JACC. AsiaPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.01.006
Patricia K. Nguyen MD, MBA , Dong Zhao MD, PhD , Tomonori Okamura MD, PhD , Hyeon Chang Kim MD, PhD , Nathan D. Wong PhD , Eugene Yang MD, MS
{"title":"Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Models in China, Japan, and Korea","authors":"Patricia K. Nguyen MD, MBA , Dong Zhao MD, PhD , Tomonori Okamura MD, PhD , Hyeon Chang Kim MD, PhD , Nathan D. Wong PhD , Eugene Yang MD, MS","doi":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in the United States is currently based upon large epidemiological studies in primarily non-Hispanic White subjects. Although this strategy provides a uniform approach that is simpler to implement, it may result in inappropriately targeting certain Asian populations for treatment based on inaccurate ASCVD risk estimation. In this state-of-the-art review, we detail the similarities and differences in the prevalence of ASCVD and its risk factors among Chinese, Japanese, and Korean people living in the United States and in their native countries. We highlight the limitations of current risk calculators when applied to East Asian immigrants and summarize risk stratification approaches in China, Japan, and Korea. Our review underscores the need to disaggregate registry, cohort, and clinical trial data by East Asian subgroups, to actively engage these populations in research, and to initiate studies to better define ASCVD risk in East Asian people living in the United States.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":73529,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Asia","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 333-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548530","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}
JACC. AsiaPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.11.008
Yu-Han Wu MS, PharmD , Shin-Yi Lin MS , Fang-Ju Lin PhD , Sung-Chun Tang MD, PhD , Chi-Chuan Wang PhD
{"title":"Outcomes of Reinitiating Direct Oral Anticoagulants After Intracranial Hemorrhage","authors":"Yu-Han Wu MS, PharmD , Shin-Yi Lin MS , Fang-Ju Lin PhD , Sung-Chun Tang MD, PhD , Chi-Chuan Wang PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Whether or not to reinitiate direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in atrial fibrillation patients who survived an antithrombotic agent-associated intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) event remains inconclusive.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of DOACs after ICH, with the secondary objective to explore the optimal timing of DOAC reinitiation.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A sequential target trial emulation study was conducted using the National Health Insurance claims data in Taiwan. We included AF patients receiving antithrombotic therapy who later developed an ICH event between June 2012 and December 2018. Post-ICH DOAC reinitiation status was assessed at 6 consecutive 14-day intervals after discharge. We further stratified our analysis using the stroke severity index to explore the optimal timing of DOAC reinitiation. Study outcomes were all-cause mortality, ICH, and ischemic stroke. Adjusted HRs (aHRs) were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>DOAC reinitiation was associated with lower risks of all-cause mortality (aHR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.61-0.88) without increased ICH risk (aHR: 1.21; 95% CI: 0.81-1.80) compared with no antithrombotic therapy after ICH. The ischemic stroke risk after reinitiating DOAC was similar to that with no antithrombotic therapy (aHR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.47-1.14). Reinitiating DOACs within 14 and 28 days after discharge most benefited patients with low and high ICH severity, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>DOAC is associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality. The optimal timing of DOAC reinitiation varies by ICH severity, with later reinitiation recommended for patients with higher ICH severity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":73529,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Asia","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 361-370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143547847","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}
JACC. AsiaPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.10.008
Kent Chak-yu So MBChB , Jianqiang Xu MD , Kevin Ka-ho Kam MBChB , Shih-Hsien Sung MD , Krissada Meemook MD , Dee Dee Wang MD , Gilbert H.L. Tang MD, MSc, MBA , Alex Pui-wai Lee MBChB, MD , Yat-yin Lam MBBS
{"title":"Current Status of Tricuspid Valve Interventions in Asia Pacific Region","authors":"Kent Chak-yu So MBChB , Jianqiang Xu MD , Kevin Ka-ho Kam MBChB , Shih-Hsien Sung MD , Krissada Meemook MD , Dee Dee Wang MD , Gilbert H.L. Tang MD, MSc, MBA , Alex Pui-wai Lee MBChB, MD , Yat-yin Lam MBBS","doi":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.10.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.10.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transcatheter tricuspid interventions are becoming increasingly more common in Asia Pacific. In the past decade, clinicians in Asia Pacific have worked with a multitude of new transcatheter tricuspid technologies. A standardized clinical algorithm to diagnose symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation to increase patient access to novel right heart therapies has not yet been identified. Anatomic diversity in the Asia Pacific patient population; disease prevalence patterns; and socioeconomic, cultural, and local health structures represent unique challenges in the treatment of these patients with right heart failure. As advancements are made in right heart failure and transcatheter tricuspid technologies, hopefully more patients can be treated not just in Asia Pacific, but across the entire world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":73529,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Asia","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 405-423"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697859","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}
JACC. AsiaPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.11.020
Randolph H.L. Wong MBChB
{"title":"Decoding the Indications of Tricuspid Valve Surgery During Aortic Valve Replacement","authors":"Randolph H.L. Wong MBChB","doi":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.11.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.11.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73529,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Asia","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 465-466"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143698079","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}
JACC. AsiaPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.01.008
Fuk Kei Fong MBBS, Kent Chak-yu So MBChB
{"title":"The Search for an Ideal Left Atrial Appendage Occluder","authors":"Fuk Kei Fong MBBS, Kent Chak-yu So MBChB","doi":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.01.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73529,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Asia","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 388-389"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548439","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}