To analyze the autonomic nervous system during left heart bypass with a vibrating flow pump (VFP), fluctuations in hemodynamic derivatives were evaluated by the spectral analysis method using fast fourier transform methodology. After the left pleural cavity was opened through the fourth intercostal space under general anesthesia, a VFP was implanted as the left heart bypass device in chronic animal experiments using 3 healthy adult goats. Hemodynamic parameters with and without VFP assistance were recorded on magnetic tape in awake animals and were analyzed by computer through an analog to digital convertor. Power spectral analysis was performed on a beat-to-beat basis for the evaluation of the fluctuations. During left heart bypass with the VFP, Mayer wave fluctuations were decreased significantly although respiratory waves were not changed significantly. These results suggest that sympathetic nervous system modulation was changed under the influences of the left heart bypass with VFP. By using this analysis methodology, truly physiologic ventricular assistance may be achieved.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr
January 2025
Cardiology Clinic, University Center Serbia, Medical School, University Clinical Center Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous entity including patients with different phenotypes of near normal, normal, and supernormal left ventricular (LV) function.
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Methods: In a prospective, observational, multicenter study, 2380 HFpEF patients were recruited from July 2016 to May 2024.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol
January 2025
British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address:
Background: Data on the effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy on HbA levels and new-onset diabetes are conflicting. We aimed to examine the effect of oral finerenone, compared with placebo, on incident diabetes in the Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in Patients with Heart Failure (FINEARTS-HF) trial.
Methods: In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 6001 participants with heart failure with New York Heart Association functional class II-IV, left ventricular ejection fraction 40% or higher, evidence of structural heart disease, and elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels were randomly assigned to finerenone or placebo, administered orally.
J Am Heart Assoc
January 2025
Monash Heart Victorian Heart Hospital, Monash Health Melbourne Australia.
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Methods And Results: We conducted a prospective investigation involving 222 patients with HF and 103 control subjects, measuring PK-M2 concentrations using ELISA. The primary outcome, assessed over a median follow-up of 2 years (interquartile range: 776 to 926 days), was the time to the first occurrence of either rehospitalization for worsening HF or cardiovascular death.
J Am Heart Assoc
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Angiology Haemostaseology and Medical Intensive Care University Medical Centre Mannheim Medical Faculty Mannheim at the University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.
Background: The study investigates the prognostic impact of sex and sex-related differences in patients hospitalized with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF). More data regarding the characterization of patients and their outcomes in the presence of HFmrEF are needed.
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