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{"title":"Conversion of Femoral-Tibial Bypass Surgery into Deep Vein Arterialization in a Patient with Severe Peripheral Artery Disease: Post-Operative Computed Tomography and Angiography Findings","authors":"M. Parillo, D. De Stefano, V. Catanese, C. Mallio, F. Spinelli, F. Stilo, C. Quattrocchi","doi":"10.3390/hearts4010002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts4010002","url":null,"abstract":"Deep vein arterialization (DVA) is a therapeutic option in “no option” for revascularization chronic limb-threatening ischemia patients, creating an arteriovenous bypass between a proximal artery and a distal deep venous target at the ankle. Imaging plays a crucial role in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patient management. We present the case of a 71-year-old PAD patient (Rutherford class 5) with focal gangrene of the first and second toes of the right foot, who was admitted to the vascular surgery department to undergo revascularization surgery by femoro-tibial artery bypass. During surgery a DVA was performed because of an unsatisfactory distal artery target. The post-operative computed tomography angiography showed the saphenous graft patency and opacification of distal foot veins. Subsequent angiography documented the presence of a large venous collateral, responsible for extensive early wash-out to leg venous vessels, which was then embolized. After two months, the patient underwent amputation of the right first and second necrotic toes at the level of the metatarsophalangeal joints. The post-operative course was excellent, with disappearance of pain at rest and good trophism of the surgical wound.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49516619","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":"Surgical Outcomes of Three Repair Techniques for Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Adult Patients","authors":"Aleksander Dokollari, M. Cameli, M. Maccherini, Haxhire Kafazi, A. Veshti, S. Sicouri, M. Bonacchi","doi":"10.3390/hearts3040016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3040016","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To investigate primary and secondary surgical outcomes following transcaval repair (TCR), modified Warden repair, and transatrial repair techniques for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections (PAPVCs) and sinus venosus atrial septal defects (ASDs). Methods: This is an observational cohort clinical study. Patients who underwent TCR, modified Warden repair, and transatrial surgical repair for PAPVC and ASD between January 2003 and October 2019 at our institution were included in the study. Patients had one of the surgical procedures based on the anatomy of the defect. Results: Ten patients, seven (70%) males and three (30%) females, were included in the analysis. Seven patients underwent TCR, two patients the modified Warden technique, and one patient underwent transatrial surgical repair. Mean age was 57 years ± 14.7. Mean EuroScore II was 3.4 ± 3.5. The baseline left ventricle ejection fraction was 45 ± 6.5%. No patient had previous stroke, pacemaker (PM) implantation, or myocardial infarction. Total cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamping time were 123 ± 72.5 and 100 ± 48.5 min, respectively. Mean mechanical ventilation, mean intensive care unit, and mean hospital length of stay for the transcaval, modified Warden, and transatrial groups were 4.6 ± 10.7, 5.7 ± 8.8, and 10.5 ± 9.2 days, respectively. Superior caval or pulmonary venous obstruction, sinus node dysfunction, and PM implantation were not present at follow-up. The patient who underwent transatrial repair had died at 5.5-year follow-up due to myocardial infarction. Total survival rate at 6 years was 90%. Conclusions: The findings from this study elicit that all three techniques have low postoperative morbidity and are feasible and reliable procedures.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47476887","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":"Effect of Sacubitril-Valsartan on Quality of Life, Functional and Exercise Capacity in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials","authors":"Advait Vasavada, Akhil Sadhu, Carla Valencia, Hameeda Fatima, I. Nwankwo, Mahvish Anam, Shrinkhala Maharjan, Z. Amjad, A. Abaza, Safeera Khan","doi":"10.3390/hearts3040015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3040015","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Sacubitril/Valsartan use in heart failure has shown promising results in early trials. However, the effects on the overall functional capacity, exercise capacity, and quality of life are unknown. Aims: We aimed to understand the results of studies that attempted to measure these outcomes that affect the mobility and day-to-day life of these patients. Methods: MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, and ISRCTN were explored to look for clinical trials relevant to the literature. Results: A total of three high-quality randomized controlled trials were discovered that evaluated the effect of sacubitril-valsartan on functional capacity, exercise capacity, or quality of life. All of them were industry-funded and revealed no statistical difference in the mentioned outcomes. No study measured peak oxygen uptake or ventilation/carbon dioxide ratio slope. Conclusion: Sacubitril-valsartan had minimal to no impact on functional capacity, exercise capacity, or quality of life. However, future prospective studies with more sensitive outcome measures should be conducted to validate the findings.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42364106","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":"Influence of Exoskeleton Use on Cardiac Index","authors":"Marco Schalk, Ines Schalk, T. Bauernhansl, J. Siegert, U. Schneider","doi":"10.3390/hearts3040014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3040014","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to assess the whole-body physiological effects of wearing an exoskeleton during a one-hour standardized work task, utilizing the Cardiac Index (CI) as the target parameter. N = 42 young and healthy subjects with welding experience took part in the study. The standardized and abstracted one-hour workflow consists of simulated welding and grinding in constrained body positions and was completed twice by each subject, with and without an exoskeleton, in a randomized order. The CI was measured by Impedance Cardiography (ICG), an approved medical method. The difference between the averaged baseline measurement and the averaged last 10 min was computed for the conditions with and without an exoskeleton for each subject to result in and . A significant difference between the conditions with and without an exoskeleton was found, with the reduction in CI when wearing an exoskeleton amounting to 10.51%. This result corresponds to that of previous studies that analyzed whole-body physiological load by means of spiroergometry. These results suggest a strong positive influence of exoskeletons on CI and, therefore, physiological load. At the same time, they also support the hypothesis that ICG is a suitable measurement instrument to assess these effects.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44529343","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":"Healing the Broken Hearts: A Glimpse on Next Generation Therapeutics","authors":"D. Franco, E. Lozano-Velasco","doi":"10.3390/hearts3040013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3040013","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 32% of deaths globally and thus representing almost 18 million people according to WHO. Myocardial infarction, the most prevalent adult cardiovascular pathology, affects over half a million people in the USA according to the last records of the AHA. However, not only adult cardiovascular diseases are the most frequent diseases in adulthood, but congenital heart diseases also affect 0.8–1.2% of all births, accounting for mild developmental defects such as atrial septal defects to life-threatening pathologies such as tetralogy of Fallot or permanent common trunk that, if not surgically corrected in early postnatal days, they are incompatible with life. Therefore, both congenital and adult cardiovascular diseases represent an enormous social and economic burden that invariably demands continuous efforts to understand the causes of such cardiovascular defects and develop innovative strategies to correct and/or palliate them. In the next paragraphs, we aim to briefly account for our current understanding of the cellular bases of both congenital and adult cardiovascular diseases, providing a perspective of the plausible lines of action that might eventually result in increasing our understanding of cardiovascular diseases. This analysis will come out with the building blocks for designing novel and innovative therapeutic approaches to healing the broken hearts.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49636484","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 Sacubitril/Valsartan Able to Change the Timing for Implantation of Cardiac Devices in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction?","authors":"M. Nogueira, Marisa Brochado, I. Nabais, É. Batista, Carla Matias, G. Proença","doi":"10.3390/hearts3030012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3030012","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of sacubitril/valsartan on left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling, potentially modifying the timing for cardiac device implantation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), which has not been specifically addressed. Methods and results: A secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort of HFrEF patients was conducted. Inclusion criteria: patients who started sacubitril/valsartan between November 2017 and August 2019 after previous optimal medical therapy. Primary endpoint: time to achieve LV Ejection Fraction (EF) > 35%. Kaplan–Meier was used to estimate median time and Cox regression model to investigate the patients’ characteristics associated with event incidence rate. In total, 48 patients were included, with a mean age of 72.5 years, predominantly male (70.8%). From the initial 48 patients with LVEF ≤ 35%, 27 (56%) reached LVEF > 35%, in a median time of 11.3 months (95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 9.4–19.6). In multivariate analysis, baseline LVEF between 30 and 35% was associated with increased cumulative incidence of attaining LVEF > 35% (Incidence rate ratio = 3.9; 95%CI: 1.6–9.9; p-value = 0.004). Conclusion: We observed an improvement in LVEF to >35% in the majority of patients who switched to sacubitril/valsartan, illustrating its role in cardiac remodeling. We speculate that this improvement may allow delaying implantation of Cardioverter-Defibrillator/Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46162683","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 Sacubitril/Valsartan a Safe and Effective Option in Real World Patients with Mild to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease?","authors":"M. Nogueira, Marisa Brochado, I. Nabais, S. Eira, Carla Matias, G. Proença","doi":"10.3390/hearts3030011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3030011","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: Sacubitril/valsartan has shifted the landscape of heart failure (HF) treatment. As renal function (RF) is often compromised in HF patients, this study aimed to assess the evolution of RF in patients with HF with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and initiating treatment with sacubitril/valsartan. Methods and results: We present a secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort of HFrEF patients. Inclusion criteria: patients who started sacubitril/valsartan between November 2017 and August 2019, after previous optimal medical therapy, had a New York Heart Association classification of II or III, at least 6 months of follow-up, and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) below 90 mL/min/1.73 m2. Main endpoint: annualized change in eGFR. A total of 52 patients met the inclusion criteria. The average eGFR reduced from 54.2 to 52.5 mL/min/1.73 m2, at baseline and last follow-up, respectively. The average eGFR annualized change from baseline decreased 3.1 mL/min/1.73 m2/year without statistical significance (95% confidence interval: −8.7 to 2.5). No subgroup analysis presented a statistically significant annualized change in eGFR. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 30.4% to 37.9% at last follow-up. Conclusion: This real-world study demonstrated sacubitril/valsartan promoted no major harm in renal function, while maintaining effectiveness in a population of HFrEF patients with mild to severe renal disease.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48308997","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":"A Challenging Diagnosis of Unroofed Coronary Sinus, Myxoma and Left Atrial Aneurysm","authors":"Aleksander Dokollari, M. Cameli, M. Maccherini, A. Veshti, Haxhire Kafazi, M. Bonacchi","doi":"10.3390/hearts3030010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3030010","url":null,"abstract":"An unroofed coronary sinus is a malformation that leads to a shunt between the coronary sinus and the left atrium. In our case, the shunt led to the formation of a gigantic left atrial aneurysm compressing the left atrium on transesophageal echocardiography. During surgery, a myxoma was incidentally discovered.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49015436","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":"Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Myocardial Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients—An Observational Retrospective Study","authors":"Ghanshyam Patel, Jeffrey Smith, Luqman Baloch, Mario Affinati, Advait Vasavada, S. Reddy, Shikha Jain, G. Hassen, Michael E. Araya, Shrestha Adak","doi":"10.3390/hearts3030009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3030009","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 mainly causes pulmonary manifestation; nonetheless, its systemic inflammatory response involves multiple organs, including the heart. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of myocardial injury in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods and Results: We performed an observational retrospective analysis on patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a moderate-sized community hospital system. Myocardial injury was defined as highly sensitive troponin T levels in the 99th percentile above the normal upper limit for the respective biological sex. Multivariable logistic regression models were fitted to assess the association between the myocardial-injury and the no-myocardial-injury groups for primary and secondary outcomes. A total of 1632 (49.3% male, 41.7% aged 60–79 years) patients with COVID-19 were included, out of which 312 (19.1%) had a myocardial injury. Patients with myocardial injury were older (36.9% > 80 years) and had higher cardiovascular-related comorbidities than those without. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (78.5% vs. 52.0%) and cardiovascular diseases (78.2% vs. 56.1%) was much higher in the myocardial-injury group. Older age (50–64 years vs. <49 years; OR, 3.67 [1.99–6.74]), Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs) (OR, 1.44 [1.01–2.05]), Beta-blockers (OR, 2.37 [1.80–3.13]), and cardiovascular comorbidities (OR, 1.49 [1.09–2.05]) were strong predictors of cardiac injury after multivariable adjustment. Myocardial injury was strongly associated with ICU admission (adjusted OR, 1.68 [1.29–2.19]) and longer length of hospital stay (median days, 5 (3, 9) vs. 4 (2, 7)). The results do not show a significant difference in the use of mechanical ventilation (OR, 1.29 [0.87–1.89]) or in-hospital mortality (OR, 1.37 [0.98–1.91]) with respect to myocardial injury. Conclusion: This multicenter retrospective study of nearly 1600 patients revealed the following findings: Myocardial injury was observed in 1 out of 5 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 but was more often clinically insignificant. Patients of age > 65 had very high odds of having elevated troponin levels after adjusting for sex and other illnesses. Pre-existing cardiac diseases and risk factors were robust predictors of cardiac injury after adjusting for age and sex. In the adjusted model, myocardial injury was not associated with the requirement of mechanical ventilation or change in in-hospital mortality.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41938728","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":"Can Weight Loss Improve the Cardiovascular Outcomes of Patients with Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea?","authors":"Ayyad Alruwaily, Heshma Alruwaili, J. Garvey, Carel W. le Roux","doi":"10.3390/hearts3020008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts3020008","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiovascular events are the primary cause of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. The rising prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in recent decades has been linked to increasing rates of obesity. Obstructive sleep apnea has also been linked with many different cardiovascular diseases including coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation. Obesity is an increasing health concern globally, in part because obesity complications such as hypertension, diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. More than 10% weight loss may be required to prevent or reverse obesity complications. Treatment approaches to obesity include nutritional therapy, exercise therapy, pharmacotherapy, and surgical therapies. This review intends to identify the effects of weight loss on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. Despite the strong association between cardiovascular diseases and obstructive sleep apnea, randomized trials have failed to demonstrate that treatment of obstructive sleep apnea reduces cardiovascular events, even in patients with established cardiovascular diseases. Weight loss in patients with obstructive sleep apnea improves HbA1c, systolic blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, but thus far no changes in cardiovascular events have been shown. The combination of weight loss with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) appears more beneficial than either treatment in isolation. Large well-controlled trials in patients with obstructive sleep apnea to assess the effects of different weight reduction programs on cardiovascular disease are still needed.","PeriodicalId":93563,"journal":{"name":"Hearts (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41347973","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}