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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38525767/an-aminoglycoside-sparing-regimen-with-double-beta-lactam-to-successfully-treat-granulicatella-adiacens-prosthetic-aortic-valve-endocarditis-time-to-change-paradigm
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Alberto Pagotto, Floriana Campanile, Paola Conti, Francesca Prataviera, Paola Della Siega, Sarah Flammini, Simone Giuliano, Luca Martini, Davide Pecori, Assunta Sartor, Maria Screm, Tosca Semenzin, Carlo Tascini
(1) Background: Granulicatella adiacens is a former nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS). NVS infective endocarditis (IE) is generally characterized by a higher rate of morbidity and mortality, partially due to difficulties in choosing the most adequate microbiological culture method and the most effective treatment strategy, and partially due to higher rates of complications, such as heart failure, peripheral septic embolism, and peri-valvular abscess, as well as a higher rate of valve replacement. Depending on the affected valve (native valve endocarditisNVE, or prosthetic valve endocarditisPVE), the American Heart Association (AHA) 2015 treatment guidelines (GLs) suggest penicillin G, ampicillin, or ceftriaxone plus gentamicin (2 weeks for NVE and up to 6 weeks for PVE), while vancomycin alone may be a reasonable alternative in patients who are intolerant of β-lactam therapy...
March 14, 2024: Infectious Disease Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38505485/explainable-machine-learning-using-echocardiography-to-improve-risk-prediction-in-patients-with-chronic-coronary-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mitchel A Molenaar, Berto J Bouma, Folkert W Asselbergs, Niels J Verouden, Jasper L Selder, Steven A J Chamuleau, Mark J Schuuring
AIMS: The European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend risk stratification with limited clinical parameters such as left ventricular (LV) function in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). Machine learning (ML) methods enable an analysis of complex datasets including transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) studies. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of ML using clinical and TTE data to predict all-cause 5-year mortality in patients with CCS and to compare its performance with traditional risk stratification scores...
March 2024: European heart journal. Digital health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489342/screening-for-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-in-patients-with-systemic-sclerosis-in-the-era-of-new-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-definitions
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mustafa Erdogan, Burcak Kilickiran Avci, Cansu Ebren, Yagmur Ersoy, Zeki Ongen, Gul Ongen, Vedat Hamuryudan, Gulen Hatemi
OBJECTIVES: This study compares the performance of three composite pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) screening tools in a real-life SSc cohort, according to both the previous 2015 ESC/ERS guideline and the recent 2022 ESC/ERS guideline haemodynamic criteria. METHODS: Consecutive SSc patients without a previous diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) were screened for PAH using the European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society (ESC/ERS), DETECT, and Australian Scleroderma Interest Group (ASIG) algorithms...
March 15, 2024: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38481485/endocarditis-prevention-time-for-a-review-of-nice-guidance
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Martin Thornhill, Bernard Prendergast, Mark Dayer, Ash Frisby, Larry M Baddour
UNLABELLED: In 2023, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) updated its infective endocarditis (IE) guidelines strongly endorsing antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) before invasive dental procedures (IDPs) for high-risk patients, elevating their recommendation to Class I. The American Heart Association (AHA) is aligned with this view and reaffirmed the need for AP to prevent IE in those at high-risk in its 2021 guidelines. In contrast, the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends against routine AP use...
April 2024: The Lancet regional health. Europe
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429191/impact-of-the-new-definition-of-pulmonary-hypertension-on-the-prevalence-of-primary-graft-dysfunction-in-lung-transplant-recipients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Víctor M Mora-Cuesta, Amaya Martínez-Meñaca, David Iturbe-Fernández, Sandra Tello-Mena, Sheila Izquierdo-Cuervo, Tamara García-Camarero, Aritz Gil-Ongay, Laura Sánchez-Moreno, Pilar Alonso-Lecue, Sara Naranjo-Gozalo, José M Cifrián-Martínez
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to lung disease (Group-3 PH) is the second leading cause of PH. The role of PH as a risk factor for primary graft dysfunction (PGD) following lung transplant (LT) is controversial. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact that the new definition of PH had on the prevalence of PH in patients with advanced lung disease-candidate for LT, and its association with the occurrence of PGD. METHOD: A retrospective study was performed in all patients undergoing cardiac catheterisation referred for consideration as candidates to LT in a centre between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022...
February 29, 2024: Heart, Lung & Circulation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38424650/eye-signs-as-a-novel-risk-predictor-in-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-associated-with-systemic-lupus-erythematosus
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Jianbin Li, Jiangbiao Xiong, Pengcheng Liu, Yilin Peng, Shuang Cai, Xia Fang, Shujiao Yu, Jun Zhao, Rui Wu
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of eye signs in predicting poor outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS: This prospective observational study recruited patients diagnosed with SLE-PAH from Jan. 2021 to Dec. 2021 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; those with other potential causes of PAH were excluded. The evaluation of various parameters, such as N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), 6-minute walking distance (6MWD), World Health Organization functional class (WHO-FC), echocardiography, and risk stratification based on the 2015 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) Guidelines, was conducted at intervals of every 1-3 months, and a 6-month follow-up period was observed...
February 29, 2024: Advances in Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38417204/-infective-endocarditis-in-hospital-mortality-predictive-factors
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Othmani Safia, Jendoubi Asma, Hedhli Hana, Jouini Sarra, Zoubli Aymen, Jemai Mouna, Maaref Amal, Ben Kaddour Rym
INTRODUCTION: Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a serious disease with significant morbidity and mortality despite therapeutic advancements. The aim of our study was to determine the predictive factors of in-hospital mortality. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective comparative study over a period of 54 months was conducted, including all patients admitted for definite infective endocarditis, diagnosed according to the modified Duke criteria published in 2015 by the European Society of Cardiology...
February 27, 2024: Annales de Cardiologie et D'angéiologie
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38330166/external-validation-of-the-2023-duke-international-society-for-cardiovascular-infectious-diseases-diagnostic-criteria-for-infective-endocarditis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas W van der Vaart, Patrick M M Bossuyt, David T Durack, Larry M Baddour, Arnold S Bayer, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Thomas L Holland, Adolf W Karchmer, Jose M Miro, Philippe Moreillon, Magnus Rasmussen, Christine Selton-Suty, Vance G Fowler, Jan T M van der Meer
INTRODUCTION: The 2023 Duke-International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) Criteria for IE were introduced to improve classification of infective endocarditis (IE) for research and clinical purposes. External validation studies are required. METHODS: We studied consecutive patients with suspected IE referred to the IE Team of Amsterdam University Medical Center (October 2016-March 2021). An international expert panel independently reviewed case summaries, and assigned a final diagnosis of "IE" or "Not IE" , which served as the reference standard, to which the "Definite" Duke-ISCVID classifications were compared...
February 8, 2024: Clinical Infectious Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38168726/evaluation-of-the-2023-duke-iscvid-and-2023-duke-esc-clinical-criteria-for-the-diagnosis-of-infective-endocarditis-in-a-multicenter-cohort-of-patients-with-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteremia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Pierre Monney, Michelle Frank, Georgios Tzimas, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Matthias Kirsch, Mathias Van Hemelrijck, Robert Bauernschmitt, Jana Epprecht, Benoit Guery, Barbara Hasse
BACKGROUND: The Duke criteria for infective endocarditis (IE) diagnosis underwent revisions in 2023 by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID). This study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of these criteria, focusing on patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). METHODS: This Swiss multicenter study conducted between 2014 and 2023 pooled data from three cohorts. It evaluated the performance of each iteration of the Duke criteria by assessing the degree of concordance between definite S...
January 3, 2024: Clinical Infectious Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38166642/does-preoperative-multidisciplinary-team-assessment-of-high-risk-patients-improve-the-safety-and-outcomes-of-patients-undergoing-surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
B I Kuiper, L M J Janssen, K S Versteeg, B L Ten Tusscher, J I van der Spoel, W D Lubbers, G Kazemier, S A Loer, P Schober, V P van Halm
BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend preoperative multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessment for high-risk surgical patients. Preoperative MDT meetings can help to improve surgical care, but there is little evidence on whether they improve patient outcomes. METHODS: This paper aims to share our experience of MDT meetings for high-risk surgical patients to underline their added value to the current standard of care. An observational study of a retrospective cohort of preoperative high-risk MDT meetings of a tertiary referral hospital between January 2015 and December 2020...
January 2, 2024: BMC Anesthesiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38158705/invasive-haemodynamics-at-rest-and-exercise-in-cardiac-amyloidosis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Margrethe Flesvig Holt, August Flø, Håvard Ravnestad, Vilde Bjørnø, Lars Gullestad, Arne K Andreassen, Kaspar Broch, Einar Gude
AIMS: Our aim was to investigate haemodynamics at rest and during exercise in patients with transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) in light of the 2022 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines on pulmonary hypertension (PH). METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed right heart catheterization (RHC) in 57 subjects with ATTR-CM. The proportion of patients with PH was 77% according to the 2022 guidelines versus 47% when applying the 2015 guidelines...
December 29, 2023: ESC Heart Failure
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38117447/infective-endocarditis-antibiotic-prophylaxis-review-of-the-evidence-and-guidelines
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Mia M Pries-Heje, Henning Bundgaard, Kasper K Iversen, Lindsey R Baden, Ann E Woolley
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The question of antibiotic prophylaxis and its role in prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) remains controversial, with differing recommendations from international societies. The aim of this review was to compare and contrast current recommendations on antibiotic prophylaxis for IE by the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and highlight the evidence supporting these recommendations...
December 2023: Current Cardiology Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38106317/comparison-of-cardiovascular-metrics-on-computed-tomography-pulmonary-angiography-of-the-updated-and-old-diagnostic-criteria-for-pulmonary-hypertension-in-patients-with-chronic-thromboembolic-pulmonary-hypertension
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wenqing Xu, Mei Deng, Linfeng Xi, Anqi Liu, Haoyu Yang, Xincao Tao, Qiang Huang, Jinzhi Wang, Wanmu Xie, Min Liu
BACKGROUND: In the 2022 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines, the diagnostic criteria for pulmonary hypertension (PH) included a reduced mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) of 20 mmHg (mPAP >20 mmHg). This study aimed to reassess cardiovascular metrics on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) to optimize the timely diagnosis of patients with suspected PH. METHODS: Patients with suspected CTEPH who underwent CTPA and right heart catheterization (RHC) between January 2019 and December 2022 in China-Japan Friendship Hospital were retrospectively included...
December 1, 2023: Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38056547/national-danish-endocarditis-studies-design-and-objectives-of-the-nidus-registry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Peter L Graversen, Katra Hadji-Turdeghal, Jacob Eifer Møller, Niels Eske Bruun, Hicham Laghmoch, Andreas Dalsgaard Jensen, Jeppe K Petersen, Henning Bundgaard, Kasper Iversen, Jonas A Povlsen, Claus Moser, Morten Smerup, Hanne Sortsøe Jensen, Peter Søgaard, Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Lauge Østergaard, Lars Køber, Emil L Fosbøl
AIMS: The National Danish endocarditis stUdieS (NIDUS) registry aims to investigate the mechanisms contributing to the increasing incidence of IE and to discover risk factors associated to the course, treatment and clinical outcomes of the disease. METHODS: The NIDUS registry was created to investigate a nationwide unselected group of patients hospitalized for infective endocarditis (IE). The National Danish healthcare registries have been queried for validated IE diagnosis codes (International Classification of Disease, 10th edition (ICD-10): DI33, DI38, and DI398)...
December 4, 2023: American Heart Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38032577/pericarditis-after-catheter-ablation-for-atrial-fibrillation-predictors-and-outcomes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ritu Yadav, Danish Iltaf Satti, Jui Malwankar, Carolina Lopez-Silva, Lilian Xu, Elana Liebow-Feeser, Tauseef Akhtar, Joseph E Marine, Ronald Berger, Hugh Calkins, David Spragg
BACKGROUND: Catheter ablation is a mainstay of atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment. Acute pericarditis after ablation is 1 of the frequently observed complications. There is a significant lack of data on the incidence and predictors of postablation pericarditis. OBJECTIVES: This study examines the incidence, characteristics, and predictors of pericarditis after AF ablation. METHODS: Patients undergoing AF ablation from January 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022, at Johns Hopkins were prospectively enrolled in an AF ablation registry...
November 14, 2023: JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37979639/impact-of-hypertension-on-left-ventricular-geometry-and-diastolic-function-in-africa-results-from-the-population-based-tahes-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David Vandroux, Victor Aboyans, Yessito Corine Houehanou, Lucie Chastaingt, Dominique Saka, Arnaud Sonou, Salmane Amidou, Dismand Houinato, Pierre Marie Preux, Julien Magne, Philippe Lacroix
High blood pressure leads to morphologic changes and functional alterations of the myocardial structure. Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) is of high clinical interest to evaluate these alterations, using reference values proposed by the American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASE/EACVI), largely based on studies in Caucasian whites. We aimed to assess the impact of hypertension on echocardiographic parameters in a Sub-Saharan African community, using ethnic-specific reference values...
November 16, 2023: American Journal of Cardiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37767917/long-term-safety-and-effectiveness-of-alirocumab-and-evolocumab-in-familial-hypercholesterolemia-fh-in-belgium
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marc Snel, Olivier S Descamps
Background: In 2019, the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) published updated guidelines, recommending even lower blood cholesterol targets than previously. In patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), who have very elevated blood cholesterol levels and are at ('Very') 'High risk' of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), this represents a real challenge. Anti-Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 monoclonal antibody (anti-PCSK9 mAb) has been commercially available for FH in Belgium since 2015...
September 28, 2023: Acta Cardiologica
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37749652/cardiovascular-adverse-events-of-antineoplastic-monoclonal-antibodies-among-cancer-patients-real-world-evidence-from-a-tertiary-healthcare-system
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Abdulrazaq S Al-Jazairi, Nahlah Bahammam, Dhai Aljuaid, Lama Almutairi, Shroog Alshahrani, Norah Albuhairan, Peter M B Cahusac, Ghazwa B Korayem
BACKGROUND: Antineoplastic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), such as trastuzumab, bevacizumab, and pertuzumab have been the mainstay of therapy in cancer patients. Despite proven efficacy of the monoclonal antibodies, cardiovascular-induced adverse events such as heart failure, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, thromboembolic events, and hemorrhage remain a major complication. The European society of cardiology address that concern with antineoplastic monoclonal antibodies issuing a guideline to manage and monitor chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity...
September 25, 2023: Cardio-Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37668664/diagnosing-post-capillary-hypertension-in-patients-with-left-heart-disease-impact-of-new-guidelines
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gülmisal Güder, Theresa Reiter, Georg Fette, Moritz Hundertmark, Stefan Frantz, Caroline Morbach, Stefan Störk, Matthias Held
BACKGROUND: In 2022, the definition of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the presence of left heart disease was updated according to the new joint guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). The impact of the new ESC/ERS definition on the prevalence of post-capillary PH (pc-PH) and its subgroups of isolated post-capillary (Ipc-PH) and combined pre- and post-capillary PH (Cpc-PH) in patients with left heart disease is unclear. METHODS: We retrospectively identified N = 242 patients with left heart disease with available data on right heart catheterisation (RHC) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)...
September 5, 2023: Clinical Research in Cardiology: Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37482604/cardiovascular-magnetic-resonance-in-the-guidelines-of-the-european-society-of-cardiology-a-comprehensive-summary-and-update
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REVIEW
Florian von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Jeanette Schulz-Menger
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been established as a valuable tool in clinical and scientific cardiology. This study summarizes the current evidence and role of CMR in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and is an update of a former guideline analysis. METHODS: Since the last guideline analysis performed in 2015, 28 new ESC guideline documents have been published. Twenty-seven ESC practice guidelines are currently in use...
July 24, 2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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