Coronary artery diseasePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-19DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001379
Mohammad Reza Movahed, Sina Aghdasi, Madhan Shanmugasundaram, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh
{"title":"Higher inpatient mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.","authors":"Mohammad Reza Movahed, Sina Aghdasi, Madhan Shanmugasundaram, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001379","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Advanced chronic kidney disease (ACKD) is common in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and is associated with adverse outcomes. These patients are often excluded from revascularization studies. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of ACKD in patients undergoing PCI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed the national inpatient sample database to compare the inpatient mortality rate for ACKD patients [chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 and above] who underwent PCI between 2006 and 2011 to patients without ACKD. Specific ICD-9 CM codes were used to identify these patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1 826 536 PCIs were performed during the study period, of which 113 018 (6.2%) were patients with advanced CKD. The age-adjusted inpatient mortality rates were significantly higher in the ACKD group in all years studied compared to the no CKD group. For the first year studied in 2006, the age-adjusted mortality rate for patients undergoing PCI was 149 per 100 000 vs. 48 per 100 000 in patients without ACKD ( P < 0001). In the last year studied in 2011, age-adjusted mortality was 124.1 per 100 000 vs. 40.4 per 100 000 in patients with no ACKD, ( P < 0.0001). The presence of ACKD remained independently associated with higher mortality despite multivariate adjustment (odds ratio: 1.32, confidence interval: 1.27-1.36, P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>ACKD is independently associated with higher mortality in patients undergoing PCI. Therefore, PCI in these patients should be performed with more caution.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"629-632"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141426546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coronary artery diseasePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-04DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001400
Jianping Wang, Xiaoli Chen, Zhongwei He, Lian Xiao, Kaiyong Xiao, Lin Zhao, Qiang Yu, Yulin Hou, Qingrui Li, Lei He, Hui Feng, Xiaowen Luo
{"title":"Association between hyperuricemia and chronic total coronary occlusion in non-chronic kidney disease populations: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Jianping Wang, Xiaoli Chen, Zhongwei He, Lian Xiao, Kaiyong Xiao, Lin Zhao, Qiang Yu, Yulin Hou, Qingrui Li, Lei He, Hui Feng, Xiaowen Luo","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001400","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001400","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) is an extremely hazardous condition that leads to various clinical phenomena and complications and results in social and economic burdens. Hyperuricemia (HU) is often associated with atherosclerosis. Few studies, however, have investigated the risk of CTO in individuals with HU and the role of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in this setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cohort of 1245 individuals without chronic kidney disease from southwest China who underwent coronary angiography between February 2018 and June 2021 were enrolled. CTO was defined as a total occlusion of any coronary artery or arteries for more than 3 months. HU was defined as a serum uric acid level of ≥420 µmol/L in men and ≥360 µmol/L in women. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models and subgroup analyses were applied to assess the relationship between HU and CTO.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After adjustment, HU was noted to be associated with a 1.47-fold increase in the risk of CTO [odds ratio (OR), 1.47; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06-2.58; P = 0.026]. As a continuous variable, uric acid was an independent predictor of CTO (OR, 1.002; 95% CI, 1.001-1.004; P = 0.047). Subgroup analyses showed that the risk of CTO was higher among individuals under 65 years of age (OR, 2.77; 95% CI, 1.3-5.89), nonobese individuals (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.16-3.1), and those with dyslipidemia (OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.04-3.11), while sex, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes did not show similar effects. Interaction analyses revealed no interaction among subgroups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Among individuals residing in southwest China, HU was associated with an increased risk of CTO in non-CKD individuals, especially those under 65 years of age and nonobese and dyslipidemic individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"668-674"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141199847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coronary artery diseasePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001399
Jie Jian, Lingqin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Chang Jian, Tingting Wang, Mingxuan Xie, Wenjuan Wu, Bo Liang, Xingliang Xiong
{"title":"A dynamic nomogram for predicting in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with both coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation: a multicenter retrospective study.","authors":"Jie Jian, Lingqin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Chang Jian, Tingting Wang, Mingxuan Xie, Wenjuan Wu, Bo Liang, Xingliang Xiong","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001399","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objective: </strong>Patients with both coronary artery disease (CAD) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are at a high risk of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) during hospitalization. Accurate prediction of MACCE can help identify high-risk patients and guide treatment decisions. This study was to elaborate and validate a dynamic nomogram for predicting the occurrence of MACCE during hospitalization in Patients with CAD combined with AF.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 3550 patients with AF and CAD were collected. They were randomly assigned to a training group and a validation group in a ratio of 7 : 3. Univariate and multivariate analyses were utilized to identify risk factors ( P < 0.05). To avoid multicollinearity and overfit of the model, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator was conducted to further screen the risk factors. Calibration curves, receiver operating characteristic curves, and decision curve analyses are employed to assess the nomogram. For external validation, a cohort consisting of 249 patients was utilized from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV Clinical Database, version 2.2.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight indicators with statistical differences were screened by univariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator method ( P < 0.05). The prediction model based on eight risk factors demonstrated good prediction performance in the training group, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.838. This performance was also maintained in the internal validation group (AUC = 0.835) and the external validation group (AUC = 0.806). Meanwhile, the calibration curve indicates that the nomogram was well-calibrated, and decision curve analysis revealed that the nomogram exhibited good clinical utility.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The nomogram we constructed may aid in stratifying the risk and predicting the prognosis for patients with CAD and AF.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"659-667"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141247974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling the silent threat of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.","authors":"Argyro Kalompatsou, Eirini Beneki, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Constantina Aggeli","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001422","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001422","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"707-708"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142281590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coronary artery diseasePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-05-15DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001385
Sandra Zendjebil, Athanasios Koutsoukis, Thomas Rodier, Fabien Hyafil, Xavier Halna du Fretay, Patrick Dupouy, Jean-Michel Juliard, Reza Farnoud, Phalla Ou, Jean-Pierre Laissy, Camille Couffignal, Pierre Aubry
{"title":"Prevalence and location of coronary artery disease in anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries.","authors":"Sandra Zendjebil, Athanasios Koutsoukis, Thomas Rodier, Fabien Hyafil, Xavier Halna du Fretay, Patrick Dupouy, Jean-Michel Juliard, Reza Farnoud, Phalla Ou, Jean-Pierre Laissy, Camille Couffignal, Pierre Aubry","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001385","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001385","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prevalence and location of coronary artery disease (CAD) in anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) remain poorly documented in adults. We sought to assess the presence of CAD in proximal (or ectopic) and distal (or nonectopic) segments of AAOCA. We hypothesized that the representation of CAD may differ among the different courses of AAOCA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The presence of CAD was analyzed on coronary angiography and/or coronary computed tomography angiography in 390 patients (median age 64 years; 73% male) with AAOCA included in the anomalous coronary arteries multicentric registry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AAOCA mainly involved circumflex artery (54.4%) and right coronary artery (RCA) (31.3%). All circumflex arteries had a retroaortic course; RCA mostly an interarterial course (98.4%). No CAD was found in the proximal segment of interarterial AAOCA, whereas 43.8% of retroaortic AAOCA, 28% of prepulmonic AAOCA and 20.8% subpulmonic AAOCA had CAD in their proximal segments ( P < 0.001). CAD was more prevalent in proximal than in distal segments of retroaortic AAOCA (OR: 3.1, 95% CI: 1.8-5.4, P < 0.001). On multivariate analysis, a retroaortic course was associated with an increased prevalence of CAD in the proximal segment (adjusted OR 3.4, 95% CI: 1.3-10.7, P = 0.022).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Increased prevalence of CAD was found in the proximal segment of retroaortic AAOCA compared to the proximal segments of other AAOCA, whereas no CAD was observed in the proximal segment of interarterial AAOCA. The mechanisms underlying these differences are not yet clearly identified.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"633-640"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140921692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chun Shing Kwok, Sadie Bennett, Eric Holroyd, Duwarakan Satchithananda, Josip A Borovac, Maximilian Will, Konstantin Schwarz, Gregory Y H Lip
{"title":"Characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome who present with atypical symptoms: a systematic review, pooled analysis and meta-analysis.","authors":"Chun Shing Kwok, Sadie Bennett, Eric Holroyd, Duwarakan Satchithananda, Josip A Borovac, Maximilian Will, Konstantin Schwarz, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>How frequent and whether outcomes are worse for patients with atypical presentation in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) across the literature is not known. We conducted a systematic review of the literature on patients with ACS or acute myocardial infarction who reported whether their symptoms were atypical or typical. We determined the proportion of patients with atypical or no chest pain and used meta-analysis to evaluate predictors of atypical presentation and mortality associated with atypical presentation. A total of 43 studies were included with 1 691 401 patients (mean age: 65.4 years, 63.8% male). The proportion of patients with atypical presentation ranged from 4.6 to 74.2% while for those with no chest pain it ranged from 1.4 to 35.5%. Atypical presentation occurred in 11.6% of patients (28 studies) and no chest pain occurred in 33.6% of patients (16 studies). The three strongest factors associated with increased odds of atypical presentation or no chest pain presentation were non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction [odds ratio (OR): 2.38, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.55-3.64], greater Killip class (OR: 2.22, 95% CI: 1.84-2.67), and prior heart failure (OR: 1.79, 95% CI: 1.76-1.82). There is a two-fold increase in odds of mortality with atypical or no chest pain presentation in ACS compared with the typical presentation (OR: 2.07, 95% CI: 1.71-2.50, I2 = 9%). Atypical presentation occurs in approximately 1 in 10 patients with ACS but can be as high as 1 in 3 in some populations. Patients who present atypically are at two-fold increased risk of mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142709134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James Nguyen, Evan Shlofmitz, Doosup Shin, Sarah Malik, Susan V Thomas, Craig Porter, Koshiro Sakai, Jeffrey W Moses, Akiko Maehara, David J Cohen, Ziad A Ali, Richard A Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias
{"title":"Body surface area or sex for stent sizing in proximal coronary arteries.","authors":"James Nguyen, Evan Shlofmitz, Doosup Shin, Sarah Malik, Susan V Thomas, Craig Porter, Koshiro Sakai, Jeffrey W Moses, Akiko Maehara, David J Cohen, Ziad A Ali, Richard A Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001463","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142784342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed K Mahmoud, Kamal Awad, Juan M Farina, Mohammed Tiseer Abbas, Nima Baba Ali, Hesham M Abdalla, Amro Badr, Muhammad A Elahi, Milagros Pereyra, Isabel G Scalia, Niloofar Javadi, Nadera N Bismee, Said Alsidawi, Steven J Lester, Chadi Ayoub, Reza Arsanjani
{"title":"Controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol attenuates cardiovascular risk mediated by elevated lipoprotein(a) after percutaneous coronary intervention.","authors":"Ahmed K Mahmoud, Kamal Awad, Juan M Farina, Mohammed Tiseer Abbas, Nima Baba Ali, Hesham M Abdalla, Amro Badr, Muhammad A Elahi, Milagros Pereyra, Isabel G Scalia, Niloofar Javadi, Nadera N Bismee, Said Alsidawi, Steven J Lester, Chadi Ayoub, Reza Arsanjani","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent, causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, it is still unclear whether controlling low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to optimal levels can attenuate cardiovascular risk mediated by elevated Lp(a), especially in the setting of secondary prevention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adult patients with a baseline Lp(a) measurement who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and reached their LDL-C target levels (<70 mg/dl) at Mayo Clinic sites between 2006 and 2017 were included. Primary outcomes included major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality. Kaplan-Meier curves were created to compare the survival probabilities among patients with Lp(a) ≥ 50 mg/dl compared with Lp(a) < 50 mg/dl. Multivariable Cox regression analyses were performed to quantify the association of elevated Lp(a) with our relevant outcomes and to control for possible confounders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 878 patients (median age: 68 years, and 74% males) who underwent PCI were included for analysis. Of them, 29.7% had elevated Lp(a) ≥ 50 mg/dl. Kaplan-Meier curves did not reveal any significant difference in survival probabilities for elevated Lp(a) for any outcome including MACE (P = 0.91), all-cause mortality (P = 0.26), or the separate MACE components. Similarly, the multivariable analysis showed no significant association for MACE (hazard ratio: 1.07, 95% confidence interval: 0.84-1.37) or all-cause mortality (hazard ratio: 0.98, 95% confidence interval: 0.74-1.30).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients who underwent PCI and have their LDL-C controlled below 70 mg/dl, no significant association was found between elevated Lp(a) ≥ 50 mg/dl and risk for MACE or all-cause mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142946187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Takeshi Nishi, Yuhei Kobayashi, Matthew Jones, Manish Parikh
{"title":"Intraplaque hemorrhage and angina in a low-risk young female.","authors":"Takeshi Nishi, Yuhei Kobayashi, Matthew Jones, Manish Parikh","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001452","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142784350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}