G B John Mancini, Arnold Ryomoto, Eunice Yeoh, Liam R Brunham, Robert A Hegele
{"title":"Recommendations for statin management in primary prevention: disparities among international risk scores.","authors":"G B John Mancini, Arnold Ryomoto, Eunice Yeoh, Liam R Brunham, Robert A Hegele","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad539","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Statin recommendations in primary prevention depend upon risk algorithms. Moreover, with intermediate risk, risk enhancers and de-enhancers are advocated to aid decisions. The aim of this study was to compare algorithms used in North America and Europe for the identification of patients warranting statin or consideration of risk enhancers and de-enhancers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A simulated population (n = 7680) equal in males and females, with/without smoking, aged 45-70 years, total cholesterol 3.5-7.0 mmol/L, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol 0.6-2.2 mmol/L, and systolic blood pressure 100-170 mmHg, was evaluated. High, intermediate, and low risks were determined using the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE), four versions of Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 (SCORE2), and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) algorithm (0-1000 Agatston Units).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concordance for the three levels of risk varied from 19% to 85%. Both sexes might be considered to have low, intermediate, or high risk depending on the algorithm applied, even with the same burden of risk factors. Only SCORE2 (High Risk and Very High Risk versions) identified equal proportions of males and females with high risk. Excluding MESA, the proportion with moderate risk was 25% (SCORE2, Very High Risk Region), 32% (FRS), 39% (PCE), and 45% (SCORE2, Low Risk Region).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Risk algorithms differ substantially in their estimation of risk, recommendations for statin treatment, and use of ancillary testing, even in identical patients. These results highlight the limitations of currently used risk-based approaches for addressing lipid-specific risk in primary prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"117-128"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10771376/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10082363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonas Glaeser, Pedro Lopez-Ayala, Christian Mueller
{"title":"Concern regarding missed non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions when applying a single, pre-hospital cardiac troponin measurement.","authors":"Jonas Glaeser, Pedro Lopez-Ayala, Christian Mueller","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad642","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad642","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"142-143"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41107492","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}
Lisa Pennells, Stephen Kaptoge, Emanuele Di Angelantonio
{"title":"Adapting cardiovascular risk prediction models to different populations: the need for recalibration.","authors":"Lisa Pennells, Stephen Kaptoge, Emanuele Di Angelantonio","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad748","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad748","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"129-131"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136396925","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":"Less concern about missing NSTEMIs, more prospective randomized controlled trials warranted.","authors":"Cyril Camaro, Goaris W A Aarts, Niels van Royen","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad646","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad646","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"144"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41114801","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}
Michael A Matter, Francesco Paneni, Peter Libby, Stefan Frantz, Barbara E Stähli, Christian Templin, Alessandro Mengozzi, Yu-Jen Wang, Thomas M Kündig, Lorenz Räber, Frank Ruschitzka, Christian M Matter
{"title":"Inflammation in acute myocardial infarction: the good, the bad and the ugly.","authors":"Michael A Matter, Francesco Paneni, Peter Libby, Stefan Frantz, Barbara E Stähli, Christian Templin, Alessandro Mengozzi, Yu-Jen Wang, Thomas M Kündig, Lorenz Räber, Frank Ruschitzka, Christian M Matter","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad486","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Convergent experimental and clinical evidence have established the pathophysiological importance of pro-inflammatory pathways in coronary artery disease. Notably, the interest in treating inflammation in patients suffering acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is now expanding from its chronic aspects to the acute setting. Few large outcome trials have proven the benefits of anti-inflammatory therapies on cardiovascular outcomes by targeting the residual inflammatory risk (RIR), i.e. the smouldering ember of low-grade inflammation persisting in the late phase after AMI. However, these studies have also taught us about potential risks of anti-inflammatory therapy after AMI, particularly related to impaired host defence. Recently, numerous smaller-scale trials have addressed the concept of targeting a deleterious flare of excessive inflammation in the early phase after AMI. Targeting different pathways and implementing various treatment regimens, those trials have met with varied degrees of success. Promising results have come from those studies intervening early on the interleukin-1 and -6 pathways. Taking lessons from such past research may inform an optimized approach to target post-AMI inflammation, tailored to spare 'The Good' (repair and defence) while treating 'The Bad' (smouldering RIR) and capturing 'The Ugly' (flaming early burst of excess inflammation in the acute phase). Key constituents of such a strategy may read as follows: select patients with large pro-inflammatory burden (i.e. large AMI); initiate treatment early (e.g. ≤12 h post-AMI); implement a precisely targeted anti-inflammatory agent; follow through with a tapering treatment regimen. This approach warrants testing in rigorous clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"89-103"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10771378/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10005009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Esther Lutgens, Elena Osto, Marie-Luce Bochaton-Piallat
{"title":"The European Society of Cardiology working group on atherosclerosis and vascular biology.","authors":"Esther Lutgens, Elena Osto, Marie-Luce Bochaton-Piallat","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad536","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"84-86"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72013992","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":"More on aldosterone biosynthesis inhibition and resistant hypertension: a Phase-2 study with lorundrostat.","authors":"Massimo Volpe, Leonarda Galiuto","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad756","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad756","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"87-88"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72208895","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":"Reports from 2023 Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology in China.","authors":"Feng Cao, Yabin Wang, Yongjian Wu, Changsheng Ma","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad737","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad737","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"81-83"},"PeriodicalIF":39.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72013990","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}
Hifza Buhari, Jiming Fang, Lu Han, Peter C Austin, Paul Dorian, Cynthia A Jackevicius, Amy Y X Yu, Moira K Kapral, Sheldon M Singh, Karen Tu, Dennis T Ko, Clare L Atzema, Emelia J Benjamin, Douglas S Lee, Husam Abdel-Qadir
{"title":"Stroke risk in women with atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Hifza Buhari, Jiming Fang, Lu Han, Peter C Austin, Paul Dorian, Cynthia A Jackevicius, Amy Y X Yu, Moira K Kapral, Sheldon M Singh, Karen Tu, Dennis T Ko, Clare L Atzema, Emelia J Benjamin, Douglas S Lee, Husam Abdel-Qadir","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad508","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehad508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Female sex is associated with higher rates of stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF) after adjustment for other CHA2DS2-VASc factors. This study aimed to describe sex differences in age and cardiovascular care to examine their relationship with stroke hazard in AF.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Population-based cohort study using administrative datasets of people aged ≥66 years diagnosed with AF in Ontario between 2007 and 2019. Cause-specific hazard regression was used to estimate the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for stroke associated with female sex over a 2-year follow-up. Model 1 included CHA2DS2-VASc factors, with age modelled as 66-74 vs. ≥ 75 years. Model 2 treated age as a continuous variable and included an age-sex interaction term. Model 3 further accounted for multimorbidity and markers of cardiovascular care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cohort consisted of 354 254 individuals with AF (median age 78 years, 49.2% female). Females were more likely to be diagnosed in emergency departments and less likely to receive cardiologist assessments, statins, or LDL-C testing, with higher LDL-C levels among females than males. In Model 1, the adjusted HR for stroke associated with female sex was 1.27 (95% confidence interval 1.21-1.32). Model 2 revealed a significant age-sex interaction, such that female sex was only associated with increased stroke hazard at age >70 years. Adjusting for markers of cardiovascular care and multimorbidity further decreased the HR, so that female sex was not associated with increased stroke hazard at age ≤80 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Older age and inequities in cardiovascular care may partly explain higher stroke rates in females with AF.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":"104-113"},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10771362/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10160938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}