Sawa Kostin, Manfred Richter, Florian Krizanic, Benjamin Sasko, Theodoros Kelesidis, Nikolaos Pagonas
{"title":"NETosis is an Important Component of Chronic Myocardial Inflammation in Patients With Heart Failure.","authors":"Sawa Kostin, Manfred Richter, Florian Krizanic, Benjamin Sasko, Theodoros Kelesidis, Nikolaos Pagonas","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e012231"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142603430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marat Fudim, Veraprapas Kittipibul, Ashley Swavely, Anna Gray, Jeffrey Mikitka, Erin Young, Olivia Dobbin, Matthew Radzom, Jacqueline Fee, Jeroen Molinger, Brandy Patterson, Giovanni Battista Perego, Luigi P Badano, Gianfranco Parati, Jean-Luc Vachiéry, Michele Senni, Ettore Lanzarone, Fabio Previdi, Stefano Paleari, Claudia Baratto, Sergio Caravita
{"title":"Discrepancy in the Diagnosis of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Between Supine Versus Upright Exercise Hemodynamic Testing.","authors":"Marat Fudim, Veraprapas Kittipibul, Ashley Swavely, Anna Gray, Jeffrey Mikitka, Erin Young, Olivia Dobbin, Matthew Radzom, Jacqueline Fee, Jeroen Molinger, Brandy Patterson, Giovanni Battista Perego, Luigi P Badano, Gianfranco Parati, Jean-Luc Vachiéry, Michele Senni, Ettore Lanzarone, Fabio Previdi, Stefano Paleari, Claudia Baratto, Sergio Caravita","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Invasive exercise right heart catheterization is a gold standard in diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Body positions during the test influence hemodynamics. However, the discrepancy in HFpEF diagnosis between exercise testing in supine versus upright position is unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a 2-center prospective study enrolling patients referred for exercise right heart catheterization for HFpEF. We performed a Supright protocol integrating submaximal supine bicycle ergometry (20 W) followed by maximal upright bicycle ergometry with a breath-by-breath oxygen analyzer. HFpEF hemodynamic criteria specific to testing positions were applied. Patients were considered to have concordant HFpEF if they met criteria in both positions or discordant HFpEF if they met criteria only in the supine position.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 36 patients who met HFpEF criteria in supine position, 18 (50%) did not meet criteria in upright position (discordant HFpEF). Discordant HFpEF had less atrial fibrillation (0% versus 55%; <i>P</i><0.001), lower left atrial volume (60±14 versus 77±21 mL; <i>P</i>=0.010), and lower H<sub>2</sub>FPEF score (2.1±1.3 versus 5.1±2.3; <i>P</i><0.001). In supine position, pulmonary arterial wedge pressure was lower in discordant HFpEF at rest (15±4 versus 19±7 mm Hg; <i>P</i>=0.040). In upright position, pulmonary arterial wedge pressure was lower in discordant HFpEF both at rest (8±4 versus 14±6 mm Hg; <i>P</i>=0.002) and at peak exercise (14±4 versus 27±7 mm Hg; <i>P</i><0.001). Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure/cardiac output slope was lower in discordant HFpEF (1.6±1.7 versus 3.6±2.9; <i>P</i><0.001). Maximal workload (46±18 versus 49±24 W; <i>P</i>=0.59) or peak oxygen consumption (11.4±2.8 versus 12.9±3.4 mL/[kg·min]; <i>P</i>=0.15) was similar between groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Half of patients who met HFpEF criteria in the supine position did not meet the criteria in the upright position. Patients with a discordant HFpEF phenotype had less structural and hemodynamic abnormalities compared with those with concordant HFpEF. A Supright exercise right heart catheterization approach is feasible and merits further investigation to determine the clinical implications of discordant exercise hemodynamic findings in supine and upright positions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e012020"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142603289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter Miller, Pierre Elias, Andrew J Einstein, Mathew S Maurer, Gasmelseed Y Ahmed, Timothy J Poterucha
{"title":"Socioeconomic Disparities Are Associated With Delayed Access to Tafamidis in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis.","authors":"Peter Miller, Pierre Elias, Andrew J Einstein, Mathew S Maurer, Gasmelseed Y Ahmed, Timothy J Poterucha","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e012075"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acute Heart Failure Caused by Rupture of Sinus of Valsalva Into Right Atrium in a Patient With Possible Infective Endocarditis After Tricuspid Annuloplasty: A Misdirected Clinical Decision-Making.","authors":"Daiki Toyoshima, Yasuhide Mochizuki, Sunao Handa, Daisuke Yokokawa, Saori Chino, Rumi Hachiya, Hiroto Fukuoka, Toshiro Shinke","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011600","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e011600"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142575386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Usman A Tahir, Paul Kolm, Raymond Y Kwong, Milind Y Desai, Sarahfaye F Dolman, Shuliang Deng, Evan Appelbaum, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, John P DiMarco, Gaurav Tiwari, Matthias G Friedrich, Julissa H Zelaya-Portillo, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Dong-Yun Kim, Martin S Maron, Stefan K Piechnik, Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Hugh Watkins, William S Weintraub, Stefan Neubauer, Christopher M Kramer, Petr Jarolim, Robert E Gerszten, Carolyn Y Ho
{"title":"Protein Biomarkers of Adverse Clinical Features and Events in Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Usman A Tahir, Paul Kolm, Raymond Y Kwong, Milind Y Desai, Sarahfaye F Dolman, Shuliang Deng, Evan Appelbaum, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, John P DiMarco, Gaurav Tiwari, Matthias G Friedrich, Julissa H Zelaya-Portillo, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Dong-Yun Kim, Martin S Maron, Stefan K Piechnik, Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Hugh Watkins, William S Weintraub, Stefan Neubauer, Christopher M Kramer, Petr Jarolim, Robert E Gerszten, Carolyn Y Ho","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011707","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heterogeneous condition that can lead to atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death in many individuals but mild clinical impact in others. The mechanisms underlying this phenotypic heterogeneity are not well defined. The aim of this study was to use plasma proteomic profiling to help illuminate biomarkers that reflect or inform the heterogeneity observed in HCM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Olink antibody-based proteomic platform was used to measure plasma proteins in patients with genotype positive (sarcomeric) HCM participating in the HCM Registry. We assessed associations between plasma protein levels with clinical features, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging metrics, and the development of atrial fibrillation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We measured 275 proteins in 701 patients with sarcomeric HCM. There were associations between late gadolinium enhancement with proteins reflecting neurohormonal activation (NT-proBNP [N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide] and ACE2 [angiotensin-converting enzyme 2]). Metrics of left ventricular remodeling had novel associations with proteins involved in vascular development and homeostasis (vascular endothelial growth factor-D and TM [thrombomodulin]). Assessing clinical features, the European Society of Cardiology sudden cardiac death risk score was inversely associated with SCF (stem cell factor). Incident atrial fibrillation was associated with mediators of inflammation and fibrosis (MMP2 [matrix metalloproteinase 2] and SPON1 [spondin 1]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Proteomic profiling of sarcomeric HCM identified biomarkers associated with adverse imaging and clinical phenotypes. These circulating proteins are part of both established pathways, including neurohormonal activation and fibrosis, and less familiar pathways, including endothelial function and inflammatory proteins less well characterized in HCM. These findings highlight the value of plasma profiling to identify biomarkers of risk and to gain further insights into the pathophysiology of HCM.</p>","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e011707"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142575399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Circulation: Heart FailurePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011980
Senthil Selvaraj, Shachi Patel, Andrew J Sauer, Robert W McGarrah, Philip Jones, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Sheryl L Windsor, Olga Ilkayeva, Michael J Muehlbauer, Christopher B Newgard, Barry A Borlaug, Dalane W Kitzman, Sanjiv J Shah, Kenneth B Margulies, Mansoor Husain, Silvio E Inzucchi, Darren K McGuire, David E Lanfear, Ali Javaheri, Guillermo Umpierrez, Robert J Mentz, Kavita Sharma, Mikhail N Kosiborod, Svati H Shah
{"title":"Metabolic Effects of the SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure Across the Spectrum of Ejection Fraction.","authors":"Senthil Selvaraj, Shachi Patel, Andrew J Sauer, Robert W McGarrah, Philip Jones, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Sheryl L Windsor, Olga Ilkayeva, Michael J Muehlbauer, Christopher B Newgard, Barry A Borlaug, Dalane W Kitzman, Sanjiv J Shah, Kenneth B Margulies, Mansoor Husain, Silvio E Inzucchi, Darren K McGuire, David E Lanfear, Ali Javaheri, Guillermo Umpierrez, Robert J Mentz, Kavita Sharma, Mikhail N Kosiborod, Svati H Shah","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011980","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011980","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mechanisms of benefit with SGLT2is (sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors) in heart failure (HF) remain incompletely characterized. Dapagliflozin alters ketone and fatty acid metabolism in HF with reduced ejection fraction though similar effects have not been observed in HF with preserved ejection fraction. We explore whether metabolic effects of SGLT2is vary across the left ventricular ejection fraction spectrum and their relationship with cardiometabolic end points in 2 randomized trials of dapagliflozin in HF.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Metabolomic profiling of 61 metabolites was performed in 527 participants from DEFINE-HF (Dapagliflozin Effects on Biomarkers, Symptoms and Functional Status in Patients With HF With Reduced Ejection Fraction) and PRESERVED-HF (Dapagliflozin in PRESERVED Ejection Fraction HF; 12-week, placebo-controlled trials of dapagliflozin in HF with reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction, respectively). Linear regression was used to assess changes in principal components analysis-defined metabolite factors with treatment from baseline to 12 weeks, as well as the relationship between changes in metabolite clusters and HF-related end points.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age was 66±11 years, 43% were female, and 33% were self-identified as Black. Two principal components analysis-derived metabolite factors (which were comprised of ketone and short-/medium-chain acylcarnitines) increased with dapagliflozin compared with placebo. Ketosis (defined as 3-hydroxybutyrate >500 μM) was achieved in 4.5% with dapagliflozin versus 1.2% with placebo (<i>P</i>=0.03). There were no appreciable treatment effects on amino acids, including branched-chain amino acids. Increases in several acylcarnitines were consistent across LVEF (<i>P</i><sub>interaction</sub>>0.10), whereas the ketogenic effect diminished at higher LVEF (<i>P</i><sub>interaction</sub>=0.01 for 3-hydroxybutyrate). Increases in metabolites reflecting mitochondrial dysfunction (particularly long-chain acylcarnitines) and aromatic amino acids and decreases in branched-chain amino acids were associated with worse HF-related outcomes in the overall cohort, with consistency across treatment and LVEF.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SGLT2is demonstrate common (fatty acid) and distinct (ketogenic) metabolic signatures across the LVEF spectrum. Changes in key pathways related to fatty acid and amino acid metabolism are associated with HF-related end points and may serve as therapeutic targets across HF subtypes.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique Identifiers: NCT03030235 and NCT02653482.</p>","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e011980"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Circulation: Heart FailurePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011304
Andrew T Nguyen, Gerald J Berry, Ronald M Witteles
{"title":"The Great Masquerader: Diagnosing Cardiac Sarcoidosis in the Era of Advanced Cardiac Imaging.","authors":"Andrew T Nguyen, Gerald J Berry, Ronald M Witteles","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011304","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011304","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e011304"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142575461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Circulation: Heart FailurePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011751
Stephen Duff, Nicholas Wettersten, Yu Horiuchi, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Sagar Raturi, Ruairi Irwin, Jean Maxime Côté, Alan Maisel, Joachim H Ix, Patrick T Murray
{"title":"Absence of Kidney Tubular Injury in Patients With Acute Heart Failure With Acute Kidney Injury.","authors":"Stephen Duff, Nicholas Wettersten, Yu Horiuchi, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Sagar Raturi, Ruairi Irwin, Jean Maxime Côté, Alan Maisel, Joachim H Ix, Patrick T Murray","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011751","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Worsening renal function (WRF) is common in hospitalized patients being treated for acute heart failure. However, discriminating clinically significant WRF remains challenging. In patients hospitalized with acute heart failure, we evaluated if blood and urine biomarkers of cardiac and kidney dysfunction were associated with adverse outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We identified 175 of 927 participants in the AKINESIS study (Acute Kidney Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Evaluation of Symptomatic Heart Failure Study) who met criteria for stage 1 or 2 Kidney Disease: Improvement Global Outcomes acute kidney injury during the first 3 days of hospitalization. We measured 24 blood and urine biomarkers from specimens collected within 24 hours of meeting acute kidney injury criteria. The primary composite outcome consisted of worsening WRF (higher acute kidney injury stage), need for dialysis, or death at 30 days. Biomarkers' association with the composite outcome was assessed with logistic regression by tertiles and area under the curve (AUC).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 175 participants, 32 (18%) developed the primary composite outcome. Only history of chronic kidney disease was significantly different between those with and without the composite outcome. The highest tertile of plasma Gal-3 (galectin-3) and urine epidermal growth factor were associated with increased odds of the composite outcome compared with the lowest tertile in unadjusted analyses. After adjusting for serum creatinine, systolic blood pressure, and blood urea nitrogen, only the highest tertile of Gal-3 was associated with greater odds of the composite outcome (odds ratio, 4.6 [95% CI, 1.4-16.0). Gal-3 had the highest AUC (0.70 [95% CI, 0.58-0.82]), while epidermal growth factor had a lower AUC (0.63 [95% CI, 0.53-0.74]). Notably, urine biomarkers of kidney tubule injury were not associated with the composite outcome.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Tubular injury does not occur in most patients with acute heart failure experiencing WRF, consistent with the functional mechanisms of WRF in this patient population.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01291836?term=NCT01291836&rank=1; Unique identifier: NCT01291836.</p>","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e011751"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11573103/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Circulation: Heart FailurePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012381
Amanda Brademeyer, Zachary L Cox
{"title":"Search for Biomarkers to Discern Risk in Worsening Renal Function During Acute Heart Failure.","authors":"Amanda Brademeyer, Zachary L Cox","doi":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012381","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012381","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10196,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Heart Failure","volume":" ","pages":"e012381"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}