Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-09-27DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.09.015
Jose Lopez MD
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.10.002
STEPHANIE GOLOB MD , ELENA DONALD MD , MARIA ROSA COSTANZO MD
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-12DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.11.472
EIRAN Z. GORODESKI MD, MPH , SHASHANK SHEKHAR MD , ROBERT A. MONTGOMERY MD
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-07-12DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.06.010
SHABATUN J. ISLAM MD , SERGIO TERUYA MD, MS , DENISE FINE BS , NATALIA SABOGAL BS , SERGYLENSKY FILS BS , IKRAM ULLAH MD , ANYA SANCHORAWALA BS , EDWARD MILLER MD , CESIA GALLEGOS MD , CINTHIA DE FREITAS RN , DAMIAN KURIAN MD , NATALIA IONESCU PA , IVROSE JANVIER PA , FARBOD RAISZADEH MD, PhD , EMELIA J. BENJAMIN MD, ScM , JARED W. MAGNANI MD, MSc , MATHEW S. MAURER MD , FREDERICK L. RUBERG MD
Background
Insufficient health literacy negatively impacts outcomes for heart failure (HF). Older adults with HF face significant barriers, including prevalence of multiple comorbidities, frailty and deficits in physical function, which can impact HF outcomes. Examination of the association between health literacy and physical function remains limited in older adults with HF. We investigated the cross-sectional associations of health literacy and physical function in a cohort of older self-identified Black and Hispanic patients with HF.
Methods and Results
The Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis with Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations (SCAN-MP) study recruited participants (age ≥ 60 years) of self-identified Black race or Hispanic ethnicity in New York City, Boston and New Haven. We measured health literacy by using the Newest Vital Sign, and we measured physical function by using the 6-minute walk duration (6MWD) and the Short Physical Performance Battery test (SPPB). Linear regression models evaluated the association between participants’ health-literacy levels and physical function, as defined by continuous measures of 6MWD and SPPB. Only 12.7% of the cohort (n = 433) had adequate health literacy. After adjusting for age, sex, number of comorbidities, and neighborhood social vulnerability, those with adequate (compared to limited) health literacy demonstrated better performance on the 6MWD (β = 37.5 m, 95% CI [1.49, 73.5]; P = 0.04) and SPPB (β = 1.18 (0.41, 1.95); P = 0.002).
Conclusion
Older Black or Hispanic participants with HF have an extremely high prevalence of limited health literacy, which is associated with poor physical function. Interventions targeting health literacy may represent an avenue to improve HF outcomes for patients with minoritized backgrounds.
背景:健康素养不足会对心力衰竭(HF)的预后产生负面影响。老年HF患者面临重大障碍,包括多种合并症的流行、虚弱和身体功能缺陷,这些都可能影响HF的结局。对老年心衰患者健康素养与身体功能之间关系的研究仍然有限。我们调查了一组自认为是黑人和西班牙裔的老年心衰患者的健康素养和身体功能的横断面关联。方法与结果:在少数人群中使用核成像筛查心脏淀粉样变性(SCAN-MP)研究在纽约市、波士顿和纽黑文招募了自认为是黑人或西班牙裔的参与者(年龄0 - 60岁)。我们使用最新生命体征测量健康素养,使用6分钟步行时间(6MWD)和短物理性能电池测试(SPPB)测量身体功能。线性回归模型通过连续测量6MWD和SPPB来评估参与者的健康素养水平与身体功能之间的关系。只有12.7%的队列(n=433)有足够的健康素养。在调整了年龄、性别、合共病数量和社区社会脆弱性后,健康素养较好的人群在6MWD (β=37.5 m, 95% CI [1.49, 73.5], p=0.04)和SPPB (β=1.18 (0.41, 1.95), p=0.002)上表现更好。结论:老年黑人或西班牙裔HF患者健康素养有限的患病率极高,这与身体功能差有关。针对健康素养的干预措施可能是改善少数族裔心衰患者预后的一种途径。
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-04-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.03.016
ADITHYA K. YADALAM MD, MSc , APOORVA GANGAVELLI MD, MSc , ALEXANDER C. RAZAVI MD, MPH, PhD , YI-AN KO PhD , AYMAN ALKHODER MD , NISREEN HAROUN MD , RAFIA LODHI MBBS , AHMED ELDAIDAMOUNI MBBCh , MAHMOUD AL KASEM MD , ARSHED A. QUYYUMI MD
Background
Although lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] level elevation is associated with new-onset heart failure (HF), it is unclear if elevated Lp(a) levels predict cardiovascular events in patients with chronic HF. Thus, we examined the association between Lp(a) levels and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with HF.
Methods and Results
A total of 1088 patients with HF undergoing cardiac catheterization at Emory-affiliated hospitals from 2004 to 2022 were divided into low (<30 mg/dL), intermediate (30–49 mg/dL), and high (≥50 mg/dL) Lp(a) groups. The primary outcome was the composite of cardiovascular death and HF hospitalization. Outcomes were assessed by Lp(a) group with competing risk modeling accounting for noncardiovascular death after adjustment for demographics, traditional cardiovascular risk factors, ejection fraction, ischemic HF etiology, and N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide. Sensitivity analyses were performed to explore for heterogeneity of effect. The median age was 67 years, 34% were women, 18% were Black, 74% had ischemic HF, and 60% had an ejection fraction of ≤40%. During a median follow-up time of 4.3 years, 474 composite events (44%) occurred. When compared with participants with Lp(a) <30 mg/dL after multivariable adjustment, those with Lp(a) 30-49 mg/dL (subdistribution hazard ratio [sHR] 1.35, 95% confidence interval 1.04–1.76, P = .025) and Lp(a) ≥50 mg/dL (sHR 1.38, 95% confidence interval 1.11–1.72, P = .004) had a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular death or HF hospitalization. This relationship seemed to diminish over time and was nominally stronger in those with ischemic versus nonischemic HF (Pinteraction = .06), but did not meet significance after adjustment for multiple hypothesis testing.
Conclusions
In patients with HF, Lp(a) ≥30 mg/dL independently predicts the risk of cardiovascular death or HF hospitalization.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.12.010
Nosheen Reza, Nadim Mahmud, Melissa A Austin, Ellen Boakye, Estherland Duqueney, Parth Patel, Alejandro DE Feria, Nicole Hornsby, Amy Marzolf, Anjali Tiku Owens
Hypertension is common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) yet its impact on patients on long-term mavacamten is unknown. In this single-center observational study of 163 patients with symptomatic obstructive HCM treated with mavacamten for up to 108 weeks, hemodynamic and functional responses stratified by baseline hypertension status (60.7% hypertensive) were compared. Mavacamten produced similar reductions in resting and Valsalva LVOT gradients regardless of hypertension status. However, patients with hypertension had a significantly lower probability of achieving NYHA Class I functional status over time (interaction p=0.01). These findings suggest that hypertension-related factors beyond LVOT obstruction may limit complete functional recovery in obstructive HCM despite effective gradient reduction with mavacamten.
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