JAMA cardiologyPub Date : 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.4112
Anthony Angueira, Sarah A Abramowitz, Michael G Levin
{"title":"Unfolding the Link Between Transthyretin Stability and Survival.","authors":"Anthony Angueira, Sarah A Abramowitz, Michael G Levin","doi":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.4112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2024.4112","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14657,"journal":{"name":"JAMA cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142768986","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}
JAMA cardiologyPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3169
Martino Martinelli-Filho, José A Marin-Neto, Mauricio Ibrahim Scanavacca, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de Paola, Paulo de Tarso Jorge Medeiros, Ruth Owen, Stuart J Pocock, Sergio Freitas de Siqueira
{"title":"Amiodarone or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Chagas Cardiomyopathy: The CHAGASICS Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Martino Martinelli-Filho, José A Marin-Neto, Mauricio Ibrahim Scanavacca, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de Paola, Paulo de Tarso Jorge Medeiros, Ruth Owen, Stuart J Pocock, Sergio Freitas de Siqueira","doi":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3169","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Over 10 000 people with Chagas disease experience sudden cardiac death (SCD) annually, mostly caused by ventricular fibrillation. Amiodarone hydrochloride and the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) have been empirically used to prevent SCD in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To test the hypothesis that ICD is more effective than amiodarone therapy for primary prevention of all-cause mortality in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy and moderate to high mortality risk, assessed by the Rassi score.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>CHAGASICS is an open-label, randomized clinical trial. The study enrolled patients from 13 centers in Brazil from May 30, 2014, to August 13, 2021, with the last follow-up November 8, 2021. Patients with serological findings positive for Chagas disease, a Rassi risk score of at least 10 points (intermediate to high risk), and at least 1 episode of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia were eligible to participate. Data were analyzed from May 3, 2022, to June 16, 2023.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive ICD or amiodarone (with a loading dose of 600 mg after randomization).</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and secondary outcomes included SCD, hospitalization for heart failure, and necessity of a pacemaker during the entire follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study was stopped prematurely for administrative reasons, with 323 patients randomized (166 in the amiodarone group and 157 in the ICD group), rather than the intended 1100 patients. Analysis was by intention to treat at a median follow-up of 3.6 (IQR, 1.8-4.4) years. Mean (SD) age was 57.4 (9.8) years, 185 patients (57.3%) were male, and the mean (SD) left ventricular ejection fraction was 37.0% (11.6%). There were 60 deaths (38.2%) in the ICD arm and 64 (38.6%) in the amiodarone group (hazard ratio [HR], 0.86 [95% CI, 0.60-1.22]; P = .40). The rates of SCD (6 [3.8%] vs 23 [13.9%]; HR, 0.25 [95% CI, 0.10-0.61]; P = .001), bradycardia requiring pacing (3 [1.9%] vs 27 [16.3%]; HR, 0.10 [95% CI, 0.03-0.34]; P < .001), and heart failure hospitalization (14 [8.9%] vs 28 [16.9%]; HR, 0.46 [95% CI, 0.24-0.87]; P = .01) were lower in the ICD group compared with the amiodarone arm.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy at moderate to high risk of mortality, ICD did not reduce the risk of all-cause mortality. However, ICD significantly reduced the risk of SCD, pacing need, and heart failure hospitalization compared with amiodarone therapy. Further studies are warranted to confirm the evidence generated by this trial.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01722942.</p>","PeriodicalId":14657,"journal":{"name":"JAMA cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"1073-1081"},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447631/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361514","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}
JAMA cardiologyPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3020
Simone Biscaglia, Andrea Erriquez, Gianluca Campo
{"title":"Frailty in an Elderly Cohort With Myocardial Infarction and High Bleeding Risk-Reply.","authors":"Simone Biscaglia, Andrea Erriquez, Gianluca Campo","doi":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3020","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14657,"journal":{"name":"JAMA cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"1170-1171"},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361517","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}
JAMA cardiologyPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3213
Steven E Nissen
{"title":"What We Have Learned About Reducing Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary Plaques.","authors":"Steven E Nissen","doi":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3213","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14657,"journal":{"name":"JAMA cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"1092-1093"},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142107483","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}
JAMA cardiologyPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3023
Amber B Tang, Boback Ziaeian, Javed Butler, Clyde W Yancy, Gregg C Fonarow
{"title":"Global Impact of Optimal Implementation of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Heart Failure.","authors":"Amber B Tang, Boback Ziaeian, Javed Butler, Clyde W Yancy, Gregg C Fonarow","doi":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3023","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) remains underutilized on a global level, with significant disparities in access to treatment worldwide. The potential global benefits of quadruple therapy on patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) have not yet been estimated.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the projected population-level benefit of optimal GDMT use globally among patients with HFrEF.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>Estimates for HFrEF prevalence, contraindications to GDMT, treatment rates, and the number needed to treat for all-cause mortality at 12 months were derived from previously published sources. Potential lives saved from optimal implementation of quadruple therapy among patients with HFrEF was calculated globally and a sensitivity analysis was conducted to account for uncertainty in the existing data.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>All-cause mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of an estimated 28.89 million people with HFrEF worldwide, there were 8 235 063 (95% CI, 6 296 020-10 762 972) potentially eligible for but not receiving β-blockers, 20 387 000 (95% CI, 15 867 004-26 184 996) eligible for but not receiving angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors, 12 223 700 (95% CI, 9 376 895-15 924 973) eligible for but not receiving mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, and 21 229 170 (95% CI, 16 537 400-27 242 688) eligible for but not receiving sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors. Optimal implementation of quadruple GDMT could potentially prevent 1 188 277 (95% CI, 767 933-1 914 561) deaths over 12 months. A large proportion of deaths averted were projected in Southeast Asia, Eastern Mediterranean and Africa, and the Western Pacific regions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Improvement in use of GDMT could result in substantial mortality benefits on a global scale. Significant heterogeneity also exists across regions, which warrants additional study with interventions tailored to country-level differences for optimization of GDMT worldwide.</p>","PeriodicalId":14657,"journal":{"name":"JAMA cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"1154-1158"},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447625/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361518","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}
JAMA cardiologyPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2612
Marat Fudim, Barry A Borlaug, Rajeev C Mohan, Matthew J Price, Peter Fail, Parag Goyal, Scott L Hummel, Teona Zirakashvili, Tamaz Shaburishvili, Ravi B Patel, Vivek Y Reddy, Christopher D Nielsen, Stanley J Chetcuti, Devraj Sukul, Rajiv Gulati, Luke Kim, Keith Benzuly, Sumeet S Mitter, Liviu Klein, Nir Uriel, Ralph S Augostini, John E Blair, Krishna Rocha-Singh, Daniel Burkhoff, Manesh R Patel, Sami I Somo, Sheldon E Litwin, Sanjiv J Shah
{"title":"Endovascular Ablation of the Greater Splanchnic Nerve in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: The REBALANCE-HF Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Marat Fudim, Barry A Borlaug, Rajeev C Mohan, Matthew J Price, Peter Fail, Parag Goyal, Scott L Hummel, Teona Zirakashvili, Tamaz Shaburishvili, Ravi B Patel, Vivek Y Reddy, Christopher D Nielsen, Stanley J Chetcuti, Devraj Sukul, Rajiv Gulati, Luke Kim, Keith Benzuly, Sumeet S Mitter, Liviu Klein, Nir Uriel, Ralph S Augostini, John E Blair, Krishna Rocha-Singh, Daniel Burkhoff, Manesh R Patel, Sami I Somo, Sheldon E Litwin, Sanjiv J Shah","doi":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2612","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2612","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Greater splanchnic nerve ablation may improve hemodynamics in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the feasibility and safety of endovascular right-sided splanchnic nerve ablation for volume management (SAVM).</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This was a phase 2, double-blind, 1:1, sham-controlled, multicenter, randomized clinical trial conducted at 14 centers in the US and 1 center in the Republic of Georgia. Patients with HFpEF, left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or greater, and invasively measured peak exercise pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) of 25 mm Hg or greater were included. Study data were analyzed from May 2023 to June 2024.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>SAVM vs sham control procedure.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary efficacy end point was a reduction in legs-up and exercise PCWP at 1 month. The primary safety end point was serious device- or procedure-related adverse events at 1 month. Secondary efficacy end points included HF hospitalizations, changes in exercise function and health status through 12 months, and baseline to 1-month change in resting, legs-up, and 20-W exercise PCWP.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 90 patients (median [range] age, 71 [47-90] years; 58 female [64.4%]) were randomized at 15 centers (44 SAVM vs 46 sham). There were no differences in adverse events between groups. The primary efficacy end point did not differ between SAVM or sham (mean between-group difference in PCWP, -0.03 mm Hg; 95% CI, -2.5 to 2.5 mm Hg; P = .95). There were also no differences in the secondary efficacy end points. There was no difference in the primary safety end point between the treatment (6.8% [3 of 44]) and sham (2.2% [1 of 46]) groups (difference, 4.6%; 95% CI, -6.1% to 15.4%; P = .36). There was no difference in the incidence of orthostatic hypotension between the treatment (11.4% [5 of 44]) and sham (6.5% [3 of 46]) groups (difference, 4.9%; 95% CI, -9.2% to 18.8%; P = .48).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Results show that SAVM was safe and technically feasible, but it did not reduce exercise PCWP at 1 month or improve clinical outcomes at 12 months in a broad population of patients with HFpEF.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04592445.</p>","PeriodicalId":14657,"journal":{"name":"JAMA cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"1143-1153"},"PeriodicalIF":14.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447628/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361515","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}