Pub Date : 2023-08-16DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00725-2
Phillippe F. Nyembo, C. Bakker, W. Ayenew, G. Shroff, Andrew M. Busch, K. Vickery
{"title":"Homelessness, Race/Ethnicity, and Cardiovascular Disease: a State-of-the-Evidence Summary and Structured Review of Race/Ethnicity Reporting","authors":"Phillippe F. Nyembo, C. Bakker, W. Ayenew, G. Shroff, Andrew M. Busch, K. Vickery","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00725-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-023-00725-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"167 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53316982","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 : 2023-08-08DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00724-3
Caraline Watkins, Zoe Schilling, Kevin Kawalec, Darrell Hulisz
{"title":"Does GLP-RA Plus an SGLT2 Inhibitor Yield Greater Weight Loss in Patients with Obesity and Diabetes than Monotherapy?","authors":"Caraline Watkins, Zoe Schilling, Kevin Kawalec, Darrell Hulisz","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00724-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-023-00724-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"155 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42193961","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 : 2023-06-19DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00722-5
D. D. De Lurgio, M. Meador
{"title":"Hybrid Ablation Procedures of Atrial Fibrillation—How to Optimize Patient Selection and Improve the Procedural Approach","authors":"D. D. De Lurgio, M. Meador","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00722-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-023-00722-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"133 - 141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45989403","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 : 2023-03-31DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00718-1
D. Soltani, S. Stavrakis
{"title":"Neuromodulation for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation—How to Optimize Patient Selection and the Procedural Approach","authors":"D. Soltani, S. Stavrakis","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00718-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-023-00718-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"91 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44086660","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 : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2023-02-03DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00714-5
Ashwini Deshpande, Nilay S Shah, Namratha R Kandula
Purpose of review: South Asian Americans experience higher cardiometabolic risk and disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent evidence about the role of obesity in CVD risk in South Asian Americans and identify key evidence gaps and future directions for research and interventions for obesity in this group.
Recent findings: South Asian Americans are predisposed to abdominal obesity and have a higher distribution of visceral fat, intermuscular fat, and intrahepatic fat compared to adults of other race and ethnic groups. In this population, the risk for cardiometabolic disease appears to be elevated even at a normal body mass index. Social, cultural, religious, interpersonal, and environmental factors are related to obesity and obesity-related behaviors among South Asian Americans.
Summary: There is a relatively high prevalence of obesity in South Asian-origin populations in the United States, who have unique socio-cultural determinants of overweight and obesity. Future research should clarify why the risk for metabolic disease and CVD is elevated at normal BMI in the South Asian American population, and environmental and other structural factors that may influence obesity in this group. Interventions must be adapted to the social and cultural context of South Asian Americans to improve effectiveness and implementation.
{"title":"Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk among South Asian Americans.","authors":"Ashwini Deshpande, Nilay S Shah, Namratha R Kandula","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00714-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12170-023-00714-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>South Asian Americans experience higher cardiometabolic risk and disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent evidence about the role of obesity in CVD risk in South Asian Americans and identify key evidence gaps and future directions for research and interventions for obesity in this group.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>South Asian Americans are predisposed to abdominal obesity and have a higher distribution of visceral fat, intermuscular fat, and intrahepatic fat compared to adults of other race and ethnic groups. In this population, the risk for cardiometabolic disease appears to be elevated even at a normal body mass index. Social, cultural, religious, interpersonal, and environmental factors are related to obesity and obesity-related behaviors among South Asian Americans.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>There is a relatively high prevalence of obesity in South Asian-origin populations in the United States, who have unique socio-cultural determinants of overweight and obesity. Future research should clarify why the risk for metabolic disease and CVD is elevated at normal BMI in the South Asian American population, and environmental and other structural factors that may influence obesity in this group. Interventions must be adapted to the social and cultural context of South Asian Americans to improve effectiveness and implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 3","pages":"73-82"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10063226/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9542513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00716-3
Kaden T. Bunch, MAREN B. Peterson, Megan B. Smith, T. Bunch
{"title":"An Overview of the Risks of Contemporary Energy Drink Consumption and Their Active Ingredients on Cardiovascular Events","authors":"Kaden T. Bunch, MAREN B. Peterson, Megan B. Smith, T. Bunch","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00716-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-023-00716-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"39 - 48"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41420043","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 : 2023-01-10DOI: 10.1007/s12170-022-00713-y
S. Tuteja
{"title":"Application of Pharmacogenetics for the Use of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Drugs","authors":"S. Tuteja","doi":"10.1007/s12170-022-00713-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-022-00713-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"27-38"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48034120","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 : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-04-22DOI: 10.1007/s12170-023-00720-7
Bert Vandenberk, Satish R Raj
Purpose of review: Remote monitoring (RM) of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is an important part of patient follow-up. The increasing number of patients with CIEDs and the recent pandemic pose several challenges for already limited device clinic resources. This review focuses on recent evolutions in RM and identifies future needs to improve RM.
Recent findings: RM has been associated with multiple clinical benefits, including improved survival, early detection of actionable events, reduction in inappropriate shocks, longer battery lives, and more efficient healthcare utilization. The survival benefit was driven by studies using alert-based continuous RM with daily transmissions and fast reaction times. Patients report a high satisfaction rate without significant differences in quality of life between RM and in-office follow-up.The increasing workload, due to the increasing number of CIEDs implanted with daily remote transmissions, results in several challenges for the future of RM. RM requires appropriate reimbursement for RM device clinics to optimize patient/staff ratios, including sufficient non-clinical and administrative support. Universal alert programming and data processing may minimize inter-manufacturer differences, improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and allow the development of standard operating protocols and workflows. In the future, programming by remote control and true remote programming may further improve remote CIED management, patient quality of life, and device clinic workflows.
Summary: RM should be considered standard of care in management of patients with CIEDs. The clinical benefits of RM can be maximized by an alert-based continuous RM model. Adapted healthcare policies are required to keep RM manageable for the future.
{"title":"Remote Patient Monitoring: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?","authors":"Bert Vandenberk, Satish R Raj","doi":"10.1007/s12170-023-00720-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12170-023-00720-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Remote monitoring (RM) of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is an important part of patient follow-up. The increasing number of patients with CIEDs and the recent pandemic pose several challenges for already limited device clinic resources. This review focuses on recent evolutions in RM and identifies future needs to improve RM.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>RM has been associated with multiple clinical benefits, including improved survival, early detection of actionable events, reduction in inappropriate shocks, longer battery lives, and more efficient healthcare utilization. The survival benefit was driven by studies using alert-based continuous RM with daily transmissions and fast reaction times. Patients report a high satisfaction rate without significant differences in quality of life between RM and in-office follow-up.The increasing workload, due to the increasing number of CIEDs implanted with daily remote transmissions, results in several challenges for the future of RM. RM requires appropriate reimbursement for RM device clinics to optimize patient/staff ratios, including sufficient non-clinical and administrative support. Universal alert programming and data processing may minimize inter-manufacturer differences, improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and allow the development of standard operating protocols and workflows. In the future, programming by remote control and true remote programming may further improve remote CIED management, patient quality of life, and device clinic workflows.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>RM should be considered standard of care in management of patients with CIEDs. The clinical benefits of RM can be maximized by an alert-based continuous RM model. Adapted healthcare policies are required to keep RM manageable for the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":46144,"journal":{"name":"Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports","volume":"17 6","pages":"103-115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10122094/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9976423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}