{"title":"Device-Related Adverse Events and Flow Capacity of Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices.","authors":"Yuki Ikeda, Shunsuke Ishii, Shohei Nakahara, Saeko Iikura, Teppei Fujita, Yuichiro Iida, Takeru Nabeta, Nobuhiro Sato, Junya Ako","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae132","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Complication management is crucial in patients receiving mechanical circulatory devices. However, there are limited data on the association between the risks of complications and device type in patients with percutaneous ventricular assist devices (PVAD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Japanese registry for PVAD (J-PVAD) is a nationwide ongoing registry that enrolls consecutive patients with cardiogenic shock treated with PVAD. We analyzed 5717 patients in the J-PVAD from February 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022, to compare the incident risks of device-related problems and all-cause mortality within 30 days after PVAD introduction based on flow capacities of first-line PVAD (low: Impella 2.5/CP, n=5375; high: Impella 5.0/5.5, n=342).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall incidence of major device-related problems, including hemolysis, major bleeding, kidney injury, sepsis, and pump stop were 13%, 21%, 7%, 3%, and 1%, respectively. The all-cause mortality rate was 34%. The incident risks of hemolysis (hazard ratio [HR] 0.38, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.24-0.58), kidney injury (HR 0.32, 95%CI 0.18-0.57), and pump stop (HR 0.38, 95%CI 0.16-0.91) were lower in patients with high-flow PVAD compared with those with low-flow PVAD. The risks of major bleeding or sepsis did not differ significantly between groups. The risk of all-cause mortality was lower in patients with high-flow PVAD compared with those with low-flow PVAD (HR 0.79, 95%CI 0.65-0.96).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Compared with those with low-flow PVAD, patients with high-flow PVAD had lower incident risks of device-related problems, including hemolysis, kidney injury, and pump stop, as well as lower risk of all-cause mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Adaptation and Pulmonary Embolism: A Perfect Couple?","authors":"Samuel B Brusca, Jessica N Holtzman","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142638602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefan Andrei, Maxime Nguyen, Belaid Bouhemad, Pierre-Grégoire Guinot
{"title":"High VExUS grades are linked to cardiac function in general ICU patients.","authors":"Stefan Andrei, Maxime Nguyen, Belaid Bouhemad, Pierre-Grégoire Guinot","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Even though initially considered as a new standard in systemic venous congestion assessment, the semi-quantitative Doppler ultrasound-based Venous Excess Ultrasound Grading System (VExUS) showed inconsistent associations with outcomes in general intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It is unclear why VExUS is so effective in predicting outcomes in some cohorts and not in others. The determinants of higher VExUS have not been studied in a general ICU cohort. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with higher VExUS (≥ 2) in a general ICU cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a post-hoc analysis of a prospective, observational cohort, including adult patients within 24 hours of ICU admission and expected ICU length of stay longer than 2 days. Collected data included patients' hemodynamic status (including ultrasound evaluation) at several points in time: ICU admission, day 1, day 2, day 5, and the last day of ICU stay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analyzed 514 hemodynamic evaluations in 145 patients. 96/514 (18.7%) had a VExUS grade ≥ 2. The univariable followed by multivariable mixed-effects logistic regression analyses only found a statistically significant association between VExUS ≥ 2 and right ventricle S wave (OR 0.85 (0.74;0.97), p = 0.02) and left ventricle E/A ratio (OR 2.34, 95% CI (1.27;4.33), p = 0.006).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current study has elucidated that higher VExUS is primarily associated with cardiac comorbidities and ultrasound parameters of left- and right-sided cardiac systolic and/or diastolic function in general ICU patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142616640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The microcirculation in cardiogenic shock.","authors":"Mara Schemmelmann, Malte Kelm, Christian Jung","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae124","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiogenic shock is a life-threatening condition characterized by inadequate cardiac output, leading to end-organ hypoperfusion and associated mortality rates ranging between 40% and 50%. The critical role of microcirculatory impairments in the progression of organ failure during shock has been highlighted in several studies. Traditional therapies have often focused on stabilizing macrocirculation, neglecting microcirculatory dysfunction, which can result in persistent tissue hypoxia and poor outcomes. This review highlights the importance of assessing microcirculation in cardiogenic shock, including parameters such as skin perfusion, sublingual microcirculation, and lactate dynamics. Integrating microcirculatory assessments into clinical practice remains challenging due to the complexity of the methods and limited therapeutic options targeting microvascular perfusion. While advances in microcirculation-guided therapies hold promise for improving outcomes in cardiogenic shock, further research is needed to establish effective protocols.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge
{"title":"A warm November rain: illuminating new approaches in cardiogenic shock management.","authors":"Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlo Alberto Barcella, Brian E Grunau, Meijiao Guan, Nathaniel M Hawkins, Marc W Deyell, Jason G Andrade, Jennie S Helmer, Graham C Wong, Kristian H Kragholm, Karin H Humphries, Jim Christenson, Christopher B Fordyce
{"title":"Long-term outcomes among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors with reversible vs. non-reversible causes.","authors":"Carlo Alberto Barcella, Brian E Grunau, Meijiao Guan, Nathaniel M Hawkins, Marc W Deyell, Jason G Andrade, Jennie S Helmer, Graham C Wong, Kristian H Kragholm, Karin H Humphries, Jim Christenson, Christopher B Fordyce","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae097","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>A reversible cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is vaguely defined in international guidelines as an identifiable transient or potentially correctable condition. However, studies evaluating long-term outcomes of patients experiencing OHCA due to reversible and non-reversible causes are lacking. We aimed to determine differences in long-term outcomes in OHCA survivors according to different aetiology.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>From the British Columbia Cardiac Arrest registry, adults with non-traumatic OHCA (2009-2016) surviving to hospital discharge were identified. Patients were categorized by OHCA aetiology combining reversibility and underlying ischaemic aetiology. The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause mortality, recurrent OHCA, or re-hospitalization for sudden cardiac arrest or ventricular arrhythmias. Using the Kaplan-Meier method and multivariable Cox regression models, we compared the risk of the composite outcome according to different OHCA aetiology. Of 1325 OHCA hospital-discharge survivors (median age 62.8 years, 77.9% male), 431 (32.5%) had reversible ischaemic, 415 (31.3%), non-reversible ischaemic, 99 (7.5%), reversible non-ischaemic, and 380 (28.7%), non-reversible non-ischaemic aetiologies. At 3 years post discharge, the Kaplan-Meier event-free rate was highest in patients with a reversible ischaemic aetiology [91%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 87-94%], and lowest in those with a reversible non-ischaemic aetiology (62%, 95% CI 51-72%). In multivariate analyses, compared with non-reversible non-ischaemic cause, reversible ischaemic cause was associated with a significantly lower hazard ratio (HR; 0.52, 95% CI 0.33-0.81), reversible non-ischaemic cause with a significantly higher HR (1.53, 95% CI 1.03-2.32), and non-reversible ischaemic cause with a non-significant HR (0.92, 95% CI 0.64-1.33) for the composite outcome.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Compared to other aetiologies, the presence of a reversible ischaemic cause is associated with improved long-term OHCA outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"715-725"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142105608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge
{"title":"Resilience and renewal: charting the future of cardiovascular care in a changing world.","authors":"Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae107","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"683-684"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142282332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}