scholarly journals Heart failure and diabetes mellitus: insight into comorbidity

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Nina A. Petunina ◽  
Ivan V. Trukhin ◽  
Liubov V. Trukhina ◽  
Zhanna M. Sizova ◽  
Valeria L. Zakharova

Diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF) are frequent comorbidities with a bidirectional relationship. Patients with HF have increased risk of developing DM, and those with DM are at greater risk of developing HF. HF does not fit clearly into the microangiopathy and macroangiopathy groups. It is known that coronary artery disease and arterial hypertension are the major causes of HF; however, it has been shown that DM can trigger functional and structural abnormalities in the myocardium via diabetic cardiomyopathy, a condition with either restrictive or dilated phenotype. While HF treatment is equally effective and safe in patients with and without DM, this statement is not applicable for antidiabetic treatment. Several antidiabetic drugs, such as rosiglitazone, pioglitazone and saxagliptin increase the risk of hospitalisation for HF, therefore these antidiabetic drugs are contraindicated in patients with DM and HF or patients at risk of developing HF. Despite a large number of clinical evidence, uncertainty about the safety of antidiabetic drugs in patients with HF always exists. In this review, the issues of DM treatment in patients with HF are addressed in detail.

2019 ◽  
pp. S107-S120 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. JACKULIAK ◽  
M. KUŽMA ◽  
J. PAYER

Patients with diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of bone fractures. Several groups of effective antidiabetic drugs are available, which are very often given in combination. The effects of these medications on bone metabolism and fracture risk must not be neglected. Commonly used antidiabetic drugs might have a positive, neutral or negative impact on skeletal health. Increased risk of fracture has been identified with use of thiazolidinediones, most definitively in women. Also treatment with sulfonylureas can have adverse effects on bone. One consequence of these findings has been greater attention to fracture outcomes in trails of new diabetes medication (incretins and SGLT-2 inhibitors). The effect of insulin on bone is discussed and the risk of fractures in patients using insulin seems to be unrelated to insulin as itself. The aim of the review is to summarize effects of antidiabetic treatment on bone – bone mineral density, fractures and bone turnover markers. The authors also try to recommend a strategy how to treat patients with diabetes mellitus regarding the risk of osteoporotic fractures. In this review the problem of how to treat osteoporosis in patient with diabetes is also discussed.


The prevalence of heart failure is markedly increased in individuals with diabetes mellitus. Numerous observational studies suggest that this increased risk for heart failure can be attributed to exacerbated vascular complications and the presence of increased risk factors in diabetic subjects. In addition, experimental studies revealed the presence of a number of distinct molecular alterations in the myocardium that occur independently of vascular disease and hypertension. Many of these molecular alterations are similarly observed in failing hearts of nondiabetic patients and have thus been proposed to contribute to the increased risk for heart failure in diabetes. The interest in understanding the underlying mechanisms of impaired cardio- vascular outcomes in diabetic individuals has much increased since the demonstration of cardioprotective effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in recent clinical trials. The current review therefore summarizes the distinct mechanisms that have been proposed to increase the risk for heart failure in diabetes mellitus.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobutoyo Masunaga ◽  
Hisashi Ogawa ◽  
Yuya Aono ◽  
Syuhei Ikeda ◽  
KOSUKE DOI ◽  
...  

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients are likely to have concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD). A new strategy of antithrombotic therapy in AF patients with stable CAD was demonstrated in recent randomized clinical trials. Now that antithrombotic therapy for AF patients with CAD has reached a major turning point, it is important to know the prognostic factors in those patients. Purpose: In this study, we investigated clinical characteristics, cardiovascular events and prognostic factors in AF patients with CAD. Methods: The Fushimi AF Registry, a community-based prospective survey, was designed to enroll all of the AF patients who visited the participating medical institutions in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Follow up data including prescription status were available in 4,441 patients from March 2011 to November 2019. Of 4,441 patients, 645 patients had a history of CAD at enrollment. Results: The mean age was 76.4±8.6 and 65.9% were male. Averages of CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score and HAS-BLED score were 4.41 and 2.35, respectively. Oral anticoagulant (OAC) was prescribed in 52.9% of those patients and antiplatelet drug (APD) was prescribed in 70.4%. The combination of OAC and APD was prescribed in 36.0%. During follow-up period (median 1,495 days), cardiac death occurred in 51 patients, composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in 136, and major bleeding in 77 (1.8, 5.1 and 2.9 per 100 person-years, respectively). In multivariate analysis, factors associated with composite of cardiac death, MI and stroke in AF patients with CAD were low body weight (<=50kg) (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]; 1.62 [1.07-2.47]), previous stroke (1.69 [1.13-2.52]), heart failure (1.47 [1.02-2.11]), hypertension (0.60 [0.41-0.87]) and diabetes mellitus (1.62 [1.13-2.32]). Furthermore, factors associated with major bleeding in AF patients with CAD were anemia (male: hemoglobin<12 g/dl, female: hemoglobin<11 g/dl) (1.82 [1.09-3.04]) and thrombocytopenia (<150,000 /μL) (3.02 [1.29-7.03]). Conclusion: In Japanese AF patients with CAD, low body weight, previous stroke, heart failure, hypertension and diabetes mellitus were associated with cardiovascular events, and anemia and thrombocytopenia were associated with major bleeding.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea De Lorenzo ◽  
Victor F. Souza ◽  
Leticia Glerian ◽  
Ronaldo SL Lima

Background:Even though diabetes mellitus (DM) has been considered a “Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) equivalent”, that is still controversial, especially in a contemporary population subject to optimized treatment.Objective:We aimed to assess the cardiovascular risk of diabetics by myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS).Methods:Consecutive patients who underwent MPS from 2008 to 2012 were studied. Perfusion scores were calculated, and abnormal MPS was defined as a summed stress score >3. Patients were followed for 3±1 years for all-cause death, which was compared between patients with DM (without known CAD) and patients with known CAD but without DM.Results:Among 3409 patients, 471 (13.8%) were diabetics without known CAD (DM group) and 638 (18.7%) had CAD without diabetes (CAD group). Annualized death rates were not significantly different between DM or CAD patients (0.9vs1.5%, p=0.09). With normal MPS, death rates were 0.7% for DM and 0.6% for CAD (p=0.8). With abnormal MPS, death rates increased similarly in the DM and CAD groups.Conclusions:In diabetic patients without known CAD, the rate of death was not significantly different from patients with prior CAD and without DM. Abnormal MPS increased risk similarly in diabetic patients and in those with CAD. These findings suggest that DM may still be considered a high-risk condition, comparable to known CAD, and effectively stratified by MPS.


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yariv Gerber ◽  
Susan A Weston ◽  
Maurice E Sarano ◽  
Sheila M Manemann ◽  
Alanna M Chamberlain ◽  
...  

Background: Little is known about the association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and the risk of heart failure (HF) after myocardial infarction (MI), and whether it differs by reduced (HFrEF) or preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction (EF) has yet to be determined. Subjects and Methods: Olmsted County, Minnesota residents (n=1,924; mean age, 64 years; 66% male) with first MI diagnosed in 1990-2010 and no prior HF were followed through 2013. Framingham Heart Study criteria were used to define HF, which was further classified according to EF (applying a 50% cutoff). The extent of angiographic CAD was defined at index MI according to the number of major epicardial coronary arteries with ≥50% lumen diameter obstruction. Fine & Gray and Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess the association of CAD categories with incidence of HF, and multiple imputation methodology was applied to account for the 19% with missing EF data. Results: During a mean (SD) follow-up of 6.7 (5.9) years, 594 patients developed HF. Adjusted for age and sex, with death considered a competing risk, the cumulative incidence rates of HF among patients with 1- (n=581), 2- (n=622), and 3-vessel disease (n=721) were 11.2%, 14.6% and 20.5% at 30 days; and 18.1%, 22.3% and 29.4% at 5 years after MI, respectively. The increased risk of HF with greater number of occluded vessels was only modestly attenuated after further adjustment for patient and MI characteristics, and did not differ materially by EF (Table). Conclusions: The extent of angiographic CAD expressed by the number of diseased vessels is independently associated with HF incidence after MI. The association is evident promptly after MI and applies to both HFrEF and HFpEF.


EP Europace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Calo" ◽  
V Bianchi ◽  
D Ferraioli ◽  
L Santini ◽  
A Dello Russo ◽  
...  

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction The HeartLogic algorithm combines multiple implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) sensors to identify patients at risk of heart failure (HF) events. Purpose We sought to evaluate the risk stratification ability of this algorithm in clinical practice. We also analyzed the alert management strategies adopted in the study group and their association with the occurrence of HF events. Methods The HeartLogic feature was activated in 366 ICD and cardiac resynchronization therapy ICD patients at 22 centers. The HeartLogic algorithm automatically calculates a daily HF index and identifies periods IN or OUT of an alert state on the basis of a configurable threshold (in this analysis set to 16). Results The HeartLogic index crossed the threshold value 273 times (0.76 alerts/patient-year) in 150 patients over a median follow-up of 11 months [25-75 percentile: 6-16]. Overall, the time IN the alert state was 11% of the total observation period. Patients experienced 36 HF hospitalizations and 8 patients died of HF (rate: 0.12 events/patient-year) during the observation period. Thirty-five events were associated with the IN alert state (0.92 events/patient-year versus 0.03 events/patient-year in the OUT of alert state). The hazard ratio in the IN/OUT of alert state comparison was (HR: 24.53, 95% CI: 8.55-70.38, p &lt; 0.001), after adjustment for baseline clinical confounders. Alerts followed by clinical actions were associated with a lower rate of HF events (HR: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.14-0.99, p = 0.047). No differences in event rates were observed between in-office and remote alert management. By contrast, verification of HF symptoms during post-alert examination was associated with a higher risk of HF events (HR: 5.23, 95% CI: 1.98-13.83, p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions This multiparametric ICD algorithm identifies patients during periods of significantly increased risk of HF events. The rate of HF events seemed lower when clinical actions were undertaken in response to alerts. Extra in-office visits did not seem to be required in order to effectively manage HeartLogic alerts, while post-alert verification of symptoms seemed useful in order to better stratify patients at risk of HF events.


2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 504-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Chyun ◽  
Viola Vaccarino ◽  
Jaime Murillo ◽  
Lawrence H. Young ◽  
Harlan M. Krumholz

• Objective To examine the association between (1) comorbid conditions related to diabetes mellitus, clinical findings on arrival at the hospital, and characteristics of the myocardial infarction and (2) risk of heart failure, recurrent myocardial infarction, and mortality in the year after myocardial infarction in elderly 30-day survivors of myocardial infarction who had non–insulin- or insulin-treated diabetes. • Methods Medical records for June 1, 1992, through February 28, 1993, of Medicare beneficiaries (n = 1698), 65 years or older, hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction in Connecticut were reviewed by trained abstractors. • Results One year after myocardial infarction, elderly patients with non–insulin- and insulin-treated diabetes mellitus had significantly greater risk for readmission for heart failure and recurrent myocardial infarction than did patients without diabetes mellitus, and risk was greater in patients treated with insulin than in patients not treated with insulin. Diabetes mellitus, comorbid conditions related to diabetes mellitus, clinical findings on arrival, and characteristics of the myocardial infarction, specifically measures of ventricular function, were important predictors of these outcomes. Mortality was greater in patients not treated with insulin than in patients treated with insulin; the increased risk was mostly due to comorbid conditions related to diabetes mellitus and poorer ventricular function. • Conclusions Risk of heart failure, recurrent myocardial infarction, and mortality is elevated in elderly patients who have non–insulin- or insulin-treated diabetes mellitus. Comorbid conditions related to diabetes mellitus and ventricular function at the time of the index myocardial infarction are important contributors to poorer outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Schönbauer ◽  
Michael Lichtenauer ◽  
Vera Paar ◽  
Michael Emich ◽  
Monika Fritzer-Szekeres ◽  
...  

Background: Low levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (sTWEAK) were reported in patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus. Soluble cluster differentiation 163 (sCD163) serum levels are related to M2 macrophages, having anti-inflammatory attributes. As sport is well-known for its anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects we aimed to investigate the influence of eight months of physical activity on serum sCD163 and sTWEAK levels. Methods: In total, 109 subjects with at least one cardiovascular risk factor were asked to perform endurance training within the calculated training pulse for eight months. Overall, 98 finished the study. The performance gain was measured/quantified by bicycle stress tests at the beginning and end of the observation period. The cohort was divided into four groups, dependent on their baseline performance and performance gain. sCD163 and sTWEAK were measured at baseline and after two, six and eight months by ELISA. Results: Those participants who had a performance gain of ≤2.9% (mean gain 12%) within eight months showed a significant increase in sTWEAK (group 2: from 133 to 200 pg/mL, p = 0.002 and group 4: from 166 to 212 pg/mL, p = 0.031) and sCD163 levels (group 2: from 255 to 348 ng/mL, p = 0.035 and group 4: from 247 to 288 ng/mL, p = 0.025) in contrast to subjects without performance gain (sTWEAK: group 1: from 161 to 177 pg/mL, p = 0.953 and group 3: from 153 to 176 pg/mL, p = 0.744; sCD163: group 1: from 289 to 256 ng/mL, p = 0.374 and group 4: from 291 to 271 ng/mL, p = 0.913). Baseline sCD163 correlated with erythrocyte count, hematocrit, ASAT and lipoprotein a, the presence of hypertension and a BMI > 30 kg/m2. Conclusion: Regular physical activity leads to a significant increase in sCD163 and sTWEAK levels of up to 37% and 50%, respectively. It is well-known that physical activity prevents or retards the onset and genesis of chronic inflammatory disease. One possible way of how training evolves its beneficial effect might be by modifying the inflammation status using the sTWEAK–sCD163 axis. Brief Summary: Regular physical activity leads to a significant increase in sTWEAK and sCD163 levels. Both factors are diminished in patients with chronic (inflammation-based) diseases, such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, pulmonary artery hypertension, chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus. It seems that the amounts of soluble TWEAK and CD163 are essential for a healthy balance and modulation between pro- and anti-inflammatory processes, and regular physical training could use the sCD163–sTWEAK axis to unfold its beneficial effect.


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