Charlotte J Van Edom, Justyna Swol, Thomas Castelein, Mario Gramegna, Kurt Huber, Sergio Leonardi, Thomas Mueller, Federico Pappalardo, Susanna Price, Hannah Schaubroeck, Benedikt Schrage, Guido Tavazzi, Leen Vercaemst, Pascal Vranckx, Christophe Vandenbriele
{"title":"European practices on antithrombotic management during percutaneous mechanical circulatory support in adults: a survey of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care of the ESC and the European branch of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.","authors":"Charlotte J Van Edom, Justyna Swol, Thomas Castelein, Mario Gramegna, Kurt Huber, Sergio Leonardi, Thomas Mueller, Federico Pappalardo, Susanna Price, Hannah Schaubroeck, Benedikt Schrage, Guido Tavazzi, Leen Vercaemst, Pascal Vranckx, Christophe Vandenbriele","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae040","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Bleeding and thrombotic complications compromise outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (pMCS) with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) and/or microaxial flow pumps like Impella™. Antithrombotic practices are an important determinant of the coagulopathic risk, but standardization in the antithrombotic management during pMCS is lacking. This survey outlines European practices in antithrombotic management in adults on pMCS, making an initial effort to standardize practices, inform future trials, and enhance outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>This online cross-sectional survey was distributed through digital newsletters and social media platforms by the Association of Acute Cardiovascular Care and the European branch of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. The survey was available from 17 April 2023 to 23 May 2023. The target population were European clinicians involved in care for adults on pMCS. We included 105 responses from 26 European countries. Notably, 72.4% of the respondents adhered to locally established anticoagulation protocols, with unfractionated heparin (UFH) being the predominant anticoagulant (Impella™: 97.0% and V-A ECMO: 96.1%). A minority of the respondents, 10.8 and 14.5%, respectively, utilized the anti-factor-Xa assay in parallel with activated partial thromboplastin time for UFH monitoring during Impella™ and V-A ECMO support. Anticoagulant targets varied across institutions. Following acute coronary syndrome without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), 54.0 and 42.7% were administered dual antiplatelet therapy during Impella™ and V-A ECMO support, increasing to 93.7 and 84.0% after PCI.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Substantial heterogeneity in antithrombotic practices emerged from participants' responses, potentially contributing to variable device-associated bleeding and thrombotic complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"458-469"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140287191","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 Verbrugge
{"title":"Acute cardiovascular and intensive care chronicles: crossing new frontiers in advanced cardiovascular therapeutics.","authors":"Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik Verbrugge","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae059","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"457"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848685","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}
Mohamad B Moumneh, Yasser Jamil, Kriti Kalra, Naila Ijaz, Greta Campbell, Ajar Kochar, Michael G Nanna, Sean van Diepen, Abdulla A Damluji
{"title":"Frailty in the cardiac intensive care unit: assessment and impact.","authors":"Mohamad B Moumneh, Yasser Jamil, Kriti Kalra, Naila Ijaz, Greta Campbell, Ajar Kochar, Michael G Nanna, Sean van Diepen, Abdulla A Damluji","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae039","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frailty, a clinical syndrome of increased vulnerability, due to diminished cognitive, physical, and physiological reserves is a growing concern in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). It contributes to morbidity, mortality, and complications and often exerts a bidirectional association with cardiovascular disease. Although it predominately affects older adults, frailty can also be observed in younger patients <65 years of age, with approximately 30% of those admitted in CICU are frail. Acute cardiovascular illness can also impair physical and cognitive functioning among survivors and these survivors often suffer from frailty and functional declines post-CICU discharge. Patients with frailty in the CICU often have higher comorbidity burden, and they are less likely to receive optimal therapy for their acute cardiovascular conditions. Given the significance of this geriatric syndrome, this review will focus on assessment, clinical outcomes, and interventions, in an attempt to establish appropriate assessment, management, and resource utilization in frail patients during and after CICU admission.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"506-514"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11214587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140206534","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}
Fabiana Duarte, Catarina Relvas Novo, Miguel Guerra
{"title":"Question: Multiple free-floating cardiac masses in a young woman with pulmonary embolism.","authors":"Fabiana Duarte, Catarina Relvas Novo, Miguel Guerra","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"517-518"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141154564","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}
Kuan Ken Lee, Dimitrios Doudesis, Johannes Mair, Nicholas L Mills
{"title":"Clinical decision support using machine learning and natriuretic peptides for the diagnosis of acute heart failure.","authors":"Kuan Ken Lee, Dimitrios Doudesis, Johannes Mair, Nicholas L Mills","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae064","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"515-516"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11214585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140956898","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":"Predicting the unpredictable: a novel application of artificial intelligence in the cardiac intensive care unit.","authors":"Jacob C Jentzer, Xavier Rossello","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae065","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"481-483"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140956900","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":"Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: we are the patients.","authors":"Juliana Senftinger, Janine Pöss, Peter Clemmensen","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae071","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"521-522"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141174620","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}
Thijs S R Delnoij, Martje M Suverein, Brigitte A B Essers, Renicus C Hermanides, Luuk Otterspoor, Carlos V Elzo Kraemer, Alexander P J Vlaar, Joris J van der Heijden, Erik Scholten, Corstiaan den Uil, Sakir Akin, Jesse de Metz, Iwan C C van der Horst, Jos G Maessen, Roberto Lorusso, Marcel C G van de Poll
{"title":"Cost-effectiveness of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation vs. conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a pre-planned, trial-based economic evaluation.","authors":"Thijs S R Delnoij, Martje M Suverein, Brigitte A B Essers, Renicus C Hermanides, Luuk Otterspoor, Carlos V Elzo Kraemer, Alexander P J Vlaar, Joris J van der Heijden, Erik Scholten, Corstiaan den Uil, Sakir Akin, Jesse de Metz, Iwan C C van der Horst, Jos G Maessen, Roberto Lorusso, Marcel C G van de Poll","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae050","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>When out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) becomes refractory, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is a potential option to restore circulation and improve the patient's outcome. However, ECPR requires specific materials and highly skilled personnel, and it is unclear whether increased survival and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) justify these costs.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>This cost-effectiveness study was part of the INCEPTION study, a multi-centre, pragmatic randomized trial comparing hospital-based ECPR to conventional CPR (CCPR) in patients with refractory OHCA in 10 cardiosurgical centres in the Netherlands. We analysed healthcare costs in the first year and measured HRQOL using the EQ-5D-5L at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs), cost-effectiveness planes, and acceptability curves were calculated. Sensitivity analyses were performed for per-protocol and as-treated subgroups as well as imputed productivity loss in deceased patients. In total, 132 patients were enrolled: 62 in the CCPR and 70 in the ECPR group. The difference in mean costs after 1 year was €5109 (95% confidence interval -7264 to 15 764). Mean quality-adjusted life year (QALY) after 1 year was 0.15 in the ECPR group and 0.11 in the CCPR group, resulting in an ICER of €121 643 per additional QALY gained. The acceptability curve shows that at a willingness-to-pay threshold of €80.000, the probability of ECPR being cost-effective compared with CCPR is 36%. Sensitivity analysis showed increasing ICER in the per-protocol and as-treated groups and lower probabilities of acceptance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Hospital-based ECPR in refractory OHCA has a low probability of being cost-effective in a trial-based economic evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"484-492"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852501","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":"Antithrombotic management during percutaneous mechanical circulatory support: defining the status quo, before agreeing quo vadis.","authors":"Diana A Gorog, Alain Combes","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae056","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"470-471"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140861737","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}
Fabiana Duarte, Catarina Relvas Novo, Miguel Guerra
{"title":"Answer: Multiple free-floating cardiac masses in a young woman with pulmonary embolism.","authors":"Fabiana Duarte, Catarina Relvas Novo, Miguel Guerra","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"519-520"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141199932","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}