{"title":"First past the post: research on endurance exercise wins the Desmond Julian Award.","authors":"Judith Ozkan","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae750","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae750","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667678","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":"Stroke risk in device-detected atrial fibrillation is modulated by the continuum of vascular disease burden.","authors":"Dominik Linz, Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae797","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae797","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667680","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":"STOPDAPT-3 one-year results support similar efficacy and safety of aspirin and clopidogrel after percutaneous coronary intervention.","authors":"Rocco Vergallo, Carlo Patrono","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae773","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae773","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667679","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}
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":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae767","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","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":"Correction to: Anthracycline-induced cardiovascular toxicity: validation of the Heart Failure Association and International Cardio-Oncology Society risk score.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae818","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647143","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}
Søren Riis Petersen, Kasper Bonnesen, Erik Lerkevang Grove, Lars Pedersen, Morten Schmidt
{"title":"Bleeding risk using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with anticoagulants after venous thromboembolism: a nationwide Danish study.","authors":"Søren Riis Petersen, Kasper Bonnesen, Erik Lerkevang Grove, Lars Pedersen, Morten Schmidt","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae736","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>The bleeding risk of using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients treated with oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A nationwide cohort study of 51 794 VTE patients initiating oral anticoagulants between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2022 was conducted. Time-dependent multivariate cause-specific Cox regression was used to compute adjusted hazard ratios between NSAID use and hospital-diagnosed bleeding episodes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Event rates for any bleeding per 100 person-years were 3.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 3.4-3.7] during periods without NSAID use and 6.3 (95% CI, 5.1-7.9) during periods with NSAID use (number needed to harm = 36 patients treated for 1 year). Compared with non-use, the adjusted hazard ratios for any bleeding associated with NSAID use were 2.09 (95% CI, 1.67-2.62) overall, 1.79 (95% CI, 1.36-2.36) for ibuprofen, 3.30 (95% CI, 1.82-5.97) for diclofenac, and 4.10 (95% CI, 2.13-7.91) for naproxen. Compared with non-use, the adjusted hazard ratios associated with NSAID use were 2.24 (95% CI, 1.61-3.11) for gastrointestinal bleeding, 3.22 (95% CI, 1.69-6.14) for intracranial bleeding, 1.36 (95% CI, .67-2.77) for thoracic and respiratory tract bleeding, 1.57 (95% CI, .98-2.51) for urinary tract bleeding, and 2.99 (95% CI, 1.45-6.18) for anaemia caused by bleeding. Results were consistent for anticoagulant and VTE subtypes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients treated with oral anticoagulants for VTE had a more than two-fold increased bleeding rate when using NSAIDs. This increased bleeding rate was not restricted to the gastrointestinal tract.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647142","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":"Oral anticoagulation and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a recipe for bleeding.","authors":"William A E Parker, Robert F Storey","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae795","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647150","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}
Sampath Narayanan, Sofija Vuckovic, Otto Bergman, Robert Wirka, Jose Verdezoto Mosquera, Qiao Sen Chen, Damiano Baldassarre, Elena Tremoli, Fabrizio Veglia, Mariette Lengquist, Redouane Aherahrrou, Anton Razuvaev, Bruna Gigante, Hanna M Björck, Clint L Miller, Thomas Quertermous, Ulf Hedin, Ljubica Matic
{"title":"Atheroma transcriptomics identifies ARNTL as a smooth muscle cell regulator and with clinical and genetic data improves risk stratification.","authors":"Sampath Narayanan, Sofija Vuckovic, Otto Bergman, Robert Wirka, Jose Verdezoto Mosquera, Qiao Sen Chen, Damiano Baldassarre, Elena Tremoli, Fabrizio Veglia, Mariette Lengquist, Redouane Aherahrrou, Anton Razuvaev, Bruna Gigante, Hanna M Björck, Clint L Miller, Thomas Quertermous, Ulf Hedin, Ljubica Matic","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>The role of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in atherosclerosis has evolved to indicate causal genetic links with the disease. Single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) studies have identified multiple cell populations of mesenchymal origin within atherosclerotic lesions, including various SMC sub-phenotypes, but it is unknown how they relate to patient clinical parameters and genetics. Here, mesenchymal cell populations in atherosclerotic plaques were correlated with major coronary artery disease (CAD) genetic variants and functional analyses performed to identify SMC markers involved in the disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Bioinformatic deconvolution was done on bulk microarrays from carotid plaques in the Biobank of Karolinska Endarterectomies (BiKE, n = 125) using public plaque scRNAseq data and associated with patient clinical data and follow-up information. BiKE patients were clustered based on the deconvoluted cell fractions. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) analyses were performed to predict the effect of CAD associated genetic variants on mesenchymal cell fractions (cfQTLs) and gene expression (eQTLs) in plaques.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lesions from symptomatic patients had higher fractions of Type 1 macrophages and pericytes, but lower fractions of classical and modulated SMCs compared with asymptomatic ones, particularly females. Presence of diabetes or statin treatment did not affect the cell fraction distribution. Clustering based on plaque cell fractions, revealed three patient groups, with relative differences in their stability profiles and associations to stroke, even during long-term follow-up. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with plaque mesenchymal cell fractions, upstream of the circadian rhythm gene ARNTL were identified. In vitro silencing of ARNTL in human carotid SMCs increased the expression of contractile markers and attenuated cell proliferation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study shows the potential of combining scRNAseq data with vertically integrated clinical, genetic, and transcriptomic data from a large biobank of human plaques, for refinement of patient vulnerability and risk prediction stratification. The study revealed novel CAD-associated variants that may be functionally linked to SMCs in atherosclerotic plaques. Specifically, variants in the ARNTL gene may influence SMC ratios and function, and its role as a regulator of SMC proliferation should be further investigated.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647140","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":"Family matters: health policies to tackle cardiomyopathies across Europe.","authors":"Iacopo Olivotto","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae419","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644223","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}
Marius Roman, Joanne Miksza, Florence Yuk-Lin Lai, Shirley Sze, Katrina Poppe, Rob Doughty, Iain Squire, Gavin James Murphy
{"title":"Revascularization in frail patients with acute coronary syndromes: a retrospective longitudinal study.","authors":"Marius Roman, Joanne Miksza, Florence Yuk-Lin Lai, Shirley Sze, Katrina Poppe, Rob Doughty, Iain Squire, Gavin James Murphy","doi":"10.1093/eurheartj/ehae755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae755","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Frailty is increasingly prevalent in people presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This high-risk group is typically excluded from trials of interventions in ACS, and there is uncertainty about the risks and benefits of invasive management.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with an ACS diagnosis between 2010 and 2015 in England were identified from Hospital Episode Statistics, with linked Office for National Statistics mortality data. Frailty was defined by the Hospital Frailty Risk Score. Causal inference analysis used regional variation in revascularization as an instrumental variable to estimate average treatment effects of revascularization on cardiovascular mortality up to 5 years in people presenting with ACS and low-, intermediate-, or high-risk frailty.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis included 565 378 ACS patients, of whom 11.6% (n = 65 522) were at intermediate risk and 4.7% (n = 26 504) were at high risk of frailty. Intermediate and high frailty risks were associated with reduced likelihood of echocardiography, invasive angiography, or revascularization and increased likelihood of mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events compared with low frailty risk. Cardiovascular death at 5 years was 78.6%, 77.3%, and 75.7% in people at low, intermediate, and high frailty risk, respectively. Instrumental variable analysis suggested that revascularization resulted in a higher absolute reduction in cardiovascular mortality in high and intermediate frail risk patients compared with low risk at 1-year post-ACS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Frailty is common in people presenting with ACS, where cardiovascular causes are the principal mode of death. Revascularization is associated with short- and long-term survival benefits in people at intermediate and high risk of frailty after adjustment for measured and unmeasured confounders.</p>","PeriodicalId":11976,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644224","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}