{"title":"Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Rationale for and Practical Use of a Successful Therapy.","authors":"Mauro Gori, Emilia D'Elia, Edoardo Sciatti, Michele Senni","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2022.04","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart failure (HF) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction is a common disease with a poor prognosis and rising prevalence in the community. The current paradigm of treatment includes symptomatic therapy, such as diuretics, and risk factor control and treatment of comorbidities. According to European guidelines, there is no effective therapy for patients with HF with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50%, while drugs normally used in HF with reduced LVEF might also be effective for patients with mildly reduced LVEF (40-50%), with a IIB class of recommendation. The recently published EMPEROR-Preserved trial has challenged current guidelines, demonstrating improved outcomes in patients with HF and LVEF >40% with the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2I) empagliflozin, compared with placebo. This result was consistent in patients with and without diabetes as well as in those with LVEF below and above 50%. The authors describe the rationale for this therapy, presenting the main results of the EMPEROR-Preserved trial, and provide some recommendations for the everyday clinical management of HF with preserved left ventricular ejection with an SGLT2I.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0d/e9/cfr-08-e26.PMC9295008.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40529358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-07-07eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2022.02
Onyedika Ilonze, Kendall Free, Khadijah Breathett
{"title":"Unequitable Heart Failure Therapy for Black, Hispanic and American-Indian Patients.","authors":"Onyedika Ilonze, Kendall Free, Khadijah Breathett","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2022.02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the high prevalence of heart failure among Black and Hispanic populations, patients of colour are frequently under-prescribed guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and American-Indian populations are not well characterised. Clinical inertia, financial toxicity, underrepresentation in trials, non-trustworthy medical systems, bias and structural racism are contributing factors. There is an urgent need to develop evidence-based strategies to increase the uptake of GDMT for heart failure in patients of colour. Postulated strategies include prescribing all GDMT upon first encounter, aggressive outpatient uptitration of GDMT, intervening upon social determinants of health, addressing bias and racism through changing processes or policies that unfairly disadvantage patients of colour, engagement of stakeholders and implementation of national quality improvement programmes.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ed/0c/cfr-08-e25.PMC9295006.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40544146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-07-01eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2022.12
Joanna M Bilak, Uazman Alam, Christopher A Miller, Gerry P McCann, Jayanth R Arnold, Prathap Kanagala
{"title":"Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Pathophysiology, Assessment, Prevalence and Prognosis.","authors":"Joanna M Bilak, Uazman Alam, Christopher A Miller, Gerry P McCann, Jayanth R Arnold, Prathap Kanagala","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.12","DOIUrl":"10.15420/cfr.2022.12","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) currently accounts for approximately half of all new heart failure cases in the community. HFpEF is closely associated with chronic lifestyle-related diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and clinical outcomes are worse in those with than without comorbidities. HFpEF is pathophysiologically distinct from heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, which may explain, in part, the disparity of treatment options available between the two heart failure phenotypes. The mechanisms underlying HFpEF are complex, with coronary microvascular dysfunction (MVD) being proposed as a potential key driver in its pathophysiology. In this review, the authors highlight the evidence implicating MVD in HFpEF pathophysiology, the diagnostic approaches for identifying MVD (both invasive and non-invasive) and the prevalence and prognostic significance of MVD.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"8 ","pages":"e24"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0a/f7/cfr-08-e24.PMC9274364.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9145119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-06-29eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2022.11
Brent Deschaine, Sahil Verma, Hussein Rayatzadeh
{"title":"Clinical Evidence and Proposed Mechanisms of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Class Effect?","authors":"Brent Deschaine, Sahil Verma, Hussein Rayatzadeh","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2022.11","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is an unmet need in cardiovascular medicine. The pathophysiological drivers of HFpEF are complex, differing depending on phenotype, making a one-size-fits-all treatment approach unlikely. Remarkably, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) may be the first drug class to improve cardiovascular outcomes in HFpEF. Randomised controlled trials suggest a benefit in mortality, and demonstrate decreased hospitalisations and improvement in functional status. Limitations in trials exist, either due to small sample sizes, differing results between trials or decreased efficacy at higher ejection fractions. SGLT2is may provide a class effect by targeting various pathophysiological HFpEF mechanisms. Inhibition of SGLT2 and Na<sup>+</sup>/H<sup>+</sup> exchanger 3 in the kidney promotes glycosuria, osmotic diuresis and natriuresis. The glucose deprivation activates sirtuins - protecting against oxidation and beneficially regulating metabolism. SGLT2is reduce excess epicardial adipose tissue and its deleterious adipokines. Na<sup>+</sup>/H<sup>+</sup> exchanger 1 inhibition in the heart and lungs reduces sodium-induced calcium overload and pulmonary hypertension, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/21/25/cfr-08-e23.PMC9272408.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40612958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-06-24eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2022.08
Zachary L Cox, Shuktika Nandkeolyar, Andrew J Johnson, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Aniket S Rali
{"title":"In-hospital Initiation and Up-titration of Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.","authors":"Zachary L Cox, Shuktika Nandkeolyar, Andrew J Johnson, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Aniket S Rali","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.08","DOIUrl":"10.15420/cfr.2022.08","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy for patients with heart failure is suboptimal. The use of guideline-directed medical therapy improves minimally after heart failure hospitalisation, despite this event clearly indicating increased risk of further hospitalisation and death. In-hospital initiation and titration of guideline-directed medical therapies is one potential strategy to fill these gaps in care, both in the acute vulnerable period after hospital discharge and in the long term. The purpose of this article is to review the knowledge gaps in best practices of in-hospital initiation and up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapies, the benefits and risks of in-hospital initiation and post-discharge focused titration of guideline-directed medical therapies, the recent literature evaluating these practices, and propose strategies to apply these principles to the care of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"8 ","pages":"e21"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/2d/3a/cfr-08-e21.PMC9253962.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10257026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-06-24eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.33
Rebecca C Gosling, Abdallah Al-Mohammad
{"title":"The Role of Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.","authors":"Rebecca C Gosling, Abdallah Al-Mohammad","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.33","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart failure (HF) is a major health burden associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Approximately half of all HF patients have reduced ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction <40%) at rest (HF with reduced ejection fraction). The aetiology of HF is complex, and encompasses a wide range of cardiac conditions, hereditary defects and systemic diseases. Early identification of aetiology is important to allow personalised treatment and prognostication. Cardiac imaging has a major role in the assessment of patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction, and typically incorporates multiple imaging modalities, each with unique but complimentary roles. In this review, the comprehensive role of cardiac imaging in the diagnosis, assessment of aetiology, treatment planning and prognostication of HF with reduced ejection fraction is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/de/9a/cfr-08-e22.PMC9253963.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40492042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-06-23eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.37
Antoni Bayes-Genis, Germán Cediel, Mar Domingo, Pau Codina, Evelyn Santiago, Josep Lupón
{"title":"Biomarkers in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.","authors":"Antoni Bayes-Genis, Germán Cediel, Mar Domingo, Pau Codina, Evelyn Santiago, Josep Lupón","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.37","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous disorder developing from multiple aetiologies with overlapping pathophysiological mechanisms. HFpEF diagnosis may be challenging, as neither cardiac imaging nor physical examination are sensitive in this situation. Here, we review biomarkers of HFpEF, of which the best supported are related to myocardial stretch and injury, including natriuretic peptides and cardiac troponins. An overview of biomarkers of inflammation, extracellular matrix derangements and fibrosis, senescence, vascular dysfunction, anaemia/iron deficiency and obesity is also provided. Finally, novel biomarkers from -omics technologies, including plasma metabolites and circulating microRNAs, are outlined briefly. A cardiac-centred approach to HFpEF diagnosis using natriuretic peptides seems reasonable at present in clinical practice. A holistic approach including biomarkers that provide information on the non-cardiac components of the HFpEF syndrome may enrich our understanding of the disease and may be useful in classifying HFpEF phenotypes or endotypes that may guide patient selection in HFpEF trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/58/bd/cfr-08-e20.PMC9253965.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40492041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-06-20eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2022.05
Anupam A Kumar, Lena E Tran, Aniket S Rali, Alexander Perez, Robert Hoffman, Kelly Schlendorf
{"title":"Co-occurrence of Myocardial Sarcoidosis and Left Ventricular Non-compaction in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure.","authors":"Anupam A Kumar, Lena E Tran, Aniket S Rali, Alexander Perez, Robert Hoffman, Kelly Schlendorf","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2022.05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 46-year-old man with systolic heart failure, end-stage renal disease on dialysis, ventricular tachycardia and pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock of unknown aetiology. The hospital course was complicated by worsening shock requiring inotropic and mechanical circulatory support, as well as eventual dual heart and kidney transplantation. Cardiac imaging was used to assess the aetiology of the patient's non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, including a PET scan and cardiac MRI. Imaging demonstrated findings consistent with left ventricular non-compaction, but was inconclusive for cardiac sarcoidosis. After eventual heart transplantation, histopathology of the patient's explanted heart showed evidence of both non-compaction and cardiac sarcoidosis. In this case report, the authors review the pathophysiology of both cardiac sarcoidosis and left ventricular non-compaction, and highlight a multimodality approach to the diagnosis of non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/04/bf/cfr-08-e19.PMC9247987.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40577351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-04-21eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.35
Juan Carlos López-Azor, Noelia de la Torre, María Dolores García-Cosío Carmena, Pedro Caravaca Pérez, Catalina Munera, Irene MarcoClement, Rocío Cózar León, Jesús Álvarez-García, Marta Pachón, Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga, Rafael Salguero Bodes, Juan Francisco Delgado Jiménez, Javier de Juan Bagudá
{"title":"Clinical Utility of HeartLogic, a Multiparametric Telemonitoring System, in Heart Failure.","authors":"Juan Carlos López-Azor, Noelia de la Torre, María Dolores García-Cosío Carmena, Pedro Caravaca Pérez, Catalina Munera, Irene MarcoClement, Rocío Cózar León, Jesús Álvarez-García, Marta Pachón, Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga, Rafael Salguero Bodes, Juan Francisco Delgado Jiménez, Javier de Juan Bagudá","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.35","DOIUrl":"10.15420/cfr.2021.35","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Telemonitoring through multiple variables measured on cardiac devices has the potential to improve the follow-up of patients with heart failure. The HeartLogic algorithm (Boston Scientific), implemented in some implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy, allows monitoring of the nocturnal heart rate, respiratory movements, thoracic impedance, physical activity and the intensity of heart tones, with the aim of predicting major clinical events. Although HeartLogic has demonstrated high sensitivity for the detection of heart failure decompensations, its effects on hospitalisation and mortality in randomised clinical trials has not yet been corroborated. This review details how the HeartLogic algorithm works, compiles available evidence from clinical studies, and discusses its application in daily clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"8 ","pages":"e13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ee/e5/cfr-08-e13.PMC9062709.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10615623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cardiac Failure ReviewPub Date : 2022-01-18eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.13
Aliza Hussain, Arunima Misra, Biykem Bozkurt
{"title":"Endpoints in Heart Failure Drug Development.","authors":"Aliza Hussain, Arunima Misra, Biykem Bozkurt","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.13","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide. The development of effective drug and/or device therapy is crucial to mitigate the significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs associated with HF. The choice of endpoint in clinical trials has important practical and clinical implications. Outcomes of interest including mortality and HF hospitalisations provide robust evidence for regulatory approval granted there is sufficiency of safety data. At the same time, it is important to recognise that HF patients experience significant impairments in functional capacity and quality of life, underscoring the need to incorporate parameters of symptoms and patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials. In this review, the authors summarise the evolution and definition of cardiovascular endpoints used in clinical trials, discuss approaches to study design to allow the incorporation of mortality, morbidity and functional endpoints and, finally, examine the current challenges and suggest steps for the development of cardiovascular endpoints that are effective, meaningful and meet the needs of all relevant stakeholders, including patients, physicians regulators and sponsors.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":"e01"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8c/67/cfr-08-e01.PMC8790723.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39744489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}