CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.074059
Vineet Agrawal,Anna R Hemnes
{"title":"Integrin Targeting Therapies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Roadmap for Traversing the Translational Valley of Death?","authors":"Vineet Agrawal,Anna R Hemnes","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.125.074059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.125.074059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"43 1","pages":"1184-1186"},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862024","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.073969
Ping Jia,Zhe Luo,Xiaoqiang Ding
{"title":"Response by Jia et al to Letter Regarding Article, \"Effect of Delayed Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Acute Kidney Injury and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial\".","authors":"Ping Jia,Zhe Luo,Xiaoqiang Ding","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.125.073969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.125.073969","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"124 1","pages":"e959-e960"},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861983","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.072414
Weijian Huang
{"title":"Left Bundle Branch Pacing: State of the Art and Future Directions.","authors":"Weijian Huang","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.072414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.072414","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"2 1","pages":"1131-1133"},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861980","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.073981
Frederick G P Welt,Jason P Glotzbach
{"title":"Evolution of TAVR as a Technology: Do Real-World Outcomes Still Support Expanded Use?","authors":"Frederick G P Welt,Jason P Glotzbach","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.125.073981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.125.073981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"62 1","pages":"1147-1149"},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861985","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.070335
Jarett D Berry,Noor Zabad,Douglas Kyrouac,David Leonard,Carolyn E Barlow,Andjelka Pavlovic,Kerem Shuval,Benjamin D Levine,Laura F DeFina
{"title":"High-Volume Physical Activity and Clinical Coronary Artery Disease Outcomes: Findings From the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Jarett D Berry,Noor Zabad,Douglas Kyrouac,David Leonard,Carolyn E Barlow,Andjelka Pavlovic,Kerem Shuval,Benjamin D Levine,Laura F DeFina","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.070335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.070335","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDHigh-volume physical activity (PA) is associated with a higher prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the clinical significance of subclinical CAD among high-volume exercisers remains incompletely understood, and the dose-response relationship between high-volume PA and clinical CAD events remains uncertain.METHODSIndividual participant data from the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study (1987-2018) were linked to Medicare claims files. PA volume was determined by self-report and categorized as <500, 500 to 1499, 1500 to 2999, and ≥3000 metabolic equivalent of task (MET)-minutes per week. Subclinical CAD (coronary artery calcium [CAC]) was measured by cardiac computed tomography. All other risk factors were measured in the standard fashion. Composite CAD events (acute myocardial infarction and revascularization) and all-cause mortality were determined from Medicare claims files. A multivariable-adjusted proportional hazards illness-death model with random shared frailty was used to estimate the association between PA volume, CAC, and both clinical CAD and death. Heterogeneity in the association between CAC and clinical CAD across levels of PA was determined with multiplicative interaction terms.RESULTSWe included 26 724 participants (54 years of age; 28% women). Mean exercise volume was 1130 MET-minutes per week, with 1997 (7.5%) reporting ≥3000 MET-minutes per week. After a mean follow-up of 20.5 years, we observed 811 acute myocardial infarction events, 1636 composite CAD events, and 2857 deaths without CAD. Compared with individuals exercising <500 MET-minutes per week, the lowest risk for acute myocardial infarction occurred among individuals with intermediate PA volumes (500-1499 MET-minutes per week: hazard ratio [HR], 0.77 [95% CI, 0.65-0.91]; 1500-2499 MET-minutes per week: HR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.63-0.95]). There was no association between high-volume PA (>3000 MET-minutesw per week) and risk for acute myocardial infarction (HR, 0.95 [95% CI, 0.72-1.25]). In contrast, the lowest risk for death was observed among the high-volume PA group (HR, 0.71 [95% CI, 0.60-0.83]). CAC (on log scale) was associated with a higher risk for composite CAD across all PA categories, including among the high-volume PA subgroup (HR, 1.29 [95% CI, 1.16-1.44]; P<0.001; Pinteraction= 0.969).CONCLUSIONSCompared with low-volume PA, high-volume PA was associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality but a similar risk for clinical CAD. CAC was associated with an increased risk for clinical CAD regardless of the volume of PA.","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857415","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.072756
Andre Zimerman,Ana Laura F Kunzler,Brittany N Weber,Xinhui Ran,Sabina A Murphy,Huei Wang,Narimon Honarpour,Anthony C Keech,Peter S Sever,Marc S Sabatine,Robert P Giugliano
{"title":"Intensive Lowering of LDL Cholesterol Levels With Evolocumab in Autoimmune or Inflammatory Diseases: An Analysis of the FOURIER Trial.","authors":"Andre Zimerman,Ana Laura F Kunzler,Brittany N Weber,Xinhui Ran,Sabina A Murphy,Huei Wang,Narimon Honarpour,Anthony C Keech,Peter S Sever,Marc S Sabatine,Robert P Giugliano","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.072756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.072756","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDPatients with an autoimmune or inflammatory disease (AIID) are at increased cardiovascular risk and may benefit more from statin therapy. In the FOURIER trial (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk), the PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) inhibitor evolocumab lowered low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, but not hsCRP (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein) levels, and reduced the risk of cardiovascular events.METHODSFOURIER was a randomized trial of evolocumab versus placebo in 27 564 patients with stable atherosclerosis who were taking statins. This analysis focused on the effect of evolocumab in patients with or without an AIID, defined as any autoimmune or chronic inflammatory condition. The primary end point was a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, unstable angina, or coronary revascularization.RESULTSAt baseline, 889 patients (3.2%) had an AIID, most commonly rheumatoid arthritis (33.7%) or psoriasis (15.6%). Median (interquartile range) low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were 90.0 mg/dL (79.5-105.5) and 91.5 mg/dL (79.5-108.5) in patients with or without an AIID, respectively (P=0.025), and the placebo-adjusted percent reduction with evolocumab was consistent (60.2% versus 59.0%; P=0.57). Baseline hsCRP was higher in patients with an AIID (median 2.1 versus 1.7 mg/L; P<0.001) and did not significantly change with evolocumab in either group. Compared with placebo, evolocumab reduced the rate of the primary end point by 14% in patients without an AIID (hazard ratio, 0.86 [95% CI, 0.80-0.93]) and by 42% in patients with an AIID (hazard ratio, 0.58 [95% CI, 0.38-0.89]; Pinteraction=0.066). Likewise, evolocumab reduced the key secondary end point of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke by 19% in patients without an AIID (hazard ratio, 0.81 [95% CI, 0.74-0.89]) and 58% in those with an AIID (hazard ratio, 0.42 [95% CI, 0.24-0.74]; Pinteraction=0.022).CONCLUSIONSIntensive lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels with evolocumab may lead to greater relative reduction in cardiovascular events in patients with an AIID.REGISTRATIONURL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01764633.","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857413","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.071956
Joshua G Travers,Jenna Tomkinson,Marcello Rubino,Marion Delaunay,Michael R Bristow,Gregory P Way,Timothy A McKinsey
{"title":"Cell Painting and Machine Learning Distinguish Fibroblasts From Nonfailing and Failing Human Hearts.","authors":"Joshua G Travers,Jenna Tomkinson,Marcello Rubino,Marion Delaunay,Michael R Bristow,Gregory P Way,Timothy A McKinsey","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.071956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.071956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"12 1","pages":"1207-1210"},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861982","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.073375
Xiaoqun Xu,Houyong Zhu,Long Cai
{"title":"Letter by Xu et al Regarding Article, \"Effect of Delayed Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Acute Kidney Injury and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial\".","authors":"Xiaoqun Xu,Houyong Zhu,Long Cai","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.073375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.073375","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"65 1","pages":"e957-e958"},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862016","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":"Palliative Care and Advanced Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Not Just End-of-Life Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.","authors":"Lucinda J Graven,Lisa Kitko,Martha Abshire Saylor,Larry Allen,Angela Durante,Lorraine S Evangelista,Amy Fiedler,James Kirkpatrick,Lakeisha Mixon,Rachel Wells,","doi":"10.1161/cir.0000000000001323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000001323","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adults despite recent scientific advancements. Although people are living longer lives, there may be an adverse impact on quality of life, necessitating a greater need for palliative care services and support. Palliative care for adults with advanced cardiovascular disease has the potential to significantly improve quality of life for individuals living with cardiovascular disease and their informal care partners. Effective communication, shared decision-making, age-friendly care principles, and advance care planning are vital components of palliative care and support comprehensive and holistic care throughout the advanced cardiovascular disease trajectory and across care settings. Current evidence highlights the benefits of palliative care in managing symptoms, reducing psychological distress, and supporting both people with cardiovascular disease and their care partners. However, significant gaps exist in palliative care research related to non-heart failure populations, care partner outcomes, and palliative care implementation in diverse populations. This scientific statement (1) discusses the application of effective communication, shared decision-making, age-friendly care, and advance care planning in advanced cardiovascular disease palliative care; (2) provides a summary of recent evidence related to palliative care and symptom management, quality of life, spiritual and psychological support, and bereavement support in individuals with advanced cardiovascular disease and their care partners; (3) discusses issues involving diversity, equity, and inclusion in cardiovascular disease palliative care; (4) highlights the ethical and legal concerns surrounding palliative care and implanted cardiac devices; and (5) provides strategies for palliative care engagement in adults with advanced cardiovascular disease for the care team.","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":"65 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846364","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}