When the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic spread globally from the Hubei region of China in December 2019,the impact on elderly people was particularly unfavorable.The mortality associated with severe acute ...When the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic spread globally from the Hubei region of China in December 2019,the impact on elderly people was particularly unfavorable.The mortality associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)infection was highest in older individuals,in whom frailty and comorbidities increased susceptibility to severe forms of COVID-19.Unfortunately,in older patients,the course of COVID-19 was often characterized by significant cardiovascular complications,such as heart failure decompensation,arrhythmias,pericarditis,and myopericarditis.Ensuring that the elderly have adequate therapeutic coverage against known cardiovascular diseases and risk factors is particularly important in the COVID-19 era.Beta blockers are widely used for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.The clinical benefits of beta blockers have been confirmed in elderly patients,and in addition to their negative chronotropic effect,sympathetic inhibition and anti-inflammatory activity are theoretically of great benefit for the treatment of COVID-19 infection.Beta blockers have not been clearly shown to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection,but there is evidence from published studies including elderly patients that beta blockers are associated with a more favorable clinical course of COVID-19 and reduced mortality.In this minireview,we summarize the most important evidence available in the literature on the usefulness of beta blocker therapy for older patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.展开更多
Background: Serum soluble ST2 (sST2) levels are elevated early after acute myocardial infarction and are related to adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling and cardiovascular outcomes in ST-segment elevation myo...Background: Serum soluble ST2 (sST2) levels are elevated early after acute myocardial infarction and are related to adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling and cardiovascular outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Beta-blockers (BB) have been shown to improve LV remodeling and survival. However, the relationship between sST2, final therapeutic BB dose, and cardiovascular outcomes in STEMI patients remains unknown. Methods: A total of 186 STEMI patients were enrolled at the Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital between January 2015 and June 2015. All patients received standard treatment and were followed up for 1 year. Serum sST2 was measured at baseline. Patients were divided into four groups according to their baseline sST2 values (high 〉56 ng/ml vs. low ≤56 ng/ml) and final therapeutic BB dose (high ≥47.5 mg/d vs. low 〈47.5 mg/d). Cox regression analyses were performed to determine whether sST2 and BB were independent risk factors for cardiovascular events in STEMI. Results: Baseline sST2 levels were positively correlated with heart rate (r = 0.327, P = 0.002), Killip class (r = 0.408, P = 0.000), lg N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (r = 0.467, P = 0.000), lg troponin I (r = 0.331, P = 0.000), and lg C-reactive protein (r = 0.307, P = 0.000) and negatively correlated to systolic blood pressure (r = ?0.243, P = 0.009) and LV ejection fraction (r = ?0.402, P = 0.000). Patients with higher baseline sST2 concentrations who were not titrated to high-dose BB therapy (P 〈 0.0001) had worse outcomes. Baseline high sST2 (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.653; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.201–8.929; P = 0.041) and final low BB dosage (HR: 1.904; 95% CI, 1.084–3.053; P = 0.035) were independent predictors of cardiovascular events in STEMI. Conclusions: High baseline sST2 levels and final low BB dosage predicted cardiovascular events in STEMI. Hence, sST2 may be a useful biomarker in cardiac pathophysiology.展开更多
文摘When the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic spread globally from the Hubei region of China in December 2019,the impact on elderly people was particularly unfavorable.The mortality associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)infection was highest in older individuals,in whom frailty and comorbidities increased susceptibility to severe forms of COVID-19.Unfortunately,in older patients,the course of COVID-19 was often characterized by significant cardiovascular complications,such as heart failure decompensation,arrhythmias,pericarditis,and myopericarditis.Ensuring that the elderly have adequate therapeutic coverage against known cardiovascular diseases and risk factors is particularly important in the COVID-19 era.Beta blockers are widely used for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.The clinical benefits of beta blockers have been confirmed in elderly patients,and in addition to their negative chronotropic effect,sympathetic inhibition and anti-inflammatory activity are theoretically of great benefit for the treatment of COVID-19 infection.Beta blockers have not been clearly shown to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection,but there is evidence from published studies including elderly patients that beta blockers are associated with a more favorable clinical course of COVID-19 and reduced mortality.In this minireview,we summarize the most important evidence available in the literature on the usefulness of beta blocker therapy for older patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
文摘Background: Serum soluble ST2 (sST2) levels are elevated early after acute myocardial infarction and are related to adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling and cardiovascular outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Beta-blockers (BB) have been shown to improve LV remodeling and survival. However, the relationship between sST2, final therapeutic BB dose, and cardiovascular outcomes in STEMI patients remains unknown. Methods: A total of 186 STEMI patients were enrolled at the Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital between January 2015 and June 2015. All patients received standard treatment and were followed up for 1 year. Serum sST2 was measured at baseline. Patients were divided into four groups according to their baseline sST2 values (high 〉56 ng/ml vs. low ≤56 ng/ml) and final therapeutic BB dose (high ≥47.5 mg/d vs. low 〈47.5 mg/d). Cox regression analyses were performed to determine whether sST2 and BB were independent risk factors for cardiovascular events in STEMI. Results: Baseline sST2 levels were positively correlated with heart rate (r = 0.327, P = 0.002), Killip class (r = 0.408, P = 0.000), lg N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (r = 0.467, P = 0.000), lg troponin I (r = 0.331, P = 0.000), and lg C-reactive protein (r = 0.307, P = 0.000) and negatively correlated to systolic blood pressure (r = ?0.243, P = 0.009) and LV ejection fraction (r = ?0.402, P = 0.000). Patients with higher baseline sST2 concentrations who were not titrated to high-dose BB therapy (P 〈 0.0001) had worse outcomes. Baseline high sST2 (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.653; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.201–8.929; P = 0.041) and final low BB dosage (HR: 1.904; 95% CI, 1.084–3.053; P = 0.035) were independent predictors of cardiovascular events in STEMI. Conclusions: High baseline sST2 levels and final low BB dosage predicted cardiovascular events in STEMI. Hence, sST2 may be a useful biomarker in cardiac pathophysiology.