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Filter by:Reducing NOX-2, MMP-9, and TGF-β1 Expression in Preventing Ventricular Remodelling Post Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction using Colchicine (Post Late Reperfusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Non-Reperfusion and In Vitro Study on Ischemic Rat Cardiomyocyte Culture Model). Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of mortality and disability worldwide. The handling of reperfusion in Indonesia is still far below the required standard. Most STEMI patients in Indonesia arrive late to a health facility with symptoms that have been present for more than 12 hours (late-onset). Heart failure following a myocardial infarction is one of the long-term complications of STEMI. Patients with STEMU who do not receive reperfusion were more likely to develop this consequence. According to several studies, microtubules in cardiomyocytes have been identified as an essential regulator of cardiomyocytes' ability to respond to shear stress, which offers compression resistance and facilitates mitochondrial energy production. Microtubule densification, which occurs due to remodelling in heart failure, disrupts the microtubule network. The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by ischemic myocardium in this remodelling is thus inextricably linked. NADPH oxidase is one of the enzymes involved (NOX). NOX-2 levels have been reported to be higher in myocardial infarction and cardiac remodelling, and it has a close interaction with microtubule network, with damage of microtubule tissue increasing NOX-2 generation of reactive oxygen species. By eroding the ECM and triggering cytokines and chemokines to recruit inflammatory cells to eliminate necrotic cardiomyocytes, matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) aids tissue rebuilding. Induction and activation of endogenous TGF-signaling pathways after myocardial infarction have also been discovered to play a function. TGF-β may play a role in the resolution of the inflammatory response in the early stages of infarct repair by inactivating macrophages and decreasing endothelial cell chemokine and cytokine production. TGF-β stimulates the fibrogenic pathway by causing extracellular matrix deposition and fibrosis later. Colchicine is a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory medication with a low cost. the mechanism of colchicine is tubulin binding, which prevents microtubule assembly and polymerization. Colchicine inhibits microtubule development at low concentrations and promotes microtubule depolymerization at higher concentrations. Several studies have demonstrated that low-dose colchicine can help reduce severe cardiac outcomes such as cardiovascular mortality, stroke, and cardiac arrest following myocardial infarction. Colchicine is known to cause partial restoration of microtubule tissue in the perinuclear region. Colchicine has also been shown in earlier research to reduce the expression of MMP-9, NOX2, and TGF-β This study aims to evaluate whether colchicine could prevent ventricular remodelling in STEMI patients with delayed reperfusion and non reperfusion. The minor hypothesis of this study was colchicine can lower NOX-2, MMP-9, and TGF-β expression in the clinical situation of patients with delayed and non-reperfusion STEMI following PCI. Randomization with 1:1 allocation were used to classify the patients, each group include 41 patients with one group receiving colchicine therapy and standard therapy and the other receiving standard therapy only. Colchicine administration was the independent variable. STEMI patients with delayed and non-reperfusion IKP who met the inclusion criteria are included in this randomized clinical trial. Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) was the dependent variable while serum MMP-9, NOX-2, and TGF-β were the intermediate variables. In the treatment group, colchicine 1 mg is administered before PCI or admission to the ICCU, and colchicine is continued at 0.5 mg/day for a month. Within 24 to 36 hours of treatment initiation, the patient had echocardiography, NOX-2, MMP-9, and TGF-β levels evaluated. On days 4-5, a second NOX-2, MMP-9, and TGF-β screening were performed. The follow up two months after treatment initiation includes an assessment of drug compliance, symptoms, and echocardiography. Depending on the normality of the data distribution, the difference between groups is performed using the unpaired T-test or the Mann-Whitney test. The significant difference between the treatment groups is indicated by a p-value of 0.05.
Long COVID or Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 infection (PASC) are increasingly recognised complications, defined by lingering symptoms, not present prior to the infection, typically persisting for more than 4 weeks. Cardiac symptoms due to post-acute inflammatory cardiac involvement affect a broad segment of people, who were previously well and may have had only mild acute illness (PASC-cardiovascular syndrome, PASC-CVS). Symptoms may be contiguous with the acute illness, however, more commonly they occur after a delay. Symptoms related to the cardiovascular system include exertional dyspnoea, exercise intolerance chest tightness, pulling or burning chest pain, and palpitations (POTS, exertional tachycardia). Pathophysiologically, Long COVID relates to small vessel disease (endothelial dysfunction) vascular dysfunction and consequent tissue organ hypoperfusion due to ongoing immune dysregulation. Active organs with high oxygen dependency are most affected (heart, brain, kidneys, muscles, etc.). Thus, cardiac symptoms are often accompanied by manifestations of other organ systems, including fatigue, brain fog, kidney problems, myalgias, skin and joint manifestations, etc, now commonly referred to as the Long COVID or PASC syndrome. Phenotypically, PostCOVID Heart involvement is characterised by chronic perivascular and myopericardial inflammation. We and others have shown changes using sensitive cardiac MRI imaging that relate to cardiac symptoms (Puntmann et al, Nature Medicine 2022; Puntmann et al, JAMA Cardiol 2020; Summary of studies included in 2022 ACC PostCOVID Expert Consensus Taskforce Development Statement, JACC 2022, references below). Early intervention with immunosuppression and antiremodelling therapy may reduce symptoms and development of myocardial impairment, by minimising the disease activity and inducing disease remission. Low-dose maintenance therapy may help to maintain the disease activity at the lowest possible level. The benefits of early initiations of antiremodelling therapy to reduce symptoms of exercise intolerance are well recognised, but not commonly employed outside the classical cardiology contexts, such as heart failure or hypertension. As most patients with inflammatory heart disease only have mild or no structural abnormalities, they are left untreated (standard of care). The aim of this study is to examine the efficacy of a combined immunosuppressive / antiremodelling therapy in patients with PASC symptoms and inflammatory cardiac involvement determined by CMR, to reduce the symptoms and inflammatory myocardial injury and thereby stop the progression to reduced LVEF, HF and death. References: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02000-0 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768916 https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.003
For patients with anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), whether early application of proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors to rapidly reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) before PCI could effectively inhibit left ventricular remodeling has been rarely reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early application of PCSK9 inhibitors Evolocumab to rapidly reduce LDL-C levels before primary PCI treatment on left ventricular remodeling in STEMI patients. Eligible patients were randomly randomized 1:1:1 to one of the following three groups immediately after enrollment: (1) Intensive statin group: rosuvastatin 20 mg per day, in addition to usual therapy; (2) Combined intensive statin and PCSK9 inhibitor group: rosuvastatin 20 mg per day and subcutaneous injection of evolocumab 140 mg twice a month, for at least 3 months, and preferably 6 months; (3) PCSK9 inhibitor alone group: subcutaneous injection of evolocumab 140 mg, twice a month for at least 3 months and preferably 6 months.
The study aims to assess the effect of superselective adrenal arterial embolization on ventricular remodeling in primary aldosteronism without lateralized aldosterone secretion by comparing it with spironolactone therapy.
In this project there are 2 time points during the pregnancy included, namely at 21 weeks and 30 weeks of gestation, to measure the predictive values of FGR, strain and strain rate. The fetal growth parameters will be collected at the same time points, to define the growth (differences) throughout gestation of both fetuses. A maternal blood sample will be taken at 21 weeks of gestation to identify the level of exposure to air pollution (black carbon) and the level of biochemical markers of placental dysfunction. Doppler ultrasounds will be used for antenatal identification of placenta insufficiency. At birth, umbilical cord blood and the placenta will be collected. The placenta will be examined, to identify morphological findings which are associated with FGR. The umbilical cord blood and placental biopsy will be used for the level of exposure to air pollution and the level of oxidative stress. One to three days after birth, neonatal strain and strain rate will be measured to define postnatal cardiac remodeling as well as the neonatal blood pressure as cardiovascular risk factor.
This study aim to investigate the effect of ivabradine on reducing infarct size and improving left ventricular remodeling after in patients undergoing primary PCI for ST-elevation myocardial infarction through myocardial enhanced MRI.
Primary mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common valvular disease in western countries. The MR mechanism is often related to a mitral valve prolapse (MVP) defined as a single or bi-leaflet prolapse of at least 2 mm beyond the long-axis mitral annular plane. In recent years, several studies have identified a subtype of MVP patients at higher risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). The presence of regional myocardial replacement fibrosis (RMRF) has been shown as a risk marker of arrhythmic events (VA and SCD) in patients with MVP. RMRF can be identified using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE+). In these patients, fibrosis was found in the basal inferolateral myocardium and at the level of papillary muscles (PMs). This fibrosis is developed beyond the volume overload related to the MVP. It is probably linked to the mechanical stretch acting upon the valve and the neighboring left ventricle (LV) myocardium. RMRF is associated with a high degree of MR, with specific features of mitral valve apparatus (bi-leaflet prolapse with marked leaflet redundancy, mitral annulus abnormalities (i.e. Mitral-Annular Disjunction)), and more dilated LV. It is also independently associated with the occurrence of cardiovascular events. Mitral valve repair (MVr) is the gold standard treatment for primary Mitral Regurgitation. Very little data concerning the impact of preoperative RMRF on mitral valve surgery outcomes is available, and the impact of myocardial fibrosis on the postoperative left ventricle remodeling has not been studied so far. No previous study compares preoperative and postoperative fibrosis evolution. Thus, no data exists regarding the postoperative evolution of this fibrosis and its relationship with ventricular arrhythmic risk after valve surgery. Small observational studies have suggested that mitral valve surgery did not reduce the risk of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with bileaflet MVP. Finally, the mechanisms involved in the development of regional myocardial replacement fibrosis within the left ventricle myocardium during the natural history of MVP cannot be understood with current standard medical imaging tools. Numerical simulation technologies provide an innovative and in-vivo approach to assess the physical and pathological mechanisms causing this fibrosis. They can also be used to assess the changes in mitral valve and myocardium dynamics after surgical mitral valve repair procedures. A large consortium, involving physicians and scientists, has been created to address these questions to fulfil our objectives over a 4 year period (SIMR project).
The primary objective of this study is to assess the effect of early and rapid treprostinil therapy for mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) reduction to improve right ventricular (RV) function and reverse RV remodeling in participants with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have demonstrated cardiovascular and renal protection in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We hypothesized that SGLT2 inhibitor will improve the ketone metabolism compared to dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor. And we will also evaluate the association between ketone metabolism and cardiac remodeling evaluated by echocardiography. We will randomly assign 122 people with T2DM to receive dapagliflozin 10mg or gemigliptin 50mg. The primary endpoint are changes in acetoacetate, total ketone, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, left ventricular (LV) mass index, and LV global longitudinal strain during 6 months follow-up. This study may provide robust evidence of the thrifty substrate hypothesis for cardiovascular protection of SGLT2 inhibitors.
The Pforzheim Tricuspid Valve Registry study is designed to confirm the safety and performance of the TriClip™ device in a contemporary real-world setting in critically ill patients. The observational trial is a prospective, single arm, open-label, single-center, post market registry.