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{"title":"Anticoagulation Monitoring During ECMO Support: Monitor or Flip a Coin?","authors":"Sasa Rajsic,&nbsp;Benedikt Treml","doi":"10.1002/clc.70061","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Should we rely on anticoagulation monitoring in ECMO patients or simply flip a coin? The increasing use of anti-factor Xa activity to monitor the effect of UFH appears appropriate, given its moderate correlation with the UFH infusion rates, and it may play a role in preventing thromboembolic events. However, to avoid bleeding complications, more sophisticated tools, and careful clinical decision-making remain essential.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/clc.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142845903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship Between Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and ICD-10 Codes Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure","authors":"Ty J. Gluckman,&nbsp;Shih-Ting Chiu,&nbsp;Deanna Rider,&nbsp;Pu-kai Tseng,&nbsp;James O. Mudd,&nbsp;Joshua D. Remick,&nbsp;Craig Granowitz,&nbsp;Amy Carroll,&nbsp;Slaven Sikirica,&nbsp;Mario E. Canonico,&nbsp;Judith Hsia,&nbsp;Marc P. Bonaca","doi":"10.1002/clc.70055","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>While left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) represents an important means by which to classify patients with heart failure (HF), relatively little is known about the distribution of LVEFs among patients hospitalized for HF based on their International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 code.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients admitted to a large integrated health system within the western US between January 1, 2018 and October 1, 2022 with a principal diagnosis of HF (defined by ICD-10 codes: I50.2, systolic HF; I50.3, diastolic HF; I50.4, combined systolic and diastolic HF; I11.0, hypertensive heart disease with HF; and I13.0 and I13.2, hypertensive heart disease with HF and chronic kidney disease).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Over nearly 5 years, 61,238 HF hospitalizations occurred, of which 49,772 (81%) had a LVEF available by echocardiography within the preceding 3 months. Whereas most patients hospitalized with systolic HF (<i>n</i> = 2220) as well as systolic and diastolic heart failure (<i>n</i> = 1582) had an LVEF ≤ 40% (86.2% and 74.8%, respectively), most patients hospitalized with diastolic HF (<i>n</i> = 1542) had an LVEF ≥ 50% (94.0%) (Figure). A much greater range of LVEFs were noted for those with hypertensive heart disease with HF (<i>n</i> = 18,092) and hypertensive heart disease with HF and CKD (<i>n</i> = 26,336) (Figure).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>While there was relatively good concordance between LVEF and the ICD-10 code-defined HF type for systolic HF, diastolic HF, and systolic and diastolic HF, these codes represent a small subset (~10%) of total HF hospitalizations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/clc.70055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142834351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporal Trends in Mortality Related to Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation in the United States: A 21-Year Retrospective Analysis of CDC-WONDER Database","authors":"Owais Ahmad,&nbsp;Hanzala Ahmed Farooqi,&nbsp;Isra Ahmed,&nbsp;Adeena Jamil,&nbsp;Rayyan Nabi,&nbsp;Irfan Ullah,&nbsp;Abdul Wali Khan,&nbsp;Raheel Ahmed,&nbsp;Mahboob Alam,&nbsp;Bernardo Cortese,&nbsp;Mamas A. Mamas","doi":"10.1002/clc.70058","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is one of the most strongly associated risk factors for stroke. Our study aims to analyze changes in mortality from 1999 to 2020 in patients with AF and stroke.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC-WONDER), we retrospectively analyzed annual age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) per million from 1999 to 2020 in stroke patients with AF. Temporal trends were analyzed, and Annual Percentage Change (APC) was calculated using the JoinPoint regression model across variations in demographics (sex, race) and regional subgroups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Around 490 000 deaths were reported between 1999 and 2020 from stroke and AF across the 25–85+ age group. AAMR initially decreased until 2008 (APC = –0.9), followed by an increase till 2020 (APC = 1.1). Women had a higher AAMR than men throughout the years. Non-Hispanic white patients had a marginally higher AAMR than all other races and ethnicities. The highest AAMR was observed in the western region. States like Vermont, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Minnesota, and West Virginia were in the top 90th percentile, while Nevada, Louisiana, Florida, New York, New Mexico, and Arizona were in the bottom 10th percentile. Nonmetropolitan areas had consistently higher AAMRs throughout the 2 decades.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>An overall rise in mortality has been observed in stroke and AF patients, with a greater surge in 2019. The need for healthcare policy changes, especially in areas with high mortality and awareness of healthier lifestyle factors, can be an essential preventative measure to help mitigate growing mortality rates.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/clc.70058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142827524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exome Sequencing Identified Susceptible Genes for High Residual Risks in Early-Onset Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease","authors":"Runda Wu,&nbsp;Ya Su,&nbsp;Jianquan Liao,&nbsp;Juan Shen,&nbsp;Yuanji Ma,&nbsp;Wei Gao,&nbsp;Zheng Dong,&nbsp;Yuxiang Dai,&nbsp;Kang Yao,&nbsp;Junbo Ge","doi":"10.1002/clc.70066","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite the tremendous improvement in therapeutic medication and intervention for coronary atherosclerotic disease (CAD), residual risks remain. Exome sequencing enables identification of rare variants and susceptibility genes for residual risks of early-onset coronary atherosclerotic disease (EOCAD) with well-controlled conventional risk factors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We performed whole-exome sequencing of subjects who had no conventional risk factors, defined as higher body mass index, smoking, hypertension and dyslipidemia, screened from 1950 patients with EOCAD (age ≤ 45 years, at least 50% stenosis of coronary artery by angiography), and selected control subjects from 1006 elder (age ≥ 65 years) with &lt; 30% coronary stenosis. Gene-based association analysis and clinical phenotypic comparison were conducted.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Subjects without defined conventional risk factors accounted for 4.72% of young patients. Totally, 6 genes might be associated with residual risk of EOCAD, namely <i>CABP1</i> (OR = 22.19, <i>p</i> = 0.02), <i>HLA-E</i> (OR = 22.19, <i>p</i> = 0.02), <i>TOE1</i> (OR = 33.6, <i>p</i> = 0.002), <i>HPSE2</i> (OR = 11.1, <i>p</i> = 0.04), <i>CHST14</i> (OR = 22.19, <i>p</i> = 0.02) as well as <i>KLHL8</i> (OR = 22.19, <i>p</i> = 0.02). Phenotypic analysis displayed the levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in carriers of mutations from <i>CABP1</i>, <i>HLA-E</i>, <i>TOE1</i>, and <i>HPSE2</i> were significantly elevated compared to noncarriers. Notably, extracellular matrix-associated <i>CHST14</i> and fibrinogen-associated <i>KLHL8</i> both displayed possible correlation with increased neutrophil proportion and decreased monocyte percentage (both <i>p</i> &lt; 0.05), exerting potential effects on the residual inflammatory risks of EOCAD.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study identified six genes related to dyslipidemia and inflammation pathways with potential association with residual risk of EOCAD, which will contribute to precision-based prevention in these patients.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Trial Registration</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The GRAND study was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov on July 14, 2015, and the registry number is NCT 02496858.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11645474/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reply to “How to consider the indication of implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the elderly patients”","authors":"Michael Gotzmann MD,&nbsp;Marie Lewenhardt MD,&nbsp;Fabienne Kreimer MD","doi":"10.1002/clc.24208","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.24208","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We would like to thank Naoya Kataoka and Teruhiko Imamura for their comments on our publication. While we strongly agree with some of their comments, we would like to take the opportunity to point out some aspects of our publication that may not have been described clearly enough.</p><p>We would like to clarify that in our study not only deceased patients with previous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy were defined as patients with “benefit of ICD implantation,” but also patients with adequate ICD therapy who did not die during the observation period. In fact, of the 89 patients who received adequate ICD therapy, only 21 patients died during the study period.<span>¹</span> We would also like to point out that the investigation period of 4.2 years on average was not short. We therefore do not believe that an extended investigation period would have changed the results of the analysis.</p><p>In principle, however, we agree with Naoya Kataoka and Teruhiko Imamura on several points. The surgical risk and the risk of infection play a significant role in the risk-benefit assessment of device therapy. In our study, however, we limited ourselves to a few endpoints and focused in particular on the major endpoint “death from any cause.”</p><p>Another important aspect is that comorbidities have a significant impact on the benefit of ICD therapy. A younger multimorbid patient may have a worse prognosis than an older patient. Nonetheless, we believe that considering age when deciding whether ICD therapy is appropriate can be a very simple but important contribution. As the benefits of ICD therapy in older patients have been repeatedly questioned in the past, this is particularly important.<span>^2-4</span> At the same time, in an increasingly aging society, a considerable proportion of old and very old patients are treated with an ICD. In Germany and the United States, the proportion of patients over 80 years of age who receive an ICD for primary prophylactic indications is approximately 14%, without convincing data being available. Our study revealed that the benefit of ICD therapy in this patient group remains to be critically assessed.</p><p>In other words, comorbidities are undeniably important factors for the potential benefit of ICD therapy, but also age, so taking comorbidities into account could help to make a benefit-risk assessment before ICD implantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11638679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142817466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction Assessment Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Patients With Psoriasis: A Pilot Meta-Analysis","authors":"Hritvik Jain,&nbsp;Jyoti Jain,&nbsp;Debankur Dey,&nbsp;Rishika Modi,&nbsp;Omar Alomari,&nbsp;Mushood Ahmed,&nbsp;Jagjot Singh,&nbsp;Ramez M. Odat,&nbsp;Raheel Ahmed,&nbsp;Abdulqadir J. Nashwan","doi":"10.1002/clc.70047","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Psoriasis is a systemic inflammatory disease associated with elevated cardiovascular risk due to inflammatory and oxidative stress. Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) can detect both regional and global myocardial strain. Impairment of ventricular strain can assist in the early detection of myocardial dysfunction. Subclinical myocardial dysfunction in psoriasis has not yet been elucidated with inconsistent results.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A systematic literature search of various databases was conducted to identify studies comparing global longitudinal strain (GLS) and global circumferential strain (GCS) between patients with psoriasis and healthy controls. Standardized mean differences (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were pooled using the inverse-variance random-effects model in Review Manager Software Version 5.4.1.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Eleven studies with 879 participants (501 patients with psoriasis and 378 healthy controls) were included. Psoriasis was associated with a statistically significant reduction in GLS [SMD: –1.04; 95% CI: –1.45, –0.62; <i>p</i> &lt; 0.00001] and GCS [SMD: –0.66; 95% CI: –1.27, –0.05; <i>p</i> = 0.03] compared to healthy controls.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study demonstrated that patients with psoriasis are at an elevated risk of subclinical myocardial dysfunction, as shown by the reduced GLS and GCS. Early assessment of subclinical impairment in psoriasis will allow targeted intervention and may mitigate future adverse cardiovascular events. Prospective studies with larger sample sizes are warranted to validate these results.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11632626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rationale and Design of a Study to Assess the Engagement and Usefulness of the Care4Today Connect Digital Health Application for Disease Management in Coronary Artery Disease and Peripheral Artery Disease (iPACE-CVD Study)","authors":"Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy,&nbsp;Dominick J. Angiolillo,&nbsp;Kristofer Charlton-Ouw,&nbsp;Brian Jefferson,&nbsp;Syed Peeran,&nbsp;Mohannad Bisharat,&nbsp;Luis Ortega-Paz,&nbsp;Ante Harxhi,&nbsp;Simrati Kaul,&nbsp;Evelyne Michaud,&nbsp;Stephanie Juan,&nbsp;Breeana Woods,&nbsp;CV Damaraju,&nbsp;Gregory Fontana,&nbsp;Marc P. Bonaca","doi":"10.1002/clc.70039","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) increase the risks of cardiovascular events and death. Digital health technologies are rapidly expanding to improve healthcare quality and access. The Care4Today Connect (C4T CAD-PAD) mobile application is designed to help patients with CAD and/or PAD improve medication adherence, learn about their disease, make lifestyle modifications, and enhance healthcare provider (HCP) connection via an HCP-facing portal.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Hypothesis &amp; Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The prospective, single-arm, multicenter, noninterventional iPACE-CVD (innovative Patient compAnion impaCting health outcomEs: a CardioVascular Digital health program) study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06052319) is evaluating engagement and usefulness of the application for patients with CAD and/or PAD in clinical settings. Application access is provided with a code from patients' HCPs. Key features include medication and health experience tracking. The application is available in English and Spanish and for iOS and Android devices. Engagement is defined as the proportion of patients who use the application for ≥ 10 weeks during the 3-month study period. Application use is defined as the number of patients using ≥ 1 application feature(s) each week. Usefulness is determined by the percentage of engaged patients who complete the My Feedback Matters survey with a satisfaction response score of &gt; 2 (on a 5-point scale, where 1 = <i>strongly disagree</i> and 5 = <i>strongly agree</i>) for at least three of the six questions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 271 participants were enrolled between November 29, 2023, and May 15, 2024. The study concluded on August 15, 2024.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study will help enhance the application for subsequent studies. <b>Trial Registration:</b> NCT06052319</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11635118/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142812216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence Rate and Predictors of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report From the Nationwide COOL-AF Registry","authors":"Rungroj Krittayaphong,&nbsp;Kasem Ratanasumawong,&nbsp;Komsing Methavigul,&nbsp;Chaiyasith Wongvipaporn,&nbsp;Gregory Y. H. Lip","doi":"10.1002/clc.70040","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70040","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Specific risk predictor scores of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) risk in Asian subjects are lacking. We determined the incidence rate and predictors of ICH in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A prospective nationwide registry of patients with AF was conducted from 27 hospitals in Thailand. The adjudicated primary outcome was the development of ICH during follow-up. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard model was performed to identify the independent predictors for ICH. A predictive model for ICH risk was developed and validated by bootstrap, calibration plot, C-statistics, and decision curve analysis using our own data.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We studied a total of 3405 patients (mean age 67.8 years; 58.2% male) with an average follow-up duration of 31.8 ± 8.7 months, during which ICH developed in 70 patients (2.06%). The incidence rate of ICH was 0.78 (0.61−0.98) per 100 person-years. Predictors of ICH were chosen from the theory-driven approaches in combination with the results of the univariable analysis. The predictive risk model had a c-index of 0.717 (0.702−0.732) with good calibration, internal validation, and clinical usefulness using decision curve analysis. The probability of ICH at 3 years for an individual patient derived from the prediction model was compared with the probability derived from HAS-BLED score by using the C-statistics. The ICH probability from the COOL-AF model was superior to the HAS-BLED score in the prediction of ICH.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The incidence rate of ICH was 0.78 (0.61−0.98) per 100 person-years. Predictors of ICH were older age, male sex, nonsmoking, renal replacement therapy, and use of oral anticoagulants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11635119/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142812212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Preprocedural Blood Pressure on Outcome After M-TEER: The Paradox or Something Else?","authors":"Marijana Tadic,&nbsp;Leonhard Schneider,&nbsp;Nicoleta Nita,&nbsp;Dominik Felbel,&nbsp;Michael Paukovitsch,&nbsp;Mathias Gröger,&nbsp;Mirjam Keßler,&nbsp;Wolfang Rottbauer","doi":"10.1002/clc.70062","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of systolic blood pressure (SBP) values on admission on the outcome of mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methodology</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We included all patients who underwent interventional MV repair in our institution between January 2010 and October 2020. All data are obtained from the MiTra ULM registry. Based on SBP values measured on admission, all patients were divided into four groups: &lt; 120, 120−129, 130−139, and ≥ 140 mmHg.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Eight hundred and fifty-eight patients were included in this study. There were no major differences in demographic and clinical characteristics between the four observed groups. The patients with SBP on admission ≥ 140 mmHg had the lowest prevalence of functional MR and the highest LVEF. Higher SBP at admission (HR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.63−0.87) and preprocedural LVEF values (HR 0.99, 95% CI: 0.97−0.99) were predictors of lower 1-year mortality but did not impact 1-year hospitalization rate or MACE in the whole study population. When patients were separated into two groups according to the mechanisms of MR (functional and structural), the results showed that higher SBP on admission and better preprocedural LVEF were associated with significantly lower 1-year CV mortality in both groups of patients, with functional and structural MR. Higher SBP at admission was also associated with lower 1-year CV mortality (HR 0.73, 95% CI: 0.55−0.96) in patients with preserved ejection fraction (LVEF &gt; 50%), but not with 1-year rehospitalization and MACE.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Higher SBP on admission (&gt; 140 mmHg) is an independent predictor of a better 1-year outcome in patients treated with M-TEER. The effect of higher SBP on outcome after M-TEER should be further investigated.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626250/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142794288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physician and Patient Preferences for Oral Anticoagulation Therapy Decision Making in Atrial Fibrillation: Results From a National Best–Worst Scaling Survey in Türkiye","authors":"K. Kılıckesmez,&nbsp;D. Aras,&nbsp;M. Degertekin,&nbsp;N. Ozer,&nbsp;B. Hacibedel,&nbsp;K. Helvacioglu,&nbsp;U. Koc,&nbsp;B. Ozdengulsun,&nbsp;E. Dundar Ahi,&nbsp;O. Ergene","doi":"10.1002/clc.70038","DOIUrl":"10.1002/clc.70038","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac dysrhythmia and a common cause of ischemic stroke. Stroke prevention with oral anticoagulation (OAC) is the cornerstone of AF management. Patients and their treating physicians may have different views on different attributes of OACs. The objective of this study was to quantify the relative importance that patients and physicians in Turkey place on different OAC attributes when making treatment decisions in AF. A cross-sectional survey was administered to AF patients (≥ 50 years) receiving OAC and practising cardiologists, including residents with ≥ 2 years of experience in Turkey. For both patients (<i>N</i> = 230; 50% male) and physicians (<i>N</i> = 194; 74% male), the most important attributes for OAC treatment decision making in AF were “success in preventing stroke” (57% and 73.9% or overall importance, respectively) and “risk of major bleeding” (20% and 23.4%, respectively). For patients, other attributes were much less important, but not altogether unimportant: reversal agent availability (7%), monitoring (5%), food or drug interactions (3%), minor bleeding (3%), and ease of swallowing (2%). For physicians, among the other attributes, only the need for monitoring (1.3%) had a relative importance of &gt; 1%. For all Turkish participants, efficacy and safety were found to be the most important attributes influencing OAC choice in AF with these two attributes accounting for 77% and 97.3% of overall importance for patients and physicians, respectively. Certain considerations, especially reversal agent availability and monitoring appear to be more important to patients than to physicians This is the first study to use BWS to quantify patient and physician preferences for OAC treatments in AF in Turkey.</p>","PeriodicalId":10201,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Cardiology","volume":"47 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11628632/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142799650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}