Publications by authors named "Yan-Min Yang"

79 Publications

Evolving Antithrombotic Treatment Patterns for Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome or Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Authors:
Ni Suo Yan-Min Yang Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Shuang Wu Jun Zhu

Front Cardiovasc Med 2022 18;9:846803. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

The Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Objective: Antithrombotic therapy in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) concomitant with the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is challenging and has evolved in recent years. However, real-world data on this issue about antithrombotic regimens at discharge and its evolving trend were relatively scarce, especially in China.

Methods: A total of 2,182 patients with NVAF and ACS/PCI were enrolled from 2017 to 2019. A total of 1,979 patients were finally analyzed and divided in three sequential cohorts: cohort 1 (2017), = 674; cohort 2 (2018), = 793; and cohort 3 (2019), = 512. Baseline characteristics and antithrombotic therapy at discharge were analyzed by cohort.

Results: In our cross-sectional study, the majority of patients (59.6%) received dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). Over the 3 years, DAPT prescription reduced from nearly 70% to <50% ( trend < 0.001), while triple therapy (TT)/double therapy (DT) increased from 27.2 to 50.0% ( trend < 0.001). This trend was also seen in different subgroups stratified by CHA2DS2-VASc score, HAS-BLED score, coronary artery disease type, or management type, and was validated after multivariate adjustment. Persistent atrial fibrillation and history of congestive heart failure, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and stroke/transient ischemic attack/systemic embolism were the independent predictors of TT/DT use, while ACS, PCI, or advanced chronic kidney disease was related with more DAPT prescription.

Conclusion: There is a shift of antithrombotic regime at discharge for patients with NVAF with recent ACS/PCI with reducing DAPT prescription and increasing TT/DT prescription. While the appropriate antithrombotic regimen for patients with NVAF having ACS/PCI is still underused in China.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.846803DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8971844PMC
March 2022

Impact of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitor drugs on mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and hypertension.

Authors:
Wei Xu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Shuang Wu Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2022 04 1;22(1):141. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Emergency Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Background: Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitors markedly play an active role in the primary prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF), but the impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) on the mortality of patients with AF remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the relationship between treatment with ACEIs or ARBs and mortality in emergency department (ED) patients with AF and hypertension.

Methods: This multicenter study enrolled 2016 ED patients from September 2008 to April 2011; 1110 patients with AF and hypertension were analyzed. Patients were grouped according to whether they were treated with ACEI/ARB or not and completed a 1-year follow-up to evaluate outcomes including all-cause death, cardiovascular death, stroke, and major adverse events (MAEs).

Results: Among the 1110 patients with AF and hypertension, 574 (51.7%) received ACEI/ARB treatment. During the 1-year follow-up, 169 all-cause deaths (15.2%) and 100 cardiovascular deaths (9.0%) occurred, while 98 strokes (8.8%) and 255 MAEs (23.0%) occurred. According to the multivariate Cox regression analysis, ACEI/ARB therapy was significantly associated with a reduced risk of all-cause death (HR, 0.605; 95% CI 0.431-0.849; P = 0.004). Moreover, ACEI/ARB therapy was independently associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular death (HR 0.585; 95% CI 0.372-0.921; P = 0.020) and MAEs (HR 0.651, 95% CI 0.496-0.855, P = 0.002) after adjusting for other risk factors.

Conclusions: Our results revealed that ACEI/ARB therapy was independently associated with a reduced risk of all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and MAEs in ED patients with AF and hypertension. These results provide evidence for a tertiary preventive treatment for patients with AF and hypertension.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02580-2DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8973677PMC
April 2022

Predictive value of the stress hyperglycemia ratio in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from a multi-center observational study.

Authors:
Wei Xu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Shuang Wu Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Cardiovasc Diabetol 2022 Mar 29;21(1):48. Epub 2022 Mar 29.

Emergency Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Background: Stress hyperglycemia is a strong predictor of adverse outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Recently, the stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) has been designed as an index to identify acute hyperglycemia with true risk; however, data regarding the impact of SHR on the prognosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the SHR in patients with acute STEMI and to assess whether it can improve the predictive efficiency of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score.

Methods: This study included 7476 consecutive patients diagnosed with acute STEMI across 274 emergency centers. After excluding 2052 patients due to incomplete data, 5417 patients were included in the final analysis. Patients were divided into three groups according to SHR tertiles (SHR1, SHR2, and SHR3) and were further categorized based on diabetes status. All patients were followed up for major cardiovascular adverse events (MACEs) and all-cause mortality.

Results: After 30 days of follow-up, 1547 MACEs (28.6%) and 789 all-cause deaths (14.6%) occurred. The incidence of MACEs was highest among patients in the SHR3 group with diabetes mellitus (DM) (42.6%). Kaplan-Meier curves demonstrated that patients with SHR3 and DM also had the highest risk for MACEs when compared with other groups (p < 0.001). Moreover, C-statistics improved significantly when SHR3 was added into the original model: the ΔC-statistics (95% confidence interval) were 0.008 (0.000-0.013) in the total population, 0.010 (0.003-0.017) in the DM group, and 0.007 (0.002-0.013) in the non-DM group (all p < 0.05). In the receiver operating characteristic analysis, the area under the curve (AUC) for the original TIMI risk score for all-cause death was 0.760. When an SHR3 value of 1 point was used to replace the history of DM, hypertension, or angina in the original TIMI risk score, the Delong test revealed significant improvements in the AUC value (∆AUC of 0.009, p < 0.05), especially in the DM group (∆AUC of 0.010, p < 0.05).

Conclusion: The current results suggest that SHR is independently related to the risks of MACEs and mortality in patients with STEMI. Furthermore, SHR may aid in improving the predictive efficiency of the TIMI risk score in patients with STEMI, especially those with DM.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-022-01479-8DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962934PMC
March 2022

Plasma Big Endothelin-1 Levels and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome or Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Yan-Min Yang

Front Cardiovasc Med 2022 3;9:756082. Epub 2022 Mar 3.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the association between plasma big ET-1 levels and long-term outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods: A total of 930 patients were enrolled and followed up for a median duration of 2.3 years. According to the optimal cutoff of big ET-1 for predicting all-cause death, these patients were divided into two groups. The primary endpoints were all-cause death and net adverse clinical events (NACE). The secondary endpoints included cardiovascular death, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), BARC class ≥ 3 bleeding, and BARC class ≥ 2 bleeding. Cox regressions were performed to evaluate the association between big ET-1 and outcomes.

Results: Based on the optimal cutoff of 0.54 pmol/l, 309 patients (33.2%) had high big ET-1 levels at baseline. Compared to the low big ET-1 group, patients in the high big ET-1 group tended to have more comorbidities, impaired cardiac function, elevated inflammatory levels, and worse prognosis. Univariable and multivariable Cox regressions indicated that big ET-1 ≥ 0.54 pmol/l was associated with increased incidences of all-cause death [HR (95%CI):1.73 (1.10-2.71), = 0.018], NACE [HR (95%CI):1.63 (1.23-2.16), = 0.001], cardiovascular death [HR (95%CI):1.72 (1.01-2.92), = 0.046], MACE [HR (95%CI):1.60 (1.19-2.16), = 0.002], BARC class ≥ 3 [HR (95%CI):2.21 (1.16-4.22), = 0.016], and BARC class ≥ 2 bleeding [HR (95%CI):1.91 (1.36-2.70), < 0.001]. Subgroup analysis indicated consistent relationships between the big ET-1 ≥ 0.54 pmol/l and the primary endpoints.

Conclusion: Elevated plasma big ET-1 levels were independently associated with increased risk of all-cause death, NACE, cardiovascular death, MACE, BARC class ≥ 3 bleeding, and BARC class ≥ 2 bleeding in patients with AF and ACS or undergoing PCI.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.756082DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8927675PMC
March 2022

Relationship between creatinine clearance and clinical outcomes in Chinese emergency patients with atrial fibrillation.

Authors:
Juan Wang Tao Zhang Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2022 May 3;27(3):e12942. Epub 2022 Mar 3.

Emergency Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Background: Few real-world data on the relation between creatinine clearance (CrCl) and adverse clinical outcomes in Chinese emergency department (ED) patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods: In this prospective, observational, multicenter AF study, enrolled AF patients presenting to an ED at 20 hospitals in China from November 2008 to October 2011, with a follow-up of 12 month. A total of 863 AF patients with CrCl data were analyzed, and patients were categorized as CrCl ≥ 80, 50 ≤ CrCl < 80, 30 ≤ CrCl < 50, and CrCl < 30(ml/min). Outcomes of analyses were all-cause death, cardiovascular death, thromboembolism (TE), and major bleeding.

Results: Among the whole patients, 126(14.6%) patients died during 12-month follow-up, 53(40.2%) among CrCl < 30 ml/min group, and 48(16.2%), 22(6.5%), and 3(3.2%) among 30 ≤ CrCl50, 50 ≤ Crl < 80, and CrCl ≥ 80 ml/min groups, respectively (p < 0.001). Cardiovascular death and TE rates also increased with decreasing CrCl. On multivariate analysis, patients with CrCl < 30 ml/min were associated with higher risks of all-cause death (HR 5.567; 95%CI1.618-19.876; p = .007) and higher cardiovascular death (HR11.939; 95%CI1.439-99.031; p = .022) as compared with CrCl≥80 ml/min category. Nevertheless, for TE and major bleeding risk, CrCl groups showed no significant difference after adjustment for variables in CHA DS -VASc score and status of warfarin prescription in our cohort.

Conclusions: In Chinese ED nonvalvular AF patients, incidence rates of death increased with reducing CrCl across the whole range of renal function. CrCl < 30 ml/min was associated with all-cause death, cardiovascular death, but not for TE and major bleeding.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anec.12942DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107078PMC
May 2022

Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy in Chinese Emergency Department Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Impacts on Clinical Outcomes.

Authors:
Juan Wang Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Front Cardiovasc Med 2022 28;9:806234. Epub 2022 Jan 28.

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Background And Objects: Few studies focus on multimorbidity and polypharmacy in Chinese atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. We examined the impact of multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and treatment strategies on outcomes in Chinese emergency department (ED)AF patients. We also assessed factors associated with vitamin K antagonist (VKA) non-use in AF patients with multimorbidity or polypharmacy.

Methods: 2015 AF patients who presented to emergency department (ED) were enrolled from Nov 2008 to Oct 2011, mean follow-up of 12-months. Cox regressions were performed to identify the impact of multimorbidity and polypharmacy on clinical outcomes.

Results: Six hundred and sixty-five patients in low morbidity group (≤1 comorbidity), 608 patients in moderate morbidity group (2 comorbidities), 742 patients in high morbidity group (≥3 comorbidities). Five hundred and seventy patients (28.3%) had polypharmacy (≥5 medications). High and moderate morbidity groups were significantly associated with a higher risk of all-cause death ( 2.083, 95% 1.482-2.929; 1.713, 95% 1.198-2.449), CV death ( 2.457, 95% 1.526-3.954; 1.974, 95% 1.206-3.232) and major bleeding ( 4.126, 95% 1.022-16.664; 6.142, 95% 1.6789-22.369) compared with low morbidity group. In VKA subgroup, only high morbidity group was associated with a higher risk of all-cause death ( 2.521, 95% 1.482-2.929), but not significantly in other events. For polypharmacy category, there were no significant statistics among these endpoints. Coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and antiplatelet therapy were independent predictors for VKA non-use in whole cohort, and patients with multimorbidity. CAD and antiplatelet therapy were independent predictors for VKA non-use in patients with polypharmacy.

Conclusion: Multimorbidity was associated with worse outcomes in Chinese ED AF patients. Polypharmacy showed no significant statistics among these outcomes. CAD and antiplatelet therapy were independent risk factors of VKA non-use in Chinese ED AF patients with multimorbidity or polypharmacy.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.806234DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8831736PMC
January 2022

Predictive performance of different bleeding risk scores in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Yan-Min Yang

Platelets 2022 Feb 1:1-11. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

This study aims to evaluate the predictive values of the HAS-BLED, ORBIT, ATRIA, REACH, PARIS, and PRECISE-DAPT scores in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who received both anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy. 930 patients were consecutively recruited and followed up for 1 year. The primary endpoints were BARC class ≥3 bleeding and BARC class ≥2 bleeding. BARC class ≥3 bleeding occurred in 36 patients(3.9%), while BARC class ≥2 bleeding was seen in 134 patients (14.4%). The predictive performance of the HAS-BLED score for BARC class ≥3 bleeding was unsatisfactory (c-statistic = 0.575). The discrimination of the ATRIA, ORBIT, PARIS, and PRECISE-DAPT scores was also low-to-moderate. The REACH score was useless in bleeding risk stratification for this population. Multivariable logistic regression indicated that previous bleeding events and hemoglobin were two independent predictors of BARC class ≥3 bleeding. Compared to the HAS-BLED score, the model constructed by previous bleeding events and hemoglobin displayed a significant improvement in bleeding risk prediction [c-statistics: 0.704 vs. 0.575 ( = .008), NRI = 0.662,IDI = 0.049]. In patients with AF and ACS or undergoing PCI who received anticoagulant+antiplatelet therapy, the HAS-BLED, ORBIT, ATRIA, REACH, PARIS, and PRECISE-DAPT scores displayed only low-to-moderate performance in predicting BARC class≥3 bleeding. Future studies are required to develop more reliable scoring systems for bleeding risk evaluation in this population.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2021.2007870DOI Listing
February 2022

Genetic Predisposition to Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol May Increase Risks of Both Individual and Familial Alzheimer's Disease.

Authors:
Jiang-Shan Tan Meng-Jin Hu Yan-Min Yang Yue-Jin Yang

Front Med (Lausanne) 2021 11;8:798334. Epub 2022 Jan 11.

State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Previous observational studies provided conflicting results on the association between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level and the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We used two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to explore the causal associations between LDL-C level and the risks of individual, paternal, maternal, and family history of AD. Summary-level genetic data for LDL-C were acquired from results of the UK Biobank GWAS. Corresponding data for paternal, maternal, and family history of AD were obtained from the NHGRI-EBI Catalog of human genome-wide association studies. Data for individual AD were obtained from the MR-Base platform. A two-sample MR study was performed to explore the causal association between LDL-C level and the risks of individual, paternal, maternal, and family history of AD. Genetically predicted LDL-C was positively associated with individual [Odds ratio (OR) = 1.509, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.140-1.999; = 4.0 × 10], paternal [OR = 1.109, 95% CI = 1.053-1.168; = 9.5 × 10], maternal [OR = 1.132, 95% CI = 1.070-1.199; = 2.0 × 10], and family history of AD [OR = 1.124, 95% CI = 1.070-1.181; = 3.7 × 10] in inverse variance weighted analysis. After performing weighted median and MR-Egger analysis, consistent results were observed. There was no horizontal pleiotropy in the two-sample MR analysis. High level of LDL-C may increase the risks of both individual and familial AD. Decreasing the LDL-C to a reasonable level may help to reduce the related risk.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.798334DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8787049PMC
January 2022

Validation of the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk criteria in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Yan-Min Yang

Thromb Res 2022 Jan 25;209:16-22. Epub 2021 Nov 25.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

Background: This study aims to validate the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk (ARC-HBR) criteria in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who received both oral anticoagulants (OAC) and antiplatelet therapy (APT).

Methods: 930 consecutive patients with AF and ACS or undergoing PCI receiving both OAC and APT were recruited and followed up for 1 year. The primary endpoint was BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding. The secondary endpoints included BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding, TIMI major bleeding, TIMI major or minor bleeding, and major adverse cardiovascular events (a composite of all-cause death, stroke, non-central nervous system embolism, myocardial infarction, definite or probable stent thrombosis, and target vessel revascularization). Cox regressions were performed to evaluate the association between the ARC-HBR score and outcomes. Discrimination was evaluated through analysis of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, net reclassification improvement (NRI), and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI).

Results: Compared to patients with no HBR other than OAC, patients with HBR besides OAC tended to have more comorbidities and worse outcomes. The ARC-HBR score was significantly associated with the primary and secondary endpoints, both as a continuous variable and as a categorical variable. The ARC-HBR score performed better than the HAS-BLED score (c-statistic: 0.692 vs. 0.575, NRI = 0.313, IDI = 0.061) and the PRECISE-DAPT score (c-statistic: 0.692 vs. 0.616, NRI = 0.393, IDI = 0.049).

Conclusions: In patients with AF and ACS or undergoing PCI receiving both OAC and APT, the ARC-HBR score was a significant predictor of 1-year bleeding and ischemic endpoints. The ARC-HBR score performed better than the HAS-BLED score and the PRECISE-DAPT score in BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding prediction.
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January 2022

Utility of a pharmacogenetic-driven algorithm in guiding dual antiplatelet therapy for patients undergoing coronary drug-eluting stent implantation in China.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Yan-Min Yang

Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2022 Feb 12;78(2):215-225. Epub 2021 Oct 12.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Purposes: The POPular Risk Score (PRiS), a pharmacogenetic-driven algorithm consisting of CYP2C19 genotype, platelet reactivity, and clinical risk factors, is developed to evaluate ischemic risk and guide dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of DAPT in accordance with the PRiS in patients undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation.

Methods: A total of 1757 patients recruited in this cohort study were divided into four groups according to the PRiS and type of P2Y12 receptor inhibitor treatment at discharge. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE, a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, definite or probable stent thrombosis, and target vessel revascularization) during 1-year follow-up. The safety endpoints were defined by Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) criteria as major bleeding (BARC 3a, 3b, 3c, and 5) and clinically relevant bleeding (BARC 2, 3a, 3b, 3c, and 5).

Results: Among 1046 patients with PRiS < 2 and 711 patients with PRiS ≥ 2, 34.2% and 38.3% of them were treated with ticagrelor, respectively. The PRiS ≥ 2 was an independent predictor for the 1-year incidence of MACE (HR(95%CI): 2.09 (1.37-3.20), p = 0.001). Multivariable Cox regression indicated that in the PRiS ≥ 2 group, ticagrelor was superior to clopidogrel in reducing the risk of MACE (HR(95%CI): 0.53 (0.29-0.98), p = 0.042), without increasing the bleeding risk. On the other hand, in the PRiS < 2 group, clopidogrel treatment was related to a remarkably lower rate of BARC class ≥ 2 bleeding (HR(95%CI): 0.39 (0.20-0.72), p = 0.003), but comparable incidences of MACE and BARC class ≥ 3 bleeding during 1-year follow-up. Similar associations between P2Y12 receptor inhibitors and 1-year endpoints in the PRiS < 2 and PRiS ≥ 2 group could also be identified in propensity score-weighted analysis and propensity score-matched analysis.

Conclusion: Tailored DAPT based on the PRiS could assist in improving the prognosis of patients undergoing DES implantation. Further randomized controlled trials are required to provide more evidence for PRiS-guided DAPT.
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February 2022

Performance of the REACH, PARIS, BleeMACS, and PRECISE-DAPT scores for predicting 1-year bleeding events in patients undergoing coronary drug-eluting stent implantation.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Yan-Min Yang

Platelets 2021 Oct 11:1-8. Epub 2021 Oct 11.

Emergency and Critical Care Centre, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

This study aimed to evaluate the predictive performance of the REACH, PARIS, BleeMACS, and PRECISE-DAPT scores in Chinese patients undergoing coronary drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. A total of 1911 patients undergoing coronary DES implantation were consecutively recruited and followed up for 1 year. The primary endpoints were BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding and BARC type 2,3, or 5 bleeding. The BleeMACS score and the PRECISE-DAPT score were significantly associated with 1-year incidence of BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding, but not BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding. The discrimination of the PRECISE-DAPT score was moderate for BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding (c-statistic = 0.633), while those of the REACH (c-statistic = 0.533), PARIS (c-statistic = 0.553), and BleeMACS scores (c-statistic = 0.613) were relatively low. However, the analysis of c-statistic, NRI, and IDI detected no significant discrimination improvement of the PRECISE-DAPT score for BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding compared to the other three scores. The calibrations of the PRECISE-DAPT and BleeMACS scores were modest (Hosmer-Lemeshow test > .05). Decision curve analysis indicated net benefit of the PRECISE-DAPT score in bleeding risk evaluation. In conclusion, the PRECISE-DAPT score performed moderately in predicting BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding, while the discriminative capacities of the REACH, PARIS, BleeMACS scores were relatively low in patients undergoing DES implantation. But no significant discrimination improvement of the PRECISE-DAPT score compared to the other scores could be detected. Further studies are required to develop standardized bleeding risk scores for this population.
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October 2021

Genetic variants in Chinese patients with sporadic Stanford type A aortic dissection.

Authors:
Zhao-Ran Chen Ming-Hui Bao Xing-Yu Wang Yan-Min Yang Bi Huang Zhong-Li Han Jun Cai Xiao-Han Fan

J Thorac Dis 2021 Jul;13(7):4008-4022

State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Background: Genetic disorders are strongly associated with aortic disease. However, the identities of genetic mutations in sporadic Stanford type A aortic dissection (STAAD) are not clear. The present study analysed the possible genetic mutations of the known pathogenic genes of aortic disease and the clinical characteristics in patients with sporadic STAAD.

Methods: We analysed genetic mutations in 26 genes that underlie aortic aneurysms and dissections in 100 sporadic STAAD patients and 568 healthy controls after whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Clinical features and in-hospital death were determined in all STAAD patients.

Results: In total, 60 suspicious pathogenic mutations (56 novel and 4 previously reported) in 19 genes were identified in 50% (50/100) of patients, and 14 patients had more than 1 mutation. The ascending aortic diameter was extended in patients with mutations (49.1±12.3 43.7±11.2 mm, P=0.023), and the DeBakey type I phenotype was more common in patients with mutations in genes that coded extracellular matrix (ECM) components than in patients with mutations in other genes (96.6% 66.7%, P=0.007). Patients with fibrillin-1 () mutations were younger than patients without mutations (44.7±11.0 53.5±12.1, P=0.030). Subgroup analyses revealed an increased risk of in-hospital mortality in mutation carriers (44.4% 10.5%, P=0.029) but only in patients who received conservative treatment.

Conclusions: Half of Chinese patients with a sporadic form of STAAD may carry mutations in known pathogenic genes of aortic disease, and these patients may exhibit distinct clinical features and poor clinical outcomes with the use of conservative treatment.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-2758DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8339749PMC
July 2021

A new scoring system for predicting short-term outcomes in Chinese patients with critically-ill acute decompensated heart failure.

Authors:
Ran Mo Li-Tian Yu Hui-Qiong Tan Yang Wang Yan-Min Yang Yan Liang Jun Zhu

BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2021 05 4;21(1):228. Epub 2021 May 4.

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Background: Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) contributes millions of emergency department (ED) visits and it is associated with high in-hospital mortality. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a multiparametric score for critically-ill ADHF patients.

Methods: In this single-center, retrospective study, a total of 1268 ADHF patients in China were enrolled and divided into derivation (n = 1014) and validation (n = 254) cohorts. The primary endpoint was any in-hospital death, cardiac arrest or utilization of mechanical support devices. Logistic regression model was preformed to identify risk factors and build the new scoring system. The assigning point of each parameter was determined according to its β coefficient. The discrimination was validated internally using C statistic and calibration was evaluated by the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test.

Results: We constructed a predictive score based on six significant risk factors [systolic blood pressure (SBP), white blood cell (WBC) count, hematocrit (HCT), total bilirubin (TBIL), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and NT-proBNP]. This new model was computed as (1 × SBP < 90 mmHg) + (2 × WBC > 9.2 × 10/L) + (1 × HCT ≤ 0.407) + (2 × TBIL > 34.2 μmol/L) + (2 × eGFR < 15 ml/min/1.73 m) + (1 × NTproBNP ≥ 10728.9 ng/ml). The C statistic for the new score was 0.758 (95% CI 0.667-0.838) higher than APACHE II, AHEAD and ADHERE score. It also demonstrated good calibration for detecting high-risk patients in the validation cohort (χ = 6.681, p = 0.463).

Conclusions: The new score including SBP, WBC, HCT, TBIL, eGFR and NT-proBNP might be used to predict short-term prognosis of Chinese critically-ill ADHF patients.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8094523PMC
May 2021

Elevated Plasma Big Endothelin-1 at Admission Is Associated With Poor Short-Term Outcomes in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.

Authors:
Ran Mo Yan-Min Yang Li-Tian Yu Hui-Qiong Tan Jun Zhu

Front Cardiovasc Med 2021 11;8:629268. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Emergency and Intensive Care Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

We aimed to evaluate the association between plasma big endothelin-1 (ET-1) at admission and short-term outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients. In this single-center, retrospective study, a total of 746 ADHF patients were enrolled and divided into three groups according to baseline plasma big ET-1 levels: tertile 1 (<0.43 pmol/L, = 250), tertile 2 (between 0.43 and 0.97 pmol/L, = 252), and tertile 3 (>0.97 pmol/L, = 244). The primary outcomes were all-cause death, cardiac arrest, or utilization of mechanical support devices during hospitalization. Logistic regression analysis and net reclassification improvement approach were applied to assess the predictive power of big ET-1 on short-term outcomes. During hospitalization, 92 (12.3%) adverse events occurred. Etiology, arterial pH, lactic acid, total bilirubin, serum creatine, serum uric acid, presence of atrial fibrillation and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels were positively correlated with plasma big ET-1 level, whereas systolic blood pressure, serum sodium, hemoglobin, albumin, and estimated glomerular filtration rate were negatively correlated. In multivariate logistic regression, tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 had a 3.68-fold increased risk of adverse outcomes [odds ratio (OR) = 3.681, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.410-9.606, = 0.008]. However, such adverse effect did not exist between tertile 2 and tertile 1 (OR = 0.953, 95% CI 0.314-2.986, = 0.932). As a continuous variable, big ET-1 level was significantly associated with primary outcome (OR = 1.756, 95% CI 1.413-2.183, < 0.001). The C statistic of baseline big ET-1 was 0.66 (95% CI 0.601-0.720, < 0.001). Net reclassification index (NRI) analysis showed that big ET-1 provided additional predictive power when combining it to NT-proBNP (NRI = 0.593, < 0.001). Elevated baseline big ET-1 is an independent predictor of short-term adverse events in ADHF patients and may provide valuable information for risk stratification.
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March 2021

Impact of Baseline Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio on Long-Term Prognosis in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

Authors:
Shuang Wu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Jia-Meng Ren Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Angiology 2021 10 15;72(9):819-828. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, 34736Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

We performed a retrospective analysis involving 1269 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) to evaluate the predictive value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on long-term outcomes. The primary outcomes were all-cause mortality and combined end point events (CEEs). Cox proportional hazards regression analysis and net reclassification improvement (NRI) analysis were performed. During a median follow-up of 3.32 years, 285 deaths and 376 CEEs occurred. With the elevation of the NLR, the incidence of all-cause mortality (2.77, 4.14, 6.12, and 12.18/100 person-years) and CEEs (4.19, 7.40, 8.03, and 15.22/100 person-years) significantly increased. Multivariate Cox analysis indicated that the highest NLR quartile was independently associated with the incidence of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.19-2.65) and CEEs (HR = 1.66, 95% CI: 1.18-2.33). When the NLR was analyzed as a continuous variable, a 1-unit increment in log NLR was related to 134% increased risk of all-cause mortality and 119% increased risk of CEEs. Net reclassification improvement analysis revealed that NLR significantly improved risk stratification for all-cause death and CEEs by 15.0% and 9.6%, respectively. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio could be an independent predictor of long-term outcomes in patients with AF.
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October 2021

Evaluation of pharmacotherapy recommendations in guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease.

Authors:
Xiao Wang Yan-Min Yang Ting Yang Li-Ya An Xiong-Zhi Chen Yu-Xing Qi Hai-Yu He Hong-Bo Fan Da-Li Sun

J Clin Pharm Ther 2021 Jun 5;46(3):599-609. Epub 2021 Feb 5.

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.

What Is Known And Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically assess drug therapy in the guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease and to provide recommendations for the development of such guidelines.

Study Design: A systematic search was conducted in databases and on websites to identify guidelines for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Qualified guidelines were assessed through the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE II). Evidence from the guidelines was extracted from the guidelines themselves. The Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine (OCEBM) evidence grading system was used to regrade and assess this evidence.

Results: A total of 11 guidelines for the medical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) (2015-2019) were finally included, and after scoring using the AGREE II tool, the median scores in each domain were as follows: Ⅰ. scope and purpose (median score=88.9%, range: 76.4%-91.7%), Ⅱ. stakeholder involvement (median =38.9%, range: 18.1%-61.1%), Ⅲ. rigour of development (median =69.3%, range: 39.6%-77.6%), Ⅳ. clarity and presentation (median =97.2%, range: 91.7%-100%), Ⅴ. applicability (median =45.8%, range: 24%-68.8%) and Ⅵ. editorial independence (median =94.0%, range: 0-100%). Most of the guidelines scored over 60%, which is worthy of clinical recommendation, but different guidelines suggest that there is a great difference in drug therapy, mainly due to various populations, diverse focuses of attention, distinct efficacy of drugs between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and the preference of guiding developers for select evidence.

What Is New And Conclusion: The quality of medical treatment guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease varies considerably. Over the past 5 years, medical treatment has been heterogeneous among different guidelines. Consideration of factors leading to heterogeneity of recommendations for drug treatment, especially preferences for evidence selection, will help upgrade the guidelines.
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June 2021

Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker on one-year outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation: insights from a multicenter registry study in China.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Jia-Meng Ren Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

J Geriatr Cardiol 2020 Dec;17(12):750-758

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI)/angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) therapy on the prognosis of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods: A total of 1, 991 AF patients from the AF registry were divided into two groups according to whether they were treated with ACEI/ARB at recruitment. Baseline characteristics were carefully collected and analyzed. Logistic regression was utilized to identify the predictors of ACEI/ARB therapy. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality, while the secondary endpoints included cardiovascular mortality, stroke and major adverse events (MAEs) during the one-year follow-up period. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression were performed to identify the association between ACEI/ARB therapy and the one-year outcomes.

Results: In total, 759 AF patients (38.1%) were treated with ACEI/ARB. Compared with AF patients without ACEI/ARB therapy, patients treated with ACEI/ARB tended to be older and had a higher rate of permanent AF, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart failure (HF), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40%, coronary artery disease (CAD), prior myocardial infarction (MI), left ventricular hypertrophy, tobacco use and concomitant medications (all < 0.05). Hypertension, HF, LVEF < 40%, CAD, prior MI and tobacco use were determined to be predictors of ACEI/ARB treatment. Multivariable analysis showed that ACEI/ARB therapy was associated with a significantly lower risk of one-year all-cause mortality [hazard ratio (HR) (95% CI): 0.682 (0.527-0.882), = 0.003], cardiovascular mortality [HR (95% CI): 0.713 (0.514-0.988), = 0.042] and MAEs [HR (95% CI): 0.698 (0.568-0.859), = 0.001]. The association between ACEI/ARB therapy and reduced mortality was consistent in the subgroup analysis.

Conclusions: In patients with AF, ACEI/ARB was related to significantly reduced one-year all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and MAEs despite the high burden of cardiovascular comorbidities.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7762696PMC
December 2020

Appraisal of the diagnostic procedures of acute pancreatitis in the guidelines.

Authors:
Ke-Qian Yi Ting Yang Yan-Min Yang Guo-Li Lan Li-Ya An Yu-Xing Qi Hong-Bo Fan Yong-Qing Duan Da-Li Sun

Syst Rev 2021 01 9;10(1):17. Epub 2021 Jan 9.

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University/Second Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650101, China.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to comprehensively assess the heterogeneity of procedures in the diagnostic guidelines for acute pancreatitis and to identify gaps limiting knowledge in diagnosing this disease.

Methods: A systematic search of a number of databases was performed to determine the guidelines for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis in patients with severe pancreatitis. The guidelines for the diagnosis of severe pancreatitis were evaluated by AGREE II. The Measurement Scale of Rate of Agreement (MSRA) was used to assess the guidelines (2015-2020) and extract evidence supporting these recommendations for analysis.

Results: Seven diagnostic guidelines for acute pancreatitis were included. Only the 2019 WSES Guidelines for the Management of Severe Acute Pancreatitis and the Japanese Guidelines for the Management of Acute Pancreatitis: Japanese Guidelines 2015 had a total score of more than 60%, which is worthy of clinical recommendation. The average scores of the Scope and Purpose domain and the Clarity and Expression domain were the highest at 71.62% and 75.59%, respectively, while the average score of the Applicability area was the lowest at 16.67%. The included guidelines were further analyzed to determine the heterogeneity of the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. The main reasons for the heterogeneity were the citation of low-quality evidence, the presence of far too many indicators for the classification of acute pancreatitis, unclear depictions of the standard, and poorly comprehensive recommendations for the diagnosis of the aetiology in the primary diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, the severity classification, the aetiological diagnosis, and the diagnosis of comorbidities.

Conclusions: The quality of different diagnostic guidelines for severe pancreatitis is uneven. The recommendations are largely based on low-quality evidence, and the guidelines still have much room for improvement to reach a high level of quality. The diagnostic procedures for acute pancreatitis vary widely in different guidelines. There are large differences between them, and resolving the abovementioned reasons would be a very wise choice for guideline developers to revise and upgrade the guidelines in the future.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796583PMC
January 2021

Impact of the shift to a fibrinolysis-first strategy on care and outcomes of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic-The experience from the largest cardiovascular-specific centre in China.

Authors:
Wen-Xiu Leng Jin-Gang Yang Xiang-Dong Li Wen-Yang Jiang Li-Jian Gao Yuan Wu Yan-Min Yang Jin-Qing Yuan Wei-Xian Yang Shu-Bin Qiao Yue-Jin Yang

Int J Cardiol 2021 04 8;329:260-265. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Electronic address:

Background: The impact of fibrinolysis-first strategy on outcomes of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic was unknown.

Methods: Data from STEMI patients presenting to Fuwai Hospital from January 23 to April 30, 2020 were compared with those during the equivalent period in 2019. The primary end-point was net adverse clinical events (NACE; a composite of death, non-fatal myocardial reinfarction, stroke, emergency revascularization, and bleeding over BARC type 3). The secondary outcome was a composite of recurrent ischaemia, cardiogenic shock, and exacerbated heart failure.

Results: The final analysis included 164 acute STEMI patients from 2020 and 240 from 2019. Eighteen patients (20.2% of those with indications) received fibrinolysis therapy in 2020 with a median door-to-needle time of 60.0 (43.5, 92.0) minutes. Patients in 2020 underwent primary PCI less frequently than their counterparts (14 [14.2%] vs. 144 [86.8%] in 2019, P < 0.001), and had a longer median door-to-balloon time (175 [121,213] minutes vs. 115 [83, 160] minutes in 2019, P = 0.009). Patients were more likely to undergo elective PCI (86 [52.4%] vs. 28 [11.6%] in 2019, P < 0.001). The in-hospital NACE was similar between 2020 and 2019 (14 [8.5%] vs. 25 [10.4%], P = 0.530), while more patients developed a secondary outcome in 2020 (20 [12.2%] vs. 12 [5.0%] in 2019, P = 0.009).

Conclusions: The fibrinolysis-first strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lower rate of timely coronary reperfusion and increased rates of recurrent ischaemia, cardiogenic shock, and exacerbated heart failure. However, the in-hospital NACE remained similar to that in 2019.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7723441PMC
April 2021

Association between body mass index and mortality in atrial fibrillation patients with and without diabetes mellitus: Insights from a multicenter registry study in China.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Jia-Meng Ren

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2020 11 28;30(12):2242-2251. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Background And Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods And Results: A total of 1991 AF patients were enrolled and divided into two groups according to whether they have DM at recruitment. Baseline information was collected and a mean follow-up of 1 year was carried out. The primary outcome was defined as all-cause mortality with the secondary outcomes including cardiovascular mortality, stroke and major adverse events (MAEs). Univariable and multivariable Cox regression were performed to estimate the association between BMI and 1-year outcomes in AF patients with and without DM. 309 patients with AF (15.5%) had comorbid DM at baseline. Patients with DM were more likely to have cardiovascular comorbidities, receive relevant medications but carry worse 1-year outcomes. Multivariable Cox regressions indicated that elevated BMI was related with reduced risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major adverse events. Compared to normal weight, overweight [HR (95% CI): 0.548 (0.405-0.741), p < 0.001] and obesity [HR (95% CI): 0.541 (0.326-0.898), p = 0.018] were significantly related with decreased all-cause mortality for the entire cohort. Remarkably reduced all-cause mortality in the overweight [HR (95% CI): 0.497 (0.347-0.711), p < 0.001] and obesity groups [HR (95% CI): 0.405 (0.205-0.800), p = 0.009] could also be detected in AF patients without DM, but not in those with DM.

Conclusion: Elevated BMI was associated with reduced mortality in patients with AF. This association was modified by DM. The obesity paradox confined to AF patients without DM, but could not be generalized to those with DM.
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November 2020

Increased mortality in patients with secondary diagnosis of atrial fibrillation: Report from Chinese AF registry.

Authors:
Xing-Hui Shao Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Li-Tian Yu Li-Sheng Liu

Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2020 09 15;25(5):e12774. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy Of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Background: The relationship between mortality and the primary diagnosis in AF patients is poorly recognized. The purpose of the study is to compare the differences on mortality in patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of AF and to identify risk factors amenable to treatment.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study using data from the Chinese AF registry. For admitted patients, a follow-up was completed to obtain the outcomes during 1 year.

Results: A total of 2015 patients with confirmed AF were included. AF was the primary diagnosis in 40.9% (n = 825) of them. 78.9% (n = 939) of the secondary AF diagnosis patients and 55.5% (n = 458) of the primary AF diagnosis patients were sustained AF. Compared with primary AF diagnosis group, the secondary AF diagnosis group was older with more comorbidities. At 1 year, the unadjusted mortality was much higher in the secondary AF diagnosis groups compared with the primary AF diagnosis groups. In Cox regression analysis with adjustment for confounding factors, patients with secondary AF diagnosis were associated with an increased mortality (relative risk 1.723; 95% CI: 1.283 to 2.315, p < .001). On multivariate analysis, age ≥ 75, LVSD, COPD, and diabetes were independent predictors of mortality in patients with primary AF diagnosis, while for the secondary AF diagnosis group, the risk factors were age ≥ 75, heart failure, and previous history of stroke.

Conclusions: Patients presenting to ED with secondary diagnosis of AF were suffering from higher mortality risks compared with primary AF diagnosis patients. Physicians should distinguish these two groups in clinical practice.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507354PMC
September 2020

The efficacy and safety of CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy compared with conventional antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Jia-Meng Ren

Platelets 2020 Nov 16;31(8):971-980. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 genotype is closely associated with the metabolism and efficacy of clopidogrel, thereby having an important impact on clinical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy in patients with ACS or undergoing PCI. PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library and clinicaltrials.gov were searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy with conventional therapy in patients with ACS or undergoing PCI. Eight RCTs involving 6708 patients were included in this meta-analysis. CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy was slightly superior to the conventional antiplatelet therapy in reducing the risk of MACE [RR(95%CI): 0.71(0.51-0.98), = .04]. Meanwhile, the genotype-guided therapy group had significantly lower incidence of myocardial infarction [RR(95%CI): 0.56(0.40-0.78), < .01], but similar risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, stent thrombosis, urgent revascularization and stroke compared to the conventional therapy group. Incidences of major/minor bleeding and major bleeding were comparable between the two groups. In patients with ACS or undergoing PCI, CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy displayed benefit over conventional antiplatelet therapy in reducing the risk of MACE and myocardial infarction, without increasing bleeding risk. Further RCTs are needed to provide more evidences for CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy.
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November 2020

Gender-specific association between body mass index and all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Authors:
Si-Qi Lyu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Juan Wang Shuang Wu Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao Jia-Meng Ren

Clin Cardiol 2020 Jul 30;43(7):706-714. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Emergency and Critical Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Background: Elevated body mass index (BMI) is related with reduced mortality in various cardiovascular diseases.

Hypothesis: Gender-specific association between BMI and mortality exists in atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods: In this multicenter observational study with a mean follow-up of 1 year, a total of 1991 AF patients were enrolled and divided into two groups based on the gender. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality while the secondary endpoints were defined as cardiovascular mortality, stroke, and major adverse events during 1-year follow-up. Cox regression was performed to identify the association between BMI and clinical outcomes according to gender.

Results: Female patients with AF tended to be older (P = .027) and thinner (P < .001) than male patients with AF. They were more likely to have heart failure, hyperthyroidism, and valvular AF (all P < .05), but less likely to have coronary artery disease and prior myocardial infarction (all P < .01). Multivariate analysis revealed that overweight (HR(95%CI): 0.55(0.41-0.75), P < .001) and obese patients (HR(95%CI): 0.56(0.34-0.94), P = .028) were associated with significant lower all-cause mortality compared with normal weight patients for the entire cohort. Similar association between elevated BMI and reduced all-cause mortality were only identified in female patients with AF (overweight vs normal weight: HR(95%CI): 0.43(0.27-0.70); obesity vs normal weight: HR(95%CI): 0.46(0.22-0.97)), but not in male patients with AF.

Conclusion: This study indicates that overweight and obesity were related with improved survival in patients with AF. The association between elevated BMI and reduced mortality was dependent on gender, which was only significant in female patients, rather than male patients.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7368315PMC
July 2020

BRD4 expression in patients with essential hypertension and its effect on blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Authors:
Yan-Min Yang Rong-Hua Shi Chuan-Xiang Xu Lei Li

J Am Soc Hypertens 2018 12 22;12(12):e107-e117. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Rizhao People's Hospital, Rizhao, Shandong, China. Electronic address:

The objective of this study was to investigate BRD4 expression in patients with essential hypertension (EH) and its effects on the blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. BRD4 expression was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot in 163 patients with EH and its relation to systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were analyzed accordingly. In vivo, rats were divided into WKY (Wistar-Kyoto rats), SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rats), SHR + JQ1 (BRD4 inhibitor), and SHR + Vehicle control. Rats' blood pressure was measured by the tail-cuff method. The protein expressions related to inflammation and oxidative stress of rats were determined. BRD4 was higher in patients with EH than healthy controls, which was positively correlated to systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure of enrolled subjects including patients with EH and healthy controls. Rats in the SHR group showed reduced food-intake, decreased body weight, and gradually increased blood pressure compared with WKY group. Besides, SHR rats were upregulated in plasma levels of Ang II, ET-1, MDA, IL-6, and TNF-α, and substantially downregulated in NO, NOS, and SOD levels. Moreover, eNOS activity in aortic tissues of SHR rats declined obviously, whereas the content of nitrite and O, the activity of NADPH oxidase and NADH oxidase, and the expression of p-NF-κB p65 went up statistically, which could be partially reversed by JQ1. BRD4 was highly expressed in patients with EH, and inhibiting BRD4 could reduce oxidative stress and inflammatory response, alleviate endothelial cell damage, ameliorate aortic injury, and lower blood pressure, supporting the hypothesis that BRD4 inhibition could be a potential target for the clinical treatment of patients with EH.
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December 2018

X-ray-activated long persistent phosphors featuring strong UVC afterglow emissions.

Authors:
Yan-Min Yang Zhi-Yong Li Jun-Ying Zhang Yue Lu Shao-Qiang Guo Qing Zhao Xin Wang Zi-Jun Yong Hong Li Ju-Ping Ma Yoshihiro Kuroiwa Chikako Moriyoshi Li-Li Hu Li-Yan Zhang Li-Rong Zheng Hong-Tao Sun

Light Sci Appl 2018 14;7:88. Epub 2018 Nov 14.

2College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123 Jiangsu, China.

Phosphors emitting visible and near-infrared persistent luminescence have been explored extensively owing to their unusual properties and commercial interest in their applications such as glow-in-the-dark paints, optical information storage, and in vivo bioimaging. However, no persistent phosphor that features emissions in the ultraviolet C range (200-280 nm) has been known to exist so far. Here, we demonstrate a strategy for creating a new generation of persistent phosphor that exhibits strong ultraviolet C emission with an initial power density over 10 milliwatts per square meter and an afterglow of more than 2 h. Experimental characterizations coupled with first-principles calculations have revealed that structural defects associated with oxygen introduction-induced anion vacancies in fluoride elpasolite can function as electron traps, which capture and store a large number of electrons triggered by X-ray irradiation. Notably, we show that the ultraviolet C afterglow intensity of the yielded phosphor is sufficiently strong for sterilization. Our discovery of this ultraviolet C afterglow opens up new avenues for research on persistent phosphors, and it offers new perspectives on their applications in terms of sterilization, disinfection, drug release, cancer treatment, anti-counterfeiting, and beyond.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234205PMC
November 2018

Long-term treatment with ivabradine in transgenic atrial fibrillation mice counteracts hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated channel overexpression.

Authors:
Juan Wang Yan-Min Yang Yang Li Jun Zhu Hong Lian Xing-Hui Shao Han Zhang Yi-Cheng Fu Lian-Feng Zhang

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2019 02 5;30(2):242-252. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Ministry of Health, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Introduction: Recent studies have demonstrated that ivabradine (IVA), is a selective inhibitor of funny current (If) and exerts antiarrhythmic effects in the settings of various diseases such as heart failure and myocardial ischemia. However, little is known regarding the effects of long-term IVA treatment on I current and hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated (HCN) channel overexpression.

Methods And Results: We investigated both the I current and HCN channel expression in wild-type (WT) mice and transgenic (TG) atrial fibrillation (AF) mice (heart-specific overexpressing of (pro) renin receptor TG mice) and examined the effects of IVA on the I current and HCN channel expression, and whether those effects were sufficient to prevent an AF episode. Compared with WT mice, the I current density (at -170 mV: TG, -39.6 ± 4.6 pA/pF; WT, -26.9 ± 3.0 pA/pF; P < 0.001) and activation kinetics (V : TG, -109.45 ± 1.35 mV; WT, -128.20 ± 1.65 mV), as well as HCN2 and HCN4 messenger RNA expression and HCN4 protein expression were significantly increased in the atrial myocytes of TG mice. After 4 months of IVA treatment (7 mg/kg per day orally) the effects of IVA on TG AF mice were accompanied by the inhibition of upregulation of HCN2 and HCN4 protein expression in atrial tissue, and then resulted in a uniform I loss of function. Furthermore, we observed that ivabradine significantly decreased the incidence of AF in the TG mice (41.2% in TG mice, 16.7% in TG + IVA mice; P < 0.01).

Conclusion: IVA reduced the incidence of AF in mice, and the antiarrhythmic effects of IVA are not limited to heart rate reduction, as they partially counteract HCN overexpression and reverse electrophysiological cardiac remodeling by attenuating I gain-of-function.
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February 2019

The association between plasma big endothelin-1 levels at admission and long-term outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Authors:
Shuang Wu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Jia-Meng Ren Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Atherosclerosis 2018 05 2;272:1-7. Epub 2018 Mar 2.

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China.

Background And Aims: The prognostic role of big endothelin-1 (ET-1) in atrial fibrillation (AF) is unclear. We aimed to assess its predictive value in patients with AF.

Methods: A total of 716 AF patients were enrolled and divided into two groups based on the optimal cut-off value of big ET-1 in predicting all-cause mortality. The primary outcomes were all-cause mortality and major adverse events (MAEs). Cox regression analysis and net reclassification improvement (NRI) analysis were performed to assess the predictive value of big ET-1 on outcomes.

Results: With the optimal cut-off value of 0.55 pmol/L, 326 patients were classified into the high big ET-1 levels group. Cardiac dysfunction and left atrial dilation were factors related to high big ET-1 levels. During a median follow-up of 3 years, patients with big ET-1 ≥ 0.55 pmol/L had notably higher risk of all-cause death (44.8% vs. 11.5%, p < 0.001), MAEs (51.8% vs. 17.4%, p < 0.001), cardiovascular death, major bleeding, and tended to have higher thromboembolic risk. After adjusting for confounding factors, high big ET-1 level was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio (HR) 2.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.46-3.05; p < 0.001), MAEs (HR 2.05, 95% CI 1.50-2.80; p = 0.001), and cardiovascular death (HR 2.44, 95% CI 1.52-3.93; p < 0.001). NRI analysis showed that big ET-1 allowed a significant improvement of 0.32 in the accuracy of predicting the risk of both all-cause mortality and MAEs.

Conclusions: Elevated big ET-1 levels is an independent predictor of long-term all-cause mortality, MAEs, and cardiovascular death in patients with AF.
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May 2018

Predictors of digoxin use and risk of mortality in ED patients with atrial fibrillation.

Authors:
Shuang Wu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Jia-Meng Ren Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Am J Emerg Med 2017 Nov 27;35(11):1589-1594. Epub 2017 Apr 27.

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, People's Republic of China.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate factors of digoxin use and its relation to mortality in ED patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods: The Chinese AF registry enrolled 2016 AF patients from 20 representative EDs, and the period of study was one year. Predictors of digoxin use and its relation to mortality were assessed by logistic and Cox regression analyses.

Results: Digoxin was assigned in 609 patients (30.6%), and younger age, lower body mass index values, and existence of permanent AF, heart failure (HF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and valvular heart disease were identified to be factors associated with digoxin use. During the follow-up, compared to patients without digoxin therapy, digoxin-treated patients had significantly higher risk of all-cause death (17.2% vs. 13.0%, P=0.012) and cardiovascular death (15.1% vs. 6.7%, P<0.001), but similar risk of sudden cardiac death (1.1% vs. 0.7%, P=0.341). However, after adjustment for related covariates, digoxin use was no longer notably associated with increased all-cause mortality (hazards ratio [HR] 0.973, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.718-1.318) and cardiovascular death (HR 1.313, 95% CI 0.905-1.906). Besides, neutral associations of digoxin treatment to mortality were obtained in relevant subgroups, with no interactions observed between digoxin and gender, HF, valvular heart disease, or concomitant warfarin treatment in mortality risk.

Conclusions: In ED patients with AF, digoxin was more frequently assigned to vulnerable patients with concomitant HF or valvular heart disease, and digoxin use was not related to a significantly increased risk of mortality.
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November 2017

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with myocarditis mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Analysis of a case series.

Authors:
Shuang Wu Yan-Min Yang Jun Zhu Huai-Bin Wan Juan Wang Han Zhang Xing-Hui Shao

Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 May;96(19):e6863

Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Acute myocarditis mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is highly deceptive for an accurate diagnosis, and a systematic study is lacking with regard to the clinical features and prognosis of this distinct clinical entity.Patients with suspected STEMI and eventually diagnosed with myocarditis by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) from January 2012 to April 2016 at Fuwai Hospital were identified by reviewing medical records and electronic databases. Follow-up was conducted by clinical visits and phone contacts in a median duration of 17 months.A total of 18 patients were included in the study, with 17 males and 1 female. They were relatively young, and their mean age was 30.8 years. 94.4% of the patients had a high prevalence of infectious prodrome, and inflammatory biomarkers were notably elevated in all patients. Late gadolinium enhancement on CMR was detected in 13 patients. Three patients underwent fulminant course, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <45% on admission occurred in 3 patients. The median LVEF improved from 59% on admission to 65% at discharge (P <.001), and none developed cardiac insufficiency, heart transplantation, or death during a median follow-up of 17 months.Myocarditis mimicking STEMI is featured by young age and an existence of flu-like prodrome. CMR benefits the differential diagnosis of this unique clinical entity. Notably, patients with myocarditis mimicking STEMI had a favorable prognosis, and establishing an accurate diagnosis is crucial to avoid unreasonable treatments for them.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5428615PMC
May 2017

Admission white blood cell count predicts short-term clinical outcomes in patients with uncomplicated Stanford type B acute aortic dissection.

Authors:
Zhao-Ran Chen Bi Huang Hai-Song Lu Zhen-Hua Zhao Ru-Tai Hui Yan-Min Yang Xiao-Han Fan

J Geriatr Cardiol 2017 Jan;14(1):49-56

State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Objectives: Inflammation has been shown to be related with acute aortic dissection (AAD). The present study aimed to evaluate the association of white blood cell counts (WBCc) on admission with both in-hospital and long-term all-cause mortality in patients with uncomplicated Stanford type B AAD.

Methods: From 2008 to 2010, a total of 377 consecutive patients with uncomplicated type B AAD were enrolled and then followed up. Clinical data and WBCc on admission were collected. The primary end points were in-hospital death and long-term all-cause death.

Results: The in-hospital death rate was 4.2%, and the long-term all-cause mortality rate was 6.9% during a median follow-up of 18.9 months. WBCc on admission was identified as a risk factor for in-hospital death by univariate Cox regression analysis as both a continuous variable and a categorical variable using a cut off of 11.0 × 10 cell/L (all < 0.05). After adjusting for age, sex and other risk factors, elevated admission WBCc was still a significant predictor for in-hospital death as both a continuous variable [hazard ratio (HR): 1.052, 95% CI: 1.024-1.336, = 0.002] and a categorical variable using a cut off of 11.0 × 10 cell/L (HR: 2.056, 95% CI: 1.673-5.253, = 0.034). No relationship was observed between WBCc on admission and long-term all-cause death.

Conclusions: Our results indicate that elevated WBCc upon admission might be used as a predictor for increased risk of in-hospital death in uncomplicated type B AAD. There might be no predictive value of WBCc for the long-term survival of type B AAD.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329733PMC
January 2017
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