Perry Wengrofsky, Maya Srinivasan, Haytham Aboushi, Vaibhavi Solanki, Inna Bukharovich, Fadi Yacoub, Maria Poplawska, Samy I McFarlane
{"title":"Heart Failure and Malignancy: Implications of Chemotherapy and Radiation in the Pathogenesis of Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Treated Populations.","authors":"Perry Wengrofsky, Maya Srinivasan, Haytham Aboushi, Vaibhavi Solanki, Inna Bukharovich, Fadi Yacoub, Maria Poplawska, Samy I McFarlane","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The field of Cardio-oncology is rapidly growing with significant advances in research leading to better understanding of the underlying pathogenesis with implications in the diagnosis and management of cancer-related cardiomyopathy. Parallel to advancement in cardio-oncology is an increased awareness of the incidence of congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy associated with malignancy. While specific cardiotoxic profiles exist for certain chemotherapeutic agents, there is increasing evidence of unexpected cardiotoxic side effects of some therapeutic modalities, combination chemo- and radiotherapy with large analyses identifying a strong association between malignancy and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, also known as \"broken-heart\" syndrome or stress cardiomyopathy, is characterized by transient and reversible, regional or global, myocardial dysfunction without inciting ischemic perfusion defect from obstructive coronary artery disease. While direct causative pathophysiologic mechanisms continue to be investigated, much of the postulated pathways center on the high emotional and physical burdens of cancer and the related emotional stress associated with the diagnosis of cancer as well as the corporal effects of anti-neoplastic therapies, radiation, and oncologic surgery. In this manuscript we review the most current data in this rapidly emerging field highlighting the epidemiology, the postulated pathogenetic mechanisms as well as the current guidelines by major societies addressing malignancy -associated heart failure and cardiomyopathy, a rather complex disease entity with high morbidity and mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10545478","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}
Perry Wengrofsky, Maya Srinivasan, H. Aboushi, Vaibhavi Solanki, I. Bukharovich, Fadi Yacoub, Maria Poplawska, Samy I McFarlane
{"title":"Heart Failure and Malignancy: Implications of Chemotherapy and Radiation in the Pathogenesis of Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Treated Populations","authors":"Perry Wengrofsky, Maya Srinivasan, H. Aboushi, Vaibhavi Solanki, I. Bukharovich, Fadi Yacoub, Maria Poplawska, Samy I McFarlane","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555944","url":null,"abstract":"The field of Cardio-oncology is rapidly growing with significant advances in research leading to better understanding of the underlying pathogenesis with implications in the diagnosis and management of cancer-related cardiomyopathy. Parallel to advancement in cardio-oncology is an increased awareness of the incidence of congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy associated with malignancy. While specific cardiotoxic profiles exist for certain chemotherapeutic agents, there is increasing evidence of unexpected cardiotoxic side effects of some therapeutic modalities, combination chemo- and radiotherapy with large analyses identifying a strong association between malignancy and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, also known as “broken-heart” syndrome or stress cardiomyopathy, is characterized by transient and reversible, regional or global, myocardial dysfunction without inciting ischemic perfusion defect from obstructive coronary artery disease. While direct causative pathophysiologic mechanisms continue to be investigated, much of the postulated pathways center on the high emotional and physical burdens of cancer and the related emotional stress associated with the diagnosis of cancer as well as the corporal effects of anti-neoplastic therapies, radiation, and oncologic surgery. In this manuscript we review the most current data in this rapidly emerging field highlighting the epidemiology, the postulated pathogenetic mechanisms as well as the current guidelines by major societies addressing malignancy -associated heart failure and cardiomyopathy, a rather complex disease entity with high morbidity and mortality.","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45328187","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":"Extracardiac Inappropriate Shocks in Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: Management in Emergency Department","authors":"M. Santomauro","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555941","url":null,"abstract":"The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) is an established treatment for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. In the S-ICD studies, inappropriate shocks (IAS) rate were reported to renge between 5% to 25% and to be mainly due to cardiac and noncardiac oversensing.","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43454460","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":"Is periodontitis associated with raised blood pressure or hypertension? Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2001-2002","authors":"Jing Guan","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555940","url":null,"abstract":"There is incomplete and inconclusive evidence for the correlation between periodontitis and blood pressure, particularly from large national epidemiological studies. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the relationship between periodontitis and blood pressure and hypertension in people in USA, and to analyze confounding factors in both of them.","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43284620","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":"Mechanical Cardiac Tamponade as an Initial Presentation of Malignant Lymphoma: Case Report","authors":"M. Bouziane","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2020.16.555938","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiac tamponade results from an accumulation of pericardial fluid under pressure, leading to impaired cardiac filling and haemodynamic compromise. In malignant lymphoma, cardiac and pericardial involvement, even though relatively uncommon, can be one early manifestations of this neoplastic disease. We describe a case of a 21 year old female with no medical history, whose first presentation for mediastinal lymphoma was a mechanical cardiac tamponade.","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44216871","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":"High Bioelectrical Impedance is Associated with High Blood Pressure Among US Adults - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001 And 2002","authors":"Chaofan Liu","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2020.15.555923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2020.15.555923","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45073235","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":"Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy Due to Polycythemia Vera - A Rare Etiology","authors":"M. Butt","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2019.15.555909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2019.15.555909","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44221300","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":"Plasma Levels of SDF-1 are Acutely Correlated with Adrenergic Agonists and Modulated by β-Blockers Interactions in Hypertensive Individuals","authors":"M. Markoski","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2019.14.555897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2019.14.555897","url":null,"abstract":"To examine the acute interference of β-blockers with plasma chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), epinephrine and norepinephrine levels, as well as cardiovascular autonomic parameters.","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46568972","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":"Pulmonary Hypertension and Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Case Report with the Revision of Literature","authors":"W. Serra","doi":"10.19080/jocct.2019.14.555896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jocct.2019.14.555896","url":null,"abstract":"Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder caused by mutations of the NF1 gene that can lead to the development of benign neurofibroma-like tumours and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumours (MPNST). Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a rare but severe complication associated with NF1 (PAH-NF). PH-NF1 is classified as group 5 PH, defined as “PH with unclear and/or multifactorial mechanisms”, because the mechanisms of PH remain poorly understood. A better understanding of the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the disease may require new ways to develop specific therapies. We present the clinical outcomes of a 51-year old female previously diagnosed with NF1, who presented with progressively worsening dyspnea.","PeriodicalId":73635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiology & cardiovascular therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46350343","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}