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1. Diabetes and treatment of chronic heart failure in a large real‐world heart failure population

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Sumant P. Radhoe, Jesse F. Veenis, Gerard C.M. Linssen, Chris van derLee, Luc W.M. Eurlings, Hans Kragten, Nadea Y.Y. Al‐Windy, Aukje van derSpank, Stefan Koudstaal, Hans‐Peter Brunner‐La Rocca, and Jasper J. Brugts

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Heart failure, Diabetes mellitus, Guideline adherence, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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Abstract Aims Although diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common co‐morbidity in chronic heart failure (HF) patients, European data on concurrent HF and DM treatment are lacking. Therefore, we have studied the HF treatment of patients with and without DM. Additionally, with the recent breakthrough of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in the field of HF, we studied the potential impact of this new drug in a large cohort of HF patients. Methods and results A total of 7488 patients with chronic HF with a left ventricular ejection fraction

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2022
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2. Diabetes and treatment of chronic heart failure in a large real‐world heart failure population

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Stefan Koudstaal, Gerard C.M. Linssen, Jesse F. Veenis, Hans Kragten, Nadea Y Y Al-Windy, Luc W. Eurlings, Sumant P Radhoe, Jasper J. Brugts, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Chris van der Lee, Aukje van der Spank, Cardiology, Cardiologie, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Cardiologie (9), and RS: Carim - H02 Cardiomyopathy

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Prohormone, Renal function, Heart failure, DIAGNOSIS, Ventricular Function, Left, EJECTION FRACTION, MILD PATIENTS HOSPITALIZATION, MELLITUS, Mineralocorticoid receptor, Diabetes mellitus, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, ESC GUIDELINES, education, Aged, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists, RISK, education.field_of_study, Ejection fraction, business.industry, BETA-BLOCKERS, Guideline adherence, Stroke Volume, Original Articles, medicine.disease, EFFICACY, DYSFUNCTION, Drug class, RC666-701, EPLERENONE, Original Article, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, medicine.drug
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Aims: Although diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common co-morbidity in chronic heart failure (HF) patients, European data on concurrent HF and DM treatment are lacking. Therefore, we have studied the HF treatment of patients with and without DM. Additionally, with the recent breakthrough of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in the field of HF, we studied the potential impact of this new drug in a large cohort of HF patients. Methods and results: A total of 7488 patients with chronic HF with a left ventricular ejection fraction 2, P Conclusions: In this large real-world HF registry, a high prevalence of DM was observed and diabetics more often received guideline-recommended target doses. Based on current evidence, the majority of patients would fulfil the enrichment criteria of SGLT2 trials in HF and the impact of this new drug class will be large.

Published
2022

3. Ferric carboxymaltose for iron deficiency at discharge after acute heart failure

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Stefano Savonitto, D Soon, V Tseluyko, J Heymeriks, L Petrescu, Fabio T. M. Costa, P Garcia Pacho, G Chapidze, Michael Motro, M Diez, A Prado, Piotr Ponikowski, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, DL Serban, A. Salvioni, S del Prado, Giuseppe Boriani, Stephan von Haehling, HG Cestari, PR Nierop, LC Iosipescu, Hans Kragten, Má Hominal, Bridget-Anne Kirwan, Andre Keren, D Horvat, J Thierer, D Sim, Rabih R. Azar, Peter van der Meer, G Stanciulescu, F Cosmi, Sy Loh, Jarosław Drożdż, David Sim, K Paposhvili, M Berli, Alain Cohen-Solal, Stefan D. Anker, Arnaout, ML Parody, GO Zapata, T Ben-Gal, J Schaap, Bas L.J.H. Kietselaer, O Raed, G Kiwan, Marco Metra, Shaul Atar, Udo Michael Göhring, Edoardo Gronda, A Ružić, C Beltrano, Dpw Beelen, Davor Milicic, R Ray, JM Weinstein, FI Ga Bosa Ojeda, Y-K Wong, Dalton Bertolim Précoma, Javed Butler, JR Gonzalez Juanatey, V Chumburidze, Gerasimos Filippatos, V Witzling, Y Malynovsky, I Kraiz, A Samodol, J Trevelyan, L Nigro Maia, M Stanislavchuk, Gilmar Reis, I Khintibidze, D Zdrenghea, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon, BD Molina, C Abdallah, Ham van Kesteren, Tim Friede, Marcin Gruchała, Majdi Halabi, Ewa A. Jankowska, P Van Bergen, Constantin Militaru, O Koval, DA Darabantiu, A Kormann, J Szachniewicz, Maria Dorobantu, M van de Wetering, R Nijmeijer, H Hamdan, Stefano Ghio, Henry J. Dargie, G Azize, Nicolas Danchin, S Chaaban, S Gerward, P Pimentel Filho, M Uguccioni, K Abdelbaki, N Vita, J.F.K. Saraiva, D Almeida, Michael Shochat, M Ohlsson, R Van de Wal, V Zolotaikina, W Kinany, A Tycińska, A Hershson, T Shaburishvili, Vincent Fabien, FR dos Santos, Alfredo Bardají, Rgej Groutars, M Flugelman, J Bono, M Udovicic, M Artuković, K Šutalo, J Drozdz, TJ Yeo, F Ferre Pacora, Z Lominadze, M Emans, S Pettit, HA Luquez, P Terrosu, Marcus Ohlsson, M Gąsior, S Tušek, Enrico Passamonti, Nyy Al-Windy, P Midi, DA Pascual Figal, P van der Meer, V Zvi, Wilco Tanis, Felipe Martinez, RR Borelli, Diana A. Gorog, O Parhomenko, Klaus H Jensen, M Meijs, J Nessler, M Piepoli, DM Toader, Jose C. Nicolau, A Glenny, José Luis Zamorano, L Tilling, T McDonagh, K Pesek, H Fernandez, Davor Miličić, Domingo A. Pascual-Figal, Theresa McDonagh, G Khabeishvili, Josep Comin-Colet, Israel Gotsman, S Rassi, M Dorobantu, E Straburzyńska-Migaj, L Fattore, L Rudenko, D Crisu, S.S. Kabbani, M Gomez Bueno, Basil S. Lewis, S Goland, Y Arbel, M Bronisz, I Vakaliuk, A Fucili, A Mortara, R Zukermann, N Emukhvari, B Hassouna, K Mizia-Stec, F Turrini, R Szelemej, A Rodica Dan, L Lobo Marquez, Hadi Skouri, A Kabir, Frank Ruschitzka, R García Durán, R Gil, Michael Shechter, P Westendorp, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, A Fernandez, Oscar Pereira Dutra, P Ameri, Wolfram Doehner, JG Smith, Irakli Khintibidze, Luciano Moreira Baracioli, J Šikić, Stuart Pocock, Olivier C. Manintveld, MC Tomescu, M Di Biase, Luiz Carlos Bodanese, E Mirek-Bryniarska, Alexander Parkhomenko, Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Restoring Organ Function by Means of Regenerative Medicine (REGENERATE), Cardiology, leboeuf, Christophe, Wrocław Medical University, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin], King's College Hospital (KCH), Universitatea din Bucuresti (UB), University of Lódź, Vifor Pharma Ltd [Glattbrugg, Switzerland], National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center [Jerusalem], Tbilisi State University, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht University [Maastricht], Prague University of Economics and Business, Università degli Studi di Brescia = University of Brescia (UniBs), University of Zagreb, Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP), Skane University Hospital [Malmo], Lund University [Lund], National Scientific Center 'M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology' [Kyiv, Ukraine] (NSC/MDSIC), Universidad de Murcia, University hospital of Zurich [Zurich], National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), Saint Joseph Medical Center [Beirut], University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG), Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute [Haifa, Israel] (2CRI), Bellvitge University Hospital [Barcelona, Spain], University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Biomarqueurs CArdioNeuroVASCulaires (BioCANVAS), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK), University of Glasgow, Tel Aviv University (TAU), University of Southern Mississippi (USM), Socar Research S.A. [Nyon, Switzerland] (SR), and AFFIRM-AHF investigators: G Azize, A Fernandez, G O Zapata, P Garcia Pacho, A Glenny, F Ferre Pacora, M L Parody, J Bono, C Beltrano, A Hershson, N Vita, H A Luquez, H G Cestari, H Fernandez, A Prado, M Berli, R García Durán, J Thierer, M Diez, L Lobo Marquez, R R Borelli, M Á Hominal, M Metra, P Ameri, P Agostoni, A Salvioni, L Fattore, E Gronda, S Ghio, F Turrini, M Uguccioni, M Di Biase, M Piepoli, S Savonitto, A Mortara, P Terrosu, A Fucili, G Boriani, P Midi, E Passamonti, F Cosmi, P van der Meer, P Van Bergen, M van de Wetering, Nyy Al-Windy, W Tanis, M Meijs, Rgej Groutars, Hks The, B Kietselaer, Ham van Kesteren, Dpw Beelen, J Heymeriks, R Van de Wal, J Schaap, M Emans, P Westendorp, P R Nierop, R Nijmeijer, O C Manintveld, M Dorobantu, D A Darabantiu, D Zdrenghea, D M Toader, L Petrescu, C Militaru, D Crisu, M C Tomescu, G Stanciulescu, A Rodica Dan, L C Iosipescu, D L Serban, J Drozdz, J Szachniewicz, M Bronisz, A Tycińska, B Wozakowska-Kaplon, E Mirek-Bryniarska, M Gruchała, J Nessler, E Straburzyńska-Migaj, K Mizia-Stec, R Szelemej, R Gil, M Gąsior, I Gotsman, M Halabi, M Shochat, M Shechter, V Witzling, R Zukermann, Y Arbel, M Flugelman, T Ben-Gal, V Zvi, W Kinany, J M Weinstein, S Atar, S Goland, D Milicic, D Horvat, S Tušek, M Udovicic, K Šutalo, A Samodol, K Pesek, M Artuković, A Ružić, J Šikić, T McDonagh, J Trevelyan, Y-K Wong, D Gorog, R Ray, S Pettit, S Sharma, A Kabir, H Hamdan, L Tilling, L Baracioli, L Nigro Maia, O Dutra, G Reis, P Pimentel Filho, J F Saraiva, A Kormann, F R Dos Santos, L Bodanese, D Almeida, D Precoma, S Rassi, F Costa, S Kabbani, K Abdelbaki, C Abdallah, M S Arnaout, R Azar, S Chaaban, O Raed, G Kiwan, B Hassouna, A Bardaji, J Zamorano, S Del Prado, J R Gonzalez Juanatey, F I Ga Bosa Ojeda, M Gomez Bueno, B D Molina, D A Pascual Figal, D Sim, T J Yeo, S Y Loh, D Soon, M Ohlsson, J G Smith, S Gerward, I Khintibidze, Z Lominadze, G Chapidze, N Emukhvari, G Khabeishvili, V Chumburidze, K Paposhvili, T Shaburishvili, G Khabeishvili, O Parhomenko, I Kraiz, O Koval, V Zolotaikina, Y Malynovsky, I Vakaliuk, L Rudenko, V Tseluyko, M Stanislavchuk.

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Anemia, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Rate ratio, Placebo, Ferric Compounds, Ventricular Function, Left, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, Double-Blind Method, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Maltose, Adverse effect, TOLVAPTAN, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Heart Failure, RISK, Ejection fraction, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, business.industry, MORTALITY, Hazard ratio, DEATH, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Patient Discharge, [SDV.MHEP.CSC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, 3. Good health, Hospitalization, Treatment Outcome, Heart failure, Administration, Intravenous, Female, HOSPITALIZATIONS, business
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Background: Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose has been shown to improve symptoms and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and iron deficiency. We aimed to evaluate the effect of ferric carboxymaltose, compared with placebo, on outcomes in patients who were stabilised after an episode of acute heart failure. Methods: AFFIRM-AHF was a multicentre, double-blind, randomised trial done at 121 sites in Europe, South America, and Singapore. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, were hospitalised for acute heart failure with concomitant iron deficiency (defined as ferritin

Published
2020

4. The effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on health-related quality of life in iron-deficient patients with acute heart failure: The results of the AFFIRM-AHF study

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Marco Metra, Marcus Andreas Ohlsson, Basil S. Lewis, Wolfram Doehner, Peter van der Meer, Irakli Khintibidze, Hans Kragten, Bridget-Anne Kirwan, Jose C. Nicolau, Vincent Fabien, Tim Friede, Nicolas Danchin, Ewa A. Jankowska, Gerasimos Filippatos, Alain Cohen-Solal, Fabio Dorigotti, Hadi Skouri, Davor Miličić, Andre Keren, Alexander Parkhomenko, Jarosław Drożdż, David Sim, Stuart J. Pocock, Michael Motro, Javed Butler, Domingo A. Pascual-Figal, Theresa McDonagh, Henry J. Dargie, Josep Comín-Colet, Maria Dorobantu, Mikhail Kosiborod, Frank Ruschitzka, Stephan von Haehling, Piotr Ponikowski, Stefan D. Anker, Felipe Martinez, Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Restoring Organ Function by Means of Regenerative Medicine (REGENERATE), leboeuf, Christophe, Wrocław Medical University, Socar Research S.A. [Nyon, Switzerland] (SR), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri [Kansas City] (UMKC), University of Missouri System, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin], King‘s College London, Universitatea din Bucuresti (UB), Medical University of Łódź (MUL), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Université d'Athènes (UOA), Assuta Hospital in Ramat HaHayal [Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel] (AHRH), Tbilisi State University, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht University [Maastricht], Prague University of Economics and Business, Università degli Studi di Brescia = University of Brescia (UniBs), Civic Hospital of Brescia, University of Zagreb, Skane University Hospital [Malmo], Lund University [Lund], National Scientific Center 'M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology' [Kyiv, Ukraine] (NSC/MDSIC), Universidad de Murcia, University hospital of Zurich [Zurich], National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center (AUB), University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG), Rappaport faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology [Haifa], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat [Barcelona, Spain], Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge [Barcelone] (IDIBELL), University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Marqueurs cardiovasculaires en situation de stress (MASCOT (UMR_S_942 / U942)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), University of Glasgow, Tel Aviv University (TAU), Kfar Saba and Sackler School of Medicine, Vifor Pharma Ltd [Glattbrugg, Switzerland], and University College of London [London] (UCL)

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medicine.medical_specialty, Randomization, Heart diseases, Iron, Health-related quality of life, Population, Heart failure, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Placebo, law.invention, Malalties del cor, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Quality of life, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, law, Clinical Research, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Clinical Trials, AcademicSubjects/MED00200, 030212 general & internal medicine, education, education.field_of_study, Ejection fraction, Dèficit de ferro, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, business.industry, Iron deficiency, Acute heart failure, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, 3. Good health, [SDV.MHEP.CSC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, Dietary Supplements, Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose therapy, Iron deficiency diseases, Randomized clinical trial, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Aims Patients with heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We evaluated the impact of intravenous (IV) ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) vs. placebo on HRQoL for the AFFIRM-AHF population. Methods and results The baseline 12-item Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ-12), which was completed for 1058 (535 and 523) patients in the FCM and placebo groups, respectively, was administered prior to randomization and at Weeks 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 52. The baseline KCCQ-12 overall summary score (OSS) mean ± standard error was 38.7 ± 0.9 (FCM group) and 37.1 ± 0.8 (placebo group); corresponding values for the clinical summary score (CSS) were 40.9 ± 0.9 and 40.1 ± 0.9. At Week 2, changes in OSS and CSS were similar for FCM and placebo. From Week 4 to Week 24, patients assigned to FCM had significantly greater improvements in OSS and CSS scores vs. placebo [adjusted mean difference (95% confidence interval, CI) at Week 4: 2.9 (0.5–5.3, P = 0.018) for OSS and 2.8 (0.3–5.3, P = 0.029) for CSS; adjusted mean difference (95% CI) at Week 24: 3.0 (0.3–5.6, P = 0.028) for OSS and 2.9 (0.2–5.6, P = 0.035) for CSS]. At Week 52, the treatment effect had attenuated but remained in favour of FCM. Conclusion In iron-deficient patients with HF and left ventricular ejection fraction, Graphical Abstract

Published
2021

5. Rationale and design of the AFFIRM-AHF trial: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing the effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on hospitalisations and mortality in iron-deficient patients admitted for acute heart failure

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Davor Miličić, Peter van der Meer, Bridget Anne Kirwan, Piotr Ponikowski, Jarosław Drożdż, David Sim, Irakli Khintibidze, Marcus Andreas Ohlsson, Hadi Skouri, Frank Ruschitzka, Felipe Martinez, Andre Keren, Maria Dorobantu, Stefan D. Anker, Alexander Parhomenko, Marco Metra, Vincent Fabien, Jose C. Nicolau, Teba Haboubi, Ewa A. Jankowska, Gerasimos Filippatos, Domingo A. Pascual-Figal, Theresa McDonagh, Hans Kragten, Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Restoring Organ Function by Means of Regenerative Medicine (REGENERATE), University of Zurich, and Ponikowski, Piotr

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Male, Placebo-controlled study, Recurrent heart failure hospitalizations, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Ferric Compounds, THERAPY, DISEASE, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, RISK, OUTCOMES, Ejection fraction, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, DEATH, Iron deficiency, Middle Aged, PREVALENCE, Hospitalization, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome, Injections, Intravenous, 10209 Clinic for Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Switzerland, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiovascular mortality, Anemia, 610 Medicine & health, Acute heart failure, Ferric carboxymaltose, Placebo, DIAGNOSIS, 2705 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, ANEMIA, Maltose, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, Inpatients, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Transferrin saturation, business.industry, medicine.disease, Heart failure, REGISTRY, Quality of Life, business, Follow-Up Studies
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Aims: Iron deficiency (ID) is a common co-morbidity in heart failure (HF), associated with impaired functional capacity, poor quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality. Treatment with intravenous (i.v.) ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) has shown improvements in functional capacity, symptoms and quality of life in stable HF patients with reduced ejection fraction. The effect of i.v. iron supplementation on morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalised for acute HF (AHF) and who have ID has yet to be established. The objective of the present article is to present the rationale and design of the AFFIRM-AHF trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02937454) which will investigate the effect of i.v. FCM (vs. placebo) on recurrent HF hospitalisations and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in iron-deficient patients hospitalised for AHF. Methods: AFFIRM-AHF is a multicentre, randomised (1:1), double-blind, placebo-controlled trial which recruited 1100 patients hospitalised for AHF and who had iron deficiency ID defined as serum ferritin

Published
2019

6. Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable peripheral or carotid artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Sonia S Anand, Jackie Bosch, John W Eikelboom, Stuart J Connolly, Rafael Diaz, Peter Widimsky, Victor Aboyans, Marco Alings, Ajay K Kakkar, Katalin Keltai, Aldo P Maggioni, Basil S Lewis, Stefan Störk, Jun Zhu, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Martin O'Donnell, Patrick J Commerford, Dragos Vinereanu, Nana Pogosova, Lars Ryden, Keith A A Fox, Deepak L Bhatt, Frank Misselwitz, John D Varigos, Thomas Vanassche, Alvaro A Avezum, Edmond Chen, Kelley Branch, Darryl P Leong, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Robert G Hart, Salim Yusuf, JORGELINA SALA, LUIS CARTASEGNA, MARISA VICO, MIGUEL ANGEL HOMINAL, EDUARDO HASBANI, ALBERTO CACCAVO, CESAR ZAIDMAN, DANIEL VOGEL, ADRIAN HRABAR, PABLO OMAR SCHYGIEL, CARLOS CUNEO, HUGO LUQUEZ, IGNACIO J. MACKINNON, RODOLFO ANDRES AHUAD GUERRERO, JUAN PABLO COSTABEL, INES PALMIRA BARTOLACCI, OSCAR MONTANA, MARIA BARBIERI, OSCAR GOMEZ VILAMAJO, RUBEN OMAR GARCIA DURAN, LILIA BEATRIZ SCHIAVI, MARCELO GARRIDO, ADRIAN INGARAMO, ANSELMO PAULINO BORDONAVA, MARIA JOSE PELAGAGGE, LEONARDO NOVARETTO, JUAN PABLO ALBISU DI GENNERO, LUZ MARIA IBANEZ SAGGIA, MOIRA ALVAREZ, NESTOR ALEJANDRO VITA, STELLA MARIS MACIN, RICARDO DARIO DRAN, MARCELO CARDONA, LUIS GUZMAN, RODOLFO JUAN SARJANOVICH, JESUS CUADRADO, SEBASTIAN NANI, MARCOS RAUL LITVAK BRUNO, CAROLINA CHACON, LAURA ELENA MAFFEI, DIEGO GRINFELD, NATALIA VENSENTINI, CLAUDIO RODOLFO MAJUL, HECTOR LUCAS LUCIARDI, PATRICIA DEL CARMEN GONZALEZ COLASO, FREDY ANTONI FERRE PACORA, PAUL VAN DEN HEUVEL, PETER VERHAMME, BAVO ECTOR, PHILIPPE DEBONNAIRE, PHILIPPE VAN DE BORNE, JEAN LEROY, HERMAN SCHROE, PASCAL VRANCKX, IVAN ELEGEERT, ETIENNE HOFFER, KARL DUJARDIN, CLARISSE INDIO DO BRASIL, DALTON PRECOMA, JOSE ANTONIO ABRANTES, EULER MANENTI, GILMAR REIS, JOSE SARAIVA, LILIA MAIA, MAURO HERNANDES, PAULO ROSSI, FABIO ROSSI DOS SANTOS, SERGIO LUIZ ZIMMERMANN, RAFAEL RECH, EDUARDO ABIB JR, PAULO LEAES, ROBERTO BOTELHO, OSCAR DUTRA, WEIMAR SOUZA, MARIA BRAILE, NILO IZUKAWA, JOSE CARLOS NICOLAU, LUIZ FERNANDO TANAJURA, CARLOS VICENTE SERRANO JUNIOR, CESAR MINELLI, LUIZ ANTONIO NASI, LIVIA OLIVEIRA, MARCELO JOSE DE CARVALHO CANTARELLI, RICHARD TYTUS, SHEKHAR PANDEY, EVA LONN, JAMES CHA, SAUL VIZEL, MOHAN BABAPULLE, ANDRE LAMY, KEVIN SAUNDERS, JOSEPH BERLINGIERI, BOB KIAII, RAKESH BHARGAVA, PRAVINSAGAR MEHTA, LAURIE HILL, DAVID FELL, ANDY LAM, FAISAL AL-QOOFI, CRAIG BROWN, ROBERT PETRELLA, JOSEPH A RICCI, ANTHONY GLANZ, NICOLAS NOISEUX, KEVIN BAINEY, FATIMA MERALI, MICHAEL HEFFERNAN, ANTHONY DELLA SIEGA, GILLES R DAGENAIS, FRANCOIS DAGENAIS, STEEVE BRULOTTE, MICHEL NGUYEN, MICHAEL HARTLEIB, RANDOLPH GUZMAN, RONALD BOURGEOIS, DENNIS RUPKA, YAARIV KHAYKIN, GILBERT GOSSELIN, THAO HUYNH, CLAUDE PILON, JEAN CAMPEAU, FRANCIS PICHETTE, ARIEL DIAZ, JAMES JOHNSTON, PRAVIN SHUKLE, GREGORY HIRSCH, PAUL RHEAULT, WLODZIMIERZ CZARNECKI, ANNIE ROY, SHAH NAWAZ, STEPHEN FREMES, DINKAR SHUKLA, GABRIEL JANO, JORGE LEONARDO COBOS, RAMON CORBALAN, MARCELO MEDINA, LEONARDO NAHUELPAN, CARLOS RAFFO, LUIS PEREZ, SERGIO POTTHOFF, BENJAMIN STOCKINS, PABLO SEPULVEDA, CHRISTIAN PINCETTI, MARGARITA VEJAR, HONGYAN TIAN, XUESI WU, YUANNAN KE, KAIYING JIA, PENGFEI YIN, ZHAOHUI WANG, LITIAN YU, SHULIN WU, ZONGQUI WU, SHAO WEN LIU, XIAO JUAN BAI, YANG ZHENG, PING YANG, YUN MEI YANG, JIWEI ZHANG, JUNBO GE, XIAO PING CHEN, JUNXIA LI, TAO HONG HU, RUIYAN ZHANG, ZHE ZHENG, XIN CHEN, LIANG TAO, JIANPING LI, WEIJIAN HUANG, GUOSHENG FU, CHUNJIAN LI, YUGANG DONG, CHUNSHENG WANG, XINMIN ZHOU, YE KONG, ARISTIDES SOTOMAYOR, JOSE LUIS ACCINI MENDOZA, HENRY CASTILLO, MIGUEL URINA, GUSTAVO AROCA, MARITZA PEREZ, DORA INES MOLINA DE SALAZAR, GREGORIO SANCHEZ VALLEJO, MANZUR J FERNANDO, HENRY GARCIA, LUIS HERNANDO GARCIA, EDGAR ARCOS, JUAN GOMEZ, FRANCISCO CUERVO MILLAN, 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Carotid Artery Diseases, Male, Myocardial Infarction, MESH: Lower Extremity, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, THERAPY, Stroke/epidemiology, MESH: Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, 0302 clinical medicine, Rivaroxaban, prevention, Hemorrhage/chemically induced, MESH: Peripheral Arterial Disease, MESH: Double-Blind Method, guidelines, MESH: Incidence, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality, risk, RISK, MESH: Aged, MESH: Middle Aged, Incidence, General Medicine, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Stroke, MESH: Myocardial Infarction, Lower Extremity, Cardiovascular Diseases, MESH: Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Factor Xa Inhibitors/administration & dosage, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, MESH: Factor Xa Inhibitors, OUTPATIENTS, MESH: Rivaroxaban, management, MESH: Hemorrhage, metaanalysis, Lower Extremity/blood supply, Rivaroxaban/administration & dosage, Hemorrhage, MESH: Drug Administration Schedule, Amputation, Surgical, Drug Administration Schedule, MESH: Stroke, Peripheral Arterial Disease, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, atherothrombosis, Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology, MANAGEMENT, Humans, MESH: Amputation, MESH: Aspirin, Aspirin/administration & dosage, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/administration & dosage, METAANALYSIS, Aged, MESH: Humans, Aspirin, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, MESH: Carotid Artery Diseases, MORTALITY, MESH: Cardiovascular Diseases, cardiovascular event rates, PREVENTION, CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT RATES, MESH: Male, outpatients, atrial-fibrillation, MESH: Drug Therapy, Combination, MESH: Morbidity, Carotid Artery Diseases/complications, lower-extremity amputation, Peripheral Arterial Disease/complications, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Morbidity, MESH: Female, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Amputation/statistics & numerical data, Factor Xa Inhibitors
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BACKGROUND: Patients with peripheral artery disease have an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Antiplatelet agents are widely used to reduce these complications.METHODS: This was a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial for which patients were recruited at 602 hospitals, clinics, or community practices from 33 countries across six continents. Eligible patients had a history of peripheral artery disease of the lower extremities (previous peripheral bypass surgery or angioplasty, limb or foot amputation, intermittent claudication with objective evidence of peripheral artery disease), of the carotid arteries (previous carotid artery revascularisation or asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis of at least 50%), or coronary artery disease with an ankle-brachial index of less than 0·90. After a 30-day run-in period, patients were randomly assigned (1:1:1) to receive oral rivaroxaban (2·5 mg twice a day) plus aspirin (100 mg once a day), rivaroxaban twice a day (5 mg with aspirin placebo once a day), or to aspirin once a day (100 mg and rivaroxaban placebo twice a day). Randomisation was computer generated. Each treatment group was double dummy, and the patient, investigators, and central study staff were masked to treatment allocation. The primary outcome was cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke; the primary peripheral artery disease outcome was major adverse limb events including major amputation. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01776424, and is closed to new participants.FINDINGS: Between March 12, 2013, and May 10, 2016, we enrolled 7470 patients with peripheral artery disease from 558 centres. The combination of rivaroxaban plus aspirin compared with aspirin alone reduced the composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (126 [5%] of 2492 vs 174 [7%] of 2504; hazard ratio [HR] 0·72, 95% CI 0·57-0·90, p=0·0047), and major adverse limb events including major amputation (32 [1%] vs 60 [2%]; HR 0·54 95% CI 0·35-0·82, p=0·0037). Rivaroxaban 5 mg twice a day compared with aspirin alone did not significantly reduce the composite endpoint (149 [6%] of 2474 vs 174 [7%] of 2504; HR 0·86, 95% CI 0·69-1·08, p=0·19), but reduced major adverse limb events including major amputation (40 [2%] vs 60 [2%]; HR 0·67, 95% CI 0·45-1·00, p=0·05). The median duration of treatment was 21 months. The use of the rivaroxaban plus aspirin combination increased major bleeding compared with the aspirin alone group (77 [3%] of 2492 vs 48 [2%] of 2504; HR 1·61, 95% CI 1·12-2·31, p=0·0089), which was mainly gastrointestinal. Similarly, major bleeding occurred in 79 (3%) of 2474 patients with rivaroxaban 5 mg, and in 48 (2%) of 2504 in the aspirin alone group (HR 1·68, 95% CI 1·17-2·40; p=0·0043).INTERPRETATION: Low-dose rivaroxaban taken twice a day plus aspirin once a day reduced major adverse cardiovascular and limb events when compared with aspirin alone. Although major bleeding was increased, fatal or critical organ bleeding was not. This combination therapy represents an important advance in the management of patients with peripheral artery disease. Rivaroxaban alone did not significantly reduce major adverse cardiovascular events compared with asprin alone, but reduced major adverse limb events and increased major bleeding.FUNDING: Bayer AG.

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2018

7. Agatston score of the descending aorta is independently associated with coronary events in a low-risk population

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Hans Kragten, Luuk I.B. Heckman, Frederique E C M Peeters, Elton A. M. P. Dudink, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Justin G.L.M. Luermans, Rutger J. Haest, Joachim E. Wildberger, Bas L.J.H. Kietselaer, Bob Weijs, Sibel Altintas, Cardiologie, RS: CARIM - R2.01 - Clinical atrial fibrillation, Promovendi CD, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Artsass Interne Geneeskunde (9), MUMC+: MA Med Staf Artsass Cardiologie (9), MUMC+: MA Alg Ond Onderz Cardiologie (9), RS: CARIM - R2.08 - Electro mechanics, RS: CARIM - R3.11 - Imaging, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Cardiologie (9), MUMC+: DA Beeldvorming (5), Beeldvorming, and MUMC+: MA Cardiologie (9)

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medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Heart disease, ARTERY CALCIUM, PREDICTION, X-ray computed, HEART-DISEASE, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, tomography, Coronary artery disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.artery, Internal medicine, Ascending aorta, medicine, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, 030212 general & internal medicine, ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY, Aorta, Framingham Risk Score, business.industry, physiologic, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, medicine.disease, PREVENTION, Cardiac Risk Factors and Prevention, follow-up studies, CALCIFICATION, aorta, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, Descending aorta, Cardiology, cardiovascular system, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Agatston score, business, coronary artery disease
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ObjectivesA standard coronary artery calcium scan includes part of the aorta. This additional information is often not included in routine analyses. We aimed to determine the feasibility of assessing the Agatston score of the descending aorta calcification (DAC) on standard coronary calcium scans and the association of this score with coronary events in a low-risk study population.MethodsBetween January 2008 and March 2011, 390 consecutive patients who were referred for cardiac CT as part of work-up for pulmonary vein isolation (n=115) or assessment of presence of coronary artery disease (n=275) were included. At baseline, all patients were free of a history of cardiovascular disease. Two independent observers determined the Agatston score of the ascending aorta and descending aorta.ResultsA total of 16 patients (4.1%) developed coronary events (acute coronary syndrome (n=6) and symptomatic significant coronary artery disease requiring treatment (n=10)) during a follow-up of 67±12 months, with more events in patients with calcifications in the descending aorta than in those without (8.4% vs 3.7 %; p=0.08). Multivariable Cox regression, corrected for Framingham Risk Score (FRS) and coronary Agatston score (CAC), revealed that DAC was independently associated with coronary events (per 100 units; HR: 1.06, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.09; p=0.001). DAC furthermore increased the identification of patients that will experience a coronary event (area under the curve: 0.68 for FRS only, 0.75 for FRS+CAC and 0.78 for FRS+CAC+DAC).ConclusionsThe Agatston score of the descending aorta could be included in the standard analysis of cardiac CT scans of low-risk patients since it holds valuable information for the prediction of coronary events.

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2018

8. Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable coronary artery disease : an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Stuart J Connolly, John W Eikelboom, Jackie Bosch, Gilles Dagenais, Leanne Dyal, Fernando Lanas, Kaj Metsarinne, Martin O'Donnell, Anthony L Dans, Jong-Won Ha, Alexandr N Parkhomenko, Alvaro A Avezum, Eva Lonn, Liu Lisheng, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Petr Widimsky, Aldo P Maggioni, Camilo Felix, Katalin Keltai, Masatsugu Hori, Khalid Yusoff, Tomasz J Guzik, Deepak L Bhatt, Kelley R H Branch, Nancy Cook Bruns, Scott D Berkowitz, Sonia S Anand, John D Varigos, Keith A A Fox, Salim Yusuf, JORGELINA SALA, LUIS CARTASEGNA, MARISA VICO, MIGUEL ANGEL HOMINAL, EDUARDO HASBANI, ALBERTO CACCAVO, CESAR ZAIDMAN, DANIEL VOGEL, ADRIAN HRABAR, PABLO OMAR SCHYGIEL, CARLOS CUNEO, HUGO LUQUEZ, IGNACIO J. MACKINNON, RODOLFO ANDRES AHUAD GUERRERO, JUAN PABLO COSTABEL, INES PALMIRA BARTOLACCI, OSCAR MONTANA, MARIA BARBIERI, OSCAR GOMEZ VILAMAJO, RUBEN OMAR GARCIA DURAN, LILIA BEATRIZ SCHIAVI, MARCELO GARRIDO, ADRIAN INGARAMO, ANSELMO PAULINO BORDONAVA, MARIA JOSE PELAGAGGE, LEONARDO NOVARETTO, JUAN PABLO ALBISU DI GENNERO, LUZ MARIA IBANEZ SAGGIA, MOIRA ALVAREZ, NESTOR ALEJANDRO VITA, STELLA MARIS MACIN, RICARDO DARIO DRAN, MARCELO CARDONA, LUIS GUZMAN, RODOLFO JUAN SARJANOVICH, JESUS CUADRADO, SEBASTIAN NANI, MARCOS RAUL LITVAK BRUNO, CAROLINA CHACON, LAURA ELENA MAFFEI, DIEGO GRINFELD, NATALIA VENSENTINI, CLAUDIO RODOLFO MAJUL, HECTOR LUCAS LUCIARDI, PATRICIA DEL CARMEN GONZALEZ COLASO, FREDY ANTONI FERRE PACORA, PAUL VAN DEN HEUVEL, PETER VERHAMME, BAVO ECTOR, PHILIPPE DEBONNAIRE, PHILIPPE VAN DE BORNE, JEAN LEROY, HERMAN SCHROE, PASCAL VRANCKX, IVAN ELEGEERT, ETIENNE HOFFER, KARL DUJARDIN, CLARISSE INDIO DO BRASIL, DALTON PRECOMA, JOSE ANTONIO ABRANTES, EULER MANENTI, GILMAR REIS, JOSE SARAIVA, LILIA MAIA, MAURO HERNANDES, PAULO ROSSI, FABIO ROSSI DOS SANTOS, SERGIO LUIZ ZIMMERMANN, RAFAEL RECH, EDUARDO ABIB JR, PAULO LEAES, ROBERTO BOTELHO, OSCAR DUTRA, WEIMAR SOUZA, MARIA BRAILE, NILO IZUKAWA, JOSE CARLOS NICOLAU, LUIZ FERNANDO TANAJURA, CARLOS VICENTE SERRANO JUNIOR, CESAR MINELLI, LUIZ ANTONIO NASI, LIVIA OLIVEIRA, MARCELO JOSE DE CARVALHO CANTARELLI, RICHARD TYTUS, SHEKHAR PANDEY, EVA LONN, JAMES CHA, SAUL VIZEL, MOHAN BABAPULLE, ANDRE LAMY, KEVIN SAUNDERS, JOSEPH BERLINGIERI, BOB KIAII, RAKESH BHARGAVA, PRAVINSAGAR MEHTA, LAURIE HILL, DAVID FELL, ANDY LAM, FAISAL AL-QOOFI, CRAIG BROWN, ROBERT PETRELLA, JOSEPH A RICCI, ANTHONY GLANZ, NICOLAS NOISEUX, KEVIN BAINEY, FATIMA MERALI, MICHAEL HEFFERNAN, ANTHONY DELLA SIEGA, GILLES R DAGENAIS, FRANCOIS DAGENAIS, STEEVE BRULOTTE, MICHEL NGUYEN, MICHAEL HARTLEIB, RANDOLPH GUZMAN, RONALD BOURGEOIS, DENNIS RUPKA, YAARIV KHAYKIN, GILBERT GOSSELIN, THAO HUYNH, CLAUDE PILON, JEAN CAMPEAU, FRANCIS PICHETTE, ARIEL DIAZ, JAMES JOHNSTON, PRAVIN SHUKLE, GREGORY HIRSCH, PAUL RHEAULT, WLODZIMIERZ CZARNECKI, ANNIE ROY, SHAH NAWAZ, STEPHEN FREMES, DINKAR SHUKLA, GABRIEL JANO, JORGE LEONARDO COBOS, RAMON CORBALAN, MARCELO MEDINA, LEONARDO NAHUELPAN, CARLOS RAFFO, LUIS PEREZ, SERGIO POTTHOFF, BENJAMIN STOCKINS, PABLO SEPULVEDA, CHRISTIAN PINCETTI, MARGARITA VEJAR, HONGYAN TIAN, XUESI WU, YUANNAN KE, KAIYING JIA, PENGFEI YIN, ZHAOHUI WANG, LITIAN YU, SHULIN WU, ZONGQUI WU, SHAO WEN LIU, XIAO JUAN BAI, YANG ZHENG, PING YANG, YUN MEI YANG, JIWEI ZHANG, JUNBO GE, XIAO PING CHEN, JUNXIA LI, TAO HONG HU, RUIYAN ZHANG, ZHE ZHENG, XIN CHEN, LIANG TAO, JIANPING LI, WEIJIAN HUANG, GUOSHENG FU, CHUNJIAN LI, YUGANG DONG, CHUNSHENG WANG, XINMIN ZHOU, YE KONG, ARISTIDES SOTOMAYOR, JOSE LUIS ACCINI MENDOZA, HENRY CASTILLO, MIGUEL URINA, GUSTAVO AROCA, MARITZA PEREZ, DORA INES MOLINA DE SALAZAR, GREGORIO SANCHEZ VALLEJO, MANZUR J FERNANDO, HENRY GARCIA, LUIS HERNANDO GARCIA, EDGAR ARCOS, JUAN GOMEZ, FRANCISCO CUERVO MILLAN, FREDY ALBERTO TRUJILLO DADA, BORIS VESGA, GUSTAVO ADOLFO MORENO SILGADO, EVA ZIDKOVA, JEAN-CLAUDE LUBANDA, MARKETA KALETOVA, RADIM KRYZA, GABRIEL MARCINEK, MAREK RICHTER, JINDRICH SPINAR, JIRI MATUSKA, MARTIN TESAK, ZUZANA MOTOVSKA, MARIAN BRANNY, JIRI MALY, MARTIN MALY, MARTIN WIENDL, LENKA FOLTYNOVA CAISOVA, JOSEF SLABY, PETR VOJTISEK, JAN PIRK, LENKA SPINAROVA, MIROSLAVA BENESOVA, JULIA CANADYOVA, MIROSLAV HOMZA, JINDRICH FLORIAN, ROSTISLAV POLASEK, ZDENEK COUFAL, VLADIMIRA SKALNIKOVA, RADIM BRAT, MIROSLAV BRTKO, PETR JANSKY, JAROSLAV LINDNER, PAVEL MARCIAN, ZBYNEK STRAKA, MARTIN TRETINA, YAN CARLOS DUARTE, FREDDY POW CHON LONG, MAYRA SANCHEZ, JOSE LOPEZ, CARMITA PERUGACHI, RICARDO MARMOL, FREDDY TRUJILLO, PABLO TERAN, JAAKKO TUOMILEHTO, HENRI TUOMILEHTO, MARJA-LEENA TUOMINEN, ILKKA KANTOLA, GABRIEL STEG, VICTOR ABOYANS, FLORENCE LECLERCQ, EMILE FERRARI, FRANCK BOCCARA, EMMANUEL MESSAS, PATRICK MISMETTI, MARIE ANTOINETTE SEVESTRE, GUILLAUME CAYLA, PASCAL MOTREFF, STEFAN STOERK, HANS-DIRK DUENGEN, CHRISTOPH STELLBRINK, OSMAN GUEROCAK, CHRISTOPH KADEL, RUEDIGER BRAUN-DULLAEUS, MICHAEL JESERICH, CHRISTIAN OPITZ, HANS-FRIEDRICH VOEHRINGER, KARL-FRIEDRICH APPEL, BERNHARD WINKELMANN, THOMAS DORSEL, SIGRID NIKOL, HARALD DARIUS, JURGEN RANFT, SEBASTIAN SCHELLONG, WOLFGANG JUNGMAIR, PIROZE DAVIERWALA, MARC VORPAHL, LASZLO BAJNOK, ZOLTAN LASZLO, EBRAHIM NOORI, GABOR VERESS, ANDRAS VERTES, ANDRAS ZSARY, ERNO KIS, LASZLO KORANYI, JUDIT BAKAI, ZOLTAN BODA, FERENC POOR, ZOLTAN JARAI, VENDEL KEMENY, JOHN BARTON, BRENDAN MCADAM, ANDREW MURPHY, PETER CREAN, NIALL MAHON, RONAN CURTIN, BRIAIN MACNEILL, SEAN DINNEEN, MAJDI HALABI, REUVEN ZIMLICHMAN, DAVID ZELTSER, YOAV TURGEMAN, ELIEZER KLAINMAN, BASIL LEWIS, AMOS KATZ, SHAUL ATAR, EUGENIA NIKOLSKY, STEFANO BOSI, MONICA NALDI, POMPILIO FAGGIANO, DEBORA ROBBA, LUCIO MOS, GIANFRANCO SINAGRA, FRANCO COSMI, LUIGI OLTRONA VISCONTI, DE MATTEIS CARMINE, GIUSEPPE DI PASQUALE, MATTEO DI BIASE, SARA MANDORLA, MARINO BERNARDINANGELI, GIOVANNI CARLO PICCINNI, MICHELE MASSIMO GULIZIA, MARCELLO GALVANI, FLAVIO VENTURI, GIORGIO MOROCUTTI, MARIA GRAZIA BALDIN, CARLO OLIVIERI, GIAN PIERO PERNA, VINCENZO CIRRINCIONE, TAKAYASU KANNO, HIROYUKI DAIDA, YUKIO OZAKI, NAOMASA MIYAMOTO, SHINICHI HIGASHIUE, HIROSHI DOMAE, SHINOBU HOSOKAWA, HIROO KOBAYASHI, TAKEHIKO KURAMOCHI, KENSHI FUJII, KAZUAKI MIZUTOMI, KEIJIRO SAKU, KAZUO KIMURA, YOSHIHARU HIGUCHI, MITSUNORI ABE, HARUHITO OKUDA, TOSHIYUKI NODA, TERUAKI MITA, ATSUSHI HIRAYAMA, HARUHIKO ONAKA, MORIAKI INOKO, MITSUGU HIROKAMI, MUNENORI OKUBO, YUTAKA AKATSUKA, MIZUHO IMAMAKI, HARUO KAMIYA, MAMORU MANITA, TOSHIHARU HIMI, HIDEKI UENO, YUJI HISAMATSU, JUNYA AKO, YASUHIRO NISHINO, HIDEO KAWAKAMI, YUTAKA YAMADA, YUKIHIRO KORETSUNE, TAKAHISA YAMADA, TETSURO YOSHIDA, HIDEKI SHIMOMURA, NORIYUKI KINOSHITA, AKIHIKO TAKAHASHI, KHALID YUSOFF, WAN AZMAN WAN AHMAD, MUHAMMAD RADZI ABU HASSAN, SAZZLI KASIM, AIZAI AZAN ABDUL RAHIM, DIMON MOHD ZAMRIN, MASAHARU MACHIDA, YORIHIKO HIGASHINO, NORIAKI UTSU, AKIHIKO NAKANO, SHIGERU NAKAMURA, TETSUO HASHIMOTO, KENJI ANDO, TOMOHIRO SAKAMOTO, F.J. PRINS, DIRK LOK, JOHANNES GERT-JAN MILHOUS, ERIC VIERGEVER, FRANK WILLEMS, HENK SWART, MARCO ALINGS, ROB BREEDVELD, KEES-JAN DE VRIES, ROGER VAN DER BORGH, FANNY OEI, STIENEKE ZOET-NUGTEREN, HANS KRAGTEN, JEAN PAUL HERRMAN, PAUL VAN BERGEN, MARCEL GOSSELINK, EDUARD HOEKSTRA, ERWIN ZEGERS, EELKO RONNER, FRANK DEN HARTOG, GERARD BARTELS, PETER NIEROP, COEN VAN DER ZWAAN, JACOB VAN ECK, EDWIN VAN GORSELEN, BJORN GROENEMEIJER, PIETER HOOGSLAG, MARC ROBERT DE GROOT, ALDRIN LOYOLA, DENNIS JOSE SULIT, NANNETTE REY, MARIA TERESA ABOLA, DANTE MORALES, ELLEN PALOMARES, MARC EVANS ABAT, GREGORIO ROGELIO, PHILIP CHUA, JOSE CARLO DEL PILAR, JOHN DENNIS ALCARAZ, GERALDINE EBO, LOUIE TIRADOR, JOSEFINA CRUZ, JOHN ANONUEVO, ARTHUR PITARGUE, MARIANNA JANION, TOMASZ GUZIK, GRZEGORZ GAJOS, MACIEJ ZABOWKA, ANDRZEJ RYNKIEWICZ, MARLENA BRONCEL, ANDRZEJ SZUBA, DANUTA CZARNECKA, PAWEL MAGA, IRINA STRAZHESKO, YURY VASYUK, ZHANNA SIZOVA, YURY POZDNYAKOV, OLGA BARBARASH, MIKHAIL VOEVODA, TATIANA POPONINA, ALEXEY REPIN, IRINA OSIPOVA, ANNA EFREMUSHKINA, NINA NOVIKOVA, OLEG AVERKOV, DMITRY ZATEYSHCHIKOV, ARKADIY VERTKIN, AZA AUSHEVA, PATRICK COMMERFORD, SAADIYA SEEDAT, LOUIS VAN ZYL, JAN ENGELBRECHT, ELLEN MAKONLI MAKOTOKO, CATHARINA ELIZABETH PRETORIUS, ZAID MOHAMED, ADRIAN HORAK, THOMAS MABIN, ERIC KLUG, JANG-HO BAE, CHEOLHO KIM, CHONG-JIN KIM, DONG-SOO KIM, YONG JIN KIM, SEUNGJAE JOO, JONG-WON HA, CHUL SOO PARK, JANG YOUNG KIM, YOUNG-KWON KIM, CHRISTINA JARNERT, THOMAS MOOE, MIKAEL DELLBORG, INGEMAR TORSTENSSON, PER ALBERTSSON, LARS JOHANSSON, FARIS AL-KHALILI, HENRIK ALMROTH, TOMMY ANDERSSON, EMIL PANTEV, BENGT-OLOV TENGMARK, BO LIU, GUNDARS RASMANIS, CARL-MAGNUS WAHLGREN, TIZIANO MOCCETTI, ALEXANDER PARKHOMENKO, VIRA TSELUYKO, VOLODYMYR VOLKOV, OLENA KOVAL, LYUDMYLA KONONENKO, OLEKSANDR PROKHOROV, VALERIY VDOVYCHENKO, ANDRIY BAZYLEVYCH, LEONID RUDENKO, VADYM VIZIR, OLEKSANDR KARPENKO, YAROSLAV MALYNOVSKY, VALENTYNA KOVAL, BORYS STOROZHUK, JAMES COTTON, ASOK VENKATARAMAN, ANDREW MORIARTY, DEREK CONNOLLY, PATRICK DAVEY, ROXY SENIOR, INDERPAUL BIRDI, JOHN CALVERT, PATRICK DONNELLY, JASPER TREVELYAN, JUSTIN CARTER, AARON PEACE, DAVID AUSTIN, NEVILLE KUKREJA, THOMAS HILTON, SUNNY SRIVASTAVA, RONALD WALSH, RONALD FIELDS, JOSEPH HAKAS, EDWARD PORTNAY, HARINDER GOGIA, ABRAHAM SALACATA, JOHN J. HUNTER, J MICHAEL BACHARACH, NICOLAS SHAMMAS, DAMODHAR SURESH, RICKY SCHNEIDER, PAUL GURBEL, SUBHASH BANERJEE, PAUL GRENA, NOEL BEDWELL, STEPHEN SLOAN, STEVEN LUPOVITCH, ANAND SONI, KATHLEEN GIBSON, RENEE SANGRIGOLI, RAJENDRA MEHTA, PETER I-HSUAN TSAI, EVE GILLESPIE, STEPHEN DEMPSEY, GLENN HAMROFF, ROBERT BLACK, ELLIS LADER, JOHN B. KOSTIS, VERA BITTNER, WILLIAM MCGUINN, KELLEY BRANCH, VINAY MALHOTRA, STEPHEN MICHAELSON, MICHAEL VACANTE, MATTHEW MCCORMICK, RALUCA ARIMIE, ALAN CAMP, GEORGE DAGHER, N. MATHEW KOSHY, STEPHEN THEW, FREDERICK COSTELLO, MARK HEIMAN, ROBERT CHILTON, MICHAEL MORAN, FREDRIC ADLER, ANTHONY COMEROTA, ANDREW SEIWERT, WILLIAM FRENCH, HARVEY SEROTA, ROBERT HARRISON, FAISAL BAKAEEN, SHUAB OMER, LOKESH CHANDRA, ALAN WHELAN, ANDREW BOYLE, PHILIP ROBERTS-THOMSON, JAMES ROGERS, PATRICK CARROLL, DAVID COLQUHOUN, JAMES SHAW, PETER BLOMBERY, JOHN AMERENA, CHRIS HII, ALISTAIR ROYSE, BHUWAN SINGH, JOSEPH SELVANAYAGAM, SHIRLEY JANSEN, WINGCHI LO, CHRISTOPHER HAMMETT, ROHAN POULTER, SESHASAYEE NARASIMHAN, HENRIK WIGGERS, HENRIK NIELSEN, GUNNAR GISLASON, LARS KOBER, KIM HOULIND, VIBEKE BOENELYKKE SOERENSEN, ULRIK DIXEN, JENS REFSGAARD, ELISABETH ZEUTHEN, PETER SOEGAARD, MARIAN HRANAI, LUDOVIT GASPAR, DANIEL PELLA, KATARINA HATALOVA, ERIKA DROZDAKOVA, IOAN COMAN, DOINA DIMULESCU, DRAGOS VINEREANU, MIRCEA CINTEZA, CRINA SINESCU, CATALINA ARSENESCU, IMRE BENEDEK, ELENA BOBESCU, DAN DOBREANU, DAN GAITA, ADRIAN IANCU, ADRIANA ILIESIU, DANIEL LIGHEZAN, LUCIAN PETRESCU, OCTAVIAN PIRVU, IULIA TEODORESCU, DAN TESLOIANU, MARIUS MARCIAN VINTILA, and OVIDIU CHIONCEL

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_treatment, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Stroke/epidemiology, Coronary artery disease, 0302 clinical medicine, Rivaroxaban, Hemorrhage/chemically induced, Carotid artery disease, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality, Aspirin, Atrial fibrillation, General Medicine, Stroke, ORAL RIVAROXABAN, Cardiovascular Diseases, Factor Xa Inhibitors/administration & dosage, Cardiology, Female, Drug Therapy, Combination, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Rivaroxaban/administration & dosage, Coronary Artery Disease/drug therapy, Hemorrhage, Drug Administration Schedule, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Journal Article, Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Aspirin/administration & dosage, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/administration & dosage, Aged, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, business.industry, Unstable angina, Percutaneous coronary intervention, medicine.disease, PREVENTION, Morbidity, business, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Factor Xa Inhibitors
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and is a consequence of acute thrombotic events involving activation of platelets and coagulation proteins. Factor Xa inhibitors and aspirin each reduce thrombotic events but have not yet been tested in combination or against each other in patients with stable coronary artery disease.METHODS: In this multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, outpatient trial, patients with stable coronary artery disease or peripheral artery disease were recruited at 602 hospitals, clinics, or community centres in 33 countries. This paper reports on patients with coronary artery disease. Eligible patients with coronary artery disease had to have had a myocardial infarction in the past 20 years, multi-vessel coronary artery disease, history of stable or unstable angina, previous multi-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention, or previous multi-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery. After a 30-day run in period, patients were randomly assigned (1:1:1) to receive rivaroxaban (2·5 mg orally twice a day) plus aspirin (100 mg once a day), rivaroxaban alone (5 mg orally twice a day), or aspirin alone (100 mg orally once a day). Randomisation was computer generated. Each treatment group was double dummy, and the patients, investigators, and central study staff were masked to treatment allocation. The primary outcome of the COMPASS trial was the occurrence of myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01776424, and is closed to new participants.FINDINGS: Between March 12, 2013, and May 10, 2016, 27 395 patients were enrolled to the COMPASS trial, of whom 24 824 patients had stable coronary artery disease from 558 centres. The combination of rivaroxaban plus aspirin reduced the primary outcome more than aspirin alone (347 [4%] of 8313 vs 460 [6%] of 8261; hazard ratio [HR] 0·74, 95% CI 0·65-0·86, pINTERPRETATION: In patients with stable coronary artery disease, addition of rivaroxaban to aspirin lowered major vascular events, but increased major bleeding. There was no significant increase in intracranial bleeding or other critical organ bleeding. There was also a significant net benefit in favour of rivaroxaban plus aspirin and deaths were reduced by 23%. Thus, addition of rivaroxaban to aspirin has the potential to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary artery disease worldwide.FUNDING: Bayer AG.

Published
2018

9. INSERTION OF A MINIATURIZED INSERTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL SETTING: RESULTS FROM THE RIO 2 INTERNATIONAL STUDY

Author

Kurt Stromberg, John D. Rogers, Hans Kragten, Angel Moya, Rishi Anand, Christopher Piorkowski, Prashanthan Sanders, Robert C. Kowal, and M. Rizwan Sohail

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Hospital setting, business.industry, medicine, Medical emergency, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.disease, business, Intensive care medicine
Published
2017

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