Abstract 16393: In Hospital Outcomes and Prevalence of Comorbidities in Patients With Amyloidosis With and Without Atrial Fibrillation - Insight From National Inpatient Sample (nis) Database (2013-14)

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asim Kichloo ◽  
Shakeel Jamal ◽  
Beth Bailey ◽  
muhammad shah zaib ◽  
HUH Virk ◽  
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Introduction: Amyloidosis is a systemic illness that affects multiple organ systems including cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal and pulmonary systems manifesting as restrictive cardiomyopathy, atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, nephrotic syndrome and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Unknown is whether co-occurrence atrial fibrillation (AF), further worsens the outcomes in systemic amyloidosis. Hypothesis: Atrial Fibrillation worsen clinical outcomes in Amyloidosis. Methods: Patients with diagnosis of amyloidosis with and without concurrent AF were identified by querying the Healthcare Cost and Utilization (HCUP), specifically, National Inpatient Sample for year 2016 based on ICD10 codes. Results: During 2016, a total of 2997 patients were admitted with diagnosis of Amyloidosis, out of which 918 had concurrent AF. There was an increased risk of mortality (7.4% vs 5.6%), heart block (6.8% vs 2.8%), cardiogenic shock (5% vs 1.6%), placement of an ICD/CRT/PPM (14.5% vs 4.5%), renal failure (29% vs 21%), heart failure (66% vs 30%) and bleeding complications (5.7% vs 2.8%) in patients with diagnosis of Amyloidosis and concurrent AF when compared to patients with only diagnosis of Amyloidosis. It’s interesting to note that patients with amyloidosis without comorbid AF had increased risk of stroke when compared to concurrent AF (7.9% vs 3.4%). Conclusions: Concurrent AF increases the risk of heart failure, cardiogenic shock, supraventricular tachycardia, bleeding complications and an overall increase in mortality in patients with amyloidosis.

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tushar Tarun ◽  
Brian P Bostick ◽  
Deepa Baswaraj ◽  
Nishchayjit Basra ◽  
Meeshal Khan ◽  
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Introduction: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as a promising, novel therapy for multiple malignancies. Immune-related adverse reactions pose a serious concern with use of these agents and reportedly involve multiple organ systems, notably cardiotoxicity. Early identification and management of these adverse events is essential in the prevention of morbidity and mortality. Hypothesis: Immune checkpoint inhibitors cause multiple cardiotoxic effects, and patients with prior cardiac history have a higher likelihood of cardiotoxicity. Methods: 1. A retrospective analysis of 150 patients was performed who had received immunotherapy with either the cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 inhibitors (CTLA4) or with the programmed cell death inhibitors (PD1) or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors for a period of two years at a Tertiary health Care from 7/1/2016-6/30/2018. 2. Patients' cardiac diagnoses prior to the initiation of therapy were noted and included, including history of heart failure, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, and sudden cardiac arrest. 3. Patients’ clinic visits and hospitalizations with admitting and discharge diagnosis, electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, troponin T, and NT-proBNP were reviewed. Results: 6% of patients had new onset heart failure (both preserved and reduced), 1.3% had evidence of myocardial infarction, 2% had new atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate, and 0.6% had fulminant myocarditis. Of patients with new cardiac events, 60% had a history of cardiac disease, which was significantly higher than in patients without (p< 0.05). There were no age or sex differences between the groups with and without cardiotoxicity. Conclusion: Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors have broadened the horizon for treatment of multiple solid and hematological malignancies. Nonetheless, new adverse effects on multiple organ systems, specifically cardiac involvement, occur with these therapies, which are important and potentially detrimental toxicities. Patients with a history of prior cardiovascular disease have higher likelihood to develop cardiotoxicity.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tauseef Akhtar ◽  
Parth V Desai ◽  
Jayakumar Sreenivasan ◽  
Poonam Bhayan ◽  
Roshini Syed ◽  
...  

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) adversely affect the outcomes in the patients of heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction, however there are limited data exploring such an association in HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Hypothesis: AF is associated with worse outcomes in HFpEF. Methods: We included all the patients with the primary diagnosis of HFpEF from the national inpatient sample (NIS) database (2012-2014) using ICD-9 codes. Exposure of interest was AF. Primary outcome was in-hospital mortality and secondary outcomes were rates of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), syncope, cardiogenic shock, embolic stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), acute kidney injury (AKI), passive hepatic congestion, ventricular fibrillation (V fib) and flutter, ventricular assist device (VAD), AICD, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), intra-aortic balloon placement (IABP) placement and heart transplantation. Hospitalization cost was also studied. Results: Our study cohorts included 26,51,970 patients of HFpEF with AF and 37,44,101 patients of HFpEF without AF. AF cohort had more numbers of older patients and less female representation. In-hospital mortality was more in AF cohort. Similarly, the odds of SCA, cardiogenic shock, embolic stroke, passive hepatic congestion, Vfib and flutter, AICD and CRT placement were higher in AF cohort. The odds of syncope, AMI and AKI were lower in AF cohort as compared to non-AF cohort. While the odds of heart transplantation and VAD and IABP use remained comparable between the study cohorts, AF cohort incurred greater of cost of hospitalization. Conclusion: AF in HFpEF patients is associated with increased in-hospital mortality and cardiogenic shock and should be aggressively treated for improved outcomes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_L) ◽  
pp. L110-L113
Author(s):  
Ilaria Cavallari ◽  
Giuseppe Patti

Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is independently associated with a 1.5- to 2.0-fold higher risk of all-cause death and increased morbidity, in particular for heart failure and stroke. Previous studies have shown that the annual rate of death in AF patients is ∼5%; however, emerging data indicate that the risk of death, but also of thromboembolic and bleeding complications, is highest early after the diagnosis, especially during the first month. In light of these observations, patients with newly diagnosed AF deserve close monitoring and may benefit from a comprehensive care targeting modifiable risk factors for death, such as heart failure, diabetes, renal impairment, and vascular disease. Aim of this report is to focus on timing and causes of death as well as on temporal trends of cardiovascular and bleeding complications in patients with newly diagnosed AF.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9s2 ◽  
pp. CMC.S19698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deena S. Goldwater ◽  
Sean P. Pinney

There are over 5 million Americans with heart failure (HF), the majority of whom are over age 65. Frailty is a systemic syndrome associated with aging that produces subclinical dysfunction across multiple organ systems and leads to an increased risk for morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of frailty is about 10% in community-dwelling elderly and 20% in those with advanced HF, and increases in both cohorts with age. Yet the relationship between the primary frailty of aging and frailty secondary to HF remains poorly defined. Whether the frailty of these two populations share similar etiologies or exist as separate entities is unknown. Teasing apart potential molecular, cellular, and functional differences between the frailty of aging and that of advanced HF has implications for risk stratification, quality of life, and pharmacological and therapeutic interventions for advanced HF patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Thyagaturu ◽  
K Shah ◽  
S Li ◽  
A Kumar

Abstract Introduction Influenza infection could cause systemic inflammatory response and lead to increase sympathetic tone. The association and impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on Influenza has not been well studied. Purpose To evaluate the association of atrial fibrillation with mortality and resource utilization in influenza hospitalizations. Methods We queried 2018 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to identify influenza and AF hospitalizations using appropriate ICD-10 codes. Influenza with AF group was compared to influenza without AF. Chi-square test and linear regression were used for categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression was used to adjust for potential hospital and patient confounders (age, sex, race, diabetes, systolic heart failure, chronic kidney disease, obesity, charlson co-morbidity index, hospital location, teaching status, bed size and income status). Discharge weights provided in the database was used to calculate the national estimates. STATA 16.1 was used to perform all statistical analysis. Results 345,419 weighted influenza hospitalizations were identified. Of which, 78,824 (22.8%) of them had atrial fibrillation. Influenza patients with AF were older (mean age: 77 vs. 65 yrs; p&lt;0.01) but had similar number of female (52% vs 48%; p&lt;0.01) compared to influenza patients without AF. After adjusting for potential hospital and patient level confounders, we observed statistically significant increase in mortality [Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR): 1.5 (1.4–1.7); p&lt;0.01], length of stay [6.5 vs 5.4 days; p&lt;0.01], total hospitalization charges [USD: $65,302 vs $54,149; p&lt;0.01], right heart failure [aOR: 2.4 (1.6–3.6); p&lt;0.01], cardiogenic shock [aOR: 1.9 (1.5–2.5); p&lt;0.01] in influenza patients with AF when compared to those without AF. Conclusion Presence of AF is an independent predictor of mortality, length of stay, hospitalization charges, right heart failure and cardiogenic shock in hospitalized patients with influenza. This study helps to assume prognosis and raise awareness on the intensity of care needed toward these patients. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.


Author(s):  
Ilaria Spoletini ◽  
Andrew Coats

Patients with heart failure (HF) often develop ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, due in large part to electrical conduction abnormalities of the heart in this syndrome. Cardiac remodeling and neurohumoral activation typical of HF create a substrate that increases the risk of developing arrhythmias and/or worsening pre- existing arrhythmias. Advances in our understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of HF have reinforced the importance of neurohumoral, mechanical and inflammatory processes as progressively more severe pump dysfunction occurs. This combination increases the likelihood of arrhythmias, both atrial and ventricular, such that ventricular arrhythmias are found in up to 80% of patients with severe HF, conferring additional risk of mortality and morbidity, in particular via an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Arrhythmias are also responsible for an increased risk of rehospitalisation in one-third of HF patients. The high risk of arrhythmias should always be considered during the clinical management of all HF patients, due their association with worse prognosis and increased mortality. In particular, HF and atrial fibrillation mutually worsen the impact of each other. Treatment of atrial fibrillation in the setting of HF includes a variety of approaches such as drugs, devices and ablation. Restoration of sinus rhythm is not superior to optimal rate control, and the deleterious effects of antiarrhythmic drugs should be considered. Finally, cardiac function, symptoms, and quality of life may improve with catheter-based ablative therapies in appropriately selected patients with HF.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Groenewegen ◽  
Victor W. Zwartkruis ◽  
Betül Cekic ◽  
Rudolf. A. de Boer ◽  
Michiel Rienstra ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Diabetes has strongly been linked to atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure. The epidemiology of these cardiovascular diseases is changing, however, due to changes in prevalence of obesity-related conditions and preventive measures. Recent population studies on incidence of atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure in patients with diabetes are needed. Methods A dynamic longitudinal cohort study was performed using primary care databases of the Julius General Practitioners’ Network. Diabetes status was determined at baseline (1 January 2014 or upon entering the cohort) and participants were followed-up for atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure until 1 February 2019. Age and sex-specific incidence and incidence rate ratios were calculated. Results Mean follow-up was 4.2 years, 12,168 patients were included in the diabetes group, and 130,143 individuals in the background group. Incidence rate ratios, adjusted for age and sex, were 1.17 (95% confidence interval 1.06–1.30) for atrial fibrillation, 1.66 (1.55–1.83) for ischaemic heart disease, and 2.36 (2.10–2.64) for heart failure. Overall, incidence rate ratios were highest in the younger age categories, converging thereafter. Conclusion There is a clear association between diabetes and incidence of the major chronic progressive heart diseases, notably with heart failure with a more than twice increased risk.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Castrillo Bustamante ◽  
Ángela Canteli Álvarez ◽  
Virginia Burgos Palacios ◽  
Jose Aurelio Sarralde Aguayo ◽  
David Serrano Lozano ◽  
...  

Abstract Background  The first series of cobalt cardiomyopathy was described in the 60s in relation to the abuse of a cobalt containing beer. Since then, millions of metal hip arthroplasties have been performed and a small number of cobalt cardiomyopathies related to metal prosthesis have been reported. Case summary  We report a case of a 48-year-old man who developed a severe non-dilated restrictive cardiomyopathy in the setting of a systemic metallosis following several hip arthroplasties. The diagnosis was suspected by exclusion of other more common causes for restrictive cardiomyopathies and confirmed by the levels of cobalt and chromium in the serum and the endomyocardial biopsy performance that showed metal deposits in myocardial tissue. Despite the removal of the metal prosthesis and a significant decrease in serum metal levels, he suffered cardiogenic shock (CS) and electric storm that required emergency mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to heart transplant. Discussion  Cobalt cardiomyopathy is a rare condition that has been observed in patients who develop cobalt toxicity after metal hip arthroplasty. The condition may improve after diagnosis and removal of the prosthesis or get worse and progress to end-stage heart failure or CS. The concern about the metal toxicity associated with metal hip prosthesis has increased in the last few years. Orthopaedic surgeons and cardiologists should be aware of this severe complication that is probably under diagnosed.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishesh Shrestha ◽  
Sugam Gouli ◽  
Asis Shrestha

Introduction: Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in males. Its risk increases with age. So does the risk for cardiovascular disease. Androgen receptor-targeted therapy is now recommended to be added to androgen-deprivation therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer. We present common cardiovascular adverse events seen with the use of anti-androgens medication: abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, and darolutamide. Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of 13 multinational randomized phase III clinical trials looking for cardiovascular adverse events in groups that received abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide and darolutamide for treatment of prostate cancer. We analyzed a cohort of 9867 patients in these trials. Results: In the abiraterone usage group (n= 3492), most common cardiovascular adverse event was hypertension reported in 16.03%. Atrial fibrillation was reported in 0.97% and other cardiovascular events (IHD, MI, SVT, VT, and heart failure) were seen in 9.56%. In the enzalutamide usage group (n=4094) hypertension was seen in 10.6%, IHD in 1.88%, and atrial fibrillation was seen in 0.39%. Other unspecified cardiovascular adverse events were reported in 5.98%. In the apalutamide usage group (n=1327) hypertension was seen in 22%. Other cardiovascular adverse events (atrial fibrillation, MI, cardiogenic shock) were seen in 0.96%. In the darolutamide usage group (n=954) hypertension was seen in 6.6%, coronary artery disorders (coronary artery disease, coronary artery occlusion and stenosis) in 3.24%, and heart failure in 1.88%. Conclusions: The most common cardiovascular adverse event with use of anti-androgen medication seen in this large cohort analysis was hypertension with highest incidence seen in apalutamide group. Other cardiovascular side-effects noted were atrial fibrillation, SVT, VT, ischemic heart disease, MI, heart failure, and cardiogenic shock. Abiraterone and enzalutamide are the drugs that have been used in most trials. FDA adverse reaction reporting system (FAERS) shows hypertension as the most commonly reported cardiovascular adverse event with abiraterone and enzalutamide use. More prospective studies are needed to further access cardiovascular risk with use of anti-androgen therapy.


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