Leigh Clanton, Daniel B. Cobb, Misha Huang, M. Krantz
{"title":"Hitode heart: a report of two cases of midventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy","authors":"Leigh Clanton, Daniel B. Cobb, Misha Huang, M. Krantz","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000035","url":null,"abstract":"Stress cardiomyopathy presents very similarly to acute coronary syndrome and its multiple inciting stressors make the decision to obtain angiography challenging. Here we describe two cases of stress cardiomyopathy presenting with a rare variant ECG pattern of a starfish. The first case presented after an emotional stressor with a history of diabetes and hypothyroidism. The second case presented after a traumatic brain injury with presumed underlying primary idiopathic hypercalciuria. We discuss the implications of calcium metabolic abnormalities on stress cardiomyopathy in classic presentations and morphologic variants. Cardiovasc Endocrinol 3:142–144 c 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"3 1","pages":"142-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77842704","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":"Conference report: European Association for the Study of Diabetes","authors":"A. Krentz","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000041","url":null,"abstract":"More than 2200 abstracts were submitted for consideration at the 2014 annual conference; of these, just over 50% were accepted for presentation. Follow-up of previous EASD conferences suggests that this high rejection rate reliably predicts the subsequent publication of full research papers in high-quality diabetes journals. Of necessity, given the wide variety of topics that were covered, this personal report is highly selective.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87756310","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. Hailpern, Fabienne Santel, J. Mazurek, Sheila Ramirez, Joshua Remick, Joshua Klein, U. Schubart, Charles W. Nordin
{"title":"Hemoglobin A1c less than 6.5% on admission increases risk for in-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients with diabetes and chest pain","authors":"S. Hailpern, Fabienne Santel, J. Mazurek, Sheila Ramirez, Joshua Remick, Joshua Klein, U. Schubart, Charles W. Nordin","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000033","url":null,"abstract":"BackgroundAs the association between low hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with chest pain and myocardial infarction has not been extensively examined, a prospective cohort study was conducted to examine whether low HbA1c magnifies mortality risk. Patients and methodsA total of 717 consecutive patients (284 with diabetes and 433 without known diabetes) admitted to a public hospital over a 6-month period with chest pain and troponin measurement were included. HbA1c was obtained upon admission. Mortality was confirmed by National Death Index search. Cox proportional hazards models were constructed for the sample stratified by diabetes status. ResultsThe unadjusted incidence of mortality during hospitalization in patients with diabetes and HbA1c less than 6.5% (n=55) was 3.84 compared with those with HbA1c of 6.5% or more (n=229). In Cox proportional hazard models, patients with diabetes and HbA1c less than 6.5% had higher risk for in-hospital (hazard ratio 3.51, 95% confidence interval 1.25–9.83, P=0.02) and 1-year mortality (hazard ratio 3.50, 95% confidence interval 1.84–6.64, P<0.001) compared with those with HbA1c of 6.5% or more. No increase in risk was seen for those without diabetes and HbA1c less than 6.5%. Hypoglycemia (serum glucose<3.89 mmol/l) was more frequent in patients with diabetes and HbA1c less than 6.5% (44%) than those with HbA1c of 6.5% or more (22%) (P=0.001). Patients with hypoglycemia and diabetes had significantly higher rate of in-hospital mortality than those without [13.33% (10/75) vs. 2.87% (6/209), P<0.001]. ConclusionPatients with diabetes admitted for chest pain with HbA1c less than 6.5% may be at increased risk for in-hospital and 1-year mortality. The mechanism for death may be mediated in part by hypoglycemia.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"59 1","pages":"85–91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89484402","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}
L. Joosten, L. Malan, A. S. Uys, A. Alkerwi, N. Malan
{"title":"Acute cardiometabolic responses facilitating a state of chronic hyperglycemia and renal impairment: the SABPA study","authors":"L. Joosten, L. Malan, A. S. Uys, A. Alkerwi, N. Malan","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000019","url":null,"abstract":"BackgroundAugmented &agr;-adrenergic response patterns are associated with vascular risk in Africans. Therefore, the aims of this study were (a) to assess ethnic differences related to glucose and cardiovascular responses during acute laboratory stress, and (b) to assess whether these responses are associated with chronic hyperglycemia (HbA1c≥5.7%) and albumin : creatinine ratio (ACR). Materials and methodsAmbulatory blood pressure of 81 African and 100 Caucasian men was recorded. Beat-to-beat blood pressure was obtained during exposure to the Color Word Conflict (STROOP) and Cold Pressor Tests (CPT). Overnight 8 h fasting urine, basal and post-stress blood samples were collected for biochemical analyses. ResultsAugmented glucose responses (P<0.001) were shown by the African men in response to the STROOP and CPT, in contrast to their Caucasian counterparts, who showed attenuated responses. In hyperglycemic African men, an enhanced &agr;-adrenergic profile was revealed, with decreased stroke volume (P=0.07) and cardiac output responses (P=0.05). Augmented systolic blood pressure changes during the CPT predicted elevated ACR in African men [adjusted R2 0.31: &bgr;, 0.54 (0.23, 0.85), P=0.002]. In hyperglycemic Caucasian men, however, metabolic changes, that is augmented glucose changes to the STROOP test, predicted elevated ACR [adjusted R2 0.19: &bgr;, 0.33 (0.02, 0.64), P=0.04]. ConclusionAn &agr;-adrenergic-driven cardiovascular response profile acted in tandem with augmented glucose responses in African men when exposed to acute laboratory stress. Pressure overload in Africans in contrast to metabolic responses in Caucasians may suggest different underlying mechanisms for ACR, a marker of renal impairment, when in a state of chronic hyperglycemia.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"32 1","pages":"98–106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78872173","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}
E. Bartels, L. Bisgaard, C. Christoffersen, L. Nielsen
{"title":"Effect of atrial natriuretic peptide on lipolysis in the mouse heart","authors":"E. Bartels, L. Bisgaard, C. Christoffersen, L. Nielsen","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000029","url":null,"abstract":"Overweight is associated with triglyceride accumulation in cardiomyocytes, which can cause cardiac dysfunction. It is also associated with reduced synthesis and plasma concentration of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). In adipocytes, ANP stimulates lipolysis through natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A), leading to cGMP-dependent phosphorylation of hormone-sensitive lipase. Cardiac myocytes express NPR-A and hormone-sensitive lipase. In the present study, we investigated whether ANP affects triglyceride stores in the heart. Subcutaneously implanted osmotic minipumps were used to administer ANP (125 or 500 ng/kg/min) or saline to obese leptin-deficient (ob/ob) mice or lean control mice (ob/+) for a week. ANP (500 ng/kg/min) reduced blood pressure but did not affect the cardiac triglyceride stores or mRNA expression of NPR-A and NPR-C. Also, deficiency of NPR-A did not affect the cardiac triglyceride content. Finally, addition of ANP to the culture medium (10−7 mol/l) increased cellular cGMP content (P=0.009) but did not affect triglyceride stores in HL-1 cardiac myocyte cultures. Hence, ANP does not affect triglyceride stores in the murine heart.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"24 1","pages":"92–97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85922387","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":"Clarithromycin-induced QT prolongation in a patient with incidental parathyroidectomy","authors":"Faruk Kutluturk, S. Yuce, O. Ozeke","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000016","url":null,"abstract":"Acquired long QT syndrome refers to a syndrome similar to the congenital form but caused by exposure to drugs that prolong the duration of the ventricular action potential. By far the most common cause of acquired long QT syndrome is drug induced, with antiarrhythmics being the group of drugs most c","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"87 1","pages":"107-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79237737","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":"Glucose in the coronary care unit: some evidence, more questions","authors":"D. Carty, J. Petrie","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000034","url":null,"abstract":"Around a quarter of patients presenting to the hospital with chest pain have diabetes. Given the close relationship between these disorders, it is perhaps surprising that the optimal way to manage glycaemia in the coronary care unit remains uncertain. In the current issue of Cardiovascular Endocrinology, Hailpern and colleagues highlight increased mortality among patients with chest pain and diabetes who have HbA1c levels less than 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) on admission to a large municipal hospital in Bronx, New York.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"2 1","pages":"83-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76002619","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}
N. Mashele, L. Malan, J. V. van Rooyen, B. Harvey, J. Potgieter, M. Hamer
{"title":"Blunted neuroendocrine responses linking depressive symptoms and ECG-left ventricular hypertrophy in black Africans: the SABPA study","authors":"N. Mashele, L. Malan, J. V. van Rooyen, B. Harvey, J. Potgieter, M. Hamer","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000014","url":null,"abstract":"ObjectiveChronic psychosocial stress as experienced in an urban environment plays an important role in the aetiology of depression-related cardiovascular risk. It is uncertain whether acute mental stress responses aggravate this risk. Therefore, we aimed to explore the associations between depressive symptoms, neuroendocrine acute mental stress responses and cardiovascular risk, that is ECG-left ventricular hypertrophy (ECG-LVH), in a black South African cohort. Materials and methodsThe substudy sample consisted of 179 black African men and women from the Sympathetic Activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans study. Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire and the participants were stratified into black Africans with depressive symptoms and without. Cortisol and 3-methoxy-phenylglycol (MHPG) responses were analysed during rest and exposure to the Stroop mental stressor. Cortisol median split responses were determined and stratified sex groups accordingly into above (>1.5 ng/ml) and below (⩽1.5 ng/ml) responders. Blood pressure and ECG-LVH data were obtained from 24-h ambulatory monitoring and 12-lead ECG. ResultsThe Africans with depressive symptoms demonstrated mean hypertensive status, blunted cortisol and MHPG acute mental stress responses (P⩽0.05). In Africans with depressive symptoms and low cortisol stress responses, blunted MHPG acute mental stress responses were associated with ECG-LVH in Africans [adjusted R2=0.20; &bgr;=0.92 (95% confidence interval 0.74, 1.10); P⩽0.02]. ConclusionBlunted neuroendocrine responses were linked to depressive symptoms and ECG-LVH in black Africans. When coupled to their hypertensive status, these vasoconstrictive agent responses may underpin the increased long-term depression and vascular disease risk in urban Africans.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"80 1","pages":"59–65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72449483","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":"The effect of vitamin D supplementation on plasma leptin/adiponectin ratio in diabetic individuals with different haptoglobin phenotypes","authors":"A. Breslavsky, H. Oz, Z. Matas, M. Shargorodsky","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000018","url":null,"abstract":"AimThe present study was designed to evaluate the impact of high doses of vitamin D on plasma leptin/adiponectin ratio (LAR) and on glucose homeostasis parameters in diabetic individuals with different haptoglobin phenotypes. Materials and methodsIn a randomized, placebo-controlled study, 47 diabetic patients were assigned to two groups: group 1 received an oral supplementation of vitamin D daily at a dose of 1000 U/day and group 2 received matching placebo capsules. In addition, each group was divided into two subgroups by Hp phenotype: subgroup 1 included diabetic patients with the Hp 2-2 phenotype and subgroup 2 included non-Hp 2-2 patients. ResultsAfter 12 months, LAR decreased significantly from 3.6±2.5 to 2.3±1.5 (P=0.039) in patients with the Hp 2-2 phenotype and did not change significantly in non-Hp 2-2 diabetic patients receiving vitamin D. No change was detected in LAR in subgroups of patients receiving placebo. ConclusionHigh doses of vitamin D supplementation were associated with a decrease in LAR in diabetic patients with the Hp 2-2 phenotype.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"105 1","pages":"74–78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89007077","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}
Bart J. M. Eskens, Hanneke Cobelens, H. Vink, J. VanTeeffelen
{"title":"Acute enzymatic glycocalyx degradation results in reduced insulin sensitivity but normal glucose tolerance in conscious rats","authors":"Bart J. M. Eskens, Hanneke Cobelens, H. Vink, J. VanTeeffelen","doi":"10.1097/XCE.0000000000000017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/XCE.0000000000000017","url":null,"abstract":"Perturbation of the endothelial glycocalyx has been suggested to be an early event in the development of endothelial dysfunction during increased cardiovascular risk exposure. Previously, we showed in anesthetized rats that acute enzymatic degradation of the endothelial glycocalyx was associated with impaired insulin-mediated glucose disposal, suggesting a role of the glycocalyx in regulation of glucose homeostasis. In the current study, we tested the acute effect of enzymatic glycocalyx treatment on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in conscious rats. In rats that had had their femoral artery and vein cannulated 1 week before the experiment, intravenous glucose and insulin tolerance tests were performed before and after acute degradation of the endothelial glycocalyx using an intravenous bolus of hyaluronidase. During the intravenous glucose tolerance test, glucose tolerance did not differ between the hyaluronidase-treated and control animals, but was associated with a 1.5-fold higher plasma insulin level in the former group. Further, glycocalyx treatment significantly decreased insulin-mediated glucose disposal during intravenous insulin tolerance tests, as observed from the reduced insulin-mediated glucose disposal rate from 3.3±0.1%/min in control rats to 2.6±0.2%/min in the hyaluronidase-treated rats. These results support a role for the endothelial glycocalyx in the regulation of peripheral insulin sensitivity. The reduction in insulin sensitivity during acute glycocalyx damage, however, does not have an immediate effect on glucose tolerance because of a compensatory increase in plasma insulin levels.","PeriodicalId":72529,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular endocrinology","volume":"27 1","pages":"66–73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83195969","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}