Assessment of right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension with three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Aim
To correlate 3-D Echo and CMR RV parameters and to verify whether they are similarly related to the clinical conditions of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease in which the RV plays a crucial prognostic role.
Methods
We enrolled 34 consecutive PAH patients followed by our PAH clinics. All patients underwent a 3-D Echo and CMR assessment of RV volumes and functions in the same day. The presence or absence of correlation between major findings was investigated; functional RV parameters were also analyzed in relation to 6-min walking test (6MWT) results and BNP/Nt-proBNP plasma levels....
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Cardiovascular imaging Source Type: research
How lower doses of direct oral anticoagulants are interpreted in clinical practice: a national survey of the Italian Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Study Group
Conclusion
The interpretation of the lower doses of DOAC in current Italian clinical practice appears largely correct and shared. Because of the persistence of some residual uncertainties, essentially regarding dabigatran, however, continuous educational effort still appears warranted. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Arrhythmias Source Type: research
Epicardial adipose tissue may predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
In this study, we aimed to determine the relationship between EAT thickness in patients with STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and the development of new-onset atrial fibrillation during hospital follow-up.
Material and methods
Four hundred and thirteen consecutive patients [284 men (69%) and 129 women (31%)] with a mean age of 59 ± 11 years diagnosed with STEMI were included in this study. Atrial fibrillation developed in 52 (12.5%) patients during in-hospital follow-up and the remaining 361 patients were determined as the control group. There was no difference between the...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Arrhythmias Source Type: research
Impact of left atrial geometric remodeling on late atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation
Aims
To quantitatively investigate the impact of left atrial geometric remodeling on atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation.
Methods
A retrospective analysis of 105 patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent coronary computed tomographic angiography before catheter ablation. Risk factors for atrial fibrillation recurrence were identified by multivariable logistic regression analysis and used to create a nomogram.
Results
After at least 12 months of follow-up, 30 patients (29%) developed recurrent atrial fibrillation. Patients with recurrence had higher left atrial volume, left atria...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Arrhythmias Source Type: research
Gender-specific association of risk factors in patients who underwent catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Conclusion
Although mechanisms linking risk factors and AF are complex, this study suggests the existence of differences mediated by gender in AF drug-refractory patients who underwent CA. A tailored public health programme to reduce the growing burden of AF needs to be designed to prevent and counter the increasing epidemic of the most common cardiac arrhythmia as well as its progression in more resistant forms. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Arrhythmias Source Type: research
Ivabradine versus bisoprolol in the treatment of inappropriate sinus tachycardia: a long-term follow-up study
Conclusion
This study suggests that ivabradine is better tolerated than bisoprolol and seems to be superior in controlling the heart rate and improving exercise capacity in a small population of individuals affected by inappropriate sinus tachycardia during a short-term and long-term follow-up. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Arrhythmias Source Type: research
Italian Cardiological Guidelines (COCIS) for Competitive Sport Eligibility in athletes with heart disease: update 2020
Since 1989, SIC Sport and a FMSI, in partnership with leading Italian Cardiological Scientific Associations (ANCE, ANMCO and SIC) have produced Cardiological Guidelines for Completive Sports Eligibility for athletes with heart disease (COCIS -- 1989, 1995, 2003, 2009 and 2017).
The English version of the Italian Cardiological Guidelines for Competitive Sports Eligibility for athletes with heart disease was published in 2013 in this Journal. This publication is an update with respect to the document previously published in English in 2013. It includes the principal innovations that have emerged over recent years, and is ...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Position paper Source Type: research
Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in hemodialysis patients: an updated review
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading life-threatening complications in hemodialysis patients. In this scenario, both tachy-arrhythmias and brady-arrhythmias are involved with related hemodialysis and nonhemodialysis-dependent mechanisms; moreover, those arrhythmias usually occur in different time intervals before sudden cardiac death (SCD). Furthermore, current evidence shows that the presence of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) reduces the benefits of implantable cardioverter--defibrillators (ICDs), which increases the risk of both arrhythmic and nonarrhythmic death, especially in patients with advanced stages of ...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Review Source Type: research
Percutaneous exclusion of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Feasibility of remote home monitoring with a T-shirt wearable device in post-recovery COVID-19 patients
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research letters Source Type: research
Cardiac pacing procedures during coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown in Southern Italy: insights from Campania Region
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research letters Source Type: research
Impact of QRS duration on left ventricular remodelling and survival in patients with heart failure
Aims
In patients with chronic heart failure, QRS duration is a consistent predictor of poor outcomes. It has been suggested that for indicated patients, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) could come sooner in the treatment algorithm, perhaps in parallel with the attainment of optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). We aimed to investigate differences in left ventricular (LV) remodelling in those with narrow QRS (NQRS) compared with wide QRS (WQRS) in the absence of CRT, whether an early CRT strategy resulted in unnecessary implants and the effect of early CRT on outcomes.
Methods
Our cohort consi...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Heart failure Source Type: research
How did COVID-19 affect medical and cardiology journals? A pandemic in literature
Conclusions
Our analysis highlights the big impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international scientific literature. General and internal medicine journals were mainly involved, with cardiology journals only at a later time. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: COVID-19 Source Type: research
Coronavirus disease 2019 in patients with cardiovascular disease: clinical features and implications on cardiac biomarkers assessment
Introduction
Previous cardiovascular disease (CVD) and myocardial involvement are common in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). We investigated relationships between CVD, cardiac biomarkers and outcome in COVID-19.
Methods
We analyzed n = 252 patients from a multicenter study and provided comparison according to the presence or absence of underlying CVD. Cardiac biomarkers high-sensitivity Troponin [upper reference of normality (URN) 35 pg/ml for Troponin I and 14 pg/ml for Troponin T] and natriuretic peptides (Nt-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, URN 300 pg/ml and B-type natriuretic peptide, URN 100 pg...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: COVID-19 Source Type: research
High troponin levels in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019: a maker or a marker of prognosis?
Aims
Controversial data have been published regarding the prognostic role of cardiac troponins in patients who need hospitalization because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of the study was to assess the role of high-sensitivity troponin plasma levels and of respiratory function at admission on all-cause deaths in unselected patients hospitalized because of COVID-19.
Methods
We pooled individual patient data from observational studies that assessed all-cause mortality of unselected patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The individual data of 722 patients were included. The ratio of partial pressure ...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: COVID-19 Source Type: research
