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1. Invasive coronary angiography in patients with acute exacerbated COPD and elevated plasma troponin

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Pizarro C, Herweg-Steffens N, Buchenroth M, Schulte W, Schaefer C, Hammerstingl C, Werner N, Nickenig G, and Skowasch D

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Acute exacerbation, Troponin elevation, Coronary angiography, Ischaemic heart disease, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779
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Carmen Pizarro,1,* Neele Herweg-Steffens,1,* Martin Buchenroth,2 Wolfgang Schulte,3 Christian Schaefer,1 Christoph Hammerstingl,1 Nikos Werner,1 Georg Nickenig,1 Dirk Skowasch1 1Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany; 2Department of Pneumology, Johanniter Hospital Bonn, Germany; 3Department of Pneumology, Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Germany *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: In acute exacerbation of COPD, increased plasma levels of cardiac troponin are frequent and associated with increased mortality. Thus, we aimed at prospectively determining the diagnostic value of coronary angiography in patients with exacerbated COPD and concomitantly elevated cardiac troponin. Patients and methods: A total of 88 patients (mean age 72.9±9.2 years, 56.8% male) hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD with elevated plasma troponin were included. All patients underwent coronary angiography within 72 hours after hospitalization. Complementary 12-lead electrocardiogram, transthoracic echocardiography, pulmonary function, and angiological testing were performed.Results: Coronary angiography objectified the presence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in 59 patients (67.0%), of whom 34 patients (38.6% of total study population) underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. Among these 34 intervened patients, the vast majority (n=26, 76.5%) had no previously known IHD, whereas only eight out of 34 patients (23.5%) presented an IHD history. Patients requiring coronary intervention showed significantly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (45.8%±13.1% vs 55.1%±13.3%, P=0.01) and a significantly more frequent electrocardiographic ST-segment depression (20.6% vs 7.4%, P=0.01). Neither additional laboratory parameters for inflammation and myocardial injury nor lung functional measurements differed significantly between the groups. Conclusion: Angiographically confirmed IHD that required revascularization occurred in 38.6% of exacerbated COPD patients with elevated cardiac troponin. In this considerable portion of patients, coronary angiography emerged to be of diagnostic and therapeutic value. Keywords: COPD, acute exacerbation, troponin elevation, coronary angiography, ischemic heart disease

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2016

2. Speckle tracking echocardiography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and overlapping obstructive sleep apnea

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Pizarro C, van Essen F, Linnhoff F, Schueler R, Hammerstingl C, Nickenig G, Skowasch D, and Weber M

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Speckle tracking echocardiography, Left ventricular dysfunction, Overlap syndrome, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779
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Carmen Pizarro,* Fabian van Essen,* Fabian Linnhoff, Robert Schueler, Christoph Hammerstingl, Georg Nickenig, Dirk Skowasch, Marcel Weber Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: COPD and congestive heart failure represent two disease entities of growing global burden that share common etiological features. Therefore, we aimed to identify the degree of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in COPD as a function of COPD severity stages and concurrently placed particular emphasis on the presence of overlapping obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).Methods: A total of 85 COPD outpatients (64.1±10.4 years, 54.1% males) and 20 controls, matched for age, sex, and smoking habits, underwent speckle tracking echocardiography for LV longitudinal strain imaging. Complementary 12-lead electrocardiography, laboratory testing, and overnight screening for sleep-disordered breathing using the SOMNOcheck micro® device were performed.Results: Contrary to conventional echocardiographic parameters, speckle tracking echocardiography revealed significant impairment in global LV strain among COPD patients compared to control smokers (-13.3%±5.4% vs -17.1%±1.8%, P=0.04). On a regional level, the apical septal LV strain was reduced in COPD (P=0.003) and associated with the degree of COPD severity (P=0.02). With regard to electrocardiographic findings, COPD patients exhibited a significantly higher mean heart rate than controls (71.4±13.0 beats per minute vs 60.3±7.7 beats per minute, P=0.001) that additionally increased over Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stages (P=0.01). Albeit not statistically significant, COPD led to elevated N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels (453.2±909.0 pg/mL vs 96.8±70.0 pg/mL, P=0.08). As to somnological testing, the portion of COPD patients exhibiting overlapping OSA accounted for 5.9% and did not significantly vary either in comparison to controls (P=0.07) or throughout the COPD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stages (P=0.49). COPD-OSA overlap solely correlated with nocturnal hypoxemic events, whereas LV performance status was unrelated to coexisting OSA.Conclusion: To conclude, COPD itself seems to be accompanied with decreased LV deformation properties that worsen over COPD severity stages, but do not vary in case of overlapping OSA. Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, speckle tracking echocardiography, left ventricular dysfunction, overlap syndrome

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2016

5. Influence of socioeconomic factors on pregnancy outcome in women with structural heart disease

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Van Hagen I. M., Baart S., Fong Soe Khioe R., Sliwa-Hahnle K., Taha N., Lelonek M., Tavazzi L., Maggioni A. P., Johnson M. R., Maniadakis N., Fordham R., Hall R., Roos-Hesselink J. W., Ferrari R., Marelli A., Webb G., Kaemmerer H., Popelova J., Sliwa K., Parsonage W. A., Stein J., Elkayam U., Thilen U., Budts W., Ruys T., Vardas P., Komajda M., Pinto F., Alonso A., Wood D., Ferreira T., Gracia G., Laroche C., Missiamenou V., Taylor C., Konte M., Andarala M., Fiorucci E., Lefrancq E. F., Glemot M., McNeill P-A., Pommier C., Lafay M., Aquieri A., Vega H. R., Blanco M. V., Lust K., Fagermo N., Gabriel H., Donhauser E., Gasimov Z., Jahangirov T., Hasanova I., De Backer J., Demulier L., de Hosson M., Beckx M., Moissens M., Kovacevic-Preradovic T., Kozic M., Lovric M., Freire C. V., Chilingirova N., Kratunkov P., Montesclaros A. R., Beaubien E., Gordon E., Walter L., Lindsay C., Wahab N., Vavera Z., El Nagar A., Ebaid H. H., El Sayed Makled W. A., Dardier A., Shabaan M., Elrakshy Y., Eltamawey K., Abd-El Aziz M. G., Saad A., Aboleineen W., Ashour Z., Sorour K., Mahdy M. A. M., Iserin L., Ladouceur M., Cohen S., Iung B., Maisuradze D., Mebus S., Gembruch U., Hammerstingl C., Merz W. M., Wald C., Baumgartner H., Orwat S., Schmidt R., Motz R., Olsson A., Berger F., Nagdyman N., Frogoudaki A., Anastasiou-Nana M., Temesvari A., Kohalmi D., Balint H., Merkely B., Liptai C., Bowen M., Cullen M., Thornton P., Husarova V., Blatt A., Elbaz-Greener G., Moravsky G., Vered Z., Fuhrmann A. V., Shotan A., Goland S., Festa P., Ali L. A., Sinagra G., Puggia I., Mottolese B. D., Carmina M. G., Romeo C., Crepaz R., Fesslova V., Azzarelli A., Baldi D., Bovenzi F., Donvito V., Vasario E., Todros T., Niwa K., Mussagaliyeva A., Mekebekova D., Sharipova S., Zaliunas R., Jonkaitiene R., Petrauskaite J., Gumbiene L., Jovanova S., Cassar A., Caruana M., Karamermer Y., Cornette J. M. J., van Dijk A., Bellersen L., Duijnhouwer T., De Groot C., Pieper E. P. G., van Oppen C., Polak P., Wajon E., Wagenaar L., Estensen M., Lesniak-Sobelga A., Podolec P., Wisniowska-Smialek S., Trybuch A., Hoffman P., Cichocka-Radwan A., Sobczak S., Faflik U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk A., Przepiesc J., Gil M., Plaskota K., Trojnarska O., Guerra N., de Sousa L., Petrescu V., Ginghina C., Jurcut R., Coman I. M., Gaisin I. R., Shilina L. V., Sharashkina N., Tkacheva O., Ivanov D., Irtyuga O., Jovovic L., Prokselj K., Kozelj M., Elliott C., Galian-Gay L., Pijuan-Domenech A., Subirana-Domenech M. T., Tornos P., Murga N., Oliver J. M., Escribano-Subias P., Ruiz-Cano M. J., Delgado-Jimenez J., Furenas E., Dellborg M., Schwerzmann M., Bouchardy J., Rutz T., Tobler D., Sarac L., Esen O. B., Enar S. C., Al Mulla A., Bazargani N., Al Hatou E., Farook F., Almahmeed W., Salih B., Clifford P., Bowers N., Veldtman G., Kerr J., Tellett L., Hudsmith L., Thompson P., Thorne S., Bowater S., Nihoyannopoulos P., Curry R., Freeman L., Schroeder F., Wendler R., Hammond S., Talluto C., Murphy D., Perlroth M. G., Chintala K., Gupta P., Pare E., Khatri N., Scott N., De Faria-Yeh D., Bhatt A. B., Tsiaras S., Gurvitz M., Otto C., Botti J., Ting J., Davidson W. R., Cardiology, Van Hagen, I. M., Baart, S., Fong Soe Khioe, R., Sliwa-Hahnle, K., Taha, N., Lelonek, M., Tavazzi, L., Maggioni, A. P., Johnson, M. R., Maniadakis, N., Fordham, R., Hall, R., Roos-Hesselink, J. W., Ferrari, R., Marelli, A., Webb, G., Kaemmerer, H., Popelova, J., Sliwa, K., Parsonage, W. A., Stein, J., Elkayam, U., Thilen, U., Budts, W., Ruys, T., Vardas, P., Komajda, M., Pinto, F., Alonso, A., Wood, D., Ferreira, T., Gracia, G., Laroche, C., Missiamenou, V., Taylor, C., Konte, M., Andarala, M., Fiorucci, E., Lefrancq, E. F., Glemot, M., Mcneill, P-A., Pommier, C., Lafay, M., Aquieri, A., Vega, H. R., Blanco, M. V., Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. V., Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. G., Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A. M., Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Baumgartner, H., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. V., Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. A., Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D., Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M. J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P. G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. M., Gaisin, I. R., Shilina, L. V., Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subias, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jimenez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. B., Enar, S. C., Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., and Davidson, W. R.

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Registrie, Pediatrics, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Heart disease, global health, heart failure, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiovascular, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Residence Characteristics, Prospective Studies, Registries, PREDICTORS, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, CARDIOLOGY, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, valvular heart disease, Pregnancy Outcome, SOUTH-AFRICA, congenital heart disease, pregnancy, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Female, Global Health, Heart Diseases, Humans, Maternal Age, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Socioeconomic Factors, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, Heart Disease, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, RISK-ASSESSMENT, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Human, Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_specialty, ROPAC investigators, Birth rate, 03 medical and health sciences, medicine, CARDIAC-DISEASE, MATERNAL OUTCOMES, Socioeconomic status, Science & Technology, business.industry, INCOME INEQUALITY, medicine.disease, Pregnancy Complications, Prospective Studie, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Residence Characteristic, Heart failure, REGISTRY, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, business
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ObjectiveCardiac disease is the leading cause of indirect maternal mortality. The aim of this study was to analyse to what extent socioeconomic factors influence the outcome of pregnancy in women with heart disease.MethodsThe Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease is a global prospective registry. For this analysis, countries that enrolled ≥10 patients were included. A combined cardiac endpoint included maternal cardiac death, arrhythmia requiring treatment, heart failure, thromboembolic event, aortic dissection, endocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, hospitalisation for cardiac reason or intervention. Associations between patient characteristics, country characteristics (income inequality expressed as Gini coefficient, health expenditure, schooling, gross domestic product, birth rate and hospital beds) and cardiac endpoints were checked in a three-level model (patient–centre–country).ResultsA total of 30 countries enrolled 2924 patients from 89 centres. At least one endpoint occurred in 645 women (22.1%). Maternal age, New York Heart Association classification and modified WHO risk classification were associated with the combined endpoint and explained 37% of variance in outcome. Gini coefficient and country-specific birth rate explained an additional 4%. There were large differences between the individual countries, but the need for multilevel modelling to account for these differences disappeared after adjustment for patient characteristics, Gini and country-specific birth rate.ConclusionWhile there are definite interregional differences in pregnancy outcome in women with cardiac disease, these differences seem to be mainly driven by individual patient characteristics. Adjustment for country characteristics refined the results to a limited extent, but maternal condition seems to be the main determinant of outcome.

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2018

6. Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease Results From the Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease

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Van Hagen I. M., Thorne S. A., Taha N., Youssef G., Elnagar A., Gabriel H., ElRakshy Y., Iung B., Johnson M. R., Hall R., Roos-Hesselink J. W., Ferrari R., Maggioni A. P., Marelli A., Webb G., Kaemmerer H., Popelova J., Sliwa K., Tavazzi L., Anthony Parsonage W., Stein J., Elkayam U., Thilen U., Budts W., Ruys T., Ferreira T., Missiamenou V., Folkesson Lefrancq E., Aquieri A., Ruda Vega H., Vazquez Blanco M., Lust K., Fagermo N., Donhauser E., Gasimov Z., Jahangirov T., Hasanova I., De Backer J., Demulier L., de Hosson M., Beckx M., Moissens M., Kovacevic-Preradovic T., Kozic M., Lovric M., Vilas Freire C., Chilingirova N., Kratunkov P., Montesclaros A. R., Beaubien E., Gordon E., Walter L., Lindsay C., Wahab N., Vavera Z., El Nagar A., Ebaid H. H., A. El Sayed Makled W., Dardier A., Shabaan M., Eltamawey K., Gamal Abd-El Aziz M., Saad A., Aboleineen W., Ashour Z., Sorour K., A. Meguid Mahdy M., Iserin L., Ladouceur M., Cohen S., Maisuradze D., Mebus S., Gembruch U., Hammerstingl C., Merz W. M., Wald C., Hellige A., Baumgartner H., Schmidt R., Motz R., Olsson A., Berger F., Nagdyman N., Frogoudaki A., Anastasiou-Nana M., Temesvari A., Kohalmi D., Balint H., Merkely B., Liptai C., Bowen M., Cullen M., Thornton P., Husarova V., Blatt A., Elbaz-Greener G., Moravsky G., Vered Z., Vazan Fuhrmann A., Shotan A., Goland S., Festa P., Ait Ali L., Sinagra G., Puggia I., D'Agata Mottolese B., Carmina M. G., Romeo C., Crepaz R., Fesslova V., Azzarelli A., Baldi D., Bovenzi F., Donvito V., Vasario E., Todros T., Niwa K., Mussagaliyeva A., Mekebekova D., Sharipova S., Zaliunas R., Jonkaitiene R., Petrauskaite J., Gumbiene L., Jovanova S., Cassar A., Caruana M., Karamermer Y., Cornette J. M. J., van Dijk A., Bellersen L., Duijnhouwer T., De Groot C., PG Pieper E., van Oppen C., Polak P., Wajon E., Wagenaar L., Estensen M., Lesniak-Sobelga A., Podolec P., Wisniowska-Smialek S., Trybuch A., Hoffman P., Cichocka-Radwan A., Lelonek M., Sobczak S., Faflik U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk A., Przepiesc J., Gil M., Plaskota K., Trojnarska O., Guerra N., de Sousa L., Petrescu V., Ginghina C., Jurcut R., Mircea Coman I., Ravilevich Gaisin I., Valeryevna Shilina L., Sharashkina N., Tkacheva O., Ivanov D., Irtyuga O., Jovovic L., Prokselj K., Kozelj M., Elliott C., Galian-Gay L., Pijuan-Domenech A., Subirana-Domenech M. T., Tornos P., Murga N., M. Oliver J., Escribano-Subias P., J. Ruiz-Cano M., Delgado-Jimenez J., Furenas E., Dellborg M., Schwerzmann M., Bouchardy J., Rutz T., Tobler D., Sarac L., Batukan Esen O., Catirli Enar S., Al Mulla A., Bazargani N., Al Hatou E., Farook F., Almahmeed W., Cardiology, Van Hagen, I. M., Thorne, S. A., Taha, N., Youssef, G., Elnagar, A., Gabriel, H., Elrakshy, Y., Iung, B., Johnson, M. R., Hall, R., Roos-Hesselink, J. W., Ferrari, R., Maggioni, A. P., Marelli, A., Webb, G., Kaemmerer, H., Popelova, J., Sliwa, K., Tavazzi, L., Anthony Parsonage, W., Stein, J., Elkayam, U., Thilen, U., Budts, W., Ruys, T., Ferreira, T., Missiamenou, V., Folkesson Lefrancq, E., Aquieri, A., Ruda Vega, H., Vazquez Blanco, M., Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Vilas Freire, C., Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., A. El Sayed Makled, W., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Eltamawey, K., Gamal Abd-El Aziz, M., Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., A. Meguid Mahdy, M., Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Hellige, A., Baumgartner, H., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Vazan Fuhrmann, A., Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ait Ali, L., Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., D'Agata Mottolese, B., Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M. J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., PG Pieper, E., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Lelonek, M., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Mircea Coman, I., Ravilevich Gaisin, I., Valeryevna Shilina, L., Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., M. Oliver, J., Escribano-Subias, P., J. Ruiz-Cano, M., Delgado-Jimenez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Batukan Esen, O., Catirli Enar, S., Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., and Almahmeed, W.

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Registrie, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, VALVULAR HEART-DISEASE, heart disease, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiovascular, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Models, Mitral valve, Rheumatic heart disease, Valvular heart disease, Women, Women and minorities, Adult, Female, Humans, Prospective Studies, Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Models, Cardiovascular, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Pregnancy Outcome, Registries, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Prospective cohort study, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, valvular heart disease, ROPAC Investigators and EORP Team, SOUTH-AFRICA, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, OUTPUT, medicine.anatomical_structure, cardiovascular system, Cardiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Women and minoritie, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, DEATHS, STENOSIS, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 03 medical and health sciences, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, MANAGEMENT, medicine, Pregnancy outcomes, Science & Technology, business.industry, 1103 Clinical Sciences, medicine.disease, Pregnancy Complications, Prospective Studie, Stenosis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, rheumatic, business
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Background: Cardiac disease is 1 of the major causes of maternal mortality. We studied pregnancy outcomes in women with rheumatic mitral valve disease. Methods: The Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease is an international prospective registry, and consecutive pregnant women with cardiac disease were included. Pregnancy outcomes in all women with rheumatic mitral valve disease and no prepregnancy valve replacement is described in the present study (n=390). A maternal cardiac event was defined as cardiac death, arrhythmia requiring treatment, heart failure, thromboembolic event, aortic dissection, endocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, and hospitalization for other cardiac reasons or cardiac intervention. Associations between patient characteristics and cardiac outcomes were checked in a 3-level model (patient–center–country). Results: Most patients came from emerging countries (75%). Mitral stenosis (MS) with or without mitral regurgitation (MR) was present in 273 women, isolated MR in 117. The degree of MS was mild in 20.9%, moderate in 39.2%, severe in 19.8%, and severity not classified in the remainder. Maternal death during pregnancy occurred in 1 patient with severe MS. Hospital admission occurred in 23.1% of the women with MS, and the main reason was heart failure (mild MS 15.8%, moderate 23.4%, severe 48.1%; P 1 was an independent predictor of maternal cardiac events. Follow-up at 6 months postpartum was available for 53%, and 3 more patients died (1 with severe MS, 1 with moderate MS, 1 with moderate to severe MR). Conclusions: Although mortality was only 1.9% during pregnancy, ≈50% of the patients with severe rheumatic MS and 23% of those with significant MR developed heart failure during pregnancy. Prepregnancy counseling and considering mitral valve interventions in selected patients are important to prevent these complications.

Published
2018

12. Risk and fate of residual interatrial shunting after transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale: a long term follow up study

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Hammerstingl C, Bauriedel G, Stüsser C, Momcilovic D, Tuleta I, Nickenig G, and Skowasch D

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Medicine
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Abstract Background Percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in cryptogenic stroke is an alternative to medical therapy. There is still debate on different outcome for each currently available device. The impact of residual shunting after PFO-clo- sure on recurrent arterial embolism is unknown. Aims (i) To evaluate the prevalence of residual interatrial shunting after device- closure of PFO, (ii) to identify risk factors predicting residual interatrial shunting after device implantation, and (iii) to investigate the outcome of patients after PFO-closure during long- term follow- up (FU). Methods and results Between 2000- 2005 PFO-closure was performed in 124 patients using four different devices: Amplatzer PFO-(n = 52), CardioSeal (n = 33), Helex (n = 23) and Premere (n = 16) occluder. All patients underwent serial contrast-enhanced transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for 24 months after PFO- closure; clinical FU was at minimum 5 years up to 9.75 years (mean 6.67 ± 1.31 years). Overall-closure rate was 87% at 2 years, device-specific closure time curves differed significantly (p-logrank = 0.003). Independent risk factors for residual-shunting were implantation of a Helex occluder (hazard ratio [HR] 12.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.6- 57.4, p = 0.002), PFO- canal- lengths (HR 1.2, 95%CI 1.1- 1.3, p = 0.004) and extend of atrial-septal-aneurysm (HR 1.1, 95%CI 0.9- 1.3; p = 0.05). 4 (3.2%) arterial embolic events occurred during a FU-period of 817.2 patient-years, actuarial annual thromboembolic-risk was 0.49%. All ischemic events were not related to residual PFO-shunting or device-related thrombus- formation. Conclusion Success rates of PFO- closure are mainly dependent on occluder-type, extend of concomitant atrial-septum-aneurysm and PFO-canal- length. Importantly, residual shunting after PFO-closure was not associated with recurrence of arterial embolism during long-term follow-up.

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2011
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14. Influence of socioeconomic factors on pregnancy outcome in women with structural heart disease

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Van Hagen, Iris M., Baart, Sara, Fong Soe Khioe, Rebekah, Sliwa-Hahnle, Karen, Taha, Nasser, Lelonek, Malgorzata, Tavazzi, Luigi, Maggioni, Aldo Pietro, Johnson, Mark R., Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Fordham, Richard, Hall, Roger, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Ferrari, Roberto, Marelli, Ariane, Webb, Gary, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Sliwa, Karen, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Budts, Werner, Ruys, Titia, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Blanco, M. Vázquez, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Baumgartner, H., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. Batukan, Enar, S. Catirli, Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., Davidson, W. R., Van Hagen, Iris M., Baart, Sara, Fong Soe Khioe, Rebekah, Sliwa-Hahnle, Karen, Taha, Nasser, Lelonek, Malgorzata, Tavazzi, Luigi, Maggioni, Aldo Pietro, Johnson, Mark R., Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Fordham, Richard, Hall, Roger, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Ferrari, Roberto, Marelli, Ariane, Webb, Gary, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Sliwa, Karen, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Budts, Werner, Ruys, Titia, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Blanco, M. Vázquez, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Baumgartner, H., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. Batukan, Enar, S. Catirli, Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., and Davidson, W. R.

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Objective Cardiac disease is the leading cause of indirect maternal mortality. The aim of this study was to analyse to what extent socioeconomic factors influence the outcome of pregnancy in women with heart disease. Methods The Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease is a global prospective registry. For this analysis, countries that enrolled ≥10 patients were included. A combined cardiac endpoint included maternal cardiac death, arrhythmia requiring treatment, heart failure, thromboembolic event, aortic dissection, endocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, hospitalisation for cardiac reason or intervention. Associations between patient characteristics, country characteristics (income inequality expressed as Gini coefficient, health expenditure, schooling, gross domestic product, birth rate and hospital beds) and cardiac endpoints were checked in a three-level model (patient-centre-country). Results A total of 30 countries enrolled 2924 patients from 89 centres. At least one endpoint occurred in 645 women (22.1%). Maternal age, New York Heart Association classification and modified WHO risk classification were associated with the combined endpoint and explained 37% of variance in outcome. Gini coefficient and country-specific birth rate explained an additional 4%. There were large differences between the individual countries, but the need for multilevel modelling to account for these differences disappeared after adjustment for patient characteristics, Gini and country-specific birth rate. Conclusion While there are definite interregional differences in pregnancy outcome in women with cardiac disease, these differences seem to be mainly driven by individual patient characteristics. Adjustment for country characteristics refined the results to a limited extent, but maternal condition seems to be the main determinant of outcome.

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2018

16. 4109Transcatheter treatment of severe tricuspid regurgitation with the edge-to-edge MitraClip technique

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Schueler, R., primary, Kowalski, M., additional, Hausleiter, J., additional, Schofer, J., additional, Rudolph, V., additional, Taramasso, M., additional, Maisano, F., additional, Fam, N., additional, Bianchi, G., additional, Bedogni, F., additional, Alfieri, O., additional, Latib, A., additional, Colombo, A., additional, Hammerstingl, C., additional, and Nickenig, G., additional

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2017
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18. Transcatheter treatment of severe tricuspid regurgitation with the edge-to-edge MitraClip technique

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Schueler, R., Kowalski, M., Hausleiter, J., Schofer, J., Rudolph, V., Taramasso, M., Maisano, F., Fam, N., Bianchi, G., Bedogni, F., Alfieri, O., Latib, A., Colombo, A., Hammerstingl, C., Nickenig, G., Schueler, R., Kowalski, M., Hausleiter, J., Schofer, J., Rudolph, V., Taramasso, M., Maisano, F., Fam, N., Bianchi, G., Bedogni, F., Alfieri, O., Latib, A., Colombo, A., Hammerstingl, C., and Nickenig, G.

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2017

19. Up to 1-year follow-up results from a multi-centre trial of a novel percutaneous mitral annuloplasty system

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Kuck, K. -H., Nickenig, G., Hammerstingl, C., Vahanian, A., Messika-Zeitoun, D., Frerker, C., Alfieri, O., Colombo, A., Latib, A., Baldus, S., Rudolph, V., Topilsky, Y., Grayburn, P., Maisano, F., Kuck, K. -H., Nickenig, G., Hammerstingl, C., Vahanian, A., Messika-Zeitoun, D., Frerker, C., Alfieri, O., Colombo, A., Latib, A., Baldus, S., Rudolph, V., Topilsky, Y., Grayburn, P., and Maisano, F.

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2016

20. Pulmonary hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: Data from the Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease (ROPAC) of the European Society of Cardiology

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Sliwa, Karen, van Hagen, Iris M., Budts, Werner, Swan, Lorna, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Caruana, Maryanne, Blanco, Manuel Vazquez, Wagenaar, Lodewijk J., Johnson, Mark R., Webb, Gary, Hall, Roger, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Ferrari, Roberto, Maggioni, Aldo P., Marelli, Ariane, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Tavazzi, Luigi, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Ruys, Titia, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Taha, N., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, Aly, Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Baumgartner, H., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Lelonek, M., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. Batukan, Enar, S. Catirli, Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., Davidson, W. R., Sliwa, Karen, van Hagen, Iris M., Budts, Werner, Swan, Lorna, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Caruana, Maryanne, Blanco, Manuel Vazquez, Wagenaar, Lodewijk J., Johnson, Mark R., Webb, Gary, Hall, Roger, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Ferrari, Roberto, Maggioni, Aldo P., Marelli, Ariane, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Tavazzi, Luigi, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Ruys, Titia, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Taha, N., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, Aly, Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Baumgartner, H., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Lelonek, M., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. Batukan, Enar, S. Catirli, Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., and Davidson, W. R.

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Aims: To describe the outcomes of pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension. Methods and results: In 2007 the European Registry on Pregnancy and Heart Disease was initiated by the European Society of Cardiology. Consecutive patients with all forms of cardiovascular disease, presenting with pregnancy, were enrolled with the aim of investigating the pregnancy outcomes. This subgroup of the cohort included 151 women with pulmonary hypertension (PH) either diagnosed by right heart catheterization or diagnosed as possible PH by echocardiographic signs, with 26% having pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), in three subgroups: idiopathic (iPAH), associated with congenital heart disease (CHD-PAH), or associated with other disease (oPAH), and 74% having PH caused by left heart disease (LHD-PH, n = 112). Maternal mean age was 29.2 ± 5.6 years and 37% were nulliparous. Right ventricular systolic pressure was <50 mmHg in 59.6% of patients, 50–70 mmHg in 28.5% and >70 mmHg in 11.9%. In more than 75% of patients, the diagnosis of PH had been made before pregnancy. Maternal death up to 1 week after delivery occurred in five patients (3.3%), with another two out of 78 patients who presented for follow-up (2.6%), dying within 6 months after delivery. The highest mortality was found in iPAH (3/7, 43%). During pregnancy, heart failure occurred in 27%. Caesarean section was performed in 63.4% (23.9% as emergency). Therapeutic abortion was performed in 4.0%. Complications included miscarriage (5.6%), fetal mortality (2%), premature delivery (21.7%), low birth weight (19.0%), and neonatal mortality (0.7%). Conclusion: Mortality in this group of patients with various forms of PH was lower than previously reported as specialized care during pregnancy and delivery was available. However, maternal and fetal mortality remains prohibitively high in women with iPAH, although this conclusion is restricted by limited numbers. Early advice on c

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21. Risk of pregnancy in moderate and severe aortic stenosis: From the multinational ROPAC registry

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Orwat, Stefan, Diller, Gerhard Paul, van Hagen, Iris M., Schmidt, Renate, Tobler, Daniel, Greutmann, Matthias, Jonkaitiene, Regina, Elnagar, Amro, Johnson, Mark R., Hall, Roger, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Baumgartner, Helmut, Ferrari, Roberto, Maggioni, Aldo P., Marelli, Ariane, Webb, Gary, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Sliwa, Karen, Tavazzi, Luigi, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Budts, Werner, Ruys, Titia, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Blanco, M. Vázquez, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Taha, N., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Lelonek, M., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Sarac, L., Esen, O. Batukan, Enar, S. Catirli, Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., Davidson, W. R., Orwat, Stefan, Diller, Gerhard Paul, van Hagen, Iris M., Schmidt, Renate, Tobler, Daniel, Greutmann, Matthias, Jonkaitiene, Regina, Elnagar, Amro, Johnson, Mark R., Hall, Roger, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Baumgartner, Helmut, Ferrari, Roberto, Maggioni, Aldo P., Marelli, Ariane, Webb, Gary, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Sliwa, Karen, Tavazzi, Luigi, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Budts, Werner, Ruys, Titia, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Blanco, M. Vázquez, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Taha, N., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Lelonek, M., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Sarac, L., Esen, O. Batukan, Enar, S. Catirli, Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., and Davidson, W. R.

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Background Controversial results on maternal risk and fetal outcome have been reported in women with aortic stenosis (AS). Objectives The authors sought to investigate maternal and fetal outcomes in patients with AS in a large cohort. Methods The Registry on Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease (ROPAC) is a global, prospective observational registry of women with structural heart disease, providing a uniquely large study population. Data of women with moderate (peak gradient 36 to 63 mm Hg) and severe AS (peak gradient ≥64 mm Hg) were analyzed. Results Of 2,966 pregnancies in ROPAC, the authors identified 96 women who had at least moderate AS (34 with severe AS). No deaths were observed during pregnancy and in the first week after delivery. However, 20.8% of women were hospitalized for cardiac reasons during pregnancy. This was significantly more common in severe AS compared with moderate AS (35.3% vs. 12.9%; p = 0.02), and reached the highest rate (42.1%) in severe, symptomatic AS. Pregnancy was complicated by heart failure in 6.7% of asymptomatic and 26.3% of symptomatic patients, but could be managed medically, except for 1 patient who was symptomatic before pregnancy and underwent balloon valvotomy. Children of patients with severe AS had a significantly higher percentage of low birth weight (35.0% vs. 6.0%; p = 0.006). Conclusions Mortality in pregnant women with AS, including those with severe AS, appears to be close to zero in the current era. Symptomatic and severe AS does, however, carry a substantial risk of heart failure and is associated with high rates of hospitalization for cardiac reasons, although heart failure can nearly always be managed medically. The results highlight the importance of appropriate pre-conceptional patient evaluation and counseling.

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22. Moderated Posters: A little bit of everythingP1190What causes mitral annulus dilatation-A three dimensional studyP1191Impact of interventional edge-to-edge repair with the MitraClip system on mitral valve geometry: Long-term results from a prospective single centre studyP1192Real live applications of three-dimensional echocardiographic quantification of the left atrial volumes using an automated adaptive analytics algorithmP1193Quantitative ultrasound evaluation of the changes on tissue characteristics of carotid plaques by lipid lowering therapyP1194Effort heart rate increase is an independent predictor of longitudinal function reserve in the trained heart: a stress echocardiography studyP1195Incremental value of strain imaging in classification of heart failure with normal ejection fractionP1196Multimodality work-up of young stroke patients is beneficialP1197Prognostic significance of the hemodynamic non-invasive assessment in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

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Boileve, V, primary, Schueler, R., primary, Hinojar, R., primary, Bando, M., primary, Lo Iudice, F., primary, Andersen, OS., primary, Nielsen, KM., primary, Merlo, M., primary, Dreyfus, J, additional, Attias, D., additional, Codogno, I., additional, Brochet, E., additional, Vahanian, A., additional, Messika-Zeitoun, D., additional, Kaplan, S., additional, Oeztuerk, C., additional, Weber, M., additional, Sinning, JM., additional, Welt, A., additional, Werner, N., additional, Nickenig, G., additional, Hammerstingl, C., additional, Fernandez-Golfin, C., additional, Gonzalez-Gomez, A., additional, Garcia Martin, A., additional, Casas, E., additional, Del Val, D., additional, Pardo, A., additional, Mejias, A., additional, Moya, JL., additional, Barrios, V., additional, Jimenez Nacher, JJ., additional, Zamorano, JL., additional, Yamada, H., additional, Amano, R., additional, Tamai, R., additional, Torii, Y., additional, Nishio, S., additional, Seno, Y., additional, Kusunose, K., additional, Sata, M., additional, Santoro, C., additional, Buonauro, A., additional, Ferrone, M., additional, Esposito, R., additional, Trimarco, B., additional, Petitto, M., additional, Galderisi, M., additional, Gude, E., additional, Andreassen, AK., additional, Broch, K., additional, Skulstad, H., additional, Smiseth, OA., additional, Remme, EW., additional, Damgaard, DW., additional, Jensen, JM., additional, Kraglund, KL., additional, Kim, WY., additional, Stolfo, D., additional, Gobbo, M., additional, Gabassi, G., additional, Barbati, G., additional, De Luca, A., additional, Korcova, R., additional, Secoli, G., additional, Pinamonti, B., additional, and Sinagra, G., additional

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23. P1007Aortic root diameters and aortic regurgitation in hypertensive patients and normal subjectsP1008Ultrasonic assessment of backscatter signal intensity of the right ventricle in patients with arterial hypertension as a method of measuring alterations of myocardiumP1009Speckle strain echocardiography for the evaluation of left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with severe lung diseases and pulmonary hypertensionP1010Impaired left ventricular ejection fraction in a cohort of systemic sclerosis patients: clinical and echocardiographic characteristicsP1011Prognostic role of subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction evaluated using strain imaging by speckle-tracking echocardiographyP1012Inferior vena cava diameter is a strong and practical marker of physical activity and fitnessP1013When the heart works for two: morphologic and functional adaptation during pregnancyP1014Extensive use of lung ultrasound in pediatric cardiac surgery: preliminary experienceP1015Asymptomatic delayed right ventricular perforation by cardiac implantable electronic devices lead, echocardiographic featuresP1016Novel echocardiographic prognostic markers for cardiac tamponade in patients with large malignant pericardial effusions. A paradigm shift from flow to tissue imagingP1017Doppler echocardiographic parameters as a marker of cardiac tamponadeP1018Sigmoid septum as a marker of elongation of thoracic aorta caused by progression of atherosclerosisP1019Carotid artery atherosclerosis and stiffness: comparison of different metabolic measuresP1020Feasibility of triple imaging vasodilator stress echo in patients with suspected coronary artery diseaseP1022The use of combined echo and cardio-pulmonary stress for discriminating cardiac problems from de-conditioning in patients with dyspneaP1023Long-term prognosis of a stress echocardiography in patients after successful primary percutaneous intervention and incomplete revascularization of non-culprit lesionsP1024Diastolic exercise stress echo can unmask diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes, a five-year follow-up studyP1025Diabetes mellitus is the major limitation for diagnosis of coronary artery disease assessed by semisupine ergometer stress echocardiographyP1026Longitudinal changes of atherosclerotic features in the aorta on transcatheter aortic valve implantation using transesophageal echocardiographyP1027Severe aortic stenosis: comparison between effective and anatomical aortic?valvular area by two and three dimension transesophageal ecocardiographyP1028Region growing method provides better left ventricular volume and cardaic output measuringP10293 dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of mitral valve geometry in patients with secondary and primary mitral regurgitationP1030The impact of adjustable region of interest on ventricular strain measurements and arrhythmic risk assessment in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyP1031Left ventricular strain at presentation predicts long-term outcome in ALCAPA patientsP1032Global atrial-ventricular strain as a new index of subclinical left heart dysfunction in hypertensive and diabetic patients

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Vriz, O., primary, Ivanov, S., primary, Szulik, M., primary, Llerena Butron, S., primary, Cioffi, G., primary, Bruin De- Bon, HACM, primary, Meras Colunga, P., primary, Cantinotti, M., primary, Zaborska, B., primary, Chalikias, G., primary, Son, JW., primary, Wada, Y., primary, Di Nora, C., primary, Ciampi, Q., primary, Topilsky, YT., primary, Petrovic, MT., primary, Bjork Ingul, C., primary, Tsai, HR., primary, Bando, M., primary, Perea, G., primary, Cheng, H-L, primary, Schueler, R., primary, Rosca, M., primary, Di Salvo, G., primary, Cameli, M., primary, Bertn, NB., additional, Brosolo, G., additional, Bossone, E., additional, Matveev, V., additional, Kuznetsova, L., additional, Dmitrieva, I., additional, Nowak, J., additional, Skowron, W., additional, Klys, J., additional, Koziel, M., additional, Streb, W., additional, Rozentryt, P., additional, Zeglen, S., additional, Kalarus, Z., additional, Kukulski, T., additional, Denton, CP., additional, Coghlan, JG., additional, Schreiber, BE., additional, Viapiana, O., additional, Ognibeni, F., additional, Dalbeni, A., additional, Giollo, A., additional, Gatti, D., additional, Idolazzi, L., additional, Cherubini, A., additional, Mazzone, C., additional, Faganello, G., additional, Di Lenarda, A., additional, Rossini, M., additional, Jorstad, HT., additional, Boekholdt, SM., additional, Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, NM., additional, Bouma, BJ., additional, Peters, RJG, additional, Prado Diaz, S., additional, Montoro Lopez, N., additional, Gonzalez Fernandez, O., additional, Rial Baston, V., additional, Valbuena Lopez, SC., additional, Refoyo Salicio, E., additional, Moreno Yanguela, M., additional, De?La?Calle, M., additional, Bartha Rasero, JL., additional, Dalmau Gonzalez-Gallarza, R., additional, Lopez Sendon, JL., additional, Guzman Martinez, G., additional, Ait-Ali, L., additional, Franchi, EF., additional, Scalese, M., additional, Gargani, L., additional, Makowska, E., additional, Pilichowska-Paszkiet, E., additional, Sikora-Frac, M., additional, Czepiel, A., additional, Swiatkowski, M., additional, Kulakowski, P., additional, Samaras, A., additional, Kikas, P., additional, Thomaidis, A., additional, Drosos, I., additional, Tziakas, D., additional, Kim, HJ., additional, Kim, BJ., additional, Choi, KW., additional, Nam, JH., additional, Lee, JH., additional, Lee, CH., additional, Kim, W., additional, Park, JS., additional, Shin, DG., additional, Kim, YJ., additional, Choi, JH., additional, Fujii, A., additional, Ariyoshi, T., additional, Okuda, S., additional, Omuro, A., additional, Hisaoka, M., additional, Nao, T., additional, Yamasaki, T., additional, Tanaka, N., additional, Yano, M., additional, Poli, S., additional, Vriz, O., additional, Sparacino, L., additional, Zito, C., additional, Carerj, S., additional, Pavan, D., additional, Antonini-Canterin, F., additional, Paterni, M., additional, Villari, B., additional, Picano, E., additional, Rozenbaum, ZR., additional, Khoury, KS., additional, Keren, GK., additional, Giga, V., additional, Stepanovic, J., additional, Boskovic, N., additional, Trifunovic, D., additional, Aleksandric, S., additional, Nedeljkovic, I., additional, Tesic, M., additional, Dobric, M., additional, Rakocevic, I., additional, Beleslin, B., additional, Djordjevic-Dikic, A., additional, Timilsina, AS., additional, Hollekim-Strand, SM., additional, Liu, YW., additional, Tsai, WC., additional, Nishigami, K., additional, Horibata, Y., additional, Nakao, K., additional, Sakamoto, T., additional, Lombardero, M., additional, Henquin, R., additional, Corneli, MC., additional, Oeztuerk, C., additional, Weber, M., additional, Welz, A., additional, Werner, N., additional, Nickenig, G., additional, Hammerstingl, C., additional, Mandes, L., additional, Calin, A., additional, Beladan, CC., additional, Enache, R., additional, Mateescu, A., additional, Calin, C., additional, Jurcut, R., additional, Ginghina, C., additional, Popescu, BA., additional, Muhanna, N., additional, Siblini, G., additional, Bulbul, Z., additional, Issa, Z., additional, Abu Hazeem, A., additional, Fadel, B., additional, Pergola, V., additional, Halees, Z., additional, Fayyadh, M., additional, Mandoli, GE., additional, Righini, FM., additional, Albizzi, C., additional, Capitani, E., additional, Pastore, C., additional, D'ascenzi, F., additional, Focardi, M., additional, and Mondillo, S., additional

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24. Apixaban versus Enoxaparin for Thromboprophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients

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Goldhaber, Sz, Leizorovicz, A, Kakkar, A, Haas, Sk, Merli, G, Weitz, Ji, Ceresetto, Jm, Kyrle, P, Gallus, A, Cools, F, Saraiva, J, Faucher, Jp, Chlumsky, J, Husted, S, Emmerich, J, Bauersachs, R, Zeltser, D, Prandoni, Paolo, Ghiraduzzi, A, Leiva, J, Sparby, Ja, Torbiki, A, Kobalava, Z, Jacobson, B, Suarez, C, Fu, M, Savas, I, Parkhomenko, A, Ansell, J, Landis, Jr, Elliott, Cg, Borris, Lc, Samama, Mm, Pinede, L, Becker, F, Coppere, B, Nony, P, Merah, A, Alves, M, Boulet, H, Loppinet, A, Nicol, C, Ohanessian, L, Roncato, C, Knabb, Rm, Liaw, D, Smith, K, Hess, T, Rossi, L, Chen, D, Doan, C, Doran, J, Matheis, E, Ballard, M, Tsarova, O, Levenstein, S, Tvedegaard, M, Akkal, Z, Jure, H, Mercado, Da, Zangroniz, P, Constantino, M, Bello, F, Giumelli, C, de Sagastizabal, D, Risso Patron, F, Ceresetto, J, Dran, R, Vita, N, Baratta, S, Ahuad Guerrero, R, Penchasky, D, Rubinfeld, A, Layden, M, Karrasch, J, Coughlin, P, Peters, M, Gibbs, H, Ward, Ch, Hahn, U, Pilger, E, Minar, E, El Allaf, D, Marechal, P, Motte, S, Verhamme, P, Wollaert, B, Duck, L, Freire, A, Piegas, L, Jorge, Jm, Guimaraes, H, Oliveira, M, Blacher, C, Leães, P, Toniolo, J, Okoshi, M, Rosa, Dd, Cunha, C, Lobo, S, Leader, R, Dhar, A, Tarabain, O, Miron, M, Brossoit, R, Kahn, S, Kassis, J, Douketis, J, Spencer, F, Faucher, J, Alarcon, Ma, Gutierrez Valenzuela, F, Bisbal Malig, C, Vejar, M, Jaramillo, N, Saaibi, D, Londono, D, Kolman, P, Reiterer, P, Ballek, L, Spacek, R, Soucek, M, Patek, F, Vitovec, M, Kovarova, K, Ceska, R, Podpera, I, Faber, J, Oestergaard, L, Vejby Christensen, H, Frost, L, Rasmussen, Sl, Tuxen, C, Ingerslev, J, Knudsen, T, Torp Pedersen, C, Pedersen, C, Nielsen, H, Mottier, D, Simoneau, G, Leduc, J, Lorcerie, B, Paleiron, N, Proust, A, Conri, C, Pernod, G, Mismetti, P, Achkar, A, Maignan, M, Harenberg, J, Beyer, J, Horacek, T, Lawall, H, Hecker, U, Hammerstingl, C, Weil, J, Fischer, D, Brachmann, J, Klepzig, H, Cheng, G, Soltesz, P, Schnabel, R, Futo, L, Jobbagy, L, Singh, P, Talwar, D, Bhadade, R, Bharani, A, Krishnamurthy, S, Goyal, A, Mehta, P, Samiuddin, M, D'Souza, G, Sinha, S, Sathe, P, Sethuraman, S, Jaganmani, S, Sundaram, P, Saxena, A, Mehta, M, Omar, A, Rajkumar, J, Jog, S, Kumar, S, Hayek, T, Hussein, O, Lahav, M, Efrati, S, Elias, M, Grossman, E, Lugassy, G, Porath, A, Porreca, E, Prandoni, P, Tosetto, A, Imberti, D, Pierfranceschi, G, Ghirarduzzi, A, Scannapieco, G, Testa, S, Ling, P, Yusoff, K, Yusof, Z, Lopez Rosas, E, Hernandez, I, Nanez Terreros, H, Flota, L, Campos, E, Alcocer, M, Viergever, P, Sparby, J, Cotrina, R, Salas, M, Pamo, O, Fajardo, L, Horna, M, Ulloa, V, Toce, L, Moncada, Z, Salazar, O, Habaluyas, R, Collado, F, Edmilao, M, Abola, T, Sevilla, R, Torbicki, A, Tracz, W, Kasprzak, J, Jastrzebski, D, Psuja, P, Hiczkiewicz, J, Piepiorka, M, Pulkowski, G, Tyszkiewicz, I, Kuc, K, Gordeev, I, Boyarkin, M, Privalov, D, Abrosimov, V, Reshetko, O, Goloshchekin, B, Vishnevsky, A, Boldueva, S, Kostenko, V, Mkrtchian, V, Chernichka, I, Belenkov, Y, Rodoman, G, Andreev, D, Shvarts, Y, Aleksandrov, O, Zadionchenko, V, Klochkov, O, Tay, J, Jagadesan, R, Basson, M, Siebert, R, Viljoen, J, Gray, T, Abdool Gaffar, M, Suh, G, In, K, Choi, D, Kim, S, Baek, S, Chung, H, Shin, J, Alvarez Sala, L, Cepeda, J, Ferrer, M, Mallibovsky, L, Garcia Morillo, J, Villalta, J, Gomez Cerezo, J, Capitán, F, Gonzalez Garrido, F, Guijarro, C, Jimenez, D, Richart, C, Elf, J, Ueng, K, Huang, T, Karan, A, Erten, N, Abrahamovych, O, Chopey, I, Gavrysiuk, V, Kraiz, I, Karpenko, A, Volkov, V, Denesyuk, V, Kharchenko, N, Tseluyko, V, Batushkin, V, Sushko, V, Yagensky, A, Ignatenko, G, Dziublyk, O, Cohen, A, Bareford, D, Kesteven, P, Mccollum, P, Das, S, Conrad, S, Botnick, W, Nathanson, A, Hamad, A, Fraiz, J, Goytia Leos, D, Fulmer, J, Mclaren, G, Streiff, M, Hahn, B, Ardolic, B, Klausner, H, Welch, M, Pullman, J, Phillips, D, Felt, J, Mitchell, G, Margolis, B, Pendleton, R, Mahesh, A, Barney, J, Shadan, F, Schuller, D, Joslin, S, Feldman, J, Pearl, R, Welker, J, Hazelrigg, M, Stevens, S, Siegel, M, Meade, A, Bates, J, Tahirkheli, N, Rosenberg, D, Dishman, K, Ikerd, T, Feldman, G, O'Connell, C, Vaince, U, Dabbagh, O, Eyster, E, Weinstein, G, Ginsberg, R, Fine, J, Tillinghast, A, Alabi, F, Nathan, R, Haught, H, Oliver, M., Cardiovascular Division (SZG), Brigham and Women's Hospital [Boston], Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon, Thrombosis Research Institute (AKK), University College of London [London] (UCL), Institute for Experimental Oncology and Therapy Research (IEOTR), Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Jefferson Medical College (JMC), Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute (TARI), McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario], Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale (GETBO), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO), Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC - Brest), and Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

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Male, MESH: Pulmonary Embolism, Placebo-controlled study, MESH: Hospitalization, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, law.invention, MESH: Venous Thromboembolism, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, MESH: Aged, 80 and over, Randomized controlled trial, law, Risk Factors, MESH: Risk Factors, Medicine, MESH: Double-Blind Method, 030212 general & internal medicine, MESH: Treatment Outcome, Aged, 80 and over, MESH: Aged, MESH: Middle Aged, General Medicine, Orvostudományok, Venous Thromboembolism, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Pulmonary embolism, Hospitalization, Treatment Outcome, Acute Disease, MESH: Acute Disease, Apixaban, Female, Respiratory Insufficiency, MESH: Hemorrhage, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Randomization, MESH: Enoxaparin, Pyridones, Medicina, Hemorrhage, MESH: Anticoagulants, MESH: Drug Administration Schedule, Klinikai orvostudományok, Drug Administration Schedule, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, MESH: Pyridones, Humans, Risk factor, Enoxaparin, MESH: Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Aged, Heart Failure, MESH: Humans, business.industry, Anticoagulants, MESH: Adult, medicine.disease, MESH: Male, Surgery, chemistry, Relative risk, Betrixaban, MESH: Heart Failure, Pyrazoles, business, Pulmonary Embolism, MESH: Female, MESH: Pyrazoles, MESH: Respiratory Insufficiency, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract

The efficacy and safety of prolonging prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in medically ill patients beyond hospital discharge remain uncertain. We hypothesized that extended prophylaxis with apixaban would be safe and more effective than short-term prophylaxis with enoxaparin. METHODS: In this double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned acutely ill patients who had congestive heart failure or respiratory failure or other medical disorders and at least one additional risk factor for venous thromboembolism and who were hospitalized with an expected stay of at least 3 days to receive apixaban, administered orally at a dose of 2.5 mg twice daily for 30 days, or enoxaparin, administered subcutaneously at a dose of 40 mg once daily for 6 to 14 days. The primary efficacy outcome was the 30-day composite of death related to venous thromboembolism, pulmonary embolism, symptomatic deep-vein thrombosis, or asymptomatic proximal-leg deep-vein thrombosis, as detected with the use of systematic bilateral compression ultrasonography on day 30. The primary safety outcome was bleeding. All efficacy and safety outcomes were independently adjudicated. RESULTS: A total of 6528 subjects underwent randomization, 4495 of whom could be evaluated for the primary efficacy outcome - 2211 in the apixaban group and 2284 in the enoxaparin group. Among the patients who could be evaluated, 2.71% in the apixaban group (60 patients) and 3.06% in the enoxaparin group (70 patients) met the criteria for the primary efficacy outcome (relative risk with apixaban, 0.87; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.62 to 1.23; P = 0.44). By day 30, major bleeding had occurred in 0.47% of the patients in the apixaban group (15 of 3184 patients) and in 0.19% of the patients in the enoxaparin group (6 of 3217 patients) (relative risk, 2.58; 95% CI, 1.02 to 7.24; P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: In medically ill patients, an extended course of thromboprophylaxis with apixaban was not superior to a shorter course with enoxaparin. Apixaban was associated with significantly more major bleeding events than was enoxaparin, Supported by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer

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2011
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25. Pregnancy in women with a mechanical heart valve: Data of the European Society of Cardiology Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease (ROPAC)

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Van Hagen, Iris M., Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Ruys, Titia P.E., Merz, Waltraut M., Goland, Sorel, Gabriel, Harald, Lelonek, Malgorzata, Trojnarska, Olga, Al Mahmeed, Wael Abdulrahman, Balint, Hajnalka Olga, Ashour, Zeinab, Baumgartner, Helmut, Boersma, Eric, Johnson, Mark R., Hall, Roger, Ferrari, Roberto, Maggioni, Aldo P., Marelli, Ariane, Webb, Gary, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Sliwa, Karen, Tavazzi, Luigi, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Budts, Werner, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Blanco, M. Vázquez, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A. E., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Taha, N., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Wald, C., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. B., Enar, S. C., Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., Davidson, W. R., Van Hagen, Iris M., Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W., Ruys, Titia P.E., Merz, Waltraut M., Goland, Sorel, Gabriel, Harald, Lelonek, Malgorzata, Trojnarska, Olga, Al Mahmeed, Wael Abdulrahman, Balint, Hajnalka Olga, Ashour, Zeinab, Baumgartner, Helmut, Boersma, Eric, Johnson, Mark R., Hall, Roger, Ferrari, Roberto, Maggioni, Aldo P., Marelli, Ariane, Webb, Gary, Kaemmerer, Harald, Popelova, Jana, Sliwa, Karen, Tavazzi, Luigi, Parsonage, William Anthony, Stein, Joerg, Elkayam, Uri, Thilen, Ulf, Budts, Werner, Vardas, Panos, Komajda, Michel, Pinto, Fausto, Alonso, Angeles, Wood, David, Maniadakis, Nikolaos, Ferreira, Thierry, Gracia, Gérard, Laroche, Cécile, Missiamenou, Viviane, Taylor, Charles, Konte, Marème, Andarala, Maryna, Fiorucci, Emanuela, Lefrancq, Elin Folkesson, Glémot, Myriam, McNeill, Patti Ann, Pommier, Caroline, Lafay, Myriam, Aquieri, A., Vega, H. Ruda, Blanco, M. Vázquez, Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. Vilas, Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A. E., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Taha, N., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. Gamal, Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A.Meguid, Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Wald, C., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. Vazan, Shotan, A., Festa, P., Ali, L. Ait, Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D.Agata, Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M.J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P.G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. Mircea, Gaisin, I. Ravilevich, Shilina, L. Valeryevna, Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subías, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jiménez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Thilén, U., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. B., Enar, S. C., Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., and Davidson, W. R.

Abstract

Background - Pregnant women with a mechanical heart valve (MHV) are at a heightened risk of a thrombotic event, and their absolute need for adequate anticoagulation puts them at considerable risk of bleeding and, with some anticoagulants, fetotoxicity. Methods and Results - Within the prospective, observational, contemporary, worldwide Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC), we describe the pregnancy outcome of 212 patients with an MHV. We compare them with 134 patients with a tissue heart valve and 2620 other patients without a prosthetic valve. Maternal mortality occurred in 1.4% of the patients with an MHV, in 1.5% of patients with a tissue heart valve (P=1.000), and in 0.2% of patients without a prosthetic valve (P=0.025). Mechanical valve thrombosis complicated pregnancy in 10 patients with an MHV (4.7%). In 5 of these patients, the valve thrombosis occurred in the first trimester, and all 5 patients had been switched to some form of heparin. Hemorrhagic events occurred in 23.1% of patients with an MHV, in 5.1% of patients with a tissue heart valve (P<0.001), and in 4.9% of patients without a prosthetic valve (P<0.001). Only 58% of the patients with an MHV had a pregnancy free of serious adverse events compared with 79% of patients with a tissue heart valve (P<0.001) and 78% of patients without a prosthetic valve (P<0.001). Vitamin K antagonist use in the first trimester compared with heparin was associated with a higher rate of miscarriage (28.6% versus 9.2%; P<0.001) and late fetal death (7.1% versus 0.7%; P=0.016). Conclusions - Women with an MHV have only a 58% chance of experiencing an uncomplicated pregnancy with a live birth. The markedly increased mortality and morbidity warrant extensive prepregnancy counseling and centralization of care.

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2015

26. Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease: Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2010

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Rosenkranz, S., Bonderman, D., Buerke, M., Felgendreher, R., ten Freyhaus, H., Gruenig, E., de Haan, F., Hammerstingl, C., Harreuter, A., Hohenforst-Schmidt, W., Kindermann, I., Kindermann, M., Kleber, F. -X., Kuckeland, M., Kuebler, W. M., Mertens, D., Mitrovic, V., Opitz, C., Schmeisser, A., Schulz, U., Speich, R., Zeh, W., Weil, J., Rosenkranz, S., Bonderman, D., Buerke, M., Felgendreher, R., ten Freyhaus, H., Gruenig, E., de Haan, F., Hammerstingl, C., Harreuter, A., Hohenforst-Schmidt, W., Kindermann, I., Kindermann, M., Kleber, F. -X., Kuckeland, M., Kuebler, W. M., Mertens, D., Mitrovic, V., Opitz, C., Schmeisser, A., Schulz, U., Speich, R., Zeh, W., and Weil, J.

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2010

35. Clinical Nephrology - Epidemiology II

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Agnes, H., primary, Kalman, P., additional, Jozsef, A., additional, Henrik, B., additional, Mucsi, I., additional, Kamata, K., additional, Sano, T., additional, Naito, S., additional, Okamoto, T., additional, Okina, C., additional, Kamata, M., additional, Murano, J., additional, Kobayashi, K., additional, Uchida, M., additional, Aoyama, T., additional, Takeuchi, Y., additional, Nagaba, Y., additional, Sakamoto, H., additional, Torino, C., additional, Panuccio, V., additional, Clementi, A., additional, Garozzo, M., additional, Bonanno, G., additional, Boito, R., additional, Natale, G., additional, Cicchetti, T., additional, Chippari, A., additional, Logozzo, D., additional, Alati, G., additional, Cassani, S., additional, Sellaro, A., additional, D'arrigo, G., additional, Tripepi, G., additional, Roberta, A., additional, Postorino, M., additional, Mallamaci, F., additional, Zoccali, C., additional, Buonanno, E., additional, Brancaccio, S., additional, Fimiani, V., additional, Napolitano, P., additional, Spadola, R., additional, Morrone, L., additional, DI Iorio, B., additional, Russo, D., additional, Betriu, A., additional, Martinez-Alonso, M., additional, Vidal, T., additional, Valdivielso, J., additional, Fernandez, E., additional, Bernadette, F., additional, Jean-Baptiste, B., additional, Frimat, L., additional, Madala, N. 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2012
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40. Patients with atrial fibrillation and dense spontaneous echo contrast at high risk a prospective and serial follow-up over 12 months with transesophageal echocardiography and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging.

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Bernhardt P, Schmidt H, Hammerstingl C, Lüderitz B, Omran H, Bernhardt, Peter, Schmidt, Harald, Hammerstingl, Christoph, Lüderitz, Berndt, and Omran, Heyder

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Objectives: We sought to assess the prognosis of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and dense spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and to determine the incidence of cerebral embolism under continued oral anticoagulation. Background: Patients with AF and dense SEC have an increased risk of cerebral embolism. However, there is little knowledge about the long-term fate and the rate of clinical silent cerebral embolism under continued oral anticoagulation. Methods: Between 1998 and 2001, all consecutive patients with AF and dense SEC were included in the study. We performed serial and prospective transesophageal echocardiography, cranial magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical examinations during a period of 12 months. Results: A total of 128 patients with dense SEC and AF were included. The control group consisted of 143 patients with faint SEC and AF. During the follow-up period, three patients (2%) had cerebral embolism with neurologic deficits. A total of eight patients (6%) died due to embolic events, and 19 (15%) patients had silent embolism, as documented on cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. Patients with an event had significantly lower left atrial appendage peak emptying velocities and more commonly had a history of previous thromboembolism and denser SEC, as compared with patients without an event. Conclusions: Patients with AF and dense SEC have a high likelihood of cerebral embolism (22%) and/or death, despite oral anticoagulation. Low peak emptying velocities of the left atrial appendage and dense SEC are independent predictors of an event. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2005
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41. Effect of Transcatheter Mitral Annuloplasty With the Cardioband Device on 3-Dimensional Geometry of the Mitral Annulus

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Alec Vahanian, Christophe Hammerstingl, Georg Nickenig, Mani Arsalan, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Ottavio Alfieri, Stephan Baldus, Antonio Colombo, Paul A. Grayburn, Giovanni Filardo, Benjamin Pollock, Eustachio Agricola, Giovanni LaCanna, Felix Kreidel, Francesco Maisano, Bradley J. Roberts, David Messika-Zeitoun, Michael Huntgeburth, Arsalan, M, Agricola, E, Alfieri, Ottavio, Baldus, S, Colombo, A, Filardo, G, Hammerstingl, C, Huntgeburth, M, Kreidel, F, Kuck, Kh, Lacanna, G, Messika Zeitoun, D, Maisano, F, Nickenig, G, Pollock, Bd, Roberts, Bj, Vahanian, A, and Grayburn, Pa

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiac Catheterization, Mitral Valve Annuloplasty, medicine.medical_treatment, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Prosthesis Design, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Mitral valve annuloplasty, Germany, Medicine, Humans, Single-Blind Method, 030212 general & internal medicine, Mitral annulus, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, Mitral Annuloplasty, Functional mitral regurgitation, Cardiac catheterization, Aged, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation, business.industry, Mitral Valve Insufficiency, United States, Treatment Outcome, Italy, Data format, Heart Valve Prosthesis, cardiovascular system, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Volume rate
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This study was performed to assess the acute intraprocedural effects of transcatheter direct mitral annuloplasty using the Cardioband device on 3-dimensional (3D) anatomy of the mitral annulus. Of 45 patients with functional mitral regurgitation (MR) enrolled in a single arm, multicenter, prospective trial, 22 had complete pre- and post-implant 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) images stored in native data format that allowed off-line 3D reconstruction. Images with the highest volume rate and best image quality were selected for analysis. Multiple measurements of annular geometry were compared from baseline to post-implant using paired t tests with Bonferroni correction to account for multiple comparisons. The device was successfully implanted in all patients, and MR was reduced to moderate in 2 patients, mild in 17 patients, and trace in 3 patients after final device cinching. Compared with preprocedural TEE, postprocedural TEE showed statistically significantly reductions in annular circumference (137 ± 15 vs 128 ± 17 mm; p = 0.042), intercommissural distance (42.4 ± 4.3 vs 38.6 ± 4.4 mm; p = 0.029), anteroposterior distance (40.0 ± 5.4 vs 37.0 ± 5.7 mm; p = 0.025), and aortic-mitral angle (117 ± 8° vs 112 ± 8°; p = 0.032). This study demonstrates that transcatheter direct mitral annuloplasty with the Cardioband device results in acute remodeling of the mitral annulus with successful reduction of functional MR.

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2016

42. 'Just the two of us': single-operator interventional left atrial appendage closure-a case report.

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Hammerstingl C, Yahya MA, and Völz A

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Background: Different procedural strategies have been published targeting to facilitate transcatheter left atrial appendage closure (LAAc). We demonstrate feasibility of a procedural set-up allowing single-operator LAAc in a selected patient., Case Summary: A 87-year-old male with persistent Afib (CHA 2 DS 2 VASc, five; HASBLED, three) was referred to our hospital for LAAc. Pre-procedural planning and device sizing with three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) confirmed a non-complex anatomy of the essential anatomical structures predicting suitability for LAAc. Therefore, the procedure was performed with a simplified single-operator interventional approach. Intraprocedural TEE guidance, device preparation, and LAAc were accomplished by the interventionalist himself. For procedural guidance, the TEE probe was arranged and handled in a technique comparable to the use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE). Procedure time (skin-to-skin) was 21 min, left atrial access time 9 min, and fluoroscopy time was 4:28 min without the use of contrast dye. The patient was discharged the following day in good medical conditions., Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on successful single-operator LAAc in a selected patient. The intervention, pre-procedural screening, and intraprocedural 3D TEE were performed by one single experienced interventionalist. This simplified technique is based on a standardized pre-procedural imaging-protocol with 3D echocardiography. According to our experience, this streamlined approach is a valuable option in non-complex LAAc cases. In the growing field of structural cardiac interventions, this approach might be an interesting option for centres with limited personal and technical resources., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest C.H. received speakers honoraria form Abbott Vascular, Pfizer, Bristol Meyers Squibb and Astra Zeneca; M.A.Y. and A.V. have no conflicts of interests to declare., (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.)

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2023
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43. 3D-speckle-tracking echocardiography correlates with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of acute myocarditis - An observational study.

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Goody PR, Zimmer S, Öztürk C, Zimmer A, Kreuz J, Becher MU, Isaak A, Luetkens J, Sugiura A, Jansen F, Nickenig G, Hammerstingl C, and Tiyerili V

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Background: The diagnostic importance of three-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking strain-imaging echocardiography in patients with acute myocarditis remains unclear. The aim of this study was to test the diagnostic performance of 3D-speckle-tracking echocardiography compared to CMR (cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging) for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis., Methods and Results: 45 patients with clinically suspected myocarditis were enrolled in our study (29% female, mean age: 43.9 ± 16.3 years, peak troponin I level: 1.38 ± 3.51 ng/ml). 3D full-volume echocardiographic images were obtained and offline 2D as well as 3D speckle-tracking analysis of regional and global LV deformation was performed. All patients received CMR scans and myocarditis was diagnosed in 29 subjects based on original Lake-Louise criteria. The 16 patients, in whom myocarditis was excluded by CMR, served as controls. Regional changes in myocardial texture (diagnosed by CMR) were significantly associated with regional impairment of circumferential, longitudinal, and radial strain, as well as regional 3D displacement and total 3D strain. Interestingly, the 2D and 3D global longitudinal strain (GLS) showed higher diagnostic performance than well-known parameters associated with myocarditis, such as LVEF (as obtained by echocardiography and CMR) and LVEDV (as obtained by CMR)., Conclusions: In this study, we examined the use of 3D-speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with acute myocarditis. Global longitudinal strain was significantly impaired in patients with acute myocarditis and correlated with CMR findings. Therefore, 3D echocardiography could become a useful diagnostic tool in the primary diagnosis of myocarditis., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (© 2022 The Authors.)

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2022
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44. Single-center five-year outcomes after interventional edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve.

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Öztürk C, Friederich M, Werner N, Nickenig G, Hammerstingl C, and Schueler R

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Aged, 80 and over, Cardiac Catheterization, Echocardiography, Female, Humans, Male, Mitral Valve diagnostic imaging, Treatment Outcome, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation, Mitral Valve Insufficiency surgery
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Background: The MitraClip procedure was established as a therapeutic alternative to mitral valve surgery for symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) at prohibitive surgical risk. In this study, the aim was to evaluate 5-year outcomes after MitraClip., Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing the MitraClip system were prospectively included. All patients underwent clinical follow-up and transthoracic echocardiography., Results: Two hundred sixty-five patients (age: 81.4 ± 8.1 years, 46.7% female, logistic EuroSCORE: 19.7 ± 16.7%) with symptomatic MR (60.5% secondary MR [sMR]). Although high procedural success of 91.3% was found, patients with primary MR (pMR) had a higher rate of procedural failure (sMR: 3.1%, pMR: 8.6%; p = 0.04). Five years after the MitraClip procedure, the majority of patients presented with reduced symptoms and improved functional capacity (functional NYHA class: p = 0.0001; 6 minutes walking test: p = 0.04). Sustained MR reduction (≤ grade 2) was found in 74% of patients, and right ventricular (RV) function was significantly increased (p = 0.03). Systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) was significantly reduced during follow-up only in sMR patients (p = 0.05, p = 0.3). Despite a pronounced clinical and echocardiographical amelioration and low interventional failure, 5-year mortality was significantly higher in patients with sMR (p = 0.05). The baseline level of creatinine (HR: 0.695), sPAP (HR: 0.96) and mean mitral valve gradient (MVG) (HR: 0.82) were found to be independent predictors for poor functional outcome and mortality., Conclusions: Transcatheter mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system showed low complication rates and sustained MR reduction with improved RV function and sPAP 5 years after the procedure was found in all patients, predominantly in patients with sMR. Despite pronounced functional amelioration with low procedure failure, sMR patients had higher 5-year mortality and worse outcomes. Baseline creatinine, MVG, and sPAP were found to be independent predictors of poor functional outcomes and 5-year mortality.

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2021
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45. Comparison of different imaging modalities for the quantification of tricuspid valve geometry and regurgitation: a retrospective, single-center study.

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Öztürk C, Schueler R, Weber M, Nickenig G, and Hammerstingl C

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Background and Aims: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a frequent valvular heart disease with relevant adverse impact on patients' prognosis. Adequate TR imaging and evaluation is challenging. In this study, we aimed to compare different imaging modalities (echocardiography and multi-slice computed tomography) for the assessment of tricuspid valve (TV) function and geometry., Methods: We retrospectively investigated patients that presented to University Hospital Bonn, Germany, between September 2018 and March 2019, who underwent comprehensive echocardiography and multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) to evaluate TR. MSCT was considered the reference approach for dimensional assessment of TV anatomy and echocardiography (transthoracic echocardiography + transesophageal echocardiography) for functional assessment of TV. We used Spearman's Rank order correlation, Bland-Altman analysis, and intra-class correlation to compare the different imaging modalities., Results: Forty patients (Mean Age ± SD: 77.5 ± 7.1 years; 35% female) with high grade TR (effective regurgitant orifice area, EROA: 0.49 ± 0.3 cm 2 , RegVol: 49.5 ± 13.4 mL) were included. There was a statistically significant but moderate correlation between 2D-TEE and MSCT for anteroposterior (AP) ( r = 0.68, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.44-0.93, P = .05; intraclass correlation [ICC]: 0.77, P = .03) and septolateral (SL) diameters ( r = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.33-0.93, P = .03; ICC = 0.76, P = .05). MSCT and 3D-TEE showed a strong correlation for determination of TV annulus area ( r = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.57-0.98, P = .002; ICC = 0.95, P = .4), perimeter ( r = 0.9, 95% CI: 0.6-0.98, P = .002; ICC = 0.97, P = .3) and diameters (AP-Diameter: r = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.06-0.94, P = .03; ICC = 0.83, P = .09; SL-Diameter: r = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.47-0.97, P = .02; ICC = 0.95, P = .1). Only 3D-TEE allowed for direct measurement of planimetric EROA, which exhibited a significant difference from calculated EROA (0.49 ± 0.4 cm 2 , 0.67 ± 0.17 cm 2 , P = .05; r = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.5 to 0.99, P = .006). According to Bland-Altman analysis, we found a relevant agreement between MSCT and 3D-TEE only for TV area (bias: -1.95, 95% limits of agreement -3.6 to -0.1)., Conclusion: Only 3D-TEE allowed for sufficient simultaneous functional and dimensional assessment of TR in our cohort., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflict of interest., (© 2020 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)

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2020
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46. Left Ventricular Longitudinal Contractility Predicts Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Development and Mortality After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt.

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Jansen C, Schröder A, Schueler R, Lehmann J, Praktiknjo M, Uschner FE, Schierwagen R, Thomas D, Monteiro S, Nickenig G, Strassburg CP, Meyer C, Arroyo V, Hammerstingl C, and Trebicka J

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Acute deterioration of liver cirrhosis (e.g., infections, acute-on-chronic liver failure [ACLF]) requires an increase in cardiac contractility. The insufficiency to respond to these situations could be deleterious. Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) has been shown to reflect left cardiac contractility in cirrhosis better than other parameters and might bear prognostic value. Therefore, this retrospective study investigated the role of LV-GLS in the outcome after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and the development of ACLF. We included 114 patients (48 female patients) from the Noninvasive Evaluation Program for TIPS and Their Follow-Up Network (NEPTUN) cohort. This number provided sufficient quality and structured follow-up with the possibility of calculating major scores (Child, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease [MELD], Chronic Liver Failure Consortium acute decompensation [CLIF-C AD] scores) and recording of the events (development of decompensation episode and ACLF). We analyzed the association of LV-GLS with overall mortality and development of ACLF in patients with TIPS. LV-GLS was independently associated with overall mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 1.123; 95% confidence interval [CI],1.010-1.250) together with aspartate aminotransferase (HR, 1.009; 95% CI, 1.004-1.014) and CLIF-C AD score (HR, 1.080; 95% CI, 1.018-1.137). Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) analysis for LV-GLS for overall survival showed higher area under the curve (AUC) than MELD and CLIF-C AD scores (AUC, 0.688 versus 0.646 and 0.573, respectively). The best AUROC-determined LV-GLS cutoff was -16.6% to identify patients with a significantly worse outcome after TIPS at 3 months, 6 months, and overall. LV-GLS was independently associated with development of ACLF (HR, 1.613; 95% CI, 1.025-2.540) together with a MELD score above 15 (HR, 2.222; 95% CI, 1.400-3.528). Conclusion: LV-GLS is useful for identifying patients at risk of developing ACLF and a worse outcome after TIPS. Although validation is required, this tool might help to stratify risk in patients receiving TIPS.

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2019
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47. Kinetics of Circulating MicroRNAs in Response to Cardiac Stress in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease.

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Jansen F, Schäfer L, Wang H, Schmitz T, Flender A, Schueler R, Hammerstingl C, Nickenig G, Sinning JM, and Werner N

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Aged, Circulating MicroRNA genetics, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Artery Disease diagnostic imaging, Coronary Artery Disease epidemiology, Coronary Artery Disease genetics, Coronary Stenosis diagnostic imaging, Coronary Stenosis epidemiology, Coronary Stenosis genetics, Female, Genetic Markers, Germany epidemiology, Humans, Kinetics, Male, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Severity of Illness Index, Cardiotonic Agents administration & dosage, Circulating MicroRNA blood, Coronary Artery Disease blood, Coronary Stenosis blood, Dobutamine administration & dosage, Echocardiography, Stress methods
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Background: Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) are regulated in patients with coronary artery disease. The impact of transient coronary ischemia on circulating miRNA levels is unknown. We aimed to investigate circulating miRNA kinetics in response to cardiac stress in patients with or without significant coronary stenosis., Methods and Results: Eighty of 105 screened patients with stable coronary artery disease underwent dobutamine stress echocardiography before coronary angiography. Nine circulating vascular miRNAs (miRNA-21, miRNA-26, miRNA-27a, miRNA-92a, miRNA-126-3p, miRNA-133a, miRNA-222, miRNA-223, and miRNA-199-5p) were quantified in plasma by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction before, immediately after, and 4 and 24 hours after dobutamine stress echocardiography. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction revealed increased miRNA-21, miRNA-126-3p, and miRNA-222 levels at 24 hours after dobutamine stress echocardiography in all patients. On coronary angiography, significant coronary artery stenoses (>80% diameter stenosis) were found in 41 patients. Stratifying patients according to the prevalence of significant stenoses, patients with stenosis showed an increase of circulating miRNA-21, miRNA-126-3p, and miRNA-222 in response to cardiac stress. In patients without significant stenoses (<50% diameter stenosis), miRNA-92a levels gradually increased in response to cardiac stress., Conclusions: miRNAs are distinctly released into the circulation in response to cardiac stress depending on the prevalence of significant coronary stenoses., (© 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.)

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2017
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48. Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Repair of Recurrent Severe Mitral Regurgitation After Surgical Mitral Valve Repair.

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Braun D, Frerker C, Körber MI, Gaemperli O, Patzelt J, Schaefer U, Hammerstingl C, Boekstegers P, Ott I, Ince H, Thiele H, and Hausleiter J

Subjects
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty methods, Echocardiography methods, Feasibility Studies, Female, Germany, Humans, Male, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care, Recurrence, Registries statistics & numerical data, Retrospective Studies, Risk Adjustment methods, Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty adverse effects, Mitral Valve diagnostic imaging, Mitral Valve physiopathology, Mitral Valve surgery, Mitral Valve Insufficiency diagnosis, Mitral Valve Insufficiency mortality, Mitral Valve Insufficiency physiopathology, Mitral Valve Insufficiency surgery, Postoperative Complications diagnosis, Postoperative Complications mortality, Postoperative Complications physiopathology, Postoperative Complications surgery, Reoperation methods
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2017
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49. Transcatheter Treatment of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation With the Edge-to-Edge MitraClip Technique.

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Nickenig G, Kowalski M, Hausleiter J, Braun D, Schofer J, Yzeiraj E, Rudolph V, Friedrichs K, Maisano F, Taramasso M, Fam N, Bianchi G, Bedogni F, Denti P, Alfieri O, Latib A, Colombo A, Hammerstingl C, and Schueler R

Subjects
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cohort Studies, Echocardiography, Transesophageal methods, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Treatment Outcome, Cardiac Catheterization methods, Severity of Illness Index, Surgical Instruments statistics & numerical data, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency diagnostic imaging, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency therapy
Abstract

Background: Current surgical and medical treatment options for severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are limited, and additional interventional approaches are required. In the present observational study, the safety and feasibility of transcatheter repair of chronic severe TR with the MitraClip system were evaluated. In addition, the effects on clinical symptoms were assessed., Methods: Patients with heart failure symptoms and severe TR on optimal medical treatment were treated with the MitraClip system. Safety, defined as periprocedural adverse events such as death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiac tamponade, and feasibility, defined as successful implantation of 1 or more MitraClip devices and reduction of TR by at least 1 grade, were evaluated before discharge and after 30 days. In addition, functional outcome, defined as changes in New York Heart Assocation class and 6-minute walking distance, were assessed., Results: We included 64 consecutive patients (mean age 76.6±10 years) deemed unsuitable for surgery who underwent MitraClip treatment for chronic, severe TR for compassionate use. Functional TR was present in 88%; in addition, 22 patients were also treated with the MitraClip system for mitral regurgitation as a combined procedure. The degree of TR was severe or massive in 88% of patients before the procedure. The MitraClip device was successfully implanted in the tricuspid valve in 97% of the cases. After the procedure, TR was reduced by at least 1 grade in 91% of the patients, thereof 4% that were reduced from massive to severe. In 13% of patients, TR remained severe after the procedure. Significant reductions in effective regurgitant orifice area (0.9±0.3cm 2 versus 0.4±0.2cm 2 ; P <0.001), vena contracta width (1.1±0.5 cm versus 0.6±0.3 cm; P =0.001), and regurgitant volume (57.2±12.8 mL/beat versus 30.8±6.9 mL/beat; P <0.001) were observed. No intraprocedural deaths, cardiac tamponade, emergency surgery, stroke, myocardial infarction, or major vascular complications occurred. Three (5%) in-hospital deaths occurred. New York Heart Association class was significantly improved ( P <0.001), and 6-minute walking distance increased significantly (165.9±102.5 m versus 193.5±115.9 m; P =0.007)., Conclusions: Transcatheter treatment of TR with the MitraClip system seems to be safe and feasible in this cohort of preselected patients. Initial efficacy analysis showed encouraging reduction of TR, which may potentially result in improved clinical outcomes., (© 2017 American Heart Association, Inc.)

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2017
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50. Percutaneous Transfemoral Tricuspid Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair: A Case Series.

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Müller K, Jorbenadze R, Walker T, Schüler R, Hammerstingl C, Schlensak C, Gawaz M, Langer HF, and Seizer P

Subjects
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiac Surgical Procedures methods, Echocardiography, Transesophageal methods, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mitral Valve diagnostic imaging, Treatment Outcome, Tricuspid Valve diagnostic imaging, Mitral Valve surgery, Mitral Valve Insufficiency diagnostic imaging, Mitral Valve Insufficiency surgery, Tricuspid Valve surgery
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2017
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