Circulation On The Run

Dr Carolyn Lam:                Welcome to Circulation On the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Centre and Duke-National University of Singapore. Our featured discussion today relates to 20 year outcomes after mitral valve repair versus replacement for severe degenerative mitral regurgitation.                                                 But first, here's your summary of this week's issue. The first paper suggests that agonistic angiotensin receptor autoantibodies may be biomarkers of adverse outcomes. In this study from first author Dr. Abadir, corresponding author Dr. Fedarko, and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, authors developed a quantitative immunoassay for measuring agonistic angiotensin AT1 receptor autoantibodies in the serum.                                                 They then assessed its operating characteristics in a discovery

  Dr Carolyn Lam:                Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Centre and Duke-National University of Singapore. In just a moment, we're going to be discussing new results of the pioneer trial, and the patient with atrial fibrillation who undergoes intracoronary stenting, a familiar conundrum. What's the role of NOACs? Is there still a role for full-dose triple therapy with warfarin? First, here's your summary of this week's journal. The first paper tells us about the clinical impact of left atrial appendage closure. Dr. Melduni and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, studied 9,792 patients undergoing bypass or valve surgery between 2000 and 2005. They used propensity score matching to estimate the association of left atrial appendage closure with early post-operative atrial fibrillation- defined as atrial fibrillation within 30 days of surgery-

  Dr. Carolyn Lam:               Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore.                                                 In today's episode, we are discussing very important new data regarding stroke risk stratification in patients with atrial fibrillation. First though, let me give you the highlights of this week's journal.                                                 The first paper provides mechanistic evidence that endothelial-derived microparticles may play a key role in the development of endothelial dysfunction following acute coronary syndrome. In this paper from first author, Dr. Abbas, co-corresponding authors, Dr. Toti and Morel from the University of Strasbourg in France, authors expose core sign coronary artery endothelial cells to microparticles shed from senescent cells, or circulating microparticles fr

Dr. Lam:                               Welcome to Circulation On The Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. This episode marks the six month milestone of our run together, a run that has taken us around the world from the United States to Europe, South Africa, and Asia, and one that is shared by listeners all over the world.                                                 On behalf of the editors, and from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for your support and request that you please subscribe to our podcast and share it with your friends and colleagues. We commit to bringing you the best of cardiovascular science in the most accurate and digestible way possible, thus suiting the busy cardiologist on the run. Dr. Lam:                               All right, here are your highlights of this week's issue.                                        

Dr. Carolyn Lam:               Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Caroline Lam, associate editor from The National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Today we will be discussing the results of an individual level meta-analysis regarding venous thromboembolism and its risk factors, but first, here's your summary of this week's issue. The first paper provides insights into paracrine signalling pathways that regulate epicardial adipose tissue formation. That is, referring to the adipose tissue located between the epicardium and underlying myocardium that is known to be strongly associated with coronary artery disease. In the current study from Dr. Lira of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, Dr. Pu from Boston Children's Hospital, Dr. [Chien 00:00:56] from Karolinska Institute and colleagues, the authors used a novel modified mRNA screening approach to probe the effect of individual paracrine

Dr. Carolyn Lam:               Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from The National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. We have such a special issue today. You see, it's entirely focused on resuscitation and I am delighted to have with me today, Associate Editor, Dr. Mark Lane from Puffs Medical Center, who really put this issue together. Welcome, Mark. Dr. Mark Lane:                  Thank you Carolyn. Dr. Carolyn Lam:               Mark, maybe you could start by telling us why the focus on resuscitation? I do believe this is the first time we've done this at Circulation. Dr. Mark Lane:                  Yes, this is the first time we've done this at Circulation. It really was a confluence of a couple things coming together. Once is that over the spring and summer, we had a very high volume of high quality resuscitation papers come to Circ. This was not something that we act

Dr. Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Today we will be discussing the pooled analysis results of the 10 ODYSSEY Trials with important implications for the reduction of lipids in major cardiovascular events. But first, here's your summary of this week's journal. The first paper provides experimental data on vascular disease that brings into focus the critical roles of transcription factors such as GATA2 in the maintenance of endothelial cell function, as well as the role of selected microRNAs as a novel player of vascular regulation. In this study by first author Dr. Hartman, corresponding author Dr. Thum from Hanover Medical School, and colleagues, authors used GATA2 gain and loss of function experiments in human umbilical vein endothelial cells to identify a key role of GATA2 as a master regulator of multip

Dr. Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Our feature discussion is regarding the exciting results of the masked hypertension study showing that clinical blood pressure underestimates ambulatory blood pressure, but first here's your summary of this week's issue.     The first study reviews the largest clinical experience so far with pulmonary vein stenosis following ablation for atrial fibrillation. First author Dr. Fender, corresponding author Dr. Packer and colleagues from Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota evaluated the presentation of 124 patients with severe pulmonary stenosis between 2000 and 2014 and examined the risk for re-stenosis after intervention utilizing either balloon angioplasty alone or balloon angioplasty with stenting. All 124 patients were identified as having severe pulmonary vein stenosis by

  Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Our feature discussion today is about the validation of a novel biomarker-based stroke risk score for atrial fibrillation, the ABC stroke score. But first, here's your summary of this week's journal.     The first paper provides experimental insights into endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling in endothelial dysfunction. In this paper by first author Dr. Lee, corresponding author Dr. Wong and colleagues from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University in China, authors assessed endothelial function in animal models of hyperglycemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, and a dyslipidemia. They demonstrated that GTP cyclohydrolase 1 is the target of the microRNA-133a and that it's a topic expression and endothelial cells mediates endothelial dysfunction.     Furthermore, Lovastatin up-regu

Carolyn: Welcome to circulation on the run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. [Carolyn Nam 00:00:08], associate editor from the national heart center and Duke National University of Singapore ...     In just a moment we will be discussing the exciting new results of the [Prague 00:00:21] 18 study of prasugrel versus ticagrelor in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary or cutaneous coronary intervention. But first, here's your summary of this week's issue ...     The first study represents the largest published study on the association between PR interval and cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator versus implantable cardioverter defibrillator and real world outcomes. Dr. Friedman and colleagues from Duke Clinical Research Institute studied 26,451 CRT eligible patients from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD Registry. They found that a PR interval at or above 230 milliseconds was associated with increased rates

Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and it's editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. In today's podcast interview we will be discussing the ruling in and ruling out of myocardial infarction with the European Society of Cardiology 1-hour algorithm. Stay tuned for a discussion of new data and controversies on this hot topic. Now, here's a summary of this weeks issue.     The first paper brings us one step closer to the ultimate goal of cardiac tissue engineering. That is to replicate functional human myocardium in vitro. In this study, by first author Dr. Ruan, corresponding authors Dr. Murry and Regnier from the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and University of Washington, authors recognize that human-induced pluripotant stem cells, or iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, really provide a cell source for cardiac tissue engineering. However, their immat

  Dr. Carolyn Lam:             Welcome to circulation on the run. Your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam associate editor for the National heart center and Duke National University of Singapore. Our podcast is really going around the world, and today's feature interview comes to you live from China. Where we will be discussing the prediction of ten year risks of cardiovascular disease in the Chinese population. So now to all our Chinese colleagues out there: Chinese dialect     First here's your summary of this week's journal. The first study challenges the assumption that all patients with vascular disease are at high risk of recurrent vascular events. First author Dr. Kasenbrud corresponding author Dr. Viceren and colleagues form the University Medical center Utric in the Netherlands, provide new data on the estimation of ten year risk of recurrent vascular events and a secondary prevention population. In other words, in patients with established c

  Dr. Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation On The Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from The National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Our interview today comes to you live from Rome at the European Society of Cardiology, where I talk to authors of The STICH Trial, about their ten year outcomes that help to answer the question, "Is there such a thing as being too old for coronary artery bypass surgery in heart failure?" But first, here's your summary of this week's journal:     The first paper provides experimental evidence that hypertension may be a bone marrow disease. In this paper, first author Dr. Wang, corresponding authors Dr. Li and [Sia 00:00:50] from The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University in China, recognize that recruitment of leukocytes from the bone marrow to the vascular wall is a key step in the development of hypertension. Numerous factors stimulate this leukocyte m

  Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. We have such a special podcast for you today. The entire podcast is going to be a conversation with two very special guests, Dr. Marc Ruel from The University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the guest editor of the surgery themed issue this week. Hi Marc.   Marc: Hello Carolyn. How are you?   Carolyn: Very good. Especially because we also have Dr. Timothy Gardner, Surgeon, Associate Editor from Christiana Care Health System. Welcome back again, Tim.   Timothy: Thank you, Carolyn. Glad to be here.   Carolyn: Marc, could you first give us an overview of the surgery themed issue from your perspective.   Marc: This year as we have had on previous years, we are having a surgery themed issue which comprises what I would argue which is some of the very best cardiac surgical science can of

Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Centre and Duke National University of Singapore. Have you ever wondered what the clinical implications of very brief episodes of device-detected atrial tachyarrhythmias are? Well, we will be discussing this with novel data from the RATE registry in just a moment. First, here's your summary of this week's journal.     The first study provides the first evaluation of the Sweden nationwide abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program. Of almost 303,000 men invited for screening, 84% attended. The prevalence of screening detected abdominal aortic aneurysm was 1.5%. After a mean of 4.5 years, 29% of patients with aneurysms had been operated upon with a 30-day mortality rate of 0.9%. The introduction of screening was associated with a significant reduction in aneurysm-specific mortality. The number needed to screen to prevent 1 prema

  Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Nam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke-National University of Singapore. Today's featured discussion deals with the perspective piece entitled, What I Wish Clinicians Knew About Industry and Vice Versa. Intriguing, isn't it? I can tell you it is one of the best papers I have ever read, so stay tuned. First, here's your summary of this week's journal.     The first study takes a step towards understanding atrial fibrillation on a more fundamental level by demonstrating that some patients have altered left ventricular myocardial energetics even in the absence of other comorbid diseases. First author, Dr. [Veejay Surendra 00:00:50], corresponding author, Dr. [Cassidy 00:00:53] and colleagues from the University of Oxford studied 53 patients with lone atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation and compared them to 25 matched controls without atri

Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore.     Today, we will be discussing an interesting Danish nationwide cohort study on the return to the workforce following first hospitalization for heart failure, but first here's your summary of this week's journal.     The first paper addresses a common question asked by patients who have survived an aortic dissection. Will this happen to me again? First author, Dr. Isselbacher, and corresponding author, Dr. Lindsay, and investigators of the International Registry of Aortic Dissection investigated this in the largest systematic analysis to date of patients presenting to hospital with a recurrent aortic dissection.     In this large registry, the authors identified 204 patients with recurrent aortic dissection and compared these to 3624 patients in the registry with an initial ao

  Dr. Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center in Duke National University of Singapore.     Today we will be discussing the first multinational study looking at per-cutaneous device closure of peri-valvular leaks, a topic I'm certain you'll recognize as rapidly developing in cardiology, but first, let me fill you in on the highlights of this week's journal.     The first paper is a translational study telling us that when transfusing stored red blood cells for hemorrhagic shock, cold transfusing hemopexin and heptoglobin may be beneficial. This study is from first author Dr. Graw, and corresponding author Dr. Zapol and colleagues from the anesthesia center for critical care research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.     These authors reasoned that erythrocytes undergo progressive deleterious changes during storage. Such that, the transf

  Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore.     In just a moment, we are going to be discussing the feature paper on results of the RE-LY trial in patients with valvular heart disease. Yes, you heard me right, this means dabigatran versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease. You need to listen to this discussion with first author Dr. Michael Ezekowitz, but first here is a summary of this week's issue.     In the first study, Dr. Norby and colleagues from the School of Public Heath University of Minnesota assessed trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors and the incidence of atrial fibrillation over 25 years in the ARIC study or the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. They first assessed the trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in more than 2,400 individuals with inci

  Carolyn: Welcome to Circulation on the Run. Your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and it's editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from The National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Have you wondered which anti-platelet agent you should use in your patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease? Well, our feature paper deals with just this topic, so stay tuned, I'll be write back with it's author and associate editor. First, here's your summary of this week's journal: The first paper unravels novel peptides involved in atrial extracellular matrix remodelling in atrial fibrillation. This is work from first author Dr. Barallobre-Barreiro, corresponding author Dr Mayr from King's College London, and colleagues. They used novel mass spectrometry methods to analyze extracellular matrix in human atrial appendages from patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.     Now, previous proteomic studies have examined the cellular proteome, but this is the