HeartPub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325321
Amar Taha, Alice David, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Piotr Szamlewski, Shabbar Jamaly, Jan Gustav Smith, Susanne J Nielsen, Anders Jeppsson, Andreas Martinsson
{"title":"Pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: a contemporary, nationwide perspective.","authors":"Amar Taha, Alice David, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Piotr Szamlewski, Shabbar Jamaly, Jan Gustav Smith, Susanne J Nielsen, Anders Jeppsson, Andreas Martinsson","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation estimates rely on non-contemporary studies. This study primarily aimed to explore the incidence and indications for PPM implantation at 30 days and 1 year after different cardiac surgical procedures in a modern cohort. Secondary outcomes were PPM incidence at 10 years and time from cardiac surgery to PPM implantation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This nationwide population-based study included all patients in Sweden who from 2006 to 2020 underwent first-time coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and/or valvular surgery. Patients with previous PPM, previous or later implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and those who underwent heart transplantation were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 76 447 patients were included, out of which 8.2% (n=6271) received a PPM. The cumulative incidence of PPM implantation was 2.9%, 3.8% and 9.5% at 30 days, 1 year and 10 years following cardiac surgery, respectively. The main PPM indication was atrioventricular block. Tricuspid valve surgery exhibited the highest cumulative incidence for PPM both at 30 days (6.8%, 95% CI 4.3% to 10.0%) and 1 year (8.8%, 95% CI 6.0% to 12.0%) surpassing mitral valve surgery (30 day 5.3%, 95% CI 4.7% to 6.0%; 1 year 6.5%, 95% CI 5.8% to 7.3%), aortic valve surgery (30 day 4.8%, 95% CI 4.5% to 5.1%; 1 year 6.0%, 95% CI 5.6% to 6.3%) and CABG (30 day 0.74%, 95% CI 0.6% to 0.8%; 1 year 1.3%, 95% CI 1.2% to 1.3%). The incidence following combined operations (multiple valves and/or CABG) was 6.5% (95% CI 6.0% to 6.9%) and 8.1% (95% CI 7.7% to 8.6%) at 30 days and 1 year, respectively. Concomitant ablation surgery increased the risk even further (adjusted HR 9.2, 95% CI 7.9 to 10.6; p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The need for PPM after cardiac surgery is substantial, primarily due to atrioventricular block. Tricuspid valve surgery is associated with the highest risk for PPM among isolated procedures. Combined procedures and concomitant surgical ablation further increase that risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143742182","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}
HeartPub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325652
Abdallah Al-Mohammad
{"title":"Iron deficiency, heart failure and ageing: what do we know?","authors":"Abdallah Al-Mohammad","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325652","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143729659","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}
HeartPub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325419
Louis-Marie Desroche, Arthur Darmon, Yoan Lavie-Badie, Damien Mandry, Gregory Ducrocq, Thiziri Si-Moussi, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Damien Millischer, Olivier Milleron, Olivier Huttin, Mathieu Valla, Lionel Mangin, Bruno Farah, Christelle Diakov, Damien Logeart, Benjamin Safar, Jean-Yves Travers, Jules Mesnier, Alexandra Vappereau, Toni Alfaiate, Charles Burdet, Guillaume Jondeau
{"title":"Diagnostic accuracy of late gadolinium enhancement cardiac MRI for coronary artery disease in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.","authors":"Louis-Marie Desroche, Arthur Darmon, Yoan Lavie-Badie, Damien Mandry, Gregory Ducrocq, Thiziri Si-Moussi, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Damien Millischer, Olivier Milleron, Olivier Huttin, Mathieu Valla, Lionel Mangin, Bruno Farah, Christelle Diakov, Damien Logeart, Benjamin Safar, Jean-Yves Travers, Jules Mesnier, Alexandra Vappereau, Toni Alfaiate, Charles Burdet, Guillaume Jondeau","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Identifying significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (rLVEF) is essential for guiding therapeutic decisions, including medical management, device implantation and potential revascularisation. Prior studies suggested that rest cardiac MRI (CMR) with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) could reliably detect significant CAD. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of rest LGE-CMR for predicting significant CAD in rLVEF patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this prospective, multicentre cohort study across 10 centres, adults with new-onset rLVEF≤45% without obvious cause were included. All patients underwent rest CMR and coronary angiography. Independent, blinded committees reviewed images. Significant CAD was defined as ≥70% stenosis in major coronary arteries. Ischaemic scars were identified on CMR as subendocardial LGE. The primary outcome was the sensitivity of CMR in detecting significant CAD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 380 patients (median age 63 years, 68% male), significant CAD was present in 49 (13%). CMR identified ischaemic scars in 106 (28%). The sensitivity of CMR for detecting significant CAD was 57% (95% CI: 43% to 71%), specificity 76% (95% CI: 72% to 81%), positive predictive value 26% (95% CI: 18% to 35%) and negative predictive value 92% (95% CI: 89% to 95%). A CMR-first strategy would have missed 43% of significant CAD cases, many requiring revascularisation (86% of missed cases).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this large, prospective multicentre study with independent image review, rest LGE-CMR demonstrated limited sensitivity for detecting significant CAD in patients with rLVEF. Relying solely on CMR could lead to missed diagnoses and undertreatment. CMR should be integrated with other diagnostic tools to optimise care in this population.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>NCT03231189.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143728743","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}
HeartPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324171
Philippe Charron, Julie Proukhnitzky
{"title":"Modern clinical genetics in cardiology.","authors":"Philippe Charron, Julie Proukhnitzky","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324171","DOIUrl":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324171","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advances in molecular genetics during the past decades led to seminal discoveries in the genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases, resulting in a new understanding of their pathogenesis, determinants of natural history and more recently paved the way for innovative therapies. A significant gap, however, exists between the rapidly increasing knowledge, especially of cardiovascular Mendelian disorders, and the medical applications in daily practice. This paper will focus on the practical issues the cardiologist may be faced with when suspecting a Mendelian disorder. The objective is to review the general issues related to genetic counselling and genetic testing, and to provide key messages for their integration into the medical management of the patients and relatives, according to a precision medicine approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":"378-386"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142969798","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}
HeartPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325565
Massimo Imazio
{"title":"Prevention of pericardial complications after cardiac surgery: myth or reality?","authors":"Massimo Imazio","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325565","DOIUrl":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325565","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":"337-338"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364493","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":"Synergistic effects of female-specific conditions and genetic risk on cardiometabolic disease: a cohort study.","authors":"Jiayu Yin, Tingting Li, Zongliang Yu, Lingchan Yu, Liyan Bian, Boyang Xiang, Xiaosong Gu","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325355","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The role of female-specific factors in the occurrence and progression of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) across different genetic risks remains incompletely clear. This study aimed to comprehensively assess the association of female-specific factors with the occurrence and progression of CMD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a prospective cohort study of 150 413 female individuals from the UK Biobank. The female-specific factors in this study included premature menopause, adverse pregnancy outcomes, early or late menarche, multiparity, infertility, use of oral contraceptive or hormone therapy and autoimmune diseases, and a weighted female-specific risk score (FSRS, ranging from 0 to 6) was constructed. We analysed the association of female-specific factors with the occurrence and progression of CMD across genetic risks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 16 636 CMD events were documented after a median follow-up of 13.7 years. A one-point increase in FSRS was associated with a 24% higher risk of incident CMD, with persistent association with progression to first CMD, cardiometabolic multimorbidity and mortality. Female-specific factors and genetic susceptibility were synergistically associated with a higher risk of CMD (p<sub>Interaction</sub><0.001). Compared with the group with low female-specific and genetic risks, the group with high female-specific and genetic risk had a 243% increased risk of CMD. FSRS had a relatively high predictive value for CMD, especially in the group with higher genetic risks, and modestly improved the performance of two recommended cardiovascular algorithms. Phenotypic ageing, inflammation, metabolic factors, renal function and oestradiol collectively explained 21.6% of the association between FSRS and CMD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Female-specific health factors significantly contribute to CMD risk and interact with genetic susceptibility. Incorporating these factors into risk assessment models could enhance predictive accuracy, particularly for women with high genetic risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143729754","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}
HeartPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324805
Alireza Malektojari, Rosa Tahmasebipour, Maedeh Fadaeihosein, Sara Ghazizadeh, Fatemeh Ardali, Bahareh Haghighat, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Yalda Yousefi Azari, Fatemeh Javdan, Elahe Shahsavari, Mohammad Hamed Ersi, Shahin Abbaszadeh, Rami Al-Jafar, Abbas Dehghan, Tyler Pitre
{"title":"Pharmacological preventions and treatments for pericardial complications after open heart surgeries.","authors":"Alireza Malektojari, Rosa Tahmasebipour, Maedeh Fadaeihosein, Sara Ghazizadeh, Fatemeh Ardali, Bahareh Haghighat, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Yalda Yousefi Azari, Fatemeh Javdan, Elahe Shahsavari, Mohammad Hamed Ersi, Shahin Abbaszadeh, Rami Al-Jafar, Abbas Dehghan, Tyler Pitre","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324805","DOIUrl":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pericardial complications following cardiac surgery are common and debilitating, significantly impacting patients' survival. We performed this network meta-analysis to identify the most effective and safest preventions and treatments for pericardial complications following cardiac surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We systematically searched PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane CENTRAL from inception to 22 January 2024. Pairs of reviewers screened eligible studies. They included randomised controlled trials that enrolled adults undergoing major cardiac surgeries and reported postpericardiotomy syndrome, pericardial effusion and pericarditis as primary or secondary outcomes. We summarised the effects of interventions using relative risks and corresponding 95% CIs. We performed a frequentist random-effects network meta-analysis using the restricted maximum likelihood estimator.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 39 trials that enrolled a total of 6419 participants. Our network meta-analysis demonstrates colchicine reduces the risk of postpericardiotomy syndrome (RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.73). Beta-blockers probably prevent atrial fibrillation with a large magnitude of effect (RR 0.4, 95% CI 0.20 to 0.81) and may prevent postoperative pericarditis (RR 0.66, 95% CI 0.45 to 0.97) compared with control. Fish oil (RR 0.28, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.90), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (RR 0.37, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.59) and colchicine (RR 0.37, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.59) may reduce the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation. We found no evidence of a difference in the risk of pleural effusion, all-cause mortality, serious adverse events or postoperative ICU stay.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of our study highly recommend colchicine use to reduce the risk of the postpericardiotomy syndrome and beta-blocker use to reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation. Additionally, our study suggests that further research is needed to investigate other interventions and to evaluate newly proposed interventions in large, high-quality trials, as the current evidence for some interventions is relatively weak.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":"353-361"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143028641","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}
HeartPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324761
Zainab Abdali, Karina V Bunting, Samir Mehta, John Camm, Kazem Rahimi, Mary Stanbury, Sandra Haynes, Dipak Kotecha, Sue Jowett
{"title":"Cost-effectiveness of digoxin versus beta blockers in permanent atrial fibrillation: the Rate Control Therapy Evaluation in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (RATE-AF) randomised trial.","authors":"Zainab Abdali, Karina V Bunting, Samir Mehta, John Camm, Kazem Rahimi, Mary Stanbury, Sandra Haynes, Dipak Kotecha, Sue Jowett","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324761","DOIUrl":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major and increasing burden on health services. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of digoxin versus beta-blockers for heart rate control in patients with permanent AF and symptoms of heart failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>RAte control Therapy Evaluation in permanent Atrial Fibrillation (RATE-AF) was a randomised, open-label, blinded, endpoint trial embedded in the UK National Health Service (NHS) to directly compare low-dose digoxin with beta-blockers (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02391337). A trial-based cost-utility analysis was performed from a healthcare perspective over 12 months. Resource use in primary and secondary healthcare services, medications and patient-reported quality of life were prospectively collected to estimate differences in costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>RATE-AF randomised 160 patients with mean age of 76 (SD 8) years and 46% women, of which 149 patients (n=73 digoxin, n=76 beta blockers) had complete data and survived to 12-month follow-up. Treatment with digoxin was significantly less costly, with a mean saving of £530.41 per patient per year (95% CI -£848.06 to -£249.38, p=0.001). This was principally due to substantially lower rates of adverse events, with less primary and secondary healthcare utilisation compared with beta-blocker therapy. There was no significant difference in QALYs (0.013; 95% CI -0.033 to 0.052, p=0.56). At the £20 000 per-QALY willingness to pay threshold, the probability of digoxin being cost-effective compared with beta-blockers was 94%, with potential annual savings to the NHS of £102 million/year (95% CI £48 million to £164 million saving, p=0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Digoxin is a less costly option when compared with beta-blockers for control of heart rate in suitable patients with permanent AF, with larger cost-effectiveness studies warranted to advise on national and global policy-making.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>NCT02391337, EudraCT 2015-005043-13.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":"362-369"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12015011/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heart failure in low-income and middle-income countries.","authors":"Irina Mbanze, Timothy F Spracklen, Neusa Jessen, Albertino Damasceno, Karen Sliwa","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324176","DOIUrl":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome which leads to significant morbidity and mortality, poor quality of life and extremely high costs to healthcare systems worldwide. Although progress in the management of HF in high-income countries is leading to an overall reduction in the incidence and mortality of HF, there is a starkly different scenario in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is a substantial lack of data on HF in LMICs, as well as a scarcity of diagnostic tools, limited availability and affordability of healthcare and high burdens of cardiovascular risk factors and communicable diseases. Patients in this setting present with more advanced HF at much younger ages and are, more often, women. In this review, we aim to comprehensively describe the burden of HF from an LMIC perspective, based on the more recent available data. We summarise the major causes of HF that are endemic in these regions, including hypertension, cardiomyopathy, rheumatic heart disease, HIV-associated heart disease and endomyocardial fibrosis. Finally, we discuss the challenges faced by the least developed health systems and highlight interventions that may prove to be more efficient in changing the paradigm of HF of the more vulnerable populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":"341-351"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143515418","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":"Pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity and incident heart failure after myocardial infarction: a cohort study.","authors":"Yuzhong Wu, Jingjing Zhao, Chen Chen, Jiale Huang, Weihao Liang, Jiayong Li, Yugang Dong, Chen Liu, Ruicong Xue","doi":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324517","DOIUrl":"10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a recognised outcome in patients with myocardial infarction, although heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is more common. Identifying early indicators specific to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with myocardial infarction could support targeted preventive strategies. This study aimed to determine if pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity could serve as early predictors of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with myocardial infarction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analysed data from 5188 participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study who were free from heart failure at baseline, including 802 individuals with a history of myocardial infarction. Heart failure events were classified as either heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%) or heart failure with mildly reduced or reduced ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction <50%). Competing risk regression models were used to examine associations of baseline pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity with heart failure subtypes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over 6 years of follow-up, 217 cases of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (including 50 in patients with myocardial infarction) and 127 cases of heart failure with mildly reduced or reduced ejection fraction (33 in patients with myocardial infarction) were identified. Among patients with myocardial infarction, a 1-SD increase in pulse pressure was associated with a 1.60-fold higher risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (95% CI 1.30 to 1.97), and a similar association was observed for aortic valve peak velocity (HR: 1.37, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.58). Patients with pulse pressure ≥68 mm Hg had a 3.83-fold higher risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction compared with those with lower pulse pressure, and those with aortic valve peak velocity ≥1.4 m/s had a 2.10-fold higher risk compared with those with lower values. Patients with myocardial infarction with two or more risk factors among elevated pulse pressure, aortic valve peak velocity, diabetes and atrial fibrillation had over 16 times the risk of developing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction compared with those without these risk factors (p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity are significant predictors of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with myocardial infarction, suggesting their potential value in early risk stratification. These findings support the use of these markers to guide timely interventions aimed at preventing the progression to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.</p>","PeriodicalId":12835,"journal":{"name":"Heart","volume":" ","pages":"370-377"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364501","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}