{"title":"Special focus on the new anti-diabetic drugs.","authors":"Stefan Agewall","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141619679","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}
Shaun G Goodman, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Michael Szarek, Deepak L Bhatt, Vera A Bittner, Rafael Diaz, Robert A Harrington, J Wouter Jukema, Harvey D White, Andreas M Zeiher, Garen Manvelian, Robert Pordy, Yann Poulouin, Wanda Stipek, Genevieve Garon, Gregory G Schwartz
{"title":"Safety of the PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab: insights from 47 296 patient-years of observation.","authors":"Shaun G Goodman, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Michael Szarek, Deepak L Bhatt, Vera A Bittner, Rafael Diaz, Robert A Harrington, J Wouter Jukema, Harvey D White, Andreas M Zeiher, Garen Manvelian, Robert Pordy, Yann Poulouin, Wanda Stipek, Genevieve Garon, Gregory G Schwartz","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae025","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial, comprising over 47 000 patient-years of placebo-controlled observation, demonstrated important reductions in the risk of recurrent ischaemic cardiovascular events with the monoclonal antibody to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 alirocumab, as well as lower all-cause death. These benefits were observed in the context of substantial and persistent lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with alirocumab compared with that achieved with placebo. The safety profile of alirocumab was indistinguishable from matching placebo except for a ∼1.7% absolute increase in local injection site reactions. Further, the safety of alirocumab compared with placebo was evident in vulnerable groups identified before randomization, such as the elderly and those with diabetes mellitus, previous ischaemic stroke, or chronic kidney disease. The frequency of adverse events and laboratory-based abnormalities was generally similar to that in placebo-treated patients. Thus, alirocumab appears to be a safe and effective lipid-modifying treatment over a duration of at least 5 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11249957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848204","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}
Mattia Galli, Francesco Costa, Eliano Pio Navarese
{"title":"De-escalation versus shortening of dual antiplatelet therapy.","authors":"Mattia Galli, Francesco Costa, Eliano Pio Navarese","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae019","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140065018","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}
Talip E Eroglu, Ruben Coronel, Patrick C Souverein
{"title":"Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study.","authors":"Talip E Eroglu, Ruben Coronel, Patrick C Souverein","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) have a direct cardiac effect that is likely to be independent of its glucose lowering renal effect. Previous research has shown that SGLT2-is mitigate heart failure and prevent arrhythmic cardiac death. Our objective is to determine whether SGLT-2is reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) in comparison to other second-to third-line antidiabetic drugs in type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>We conducted a population-based, new-user active comparator cohort study using data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. We identified a cohort of patients initiating a new antidiabetic drug class between January 2013 and September 2020. This cohort included patients initiating their first ever non-insulin antidiabetic drug, as well as those who switched to or added-on an antidiabetic drug class not previously used in their treatment history. Individuals with a diagnosis of AF or atrial flutter at any time before cohort entry were excluded. Cox regression analysis with time-dependent covariates was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of AF comparing SGLT-2-is with other second-line to third-line antidiabetic drugs. Stratified analyses were performed according to sex, diabetes duration (<5 or ≥ 5 years), body mass index (BMI), HbA1c, and presence of heart failure.The cohort comprised 142 447 patients. SGLT-2is were associated with a statistically significant reduced hazard of AF compared to other second-line to third-line antidiabetic drugs (adjusted HR: 0.77 [95% CI: 0.68-0.88]). This reduced risk was present in both sexes but was more prominently among women (adjusted HRwomen: 0.60 [95% CI: 0.45-0.79]; HRmen: 0.85 [95% CI: 0.73-0.98]; P-value interaction: 0.012). There was no evidence for effect modification when stratifying on duration of diabetes, BMI, HbA1c, or presence of heart failure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SGLT-2is were associated with a reduced risk of AF in patients with type 2 diabetes compared to other second-line to third-line antidiabetic drugs. This reduced risk occurs in both sexes but more prominently among women.</p>","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140193632","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":"Letter to the editor in response to Chan et al. 2023.","authors":"Sophie E Thompson, Mahmood Ahmad","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae007","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139564010","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}
Aleksandra Paterek, Marta Załęska-Kocięcka, Mateusz Surzykiewicz, Zuzanna Wojdyńska, Przemysław Leszek, Michał Mączewski
{"title":"Non-coding RNA therapeutics in the treatment of heart failure.","authors":"Aleksandra Paterek, Marta Załęska-Kocięcka, Mateusz Surzykiewicz, Zuzanna Wojdyńska, Przemysław Leszek, Michał Mączewski","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae027","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) therapeutics can target either ncRNAs or conventional messenger RNA, offering both superior pharmacokinetics and selectivity to conventional therapies and addressing new, previously unexplored pathways. Although no ncRNA has yet been approved for the treatment of heart failure, in this review we present five most promising pathways and agents that either are in human clinical trials or offer great promise in the near future.</p>","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874562","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}
Marieta P Theodorakopoulou, Maria-Eleni Alexandrou, Alexandros Tsitouridis, Vasileios Kamperidis, Eva Pella, Andrew Xanthopoulos, Antonios Ziakas, Filippos Triposkiadis, Vassilios Vassilikos, Aikaterini Papagianni, Pantelis Sarafidis
{"title":"Effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors on heart failure events in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Marieta P Theodorakopoulou, Maria-Eleni Alexandrou, Alexandros Tsitouridis, Vasileios Kamperidis, Eva Pella, Andrew Xanthopoulos, Antonios Ziakas, Filippos Triposkiadis, Vassilios Vassilikos, Aikaterini Papagianni, Pantelis Sarafidis","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae003","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors significantly reduce the risk for hospitalizations for heart failure (HF) in patients with diabetes, and HF; findings in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are not uniform. We aimed to perform a meta-analysis exploring the effect of SGLT-2 inhibitors on HF events in patients with CKD and across subgroups defined by baseline kidney function.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>A systematic search in major electronic databases was performed. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) providing data on the effect of SGLT-2 inhibitors on the primary outcome, time to hospitalization or urgent visit for worsening HF in patients with prevalent CKD at baseline or across subgroups stratified by baseline estimated glomerular-filtration-rate (eGFR) were included. Twelve studies (n = 89,191 participants) were included in the meta-analysis. In patients with CKD, treatment with SGLT-2 inhibitors reduced the risk for HF events by 32% compared to placebo [hazard ratio (HR) 0.68; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.63-0.73]. Reduction in HF events with SGLT-2 inhibitors was more prominent in patients with eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (HR 0.68; 95% CI 0.62-0.74) than in those with eGFR ≥60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (HR 0.76; 95% CI 0.69-0.83). Subgroup analysis according to type of SGLT-2 inhibitor showed a consistent treatment effect across all studied agents (p-subgroup-analysis = 0.44). Sensitivity analysis including data from studies including only diabetic patients showed an even more pronounced effect in eGFR subgroup <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (HR 0.62; 95% CI 0.54-0.70).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Treatment with SGLT-2 inhibitors led to a significant reduction in HF events in patients with CKD. Such findings may change the landscape of prevention of HF events in patients with advanced CKD. PROSPERO Registration number CRD42022382857.</p>","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466505","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":"Reply to Letter to the Editor by Thompson et al.","authors":"Yi-Hsin Chan, Lai-Chu See, Tze-Fan Chao","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae014","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139746418","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":"Hypertension in pregnancy-what's new in the 2023 ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension.","authors":"Renata Cífková","doi":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae012","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11982,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139691545","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}