Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-06
B. Tatarsky, D. Napalkov
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is strongly associated with stroke risk, but an association by itself does not necessarily imply causation. The question remains whether AF is a risk factor for stroke and whether treatment that reduces the severity of AF will also reduce the burden of stroke. On the other hand, it is possible that AF is a risk marker associated with atrial insufficiency, in which structural and electrical atrial remodeling coexist, leading to the clinical manifestations of AF and the risk of stroke simultaneously. Atrial fibrillation and stroke are inextricably linked to the classic Virchow pathophysiology, which explains thromboembolism as blood stasis in a fibrillating left atrium. This concept has been reinforced by the proven efficacy of oral anticoagulants for the prevention of stroke in AF. However, a number of observations showing that the presence of AF is neither necessary nor sufficient for stroke cast doubt on the causal role of AF in vascular brain injury. The growing recognition of the role of atrial cardiomyopathy and the atrial substrate in the development of stroke associated with AF, as well as stroke without AF, has led to a rethinking of the pathogenetic model of cardioembolic stroke. A number of recent studies have shown that AF is a direct cause of stroke. Studies in which cardiac implantable devices have been used to collect data on pre-stroke AF do not appear to show a direct time relationship. The presence of AF is neither necessary nor sufficient for stroke, which casts doubt on the causal role of AF in cerebrovascular injury. Known risk factors for stroke in the presence of AF are also recognized risk factors for ischemic stroke, regardless of the presence of AF. The risk of stroke in patients with AF in the absence of risk factors differs little from that in patients without AF. This work is devoted to an attempt to answer the question whether AF is a marker or a risk factor for ischemic stroke.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-02-02
O. Isaykina, I. Skripnikova, M. Kolchina, O. Kosmatova, V. Novikov, T. Tsoriev
Aim. To study associations between arterial stiffness and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.Material and methods. The intima-media thickness (IMT), the presence and number of atherosclerotic plaques (AP) were studied using duplex scanning. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (AI) were measured by applanation. The Bone mineral density (BMD) of the spine, hip neck (HN) and proximal hip (PH) was measured using double energy x-ray absorptiometry.Results. A significant correlation of PWV with age, duration of menopause was revealed, a more pronounced correlation was noted with blood pressure (BP), maximum IMT thickness. There was no significant correlation between PWV and BMD. AI showed a statistically significant but weak negative correlation with the HN (rs=0.12, p<0.05); a more pronounced negative correlation was obtained for BMD (rs=0.16, p<0.01). For indicators characterizing the degree of bone mass increased, there is a significant correlation with age (rs=-0.4, p<0.01), weight (rs=0.4, p<0.01), Quetelet index (rs=0.3, p<0.01) and the presence of AP (rs=-0.12, p<0.05). According to the results of multivariate regression analysis, the most significant predictors of arterial stiffness were indicators reflecting obesity and diastolic BP. The relationship between BMD and age-adjusted vascular stiffness was not statistically significant.Conclusion. In our study, postmenopausal women have increased arterial stiffness, suggesting a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. The relationship between bone mineral density and vascular wall stiffness was insignificant. To a greater extent, arterial stiffness depended on age, increased blood pressure, and the presence of atherosclerotic changes.
{"title":"Associations of Arterial Stiffness and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women","authors":"O. Isaykina, I. Skripnikova, M. Kolchina, O. Kosmatova, V. Novikov, T. Tsoriev","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2023-02-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2023-02-02","url":null,"abstract":"Aim. To study associations between arterial stiffness and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.Material and methods. The intima-media thickness (IMT), the presence and number of atherosclerotic plaques (AP) were studied using duplex scanning. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (AI) were measured by applanation. The Bone mineral density (BMD) of the spine, hip neck (HN) and proximal hip (PH) was measured using double energy x-ray absorptiometry.Results. A significant correlation of PWV with age, duration of menopause was revealed, a more pronounced correlation was noted with blood pressure (BP), maximum IMT thickness. There was no significant correlation between PWV and BMD. AI showed a statistically significant but weak negative correlation with the HN (rs=0.12, p<0.05); a more pronounced negative correlation was obtained for BMD (rs=0.16, p<0.01). For indicators characterizing the degree of bone mass increased, there is a significant correlation with age (rs=-0.4, p<0.01), weight (rs=0.4, p<0.01), Quetelet index (rs=0.3, p<0.01) and the presence of AP (rs=-0.12, p<0.05). According to the results of multivariate regression analysis, the most significant predictors of arterial stiffness were indicators reflecting obesity and diastolic BP. The relationship between BMD and age-adjusted vascular stiffness was not statistically significant.Conclusion. In our study, postmenopausal women have increased arterial stiffness, suggesting a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. The relationship between bone mineral density and vascular wall stiffness was insignificant. To a greater extent, arterial stiffness depended on age, increased blood pressure, and the presence of atherosclerotic changes.","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"58 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76867455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-09
N. N. Pakhtusov, A. O. Yusupova, A. Lishuta, O. Slepova, E. Privalova, Y. Belenkov
Aim. To study the levels of pro-inflammatory biomarkers in patients with obstructive and non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), to identify possible differences for diagnosing the degree of coronary obstruction.Material and methods. The observational study included two groups of patients: with non-obstructive (main group, coronary artery stenosis <50%; n=30) and obstructive (comparison group, hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis according to the results of coronary angiography; n=30) CAD. The levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) were measured in plasma using enzyme immunoassay.Results. IL-6 levels were significantly higher in patients with obstructive CAD (p=0.006) than in patients with non-obstructive CAD. There were no significant differences in the level of IL-1β in both groups (p=0.482). When constructing the ROC curve, the threshold value of IL-6 was 26.060 pg/ml. At the level of IL-6 less than this value, CAD was diagnosed with hemodynamically insignificant stenoses of the coronary arteries.Conclusion. The results of this study confirm that in patients with different types of coronary artery lesions, there are differences in the activity of the inflammation process in the arterial wall. IL-6 was higher in the obstructive lesion group, and IL-1β levels did not differ between groups. Thus, it can be assumed that hemodynamically significant obstruction of the coronary arteries develops as a result of highly active inflammation of the vascular wall. Given the presence of a proven biological basis and the available data on the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies to IL-1β, one cannot exclude their possible benefit in a cohort of patients with CAD and hemodynamically insignificant stenoses.
{"title":"Inflammatory Activity in Patients with Obstructive and Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease","authors":"N. N. Pakhtusov, A. O. Yusupova, A. Lishuta, O. Slepova, E. Privalova, Y. Belenkov","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-09","url":null,"abstract":"Aim. To study the levels of pro-inflammatory biomarkers in patients with obstructive and non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), to identify possible differences for diagnosing the degree of coronary obstruction.Material and methods. The observational study included two groups of patients: with non-obstructive (main group, coronary artery stenosis <50%; n=30) and obstructive (comparison group, hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis according to the results of coronary angiography; n=30) CAD. The levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) were measured in plasma using enzyme immunoassay.Results. IL-6 levels were significantly higher in patients with obstructive CAD (p=0.006) than in patients with non-obstructive CAD. There were no significant differences in the level of IL-1β in both groups (p=0.482). When constructing the ROC curve, the threshold value of IL-6 was 26.060 pg/ml. At the level of IL-6 less than this value, CAD was diagnosed with hemodynamically insignificant stenoses of the coronary arteries.Conclusion. The results of this study confirm that in patients with different types of coronary artery lesions, there are differences in the activity of the inflammation process in the arterial wall. IL-6 was higher in the obstructive lesion group, and IL-1β levels did not differ between groups. Thus, it can be assumed that hemodynamically significant obstruction of the coronary arteries develops as a result of highly active inflammation of the vascular wall. Given the presence of a proven biological basis and the available data on the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies to IL-1β, one cannot exclude their possible benefit in a cohort of patients with CAD and hemodynamically insignificant stenoses.","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"94 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85037614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-03
A. V. Gorbenko, Y. Skirdenko, K. Andreev, M. M. Fedorin, N. A. Nikolaev, M. Livzan
The term "microbiota" refers to the microbial community occupying a specific habitat with defined physical and chemical properties and forming specific ecological niches. The adult intestinal microbiota is diverse. It mainly consists of bacteria of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes types. The link between the gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is being actively discussed. Rapid progress in this field is explained by the development of new generation sequencing methods and the use of sterile gut mice in experiments. More and more data are being published about the influence of microbiota on the development and course of hypertension, coronary heart disease (IHD), myocardial hypertrophy, chronic heart failure (CHF) and atrial fibrillation (AF). Diet therapy, antibacterial drugs, pro- and prebiotics are successfully used as tools to correct the structure of the gut microbiota of the macroorganism. Correction of gut microbiota in an experiment on rats with coronary occlusion demonstrates a significant reduction in necrotic area. A study involving patients suffering from CHF reveals a significant reduction in the level of uric acid, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, and creatinine. In addition to structural and laboratory changes in patients with CVD when modifying the microbiota of the gut, also revealed the effect on the course of arterial hypertension. Correction of gut microbiota has a beneficial effect on the course of AF. We assume that further active study of issues of influence and interaction of gut microbiota and macroorganism may in the foreseeable future make significant adjustments in approaches to treatment of such patients.
{"title":"Microbiota and Cardiovascular Diseases: Mechanisms of Influence and Correction Possibilities","authors":"A. V. Gorbenko, Y. Skirdenko, K. Andreev, M. M. Fedorin, N. A. Nikolaev, M. Livzan","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-03","url":null,"abstract":"The term \"microbiota\" refers to the microbial community occupying a specific habitat with defined physical and chemical properties and forming specific ecological niches. The adult intestinal microbiota is diverse. It mainly consists of bacteria of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes types. The link between the gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is being actively discussed. Rapid progress in this field is explained by the development of new generation sequencing methods and the use of sterile gut mice in experiments. More and more data are being published about the influence of microbiota on the development and course of hypertension, coronary heart disease (IHD), myocardial hypertrophy, chronic heart failure (CHF) and atrial fibrillation (AF). Diet therapy, antibacterial drugs, pro- and prebiotics are successfully used as tools to correct the structure of the gut microbiota of the macroorganism. Correction of gut microbiota in an experiment on rats with coronary occlusion demonstrates a significant reduction in necrotic area. A study involving patients suffering from CHF reveals a significant reduction in the level of uric acid, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, and creatinine. In addition to structural and laboratory changes in patients with CVD when modifying the microbiota of the gut, also revealed the effect on the course of arterial hypertension. Correction of gut microbiota has a beneficial effect on the course of AF. We assume that further active study of issues of influence and interaction of gut microbiota and macroorganism may in the foreseeable future make significant adjustments in approaches to treatment of such patients.","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76248817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-02
N. Vorobyeva, O. Tkacheva
The review article discusses the safety issue of anticoagulant therapy in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk of bleeding. An evidence base is presented demonstrating the high safety of rivaroxaban in patients over 80 years of age, with a high risk of bleeding and cardiovascular complications, the presence of comorbid pathology, geriatric syndromes and chronic kidney disease (including in combination with anemia). The problem of low adherence to treatment in elderly patients and the possibility of solving it were separately considered.
{"title":"Value of Safety of Anticoagulant Therapy in Elderly Patient with Atrial Fibrillation and High Risk of Bleeding","authors":"N. Vorobyeva, O. Tkacheva","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-02","url":null,"abstract":"The review article discusses the safety issue of anticoagulant therapy in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk of bleeding. An evidence base is presented demonstrating the high safety of rivaroxaban in patients over 80 years of age, with a high risk of bleeding and cardiovascular complications, the presence of comorbid pathology, geriatric syndromes and chronic kidney disease (including in combination with anemia). The problem of low adherence to treatment in elderly patients and the possibility of solving it were separately considered.","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77587309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-07DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-04
O. Drapkina, A. Kravchenko, A. Budnevskiy, A. Kontsevaya, E. S. Ovsyannikov, E. S. Drobysheva
The experience of managing patients with COVID-19 around the world has shown that, although respiratory symptoms predominate during the manifestation of infection, then many patients can develop serious damage to the cardiovascular system. However, coronary artery disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. The purpose of the review is to clarify the possible pathogenetic links between COVID-19 and acute coronary syndrome (ACS), taking into account which will help to optimize the management of patients with comorbid pathology. Among the body's responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection, which increase the likelihood of developing ACS, the role of systemic inflammation, the quintessence of which is a "cytokine storm" that can destabilize an atherosclerotic plaque is discussed. Coagulopathy, typical for patients with Covid-19, is based on immunothrombosis, caused by a complex interaction between neutrophilic extracellular traps and von Willebrandt factor in conditions of systemic inflammation. The implementation of a modern strategy for managing patients with ACS, focused on the priority of percutaneous interventions (PCI), during a pandemic is experiencing great difficulties due to the formation of time delays before the start of invasive procedures due to the epidemiological situation. Despite this, the current European, American and Russian recommendations for the management of infected patients with ACS confirm the inviolability of the position of PCI as the first choice for treating patients with ACS and the undesirability of replacing invasive treatment with thrombolysis.
{"title":"Acute Coronary Syndrome during the Pandemic New Coronavirus Infection","authors":"O. Drapkina, A. Kravchenko, A. Budnevskiy, A. Kontsevaya, E. S. Ovsyannikov, E. S. Drobysheva","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-04","url":null,"abstract":"The experience of managing patients with COVID-19 around the world has shown that, although respiratory symptoms predominate during the manifestation of infection, then many patients can develop serious damage to the cardiovascular system. However, coronary artery disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. The purpose of the review is to clarify the possible pathogenetic links between COVID-19 and acute coronary syndrome (ACS), taking into account which will help to optimize the management of patients with comorbid pathology. Among the body's responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection, which increase the likelihood of developing ACS, the role of systemic inflammation, the quintessence of which is a \"cytokine storm\" that can destabilize an atherosclerotic plaque is discussed. Coagulopathy, typical for patients with Covid-19, is based on immunothrombosis, caused by a complex interaction between neutrophilic extracellular traps and von Willebrandt factor in conditions of systemic inflammation. The implementation of a modern strategy for managing patients with ACS, focused on the priority of percutaneous interventions (PCI), during a pandemic is experiencing great difficulties due to the formation of time delays before the start of invasive procedures due to the epidemiological situation. Despite this, the current European, American and Russian recommendations for the management of infected patients with ACS confirm the inviolability of the position of PCI as the first choice for treating patients with ACS and the undesirability of replacing invasive treatment with thrombolysis.","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81065168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-06DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2023-01-10
V. Podzolkov, A. Bragina, A. Tarzimanova, L. Vasilyeva, E. S. Ogibenina, E. E. Bykova, I. I. Shvedov, A. A. Ivannikov, N. Druzhinina
Aim. To assess the association of hypertension with the severe forms and fatal outcomes of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Material and Methods. This retrospective cohort study involved adult patients (≥18 years old), admitted to the University hospital №4 of Sechenov University (Moscow, Russia) between 08 April 2020 and 19 November 2020 with clinically diagnosed or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. The cohort included 1637 patients. The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital mortality. The secondary outcomes included intensive care unit admission (ICU) and invasive ventilation. Multiple logistic regression was performed to assess the independent association between risk factors and endpoints.Results. A total of 1637 patients were included in the study. 51.80% (n=848) of the subjects were males. The median age was 59.0 (48.0; 70.0) years and 55.90% (n=915) had pre-existing diagnosis of hypertension. Patients with hypertension had significantly more severe lung injury based on chest CT scan findings as well as lower oxygen saturation (SрO2). More of them were admitted to ICU and placed on invasive ventilation. The hypertension group also had higher mortality. Age, hypertension, glucose, C-reactive protein and decreased platelet count were independently associated with mortality, hypertension having the strongest association (OR 1.827, 95% CI 1.174-2.846, p=0.008). Age, hypertension, neutrophil count, platelet count, glucose, and CRP were independently associated with ICU admission, with hypertension having the strongest association (OR 1.595, 95% CI 1.178-2.158, p=0.002). Age, hypertension, glucose, CRP and decreased platelet count were independently associated with invasive ventilation, with hypertension having the strongest association (OR 1.703, 95% CI 1.151-2.519, p=0.008).Based on the multiple logistic regression models, odds of death, ICU admission, and invasive ventilation were higher in the hypertension group as compared to the group without hypertension.Conclusion. Hypertension can be an independent predictor of severe COVID-19 and adverse outcomes, namely death, ICU admission, and invasive ventilation in hospitalized patients.
的目标。评估高血压与2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)严重形式和致命结局的关系。材料和方法。这项回顾性队列研究涉及2020年4月8日至2020年11月19日期间在谢切诺夫大学(俄罗斯莫斯科)第4大学医院收治的临床诊断或实验室确诊的COVID-19成年患者(≥18岁)。该队列包括1637名患者。主要结局为全因住院死亡率。次要结局包括重症监护病房(ICU)入住和有创通气。采用多元逻辑回归来评估危险因素与终点之间的独立关联。研究共纳入1637例患者。51.80% (n=848)为男性。中位年龄59.0岁(48.0岁;70.0)岁,55.90% (n=915)既往有高血压诊断。胸部CT扫描结果显示,高血压患者肺损伤更严重,血氧饱和度(sgroso2)更低。更多的患者被送入重症监护室并进行有创通气。高血压组的死亡率也更高。年龄、高血压、血糖、c反应蛋白和血小板计数下降与死亡率独立相关,其中高血压相关性最强(OR 1.827, 95% CI 1.174 ~ 2.846, p=0.008)。年龄、高血压、中性粒细胞计数、血小板计数、血糖、CRP与ICU入院独立相关,其中高血压相关性最强(OR 1.595, 95% CI 1.178 ~ 2.158, p=0.002)。年龄、高血压、血糖、CRP和血小板计数下降与有创通气独立相关,其中高血压相关性最强(OR 1.703, 95% CI 1.151 ~ 2.519, p=0.008)。基于多元logistic回归模型,高血压组患者的死亡、ICU住院和有创通气的几率均高于无高血压组。高血压可能是严重COVID-19和住院患者不良结局(即死亡、ICU住院和有创通气)的独立预测因子。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-08DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-11
A. Petrosyan, R. Rud', P. P. Polyakov, A. Kade, S. A. Zanin
The modern cardiology has a wide range of medications which affect various pathogenetic links of atherosclerosis, but even the best of them still obtain disadvantages causing intolerance and medicine discontinuation. The development of new hypolipidemic medications will allow not only to introduce alternative therapies into the cardiology practice, but also to completely execute the strategy of residual risk reduction by utilizing rational combinations of medications. One of such alternatives could be bempedoic acid, which can have a positive effect on a number of endpoints as the results of third phase trials have shown. These effects are also confirmed in Mendelian randomization studies. The mechanism of action of bempedoic acid is presumably associated with inhibition of the activity of ATP citrate lyase – the enzyme responsible for the breakdown of citrate into acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate. Acetyl-CoA, in turn, is used by the cell to synthesize cholesterol and fatty acids. Thus, bempedoic acid affects in the same metabolic pathway as statins, but at an earlier stage. According to this, it is possible that medications of these classes will have similar side effects and pleiotropic effects associated with modulation of the mevalonic pathway, such as prenylation regulatory proteins (small GTPases) or reduction of coenzyme Q synthesis. However, there are also some specific features of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of bempedoic acid to be considered. In particular, once entered the body, it must be activated via esterification by very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase-1. The enzyme isoform required for this process is expressed in a tissue-specific manner and, for example, is absent in skeletal myocytes. In addition, citrate, oxaloacetate, and acetyl-CoA are important regulators of many intracellular processes: metabolism, growth and proliferation, mechanotransduction, posttranslational modifications of histones and other proteins. The levels of all three substances are altered by bempedoic acid, although no firm conclusions about the effects of these changes can be drawn at this time. The mentioned features probably have a significant impact on the clinical profile of bempedoic acid and underlie the differences from statins already observed in third phase trials, including, for example, a reduced risk of the onset or worsening of diabetes mellitus while taking bempedoic acid.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-08DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-14
S. Boytsov, B. Alekyan, R. Shakhnovich, V. Ganyukov
The work of the national network of vascular centers of the Russian Federation (RF), based on the Clinical recommendations of the Russian Society of Cardiology and the procedure for providing medical care to patients with cardiovascular diseases, has led to significant positive results in the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the country, although a number of targets have not yet been reached. The purpose of the publication is to demonstrate the trend in therapeutic approaches to the management of patients with ACS in 2020-2022. in Russia and analysis of their effectiveness. Quantitative and qualitative indicators of the treatment of patients with ACS for the presented analysis were obtained on the basis of monitoring data from the Russian Ministry of Health for 2018-2021. presented: Monitoring of measures to reduce mortality from coronary heart disease, letters of the Ministry of Health of Russia dated March 13, 2015 No. 17-6 / 10 / 1-177 and dated July 24, 2015 No. 17-9 / 10 / 2-4128, within which data collection carried out monthly, on the portal of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "TsNIIOIZ" of the Ministry of Health of Russia - Automated system for monitoring medical statistics and the register REGION-IM (Russian Register of Acute Myocardial Infarction) - a multicenter prospective observational cohort study for 2020-2022, organized by the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center of Cardiology named after Academician E.I. Chazov" of the Ministry of Health of Russia. In Russia with a diagnosis of ACS in 2020 and 2021 403,931 and 397,930 patients were hospitalized, respectively. The decrease in the number of patients diagnosed with ACS admitted to Russian hospitals by 22.32% was mainly due to a significant decrease in hospital admissions of patients diagnosed with non-ST elevation ACS (non-STE-ACS) (by 29.03%). At the same time, the admission of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) decreased only by 6.02%. Compared to 2018-2019, in 2020-2022. increased mortality in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (by 9.6%) and in the general STEMI group (by 12.3%); significantly increased mortality both in the general group of NSTE-ACS (by 48%) and during PCI for patients with non-STE-ACS (by 28.6%); there was an increase in the average annual number of primary PCI (by 12.6%); an absolute and relative increase in the number of PCI in non-STE-ACS was revealed (by 2.7 and 37.1%, respectively). In the country's hospitals, by the time of discharge, 95% of patients receive statins, beta-blockers – 87%, ACE inhibitors – 80%, acetylsalicylic acid – 82%, P2Y12 inhibitors – 98% of patients, regardless of the type of ACS. In Russia in 2020-2022 unfavorable tendencies in the provision of care to patients with ACS include: increased mortality in primary PCI and in the general STEMI group; increased mortality both in the general group of non-STE-ACS and during PCI for patients
{"title":"What is changing in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome in the Russian Federation?","authors":"S. Boytsov, B. Alekyan, R. Shakhnovich, V. Ganyukov","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-14","url":null,"abstract":"The work of the national network of vascular centers of the Russian Federation (RF), based on the Clinical recommendations of the Russian Society of Cardiology and the procedure for providing medical care to patients with cardiovascular diseases, has led to significant positive results in the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the country, although a number of targets have not yet been reached. The purpose of the publication is to demonstrate the trend in therapeutic approaches to the management of patients with ACS in 2020-2022. in Russia and analysis of their effectiveness. Quantitative and qualitative indicators of the treatment of patients with ACS for the presented analysis were obtained on the basis of monitoring data from the Russian Ministry of Health for 2018-2021. presented: Monitoring of measures to reduce mortality from coronary heart disease, letters of the Ministry of Health of Russia dated March 13, 2015 No. 17-6 / 10 / 1-177 and dated July 24, 2015 No. 17-9 / 10 / 2-4128, within which data collection carried out monthly, on the portal of the Federal State Budgetary Institution \"TsNIIOIZ\" of the Ministry of Health of Russia - Automated system for monitoring medical statistics and the register REGION-IM (Russian Register of Acute Myocardial Infarction) - a multicenter prospective observational cohort study for 2020-2022, organized by the Federal State Budgetary Institution \"National Medical Research Center of Cardiology named after Academician E.I. Chazov\" of the Ministry of Health of Russia. In Russia with a diagnosis of ACS in 2020 and 2021 403,931 and 397,930 patients were hospitalized, respectively. The decrease in the number of patients diagnosed with ACS admitted to Russian hospitals by 22.32% was mainly due to a significant decrease in hospital admissions of patients diagnosed with non-ST elevation ACS (non-STE-ACS) (by 29.03%). At the same time, the admission of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) decreased only by 6.02%. Compared to 2018-2019, in 2020-2022. increased mortality in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (by 9.6%) and in the general STEMI group (by 12.3%); significantly increased mortality both in the general group of NSTE-ACS (by 48%) and during PCI for patients with non-STE-ACS (by 28.6%); there was an increase in the average annual number of primary PCI (by 12.6%); an absolute and relative increase in the number of PCI in non-STE-ACS was revealed (by 2.7 and 37.1%, respectively). In the country's hospitals, by the time of discharge, 95% of patients receive statins, beta-blockers – 87%, ACE inhibitors – 80%, acetylsalicylic acid – 82%, P2Y12 inhibitors – 98% of patients, regardless of the type of ACS. In Russia in 2020-2022 unfavorable tendencies in the provision of care to patients with ACS include: increased mortality in primary PCI and in the general STEMI group; increased mortality both in the general group of non-STE-ACS and during PCI for patients","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85771872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-08DOI: 10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-12
O. Dzhioeva, E. A. Rogozhkina, O. Drapkina
Currently, antithrombotic therapy is the basis of the pathogenetic treatment of many cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, as well as mechanical heart valves, heart rhythm disturbances, venous thromboembolism. At the same time, chronic use of antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant drugs is a complicating factor in invasive and surgical procedures, as it increases the risk of bleeding. In this regard, a fundamentally important and complex question arises: how to minimize the risk of periprocedural bleeding without exposing the patient to an increased risk of ischemic and thromboembolic complications? Perioperative management of patients who take antithrombotic drugs for a long time is a complex problem that depends on many factors - the risk of surgery, anesthesia, cardiovascular risks, and the urgency of surgery. Each clinical situation should be assessed individually, collegially, with the participation of surgeons, anesthesiologists, and therapists. The introduction of a checklist into clinical practice for each planned surgical patient will allow us to calculate the individual risk of bleeding and thromboembolic complications, and provide an optimal preventive strategy for perioperative management of the patient. The algorithms and schemes presented in the article for the perioperative management of patients with non-cardiac interventions are aimed at standardizing the management of patients before non-cardiac surgical interventions, which will reduce hemorrhagic risks in the presence of the necessary antithrombotic therapy.
{"title":"Perioperative Management of Patients Receiving Antithrombotic Therapy in Schemes and Algorithms","authors":"O. Dzhioeva, E. A. Rogozhkina, O. Drapkina","doi":"10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2022-12-12","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, antithrombotic therapy is the basis of the pathogenetic treatment of many cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, as well as mechanical heart valves, heart rhythm disturbances, venous thromboembolism. At the same time, chronic use of antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant drugs is a complicating factor in invasive and surgical procedures, as it increases the risk of bleeding. In this regard, a fundamentally important and complex question arises: how to minimize the risk of periprocedural bleeding without exposing the patient to an increased risk of ischemic and thromboembolic complications? Perioperative management of patients who take antithrombotic drugs for a long time is a complex problem that depends on many factors - the risk of surgery, anesthesia, cardiovascular risks, and the urgency of surgery. Each clinical situation should be assessed individually, collegially, with the participation of surgeons, anesthesiologists, and therapists. The introduction of a checklist into clinical practice for each planned surgical patient will allow us to calculate the individual risk of bleeding and thromboembolic complications, and provide an optimal preventive strategy for perioperative management of the patient. The algorithms and schemes presented in the article for the perioperative management of patients with non-cardiac interventions are aimed at standardizing the management of patients before non-cardiac surgical interventions, which will reduce hemorrhagic risks in the presence of the necessary antithrombotic therapy.","PeriodicalId":20812,"journal":{"name":"Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90852268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}