Nicolas Girerd, Vanessa Barbet, Marie-France Seronde, Hélène Benchimol, Annabelle Jagu, Jean-Michel Tartière, Olivier Hanon, François Picard, Stéphane Lafitte, Magali Lemaitre, Nicolas Pages, Sophie Nisse-Durgeat, Patrick Jourdain
{"title":"Association of a remote monitoring programme with all-cause mortality and hospitalizations in patients with heart failure: National-scale, real-world evidence from a 3-year propensity score analysis of the TELESAT-HF study","authors":"Nicolas Girerd, Vanessa Barbet, Marie-France Seronde, Hélène Benchimol, Annabelle Jagu, Jean-Michel Tartière, Olivier Hanon, François Picard, Stéphane Lafitte, Magali Lemaitre, Nicolas Pages, Sophie Nisse-Durgeat, Patrick Jourdain","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3563","url":null,"abstract":"To examine the association of a remote monitoring programme (RMP) with all-cause mortality and hospital admissions for heart failure (HF) within the French healthcare system.","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142975239","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}
Ambarish Pandey, Ahmed A. Kolkailah, Darren K. McGuire, Robert C. Frederich, Nilo B. Cater, Francesco Cosentino, Richard E. Pratley, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, David Z.I. Cherney, Willy Wynant, Ira Gantz, James P. Mancuso, Urszula Masiukiewicz, Christopher P. Cannon
{"title":"Heart failure outcomes captured by adverse event reporting in participants with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Observations from the VERTIS CV trial","authors":"Ambarish Pandey, Ahmed A. Kolkailah, Darren K. McGuire, Robert C. Frederich, Nilo B. Cater, Francesco Cosentino, Richard E. Pratley, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, David Z.I. Cherney, Willy Wynant, Ira Gantz, James P. Mancuso, Urszula Masiukiewicz, Christopher P. Cannon","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3511","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejhf.3511","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In VERTIS CV, ertugliflozin was associated with a 30% risk reduction for adjudication-confirmed, first and total hospitalizations for heart failure (HHF) in participants with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We evaluated the impact of ertugliflozin on the broader spectrum of all reported heart failure (HF) events independent of adjudication confirmation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods and results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data from participants who received ertugliflozin (5 or 15 mg) were pooled and compared versus placebo. HF events included all investigator-reported HF adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs (SAEs) based on the narrow standardized Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) query ‘cardiac failure’. Terms for orthopnoea, dyspnoea, and peripheral oedema were evaluated separately. The effect of ertugliflozin on the first HF event was assessed by Cox proportional hazard models. Total HF events were assessed by Andersen–Gill models to account for first and recurrent events. A total of 8238 participants received ≥1 dose of ertugliflozin or placebo (mean follow-up 3.5 years). Investigator-reported HF events and AE capture yielded 420 first and 627 total HF events (vs. 238 and 345 adjudication-confirmed HHF events, respectively, in the primary analyses). Ertugliflozin reduced the risk for first (hazard ratio [HR] 0.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57–0.84; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and total HF AEs (HR 0.66; 95% CI 0.57–0.78; <i>p</i> < 0.001), with similar results for first and total HF SAEs. Additionally, ertugliflozin reduced oedema risk, but not orthopnoea/dyspnoea.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The effect of ertugliflozin was consistent across the spectrum of total investigator-reported HF AEs and was similar in magnitude to adjudicated HHF events.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"27 3","pages":"521-526"},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejhf.3511","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142940282","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}
Nina Nouhravesh, Alexander H. Gunn, Derek Cyr, Adrian F. Hernandez, David A. Morrow, Eric J. Velazquez, Jonathan H. Ward, Samiha Sarwat, Kavita Sharma, Kristin M. Williamson, Randall C. Starling, Serge Lepage, Shelley Zieroth, Scott D. Solomon, Robert J. Mentz
{"title":"Sacubitril/valsartan versus valsartan initiation in patients naïve to renin–angiotensin system inhibitors: Insights from PARAGLIDE-HF","authors":"Nina Nouhravesh, Alexander H. Gunn, Derek Cyr, Adrian F. Hernandez, David A. Morrow, Eric J. Velazquez, Jonathan H. Ward, Samiha Sarwat, Kavita Sharma, Kristin M. Williamson, Randall C. Starling, Serge Lepage, Shelley Zieroth, Scott D. Solomon, Robert J. Mentz","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3579","url":null,"abstract":"Whether prior treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) modifies efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan (Sac/Val) in patients with heart failure (HF) and ejection fraction (EF) >40% is unclear, thus Sac/Val according to ACEi/ARB status at baseline was assessed.","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142940280","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":"Aetiology and clinical manifestations of patients with non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy. Some comments","authors":"Salvatore Chirumbolo","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3581","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejhf.3581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"27 3","pages":"609"},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142940283","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}
Joanna Osmanska, Kieran F. Docherty, Colin Berry, Pardeep S. Jhund, Kenneth Mangion, Patrick B. Mark, John J.V. McMurray, Giles Roditi, Naveed Sattar, Mark C. Petrie, Ross T. Campbell, Matthew M.Y. Lee
{"title":"Cardiovascular magnetic resonance-estimated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, congestion markers, and effect of empagliflozin in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and dysglycaemia (SUGAR-DM-HF)","authors":"Joanna Osmanska, Kieran F. Docherty, Colin Berry, Pardeep S. Jhund, Kenneth Mangion, Patrick B. Mark, John J.V. McMurray, Giles Roditi, Naveed Sattar, Mark C. Petrie, Ross T. Campbell, Matthew M.Y. Lee","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3570","url":null,"abstract":"A cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) approach to non-invasively estimate left ventricular (LV) filling pressure was recently developed and shown to correlate with invasively measured pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP). We examined the association between CMR-estimated PCWP (CMR-PCWP) and other imaging and biomarker measures of congestion, and the effect of empagliflozin on these, in the SUGAR-DM-HF trial (NCT03485092).","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142940284","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}
Emanuele Monda, Chiara Cirillo, Giuseppe Limongelli
{"title":"Reply to ‘Aetiology and clinical manifestations of patients with non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy. Some comments’","authors":"Emanuele Monda, Chiara Cirillo, Giuseppe Limongelli","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3580","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejhf.3580","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"27 3","pages":"610"},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937670","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}
Angiza Shahim, Cecilia Linde, Gianluigi Savarese, Ulf Dahlström, Lars H. Lund, Camilla Hage
{"title":"Implementation of guideline-recommended therapies in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction according to heart failure duration: An analysis of 55 581 patients from the Swedish Heart Failure (SwedeHF) Registry","authors":"Angiza Shahim, Cecilia Linde, Gianluigi Savarese, Ulf Dahlström, Lars H. Lund, Camilla Hage","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3565","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejhf.3565","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Guidelines recommend immediate initiation of all four class I guideline-directed medical therapies, renin–angiotensin system inhibitors (RASI) or angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitors (ARNI), beta-blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA) and sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) following the diagnosis of heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The extent to which this occurs in new-onset HFrEF is unclear. We assessed guideline-recommended therapies during the first year following a HFrEF diagnosis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods and results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Swedish HF Registry was linked to additional national registries. In patients with HFrEF (ejection fraction <40%), clinical characteristics and HF treatment from when they were available and recommended in guidelines were assessed according to time from HF diagnosis (<3, 3 to <6, 6–12 and >12 months). Of 55 581 patients with HFrEF enrolled between 2000 and 2021, 54%, 5.8%, 4.8% and 36% had an HF duration of <3, 3 to <6, 6–12 and >12 months, respectively. Patients with shorter HF duration were younger, had lower New York Heart Association class and had fewer cardiovascular comorbidities. Within 3 months, 3 to <6 months, 6–12 months and >12 months from HF diagnosis, 93%, 92%, 90% and 89% were on RASI or ARNI, 9.8%, 17%, 19% and 22% on ARNI alone, 35%, 43%, 44% and 46% on MRA, 92%, 92%, 92% and 91% on beta-blockers, and 26%, 30%, 19% and 28% on SGLT2i, respectively. Additionally, 18% received cardiac resynchronization therapy/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator >12 months after diagnosis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Most patients received RASI and beta-blockers in the first months following HFrEF diagnosis. Use of ARNI, MRA and SGLT2i was limited, both in the early and later time periods. Our findings suggest that strategies to improve guideline-directed use of HFrEF therapies remain urgently needed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"27 3","pages":"421-431"},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejhf.3565","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937700","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}
Aaron J. Weiss, Jean-Luc A. Maigrot, Michael Z.Y. Tong, Lucy Thuita, Nicholas G. Smedira, Shinya Unai, Pavan Bhat, Maria Mountis, Eugene H. Blackstone, Randall C. Starling, Edward G. Soltesz
{"title":"Time-varying analyses of survival and outcomes in patients with HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist devices","authors":"Aaron J. Weiss, Jean-Luc A. Maigrot, Michael Z.Y. Tong, Lucy Thuita, Nicholas G. Smedira, Shinya Unai, Pavan Bhat, Maria Mountis, Eugene H. Blackstone, Randall C. Starling, Edward G. Soltesz","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3577","url":null,"abstract":"As patients experience longer survival on HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist devices, there is a need to characterize long-term risks of adverse outcomes more precisely. This study characterized temporal variations in risks of mortality and adverse outcomes in patients with a HeartMate 3.","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937671","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":"Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is associated with increased risks of heart failure","authors":"Kai-Chun Chang, Tung-Hung Su, Cho-Kai Wu, Shang-Chin Huang, Tai-Chung Tseng, Chun-Ming Hong, Shih-Jer Hsu, Chen-Hua Liu, Hung-Chih Yang, Chun-Jen Liu, Jia-Horng Kao","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3567","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejhf.3567","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), defined by steatotic liver disease (SLD) and cardiometabolic factors, is increasing in prevalence, but its association with heart failure (HF) is unclear.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods and results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Patients with SLD without a history of HF from 2006 to 2021 were retrospectively included and were classified into MASLD and non-MASLD groups that were followed longitudinally. The primary outcome was the new development of HF, which was sub-classified by echocardiography. Multivariable and propensity score matching analyses were conducted to adjust for confounding factors. Overall, 26 676 patients with SLD were included, with a median age of 51 years and 71% classified as MASLD. During a median follow-up of 6 years, 429 (1.61%) patients developed HF, and 76% were HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The risk of HF was significantly higher in patients with MASLD than in those without (sub-distribution hazard ratio [SHR] 2.59, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.84–3.64) after adjustment of competing mortality. There was a dose-dependent increase in HF risks in patients with more cardiometabolic risk factors (SHR 1.12, 95% CI 1.04–1.22). MASLD was also associated with higher risk of HF-related hospitalization (SHR 2.30, 95% CI 1.31–4.04) and specifically, the risk of HFpEF (SHR 1.91, 95% CI 1.27–2.86). In propensity score-matched cohorts, MASLD was also associated with a 2.52-fold higher risk of HF.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In patients with SLD, those with MASLD show a higher risk of HF, specifically HFpEF. Future studies are warranted to validate the association between HF and MASLD.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"27 3","pages":"512-520"},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936448","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}
Gianluigi Savarese, Christian Basile, Marianna Adamo, Stefan D. Anker, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Michael Böhm, Erwan Donal, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Francesco Maisano, Piotr Ponikowski, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, Marco Metra, Javed Butler
{"title":"Registries on transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in heart failure: Current evidence and future perspectives","authors":"Gianluigi Savarese, Christian Basile, Marianna Adamo, Stefan D. Anker, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Michael Böhm, Erwan Donal, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Francesco Maisano, Piotr Ponikowski, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, Marco Metra, Javed Butler","doi":"10.1002/ejhf.3573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3573","url":null,"abstract":"Secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are the most common valvular heart diseases in patients with heart failure (HF). Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) devices designed for treating MR and TR have been successfully tested in randomized controlled trials, but methodological issues have often challenged their interpretation. This manuscript aimed to provide an overview of TEER registries on SMR and TR in HF, highlighting their key features, describing clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving these devices, and exploring the available data limitations.","PeriodicalId":164,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Heart Failure","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936445","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}