2024
Torsemide Versus Furosemide After Discharge in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Across the Spectrum of Ejection Fraction: Findings From TRANSFORM-HF
Kapelios C, Greene S, Mentz R, Ikeaba U, Wojdyla D, Anstrom K, Eisenstein E, Pitt B, Velazquez E, Fang J, Investigators T. Torsemide Versus Furosemide After Discharge in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Across the Spectrum of Ejection Fraction: Findings From TRANSFORM-HF. Circulation Heart Failure 2024, 17: e011246. PMID: 38436075, PMCID: PMC10950535, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.123.011246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionLVEF groupsKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Clinical Summary ScoreMildly reduced left ventricular ejection fractionBaseline left ventricular ejection fractionReduced left ventricular ejection fractionClinical summary scoreHeart failureNo significant differenceEjection fractionClinical outcomesLVEF spectrumSignificant differenceLeft ventricular ejection fraction dataEnd pointsSpectrum of ejection fractionEffect of torsemideRisk of clinical outcomesVentricular ejection fractionStudy end pointBaseline patient characteristicsClinical end pointsSummary scoreAll-cause mortalityPrevalence of comorbidities
2016
Metabolomic Profiling Identifies Novel Circulating Biomarkers of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Differentially Elevated in Heart Failure With Preserved Versus Reduced Ejection Fraction: Evidence for Shared Metabolic Impairments in Clinical Heart Failure
Hunter WG, Kelly JP, McGarrah RW, Khouri MG, Craig D, Haynes C, Ilkayeva O, Stevens RD, Bain JR, Muehlbauer MJ, Newgard CB, Felker GM, Hernandez AF, Velazquez EJ, Kraus WE, Shah SH. Metabolomic Profiling Identifies Novel Circulating Biomarkers of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Differentially Elevated in Heart Failure With Preserved Versus Reduced Ejection Fraction: Evidence for Shared Metabolic Impairments in Clinical Heart Failure. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003190. PMID: 27473038, PMCID: PMC5015273, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.003190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionReduced ejection fractionEjection fractionHF controlsHFpEF casesHeart failureMetabolic impairmentVersus Reduced Ejection FractionHistory of HFNormal diastolic functionNovel circulating biomarkersClinical heart failureVentricular ejection fractionDiastolic dysfunction gradeHeart failure pathogenesisStrict inclusion criteriaFatty acid oxidationLVEF spectrumCardiac catheterizationDiastolic functionHF diagnosisSequential patientsMetabolic abnormalitiesInsulin resistanceCirculating Biomarkers