Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.105
P. Rao
{"title":"Diagnosis of cardiac murmurs in children","authors":"P. Rao","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.105","url":null,"abstract":"Heart murmurs are frequently heard, and the murmurs are the usual cause for uncovering heart defects in pediatric patients. The murmurs are grouped into systolic murmurs, diastolic murmurs, and continuous murmurs. Cautious assessment of the murmur and associated abnormalities in physical examination are likely to produce correct diagnosis of the cause of the murmur. Sometimes it may be necessary to utilize noninvasive and invasive (rarely) investigations to achieve an accurate diagnosis. Nonetheless, such diagnostic studies may frequently be required for quantification, and before intervention either by transcatheter methods or by surgery.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67654198","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.118
T. Bilfinger
{"title":"Daily atrial fibrillation issues: the view-point of a practicing surgeon","authors":"T. Bilfinger","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.118","url":null,"abstract":"Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is encountered daily by the cardiac surgeon. How to deal with a patient with pre existing AF who is on anticoagulation taking into account urgency, type of anticoagulation and procedure planned are some of the daily considerations encountered. When to start anticoagulation and other pharmacotherapy after the occurrence of post-op atrial fibrillation and the use of ablative therapies in view of bleeding and other complications are daily judgement calls made by surgeons. Whom to offer combined interventions are decisions the surgeon faces daily. While guidelines help in broad strokes, there is little help for individual situations which is due to structural problems and absence of universal definitions resulting in the lack of granular data needed for practical individualized daily decision making.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67654395","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.125
J. Trahanas, O. Jarral, Chandler Long, G. Hughes, Frank W. Sellke
{"title":"Management of chronic type B aortic dissection","authors":"J. Trahanas, O. Jarral, Chandler Long, G. Hughes, Frank W. Sellke","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.125","url":null,"abstract":"The standard of care first-line therapy for uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection is medical therapy. As a result, many of these dissections progress to become chronic type B aortic dissections (CTBAD). In the following manuscript, we will outline the natural history of these lesions and review what constitutes a CTBAD by anatomy and chronology. We will also describe the long-term medical management and surveillance of these lesions, what constitutes high-risk features, and when intervention should be considered. Endovascular, open and hybrid management strategies, potential complications, and subsequently required surveillance will also be discussed. With proper medical management, surveillance, and intervention, CTBAD can be managed effectively and downstream morbidity minimized.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67654909","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.81
S. Pica, M. Lombardi
{"title":"Disclosing the cardiomyopathic substrate within the heart muscles in amyloidosis by cardiac magnetic resonance: diagnostic and prognostic implications","authors":"S. Pica, M. Lombardi","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.81","url":null,"abstract":"The use of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for accurate morphological assessment of cardiomyopathies is well described. CMR tissue characterization with late gadolinium enhancement and parametric mapping is highly promising in differentiating key etiologies of left ventricular hypertrophy, diagnosing cardiac involvement in systemic amyloidosis, detecting early disease, and tracking changes over time, as well as providing valuable prognostic information. This review focuses on the typical imaging findings in cardiac amyloidosis by CMR, highlighting its potentials with respect to traditional imaging techniques. Furthermore, the diagnostic and prognostic role of CMR parameters and the future perspectives related to the newest applications are addressed.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67655432","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-03-05DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.103
Haider Aldiwani, Michael D Nelson, Behzad Sharif, Janet Wei, T Jake Samuel, Nissi Suppogu, Odayme Quesada, Galen Cook-Wiens, Edward Gill, Lidia S Szczepaniak, Louise E J Thomson, Balaji Tamarappoo, Anum Asif, Chrisandra Shufelt, Daniel Berman, C Noel Bairey Merz
{"title":"Reduced myocardial perfusion is common among subjects with ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a report from the WISE-CVD continuation study.","authors":"Haider Aldiwani, Michael D Nelson, Behzad Sharif, Janet Wei, T Jake Samuel, Nissi Suppogu, Odayme Quesada, Galen Cook-Wiens, Edward Gill, Lidia S Szczepaniak, Louise E J Thomson, Balaji Tamarappoo, Anum Asif, Chrisandra Shufelt, Daniel Berman, C Noel Bairey Merz","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.103","DOIUrl":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Women with evidence of ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) have an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events, including heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). To investigate potential links between INOCA and HFpEF, we examined pathophysiological findings present in both INOCA and HFpEF.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed adenosine stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) in 56 participants, including 35 women with suspected INOCA, 13 women with HFpEF, and 8 reference control women. Myocardial perfusion imaging was performed at rest and with vasodilator stress with intravenous adenosine. Myocardial perfusion reserve index was quantified as the ratio of the upslope of increase in myocardial contrast at stress <i>vs</i>. rest. All CMRI measures were quantified using CVI42 software (Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc). Statistical analysis was performed using linear regression models, Fisher's exact tests, ANOVA, or Kruskal-Wallis tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Age (<i>P</i> = 0.007), Body surface area (0.05) were higher in the HFpEF group. Left ventricular ejection fraction (<i>P</i> = 0.02) was lower among the INOCA and HFpEF groups than reference controls after age adjustment. In addition, there was a graded reduction in myocardial perfusion reserve index in HFpEF <i>vs</i>. INOCA <i>vs</i>. reference controls (1.5 ± 0.3, 1.8 ± 0.3, 1.9 ± 0.3, <i>P</i> = 0.02), which was attenuated with age-adjustment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Reduced myocardial perfusion reserve appears to be a common pathophysiologic feature in INOCA and HFpEF patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9278056/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10785179","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.115
Stephen D. Waterford, Lindsey M Prescher, Michal Ad, L. A. Santore, Cordell Spellman, N. Ad
{"title":"Amiodarone and postoperative atrial fibrillation","authors":"Stephen D. Waterford, Lindsey M Prescher, Michal Ad, L. A. Santore, Cordell Spellman, N. Ad","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.115","url":null,"abstract":"New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) develops in 10%-50% of patients after cardiac surgery. In this review, we focus on risk factors associated with POAF and the different pharmacological strategies used for prophylaxis, with special attention to amiodarone. The use of amiodarone will be discussed both as a prophylactic regimen used before and following cardiac surgery, but also as a rhythm control treatment in patients who develop POAF. Finally, we conclude by reviewing gaps in the literature on amiodarone and further studies which could close these gaps.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67654304","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.120
Daniel F Pardo, F. Grover, Jessica Y. Rove, A. Shroyer
{"title":"Improving future postoperative atrial fibrillation care: a 30,000-foot viewpoint","authors":"Daniel F Pardo, F. Grover, Jessica Y. Rove, A. Shroyer","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.120","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: In the United States (US), post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common complication following cardiac surgery. In order to understand the opportunities to improve POAF patients’ care, this “30,000 foot” review evaluated the professional society POAF database/registry definitions and guideline recommendations. Methods: All US-based professional society organizations with an interventional cardiac database/registry and/or cardiac care guidelines were identified; from these, the POAF database definitions and guideline recommendations were evaluated using a content analysis approach. Results: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) POAF definition was the most frequently referenced definition (21% of key references). Only 50% (n = 5/10) US cardiac surgery databases/registries included any POAF definition; compared to STS, the other five definitions required substantially more detailed documentation. Across eight guidelines, three different types of POAF recommendations were found: risk assessment (n = 3); prevention (n = 7); and management (n = 8). As a common feature, the risk assessment strategies tended to focus on advanced age (n = 6). Beta-blockers (n = 5) and amiodarone (n = 6) were common prevention approaches. Uniformly, anti-coagulation was the only management strategy (n = 8) recommended, barring any contraindications. Conclusion: Across ten professional societies, 50% had no POAF definition; of the remaining five, no POAF definitional consistency was found. Across the eight US-based professional society POAF-related guidelines, only anticoagulation was uniformly recommended. Given these “big picture” findings, professional societies are urged to work collaboratively to harmonize these divergent POAF definitions and consolidate their evidence-based guideline recommendations to improve future POAF patients’ quality of care.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67654843","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.126
C. Di Nora, S. Sponga, C. Nalli, M. Driussi, I. Vendramin, G. Benedetti, G. Guzzi, M. Imazio, U. Livi
{"title":"Heart transplantation in cardiac amyloidosis","authors":"C. Di Nora, S. Sponga, C. Nalli, M. Driussi, I. Vendramin, G. Benedetti, G. Guzzi, M. Imazio, U. Livi","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.126","url":null,"abstract":"It is known that the prognosis of patients affected by light-chain (AL) or transthyretin-related (TTR) amyloidosis is poor. TTR amyloidosis has usually shown a slower progression than AL amyloidosis, both hereditary TTR amyloidosis, where there is an inherited mutation in the DNA, and wild-type TTR amyloidosis, which usually affects the elderly. In this paper, the current literature about heart transplantation on cardiac amyloidosis patients is extensively reviewed. The two most frequent types of cardiac amyloidosis have been considered for heart transplantation: AL amyloidosis and wild-type TTR amyloidosis. According to this analysis, it is reasonable that heart transplantation may represent a valuable option in carefully selected patients. Moreover, it could improve prognosis, enabling autologous stem cell transplantation in the AL amyloidosis subgroup. In our humble opinion, it is mandatory to define a multidisciplinary approach to help select candidates to obtain the most effective results.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67654959","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.146
Daniel F Pardo, A. L. Shroyer, T. Bilfinger
{"title":"Global variation in the incidence of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac and non-cardiac surgery: a systematic review","authors":"Daniel F Pardo, A. L. Shroyer, T. Bilfinger","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.146","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: In the US, postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common complication after cardiac surgery and a frequent complication after non-cardiac surgery, causing excess patient length of stay and costs. After a comprehensive review looking for validated statistically significant data sets, too few data, particularly from outside of the US and Europe, could be found to perform a conclusive analysis, but there is enough data for a well-informed, educated opinion. Methods: A systematic review analyzing 28 international and US studies of POAF hospital length of stay were identified; from this excess and % excess along with total patient length of stay were calculated, where excess patient length of stay is defined as the difference in post-operative stay between POAF and non-POAF patients in days. Geographic variabilities were calculated using chi-square analyses for US regions and international comparisons for a variety of surgical procedures with POAF. Results: Geographic variability analyses when corrected for total hospital stay showed a 325% longer excess patient length of stay (days) in the US vs. Europe (3.4 days vs. 0.8 days) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). It also showed a 27.3% longer excess patient length of stay (days) in the US vs. Europe (4.2 days vs. 3.3 days) for lung resections. These were both statistically significant at P < 0.001. Conclusion: There appear to be substantial variations in POAF-related care practices worldwide. In all practice settings, POAF causes increased patient length of stay. Europeans appear to do better than the US in POAF patients’ length of stay for CABG but not for lung resections. POAF is a worldwide problem where international cooperation in research and development of best practice guidelines would be particularly fruitful.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67655138","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}
Vessel plusPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.149
S. Goldman, J. Traverse, M. Zile, E. Juneman, B. Greenberg, R. Kelly, Jennifer W. Koevary, J. Lancaster
{"title":"Perspective on the development of a bioengineered patch to treat heart failure: rationale and proposed design of phase I clinical trial","authors":"S. Goldman, J. Traverse, M. Zile, E. Juneman, B. Greenberg, R. Kelly, Jennifer W. Koevary, J. Lancaster","doi":"10.20517/2574-1209.2021.149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.149","url":null,"abstract":"This perspective focuses on the development of tissue engineered (TE) cell-based therapies to treat left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and chronic heart failure (CHF). The development of induced pluripotent stem cells enabled investigators to seed or co-culture human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) alone and in combination with other cells onto bioengineered scaffolds applied to the epicardial surface of the damaged left ventricle. Using our work as an example, we show how a xenograft implant of a bioengineered scaffold embedded with human neonatal fibroblasts and seeded with hiPSC-CMs partially reversed maladaptive LV remodeling and improved LV systolic/diastolic function in an immune-competent rat model of CHF. The fibroblasts lay down an extracellular matrix and secrete growth factors that increase myocardial blood flow. This approach provides an improved cell payload that covers a larger area of the damaged left ventricle as opposed to direct cell injections into the heart or down the coronary arteries. These studies combined with ongoing studies in immune-competent Yucatan mini swine treated with the same xenograft led to the preliminary design of a proposed Phase I clinical trial that will be presented to the Federal Drug Administration. For the proposed Phase I clinical, this TE patch will be implanted onto the epicardial surface of non-immunosuppressed patients undergoing elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Ejection Fractions ≥ 20% and ≤ 45%. The primary endpoints will be adverse events/severe adverse events associated with placing the TE patch on the heart. While Phase I trials are primarily safety trials, this proposed trial is designed to obtain some potential efficacy endpoints to help with the design of future Phase II/III clinical trials. These endpoints include changes in LV remodeling that were seen in the pre-clinical animal models as well as including endpoints that focus on patient well-being.","PeriodicalId":75299,"journal":{"name":"Vessel plus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67655150","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}