2017
Inflammation and cardio‐renal interactions in heart failure: a potential role for interleukin‐6
Hanberg JS, Rao VS, Ahmad T, Chunara Z, Mahoney D, Jackson K, Jacoby D, Chen M, Wilson FP, Tang WHW, Kakkar R, Testani JM. Inflammation and cardio‐renal interactions in heart failure: a potential role for interleukin‐6. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2017, 20: 933-934. PMID: 29024287, PMCID: PMC5895540, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlasma Levels of MicroRNA-155 Are Upregulated with Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Wang T, O’Brien E, Rogers JG, Jacoby DL, Chen ME, Testani JM, Bowles DE, Milano CA, Felker GM, Patel CB, Bonde PN, Ahmad T. Plasma Levels of MicroRNA-155 Are Upregulated with Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. ASAIO Journal 2017, 63: 536-541. PMID: 28319523, PMCID: PMC5585122, DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLVAD supportHeart failureMechanically Assisted Circulatory Support level 1Continuous-flow LVAD implantationLong-term LVAD supportMiR-155Ventricular assist device therapyMicroRNA-155Ventricular assist device supportPost-LVAD placementAdverse clinical outcomesAssist device supportPlasma expression levelsSupport level 1Real-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionRelative quantification valuesContinuous blood flowWilcoxon signed-rank testMultiple biologic processesLVAD physiologyMeasurement of miRNAsInteragency RegistryLVAD implantationHF pathogenesisCompensatory Distal Reabsorption Drives Diuretic Resistance in Human Heart Failure
Rao VS, Planavsky N, Hanberg JS, Ahmad T, Brisco-Bacik MA, Wilson FP, Jacoby D, Chen M, Tang WHW, Cherney DZI, Ellison DH, Testani JM. Compensatory Distal Reabsorption Drives Diuretic Resistance in Human Heart Failure. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2017, 28: 3414-3424. PMID: 28739647, PMCID: PMC5661276, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016111178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiuretic resistanceHeart failureLoop diureticsSodium reabsorptionHigh-dose loop diureticsDistal tubular sodium reabsorptionSodium exitLoop diuretic administrationTubular sodium reabsorptionHuman heart failureFurosemide equivalentsDistal reabsorptionConsecutive patientsFractional excretionSodium handlingDiuretic administrationProximal tubularControl cohortCare centerTreatment strategiesAnimal modelsDiureticsNet sodiumFENaTubular location
2016
Rapid and Highly Accurate Prediction of Poor Loop Diuretic Natriuretic Response in Patients With Heart Failure
Testani JM, Hanberg JS, Cheng S, Rao V, Onyebeke C, Laur O, Kula A, Chen M, Wilson FP, Darlington A, Bellumkonda L, Jacoby D, Tang WH, Parikh CR. Rapid and Highly Accurate Prediction of Poor Loop Diuretic Natriuretic Response in Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2016, 9: e002370. PMID: 26721915, PMCID: PMC4741370, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.115.002370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdministration, IntravenousAgedBiomarkersBumetanideDrug MonitoringDrug ResistanceFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, BiologicalNatriuresisPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsSodiumSodium Potassium Chloride Symporter InhibitorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUrinalysisConceptsAcute decompensated heart failureDecompensated heart failureNatriuretic responseSpot urine samplesSodium outputHeart failureDiuretic administrationAcute decompensated heart failure patientsDecompensated heart failure patientsLoop diuretic administrationPrimary therapeutic objectiveUrine samplesHeart failure patientsPositive sodium balanceNet fluid outputDiuretic dosingIntravenous bumetanideMedian doseFailure patientsDiuretic responseSodium balanceUrine collectionFluid balanceTherapeutic objectivesFluid output