{"title":"High nicotine dependence: does knowing your genetic susceptibility for atrial fibrillation help to quit smoking?","authors":"Maja-Lisa Løchen, Victor Aboyans","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae328","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae328","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"2097-2098"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461183","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}
Mauro Gitto, Sean Gilhooley, Kenneth Smith, Birgit Vogel, Samantha Sartori, Benjamin Bay, Prakash Krishnan, Joseph Sweeny, Angelo Oliva, Pedro Moreno, Francesca Maria Di Muro, Parasuram Melarcode Krishnamoorthy, Annapoorna Kini, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Samin Sharma
{"title":"Validation of a High Bleeding Risk Definition in Cancer Patients undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.","authors":"Mauro Gitto, Sean Gilhooley, Kenneth Smith, Birgit Vogel, Samantha Sartori, Benjamin Bay, Prakash Krishnan, Joseph Sweeny, Angelo Oliva, Pedro Moreno, Francesca Maria Di Muro, Parasuram Melarcode Krishnamoorthy, Annapoorna Kini, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Samin Sharma","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Due to the absence of validated bleeding risk tools in cancer patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), we aimed to validate an adapted version of the Academic Research Consortium (ARC) High Bleeding Risk (HBR) criteria.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive patients with active or remission cancer undergoing PCI between 2012 and 2022 at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, USA) were included. Patients were considered at HBR if they met at least one of the major ARC-HBR criteria, other than cancer, or two minor criteria.The primary endpoint was a composite of periprocedural in-hospital or post-discharge bleeding at 1 year. The key secondary endpoint was major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), including death, myocardial infarction, or stroke.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 2,007 cancer patients included in this study, 1,142 (56.9%) were classified as HBR. Moderate to severe anemia was the most prevalent major HBR criterion (35%). At 1 year, the incidence of bleeding was significantly higher in HBR compared to non-HBR patients (10.9% vs. 3.9%, adj. HR: 2.36, 95% CI: 1.57-3.53, p<0.001), mainly driven by higher periprocedural bleeding. Similarly, HBR patients were at higher risk of MACCE (11.0% vs. 3.2%, adj. HR: 2.78, 95% CI: 1.72-4.47, p<0.001) and death (8.8% vs. 2.2%, adj. HR: 3.28, 95% CI: 1.87-5.77, p<0.001) than non-HBR patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An adapted version of the ARC-HBR criteria, in which cancer is not a major criterion, effectively delineates cancer patients undergoing PCI who are at HBR. Cancer patients at HBR according to this definition also exhibited a higher mortality risk. .</p>","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142871772","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}
Jerry Lorren Dominic, Sneha Annie Sebastian, Haris Paul, Joan Thomas Mathew, Vishal R Dhulipala
{"title":"Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients ≥60 with Cryptogenic Stroke - Not a Bystander: Why Diagnosis and Closure Matter?","authors":"Jerry Lorren Dominic, Sneha Annie Sebastian, Haris Paul, Joan Thomas Mathew, Vishal R Dhulipala","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae402","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae402","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142834732","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":"Does Exercising More Often and Longer Beat Increasing the Intensity in Patients with HFpEF?","authors":"Esmée A Bakker, Seth S Martin","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae400","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142834728","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":"Exploring the impact of vitamin D and physical activity on long-term mortality post-myocardial infarction.","authors":"Federico Carbone, Fabrizio Montecucco","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae401","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142834730","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":"Able, willing, and ready for walking.","authors":"Gunilla K Burell","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae365","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806625","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":"Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility, and the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias: A prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank.","authors":"Yun-Jiu Cheng, Chen Zhu, Hai Deng, Yang Wu, Hui-Qiang Wei, Wei-Dong Lin, Wulamiding Kaisaier, Runkai Li, Yili Chen, Yugang Dong, Xian-Hong Fang, Yi-Jian Liao, Shu-Lin Wu, Hong-Tao Liao, Yu-Mei Xue, Zexuan Wu","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae390","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). However, the extent to which genetic susceptibility modifies the effects of air pollutants on the risk of VAs remains poorly understood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 491,305 participants without VAs at baseline from UK Biobank. Exposure to ambient air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX), was estimated through land use regression modelling. The associations between air pollutants and the incidence of VAs were then investigated using a Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for covariates. Additionally, we established a polygenic risk score (PRS) for VAs and assessed the joint effect of genetic susceptibility and air pollution on incident VAs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During a median follow-up of 14.3 years, 4,333 participants were diagnosed with VAs. Increased long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and NOx was significantly associated with higher risks of VAs, with hazard ratios (HR) per quintile increase of 1.07 (95% confidence interval, 95% CI: 1.03-1.11), 1.07 (1.03-1.11), 1.10 (1.06-1.14) and 1.08 (1.05-1.12) for each pollutant respectively. Notably, there were significant additive interactions between air pollutants and genetic risk. Participants with both high genetic risk and high exposure to air pollution exhibited the greatest risk of VAs, with the highest HRs observed for PM2.5 (HR, 4.51; 95% CI, 3.66-5.56), PM10 (HR, 4.28; 95% CI, 3.52-5.22), NO2 (HR, 4.90; 95% CI, 3.97-6.03), and NOx (HR, 4.56; 95% CI, 3.72-5.60), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of VAs, especially in individuals with a high genetic risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806628","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}
Yassin Belahnech, Eduard Ródenas-Alesina, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Jose María Verdu-Rotellar, Augusto Sao-Avilés, Garazi Urio-Garmendia, Dimelza Osorio, Karla Salas, Efrain Pantoja, Aida Ribera, Ignacio Ferreira-González
{"title":"Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 for Older Persons (SCORE2-OP): 10 years risk validation, clinical utility and potential improvement.","authors":"Yassin Belahnech, Eduard Ródenas-Alesina, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Jose María Verdu-Rotellar, Augusto Sao-Avilés, Garazi Urio-Garmendia, Dimelza Osorio, Karla Salas, Efrain Pantoja, Aida Ribera, Ignacio Ferreira-González","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>European Systematic Coronary Risk Assessment 2 for Older Persons (SCORE2-OP) model has shown modest performance when externally validated in selected cohorts. We aim to investigate its predictive performance and clinical utility for 10-years cardiovascular (CV) risk in an unbiased and representative cohort of older people of a low CV risk country. Furthermore, we explore whether other clinical or echocardiographic features could improve its performance.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>A cohort of randomly selected individuals ≥ 65 years from a primary care population of Barcelona without established cardiovascular disease included 791 patients (63.1% female, median age 76 years, median follow-up 11.8 years). The model's performance yielded a Harrell's C-statistic of 0.706 (95% CI 0.659-0.753) for the primary endpoint (myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiovascular mortality) and 0.692 (95% CI 0.649-0.734) for the secondary endpoint (primary endpoint plus heart failure hospitalization), with better discrimination in females. SCORE2-OP underestimated the risk of primary endpoint in women (Expected[E]/Observed[O]=0.77), slightly overestimated in men (E/O=1.06), and systematically underestimated the risk of the secondary endpoint (E/O=0.52). Decision curve analysis showed net clinical benefit across a 7.5-30% risk range for primary endpoint. Valvular calcification was the only variable that significantly improved 10-year SCORE2-OP risk performance for both primary and secondary endpoints, with a change in Harrell's C of 0.028 (P=0.017).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In a low CV risk country, SCORE2-OP showed notable discrimination and excellent calibration to predict 10-year cardiovascular risk, with better performance in females. Incorporating valvular calcification in a future revised score may enhance accuracy and reduce unnecessary treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142827394","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}
Dong-Yi Chen, Shu-Hao Chang, Wen-Kuan Huang, I Chang Hsieh, Lai-Chu See
{"title":"The cold temperature associated with new-onset heart failure after incorporating dynamic status of multimorbidity: nationwide cohort, Taiwan 2012-2019.","authors":"Dong-Yi Chen, Shu-Hao Chang, Wen-Kuan Huang, I Chang Hsieh, Lai-Chu See","doi":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae260","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjpc/zwae260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Cold temperatures are known to affect heart failure (HF) hospitalizations, but the dynamic status of multi-morbidity of HF was rarely incorporated. We investigated the relationship between temperature and new-onset HF by risk strata.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>This nationwide cohort study analysed daily data on ambient temperature, the dynamic status of risk factors (age, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, myocardial infarction, and atrial fibrillation), and new-onset HF among the Taiwan population from 2012 to 2019. Poisson regression, Austin's algorithm, and classification and regression tree (CART) were used to determine risk strata and obtain the predicted HF rate. 148 708 patients developed new-onset HF over 152.52 million person-years. Three risk strata for HF were identified: Stratum 1 was predominantly those without any comorbidity (89.9%); Stratum 2 was those aged 60-69 with 2-3 comorbidities or aged 70+ with 1-2 comorbidities (9.0%), and Stratum 3 was those aged 70+ and had four or more comorbidity (1.1%). The HF incidence rates for these three strata were 25.54, 555.27, and 2315.52 per 100 000 person-years, respectively. The R2 of the Poisson regression with the three risk strata and the daily minimum temperature on the ln HF incidence rates was 77.99%. The risk of HF increased as temperatures decreased, and the slopes were 1.032, 1.040, and 1.034 for Strata 1-3, respectively. The rate ratios of HF at the winter median temperature of 17°C vs. the summer median temperature of 29°C were 1.45, 1.58, and 1.49 for Strata 1-3, respectively. Cross-validation reveals a good fit and predicted HF rates by ambient temperature for the three strata were provided.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Cold temperatures are associated with an increased risk of new-onset HF. Stratum 2 (aged 60-69 with 2-3 comorbidities or aged 70+ with 1-2 comorbidities) are particularly susceptible to cold-related new-onset HF.</p>","PeriodicalId":12051,"journal":{"name":"European journal of preventive cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"2026-2035"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035591","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}