Christopher Schenck, Soumya Banna, Noah Kim, Christine Nguyen, Emily J Gilmore, David M Greer, Rachel Beekman, P Elliott Miller
{"title":"Repolarization Abnormalities and Outcomes Among Patients with Cardiac Arrest.","authors":"Christopher Schenck, Soumya Banna, Noah Kim, Christine Nguyen, Emily J Gilmore, David M Greer, Rachel Beekman, P Elliott Miller","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Changes in ventricular repolarization, observed as QTc prolongation, are frequently observed following cardiac arrest. The T-peak to T-end (TpTe) interval represents a period of increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmia. We posit that TpTe prolongation may be associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included patients aged ≥18 years with both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest following return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) who had an electrocardiogram (ECG) obtained within 24 hours following ROSC. The first ECG obtained was evaluated to determine the QTc and TpTe intervals. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between prolongation of the QTc and TpTe intervals and clinical outcomes (in-hospital mortality and favorable neurologic outcome at hospital discharge).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 443 patients, with a median age of 61 years (IQR: 50-72 years), 60.5% male, 65.7% OHCA, and 29.8% with initial shockable rhythm. Overall, 310 patients had QTc prolongation (70.0%), and 284 had TpTe prolongation (64.1%). Patients with TpTe prolongation had a greater incidence of initial shockable rhythm (35.6% vs 19.5%, P<0.001) and higher initial lactate (8.6 vs 7.4 mmol/L, P=0.03). QTc prolongation was not associated with in-hospital mortality (odds ratio [OR]:1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.75-2.14, P=0.37) or favorable neurologic outcome (OR:0.88, 95% CI: 0.50-1.54, P=0.65). TpTe prolongation was independently associated with in-hospital mortality (OR: 1.69, 95% CI: 1.01-2.85, P=0.05) but not favorable neurologic outcome (OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.45-1.37, P=0.39).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>TpTe interval prolongation, but not QTc interval prolongation, was associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144157437","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}
Tariq N Ali, Alyssa A Grimshaw, Alexander Thomas, Michael A Solomon, Joseph S Ross, P Elliott Miller
{"title":"Underrepresentation and exclusion of patients with cardiovascular disease in intensive care randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Tariq N Ali, Alyssa A Grimshaw, Alexander Thomas, Michael A Solomon, Joseph S Ross, P Elliott Miller","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The complexity of the contemporary cardiac intensive care unit has increased due to a growing prevalence of multisystem, non-cardiac illnesses. Despite this increase, patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are often under-represented in intensive care randomized controlled trials (RCT). We sought to quantify the representation of patients with CVD comorbidities in intensive care RCTs.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>We searched MEDLINE for trials published from 2007 to 2019 with the five highest journal impact factors in the disciplines of critical care medicine, general internal medicine, and cardiovascular disease. Prospective RCTs in the adult (age ≥18 years), intensive care setting with ≥50 individuals were included. Study characteristics, proportion of patients with CVD and cardiovascular exclusion criteria were extracted independently by two reviewers. We used multivariable logistic regression analysis to identify independent predictors of cardiovascular exclusion and representation. A total of 412 eligible RCTs were identified for analysis, 132 (32.0%) of which included specific CVD-related exclusion criteria with a history of heart failure (29.5%) and of ischaemic heart disease (26.5%) being the most common exclusions. Exclusions were more likely in multicentre trials and varied substantially across study intervention categories. Representation of CVD, reflected by the reporting of any CVD history, was noted in 150 (36.4%) RCTs. Of those reporting, the prevalence of any CVD, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure were 15.7%, 13.2%, and 10.2%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Those with comorbid CVD are both frequently excluded and underrepresented in intensive care RCTs, limiting the application of RCTs to this physiologically complex patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"259-267"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12082296/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiac patients in intensive care unit research: an urgent call for inclusion.","authors":"Steven M Hollenberg, Joseph E Parrillo","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf042","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"268-269"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143669482","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}
Jonathan Chun-Hei Cheung, Geoffrey Chi Chun Tang, Albert Kam Ming Chan
{"title":"Answer: Triphasic radial pulse in a patient with abdominal pain.","authors":"Jonathan Chun-Hei Cheung, Geoffrey Chi Chun Tang, Albert Kam Ming Chan","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae129","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae129","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"306-307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143556228","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}
Ahmed M Younes, Ahmed K Mahmoud, Ibrahim Kamel, Linus Williams, Ahmed Maraey, Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmed Elzanaty, Rodrigo Bagur, Abdulla A Damluji, Jacqueline E Tamis-Holland, Islam Y Elgendy
{"title":"Outcomes with mechanical circulatory support devices among patients with mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction.","authors":"Ahmed M Younes, Ahmed K Mahmoud, Ibrahim Kamel, Linus Williams, Ahmed Maraey, Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmed Elzanaty, Rodrigo Bagur, Abdulla A Damluji, Jacqueline E Tamis-Holland, Islam Y Elgendy","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf039","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study is to examine the trends and outcomes of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device use among patients with mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>Using data from the National Inpatient Sample (a large admirative database in the USA) years 2016-20, we identified AMI admissions (ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction) with mechanical complications (ventricular septal defect, free wall rupture, or papillary muscle rupture). Among 4 450 219 AMI patients, 7025 (0.2%) had a mechanical complication of which 3115 patients (44.3%) received at least one MCS device. There was a rising trend in MCS use (39.3% in 2016 to 48.9% in 2020, Ptrend = 0.02), but there was no corresponding reduction in the incidence of in-hospital mortality (36.9% in 2016 vs. 43.4% in 2020, Ptrend = 0.75). There was no significant difference in in-hospital mortality between those who received MCS vs. those who did not (48.4 vs. 34.5%, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this large observational analysis of AMI hospitalizations, mechanical complications were rare and associated with very high in-hospital mortality. Although the use of MCS has increased, in-hospital mortality rates remain high even among patients who received MCS. Further investigations are needed to clarify the role of MCS devices among patients with mechanical complications of AMI.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"288-294"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630242","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 A Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge
{"title":"Breaking barriers, bridging gaps, and redefining acute cardiovascular care: May issue highlights.","authors":"Pascal Vranckx, David A Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf062","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"257-258"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143984047","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":"Impressions and voices from the Acute CardioVascular Care congress 2025.","authors":"Michelle Roßberg, Milica Aleksic, Janine Pöss, Alessandro Galluzzo","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf047","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"308-309"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763474","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}