{"title":"Nomogram for Predicting the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Young Adults ≤45 Years of Age with Acute Coronary Syndrome","authors":"Wenbin Zhang","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Background: A non-invasive predictive model has not been established to identify the severity of coronary lesions inyoung adults with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Methods: In this retrospective study, 1088 young adults (≤45 years of age) first diagnosed with ACS who underwentcoronary angiography were enrolled and randomized 7:3 into training or testing datasets. To build the nomogram, wedetermined optimal predictors of coronary lesion severity with the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operatorand Random Forest algorithm. The predictive accuracy of the nomogram was assessed with calibration plots, and performancewas assessed with the receiver operating characteristic curve, decision curve analysis and the clinical impact curve.Results: Seven predictors were identified and integrated into the nomogram: age, hypertension, diabetes, body massindex, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mean platelet volume and C-reactive protein. Receiver operating characteristicanalyses demonstrated the nomogram’s good discriminatory performance in predicting severe coronary arterydisease in young patients with ACS in the training (area under the curve 0.683, 95% confidence interval [0.645–0.721])and testing (area under the curve 0.670, 95% confidence interval [0.611–0.729]) datasets. The nomogram was also well-calibrated in both the training (P = 0.961) and testing (P = 0.302) datasets. Decision curve analysis and the clinicalimpact curve indicated the model’s good clinical utility.Conclusion: A simple and practical nomogram for predicting coronary artery disease severity in young adults ≤45 yearsof age with ACS was established and validated.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305659","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":"A Case of Premature Ventricular Complexes from the Proximal Left Bundle Branch Successfully Ablated from the Right Coronary Cusp","authors":"Jianhua Fan","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) from the proximal left bundle branch (LBB) can be ablated inthe left ventricular outflow tract but can easily damage normal conduction bundles. Here, we report a case of successfulablation of PVCs from the proximal LBB within the right coronary cusp (RCC).Case presentation: Our patient was a 70-year-old woman with PVCs from the proximal LBB that were successfully ablated via the RCC through radiofrequency catheter ablation with a 3D mapping system; she had a complication of incomplete right bundle branch block (RBBB) and remained asymptomatic during follow-up.Conclusion: The RCC provides an alternative approach for ablating PVCs originating from the proximal LBB, owing to the close relationship between the RCC and proximal LBB.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305367","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":"A Rare Case of a Primary Cardiac Tumor Presenting as Fatal Ventricular Tachycardia","authors":"Xu-Dong Guo","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Primary cardiac tumors are extremely uncommon. Here, we report the case of a patient with a primary left ventricularinterstitial tumor presenting with hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia. In response to hemodynamicallyunstable ventricular tachycardia, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was inserted. One month after defibrillatorimplantation, the patient developed episodes of high ventricular tachycardia that could not be effectively terminatedby catheter radiofrequency ablation, thus further confirming that the ventricular tachycardia was induced by the leftventricular interstitial tumor. The patient is doing well on medical therapy to date.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305533","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":"The Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio is Associated with Different Stages of Development of Coronary Artery Disease","authors":"Jianlin Du","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Inflammation plays a role in coronary artery disease (CAD). The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR),monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are blood parameters associated with inflammation.We aimed to perform a systematic comparison and study the predictive values of these inflammatory parameterswith respect to CAD stage.Method: A total of 513 patients who had undergone coronary angiography (CAG) were retrospectively analyzed.Clinical status, lipid profiles, CAG scans and hematological parameters were collected. NLR, MLR and PLR were calculated. All patients were classified into a normal coronary group (n = 133), coronary atherosclerosis (CA) group (n = 149), chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) group (n = 175) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) group (n = 56). NLR, MLR and PLR were compared among groups.Results: NLR and MLR were higher in the CCS and AMI groups. PLR was higher in the AMI group. The AMI grouphad higher NLR, PLR and MLR than the CCS group. Logistic regression analysis revealed that NLR (OR:1.227, 95%CI: 1.016–1.482. P < 0.05) had a strong significant correlation with CAD. Area under the ROC curve of NLR was 0.580(95% CI = 0.516–0.644) in predicting CCS and 0.727 (95% CI = 0.642–0.811) in predicting AMI.Conclusion: NLR may be associated with the occurrence and progression of CAD, and may serve as a marker of inflammation.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305858","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":"Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Real-World Study","authors":"Yanzhou Zhang","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: We aimed to observe the improvements in cardiac function indexes and the occurrence of adverse events in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) after dapagliflozin administration in a real-world setting.Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 201 patients with HFrEF who were treated at a tertiary hospital in Zhengzhou and started to take dapagliflozin (10 mg/d) from March 2020 to June 2021. Their New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, cardiac ultrasound indexes, laboratory indexes, and vital signs between baseline and the last follow-up visit were compared, and their adverse events during the follow-up period were recorded.Results: The follow-up period was 173 (67–210) days. The cardiac function indexes of patients at follow-up, compared with baseline, indicated significant improvement (proportion of NYHA functional class I and II: 40.8% vs. 56.2%; left ventricular ejection fraction: 28.4 ± 5.3% vs. 34.7 ± 5.9%; left ventricular end-diastolic diameter: 70.1 ± 6.4 mm vs. 64.7 ± 5.6 mm; N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide: 5421.9 ± 2864.4 pg/mL vs. 2842.8 ± 1703.4 pg/mL at baseline vs. at follow-up; all P < 0.05). The rates of hypotension, deterioration of renal function, and genital infection during the follow-up period were 6.5%, 4.0%, and 3.5%, respectively.Conclusions: We believe that dapagliflozin is safe and effective in patients with HFrEF in the real world.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67304968","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":"A Novel Robotic Control System Mimics Doctor’s Operation to Assist Percutaneous Coronary Intervention","authors":"Ping Zhang","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0003","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The use of current robotic systems to assist in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) fundamentallydiffers from performing conventional PCI. To overcome this problem, we developed a novel master-slave roboticcontrol system to assist in PCI, and evaluated its safety and feasibility in the delivery and manipulation of coronaryguidewires in vitro and in vivo.Methods: The novel robotic assist PCI system is composed of three parts: 1) a master actuator, which imitates thetraditional torque used by surgeons in conventional PCI, 2) a slave actuator, including a guidewire delivery system andforce monitoring equipment, and 3) a local area network based communication system.Results: The experiment was performed in six pigs. Both robotic and manual control completed the operation with no device- or procedure-associated complications. An experienced interventional cardiologist who was a first-time userof the novel robotic PCI system was able to advance the guidewire into a distal branch of a coronary artery within asimilar time to that required with the manual procedure.Conclusion: This early in vivo experiment with the novel robotic assisted PCI control system demonstrated that its feasibility, safety, and procedural effectiveness are comparable to those of manual operation. The novel robotic-assisted PCI control system required significantly less time to learn than other currently available systems.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305341","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":"Hypertensive-Like Reaction: A Definition for Normotensive Individuals with Symptoms Associated with Elevated Blood Pressure","authors":"Yifang Guo","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0004","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p> </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305417","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":"Application Potential of Probiotics in Acute Myocardial Infarction","authors":"Hui Jiang","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0019","url":null,"abstract":"Myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with high rates of death and disability, and is the main cause of death due tocardiovascular disease and the most frequent cause of death in the developed world. Recent studies have shown that, in addition to traditional risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, smoking and the environment, the gut microbiota plays an important role in MI development and progression. The discovery of an enteric-cardioid axis provides a new route to examine the complex mechanism of MI and has become a research hotspot in recent years. Experiments have suggested that probiotics decrease ischemia/reperfusion injury and inflammation, regulate lipid metabolism and decrease the myocardial infarction area. In this review, we discuss the relationship between probiotics and MI as well as potential underlying mechanisms, to provide new ideas for the prevention and treatment of MI.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305487","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":"Role of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Triggering and Maintaining Atrial Fibrillation","authors":"Ye Tian","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia leading to cardiogenic stroke. Without membranous sructure betweenepicardial adipose tissue and atrial myocardium, epicardial adipose tissue directly covers the surface of the atrial myocardium.The formation of an epicardial adipose tissue inflammatory microenvironment, fibrosis, infiltration by epicardialadipose tissue, autonomic dysfunction and oxidative stress are important mechanisms that trigger and maintainatrial fibrillation. Those mechanisms are reviewed herein.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305726","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":"Mechanisms of Myocardial Stunning in Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy*","authors":"Dechun Yin","doi":"10.15212/cvia.2022.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15212/cvia.2022.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, in contrast to acute myocardial infarction, is a type of acute heart failure characterizedby reversible left ventricular dysfunction. Cardiac imaging primarily reveals left ventricle myocardial stunning, 81.7%of which is apical type. Emotional or psychological stress usually precedes the onset of stress-induced cardiomyopathy,which is increasingly being recognized as a unique neurogenic myocardial stunning disease. To distinguish betweenacute myocardial infarction and acute viral or auto-immune myocarditis, this review summarizes specific mechanismsof myocardial stunning in stress-induced cardiomyopathy, such as calcium disorders, metabolic alterations, anatomicaland histological variations in different parts of the left ventricle, and microvascular dysfunction.","PeriodicalId":41559,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67305454","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}