Ivan Milinković, M. Polovina, A. Coats, G. Rosano, P. Seferovic
{"title":"Medical Treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in the Elderly","authors":"Ivan Milinković, M. Polovina, A. Coats, G. Rosano, P. Seferovic","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.14","url":null,"abstract":"The aging population, higher burden of predisposing conditions and comorbidities along with improvements in therapy all contribute to the growing prevalence of heart failure (HF). Although the majority of trials have not demonstrated age-dependent heterogeneity in the efficacy or safety of medical treatment for HF, the latest trials demonstrate that older participants are less likely to receive established drug therapies for HF with reduced ejection fraction. There remains reluctance in real-world clinical practice to prescribe and up-titrate these medications in older people, possibly because of (mis)understanding about lower tolerance and greater propensity for developing adverse drug reactions. This is compounded by difficulties in the management of multiple medications, patient preferences and other non-medical considerations. Future research should provide a more granular analysis on how to approach medical and device therapies in elderly patients, with consideration of biological differences, difficulties in care delivery and issues relevant to patients’ values and perspectives. A variety of approaches are needed, with the central principle being to ‘add years to life – and life to years’. These include broader representation of elderly HF patients in clinical trials, improved education of healthcare professionals, wider provision of specialised centres for multidisciplinary HF management and stronger implementation of HF medical treatment in vulnerable patient groups.","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45742472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Aimo, G. Spitaleri, D. Nieri, L. Tavanti, C. Meschi, G. Panichella, J. Lupón, F. Pistelli, L. Carrozzi, A. Bayés‐Genís, M. Emdin
{"title":"Pirfenidone for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Beyond","authors":"A. Aimo, G. Spitaleri, D. Nieri, L. Tavanti, C. Meschi, G. Panichella, J. Lupón, F. Pistelli, L. Carrozzi, A. Bayés‐Genís, M. Emdin","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.30","url":null,"abstract":"Pirfenidone (PFD) slows the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) by inhibiting the exaggerated fibrotic response and possibly through additional mechanisms, such as anti-inflammatory effects. PFD has also been evaluated in other fibrosing lung diseases. Myocardial fibrosis is a common feature of several heart diseases and the progressive deposition of extracellular matrix due to a persistent injury to cardiomyocytes may trigger a vicious cycle that leads to persistent structural and functional alterations of the myocardium. No primarily antifibrotic medications are used to treat patients with heart failure. There is some evidence that PFD has antifibrotic actions in various animal models of cardiac disease and a phase II trial on patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction has yielded positive results. This review summarises the evidence about the possible mechanisms of IPF and modulation by PFD, the main results about IPF or non-IPF interstitial pneumonias and also data about PFD as a potential protective cardiac drug.","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43250487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cell Therapy in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction","authors":"S. Frljak, G. Poglajen, B. Vrtovec","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.21","url":null,"abstract":"Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is the most common cause of hospitalisation for heart failure. However, only limited effective treatments are available. Recent evidence suggests that HFpEF may result from a systemic proinflammatory state, microvascular endothelial inflammation and microvascular rarefaction. Formation of new microvasculature in ischaemic tissues is dependent on CD34+ cells, which incorporate into the newly developing vasculature and produce pro-angiogenic cytokines. In HFpEF patients, worsening of diastolic function appears to correlate with decreased numbers of CD34+ cells. Therefore, it is plausible that increasing the myocardial numbers of CD34+ cells could theoretically lead to improved microvascular function and improved diastolic parameters in HFpEF. In accordance with this hypothesis, recent pilot clinical data suggest that CD34+ cell therapy may indeed be associated with improved diastolic function and better functional capacity in HFpEF patients and could thus represent a promising novel therapeutic modality for this patient population.","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46626838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aortic Pulsatility Index: A New Haemodynamic Measure with Prognostic Value in Advanced Heart Failure","authors":"T. Deis, K. Rossing, F. Gustafsson","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2022.09","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To test if the newly described haemodynamic variable, aortic pulsatility index (API), predicts long-term prognosis in advanced heart failure (HF). Methods: A single-centre study on 453 HF patients (median age: 51 years; left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF]: 19% ± 9%) referred for right heart catheterisation. API was calculated as pulse pressure/pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. Results: Log(API) correlated significantly with central venous pressure (CVP; p<0.001) and cardiac index (p<0.001) in univariable regression analysis. CVP remained associated with log(API) in a multivariable analysis including cardiac index, heart rate, log(NT-proBNP [N-terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide]), LVEF, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV and sex (p=0.01). In univariable Cox models, log(API) was a significant predictor of freedom from the combined endpoint of death, left ventricular assist device implantation, total artificial heart implantation or heart transplantation (HR 0.33; (95% CI [0.22–0.49]); p<0.001) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.56 (95% CI [0.35–0.90]); p=0.015). After adjusting for age, sex, NYHA class III or IV and estimated glomerular filtration rate in multivariable Cox models, log(API) remained a significant predictor for the combined endpoint (HR 0.33; 95% CI [0.20–0.56]; p<0.001) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.49; 95% CI [0.26–0.96]; p=0.034). Conclusion: API was strongly associated with right-sided filling pressure and independently predicted freedom from the combined endpoint and all-cause mortality.","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49575803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Stewart, Amy R Stewart, Laura H. Waite, J. Beilby
{"title":"Out with the Old and In with the New: Primary Care Management of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction","authors":"S. Stewart, Amy R Stewart, Laura H. Waite, J. Beilby","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.27","url":null,"abstract":"Primary care plays an integral role in the management of complex, chronic disease states such as heart failure. However, there is a disconnect between the characteristics of those recruited into clinical trials and those managed in the real world, which means the contribution and consideration of primary care in current guidelines is suboptimal. In this article, the authors explore key issues in the diagnosis and management of heart failure that need to be addressed from a primary care perspective. This article focuses on the issue of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and the integration of new clinical epidemiology and trial evidence into clinical practice. In response, the authors advocate for dedicated guidelines for the primary care management of heart failure, the development of strategies to facilitate communications between health professionals in acute and community care and a renewed focus on researching optimal models of heart failure care in the community.","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46944998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karine Grigoryan, Camelia Demetrescu, Ioannis Kasouridis, Olukayode Abiola, Pier Giorgio Masci, Didem Oguz, Giulia Benedetti, Mak SzeMun, Purvi Parwani, Rebecca Preston, Amedeo Chiribiri, Jane Hancock, Tiffany Patterson, Simon Redwood, Bernard Prendergast, Julia Grapsa
{"title":"Multimodality Imaging in Valvular Structural Interventions.","authors":"Karine Grigoryan, Camelia Demetrescu, Ioannis Kasouridis, Olukayode Abiola, Pier Giorgio Masci, Didem Oguz, Giulia Benedetti, Mak SzeMun, Purvi Parwani, Rebecca Preston, Amedeo Chiribiri, Jane Hancock, Tiffany Patterson, Simon Redwood, Bernard Prendergast, Julia Grapsa","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2022.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2022.10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Structural valvular interventions have skyrocketed in the past decade with new devices becoming available and indications for patients who would previously have been deemed inoperable. Furthermore, while echocardiography is the main imaging tool and the first line for patient screening, cardiac magnetic resonance and CT are now essential tools in pre-planning and post-procedural follow-up. This review aims to address imaging modalities and their scope in aortic, mitral and tricuspid structural valvular interventions, including multimodality imaging. Pulmonary valve procedures, which are mostly carried out in patients with congenital problems, are discussed. This article presents a guide on individualised imaging approcahes on each of the available interventional procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"8 ","pages":"e31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/99/38/cfr-08-e31.PMC9820006.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10590120","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 : 2021-12-06eCollection Date: 2021-03-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.06
Sigrid L Johannesen, Colin M Barker, Melissa M Levack
{"title":"Adjunctive Techniques for Repair of Ischaemic Mitral Regurgitation.","authors":"Sigrid L Johannesen, Colin M Barker, Melissa M Levack","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.06","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ischaemic mitral regurgitation is a complex process with debate in the literature as to the optimal treatment pathway. Multiple therapies are available to alleviate mitral regurgitation including medical management, transcatheter edge-to-edge repair, mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement. Medical management with goal-directed therapy should be utilised in patients with heart failure and mild-to-moderate regurgitation. Transcatheter approaches are typically used in patients with prohibitive operative risk, although their use is expanding, especially in those with functional mitral regurgitation who are not responding to goal-directed medical therapy. It is generally accepted that patients with mild-to-moderate disease can avoid valve intervention if successful revascularisation is performed. A higher consideration should be given to valve replacement over repair in patients with severe mitral regurgitation in the setting of myocardial ischaemia. Operative course must be personalised to each patient, and continues to develop with improving technologies and ongoing research into optimal treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"7 ","pages":"e20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/e0/3d/cfr-07-e20.PMC8674630.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39872160","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 : 2021-12-06eCollection Date: 2021-03-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.24
Abhishek Dattani, Rachana Prasad
{"title":"Isolated Left Ventricular Apical Hypoplasia.","authors":"Abhishek Dattani, Rachana Prasad","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.24","url":null,"abstract":"In 2006, a 64-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the Emergency Department with breathlessness. She was an ex-smoker with a medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and asthma. There was no family history of cardiac disease. Initial investigations, including chest radiograph, showed pulmonary oedema, which was treated with IV diuretics and continuous positive airway pressure non-invasive ventilation.","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"7 ","pages":"e21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d3/98/cfr-07-e21.PMC8728883.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39816338","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 : 2021-11-26eCollection Date: 2021-03-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.18
Nicholas K Brownell, Boback Ziaeian, Gregg C Fonarow
{"title":"The Gap to Fill: Rationale for Rapid Initiation and Optimal Titration of Comprehensive Disease-modifying Medical Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.","authors":"Nicholas K Brownell, Boback Ziaeian, Gregg C Fonarow","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.18","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are gaps in the use of therapies that save lives and improve quality of life for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, both in the US and abroad. The evidence is clear that initiation and titration of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and comprehensive disease-modifying medical therapy (CDMMT) to maximally tolerated doses improves patient-focused outcomes, yet observational data suggest this does not happen. The purpose of this review is to describe the gap in the use of optimal treatment worldwide and discuss the benefits of newer heart failure therapies including angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors. It will also cover the efficacy and safety of such treatments and provide potential pathways for the initiation and rapid titration of GDMT/CDMMT.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"7 ","pages":"e18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/02/bc/cfr-07-e18.PMC8674626.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39636574","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 : 2021-11-22eCollection Date: 2021-03-01DOI: 10.15420/cfr.2021.16
Gerard T Giblin, Laura Murphy, Garrick C Stewart, Akshay S Desai, Marcelo F Di Carli, Ron Blankstein, Michael M Givertz, Usha B Tedrow, William H Sauer, Gary M Hunninghake, Paul F Dellaripa, Sanjay Divakaran, Neal K Lakdawala
{"title":"Cardiac Sarcoidosis: When and How to Treat Inflammation.","authors":"Gerard T Giblin, Laura Murphy, Garrick C Stewart, Akshay S Desai, Marcelo F Di Carli, Ron Blankstein, Michael M Givertz, Usha B Tedrow, William H Sauer, Gary M Hunninghake, Paul F Dellaripa, Sanjay Divakaran, Neal K Lakdawala","doi":"10.15420/cfr.2021.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2021.16","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sarcoidosis is a complex, multisystem inflammatory disease with a heterogeneous clinical spectrum. Approximately 25% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis will have cardiac involvement that portends a poorer outcome. The diagnosis, particularly of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis, can be challenging. A paucity of randomised data exist on who, when and how to treat myocardial inflammation in cardiac sarcoidosis. Despite this, corticosteroids continue to be the mainstay of therapy for the inflammatory phase, with an evolving role for steroid-sparing and biological agents. This review explores the immunopathogenesis of inflammation in sarcoidosis, current evidence-based treatment indications and commonly used immunosuppression agents. It explores a multidisciplinary treatment and monitoring approach to myocardial inflammation and outlines current gaps in our understanding of this condition, emerging research and future directions in this field.</p>","PeriodicalId":33741,"journal":{"name":"Cardiac Failure Review","volume":"7 ","pages":"e17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ba/e7/cfr-07-e17.PMC8674699.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39636573","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}