Alberto Piserra López Fernández de Heredia, Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Javier Torres Llergo, Magdalena Carrillo Bailen, María Sánchez de Castro, Margarita Fernández de la Mata, Arancha Díaz Exposito, Alejandro I Pérez Cabeza, Mónica Delgado Ortega, María García Fortes, Inmaculada Fernández Valenzuela, Marinela Chaparro Muñoz, Alicia Rodríguez Fernández, Ana María Rodríguez Almodóvar, Inara Alarcón de la Lastra Cubiles, Fátima Esteban Martínez, Francisco Javier Capote Huelva, José Javier Sánchez Fernandez, Dolores Mesa Rubio
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Clinical profile and cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation and hematologic malignancies with recent initiation of targeted therapy: real-life data from CANAC-FA registry\" [Current Problems in Cardiology 50(2025):102974].","authors":"Alberto Piserra López Fernández de Heredia, Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Javier Torres Llergo, Magdalena Carrillo Bailen, María Sánchez de Castro, Margarita Fernández de la Mata, Arancha Díaz Exposito, Alejandro I Pérez Cabeza, Mónica Delgado Ortega, María García Fortes, Inmaculada Fernández Valenzuela, Marinela Chaparro Muñoz, Alicia Rodríguez Fernández, Ana María Rodríguez Almodóvar, Inara Alarcón de la Lastra Cubiles, Fátima Esteban Martínez, Francisco Javier Capote Huelva, José Javier Sánchez Fernandez, Dolores Mesa Rubio","doi":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"103131"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Fernández Ruiz, Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Consuelo Fernández-Avilés Irache, Ana María Rodríguez Almodóvar, Mónica Delgado Ortega, Fátima Esteban Martínez, Adriana Resúa Collazo, Gloria Heredia Campos, Manuel Pan Álvarez-Ossorio, Dolores Mesa Rubio
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"New severity criteria for tricuspid regurgitation in a broad population of \"real life\" patients: prevalence and prognostic impact\" [Current Problems in Cardiology 49(2024) 102211].","authors":"Ana Fernández Ruiz, Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Consuelo Fernández-Avilés Irache, Ana María Rodríguez Almodóvar, Mónica Delgado Ortega, Fátima Esteban Martínez, Adriana Resúa Collazo, Gloria Heredia Campos, Manuel Pan Álvarez-Ossorio, Dolores Mesa Rubio","doi":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"103130"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Readers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0146-2806(25)00156-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0146-2806(25)00156-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":"50 9","pages":"Article 103136"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guidelines for Authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0146-2806(25)00162-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0146-2806(25)00162-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":"50 9","pages":"Article 103142"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to \"Selexipag in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials\" [Current Problems in Cardiology 48(2023) 101466].","authors":"Jinlv Qin, Guizuo Wang, Dong Han","doi":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103127","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"103127"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144735155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bilal Hussain MD , Sanchit Duhan MBBS , Bansari Patel MD , Yu-Chun Chang MS3 PhD , Mohammad Hamza MD , Maria Najam MD , Mustafa Sajjad Cheema MD , Mubashar Karamat MD , Junaid Mir MD , Bijeta Keisham MD , M. Chadi Alraies MD , Yasar Sattar MD
{"title":"Tafamidis: A game changer in transthyretin cardiomyopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis of safety and efficacy","authors":"Bilal Hussain MD , Sanchit Duhan MBBS , Bansari Patel MD , Yu-Chun Chang MS3 PhD , Mohammad Hamza MD , Maria Najam MD , Mustafa Sajjad Cheema MD , Mubashar Karamat MD , Junaid Mir MD , Bijeta Keisham MD , M. Chadi Alraies MD , Yasar Sattar MD","doi":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103129","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103129","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>Tafamidis was FDA-approved for Transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) due to its demonstrated reduction in mortality and hospitalizations.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>976 studies from PubMed and Embase were screened. Seven studies were included that compared tafamidis treatment with no tafamidis for ATTR-CM. The mantel-Haenszel method was used for binary outcomes, and Hedges’ g was used for continuous outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Tafamidis was associated with decreased odds of mortality (OR 0.55, 95 % CI 0.42-0.73, I<sup>2</sup>=41 %, p<0.0001) and reduced CHF exacerbations (OR 0.71, 95 % CI 0.51-0.99, I<sup>2</sup>= 0 %, p= 0.04). While, CHF related hospitalizations (OR 0.35, 95 % CI 0.07-1.67, I2= 87 %, p= 0.19), atrial arrhythmias (OR 0.98, 95 % CI 0.67-1.42, I<sup>2</sup>= 0 %, p= 0.9), change in left ventricular ejection fraction (SMD 0.87, 95 % CI -0.37-2.11, I<sup>2</sup>=98 %, p= 0.17), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter from baseline (SMD -0.12, 95 % CI -0.41-0.18, I<sup>2</sup>= 0 %, p= 0.4), interventricular septal thickness from baseline (SMD -0.7, 95 % CI -1.57-0.17, I<sup>2</sup>= 96 %, p= 0.11) were not statistically different for tafamidis compared to no tafamidis for ATTR-CM.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Tafamidis treatment in ATTR-CM is associated with reduced all-cause mortality and a lower incidence of CHF exacerbations. These observations are consistent with the ATTRACT trial, which supports the efficacy of tafamidis in treating ATTR-CM.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":"50 9","pages":"Article 103129"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvio Nunes Augusto Jr , Rochell Issa MD , David Kaelber MD PhD MPH , W.H. Wilson Tang MD
{"title":"Heart failure with microvascular dysfunction: Insights from a propensity-matched analysis of diabetic retinopathy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction","authors":"Silvio Nunes Augusto Jr , Rochell Issa MD , David Kaelber MD PhD MPH , W.H. Wilson Tang MD","doi":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103128","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Diabetic retinopathy, a microvascular complication of diabetes, is a significant marker of systemic vascular damage, which has been linked to increased cardio-renal disease risks. This study investigates the impact of diabetic retinopathy on all-cause mortality and adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with established heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) using real-world data.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Using data from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2021, we conducted a propensity-matched analysis of two cohorts of patients with HFrEF and diabetes without chronic kidney disease (CKD, estimated glomerular filtration rate >60 mL/min/1.73 m²), differentiated by the presence or absence of diabetic retinopathy diagnosis in the TriNetX platform. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, with secondary outcomes including acute HF, CKD progression, major adverse cardiovascular events, stroke, in-patient hospitalizations, venous thromboembolism (VTE), and peripheral arterial disease (PAD).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Following propensity score matching across demographics and clinical variables, each cohort included 15,218 patients. Acute HF was more common in the retinopathy vs non-retinopathy cohort (HR: 1.13, 95 % CI: 1.06–1.20). Results also showed significant increased risks for CKD progression (HR: 1.39, 95 % CI: 1.30–1.50), stroke (HR: 1.18, 95 % CI: 1.08–1.28), as well as PAD (HR: 1.58, 95 % CI: 1.42–1.76) for patients with diabetic retinopathy.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Diabetic retinopathy is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardio-renal outcomes in patients with established HFrEF.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":"50 10","pages":"Article 103128"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed Khanjary, Shokoh Varaei, Haitham Ibrahim Faris
{"title":"Effect of Implementation of Follow-Up Care Model on Self-Management in Patient with Chronic Heart Failure Disease.","authors":"Mohammed Khanjary, Shokoh Varaei, Haitham Ibrahim Faris","doi":"10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51006,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"103120"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144561922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}