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1. Cardiotoxicity of venetoclax in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: comparison with anthracyclines

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Takeshi Onoue, Andrew H. Matthews, Azin Vakilpour, Yu Kang, Bénédicte Lefebvre, Amanda M. Smith, Shannon R. McCurdy, Michael G. Fradley, Joseph Carver, Jesse Chittams, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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Venetoclax, Cardiotoxicity, Heart failure, Atrial fibrillation, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Venetoclax is a promising drug for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) ineligible for anthracycline-based treatments. In rats, venetoclax is reported to cause myocardial injury. Our objectives were to report the frequency of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients treated with venetoclax, and, subsequently, to compare CV outcomes in matched patients treated with venetoclax or anthracyclines. Patients diagnosed with AML and treated with venetoclax or anthracyclines from January 2017 to July 2021 were identified. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE, including new-onset heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction, new onset atrial fibrillation (AF)) were recorded. Propensity-score method was then used to compare patients treated with venetoclax or anthracyclines. Patients treated with venetoclax (n=103) were older, with more hyperlipidemia than patients treated with anthracyclines (n=217). However, only 63% of patients treated with venetoclax underwent echocardiographic screening (vs. 93% of patients treated with anthracyclines, P< 0.001). Eighteen patients with venetoclax (17%) and 27 patients with anthracyclines (12%) developed MACE, including 10 % of new HF in each group. The median time to MACE was 8 days (interquartile range 5-98 days). In the matched cohort (n=132 patients), the cumulative incidence of MACE at one year was not different (17.5 % venetoclax, 9.2% anthracyclines, p =0.27). Thus, MACE incidence is similar in matched patients receiving venetoclax or anthracyclines. Close CV monitoring during the early phase of treatment may be helpful in patients treated with venetoclax.

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2024
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2. 14,15-Dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid, a soluble epoxide hydrolase metabolite in blood, is a predictor of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity – a hypothesis generating study

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Julia Matzenbacher dos Santos, Aby Joiakim, David A. Putt, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, and Hyesook Kim

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Cardiotoxicity, 14,15-DHET, Early blood biomarker, Anthracyclines, Doxorubicin, Soluble epoxide hydrolase, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background Early identification of patients susceptible to chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity could lead to targeted treatment to reduce cardiac dysfunction. Rats treated with doxorubicin (DOX), a chemotherapeutic agent, have increased cardiac expression of 14,15-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (14,15-DHET), a bioactive lipid implicated in hypertension and coronary artery disease. However, the utility of 14,15-DHET as plasma biomarkers was not defined. The aim of this study is to investigate if levels of 14,15-DHET are an early blood biomarker to predict the subsequent occurrence of cardiotoxicity in cancer patients after chemotherapy. Methods H9c2 rat cardiomyocytes were treated with DOX (1 μM) for 2 h and levels of 14,15-DHET in cell media was quantified at 2, 6 or 24 h in media after DOX treatment. Similarly, female Sprague–Dawley rats were treated with DOX for two weeks and levels of 14,15-DHET was assessed in plasma at 48 h and 2 weeks after DOX treatment. Changes in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) mRNA, an early cardiac hypertrophy process, were determined in the H9c2 cells and rat cardiac tissue. Results were confirmed in human subjects by assessment of levels of 14,15-DHET in plasma of breast cancer patients before and after DOX treatment and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), a clinical marker of cardiotoxicity. Results Levels of 14,15-DHET in cell media and rat plasma increased ~ 3-fold and was accompanied with increase in BNP mRNA in H9c2 cells and rat cardiac tissue after DOX treatment. In matched plasma samples from breast cancer patients, levels of 14,15-DHET were increased in patients that developed cardiotoxicity at 3 months before occurrence of LVEF decrease. Conclusions Together, these results indicate that levels of 14,15-DHET are elevated prior to major changes in cardiac structure and function after exposure to anthracyclines. Increased levels of 14,15-DHET in plasma may be an important clinical biomarker for early detection of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in cancer patients.

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2023
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3. Circulating Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Cancer Therapeutics‐Related Cardiotoxicity: Review of Critical Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions

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Gillian Murtagh, James L. Januzzi, Marielle Scherrer‐Crosbie, Tomas G. Neilan, Susan Dent, Jennifer E. Ho, Vinesh Appadurai, Ray McDermott, and Nausheen Akhter

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biomarkers, cardiotoxicity, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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ABSTRACT Cardiotoxicity is a growing concern in the oncology population. Transthoracic echocardiography and multigated acquisition scans have been used for surveillance but are relatively insensitive and resource intensive. Innovative imaging techniques are constrained by cost and availability. More sensitive, cost‐effective cardiotoxicity surveillance strategies are needed. Circulating cardiovascular biomarkers could provide a sensitive, low‐cost solution. Biomarkers such as troponins, natriuretic peptides (NPs), novel upstream signals of oxidative stress, inflammation, and fibrosis as well as panomic technologies have shown substantial promise, and guidelines recommend baseline measurement of troponins and NPs in all patients receiving potential cardiotoxins. Nonetheless, supporting evidence has been hampered by several limitations. Previous reviews have provided valuable perspectives on biomarkers in cancer populations, but important analytic aspects remain to be examined in depth. This review provides comprehensive assessment of critical challenges and solutions in this field, with focus on analytical issues relating to biomarker measurement and interpretation. Examination of evidence pertaining to common and serious forms of cardiotoxicity reveals that improved study designs incorporating larger, more diverse populations, registry‐based approaches, and refinement of current definitions are key. Further efforts to harmonize biomarker methodologies including centralized biobanking and analyses, novel decision limits, and head‐to‐head comparisons are needed. Multimarker algorithms incorporating machine learning may allow rapid, personalized risk assessment. These improvements will not only augment the predictive value of circulating biomarkers in cardiotoxicity but may elucidate both direct and indirect relationships between cardiovascular disease and cancer, allowing biomarkers a greater role in the development and success of novel anticancer therapies.

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2023
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4. Editorial: Leveraging digital and technological innovations in cardio-oncology: building collaborative networks, implementing education and improving the cardiac outcomes of patients

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Abdulaziz Hamid, James MacLeod, Samuel Erb, Generika Berman, Hugo R. Martinez, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Richard K. Cheng, and Sherry-Ann Brown

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artificial intelligence, telemedicine, precision medicine, digital health, health equity, cardio-oncology, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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2023
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5. Leveraging innovation, education, and technology for prevention and health equity: Proceedings from the cardiology oncology innovation ThinkTank 2021

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Sherry-Ann Brown, Generika Berman, Jim Logan, Diego Sadler, Rohit Moudgil, Brijesh Patel, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Daniel Addison, Richard K. Cheng, and Arco J. Teske

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innovation, prevention, health equity, cardiology, oncology, artificial intelligence, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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2022
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6. Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy have normal ejection fraction, but abnormal systolic strain, during pregnancy

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Ruth Tamrat, Yu Kang, Marielle Scherrer‐Crosbie, Lisa D. Levine, Zoltan Arany, and Jennifer Lewey

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Strain echocardiography, Heart failure, Maternal morbidity, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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Abstract We report a case series of six women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) who incidentally underwent echocardiography prior to the clinical presentation of PPCM. For comparison, we identified controls, matched 2:1 on age, race, body mass index, gestational age, and hypertensive disorder. Among the six cases, all were diagnosed with PPCM during the post‐partum period. Pre‐PPCM echocardiograms were performed between 17.7 weeks of gestation and 13 days post‐partum. Baseline left ventricular ejection fraction and size were normal and similar to the 12 matched controls (60% ± 6.6% vs. 61.4% ± 6.3%, P = 0.63) or left ventricular end‐diastolic dimension (4.6 cm ± 0.2 cm vs. 4.5 cm ± 0.4 cm, P = 0.689). There was a trend towards a less negative (more abnormal) mean global longitudinal strain in cases compared with controls (−14% ± 4% vs. −18.3% ± 4.5%, P = 0.0658). Mean global circumferential strain was significantly less negative (more abnormal) in cases compared with controls (−21.5% ± 5% vs. −29.3% ± 7.6%, P = 0.0329). We conclude that women who develop PPCM have normal left ventricular ejection fraction during gestation preceding PPCM, indicating that the disease develops acutely in the peripartum period. Abnormal strain can be detected, however, suggesting that strain imaging could represent a screening method in populations at high risk for PPCM if confirmed in future studies.

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2021
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7. Cardiovascular Effects of CAR T Cell Therapy

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Bénédicte Lefebvre, MD, Yu Kang, MD, PhD, Amanda M. Smith, MA, Noelle V. Frey, MD, Joseph R. Carver, MD, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD

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cardio-oncology, cardiovascular, CAR T cells, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Background: Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy holds great promise in the treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies. A high occurrence of cardiac dysfunction has been noted in children treated with CAR T cell therapy. Objectives: The aim of this study was to define the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in adult patients treated with CAR T cell therapy and assess the relationships among clinical factors, echocardiographic parameters, laboratory values, and cardiovascular outcomes. Methods: Baseline clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic parameters were collected in 145 adult patients undergoing CAR T cell therapy. MACE included cardiovascular death, symptomatic heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, ischemic stroke, and de novo cardiac arrhythmia. Baseline parameters associated with MACE were identified using Cox proportional cause-specific hazards regression analysis. Results: Thirty-one patients had MACE (41 events) at a median time of 11 days (interquartile range: 6 to 151 days) after CAR T cell infusion. The median follow-up period was 456 days (interquartile range: 128 to 1,214 days). Sixty-one patients died. Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) occurred 176 times in 104 patients; the median time to CRS was 6 days (interquartile range: 1 to 8 days). The Kaplan-Meier estimates for MACE and CRS at 30 days were 17% and 53%, respectively. The Kaplan-Meier estimates for survival at 1 year was 71%. Multivariable Cox proportional cause-specific hazards regression analysis determined that baseline creatinine and grade 3 or 4 CRS were independently associated with MACE. Conclusions: Patients treated with CAR T cell therapy are at an increased risk for MACE and may benefit from cardiovascular surveillance. Further large prospective studies are needed to confirm the incidence and risk factors predictive of MACE.

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2020
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8. An Initial Evaluation of Human Plasma cMLC-1: A Potential Protein Biomarker for Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity, Breast Cancer Screening and Progression

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Ling Yu, Read Allen, Lin Jia, Ting Sun, Steven J. Isakoff, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Allison M. Kehlmann, Hui Zheng, Amy Ly, Charlotte S. Walmsley, Katherine Hesler, Ava N. Varasteh, Christopher J. Pinto, Daniel E. McLoughlin, Wenjin Wu, and Xinhui Wang

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cardiac myosin light chain 1(cMLC-1), biomarkers, trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity, breast cancer screening, breast cancer progression, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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BackgroundTrastuzumab is a targeted therapy for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. However, trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity (TIC) has been reported when trastuzumab is administered to patients as a single agent or combined with anthracycline. Currently no means for detecting the early onset of TIC such as a protein biomarker is available. In this regard and based on promising results from a preliminary animal study, the potential of cardiac myosin light chain 1(cMLC-1) as a biomarker to predict TIC, screen patients for breast cancer and monitor tumor progression in breast cancer patients was evaluated.MethodsArchived plasma samples collected before and after trastuzumab treatment at various fixed time points from 15 HER2+ patients with or without cardiotoxicity, recently collected plasma samples from 79 breast cancer patients (40 HER2+, 39 HER2-), and 46 healthy donors were analyzed for cMLC-1 levels using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).ResultsAn elevated plasma cMLC-1 level was found to be associated with TIC in 3 out of 7 (43%) trastuzumab-treated HER2+ breast cancer patients. However, this study provided an opportunity for us to study plasma cMCL-1 levels in breast cancer patients. It was demonstrated that elevated plasma cMCL-1 is associated with breast cancer. The cutoff cMLC-1 concentration is estimated to be 44.99 ng/mL with a sensitivity of 59.49% (95%CI: 48.47%-69.63%) and specificity of 71.74% (95%CI: 57.45% -82.68%). We also found a noticeable but not significantly more elevated plasma cMCL-1 level in HER2- than in HER2+ breast cancer patients with the given sample sizes. As a result, improved sensitivity of 79.49% (95%CI: 64.47%-89.22%) with the specificity of 63.04% (95%CI:48.60%-75.48%) were obtained for cMLC-1 to predict HER2- breast cancer with the cutoff at 37.17 ng/mL. Moreover, this study determined that cMLC-1 level was significantly higher in patients with metastatic breast cancer than in patients with non-metastatic breast cancer.ConclusionsWhile the analysis of cMLC-1 levels in the plasma of a limited number of trastuzumab-treated HER2+ breast cancer patients failed to fully support its identification as a blood protein biomarker for predicting TIC, additional analyses of plasma cMLC-1 levels did significantly establish its correlations with breast cancer and disease progression. Our findings shed light on and filled, to some extent, the gap of knowledge of the potential of cMLC-1 as a blood protein biomarker for screening breast cancer and monitoring disease progression of breast cancer.

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2022
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9. Artificial intelligence and imaging: Opportunities in cardio-oncology

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Nidhi Madan, Julliette Lucas, Nausheen Akhter, Patrick Collier, Feixiong Cheng, Avirup Guha, Lili Zhang, Abhinav Sharma, Abdulaziz Hamid, Imeh Ndiokho, Ethan Wen, Noelle C. Garster, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, and Sherry-Ann Brown

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Imaging, Cardio-oncology, Cancer, Cardiac tumors, Artificial intelligence, Echocardiography, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in cancer survivors. It is critical to apply new predictive and early diagnostic methods in this population, as this can potentially inform cardiovascular treatment and surveillance decision-making. We discuss the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to cardiovascular imaging in cardio-oncology, with a particular emphasis on prevention and targeted treatment of a variety of cardiovascular conditions in cancer patients. Recently, the use of AI-augmented cardiac imaging in cardio-oncology is gaining traction. A large proportion of cardio-oncology patients are screened and followed using left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and global longitudinal strain (GLS), currently obtained using echocardiography. This use will continue to increase with new cardiotoxic cancer treatments. AI is being tested to increase precision, throughput, and accuracy of LVEF and GLS, guide point-of-care image acquisition, and integrate imaging and clinical data to optimize the prediction and detection of cardiac dysfunction. The application of AI to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), computed tomography (CT; especially coronary artery calcium or CAC scans), single proton emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging acquisition is also in early stages of analysis for prediction and assessment of cardiac tumors and cardiovascular adverse events in patients treated for childhood or adult cancer. The opportunities for application of AI in cardio-oncology imaging are promising, and if availed, will improve clinical practice and benefit patient care.

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2022
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10. Symptomatic Heart Failure in Acute Leukemia Patients Treated With Anthracyclines

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Yu Kang, MD, PhD, Bruna Leal Assuncao, MD, Srinivas Denduluri, PhD, Shannon McCurdy, MD, Selina Luger, MD, Bénédicte Lefebvre, MD, Joseph Carver, MD, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD

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acute leukemia, anthracycline, cardiotoxicity, global longitudinal strain, heart failure, risk score, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence and develop a risk score for heart failure (HF) in acute leukemia. Background: Knowledge is scarce regarding the incidence and risk factors of symptomatic HF in patients with acute leukemia. Methods: Baseline clinical and echocardiographic parameters, including indices of cardiac function (left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial strain [global longitudinal strain; GLS]), were obtained in 450 patients with acute leukemia treated with anthracyclines, before chemotherapy initiation. Potential risk factors for HF were evaluated using Fine and Gray’s regression analysis, and from this, a 21-point risk score was generated. Results: Forty patients (8.9%) developed HF. The HF risk score included a baseline GLS >−15% (indicative of greater impairment) (6 points), baseline left ventricular ejection fraction 60 years (1 point). Patients were stratified into low (score 0 to 6), moderate (score 7 to 13), and high risk (score 14 to 21). The estimated 1-year cumulative incidence of HF for low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups was 1.0%, 13.6%, and 35.0%, respectively (p < 0.001). The HF risk score was also predictive of all-cause mortality (p < 0.001). After adjustment for age and leukemia type, however, only GLS was significantly associated with all-cause mortality (hazard ratio: 1.73; 95% confidence interval: 1.30 to 2.31; p < 0.001). Conclusions: We developed a baseline risk score to determine risk of HF in patients with acute leukemia. Additional studies are needed to determine the external validity of these findings.

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2019
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11. Phosphomimetic modulation of eNOS improves myocardial reperfusion and mimics cardiac postconditioning in mice.

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Terrence Pong, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Dmitriy N Atochin, Kenneth D Bloch, and Paul L Huang

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Medicine, Science
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Myocardial infarction resulting from ischemia-reperfusion injury can be reduced by cardiac postconditioning, in which blood flow is restored intermittently prior to full reperfusion. Although key molecular mechanisms and prosurvival pathways involved in postconditioning have been identified, a direct role for eNOS-derived NO in improving regional myocardial perfusion has not been shown. The objective of this study is to measure, with high temporal and spatial resolution, regional myocardial perfusion during ischemia-reperfusion and postconditioning, in order to determine the contribution of regional blood flow effects of NO to infarct size and protection.We used myocardial contrast echocardiography to measure regional myocardial blood flow in mice over time. Reperfusion after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury is improved by postconditioning, as well as by phosphomimetic eNOS modulation. Knock-in mice expressing a phosphomimetic S1176D form of eNOS showed improved myocardial reperfusion and significantly reduced infarct size. eNOS knock-out mice failed to show cardioprotection from postconditioning. The size of the no-reflow zone following ischemia-reperfusion is substantially reduced by postconditioning and by the phosphomimetic eNOS mutation.Using myocardial contrast echocardiography, we show that temporal dynamics of regional myocardial perfusion restoration contribute to reduced infarct size after postconditioning. eNOS has direct effects on myocardial blood flow following ischemia-reperfusion, with reduction in the size of the no-reflow zone. These results have important implications for ongoing clinical trials on cardioprotection, because the degree of protective benefit may be significantly influenced by the regional hemodynamic effects of eNOS-derived NO.

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2014
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12. Soluble guanylate cyclase α1-deficient mice: a novel murine model for primary open angle glaucoma.

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Emmanuel S Buys, Yu-Chieh Ko, Clemens Alt, Sarah R Hayton, Alexander Jones, Laurel T Tainsh, Ruiyi Ren, Andrea Giani, Maeva Clerté, Emma Abernathy, Robert E T Tainsh, Dong-Jin Oh, Rajeev Malhotra, Pankaj Arora, Nadine de Waard, Binglan Yu, Raphael Turcotte, Daniel Nathan, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Stephanie J Loomis, Jae H Kang, Charles P Lin, Haiyan Gong, Douglas J Rhee, Peter Brouckaert, Janey L Wiggs, Meredith S Gregory, Louis R Pasquale, Kenneth D Bloch, and Bruce R Ksander

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Medicine, Science
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Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. The molecular signaling involved in the pathogenesis of POAG remains unknown. Here, we report that mice lacking the α1 subunit of the nitric oxide receptor soluble guanylate cyclase represent a novel and translatable animal model of POAG, characterized by thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer and loss of optic nerve axons in the context of an open iridocorneal angle. The optic neuropathy associated with soluble guanylate cyclase α1-deficiency was accompanied by modestly increased intraocular pressure and retinal vascular dysfunction. Moreover, data from a candidate gene association study suggests that a variant in the locus containing the genes encoding for the α1 and β1 subunits of soluble guanylate cyclase is associated with POAG in patients presenting with initial paracentral vision loss, a disease subtype thought to be associated with vascular dysregulation. These findings provide new insights into the pathogenesis and genetics of POAG and suggest new therapeutic strategies for POAG.

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2013
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14. Apolipoprotein M Attenuates Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity and Lysosomal Injury

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Zhen Guo, Carla Valenzuela Ripoll, Antonino Picataggi, David R. Rawnsley, Mualla Ozcan, Julio A. Chirinos, Ezhilarasi Chendamarai, Amanda Girardi, Terrence Riehl, Hosannah Evie, Ahmed Diab, Attila Kovacs, Krzysztof Hyrc, Xiucui Ma, Aarti Asnani, Swapnil V. Shewale, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Lauren Ashley Cowart, John S. Parks, Lei Zhao, David Gordon, Francisco Ramirez-Valle, Kenneth B. Margulies, Thomas P. Cappola, Ankit A. Desai, Lauren N. Pederson, Carmen Bergom, Nathan O. Stitziel, Michael P. Rettig, John F. DiPersio, Stefan Hajny, Christina Christoffersen, Abhinav Diwan, and Ali Javaheri

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autophagy, TFEB, Apolipoprotein B, biology, Chemistry, Autophagy, anthracycline, Original Research - Preclinical, Cell biology, APOM, Apoptosis, apolipoprotein M, biology.protein, medicine, Doxorubicin, Nuclear protein, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, cardiomyopathy, Protein kinase B, medicine.drug
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ObjectivesDetermine the role of apolipoprotein M (ApoM) in anthracycline (Dox) cardiotoxicity.BackgroundApoM binds the cardioprotective sphingolipid sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). Circulating ApoM is inversely associated with mortality in human heart failure (HF).MethodsIn the Penn HF Study (PHFS), we tested the relationship between ApoM and mortality in a subset with anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy. We measured ApoM in humans and mice treated with Dox and utilized hepatic ApoM transgenic (ApomTG), ApoM knockout (ApomKO), ApoM knock-in mice with impaired S1P binding, and S1P receptor 3 (S1PR3) knockout mice in Dox cardiotoxicity. We assayed autophagy in left ventricular tissue from anthracycline-induced HF patients versus donor controls.ResultsApoM was inversely associated with mortality in PHFS, and Dox reduced circulating ApoM in mice and breast cancer patients.ApomTGmice were protected from Dox-induced cardiac dysfunction and loss of left ventricular mass.ApomTGattenuated Dox-induced impairment in autophagic flux in vivo and accumulation of insoluble p62, which was also observed in the myocardium of patients with anthracycline-induced HF. In vehicle-treated mice, ApoM negatively regulated transcription factor EB (TFEB), a master regulator of autophagy and lysosomal biogenesis. The effect of ApoM on TFEB required both S1P binding and S1PR3. In the presence of Dox, ApoM preserved TFEB and cardiomyocyte lysosomal abundance assessed as lysosomal associated membrane protein 1 positive structures in vivo, while S1P mimetic pretreatment of cardiomyocytes prevented Dox-induced changes in lysosomal pH.ConclusionsApoM attenuates Dox cardiotoxicity via the autophagy-lysosome pathway. The association between ApoM and reduced mortality may be explained by its role in sustaining autophagy.HighlightsCirculating ApoM is inversely associated with survival in human anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathyAnthracycline treatment reduces circulating ApoM in humans and miceIncreasing ApoM attenuates doxorubicin cardiotoxicity, lysosomal injury and preserves myocardial autophagic flux, but does not impact doxorubicin anti-neoplastic efficacyAutophagic impairment is characteristic of human anthracycline cardiomyopathy

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2023
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15. Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries

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Harmony R. Reynolds, Ariel Diaz, Derek D. Cyr, Leslee J. Shaw, G.B. John Mancini, Jonathon Leipsic, Matthew J. Budoff, James K. Min, Cameron J. Hague, Daniel S. Berman, Bernard R. Chaitman, Michael H. Picard, Sean W. Hayes, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Raymond Y. Kwong, Renato D. Lopes, Roxy Senior, Sudhanshu K. Dwivedi, Todd D. Miller, Benjamin J.W. Chow, Ramesh de Silva, Gregg W. Stone, William E. Boden, Sripal Bangalore, Sean M. O’Brien, Judith S. Hochman, and David J. Maron

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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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2023
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16. External validation of a heart failure risk score in patients with acute myeloid leukemia

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Peter G. Doukas, Gregory J. Cascino, Zhiying Meng, Abigail S. Baldridge, Yu Kang, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, and Nausheen Akhter

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Cancer Research, Oncology, Hematology
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A 21-point risk score for heart failure (HF) has been developed for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), stratifying patients into three groups: low, moderate, and high-risk. In this study, 193 patients with AML treated with anthracycline-based therapy were stratified using the risk score, and its prognostic utility for HF events and all-cause mortality at one year of follow-up were evaluated. HF occurred in 18% (34/193) of anthracycline-treated patients. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) was more negative among patients without HF events (-19 ± 3

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2022
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17. Advances in Multimodality Imaging in Cardio-Oncology

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Lauren A. Baldassarre, Sarju Ganatra, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Eric H. Yang, Vlad G. Zaha, Timothy C. Wong, Chadi Ayoub, Jeanne M. DeCara, Susan Dent, Anita Deswal, Arjun K. Ghosh, Mariana Henry, Abhishek Khemka, Monika Leja, Lawrence Rudski, Hector R. Villarraga, Jennifer E. Liu, Ana Barac, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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2022
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18. Biomedical Imaging in Experimental Models of Cardiovascular Disease

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David E. Sosnovik and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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Mice, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Cardiovascular Diseases, Physiology, Positron-Emission Tomography, Animals, Models, Theoretical, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Article
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Major advances in biomedical imaging have occurred over the last 2 decades and now allow many physiological, cellular, and molecular processes to be imaged noninvasively in small animal models of cardiovascular disease. Many of these techniques can be also used in humans, providing pathophysiological context and helping to define the clinical relevance of the model. Ultrasound remains the most widely used approach, and dedicated high-frequency systems can obtain extremely detailed images in mice. Likewise, dedicated small animal tomographic systems have been developed for magnetic resonance, positron emission tomography, fluorescence imaging, and computed tomography in mice. In this article, we review the use of ultrasound and positron emission tomography in small animal models, as well as emerging contrast mechanisms in magnetic resonance such as diffusion tensor imaging, hyperpolarized magnetic resonance, chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging, magnetic resonance elastography and strain, arterial spin labeling, and molecular imaging.

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2022
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19. A Vision for the Future of Quality in Echocardiographic Reporting: The American Society of Echocardiography ImageGuideEcho Registry, Current and Future States

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Sherif F. Nagueh, Allan L. Klein, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Nowell M. Fine, James N. Kirkpatrick, Daniel E. Forsha, Alina Nicoara, G. Burkhard Mackensen, Peter L. Tilkemeier, Rami Doukky, Baljash Cheema, Srinath Adusumalli, Jeffrey C. Hill, Varsha K. Tanguturi, David Ouyang, Sarah Beth Bdoyan, and Jordan B. Strom

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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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2023
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20. Circulating hemopexin modulates anthracycline cardiac toxicity in patients and in mice

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Jing Liu, Sarah Lane, Rahul Lall, Michele Russo, Laurie Farrell, Melis Debreli Coskun, Casie Curtin, Raquel Araujo-Gutierrez, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Barry H. Trachtenberg, Jonghan Kim, Emanuela Tolosano, Alessandra Ghigo, Robert E. Gerszten, and Aarti Asnani

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Multidisciplinary
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Anthracyclines such as doxorubicin (Dox) are effective chemotherapies, but their use is limited by cardiac toxicity. We hypothesized that plasma proteomics in women with breast cancer could identify new mechanisms of anthracycline cardiac toxicity. We measured changes in 1317 proteins in anthracycline-treated patients ( n = 30) and replicated key findings in a second cohort ( n = 31). An increase in the heme-binding protein hemopexin (Hpx) 3 months after anthracycline initiation was associated with cardiac toxicity by echocardiography. To assess the functional role of Hpx, we administered Hpx to wild-type (WT) mice treated with Dox and observed improved cardiac function. Conversely, Hpx −/− mice demonstrated increased Dox cardiac toxicity compared to WT mice. Initial mechanistic studies indicate that Hpx is likely transported to the heart by circulating monocytes/macrophages and that Hpx may mitigate Dox-induced ferroptosis to confer cardioprotection. Together, these observations suggest that Hpx induction represents a compensatory response during Dox treatment.

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2022
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21. Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease

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Maron D. J., Hochman J. S., Reynolds H. R., Bangalore S., O'Brien S. M., Boden W. E., Chaitman B. R., Senior R., Lopez-Sendon J., Alexander K. P., Lopes R. D., Shaw L. J., Berger J. S., Newman J. D., Sidhu M. S., Goodman S. G., Ruzyllo W., Gosselin G., Maggioni A. P., White H. D., Bhargava B., Min J. K., John Mancini G. B., Berman D. S., Picard M. H., Kwong R. Y., Ali Z. A., Mark D. B., Spertus J. A., Krishnan M. N., Elghamaz A., Moorthy N., Hueb W. A., Demkow M., Mavromatis K., Bockeria O., Peteiro J., Miller T. D., Szwed H., Doerr R., Keltai M., Selvanayagam J. B., Gabriel Steg P., Held C., Kohsaka S., Mavromichalis S., Kirby R., Jeffries N. O., Harrell F. E., Rockhold F. W., Broderick S., Bruce Ferguson T., Williams D. O., Harrington R. A., Stone G. W., Rosenberg Y, ISCHEMIA Research Group: Joseph Ricci, A Tello Montoliu, A I Robero Aniorte, Abbey Mulder, Abhay A Laddu, Abhinav Goyal, Abhishek Dubey, Abhishek Goyal, Abigail Knighton, Abraham Oomman, Adam J Jaskowiak, Adam Kolodziej, Adam Witkowski, Adnan Hameed, Adriana Anesini, Afshan Hussain, Agne Juceviciene, Agne Urboniene, Agnes Jakal, Agnieszka Szramowska, Ahmad Khairuddin, Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Ahmed Adel, Ahmed Aljzeeri, Ahmed Kamal, Ahmed Talaat, Aimee Mann, Aira Contreras, Ajit Kumar, V K Kumar, Akemi Furukawa, Akshay Bagai, Akvile Smigelskaite, Alain Furber, Alain Rheault, Alaine Melanie Loehr, Alan Rosen, Albert Varga, Albertina Qelaj, Alberto Barioli, Aldo Russo, Alec Moorman, Alejandro Gisbert, Aleksandra Fratczak, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Alena Kuleshova, Alessandro Sionis, Alexander A Sirker, Alexander M Chernyavskiy, Alexandra Craft, Alexandra Vazquez, Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, Alexandre S Colafranseschi, Alexandre Schaan de Quadros, Alexandre Tognon, Ali Alghamdi, Alice Manica Muller, Aline Nogueira Rabaça, Aline Peixoto Deiro, Alison Hallam, Allegra Stone, Allison Schley, Almudena Castro, Alvaro Rabelo Ales, Amanda Germann, Amanda O'Malley, Amar Uxa, Amarachi Ojajuni, Amarino C Oliveira Jr, Amber B Hull, Ambuj Roy, Amer Zarka, Amir Janmohamed, Ammani Brown, Ammy Malinay, Amparo Martinez Monzonis, Amy J Richards, Amy Iskandrian, Amy Ollinger, Ana D Djordjevic-Dikic, Ana Fernández Martínez, Ana Gomes Almeida, Ana Paula Batista, Ana Rita Francisco, Ana S Mladenovic, Ana Santana, Anam Siddiqui, Anastasia M Kuzmina-Krutetskaya, Andras Vertes, Andre S Sousa, Andre Gabriel, André Schmidt, Andrea M Lundeen, Andrea Bartykowszki, Andrea Lorimer, Andrea Mortara, Andrea Pascual, Andreia Coelho, Andreia Rocha, Andrés García-Rincón, Andrew G Howarth, Andrew J Moriarty, Andrew Docherty, Andrew Starovoytov, Andrew Zurick, Andrzej Łabyk, Andrzej Swiatkowski, Andy Lam, Anelise Kawakami, Angela Hoye, Angela Kim, Angelique Smit, Angelo Nobre, Anil V Shah, Anja 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Wu, Yu Kunwu, Yu Zhao, Yudong Peng, Yueh-Hung Lin, Yulan Zhao, Yumei Dong, Yunhai Zhao, Yutthaphan Wannasopha, Yvonne Taul, Zakir Sahul, Zalina Kudzoeva, Zbigniew Kalarus, Zeljko Z Markovic, Zhen Huang, Zheng Ji, Zhenyu Liu, Zhou Yue, Zhulin Zhang, Zhuxi Li, Zile Singh Meharwal, Ziliang Bai, Zixiang Yu, Zohra Huda, Zoltan Davidovits

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Male, Cardiac Catheterization, Computed Tomography Angiography, medicine.medical_treatment, Myocardial Ischemia, Coronary Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary Angiography, ISCHEMIA Research Group, law.invention, Angina, Coronary artery disease, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Revascularization, 030212 general & internal medicine, Coronary Artery Bypass, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Cardiac catheterization, General Medicine, Middle Aged, humanities, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Female, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Ischemia, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Geriatric cardiology, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, General & Internal Medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Angina, Unstable, Aged, business.industry, Coronary Artery Bypa, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Bayes Theorem, medicine.disease, Heart failure, Quality of Life, business
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BACKGROUND: Among patients with stable coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia, whether clinical outcomes are better in those who receive an invasive intervention plus medical therapy than in those who receive medical therapy alone is uncertain. METHODS: We randomly assigned 5179 patients with moderate or severe ischemia to an initial invasive strategy (angiography and revascularization when feasible) and medical therapy or to an initial conservative strategy of medical therapy alone and angiography if medical therapy failed. The primary outcome was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, myocardial infarction, or hospitalization for unstable angina, heart failure, or resuscitated cardiac arrest. A key secondary outcome was death from cardiovascular causes or myocardial infarction. RESULTS: Over a median of 3.2 years, 318 primary outcome events occurred in the invasive-strategy group and 352 occurred in the conservative-strategy group. At 6 months, the cumulative event rate was 5.3% in the invasive-strategy group and 3.4% in the conservative-strategy group (difference, 1.9 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.8 to 3.0); at 5 years, the cumulative event rate was 16.4% and 18.2%, respectively (difference, -1.8 percentage points; 95% CI, -4.7 to 1.0). Results were similar with respect to the key secondary outcome. The incidence of the primary outcome was sensitive to the definition of myocardial infarction; a secondary analysis yielded more procedural myocardial infarctions of uncertain clinical importance. There were 145 deaths in the invasive-strategy group and 144 deaths in the conservative-strategy group (hazard ratio, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.83 to 1.32). CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with stable coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia, we did not find evidence that an initial invasive strategy, as compared with an initial conservative strategy, reduced the risk of ischemic cardiovascular events or death from any cause over a median of 3.2 years. The trial findings were sensitive to the definition of myocardial infarction that was used. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and others; ISCHEMIA ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01471522.).

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2020
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22. Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy have normal ejection fraction, but abnormal systolic strain, during pregnancy

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Lisa D. Levine, Yu Kang, Jennifer Lewey, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Ruth Tamrat, and Zoltan Arany

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medicine.medical_specialty, Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Case Report, Heart failure, Case Reports, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Strain echocardiography, 030212 general & internal medicine, Peripartum Period, Pregnancy, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Gestational age, medicine.disease, RC666-701, Cardiology, Gestation, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Body mass index, Maternal morbidity
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We report a case series of six women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) who incidentally underwent echocardiography prior to the clinical presentation of PPCM. For comparison, we identified controls, matched 2:1 on age, race, body mass index, gestational age, and hypertensive disorder. Among the six cases, all were diagnosed with PPCM during the post‐partum period. Pre‐PPCM echocardiograms were performed between 17.7 weeks of gestation and 13 days post‐partum. Baseline left ventricular ejection fraction and size were normal and similar to the 12 matched controls (60% ± 6.6% vs. 61.4% ± 6.3%, P = 0.63) or left ventricular end‐diastolic dimension (4.6 cm ± 0.2 cm vs. 4.5 cm ± 0.4 cm, P = 0.689). There was a trend towards a less negative (more abnormal) mean global longitudinal strain in cases compared with controls (−14% ± 4% vs. −18.3% ± 4.5%, P = 0.0658). Mean global circumferential strain was significantly less negative (more abnormal) in cases compared with controls (−21.5% ± 5% vs. −29.3% ± 7.6%, P = 0.0329). We conclude that women who develop PPCM have normal left ventricular ejection fraction during gestation preceding PPCM, indicating that the disease develops acutely in the peripartum period. Abnormal strain can be detected, however, suggesting that strain imaging could represent a screening method in populations at high risk for PPCM if confirmed in future studies.

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2021

23. Incidence of immune checkpoint inhibitor mediated cardiovascular toxicity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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Michael M. Malaty, Anjalee Thanuja Amarasekera, Cindy Li, Marielle Scherrer‐Crosbie, and Timothy C. Tan

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Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological, Risk Factors, Incidence, Clinical Biochemistry, Humans, CTLA-4 Antigen, General Medicine, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Biochemistry
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a novel class of anti-cancer therapy becoming increasingly associated with fatal cardiovascular toxicities (CVTs). The aim is to determine the incidence of CVTs in cohorts treated with ICIs as sole anti-cancer therapy.A systematic literature search of scientific and medical databases was performed using PRISMA principles to identify relevant cohorts (PROSPERO registration CRD42021272470). Data for specific CVTs (pericardial disease, myocarditis, heart failure, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction/ischaemia and angina), CVT-related death and CV risk factors were extracted. Presence of CVTs in ICI-monotherapy versus combination-ICI therapy, and programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1- (PD1/PDL1-) versus cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4- (CTLA4-) inhibitor groups were dichotomised and meta-analysed using random-effect models.Forty-eight studies (11,207 patients) were identified, from which 146 CVTs were observed (incidence 1.30%). ICI-monotherapy led to more CVTs than combination therapy (119/9009; 1.32% vs. 18/2086; 0.86%). Across monotherapies, PD1/PDL1-inhibitors had lower incidence of CVTs compared to CTLA4-inhibitors (62/6950; 0.89% vs. 57/2059; 2.77%). Based on eight studies that were meta-analysed, no significant difference was observed comparing monotherapy versus combination-ICI therapy (RR-0.69, 95% CI -1.47 to 0.09) for all CVTs, or PD1/PDL1- to CTLA4-inhibitors (RR-0.27, 95% CI -2.06 to 1.53), for all CVTs including CVT-death. CV risk factors could not be attributed to an ICI group as data was population based rather than individual based.ICI-mediated CVTs are rare and potentially fatal. The role of CV risk factors in their development remains unclear.

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2022
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24. Serial Measurement of Global Longitudinal Strain Among Women With Breast Cancer Treated With Proton Radiation Therapy: A Prospective Trial for 70 Patients

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Malek Z.O. Hassan, Magid Awadalla, Timothy C. Tan, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Rula Bany Bakar, Zsofia D. Drobni, Azmaeen Zarif, Hannah K Gilman, Sama Supraja, Sofia Nikolaidou, Lili Zhang, Daniel A. Zlotoff, Shea B. Hickey, Sagar A. Patel, James L. Januzzi, Florence Keane, Jonathon J. Passeri, Tomas G. Neilan, Shannon M. MacDonald, and Rachel B. Jimenez

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Cancer Research, Radiation, Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Conventional photon radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer is associated with a reduction in global longitudinal strain (GLS) and an increase in troponin, N-terminal pro hormone B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and incident heart failure. The cardiac radiation exposure with proton-RT is much reduced and thus may be associated with less cardiotoxicity. The objective was to test the effect of proton-RT on GLS, troponin, and NT-proBNP.We conducted a prospective, observational, single-center study of 70 women being treated with proton-RT for breast cancer. Serial measurements of GLS, high-sensitivity troponin I, and NT-proBNP were performed at prespecified intervals (before proton-RT, 4 weeks after completion of proton-RT, and again at 2 months after proton-RT).The mean age of the patients was 46 ± 11 years, and the mean body mass index was 25.6 ± 5.2 kg/mProton-RT did not affect LV function and was not associated with an increase in biomarkers. These data support the potential cardiac benefits of proton-RT compared with conventional RT.

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2022

25. Evaluation of patients with heart failure

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Amil Shah and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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medicine.medical_specialty, Longitudinal strain, business.industry, Internal medicine, Heart failure, cardiovascular system, Cardiology, Medicine, cardiovascular diseases, business, Left atrial strain, medicine.disease, Value (mathematics)
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Global left ventricular longitudinal strain is decreased both in HFrEF and HFpEF and has prognostic value in both pathologies. Decreases in right ventricular and left atrial strain have been demonstrated but their prognostic value is unknown.

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2022
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26. List of contributors

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Theodore P. Abraham, Luigi P. Badano, Thor Edvardsen, John Gorcsan, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Allan L. Klein, Wojciech Kosmala, Kenya Kusunose, Thomas H. Marwick, Denisa Muraru, Kazuaki Negishi, Dermot Phelan, Zoran B. Popović, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Partho P. Sengupta, Amil Shah, Sirish Shrestha, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, James Thomas, and Jens-Uwe Voigt

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2022
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27. Genetic blockade of lymphangiogenesis does not impair cardiac function after myocardial infarction

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Andrea A. Guerrero, N. Adrian Leu, Carl F Wittig, Mark L. Kahn, Ingrid Marti-Pamies, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, T.C. Stevenson Keller, Swapnil V. Shewale, Kendra McDaid, Lillian Lim, Phyllis A. Gimotty, Stephanie Sterling, and Alan T. Tang

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Cardiac function curve, medicine.medical_specialty, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C, Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Function, Left, Mice, Internal medicine, medicine, Lymphatic vessel, Animals, Humans, Myocardial infarction, Progenitor cell, Lymphangiogenesis, Lymphatic Vessels, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Heart, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3, Lymphatic system, medicine.anatomical_structure, Heart failure, Cardiology, Commentary, business, Research Article
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In recent decades, treatments for myocardial infarction (MI), such as stem and progenitor cell therapy, have attracted considerable scientific and clinical attention but failed to improve patient outcomes. These efforts indicate that more rigorous mechanistic and functional testing of potential MI therapies is required. Recent studies have suggested that augmenting post-MI lymphatic growth via VEGF-C administration improves cardiac function. However, the mechanisms underlying this proposed therapeutic approach remain vague and untested. To more rigorously test the role of lymphatic vessel growth after MI, we examined the post-MI cardiac function of mice in which lymphangiogenesis had been blocked genetically by pan-endothelial or lymphatic endothelial loss of the lymphangiogenic receptor VEGFR3 or global loss of the VEGF-C and VEGF-D ligands. The results obtained using all three genetic approaches were highly concordant and demonstrated that loss of lymphatic vessel growth did not impair left ventricular ejection fraction two weeks after MI in mice. We observed a trend toward excess fluid in the infarcted region of the left ventricle, but immune cell infiltration and clearance were unchanged with loss of expanded lymphatics. These studies refute the hypothesis that lymphangiogenesis contributes significantly to cardiac function after MI, and suggest that any effect of exogenous VEGF-C is likely to be mediated by non-lymphangiogenic mechanisms.

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2021

28. The role of premorbid transthoracic echocardiogram in identifying adverse clinical outcomes in patients admitted with COVID-19

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M Ambrosino, N Patel, L Panepinto, S Denduluri, C Lee, M Byers, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Srinath Adusumalli, and Jordana B. Cohen

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medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Atrial fibrillation, medicine.disease, Drug usage, Obstructive sleep apnea, Emergency medicine, medicine, Medical history, In patient, Hemodialysis, Transthoracic echocardiogram, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Background/Introduction The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inpatient mortality rate is approximately 20% in the United States. Reports have described a wide pattern of abnormalities in echocardiograms performed in patients admitted with COVID-19. The role of premorbid transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) in the prediction of COVID-19 severity and mortality is yet to be fully assessed. Purpose To assess whether a pre-COVID TTE can identify patients at high risk of adverse outcomes who are admitted with COVID-19. Methods All patients who underwent a TTE from one year to one month prior to an index inpatient admission for COVID-19 were retrospectively enrolled across five clinical sites. Demographic information, medical history, and laboratory data were included for analysis. Echocardiograms were analyzed by an observer blinded to clinical data. Linear and logistic regressions were performed to detect the association of variables with death, invasive mechanical ventilation, initiation of dialysis, and a composite of these endpoints during the COVID-19 admission. Outcomes were then adjusted for a risk score using inverse propensity weighting incorporating age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation, diuretic use, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker use. Results There were 104 patients (68±15 years old, 49% male, BMI 31.4±9.1kg/m2) who met inclusion criteria (baseline characteristics in Table 1). Mean time from TTE to positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test was 139±91 days. Twenty-nine (28%) participants died during the index COVID-19 admission. There was no association of pre-COVID echocardiographic measures of systolic ventricular function with any endpoint. Diastolic function, as assessed by LV e', was associated with mortality (Table 2). There were 25 patients (24%) with a normal lateral e' (≥10cm/s); none died. There were 35 (34%) patients with LV e' lateral velocity Conclusion In patients with an echocardiogram prior to COVID-19, impaired diastolic function as represented by an abnormal LV e' lateral velocity was associated with both inpatient COVID-19 mortality and a composite outcome of death, mechanical ventilation, and initiation of dialysis, even after adjustment for multiple co-morbidities and medication use. Knowledge of the pre-COVID TTE results may help clinicians identify patients at higher risk of adverse outcomes during an admission for COVID-19. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.

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2021
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29. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy for Cancer and Heart

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Miguel-Angel Perales, Joseph R. Carver, Daniel J. Lenihan, Sarju Ganatra, Thomas J. Ryan, Monika Leja, Negaresh Mousavi, Bonnie Ky, Vlad G. Zaha, Richard M. Steingart, Eric H. Yang, Jae H. Park, Jennifer E. Liu, Ana Barac, Salim S. Hayek, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, and Carrie Lenneman

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Cardiotoxicity, medicine.medical_specialty, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Cardiogenic shock, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Pulmonary edema, medicine.disease, Chimeric antigen receptor, 03 medical and health sciences, Cytokine release syndrome, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Medicine, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Adverse effect
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has significantly advanced the treatment of patients with relapsed and refractory hematologic malignancies and is increasingly investigated as a therapeutic option of other malignancies. The main adverse effect of CAR T-cell therapy is potentially life-threatening cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Clinical cardiovascular (CV) manifestations of CRS include tachycardia, hypotension, troponin elevation, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, pulmonary edema, and cardiogenic shock. Although insults related to CRS toxicity might be transient and reversible in most instances in patients with adequate CV reserve, they can be particularly challenging in higher-risk, often elderly patients with pre-existing CV disease. As the use of CAR T-cell therapy expands to include a wider patient population, careful patient selection, pre-treatment cardiac evaluation, and CV risk stratification should be considered within the CAR T-cell treatment protocol. Early diagnosis and management of CV complications in patients with CRS require awareness and multidisciplinary collaboration.

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2019
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30. Echocardiography Imaging of Cardiotoxicity

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Yu Kang and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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medicine.medical_specialty, Heart Diseases, Heart disease, Population, Antineoplastic Agents, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Doppler imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Neoplasms, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, education, Speckle tracking imaging, Cardiotoxicity, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Cancer, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Additional research, Cancer treatment, Echocardiography, Cardiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Heart disease is the most important cause of non-cancer death for patients with cancer. Addressing the cardiotoxic effects of anticancer therapies to prevent increased cardiovascular risk in this population is crucial. Echocardiography plays a big role in monitoring cardiotoxicity induced by cancer treatment. Many emerging modalities, including tissue Doppler imaging measures, speckle tracking imaging, and three-dimensional echocardiography, may provide improved sensitivity and specificity to detect cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity. Additional research is critical to define the value of both conventional and novel indices in guiding the clinical management of cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity.

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2019
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31. Preparing the Cardiovascular Workforce to Care for Oncology Patients

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Rupal O'Quinn, Jennifer E. Liu, Negareh Mousavi, Daniel J. Lenihan, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Bonnie Ky, Thomas J. Ryan, Joseph R. Carver, Carrie Lenneman, Sarju Ganatra, Salim S. Hayek, Eric H. Yang, Ana Barac, Anita Arnold, Monika Leja, and Jose Banchs

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education.field_of_study, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Population, Stakeholder, Cancer, Cardiovascular care, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Family medicine, Workforce, Epidemiology, medicine, Oncology patients, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, education, business
Abstract

Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the 2 main causes of death in the United States. They intersect on multiple levels, sharing common causal mechanisms and epidemiological risk factors. The growing prevalence and complexity of cardiovascular disease and cancer have resulted in the development of the discipline of cardio-oncology. Preparing the cardiovascular workforce for the care of a growing population of cancer patients is necessary to enhance the delivery of high-quality cardiovascular care for patients with cancer. The goal of this review is to present the dedicated efforts of the cardio-oncology community to meet the growing need for education and training of cardiovascular practitioners providing care to cancer patients and survivors. Integration in general cardiology training programs and the efforts of the stakeholder organizations serve as an example of how a multidimensional, innovative approach can address provider education and training needs in a relatively new discipline.

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2019
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32. An Initial Evaluation of Human Plasma cMLC-1 as a Potential Protein Biomarker for Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity, Breast Cancer Screening and Progression

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Ling Yu, Read Allen, Lin Jia, Ting Sun, Steve J. Isakoff, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Hui Zheng, Charlotte S. Walmsley, Katherine Hesler, Ava N. Varasteh, Christopher J. Pinto, Daniel E. McLoughlin, Wenjin Wu, and Xinhui Wang

Subjects
skin and connective tissue diseases
Abstract

Background Trastuzumab is a targeted therapy for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. However, trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity (TIC) has been reported as a single agent or combined with anthracycline. Methods such as biomarkers for early TIC detection is not available. Blood-based protein biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for diagnosis, screening, prediction of response to therapy, and disease progression has revolutionized management and outcome of prostate cancer. Nevertheless, no blood biomarkers exist for breast cancer diagnosis or screening. Methods We evaluated for the first time the potentials of cardiac myosin light chain 1(cMLC-1) as a biomarker to predict TIC, screen breast cancer and monitor breast cancer progression. Plasma cMCL-1 was measured quantitatively using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Archived paired plasma samples collected before and after trastuzumab treatment from 15 HER2 + patients with or without cardiotoxicity, recently collected unpaired plasma samples from 79 breast cancer patients (40 HER2+, 39 HER2- ) and 46 healthy donors were tested for cMLC-1 levels. Results We found that elevated plasma level of cMLC-1 is associated with cardiotoxicity in 43% of trastuzumab-treated patients. In addition, we demonstrated that elevated plasma cMCL-1 is associated with breast cancer. The cutoff cMLC-1 concentration is estimated to be 44.99 ng/mL with a sensitivity of 59.49% (95%CI: 48.47%-69.63%) and specificity of 71.74% (95%CI: 57.45% -82.68%). We also found that plasma cMCL-1 is more elevated in HER2- than in HER2 + breast cancer patients. As a result, improved sensitivity of 79.49% (95%CI: 64.47%-89.22%) with the specificity of 63.04% (95%CI:48.60%-75.48%) were obtained for cMLC-1 to predict HER2- breast cancer with the cutoff at 37.17 ng/mL. Moreover, we determined that cMLC-1 level was significantly higher in patients with metastatic breast cancer than in patients with non-metastatic breast cancer. Conclusions Here we report the first exploratory human study on the potential of cMLC-1 as a blood protein biomarker for predicting TIC. Additionally, we show our findings which shed light on and filled, to some extent, the gap of knowledge of the potential of cMLC-1 as a blood protein biomarker for screening breast cancer, especially for HER2- breast cancer, and disease progression of breast cancer.

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2021
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33. Ultrasound-Enhancing Agents and Associated Adverse Reactions: A Potential Connection to the COVID-19 Vaccines?

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Dinesh Jagasia, Michelle McGovern, Srinath Adusumalli, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Richard Weiss, Meshal Soni, Sheldon E. Litwin, and Ron Jacob

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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 Vaccines, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19, Virology, Article, Connection (mathematics), Medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Ultrasonography
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2021

34. Abstract 15488: Epidemiological Profile of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Outcomes in Patients With Solid Organ and Haematological Malignancies

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Prajith Jeyaprakash, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Urmi Jethwani, Gary Gan, Aaia Aladdin, Aditya Bhat, Fiona Kwok, David Chandrakumar, Cindy Li, Amanda Johnston, and Timothy C. Tan

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medicine.medical_specialty, Chemotherapy, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Cardiovascular risk factors, Physiology (medical), Epidemiology, medicine, In patient, Solid organ, Cardio oncology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Intensive care medicine, business
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Introduction: Chemotherapy remains the cornerstone in the management of solid organ malignancies (SOM) and hematological malignancies (HM). Although life-prolonging, it is not without cost, with heart failure and arrhythmia becoming increasingly recognised complications of treatment. Although there is significant overlap in the chemotherapeutic management of SOM and HM, epidemiological information on the differential prevalence of baseline cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in these populations is scarce. Hypothesis: A differential cardiovascular risk profile and clinical course will be appreciated in patients with SOM and HM undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: Retrospective observational study design. Patients admitted to our institution undergoing chemotherapy for SOM (2014-2018) or HM (2012-2015) were reviewed. Baseline demographic and clinical data was collated and patients were followed for up to five years following chemotherapy for occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) defined as the development of new-onset heart failure or arrhythmia. Results: 545 hematology and 435 oncology patients with malignancy were assessed. Compared to those with HM, those treated for SOM had a poorer cardiovascular risk profile (table 1). At mean follow-up period of 22.8±17.8 months, no significant difference in the incidence of the composite endpoint (9.4% vs 9.0%, p=0.45) or its components was observed. Higher rates of anthracycline therapy was observed in patients with HM (100% vs 17%, p < 0.01), however its use did not have a differential effect on MACE (12% vs 9%, p=0.25). Conclusions: Compared to patients treated for HM, patients with SOM had a greater burden of cardiovascular risk factors and lower use of anthracycline chemotherapy. Despite this, MACE occurred at similar rates in both groups. The use of anthracyclines was not associated with the development of MACE, suggesting alternative pathways contributing to its development.

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2020
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35. Abstract 15870: External Validation of a Risk Score for Heart Failure in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Gregory Cascino, Nausheen Akhter, Yu Kang, Jessica K. Altman, Peter G. Doukas, Borko Jovanovic, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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medicine.medical_specialty, Framingham Risk Score, business.industry, External validation, Myeloid leukemia, medicine.disease, Physiology (medical), Heart failure, Internal medicine, medicine, In patient, Cardio oncology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Introduction: HF is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in AML patients. This study was designed as an external evaluation of a risk score to determine the risk of HF in patients treated with anthracyclines for AML. Methods: A validation cohort was composed of 204 consecutive patients with AML treated with anthracyclines. 2DSTE was performed using TomTec software to obtain baseline GLS values. LVEF was calculated using modified Simpson’s biplane method. HF hospitalizations were defined using standard clinical criteria. The HF risk score included a baseline GLS > - 15% (6 points), baseline LVEF/= 250 mg/m 2 (2 points), and age > 60 years (1 point). Patients were stratified into low (0 to 2 points), medium (3 to 9 points), and high risk (10 to 17 points). Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate event-free survival of the risk categories. Results: The average age of the cohort was 54 with an average risk score of 7 points. 55% of the patients were male. In total, 44 patients (21%) experienced a hospitalization for HF (median time to hospitalization 1 month) within the follow-up period (median 18 months). The observed incidence of HF by risk category was 14% (18 of 130) in the low, 31% (19 of 61) in medium, and 54% (7 of 13) in high risk group. The association between HF and the risk group category was highly significant (p = 0.001). Event-free survival by risk category (Figure 1) was also statistically significant (p = 0.05), with individuals in the high risk category having a reduced event-free survival. Conclusions: This is the first external validation study of a risk score for HF in AML patients. The risk score that we evaluated was successful at identifying patient who were at higher risk of hospitalization for HF. This may be a useful tool in clinical practice to counsel patients regarding the risk of HF after induction chemotherapy with anthracyclines.

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2020
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36. Symptomatic Heart Failure in Acute Leukemia Patients Treated With Anthracyclines

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Srinivas Denduluri, Selina M. Luger, Joseph R. Carver, Bruna Morhy Borges Leal Assunção, Shannon R. McCurdy, Yu Kang, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, and Bénédicte Lefebvre

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lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, medicine.medical_specialty, Anthracycline, cardiotoxicity, heart failure, risk score, anthracycline, lcsh:RC254-282, Article, Internal medicine, Medicine, acute leukemia, Original Research, Cardiotoxicity, Acute leukemia, Framingham Risk Score, business.industry, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, medicine.disease, Oncology, lcsh:RC666-701, Heart failure, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Editorial Comment, global longitudinal strain
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence and develop a risk score for heart failure (HF) in acute leukemia. Background: Knowledge is scarce regarding the incidence and risk factors of symptomatic HF in patients with acute leukemia. Methods: Baseline clinical and echocardiographic parameters, including indices of cardiac function (left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial strain [global longitudinal strain; GLS]), were obtained in 450 patients with acute leukemia treated with anthracyclines, before chemotherapy initiation. Potential risk factors for HF were evaluated using Fine and Gray’s regression analysis, and from this, a 21-point risk score was generated. Results: Forty patients (8.9%) developed HF. The HF risk score included a baseline GLS >−15% (indicative of greater impairment) (6 points), baseline left ventricular ejection fraction 60 years (1 point). Patients were stratified into low (score 0 to 6), moderate (score 7 to 13), and high risk (score 14 to 21). The estimated 1-year cumulative incidence of HF for low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups was 1.0%, 13.6%, and 35.0%, respectively (p < 0.001). The HF risk score was also predictive of all-cause mortality (p < 0.001). After adjustment for age and leukemia type, however, only GLS was significantly associated with all-cause mortality (hazard ratio: 1.73; 95% confidence interval: 1.30 to 2.31; p < 0.001). Conclusions: We developed a baseline risk score to determine risk of HF in patients with acute leukemia. Additional studies are needed to determine the external validity of these findings.

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2020

37. Strain Imaging in Cardio-Oncology

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Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Jennifer E. Liu, Ana Barac, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

Subjects
CMRI, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, medicine.medical_specialty, animal structures, ROI, region of interest, Cancer therapy, cardiotoxicity, left ventricular function, Text mining, ASE, American Society of Echocardiography, Internal medicine, 3D, 3-dimensional, LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction, Medicine, cancer, echocardiography, Cardio oncology, DICOM, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, AL, amyloid light chains, Cardiotoxicity, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Cancer, Strain imaging, medicine.disease, Primers in Cardio-Oncology, EACVI, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, Patient management, LV, left ventricle, Oncology, STE, speckle tracking echocardiography, 2D, 2-dimensional, Cardiology, GLS, global longitudinal strain, ACC, American College of Cardiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, CTRCD, cancer treatment–related cardiac dysfunction, global longitudinal strain, VEGF, vascular endothelium growth factor
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Echocardiographic imaging is crucial for patient management during cardiotoxic cancer therapy. Left ventricular ejection fraction is the most commonly used parameter for identifying left ventricular dysfunction. However, it lacks sensitivity to detect subclinical changes in cardiac function due to cardiotoxic treatment. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is the best studied strain parameter with established diagnostic and prognostic value. Multiple studies have demonstrated changes in GLS as an early marker of cardiotoxicity. This document serves as a primer to help clinicians in the acquisition and interpretation of strain in cardio-oncology. Cases with embedded videos illustrate a step-by-step approach to obtaining GLS measurements and common pitfalls to avoid. The document includes a concise summary of the indications of GLS in cardio-oncology and its role in guiding oncological therapy. Practical approaches on how to implement strain in the echo laboratory with guidance on training and quality assurance are also discussed., Central Illustration, Highlights • Compared with LVEF, GLS is a more sensitive and reproducible measure of LV systolic function and has emerged as an early marker of cardiotoxicity. • Despite evidence supporting the clinical utility of GLS imaging, familiarity with the practical process of strain imaging among clinicians is lacking. • Although each vendor has its own proprietary software for strain imaging, the basic steps of measuring GLS are similar. • Education is needed to enhance the performance, analysis, and interpretation of GLS for the management of cardio-oncology patients.

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2020

38. Left ventricular segmental strain and the prediction of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction

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Henry G Cheng, Christos Davatzikos, Biniyam G. Demissei, Yiwen Qian, Natasha A. Vedage, Bonnie Ky, Yong Fan, Kelsey Shimamoto, Amanda M. Smith, Hari K. Narayan, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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medicine.medical_specialty, Heart Diseases, Breast Neoplasms, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Ventricular Function, Left, 03 medical and health sciences, Basal (phylogenetics), Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Cardiotoxicity, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Area under the curve, Cancer, Stroke Volume, General Medicine, Original Articles, Middle Aged, Trastuzumab, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Heart failure, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Aims We aimed to determine the early changes and predictive value of left ventricular (LV) segmental strain measures in women with breast cancer receiving doxorubicin. Methods and results In a cohort of 237 women with breast cancer receiving doxorubicin with or without trastuzumab, 1151 echocardiograms were prospectively acquired over a median (Q1–Q3) of 7 (2–24) months. LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and 36 segmental strain measures were core lab quantified. A supervised machine learning (ML) model was then developed using random forest regression to identify segmental strain measures predictive of nadir LVEF post-doxorubicin completion. Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) was defined as a ≥10% absolute LVEF decline pre-treatment to a value Conclusion Our findings suggest that segmental strain measures can enhance cardiotoxicity risk prediction in women with breast cancer receiving doxorubicin.

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2020

39. State of the Art: Imaging for Myocardial Viability: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

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Robert O. Bonow, Parham Eshtehardi, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Ron Blankstein, Mario J. Garcia, John P. Bois, Cynthia C. Taub, Raymond Y. Kwong, and Joao A.C. Lima

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Clinical Decision-Making, Myocardial Ischemia, Context (language use), Risk Assessment, Sudden cardiac death, Coronary artery disease, Necrosis, Myocardial perfusion imaging, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Humans, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Myocardial infarction, Intensive care medicine, Aged, Tissue Survival, Myocardial stunning, Ischemic cardiomyopathy, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Myocardium, Reproducibility of Results, American Heart Association, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Fibrosis, United States, Cardiac Imaging Techniques, Heart failure, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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A substantial proportion of patients with acute myocardial infarction develop clinical heart failure, which remains a common and major healthcare burden. It has been shown that in patients with chronic coronary artery disease, ischemic episodes lead to a global pattern of cardiomyocyte remodeling and dedifferentiation, hallmarked by myolysis, glycogen accumulation, and alteration of structural proteins. These changes, in conjunction with an impaired global coronary reserve, may eventually become irreversible and result in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Moreover, noninvasive imaging of myocardial scar and hibernation can inform the risk of sudden cardiac death. Therefore, it would be intuitive that imaging of myocardial viability is an essential tool for the proper use of invasive treatment strategies and patient prognostication. However, this notion has been challenged by large-scale clinical trials demonstrating that, in the modern era of improved guideline-directed medical therapies, imaging of myocardial viability failed to deliver effective guidance of coronary bypass surgery to a reduction of adverse cardiac outcomes. In addition, current available imaging technologies in this regard are numerous, and they target diverse surrogates of structural or tissue substrates of myocardial viability. In this document, we examine these issues in the current clinical context, collect current evidence of imaging technology by modality, and inform future directions.

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2020
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40. Deficiency of bone morphogenetic protein-3b induces metabolic syndrome and increases adipogenesis

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Alex Caplan, Emmanuel S. Buys, Ingrid Marti-Pamies, Patrick Seale, Alexia Vite, Jesus Tamez, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Lauren Graves, Robrecht Thoonen, Wei Han, and Daniel Bloch

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Heart Diseases, Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Adipose tissue, Bone Morphogenetic Protein 3, White adipose tissue, Carbohydrate metabolism, Bone morphogenetic protein, Growth Differentiation Factor 10, Mice, Insulin resistance, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Glucose Intolerance, medicine, Adipocytes, Animals, Obesity, Dyslipidemias, Metabolic Syndrome, Mice, Knockout, Adipogenesis, Chemistry, Lipid metabolism, medicine.disease, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Endocrinology, Adipose Tissue, Female, Metabolic syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Research Article, Signal Transduction
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Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor signaling is critical for the regulation of the endocrine system and cardiovascular structure and function. The objective of this study was to investigate whether Bmp3b, a glycoprotein synthetized and secreted by adipose tissue, is necessary to regulate glucose and lipid metabolism, adipogenesis, and cardiovascular remodeling. Over the course of 4 mo, Bmp3b-knockout ( Bmp3b−/−) mice gained more weight than wild-type (WT) mice. The plasma levels of cholesterol and triglycerides were higher in Bmp3b−/− mice than in WT mice. Bmp3b−/− mice developed insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. The basal heart rate was higher in Bmp3b−/− mice than in WT mice, and echocardiography revealed eccentric remodeling in Bmp3b−/− mice. The expression of adipogenesis-related genes in white adipose tissue was higher in Bmp3b−/− mice than in WT control mice. In vitro studies showed that Bmp3b modulates the activity of the C/ebpα promoter, an effect mediated by Smad2/3. The results of this study suggest that Bmp3b is necessary for the maintenance of homeostasis in terms of age-related weight gain, glucose metabolism, and left ventricular (LV) remodeling and function. Interventions that increase the level or function of BMP3b may decrease cardiovascular risk and pathological cardiac remodeling.

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2020

41. Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient During COVID-19: An Expert Consensus Document From the ACC Cardio-Oncology and Imaging Councils

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Roohi Ismail-Khan, Ana Barac, Vlad G. Zaha, Lauren A. Baldassarre, Monika Leja, Jordan B. Strom, Bonnie Ky, Richard Cheng, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Eric H. Yang, Lawrence G. Rudski, Carrie Lenneman, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Jeanne M. DeCara, Susan Dent, Hector R. Villarraga, Samer Ellahham, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Anita Deswal, Anne H. Blaes, and Jennifer E. Liu

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Diagnostic Imaging, medicine.medical_specialty, Cancer Research, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Population, MEDLINE, Cardiovascular care, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Neoplasms, Pandemic, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, education, Expert Testimony, Cardiotoxicity, education.field_of_study, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Cancer, COVID-19, medicine.disease, Oncology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Etiology, Commentary, business, AcademicSubjects/MED00010
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In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Cardio-Oncology and Imaging Councils of the American College of Cardiology offers recommendations to clinicians regarding the cardiovascular care of cardio-oncology patients in this expert consensus statement. Cardio-oncology patients—individuals with an active or prior cancer history and with or at risk of cardiovascular disease—are a rapidly growing population who are at increased risk of infection, and experiencing severe and/or lethal complications by COVID-19. Recommendations for optimizing screening and monitoring visits to detect cardiac dysfunction are discussed. In addition, judicious use of multimodality imaging and biomarkers are proposed to identify myocardial, valvular, vascular, and pericardial involvement in cancer patients. The difficulties of diagnosing the etiology of cardiovascular complications in patients with cancer and COVID-19 are outlined, along with weighing the advantages against risks of exposure, with the modification of existing cardiovascular treatments and cardiotoxicity surveillance in patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2020

42. Cardiovascular manifestations and treatment considerations in COVID-19

Author

Yuchi Han, Yucheng Chen, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, David Mui, Victor A. Ferrari, Yu Kang, Tiffany Chen, and Dinesh Jagasia

Subjects
medicine.medical_treatment, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Review, Comorbidity, Disease, Azithromycin, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, cardiac risk factors and prevention, systemic inflammatory diseases, 0302 clinical medicine, Case fatality rate, 030212 general & internal medicine, Lung, Cardiogenic shock, Chloroquine, Venous Thromboembolism, Troponin, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Coronavirus Infections, Cytokine Release Syndrome, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunosuppressive Agents, Hydroxychloroquine, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Myocarditis, Pneumonia, Viral, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, Betacoronavirus, 03 medical and health sciences, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Influenza, Human, medicine, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Humans, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Myocardium, Anticoagulants, COVID-19, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, medicine.disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome, myocarditis, business, Biomarkers
Abstract

Since its recognition in December 2019, covid-19 has rapidly spread globally causing a pandemic. Pre-existing comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are associated with a greater severity and higher fatality rate of covid-19. Furthermore, COVID-19 contributes to cardiovascular complications, including acute myocardial injury as a result of acute coronary syndrome, myocarditis, stress-cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, cardiogenic shock, and cardiac arrest. The cardiovascular interactions of COVID-19 have similarities to that of severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome and influenza. Specific cardiovascular considerations are also necessary in supportive treatment with anticoagulation, the continued use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, arrhythmia monitoring, immunosuppression or modulation, and mechanical circulatory support.

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2020
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43. Contemporary Role of Echocardiography for Clinical Decision Making in Patients During and After Cancer Therapy

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Jose Banchs, Jennifer E. Liu, Ana Barac, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Juan Carlos Plana, Negareh Mousavi, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Clinical Decision-Making, Population, Antineoplastic Agents, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Risk Assessment, Asymptomatic, Ventricular Function, Left, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Trastuzumab, Humans, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, In patient, Intensive care medicine, education, Cardiotoxicity, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Cancer, medicine.disease, Early Diagnosis, Echocardiography, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Cardiac monitoring, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Early recognition of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) provides an opportunity to mitigate cardiac injury and risk of developing late cardiac events. Echocardiography serves as the cornerstone in the detection and surveillance of CTRCD in patients during and after cancer therapy. Guidelines from professional societies and regulatory agencies have been published on approaches to surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of CTRCD, although adoption as standard of care remains limited given the lack of evidence on the prognostic value of asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in the oncology population. The frequency of cardiac monitoring and the appropriateness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-recommended cardiac monitoring schedule in all patients receiving trastuzumab for breast cancer has been challenged. Interruption versus continuation of oncological therapy in the setting of asymptomatic LV dysfunction remains a clinical conundrum given the uncertain balance of the risk of cardiac dysfunction and benefit of oncology efficacy. Despite their limitations, echocardiographic measures of LV function continue to play a pivotal role in clinical decision making, with global longitudinal strain emerging as a promising tool in informing and facilitating the selection of cancer treatment and optimizing cardiovascular outcomes. This review highlights the key recommendations of the existing guidelines and discusses recent developments in cardio-oncology imaging practices with the aim of providing practical guidance on the role and use of echocardiography in challenging clinical cases in cardio-oncology.

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2018
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44. Collaboration during Crisis: A Novel Point-of-Care Ultrasound Alliance among Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Cardiology in the COVID-19 Era

Author

Cameron Baston, Dinesh Jagasia, Mili Mehta, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Victor A. Ferrari, Srinath Adusumalli, and Nova Panebianco

Subjects
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, Interprofessional Relations, Point-of-Care Systems, Point of care ultrasound, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Cardiology, MEDLINE, COVID-19, medicine.disease, Alliance, Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Medical emergency, Letters to the Editor, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Pandemics, Ultrasonography
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2021
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45. Guidelines for measuring cardiac physiology in mice

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Lisandra E. de Castro Brás, Merry L. Lindsey, Jitka A. I. Virag, Zamaneh Kassiri, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Quality Control, medicine.medical_specialty, Biomedical Research, Consensus, Heart disease, Heart Diseases, Physiology, Cardiology, Hemodynamics, Translational research, Disease, Review, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Ventricular Function, Left, 03 medical and health sciences, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, medicine, Animals, Cause of death, Observer Variation, medicine.diagnostic_test, cardiac physiology, business.industry, Reproducibility of Results, Magnetic resonance imaging, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 3. Good health, Cardiovascular physiology, Data Accuracy, Disease Models, Animal, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Ventricle, Echocardiography, rigor and reproducibility, Periodicals as Topic, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death, and translational research is needed to understand better mechanisms whereby the left ventricle responds to injury. Mouse models of heart disease have provided valuable insights into mechanisms that occur during cardiac aging and in response to a variety of pathologies. The assessment of cardiovascular physiological responses to injury or insult is an important and necessary component of this research. With increasing consideration for rigor and reproducibility, the goal of this guidelines review is to provide best-practice information regarding how to measure accurately cardiac physiology in animal models. In this article, we define guidelines for the measurement of cardiac physiology in mice, as the most commonly used animal model in cardiovascular research.Listen to this article’s corresponding podcast at http://ajpheart.podbean.com/e/guidelines-for-measuring-cardiac-physiology-in-mice/ .

Published
2018

46. Acute Leukemia is Associated with Cardiac Alterations before Chemotherapy

Author

Bruna Morhy Borges Leal Assuncao, Kai-Hung Cheng, Evin Yucel, Mark D. Handschumacher, Timothy C. Tan, Philipp E. Bartko, Andrew M. Brunner, Orlando Campos, Amir T. Fathi, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, medicine.medical_treatment, Antineoplastic Agents, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Malignancy, Ventricular Function, Left, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Retrospective Studies, Chemotherapy, Acute leukemia, Leukemia, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Echocardiography, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Heart failure, Acute Disease, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Body mass index, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Patients with acute leukemia (AL) have a higher rate of congestive heart failure than patients with other cancers. AL may predispose to cardiac dysfunction before chemotherapy because of high cytokine release or direct leukemic myocardial infiltration. The aims of this study were to evaluate whether AL is associated with abnormalities of myocardial structure and function before chemotherapy and to identify possible risk factors associated with these myocardial changes.Using an echocardiographic database, 76 patients with AL and 76 patients without cancer matched for age, gender, hypertension, and the presence of diabetes were retrospectively selected. Subsequently, to assess the effect of a nonhematologic malignancy, 28 women in each group were matched with women with breast cancer. Left ventricular (LV) mass, volumes, ejection fraction, and global longitudinal strain (GLS) were measured before chemotherapy.The patients were predominantly male (63%), with a median age of 51 years, and had low prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. Despite similar LV ejection fractions, patients with AL had higher LV mass and volumes and lower GLS (-19.3 ± 2.7% vs -20.9 ± 1.9%, P .001) than patients without cancer. Similarly, GLS was lower in women with AL compared with women with breast cancer or without cancer. Among patients with AL, high body mass index, low LV ejection fraction, and a small number of circulating lymphocytes were all independently associated with low GLS.Patients with AL had higher LV volumes and lower GLS than patients without cancer and lower GLS than patients with breast cancer, suggesting that AL by itself may be associated with these cardiac alterations.

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2017
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47. Contraction Timing Patterns in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer Before and After Anthracyclines Therapy

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Elkan F. Halpern, Mark D. Handschumacher, Igal A. Sebag, Kai-Hung Cheng, Bruna Morhy Borges Leal Assuncao, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Contraction (grammar), Longitudinal strain, Diastole, Antineoplastic Agents, Breast Neoplasms, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Internal medicine, Heart rate, Humans, Medicine, Anthracyclines, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Excitation Contraction Coupling, Ultrasonography, Heart Failure, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Quebec, Reproducibility of Results, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Myocardial Contraction, Treatment Outcome, Controlled Before-After Studies, Heart failure, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Boston
Abstract

During the development of heart failure (HF), the changes of contraction timing pattern and temporal heterogeneity of segmental contraction happen early and may precede both symptomatic HF and the decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). In patients treated with anthracyclines, both symptomatic HF and the decrease of LVEF are detected once significant myocardial injury has occurred. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether changes in the timing of contraction can be detected early after anthracyclines therapy.Forty-one women (50 ± 11 years old) with newly diagnosed breast cancer were prospectively enrolled in two centers and underwent an echocardiogram before and after anthracyclines. Peak longitudinal myocardial systolic strain was measured on the apical four- and two-chamber views. The time to peak systolic longitudinal strain (TP), ejection time (ET), isovolumic contraction time (IVCT), systolic time, and diastolic time were measured using strain curves and Doppler tracings and compared before and after anthracyclines. The heterogeneity of contraction (dyssynchrony) was measured by the SD of the TP of all segments.Anthracyclines treatment was associated with an increase in heart rate (HR) and a decrease in TP. TP was correlated with HR. TP/ET was independent of HR and inversely correlated to peak strain both at baseline and after anthracyclines. TP/ET increased after anthracyclines (1.26 ± 0.19 to 1.31 ± 0.22; P .001), and this increase was correlated with the decrease in strain. The increase in TP/ET was due to an increase in IVCT/ET. A similar degree of dyssynchrony was found at baseline and after anthracyclines.Anthracyclines treatment induces an increase in the duration of contraction, mainly by increasing the IVCT. This increase is correlated to the decrease in strain and may therefore have additional prognostic value.

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2017
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48. Abstract 561: Bone Morphogenetic Protein-3b Deficiency Induces Metabolic Syndrome and Modulates Adipogenesis

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Daniel Bloch, Wei Han, Ingrid Marti-Pamies, Patrick Seale, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Robrecht Thoonen, Emmanuel S. Buys, and Alex Caplan

Subjects
Cell metabolism, Physiology, Adipogenesis, Chemistry, Cardiac hypertrophy, medicine, Cellular functions, Metabolic syndrome, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.disease, Diabetes type ii, Bone morphogenetic protein, Cell biology
Abstract

Introduction: Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are mediators in a wide range of cellular functions, including the regulation of cell metabolism. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of BMP-3b, a glycoprotein synthetized and secreted by adipose tissue, on cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: BMP-3b knock-out (KO) and age-matched male and female wild-type (WT) mice were weighed weekly until 6 months of age. At 6 months, fasting levels of total cholesterol, HDL-C and triglycerides were measured and glucose and insulin tolerance tests were performed. Telemetry was used to determine blood pressure and heart rate in anesthetized mice. Echocardiograms were performed under light sedation (isoflurane 1%). Mice were sacrificed and tissues were resected for gene expression analysis by qPCR. Transient transfections were performed in 3T3-L1 cells to study the interactions of BMP-3b and the C/ebp α promoter. Results: BMP3b KO mice gained more weight than WT mice. The plasma levels of total cholesterol, HDL and triglycerides were higher in BMP-3b KO mice than in WT mice. Insulin and glucose tolerant tests reveal insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in BMP-3b KO mice compared to WT mice. The basal heart rate was higher in BMP-3b KO mice than in WT mice, but no differences were observed in blood pressure. Echocardiography revealed a decrease in relative wall thickness (RWT) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and an increase in the left ventricle end diastolic volume (LVEDV) in BMP-3b KO mice, demonstrating eccentric remodeling. Expression of genes ( Pparγ and C/ebpα ) involved in adipogenesis in white adipose tissue was higher in BMP-3b KO mice than in WT controls. Finally, transient transfection assays with 3T3-L1 cells showed that BMP-3b modulates C/ebpα promoter activity. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that BMP-3b has an important role in the regulation of age-related weight gain, glucose metabolism and LV remodeling. Interventions that increase the level or function of BMP-3b may protect the heart from the adverse effects of cardiovascular risk factors and pathological cardiac remodeling.

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2019
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49. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy for Cancer and Heart: JACC Council Perspectives

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Sarju, Ganatra, Joseph R, Carver, Salim S, Hayek, Bonnie, Ky, Monika J, Leja, Daniel J, Lenihan, Carrie, Lenneman, Negaresh, Mousavi, Jae H, Park, Miguel Angel, Perales, Thomas D, Ryan, Marielle, Scherrer-Crosbie, Richard M, Steingart, Eric H, Yang, Vlad, Zaha, Ana, Barac, and Jennifer E, Liu

Subjects
Clinical Trials as Topic, Receptors, Chimeric Antigen, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neoplasms, Humans, Female, Middle Aged, Cytokine Release Syndrome, Immunotherapy, Adoptive, Article
Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has significantly advanced the treatment of patients with relapsed and refractory hematologic malignancies and is increasingly investigated as therapeutic option of other malignancies. The main adverse effect of CAR T-cell therapy is potentially life-threatening cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Clinical cardiovascular (CV) manifestations of CRS include tachycardia, hypotension, troponin elevation, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock. Although insults related to CRS toxicity might be transient and reversible in most instances in patients with adequate CV reserve, they can be particularly challenging in higher-risk, often elderly patients with pre-existing CV disease. As the use of CAR T-cell therapy expands to include wider patient population, careful patient selection, pre-treatment cardiac evaluation and CV risk stratification should be considered within the CAR T-cell treatment protocol. Early diagnosis and management of CV complications in patients with CRS require awareness and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Published
2019

50. Changes in Citric Acid Cycle and Nucleoside Metabolism Are Associated with Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity in Patients with Breast Cancer

Author

Xu Shi, Robert E. Gerszten, Rahul K. Lall, Laurie A. Farrell, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Igal A. Sebag, Aarti Asnani, and Juan Carlos Plana

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Purine, Time Factors, medicine.medical_treatment, Pharmaceutical Science, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Pharmacology, Ventricular Function, Left, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Trastuzumab, Aconitic acid, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Myocytes, Cardiac, Prospective Studies, skin and connective tissue diseases, Genetics (clinical), Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, Nucleosides, Middle Aged, Treatment Outcome, Pyrimidine metabolism, Molecular Medicine, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.drug, Adult, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Anthracycline, Heart Diseases, Citric Acid Cycle, Breast Neoplasms, Proof of Concept Study, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Metabolomics, Chemotherapy, Cardiotoxicity, business.industry, Stroke Volume, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, Doxorubicin, sense organs, business, Biomarkers
Abstract

Anthracyclines and HER2-targeted antibodies are very effective for the treatment of breast cancer, but their use is limited by cardiotoxicity. In this nested case-control study, we assessed the role of intermediary metabolism in 38 women with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines and trastuzumab. Using targeted mass spectrometry to measure 71 metabolites in the plasma, we identified changes in citric acid and aconitic acid that differentiated patients who developed cardiotoxicity from those who did not. In patients with cardiotoxicity, the magnitude of change in citric acid at three months correlated with the change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and absolute LVEF at nine months. Patients with cardiotoxicity also demonstrated more pronounced changes in purine and pyrimidine metabolism. Early metabolic changes may therefore provide insight into the mechanisms associated with the development of chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity.

Published
2019

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