Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-13DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2025.2462439
Benoît Doyen
{"title":"Persistent atrial thrombus after replace the mitral valve with a bioprosthesis anchored via a transapical approach.","authors":"Benoît Doyen","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2025.2462439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2025.2462439","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405125","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-10DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2025.2459453
Cools Bjorn, Pieter De Meester, Werner Budts, Ruth Heying, Alexander Vande Bruaene, Derize Boshoff, Anouk Depypere, Stephen Brown, Marc Gewillig
{"title":"Fifteen years of experience with the melody<sup>™</sup> TPV for percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement.","authors":"Cools Bjorn, Pieter De Meester, Werner Budts, Ruth Heying, Alexander Vande Bruaene, Derize Boshoff, Anouk Depypere, Stephen Brown, Marc Gewillig","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2025.2459453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2025.2459453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Melody<sup>™</sup> TPV has been used as an alternative to surgical pulmonary valve replacement; limited medium-term follow-up data are available.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To report the follow-up data of all Melody<sup>™</sup> TPVs implanted locally over a 15-year period (2006-2021).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Single-centre non-randomised prospective observational study of all implanted Melody<sup>™</sup> valves in the pulmonary position.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>234 Melody<sup>™</sup> valves were implanted at a mean age of 20.8 ± 24.6y. Indications for valve implantation included: pulmonary stenosis (47.2%,) regurgitation (30.9%), and mixed pathology (21.9%). The implant zone substrate consisted of homograft in 52.6%, patched right ventricular outflow tract in 33.8%, and bioprostheses in 13.6% of the cases. Valve survival at 10 years was 89% and 72% at 15 years follow-up. Pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary and tricuspid valve regurgitation demonstrated no significant evolution over the 15-year follow-up. Over the study period, there were 7 deaths at a mean age of 54.2 ± 21.1y; none was valve related. Valve failure was observed in 22 cases (9.4%), mainly due to endocarditis 13/22 (59.0%). The overall incidence of endocarditis was 1.5% per patient-year and occurred in 10.2% (<i>n</i> = 24) of patients 2.7 ± 1.6y after TPV, mostly in younger men (median 18.3, range 8.1 - 49.5 y). Balloon dilatation to accommodate for somatic growth was successful in all 17 (7.3%) attempted cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Melody<sup>™</sup> valve had a low risk for valve failure with overall well-preserved valve function over up to 15 years of follow-up. Endocarditis remains a concern. The Melody<sup>™</sup> valve is competitive with other surgical and percutaneous conduits.</p>","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381403","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-10DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2025.2462438
Tana Berisha, Adriana Postolache, Laura Vrancken, François Jouret, Patrizio Lancellotti, Caroline Le Goff
{"title":"About a \"false-positive\" case of elevated troponin levels: differential diagnosis.","authors":"Tana Berisha, Adriana Postolache, Laura Vrancken, François Jouret, Patrizio Lancellotti, Caroline Le Goff","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2025.2462438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2025.2462438","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381401","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-10DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2025.2460402
Bülent Özlek, Süleyman Barutçu
{"title":"Right heart and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the dark side of the moon.","authors":"Bülent Özlek, Süleyman Barutçu","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2025.2460402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2025.2460402","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381413","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-05DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2025.2460406
Nino Gudushauri, Edgar Theodore Polintan, Irakli Lemonjava, Rajiv Hans Menghrajani, Pia Gabrielle Alfonso, Samir Shah, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Kevin Bryan Lo, Janani Rangaswami
{"title":"Torsemide vs. furosemide in congestive heart failure: a systematic-review and meta-analysis on mortality and rehospitalization.","authors":"Nino Gudushauri, Edgar Theodore Polintan, Irakli Lemonjava, Rajiv Hans Menghrajani, Pia Gabrielle Alfonso, Samir Shah, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Kevin Bryan Lo, Janani Rangaswami","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2025.2460406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2025.2460406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Current guidelines suggest the use of loop diuretics as the preferred agent for decongestion in patients with heart failure. However, there is no clear evidence as to superiority of one loop diuretic over the other. The understanding of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic superiority of torsemide over furosemide has generated the hypothesis that these features could result in better clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine whether the use of torsemide is associated with reduced risk for mortality and rehospitalizations in comparison to furosemide among patients with heart failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study involves a comprehensive search of literature from PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrials.gov of clinical trials addressing the use of torsemide vs. furosemide in patients with heart failure. Pooled risk ratios (RR) were used to measure association for all outcomes with inverse-variance weighting and random effects model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature search included 188 studies that were screened individually. A total of 24 studies were identified out of which 12 were excluded. The pooled risk ratio (RR) revealed all-cause mortality of 0.98 [0.87 to 1.10] with 0% heterogeneity, all cause rehospitalization of 0.95 [0.88 to 1.02] with 5% heterogeneity, and heart failure rehospitalization of 0.85 [0.52 to 1.38] with 55% heterogeneity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Considering the evidence from pooled randomised trials, the use of torsemide compared to furosemide did not result in statistically significant differences in all-cause mortality or rehospitalization rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143254228","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-06-24DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2024.2347681
Mansi Verma, Medhira Kaushal, Sushma Makhaik
{"title":"Patent ductus arteriosus complicated by pulmonary artery aneurysm and chronic thromboembolism: a rare case of 'double trouble'.","authors":"Mansi Verma, Medhira Kaushal, Sushma Makhaik","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2024.2347681","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00015385.2024.2347681","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"89-90"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445242","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-03DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2024.2410597
Donia M Sobh, Nihal M Batouty, Sherif A Sakr, Ahmed M Tawfik
{"title":"Right coronary ostial atresia with Vieussens' arterial ring.","authors":"Donia M Sobh, Nihal M Batouty, Sherif A Sakr, Ahmed M Tawfik","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2024.2410597","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00015385.2024.2410597","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"97-98"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142363858","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}
Acta cardiologicaPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2024.2442800
Alexander E Berezin
{"title":"Deterioration of endothelial function as a risk factor for osteoporosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and MAFLD.","authors":"Alexander E Berezin","doi":"10.1080/00015385.2024.2442800","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00015385.2024.2442800","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6979,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica","volume":" ","pages":"99-101"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142833393","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}