Bas J Verkaik, Robert G Walker, Tyson G Taylor, Mette M Ekkel, Rob Marx, Remy Stieglis, Vera G M van Eeden, Lotte C Doeleman, Michiel Hulleman, Fred W Chapman, Hans van Schuppen, Christian van der Werf
{"title":"Defibrillation and refractory ventricular fibrillation.","authors":"Bas J Verkaik, Robert G Walker, Tyson G Taylor, Mette M Ekkel, Rob Marx, Remy Stieglis, Vera G M van Eeden, Lotte C Doeleman, Michiel Hulleman, Fred W Chapman, Hans van Schuppen, Christian van der Werf","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae767","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae767","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"582-584"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647097","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}
{"title":"Handle with care, proceed with caution: do frail patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome benefit from revascularization?","authors":"Angelo Oliva, Roxana Mehran","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae623","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae623","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"548-550"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750318","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}
Elmir Omerovic, Truls Råmunddal, Petur Petursson, Oskar Angerås, Araz Rawshani, Sandeep Jha, Kristofer Skoglund, Moman A Mohammad, Jonas Persson, Joakim Alfredsson, Robin Hofmann, Tomas Jernberg, Ole Fröbert, Anders Jeppsson, Emma C Hansson, Göran Dellgren, David Erlinge, Björn Redfors
{"title":"Percutaneous vs. surgical revascularization of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel disease: the SWEDEHEART registry.","authors":"Elmir Omerovic, Truls Råmunddal, Petur Petursson, Oskar Angerås, Araz Rawshani, Sandeep Jha, Kristofer Skoglund, Moman A Mohammad, Jonas Persson, Joakim Alfredsson, Robin Hofmann, Tomas Jernberg, Ole Fröbert, Anders Jeppsson, Emma C Hansson, Göran Dellgren, David Erlinge, Björn Redfors","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae700","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>The long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vs. coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel disease remain debated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Swedish Web-system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-based care in Heart disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies registry was used to analyse 57 097 revascularized patients with NSTEMI with multivessel disease in Sweden from January 2005 to June 2022. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality, encompassing both in-hospital and long-term mortality; the secondary endpoints included myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, new revascularization, and heart failure. Multilevel logistic regression with follow-up time as a log-transformed offset variable and double-robust adjustment with the instrumental variable method were applied to control for known and unknown confounders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Percutaneous coronary intervention was the primary therapy in 42 190 (73.9%) patients, while 14 907 (26.1%) received CABG. Percutaneous coronary intervention patients were generally older with more prior cardiovascular events, whereas CABG patients had higher incidences of diabetes, hypertension, left main and three-vessel disease, and reduced ejection fraction. Over a median follow-up of 7.1 years, PCI was associated with higher risks of death [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.67; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.54-1.81] and MI (aOR 1.51; 95% CI 1.41-1.62) but there was no significant difference in stroke. Repeat revascularization was three times more likely to PCI (aOR 3.01; 95% CI 2.57-3.51), while heart failure risk was 15% higher (aOR 1.15; 95% CI 1.07-1.25). Coronary artery bypass grafting provided longer survival within 15 years, especially in patients under 70 years of age, with left main disease or left ventricular dysfunction, though this benefit diminished over shorter time horizons.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with lower risks of mortality, MI, repeat revascularization, and heart failure in patients with NSTEMI, particularly in high-risk subgroups. However, its survival benefit lessens with shorter life expectancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"518-531"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142727432","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}
{"title":"Complications of pulmonary artery aneurysm: when it rains, it pours.","authors":"Polona Mlakar, Mark Jokić, Marta Cvijić","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae859","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"590"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142827730","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}
Maximiliaan L Notenboom, Adine R de Keijzer, Kevin M Veen, Arjen Gökalp, Ad J J C Bogers, Robin H Heijmen, Roland R J van Kimmenade, Guillaume S C Geuzebroek, M Mostafa Mokhles, Jos A Bekkers, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Johanna J M Takkenberg
{"title":"Sex-related differences in the clinical course of aortic root and ascending aortic aneurysms: the DisSEXion Study.","authors":"Maximiliaan L Notenboom, Adine R de Keijzer, Kevin M Veen, Arjen Gökalp, Ad J J C Bogers, Robin H Heijmen, Roland R J van Kimmenade, Guillaume S C Geuzebroek, M Mostafa Mokhles, Jos A Bekkers, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Johanna J M Takkenberg","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae525","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>To explore male-female differences in aneurysm growth and clinical outcomes in a two-centre retrospective Dutch cohort study of adult patients with ascending aortic aneurysm (AscAA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adult patients in whom imaging of an AscAA (root and/or ascending: ≥40 mm) was performed between 2007 and 2022 were included. Aneurysm growth was analysed using repeated measurements at the sinuses of Valsalva (SoV) and tubular ascending aorta. Male-female differences were explored in presentation, aneurysm characteristics, treatment strategy, survival, and clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight patients were included (31.6% female). Median age at diagnosis was 65.4 years (interquartile range: 53.4-71.7) for females and 59.0 years (interquartile range: 49.3-68.0) for males (P < .001). At diagnosis, females more often had tubular ascending aortic involvement (75.5% vs. 70.2%; P = .030) while males more often had SoV involvement (42.8% vs. 21.6%; P < .001). Maximum absolute aortic diameter, at any location, at diagnosis did not differ between females (45.0 mm) and males (46.5 mm; P = .388). In females, tubular ascending growth was faster (P < .001), whereas in males, SoV growth was faster (P = .005), corrected for covariates. Unadjusted 10-year survival was 72.5% [95% confidence interval (CI) 67.8%-77.6%] for females and 78.3% (95% CI 75.3%-81.3%) for males (P = .010). Twenty-three type A dissections occurred, with an incidence rate of 8.2/1000 patient-years (95% CI 4.4-14.1) in females and 2.4/1000 patient-years (95% CI 1.2-4.5) in males [incidence rate ratio females/males: 3.4 (95% CI 1.5-8.0; P = .004)].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients having entered a diagnostic programme, involvement of aortic segments and age- and segment-related growth patterns differ between women and men with AscAA, particularly at an older age. Unravelling of these intertwined observations will provide a deeper understanding of AscAA progression and outcome in women and men and can be used as an evidence base for patient-tailored clinical guideline development.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"551-564"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055272","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}
Pruthvi C Revaiah, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W Serruys
{"title":"Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome with multivessel disease: need for randomized trials.","authors":"Pruthvi C Revaiah, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W Serruys","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae853","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae853","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"532-534"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142827797","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}
{"title":"What's the relationship between secondary mitral regurgitation and secondary tricuspid regurgitation in atrial fibrillation patients and how to treat them?","authors":"Yiren Sun, Zhengjie Wang, Yongjun Qian","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae815","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae815","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"585-586"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142827841","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}
{"title":"Correction to: Atheroma transcriptomics identifies ARNTL as a smooth muscle cell regulator and with clinical and genetic data improves risk stratification.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364071","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}
Tina Kold Jensen, Iben Have Beck, Christian Lars Lund
{"title":"European Research Council-funded grant: unveiling the effect of chemicals on lipids.","authors":"Tina Kold Jensen, Iben Have Beck, Christian Lars Lund","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae758","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae758","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"501-503"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805809","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}
{"title":"Gold standard: Peter J. Schwartz honoured for pioneering work.","authors":"Judith Ozkan","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae777","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae777","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"499-500"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806087","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}