scholarly journals Тhe uncharted middle ground – when the patient asks, but the guideliness don’t answer

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Iskra Bayraktarova ◽  
Tzvetana Katova
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Therapeutic Guidelines ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Clinical Stabilization ◽  
The Moment ◽  
High Level

Heart failure takes up an increasing portion of everyday cardiology practice. The accumulation of knowledge about the range of phenotypes and the therapeutic responses across the spectrum of heart failure leads to dynamic reconsideration of the best classifi cation schemes and also of the offi cially recommended therapeutic guidelines. At the moment the lack of clearly structured therapy recommendations for patients with heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) poses a lot of questions before the clinician. Their answers, as well as the patient’s clinical stabilization, require a high level of fl uency in latest clinical practices, creative usage of diagnostics and available therapeutics, and competent interdisciplinary long-term follow up. We present a case report of a patient with a relatively typical clinical profi le and suggest a possible therapeutic strategy.

Determinants of mortality in patients with heart failure and atrial fi brillation during long-term follow-up

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 751-757
Author(s):  
Leif-Hendrik Boldt ◽  
Corinna Schwenke ◽  
Abdul Shokor Parwani ◽  
Martin Huemer ◽  
Alexander Wutzler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Long-term follow-up of cardiac resynchronization therapy patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy assessed by radionuclide angiography

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Valzania ◽  
R Bonfiglioli ◽  
F Fallani ◽  
J Frisoni ◽  
M Biffi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Radionuclide Angiography ◽  
Cardiac Resynchronization ◽  
Resynchronization Therapy ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Non Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Lv Ejection Fraction

Abstract Background While the beneficial effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) have been widely investigated soon after CRT implantation, relatively few data are available on long-term clinical outcomes of CRT recipients. Aim To investigate long-term outcomes of CRT patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy stratified as responders and non-responders according to radionuclide angiography. Methods Consecutive heart failure patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing CRT implantation at our University Hospital between 2007 and 2013 were enrolled. All patients were assessed with equilibrium Tc99 radionuclide angiography at baseline and after 3 months of CRT. Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction was computed on the basis of relative end-diastolic and end-systolic counts, and intraventricular dyssynchrony was derived by Fourier phase analysis. Response to CRT was defined by an absolute increase in LV ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥5% at 3-month follow-up. Clinical outcome was assessed after 10 years through hospital records review. Results Forty-seven patients (83% men, 63±11 years) were included in the study. At 3 months, 25 (53%) patients were identified as CRT responders according to LVEF increase (from 26±8 to 38±12%, p<0.001). In these patients, LV dyssynchrony decreased from 59±30° to 29±18° (p<0.001). Twenty-two (47%) patients were defined as non-responders. No significant changes in LVEF and LV dyssynchrony (50±30° vs. 38±19°, p=0.07) were observed in non-responders. At long-term follow-up (11±2 years), all-cause and cardiac mortality rates were 24% and 12% in responders vs. 32% and 27% in non-responders, respectively (p=ns). Heart transplantation was performed in 3 patients. One (4%) patient among CRT responders compared with 6 (27%) patients among non-responders died of worsening heart failure (p=0.03). Conclusions Although late overall mortality of non-ischemic CRT recipients was not significantly different between mid-term responders and non-responders, CRT responders were at lower risk of worsening heart failure death. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None

scholarly journals Long-term follow-up in optimally treated and stable heart failure patients: primary care vs. heart failure clinic. Results of the COACH-2 study

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1241-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Louise A. Luttik ◽  
Tiny Jaarsma ◽  
Peter Paul van Geel ◽  
Maaike Brons ◽  
Hans L. Hillege ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Heart Failure Clinic ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Abstract 13943: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm Represents a High-Risk Subgroup Necessitating Aggressive Preventive Therapy: A Long-term Follow-Up Study

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan J Rowin ◽  
Barry J Maron ◽  
Tammy S Haas ◽  
John R Lesser ◽  
Mark S Link ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Apical Aneurysm

Background: Increasing penetration of high spatial resolution cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging into routine cardiovascular practice has resulted in more frequent identification of a subset of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients with thin-walled, scarred left ventricular (LV) apical aneurysms. Prior experience involved relatively small numbers of patients with short follow-up and therefore the risk associated with this subgroup remains incompletely defined. Therefore, we assembled a large HCM cohort with LV apical aneurysms and long-term follow-up in order to clarify clinical course and prognosis. Methods and Results: Of 2,400 HCM patients, 60 (2.5%) were identified by CMR with LV apical aneurysm, 24 to 86 years of age, including 19 (32%) <45 years old; 70% male, and followed for 5.6 ± 3.5 years. Over the follow-up period, 24 patients experienced 31 adverse disease-related complications including: appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator discharge for VT/VF (n=11), received or listed for heart transplant (n=6), heart failure death (n=5), nonfatal thromboembolic events (n=4), resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (n=3), and sudden death (n=2). In addition, an intracavitary thrombus was identified in the apical aneurysm in 9 patients without a thromboembolic history. Combined HCM-related death and aborted life threatening event rate was 8.6% per year, nearly 6-fold greater than the 1.5% annual mortality rate reported in the general HCM population. Conclusions: Patients with LV apical aneurysms represent a high-risk subgroup within the diverse HCM spectrum, associated with substantial increased risk for disease-related morbidity and mortality, including advanced heart failure, thromboembolic stroke and sudden death. Identification of this unique HCM phenotype should prompt consideration for primary prevention ICD, and anticoagulation for stroke prophylaxis.

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