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"Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has changed the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis. Doxycycline Hyclate Retinoid Receptor agonist However, the occurrence of conduction disturbances has not decreased significantly over time and remains the main drawback of the procedure. In addition, new-onset atrial fibrillation is the most frequent tachyarrhythmia during the hospitalization period and is associated with worse clinical outcomes. However, little is known regarding the incidence and clinical impact of arrhythmic events beyond the periprocedural TAVR period. Ambulatory electrocardiogram (AECG) monitoring has recently emerged as a tool to unravel the complex issue of arrhythmic disorders (bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias) before and after TAVR. To date, the preliminary results from the initial experience using AECG monitoring systems showed the safety, usefulness, and potential clinical implications of this diagnostic tool in TAVR recipients. This review provides an overview of the current status, clinical implications, and future perspectives of AECG monitoring in the TAVR setting.

In patients undergoing heart transplantation, significant allosensitization limits access to organs, resulting in longer wait times and high waitlist mortality. Current desensitization strategies are limited in enabling successful transplantation.

The purpose of this study was to describe the cumulative experience of combined heart-liver transplantation using a novel heart-after-liver transplant (HALT) protocol resulting in profound immunologic protection.

Reported are the results of a clinical protocol that was instituted to transplant highly sensitized patients requiring combined heart and liver transplantation at a single institution. Patients were dual-organ listed with perceived elevated risk of rejection or markedly prolonged waitlist time due to high levels of allo-antibodies. Detailed immunological data and long-term patient and graft outcomes were obtained.

A total of 7 patients (age 43 ± 7 years, 86% women) with high allosensitization (median calculated panel reactive antibody=77%) underwentve in preventing adverse immunological outcomes in highly sensitized patients listed for combined heart-liver transplantation.

Women with heart disease are at risk for complications during pregnancy. This study sought to examine the effect of maternal obesity on pregnancy complications in women with heart disease.

The objective was to determine the incidence of adverse cardiac events (CE) in pregnant women with heart disease and obesity.

Adverse CE during pregnancy were examined in a prospective cohort of women with heart disease. CE were a composite of the following cardiac death/arrest, arrhythmias, heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic dissection, and thromboembolic events. Pre-eclampsia and post-partum hemorrhage were also studied. Outcomes were examined according to body mass index (BMI). To identify additional predictors of CE, a baseline risk score (CARPREG [Canadian Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy Study] II score) for predicting cardiac complications was calculated for all pregnancies and included in a multivariable logistic regression model.

Of 790 pregnancies, 19% occurred in women with BMI≥30kg/m

(obesity), 25% in women with BMI 25 to 29.9kg/m

(overweight), 53% in women with BMI 18.5 to 24.9kg/m

(normal weight), and 3% in women with BMI<18.5kg/m

(underweight). Women with obesity were at higher risk of CE when compared with women with normal weight (23% vs. 14%; p=0.006). In a multivariable model, obesity (odds ratio 1.7; 95% confidence interval 1.0 to 2.7) and higher CARPREG II risk scores (odds ratio 1.7; 95% confidence interval 1.5 to 1.9) predicted CE. Pre-eclampsia was more frequent in women with obesity compared with those with normal weight (8% vs. 2%; p=0.001).

Obesity increases the risk of maternal cardiovascular complications in pregnant women with heart disease. This modifiable risk factor should be addressed at the time of preconception counseling.

Obesity increases the risk of maternal cardiovascular complications in pregnant women with heart disease. This modifiable risk factor should be addressed at the time of preconception counseling.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) are leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. However, it is uncertain whether HDPs are associated with long-term risk of premature mortality (before age 70 years).

The objective of this study was to evaluate whether HDPs were associated with premature mortality.

Between 1989 and 2017, the authors followed 88,395 parous female nurses participating in the Nurses' Health Study II. The study focused on gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia within the term HDPs. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations between HDPs and premature mortality were estimated by using Cox proportional hazards models, with adjustment for relevant confounders.

The authors documented that 2,387 women died before age 70 years, including 1,141 cancer deaths and 212 CVD deaths. The occurrence of HDPs, either gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia, was associated with an HR of 1.31 (95%CI 1.18 to 1.46) for premature death during follow-up. When specific causes of death were examined, these relations were strongest for CVD-related mortality (HR 2.26; 95%CI 1.67 to 3.07). The association between HDPs and all-cause premature death persisted, regardless of the subsequent development of chronic hypertension (HR 1.20 [95%CI 1.02 to 1.40] for HDPs only and HR 2.02 [95%CI 1.75 to 2.33] for both HDPs and subsequent chronic hypertension).

An occurrence of HDPs, either gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia, was associated with an increased risk of premature mortality, particularly CVD mortality, even in the absence of chronic hypertension.

An occurrence of HDPs, either gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia, was associated with an increased risk of premature mortality, particularly CVD mortality, even in the absence of chronic hypertension.

Standard blood pressure control metrics may not account for fluctuations in blood pressure over time.

This study sought to estimate the independent association between time in systolic blood pressure target range and major adverse cardiovascular events among adults with hypertension.

This study was a post hoc analysis of SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial), a randomized clinical trial that compared intensive (<120mmHg) and standard (<140mmHg) systolic blood pressure treatment interventions in adults with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk. Target range was defined as 110 to 130mmHg and 120 to 140mmHg for the intensive and standard arms, respectively. Time in target range was estimated over the first 3months of follow-up using linear interpolation. The association between time in target range with major adverse cardiovascular events was estimated using adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression models.

Participants with greater time in target range were younger, had lower 10-year cardiovascular risk and lower baseline systolic blood pressure, and were more likely women and statin users.