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{"title":"Mechanism of action of aloperine in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension based on network pharmacology and molecular docking methods.","authors":"Yanrong Wang, Baolan Yan, Pengsheng Ma, Ru Zhou, Fang Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05295-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05295-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a severe pulmonary vascular disease, marked by high mortality and substantial treatment costs, underscoring the urgent need for the exploration of traditional Chinese medicine as a potential therapeutic strategy for pulmonary hypertension. This study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of aloperine in treating PAH through network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Swiss Target Prediction database was employed to predict molecular targets of aloperine, while Cytoscape was used to construct the \"active component-target\" network. Disease-associated targets were identified through the GeneCards and OMIM databases and cross-referenced with drug targets to determine effective targets of aloperine for PAH treatment. Analysis of protein-protein interaction (PPI) was conducted using the STRING database. Furthermore, gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses were carried out via the Metascape platform.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following screening, 42 molecular targets of aloperine, 1264 disease-related targets, and 23 effective targets of aloperine in treating PAH were identified. The PPI analysis revealed that aloperine targets SLC6A2, ADRA1B, CYP2D6, CCR5, and JAK2, all of which play a therapeutic role in PAH. The GO and KEGG pathway analyses identified relevant biological functions, such as membrane raft organization, G protein-coupled amine receptor activity, and regulation of tube diameter, as well as ten pathways including neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, the cGMP-PKG signaling pathway, calcium signaling, and vascular smooth muscle contraction. Molecular docking results confirmed the interaction between aloperine and its key targets, with a high docking affinity observed between aloperine and the core target ADRA1A.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Network pharmacology analysis demonstrated that aloperine exerts its therapeutic effects in PAH primarily through multi-target and multi-pathway mechanisms, providing a novel direction and foundation for PAH treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"287-294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143585285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Obesity and heart failure-the role of GLP-1 receptor agonists.","authors":"Gregor Simonis, Ulrike Schatz","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05312-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05312-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with obesity-driven heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) often suffer from symptoms despite guideline-recommended treatment with diuretics, sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition, and mineralocorticoid antagonists. Obesity by itself drives heart failure via multiple pathophysiological mechanisms. This review summarizes current data on glucagon-like peptide‑1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and the dual GIP/GLP‑1 agonist tirzepatide, including symptoms and outcomes in patients with obesity-driven HFpEF with or without diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"246-252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outcomes of electronic health interventions for patients with heart failure: a network meta-analysis.","authors":"Jiamin Tang, Danni Ma, Meng Li, Yiqi Ding, Xuemei Zhou, Hong He","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05301-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05301-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of different types of tele-interventions in improving exercise capacity and cardiac function in patients with heart failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched five databases from inception to September 2024 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of telerehabilitation in people with heart failure. The primary outcomes were 6‑min walk distance (6MWD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The secondary outcome was patient adherence to rehabilitation. We used Review Manager (RevMan) 5.4 and Stata 16.0 for the analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 17 studies with a total of four telerehabilitation interventions were included in the final analysis. Network meta-analysis showed that remote monitoring (mean difference [MD] = 29.03 [7.94, 50.13]) and combined interventions (MD = 28.86 [4.85, 53.86]) were more effective than usual rehabilitation in improving 6MWD. Remote monitoring (MD = 2.45 [0.14, 4.76]) was superior to usual rehabilitation in improving LVEF. The surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) results showed that remote monitoring is the most effective way to improve the 6MWD (SUCRA = 71.7%) and LVEF (SUCRA = 76.3%) in patients with heart failure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of this study indicate that remote cardiac rehabilitation is effective in improving heart function and enhancing exercise capacity in patients with heart failure. Based on our data and the accessibility of remote rehabilitation equipment, telemedicine may be a useful and significant way to increase patient participation in cardiac rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"268-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143965315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with diabetes mellitus and/or chronic kidney disease-an update.","authors":"Katharina Marx-Schütt","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05322-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05322-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People with diabetes mellitus have a significantly increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease as well as chronic kidney disease. The coexistence of these comorbidities has a significant impact on prognosis. In August 2023, the European Society of Cardiology published new guidelines that include specific recommendations for risk reduction in those affected. The key points of these guidelines, as well as recently published data and their respective practical relevance, are presented in this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"229-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144301971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Palliative care and change in treatment goals for heart failure in the outpatient sector : A survey among office-based physicians in Germany on the current state of healthcare provision].","authors":"Moritz Blum, Mark Weber-Krüger, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Bernd Alt-Epping, Marc Dittrich, Tanja Henking, Gerald Neitzke, Harald Rittger, Henrikje Stanze, Dorit Knappe, Klaus K Witte, Jochen Dutzmann, Franz Goss","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05325-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-025-05325-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Palliative care is a crucial part of the holistic management of advanced heart failure; however, it remains unclear how palliative care is currently provided in the outpatient sector in Germany.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a survey among office-based cardiologists and general practitioners (GPs) in Germany on the current provision of palliative care for people with advanced heart failure. The survey was developed by a multiprofessional project group of the German Cardiac Society (DGK e. V.) and administered online by the National Association of Office-Based Cardiologists (BNK e.V.).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 235 individuals participated in the study. The majority of respondents reported frequently or always discussing goals of care with patients with advanced heart failure. The GPs reported significantly more often than cardiologists that they always or frequently address primary palliative care needs. None of the surveyed office-based cardiologists but 35.1% of GPs stated that they frequently or always prescribe specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) for patients with advanced heart failure. Over 90% of the cardiologists reported that they rarely or never continue to care for patients when they cannot come to the practice themselves.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Only few office-based physicians in Germany regularly refer patients with advanced heart failure to specialized palliative care services. Primary palliative care and the involvement of SAPV are significantly more often managed by GPs than by office-based cardiologists.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144505548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Timing of RAS blocker administration and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in STEMI patients.","authors":"Tuğba Çetin, Mehmet Baran Karataş, Semih Eren, Şeyda Dereli, Gündüz Durmuş","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05317-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-025-05317-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers constitute a cornerstone in the management of patients with cardiovascular disease. However, the relationship between the administration time of these drugs during the day and cardiovascular events is not yet fully elucidated. We aimed to examine the relationship between the administration time of RAS blockers during the day and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 701 patients who were admitted to our hospital between 2018 and 2020 with STEMI and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were included in this single-center, retrospective, observational study. Primary endpoints were acute heart failure (AHF), nonfatal myocardial infarction, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and long-term mortality. Patients were divided into two group according to the administration of RAS blockers in the morning (06:00-10:00) or evening (20:00-00:00).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the patients was 57.5 ± 11.9 years and 75.9% were male. After discharge, 485 patients were taking RAS blockers in the morning and 216 patients were taking them in the evening. There was a significantly higher rate of AHF, nonfatal myocardial infarction, MACE, and death in the group taking RAS blockers in the morning compared to the group taking them in the evening (p < 0.01, p = 0.02, p < 0.01, p < 0.01, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Routine administration of RAS blockers in the evening rather than in the morning led to a remarkable decrease in the occurrence of AHF, nonfatal myocardial infarction, MACE, and mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144301972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outcome of edge-to-edge vs. surgical repair in patients with functional mitral regurgitation and reduced left ventricular function.","authors":"Daniel Silva, Peter Wohlmuth, Friedrich-C Rieß, Joachim Schofer","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05294-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05294-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aims to compare the midterm outcome of percutaneous edge-to-edge repair (TEER) using the first-generation MitraClip system (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA) with surgical repair, in patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation (fMR) and reduced left ventricular function (LVEF).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data of consecutive patients with severe fMR and LVEF ≤ 45%, who underwent either isolated surgical repair or MitraClip implantation between January 2007 and December 2015, were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical and echocardiographic follow-up data after 12 and 24 months were obtained in both groups. A propensity score matching analysis was performed to adjust for intergroup differences in baseline characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 167 patients with significant fMR and LVEF ≤ 45% were identified, who underwent either isolated surgical mitral valve repair (n = 83, 49.7%) or MitraClip (n = 84, 50.3%) implantation. Because the two groups had very different risk profiles, propensity scores were calculated for age, sex, EuroSCORE, LVEF, and coronary artery disease, which reduced the number of patients to 74 (38 in the clip group and 36 in the surgical group). There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of survival, number of reinterventions, heart failure symptoms according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, degree of mitral regurgitation, and LVEF.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this retrospective analysis of patients with severe fMR and LVEF ≤ 45%, the comparison between surgical repair, edge-to-edge repair and a first-generation MitraClip device showed similar midterm outcomes in terms of survival, number of reinterventions, NYHA class, degree of mitral regurgitation, and LVEF.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"207-216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143467819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Germany : Comparison of routine data vs. quality assurance vs. registry].","authors":"Uwe Zeymer, Steffen Schneider, Susanne Stolpe, Ralf Zahn","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05307-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05307-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The recording of mortality after acute myocardial infarction can be based on different data, some of which yield very different results. These differences are due to a number of factors, including the definition of acute myocardial infarction, patient selection and the methods used to determine mortality. While routine data are primarily used for billing purposes, procedural data for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are used for external quality assurance and therefore only include patients who undergo invasive diagnostic procedures. Registries include patients with a disease, e.g., ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, according to defined criteria. The mortality data published for Germany differ considerably depending on the source of the data. The manuscript discusses the problems of recording the mortality of myocardial infarction in Germany and attempts to propose solutions for improving data quality in order to be able to evaluate possibilities for optimizing treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"179-184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143614652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Quality assurance in cardiology with routine data : Requirement and reality].","authors":"Volker Schächinger","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05306-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05306-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Routine data are very helpful as an instrument for health services research. In German hospitals the input data of the statutory quality assurance (in cardiology: left heart catheterization, cardiac implantable electronic devices and transcatheter aortic valve implantation, TAVI), the data according to § 21 of the Hospital Remuneration Act and mandatory quality assurance reports of hospitals are available. In addition, the health insurance companies also have social data at their disposal. The very restrictive interpretation of data safety in Germany as well as a partition of the data according to the private or statutory health insurance status, outpatient and inpatient forms of treatment and two different remuneration sources exacerbate in the current reality an effective central use of routine data, as is possible in other countries, e.g., Sweden. Routine data are a powerful tool for quality assurance in terms of critical self-reflection and as a basis for peer review by colleagues; however, public reporting of routine data (publication of the results of individual hospitals) is questionable due to methodological limitations, such as data quality and risk adjustment, as it puts hospitals in the pillory without any chance to critically reflect on the validity of the data. Consequently, risk-avoiding behavior in medical services could compromise patient care. The current development of healthcare policies with a structural reform of the hospital landscape and the recommendations of the government committee will increase the demands on the quality assessment based on routine data. Simplified data acquisition, methodological improvements as well as new aspects, such as the quality of indications, assessment of nursing services and patient orientation will be added. In future, a quality-oriented remuneration based on routine data is intended to help control the healthcare system.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"171-178"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Life's Essential 8 and mortality among adults with early-onset cardiovascular diseases : A prospective community-based study.","authors":"Jing Yang, Xiao Chen, Yaqi Li, Shuohua Chen, Xiang Gao, Shouling Wu","doi":"10.1007/s00059-025-05293-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00059-025-05293-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Information regarding the association between cardiovascular health (CVH) as assessed using Life's Essential 8 (LE8) approach and all-cause mortality in adults with early-onset cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is limited.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this study, we aimed to assess the association between CVH constructed by the LE8 metrics and all-cause mortality in Chinese individuals with early-onset CVDs, including myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, and hemorrhagic stroke as well as in those who had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery or coronary intervention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data of 3454 participants who were first diagnosed with early-onset CVDs (men aged < 55 years and women aged < 65 years with CVDs) in the Kailuan study from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2020 were analyzed. Assessment of CVH (score ranging from 0 to 100 points) was made using the LE8 metrics (including diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep duration, body mass index [BMI], lipid, blood glucose, and blood pressure). All-cause mortality information was collected from provincial vital statistics offices. Cox proportional hazard regression models and restricted cubic splines were utilized to examine associations between the CVH scores and all-cause mortality in adults with early-onset CVDs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During a mean follow-up of 6.78 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 3.36-10.5 years), 460 deaths were documented. After controlling for demographic variables, lifestyles, and major clinical factors, higher CVH scores were associated with lower risks of all-cause mortality among participants with early-onset CVDs. The corresponding hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were 0.64 (0.49, 0.82) comparing two extreme quartiles of CVH scores and 0.85 (0.77, 0.82) for each 10-point increment in CVH score (p _trend = 0.001). Specifically, significant inverse associations were observed among participants with hemorrhagic stroke (HR _{Q4 vs. Q1} = 0.46, 0.23-0.93) and heart disease (HR _{Q4 vs. Q1} = 0.59, 0.41-0.87).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings supported the beneficial role of higher CVH scores in all-cause mortality among adults with early-onset CVD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12863,"journal":{"name":"Herz","volume":" ","pages":"199-206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143467738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}