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OBJECTIVE: The cross-sectional association between accelerometer-measured physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and cardiac structure and function is less well described. This study's primary aim was to compare echocardiographic measures of cardiac structure and function with accelerometer measured PA and SB. METHODS: Participants included 1206 self-identified Hispanic/Latino men and women, age 45-74 years, from the Echocardiographic Study of Latinos. Standard echocardiographic measures included M-mode, two-dimensional, spectral, tissue Doppler and myocardial strain. Participants wore an Actical accelerometer at the hip for 1 week. RESULTS: The mean±SE age for the cohort was 56±0.4 years, 57% were women. Average moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) was 21±1.1 min/day, light PA was 217±4.2 min/day and SB was 737±8.1 min/day. Both higher levels of light PA and MVPA (min/day) were associated with lower left ventricular (LV) mass index (LVMI)/end-diastolic volume and a lower E/e' ratio. Higher levels of MVPA (min/day) were associated with better right ventricular systolic function. Higher levels of SB were associated with increased LVMI. In a multivariable linear regression model adjusted for demographics and cardiovascular disease modifiable factors, every 10 additional min/day of light PA was associated with a 0.03 mL/m2 increase in left atrial volume index (LAVI) (p<0.01) and a 0.004 cm increase in tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (p<0.01); every 10 additional min/day of MVPA was associated with a 0.18 mL/m2 increase in LAVI (p<0.01) and a 0.24% improvement in global circumferential strain (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the potential positive association between the MVPA and light PA on cardiac structure and function.
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Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etnología , Ecocardiografía/métodos , Ejercicio Físico/fisiología , Ventrículos Cardíacos/fisiopatología , Hispánicos o Latinos , Vigilancia de la Población/métodos , Conducta Sedentaria/etnología , Acelerometría , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/fisiopatología , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Ventrículos Cardíacos/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Morbilidad/tendencias , Estudios Prospectivos , Estados Unidos/epidemiología , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
There is no clear consensus on a lower cutoff value for normal left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and the prognostic implications of low normal EF (LNEF) are poorly understood, particularly in Blacks. Therefore, we investigated the association of LNEF and incident heart failure (HF) in a community-based cohort of Blacks. We studied 3,669 participants (mean age 54 years, 63% women) of the Jackson Heart Study without prevalent HF or coronary heart disease (CHD). Participants were divided into three groups: (1) Reduced EF (<50%), (2) LNEF (≥50%, <55%), and (3) Normal EF (≥55%). There were 197 cases of incident HF hospitalizations over a median follow-up of 10 years (interquartile range 9.4 to 10). After adjustment for conventional risk factors and incident CHD, the LNEF group had a higher rate of incident HF hospitalization than the Normal EF group (HR 1.58, 95% CI 1.04 to 2.38, p<0.05). Furthermore, this relation remained statistically significant after additionally adjusting for LV mass index but was not significant after adjusting for LV diastolic dysfunction grade. In participants with LNEF with incident HF, 63% developed HF with reduced EF and 37% developed HF with preserved EF. In conclusion, LNEF is associated with higher risk of incident HF hospitalization in comparison with normal EF in a community-based cohort of Blacks. In those with LNEF who went on to develop HF, most cases were HF with reduced EF. These findings suggest that strategies are needed for risk stratification and management to improve outcomes in patients with LNEF.
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Negro o Afroamericano/estadística & datos numéricos , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/epidemiología , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/fisiopatología , Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos , Volumen Sistólico , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mississippi/epidemiología , Estudios Prospectivos , Medición de RiesgoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Accurate calculation of stroke volume (SV) by Doppler echocardiography is important for the assessment of aortic stenosis (AS), which may be impacted by anatomical variations of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). METHODS: Patients with AS (n = 64) were studied using computed tomography (CT) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Anatomical variations of LVOT areas were measured at (a) the aortic annulus (Aa ); (b) 5 mm (A5 ); and (c) 10 mm below the annulus (A10 ) by CT. LVOT diameters were also measured by 2D TTE at these three levels for calculation of LVOT areas. Stroke volumes (SV) were calculated using continuity equation. The impacts of anatomical variations of LVOT on SV calculation were evaluated. RESULTS: Anatomical LVOT area increased from Aa to A10 (5.0 ± 0.9 cm2 vs 5.8 ± 1.9 cm2 , P < .01). Differences between TTE-calculated LVOT areas and anatomical areas were most significant at A10 due to elongation of mediolateral diameters with variable changes in anteroposterior diameters (5.8 ± 1.9 cm2 vs 3.4 ± 1.1 cm2 , P < .001). Although mean calculated SV by TTE was not significant at different LVOT levels (Aa 69 ± 22 mL, vs A5 66 ± 21 mL, vs A10 66 ± 28 ± 22 mL, P > .05), the most significant variations in individuals were at A10 levels (ΔSV: 8.2 ± 6.4 mL, 12 ± 9%). CONCLUSION: Variations of LVOT anatomy in individuals with AS significantly impact the SV calculated by Doppler echocardiography. These features should be taken into account for AS diagnosis and a clinical decision-making for intervention.
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Estenosis de la Válvula Aórtica , Ecocardiografía Tridimensional , Válvula Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagen , Estenosis de la Válvula Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagen , Ecocardiografía Doppler , Humanos , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Volumen SistólicoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests a link between myocardial infarction and stroke risk, but it is unclear whether such risk exists with electrocardiographic myocardial injury in otherwise healthy individuals. Therefore, we explored the association of myocardial injury with stroke mortality in participants free of cardiovascular disease. METHODS: This analysis included 6017 participants (58.4 ± 13.4 years, 54.1% women, 50.3% white) from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Cardiac infarction/injury score (CIIS), a weighted scoring system composed of several electrocardiographic waveform components related to myocardial injury and ischemia, was used to define myocardial injury. Stroke mortality was ascertained using the National Death Index during follow-up. Multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazard analysis was used to examine the association between baseline myocardial injury and risk of stroke mortality. RESULTS: Over a median follow-up of 14 years, 152 stroke deaths occurred. Stroke mortality was more common in those with than those without myocardial injury (3.8% vs. 2.1%, respectively; p = 0.0003). In a model adjusted for potential confounders, the myocardial injury was associated with a 44% increased risk of stroke mortality (HR (95%CI):1.44(1.02-2.03)). In a similar model, each 1 CIIS score point increase was associated with a 2% increase in the risk of stroke mortality (HR (95%CI):1.02 (1.00-1.04), p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Electrocardiographic myocardial injury in cardiovascular disease-free adults is associated with an increased risk of stroke mortality suggesting a potential link between asymptomatic myocardial injury and risk of cardiac thromboembolism. Whether screening and management of myocardial injury would reduce such risk requires further investigation.
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Infarto del Miocardio , Accidente Cerebrovascular , Adulto , Electrocardiografía , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Encuestas Nutricionales , Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales , Factores de RiesgoRESUMEN
According to the Fourth Universal Definition of myocardial infarction (MI), the likelihood of a previous MI is increased when ST-T abnormalities exist with minor Q-waves in the same leads. Therefore, we examined whether differences in location of ST-T abnormalities in relation to minor Q-waves as part of the old MI definition impact the prevalence and prognostic significance of MI. This analysis included 7,878 participants with available baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) and follow-up data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Two ECG MI definitions were utilized; both were based on the standards of the Minnesota Code (MC) ECG Classification, and both incorporated major Q-waves but differed in whether major ST-T abnormalities and minor Q waves, as part of the definition, were in the same lead group (Standard MC-MI) or not (Fourth Universal MI). All-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality were ascertained during 14 years (median). We found no difference between baseline prevalence of Standard MC-MI (3.48%; nâ¯=â¯274) and Fourth Universal MI (3.27%; nâ¯=â¯258), pâ¯=â¯0.46. Also, Standard MC-MI and Fourth Universal MI were similarly associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] 1.64 [1.42 to 1.90] and 1.61 [1.38 to 1.87], respectively; p value for differences in associationsâ¯=â¯0.86), and cardiovascular disease mortality (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] 1.99 [1.61 to 2.48] and 1.94 [1.56 to 2.42], respectively; p value for differences in associationsâ¯=â¯0.84). In conclusion, the location of ST-T abnormalities accompanying minor Q-waves does not impact the prevalence or prognostic significance of a prior MI which raise doubts about the clinical impact of considering the location of ST-T in relation to minor Q-waves when defining an old MI.
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Arritmias Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Electrocardiografía , Infarto del Miocardio/diagnóstico , Adulto , Anciano , Arritmias Cardíacas/mortalidad , Causas de Muerte , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infarto del Miocardio/mortalidad , Recurrencia , Factores de RiesgoRESUMEN
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Previous trials definitively established that lowering systolic blood pressure (BP) to 140 mmHg prevented heart failure (HF) exacerbations, but the potential benefits and risks of further BP reduction remain unclear due to a paucity of trial-based data. RECENT FINDINGS: A recent secondary analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) found that in older, high-risk, non-diabetic participants with systolic hypertension, a BP treatment target < 120 mmHg resulted in a 36% lower rate of acute decompensated HF as compared with a BP target < 140 mmHg. Those participants with incident HF had a 26-fold increased risk of subsequent cardiovascular events and death. Based in part on the SPRINT results, the 2017 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/HF Society Guideline for the Management of HF acknowledged that targeting a significant reduction in BP in those at increased risk for cardiovascular disease is a novel risk-based strategy to prevent HF. SPRINT redefines systolic BP target goals in older, high-risk patients and provides a key opportunity for preventing HF in this patient group.
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Antihipertensivos/uso terapéutico , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/prevención & control , Hipertensión/tratamiento farmacológico , Sístole , Humanos , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto , Factores de RiesgoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: While echocardiography is effective for initial identification of anatomic location, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a more advantageous modality for delineating tumor expanse, spread, and blood supply preoperatively. Emerging patterns may even help generate a specific diagnosis prior to biopsy and histopathology. CASE PRESENTATION: Our case of a 67-year-old male referred for cardiac magnetic resonance to further evaluate a cardiac mass highlights the sophisticated level of data which can be collected. Our case highlights the perfusion related findings associated with cardiac angiosarcoma. CONCLUSION: In this case, we present the diagnosis of right atrial cardiac angiosarcoma by multiple imaging modalities including MRI and subsequent angiography, allowing for prompt surgical intervention and initiation of adjuvant therapy that resulted in a survival time of 19 months.
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Neoplasias Cardíacas/diagnóstico por imagen , Hemangiosarcoma/diagnóstico por imagen , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Anciano , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Cardíacos , Resultado Fatal , Corazón/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias Cardíacas/complicaciones , Neoplasias Cardíacas/cirugía , Hemangiosarcoma/complicaciones , Hemangiosarcoma/cirugía , Humanos , Masculino , Insuficiencia Respiratoria/complicacionesRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Dobutamine associated left ventricular (LV) wall motion analyses exhibit reduced sensitivity for detecting inducible ischemia in individuals with increased LV wall thickness. This study was performed to better understand the mechanism of this reduced sensitivity in the elderly who often manifest increased LV wall thickness and risk factors for coronary artery disease. METHODS: During dobutamine cardiovascular magnetic resonance (DCMR) stress testing, we assessed rate pressure product (RPP), aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), LV myocardial oxygen demand (pressure volume area, PVA, mass, volumes, concentricity, and the presence of wall motion abnormalities (WMA) and first pass gadolinium enhanced perfusion defects (PDs) indicative of ischemia in 278 consecutively recruited individuals aged 69 ± 8 years with pre-existing or known risk factors for coronary artery disease. Each variable was assessed independently by personnel blinded to participant identifiers and analyses of other DCMR or hemodynamic variables. RESULTS: Participants were 80% white, 90% hypertensive, 43% diabetic and 55% men. With dobutamine, 60% of the participants who exhibited PDs had no inducible WMA. Among these participants, myocardial oxygen demand was lower than that observed in those who had both wall motion and perfusion abnormalities suggestive of ischemia (p = 0.03). Relative to those with PDs and inducible WMAs, myocardial oxygen demand remained different in these individuals with PDs without an inducible WMA after accounting for LV afterload and contractility (p = 0.02 and 0.03 respectively), but not after accounting for either LV stress related end diastolic volume index (LV preload) or resting concentricity (p = 0.31-0.71). CONCLUSIONS: During dobutamine stress testing, elderly patients experience increased LV concentricity and declines in LV preload and myocardial oxygen demand, all of which are associated with an absence of inducible LV WMAs indicative of myocardial ischemia. These findings provide insight as to why dobutamine associated wall motion analyses exhibit reduced sensitivity for identifying inducible ischemia in elderly. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This study was registered with Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00542503).
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Cardiotónicos/administración & dosificación , Circulación Coronaria , Dobutamina/administración & dosificación , Imagen por Resonancia Cinemagnética/métodos , Contracción Miocárdica , Isquemia Miocárdica/diagnóstico , Imagen de Perfusión Miocárdica/métodos , Función Ventricular Izquierda , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Medios de Contraste/administración & dosificación , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Isquemia Miocárdica/fisiopatología , North Carolina , Consumo de Oxígeno , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Análisis de la Onda del Pulso , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Factores de Riesgo , Remodelación VentricularRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Abnormal resting arterial stiffness is present in middle-aged and elderly persons with abnormalities of fasting glucose (diabetes or impaired fasting glucose) and is associated with exercise intolerance. We sought to determine whether these same persons exhibited stress-related abnormalities of arterial stiffness. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed dobutamine magnetic resonance stress imaging results from 373 consecutively recruited persons aged 55 to 85 years with normal fasting glucose, impaired fasting glucose, or diabetes who were at risk for but without symptomatic heart failure. Personnel blinded to participant identifiers measured arterial stiffness (brachial pulse pressure/left ventricular stroke volume indexed to body surface area, the aortic elastance index [brachial end-systolic pressure/left ventricular stroke volume indexed to body surface area], and thoracic aortic distensibility) at 80% of the maximum predicted heart rate response for age. Participants averaged 69±8 years of age; 79% were white, 92% were hypertensive, and 66% were women. After accounting for hypertension, sex, coronary artery disease, smoking, medications, hypercholesterolemia, and visceral fat, we observed an effect of glycemic status for stress measures of arterial stiffness in those with diabetes and impaired fasting glucose relative to those with normal fasting glucose (P=0.002, P=0.02, and P=0.003, respectively). CONCLUSION: Middle- and older-aged individuals with diabetes or impaired fasting glucose have higher stress measures of arterial stiffness than those with normal fasting glucose. These data emphasize the need for future studies with larger sample sizes to determine whether stress-related elevations in arterial stiffness are related to exercise intolerance and future episodes of heart failure experienced by those with abnormalities of fasting glucose. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/. Unique identifier: NCT00542503.
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Ecocardiografía de Estrés/métodos , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/diagnóstico por imagen , Estado Prediabético/diagnóstico , Rigidez Vascular , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Análisis de Varianza , Glucemia/análisis , Femenino , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/fisiopatología , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Medición de Riesgo , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Factores SexualesRESUMEN
Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a rare benign tumor that most commonly involves heart valves. Cardiac PFE involving the mitral chorda is rarer. Most papillary PFE are asymptomatic; rarely, they are diagnosed because of cardiac symptoms or after an embolic event. In this case, a 70-year-old woman presented with an acute cerebral ischemic infarct. Evaluation for potential embolic source revealed a mass on the mitral chordae. The findings of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) tissue characterization of the mass corroborated the diagnosis of mitral valve tumor. She underwent surgical resection of this mass and histology, which confirmed a PFE.