulse pressure to achieve similar degree of vessel distension) are common in patients with SLE. Immune-mediated inflammation, thrombogenesis, traditional atherogenic factors, and therapy-related metabolic abnormalities are the main pathogenic factors of AoA and AoS. Pathology of AoA and AoS suggests an initial subclinical endothelialitis or vasculitis, which is exacerbated by thrombogenesis and atherogenic factors and ultimately resulting in AoA and AoS. Computed tomography (CT) for detection of arterial wall calcifications and arterial tonometry for detection of increased arterial pulse wave velocity are the most common diagnostic methods for detecting AoA and AoS, respectively. MRI may become a more applicable and accurate technique than CT. Although transesophageal echocardiography accurately detects earlier and advanced stages of AoA and AoS, it is semi-invasive and cannot be used as a screening method. Although imaging techniques demonstrate highly variable prevalence rates, on average about one third of adult SLE patients may have AoA or AoS. Age at SLE diagnosis; SLE duration; activity and damage; corticosteroid therapy; metabolic syndrome; chronic kidney disease; and mitral annular calcification are common independent predictors of AoA and AoS. Also, AoA and AoS are highly associated with carotid and coronary atherosclerosis. Earlier stages of AoA and AoS are usually subclinical. However, earlier stages of disease may be causally related or contribute to peripheral or cerebral embolism, pre-hypertension and hypertension, and increased left ventricular afterload resulting in left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. Later stages of disease predisposes to visceral ischemia, aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection. Even earlier stages of AoA and AoS have been associated with increased cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality of SLE patients. Aggressive non-steroidal immunosuppressive therapy and non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions for control of atherogenic risk factors may prevent the development or progression of AoA and AoS and may decrease cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality in SLE.

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2014
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