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Filter by:Despite advancements in medical care, ischemic heart disease (IHD) remains the leading global cause of death. IHD develops through lipid accumulation into the coronary arteries with subsequent formation of larger atherogenic plaques. During myocardial infarction (MI), a plaque ruptures and subsequent occlusion leads to a death of the heart muscle. The tissue is rapidly replaced with a scar, which may later lead to heart failure (HF). Optimally, disease biomarkers are analyzed from blood, provide insight into the disease progression and aid the evaluation of therapy efficacy. Unfortunately, no optimal biomarkers have been identified for IHD. The vast but uncounted number of patients with undiagnosed IHD, benefitting from an early diagnosis, underscore the dire need for an IHD biomarker. Epitranscriptomics, the study of posttranscriptional modifications on RNA, has recently been properly re-established. This expanding field is uncovering a new layer of regulation, controlling processes ranging from cell division to cell death. Over 170 modifications have been identified as posttranscriptional marks in RNA species. These modifications influence RNA metabolism, including export, stability, and translation. One the most common and intensively studied RNA modification is the N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the abundance and effects of which are determined by the interplay between its writers, readers and erasers. Recent findings suggest a local dysregulation of the m6A dynamics in the myocardium, coalescing in signalling pathway and contractility related RNA transcripts during hypertrophy, MI and HF. While these early reports have focused on the myocardium, the role of the m6A in the circulation during IHD remains unexplored. We hypothesize the IHD pathophysiology to be reflected in the epitranscriptome of the circulating RNA. The objective of the IHD-EPITRAN is to identify new IHD biomarkers via cohort comparison of the blood epitranscriptomes from patients with: (1) MI related with coronary angioplasty, (2) IHD treated with elective coronary artery bypass grafting, (3) aortic valve stenosis treated with valve replacement and (4) IHD-healthy controls verified with computerized tomography imaging. The RNA fractionation is followed by the quantitative modifications analysis with mass spectrometry. Ultimately, nanopore RNA sequencing with simultaneous m6A identification in their native sequences is carried out using recently published artificial intelligence-based algorithm.
Valvular heart diseases are significant problem in Polish population. Coexistence of coronary artery disease in patients with VHD increases the risk of death and affects further therapeutic strategy. The aim of the study is analysis the epidemiology and the long-term prognosis among patients with VHD.
Common barriers to receiving appropriate guideline-driven care for patients with severe aortic stenosis include referral biases by primary care providers (lack of provider education), patient comorbidities (degree of fragility), as well as psychosocial issues and cultural barriers. Additionally, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES) and education level are shown to be persistent barriers to accessing healthcare services and healthcare systems, creating a significant practice gap between various patient populations. The most recent transcatheter valve therapies (TVT) registry data show that >94% of TAVR recipients are Caucasian, followed by less than 4% of African-Americans and Hispanics, respectively. There is a critical need to understand the barriers to treatment and care among severe aortic valve disease patients of disparate groups. This study is a multi-center, retrospective and prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. Additionally, we will be surveying referring primary care providers, cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons to assess their current referral practices for patients with severe aortic stenosis.
Study Objectives/Specific Aims Overall Goal: To study the outcomes of patients undergoing TAVI, their subsequent results and complications. - Objective 1: Identify risk factors that are predictive of the need for TAVI and CABG - Objective3:Assess early 3 months outcomes and postoperative results Outcome Measure: 1. All-cause mortality within 3 months. Secondary Outcome Measures: 1. Stroke 2. Myocardial infarction 3. Bleeding 4. Hospital stay 5. Acute kidney injury 6. Number of patients with conduction disturbance and pacemaker implantation 7. Gradient on implanted valve 8. Degree of transvalvular leakage 9. 6 weeks follow-up 10. 3 months Echo
Discrepancies exist among aortic stenosis severity classification, patient symptom burden, and - in some cases - even survival. The new Stress Aortic Valve Index (SAVI) metric correlates better with transvalvular flow and might be a better predictor of symptoms and prognosis. The current study will demonstrate the value of SAVI (both non-invasive and invasive) in patients with moderate aortic stenosis. The population will consist of subjects at least 50 years old with moderate aortic stenosis (defined as aortic valve area >1.0 cm2 plus either maximal velocity 2.5-3.9 m/s or mean gradient 15-39 mmHg). Subjects with severe concomitant valve disease or severe unrevascularized coronary artery disease will be excluded, so that the isolated prognosis of aortic stenosis can be investigated. All subjects will undergo invasive SAVI measurements during catheterization. Furthermore patients will receive non-invasive testing with an exercise echocardiogram and computed tomography (CT) scan for non-invasive SAVI measurements. The short-term objective will compare SAVI with standard resting indexes for symptom burden, functional capacity, and biomarkers. The long-term objective will associate SAVI and standard resting indexes with clinical outcomes related to valvular disease. The investigators hypothesize that low SAVI (more marked AS during stress) will track with more symptoms and a worse prognosis. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: The patients will have several study visits. The index visit will be planned to obtain informed consent and baseline parameters. The measurement visit(s) will consist of the invasive SAVI measurement, echocardiogram, stress echo imaging, 6-minute walk test, quality of life questionnaire, and the cardiac CT. During the final visit after 12 months, subjects will undergo a CT valvular calcium scan, quality of life questionnaire, and 6-minute walk test. Every subject will have an echocardiogram yearly as suggested by guideline criteria and could possibly be contacted until five years after enrollment. Blood samples will be drawn at baseline and the 1-year follow-up. Potentially the new SAVI metric could identify patients at higher risk among those with moderate gradient AS. However, since no outcome data currently exists regarding SAVI and prognosis, no conclusions could be derived from these measurements until study completion.
Since the first implantation of a percutaneous aortic bioprosthesis (TAVI) in 2002 (Cribier et al. Circulation 2002), TAVI occupies an increasing place in the management of aortic stenosis (AR) . Initially reserved for inoperable patients at high surgical risk, TAVI is also recommended in patients at intermediate risk, especially when a femoral approach (TF) is possible (Baumgartner et al. Eur Heart J. 2017). Currently, there is no recommendation regarding length of stay after TAVI and practices are extremely heterogeneous. Despite the growing experience of centers, better patient selection and a reduction in complications, the length of stay after TAVI remains very high in France. Faced with the great disparity observed between the centers, efforts are necessary to educate the centers in order to further reduce the length of stay after TF-TAVI. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention based on training teams to reduce the length of stay after TF-TAVI.
Non-contrast enhanced cardiac MRI using 3D whole heart acquisition protocol is non-inferior to contrast enhanced CT in the assessment of aortic annulus complex for pre-TAVR imaging.
This is a prospective single center Cardiology department observational study. The study aim is to better understand the predictors of high grade conduction abnormalities associated with TAVR such that a more robust evidence-based and universal strategy to manage cardiac conduction disturbances in these patients, which has been elusive, can be developed.
The objective is to assess the influence of FEops HEARTguide on overall device success in TAVI patients with challenging anatomies (Cohort A) or in transcatheter heart valve (THV) platform selection (Cohort B).
In this study, the investigator propose to determine the efficiency of a new and more sophisticated imaging prototype, the Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography (SPCCT), at characterizing vulnerable plaques and luminal stenosis in Carotid Atherosclerosis patients compared to DECT (Dual Energy CT) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) which are used in current practice