CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.068081
Omar M Aldaas,Amer M Aldaas,Jonathan C Hsu
{"title":"Letter by Aldaas et al Regarding Article, \"Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: A Study-Level Meta-Analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 and ARTESiA Trials\".","authors":"Omar M Aldaas,Amer M Aldaas,Jonathan C Hsu","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.123.068081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.123.068081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142385293","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 : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.071020
William F McIntyre,Alexander P Benz,Jeff S Healey,Renato Lopes
{"title":"Response by McIntyre et al to Letter Regarding Article, \"Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: A Study-Level Meta-Analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 and ARTESiA Trials\".","authors":"William F McIntyre,Alexander P Benz,Jeff S Healey,Renato Lopes","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.071020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.071020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142385281","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 : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.071088
Marion A Hofmann Bowman,Kim A Eagle
{"title":"Challenges and Opportunities in Aortic Dissection: The Journey to Personalized Medicine.","authors":"Marion A Hofmann Bowman,Kim A Eagle","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.071088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.071088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142385283","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 : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.071607
Paul D Thompson
{"title":"Can Exercise Injure the Sinus Node?","authors":"Paul D Thompson","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.071607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.071607","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142385282","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 : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069993
Boris Schmidt, Stefano Bordignon, Andreas Metzner, Philipp Sommer, Daniel Steven, Tilmann Dahme, Matthias Busch, Roland Richard Tilz, David Schaack, Andreas Rillig, Christian Sohns, Arian Sultan, Karolina Weinmann-Emhardt, Astrid Hummel, Julia Vogler, Thomas Fink, Jakob Lueker, Alexander Pott, Christian Heeger, K-R Julian Chun
{"title":"Ablation Strategies for Repeat Procedures in Atrial Fibrillation Recurrences Despite Durable Pulmonary Vein Isolation: The Prospective Randomized ASTRO AF Multicenter Trial.","authors":"Boris Schmidt, Stefano Bordignon, Andreas Metzner, Philipp Sommer, Daniel Steven, Tilmann Dahme, Matthias Busch, Roland Richard Tilz, David Schaack, Andreas Rillig, Christian Sohns, Arian Sultan, Karolina Weinmann-Emhardt, Astrid Hummel, Julia Vogler, Thomas Fink, Jakob Lueker, Alexander Pott, Christian Heeger, K-R Julian Chun","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ablation strategies for patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation and isolated pulmonary veins vary and their effects on arrhythmia recurrence remain unclear. A prospective randomized German multicenter trial sought to compare 2 ablation strategies in this patient cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with atrial fibrillation despite durable pulmonary vein isolation were randomly assigned at 7 centers to undergo low-voltage area ablation using 3-dimensional mapping and irrigated radiofrequency current ablation (group A) or empirical left atrial appendage isolation (LAAI) using the cryoballoon followed by staged interventional left atrial appendage closure (group B). The primary end point was freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmias between 91 and 365 days after index ablation. The study was powered for superiority of LAAI compared with low-voltage area.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients (40% women; mean age, 68.8±8 years) with paroxysmal (32%) or persistent atrial fibrillation (68%) were randomized to undergo low-voltage area ablation (n=79) or cryoballoon-guided LAAI (n=82). After a planned interim analysis, enrollment was halted for futility on January 10, 2023. In the LAAI group, 77 of 82 left atrial appendages were successfully isolated with subsequent left atrial appendage closure in 57 patients. Procedure-related complications occurred in 4 (5%) and 11 (13.5%) patients in group A and B, respectively (<i>P</i>=0.10). The median follow-up was 367 days (interquartile range, 359-378). The Kaplan-Meier point estimate for freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmias was 51.7% (CI, 40.9%-65.4%) for group A and 55.5% (CI, 44.4%-69.2%; <i>P</i>=0.8069) for group B.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study did not detect superiority of cryoballoon-guided LAAI over low-voltage area ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation despite durable PVI.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT04056390.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142380145","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 : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.069526
Donato Santovito,James M Henderson,Kiril Bidzhekov,Vasiliki Triantafyllidou,Yvonne Jansen,Zhifen Chen,Floriana M Farina,Anastasiia Diagel,Maria Aslani,Xavier Blanchet,Heribert Schunkert,Remco T A Megens,Yvonne Döring,Michael Sattler,Christian Weber
{"title":"Mex3a Protects Against Atherosclerosis: Evidence From Mice and Humans.","authors":"Donato Santovito,James M Henderson,Kiril Bidzhekov,Vasiliki Triantafyllidou,Yvonne Jansen,Zhifen Chen,Floriana M Farina,Anastasiia Diagel,Maria Aslani,Xavier Blanchet,Heribert Schunkert,Remco T A Megens,Yvonne Döring,Michael Sattler,Christian Weber","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.069526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.069526","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142385295","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 : 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.068858
Ibrahim Bedioune, Marine Gandon-Renard, Matthieu Dessillons, Aurélien Barthou, Audrey Varin, Delphine Mika, Saïd Bichali, Joffrey Cellier, Patrick Lechène, Sarah Karam, Maya Dia, Susana Gomez, Walma Pereira de Vasconcelos, Françoise Mercier-Nomé, Philippe Mateo, Audrey Dubourg, Constantine A Stratakis, Jean-Jacques Mercadier, Jean-Pierre Benitah, Vincent Algalarrondo, Jérôme Leroy, Rodolphe Fischmeister, Ana-Maria Gomez, Grégoire Vandecasteele
{"title":"Essential Role of the RIα Subunit of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase in Regulating Cardiac Contractility and Heart Failure Development.","authors":"Ibrahim Bedioune, Marine Gandon-Renard, Matthieu Dessillons, Aurélien Barthou, Audrey Varin, Delphine Mika, Saïd Bichali, Joffrey Cellier, Patrick Lechène, Sarah Karam, Maya Dia, Susana Gomez, Walma Pereira de Vasconcelos, Françoise Mercier-Nomé, Philippe Mateo, Audrey Dubourg, Constantine A Stratakis, Jean-Jacques Mercadier, Jean-Pierre Benitah, Vincent Algalarrondo, Jérôme Leroy, Rodolphe Fischmeister, Ana-Maria Gomez, Grégoire Vandecasteele","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.068858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.068858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The heart expresses 2 main subtypes of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA; type I and II) that differ in their regulatory subunits, RIα and RIIα. Embryonic lethality of RIα knockout mice limits the current understanding of type I PKA function in the myocardium. The objective of this study was to test the role of RIα in adult heart contractility and pathological remodeling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured PKA subunit expression in human heart and developed a conditional mouse model with cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of RIα (RIα-icKO). Myocardial structure and function were evaluated by echocardiography, histology, and ECG and in Langendorff-perfused hearts. PKA activity and cAMP levels were determined by immunoassay, and phosphorylation of PKA targets was assessed by Western blot. L-type Ca<sup>2+</sup> current (<i>I</i><sub>Ca,L</sub>), sarcomere shortening, Ca<sup>2+</sup> transients, Ca<sup>2+</sup> sparks and waves, and subcellular cAMP were recorded in isolated ventricular myocytes (VMs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>RIα protein was decreased by 50% in failing human heart with ischemic cardiomyopathy and by 75% in the ventricles and in VMs from RIα-icKO mice but not in atria or sinoatrial node. Basal PKA activity was increased ≈3-fold in RIα-icKO VMs. In young RIα-icKO mice, left ventricular ejection fraction was increased and the negative inotropic effect of propranolol was prevented, whereas heart rate and the negative chronotropic effect of propranolol were not modified. Phosphorylation of phospholamban, ryanodine receptor, troponin I, and cardiac myosin-binding protein C at PKA sites was increased in propranolol-treated RIα-icKO mice. Hearts from RIα-icKO mice were hypercontractile, associated with increased <i>I</i><sub>Ca,L,</sub> and [Ca<sup>2+</sup>]<sub>i</sub> transients and sarcomere shortening in VMs. These effects were suppressed by the PKA inhibitor, H89. Global cAMP content was decreased in RIα-icKO hearts, whereas local cAMP at the phospholamban/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+</sup> ATPase complex was unchanged in RIα-icKO VMs. RIα-icKO VMs had an increased frequency of Ca<sup>2+</sup> sparks and proarrhythmic Ca<sup>2+</sup> waves, and RIα-icKO mice had an increased susceptibility to ventricular tachycardia. On aging, RIα-icKO mice showed progressive contractile dysfunction, cardiac hypertrophy, and fibrosis, culminating in congestive heart failure with reduced ejection fraction that caused 50% mortality at 1 year.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results identify RIα as a key negative regulator of cardiac contractile function, arrhythmia, and pathological remodeling.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361228","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 : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070347
Peter R Sinnaeve, Robert C Welsh, Alexandra Arias Mendoza, Arsen D Ristić, Oleg V Averkov, Yves Lambert, José F Kerr Saraiva, Pablo Sepulveda, Fernando Rosell-Ortiz, John K French, Ljilja B Musić, Katleen Vandenberghe, Kris Bogaerts, Thierry Danays, Kevin R Bainey, Paul W Armstrong, Frans Van de Werf
{"title":"Half-Dose Tenecteplase or Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: STREAM-2 1-Year Mortality Follow-Up.","authors":"Peter R Sinnaeve, Robert C Welsh, Alexandra Arias Mendoza, Arsen D Ristić, Oleg V Averkov, Yves Lambert, José F Kerr Saraiva, Pablo Sepulveda, Fernando Rosell-Ortiz, John K French, Ljilja B Musić, Katleen Vandenberghe, Kris Bogaerts, Thierry Danays, Kevin R Bainey, Paul W Armstrong, Frans Van de Werf","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070347","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342771","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 : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069581
Wyatt G Paltzer, Dietram A Scheufele
{"title":"Prescribing a New Treatment in Heart Disease Communication.","authors":"Wyatt G Paltzer, Dietram A Scheufele","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069581","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342773","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}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.067482
Kenneth Rosenfield, Terry R Bowers, Christopher F Barnett, George A Davis, Jay Giri, James M Horowitz, Menno V Huisman, Beverley J Hunt, Brent Keeling, Jeffrey A Kline, Frederikus A Klok, Stavros V Konstantinides, Michelle T Lanno, Robert Lookstein, John M Moriarty, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Jamie L Reed, Rachel P Rosovsky, Sara M Royce, Eric A Secemsky, Andrew S P Sharp, Akhilesh K Sista, Roy E Smith, Phil Wells, Joanna Yang, Eleni M Whatley
{"title":"Standardized Data Elements for Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Consensus Report From the Pulmonary Embolism Research Collaborative.","authors":"Kenneth Rosenfield, Terry R Bowers, Christopher F Barnett, George A Davis, Jay Giri, James M Horowitz, Menno V Huisman, Beverley J Hunt, Brent Keeling, Jeffrey A Kline, Frederikus A Klok, Stavros V Konstantinides, Michelle T Lanno, Robert Lookstein, John M Moriarty, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Jamie L Reed, Rachel P Rosovsky, Sara M Royce, Eric A Secemsky, Andrew S P Sharp, Akhilesh K Sista, Roy E Smith, Phil Wells, Joanna Yang, Eleni M Whatley","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.067482","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.067482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent advances in therapy and the promulgation of multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism teams show great promise to improve management and outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). However, the absence of randomized evidence and lack of consensus leads to tremendous variations in treatment and compromises the wide implementation of new innovations. Moreover, the changing landscape of health care, where quality, cost, and accountability are increasingly relevant, dictates that a broad spectrum of outcomes of care must be routinely monitored to fully capture the impact of modern PE treatment. We set out to standardize data collection in patients with PE undergoing evaluation and treatment, and thus establish the foundation for an expanding evidence base that will address gaps in evidence and inform future care for acute PE. To do so, >100 international PE thought leaders convened in Washington, DC, in April 2022 to form the Pulmonary Embolism Research Collaborative. Participants included physician experts, key members of the US Food and Drug Administration, patient representatives, and industry leaders. Recognizing the multidisciplinary nature of PE care, the Pulmonary Embolism Research Collaborative was created with representative experts from stakeholder medical subspecialties, including cardiology, pulmonology, vascular medicine, critical care, hematology, cardiac surgery, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and pharmacology. A list of critical evidence gaps was composed with a matching comprehensive set of standardized data elements; these data points will provide a foundation for productive research, knowledge enhancement, and advancement of clinical care within the field of acute PE, and contribute to answering urgent unmet needs in PE management. Evidence produced through the Pulmonary Embolism Research Collaborative, as it is applied to data collection, promises to provide crucial knowledge that will ultimately produce a robust evidence base that will lead to standardization and harmonization of PE management and improved outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142281282","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}