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- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoAntihypertensives and Statin Therapy for Primary Stroke Prevention: A Secondary Analysis of the HOPE-3 Tria(Stroke, 2021-05-14) Bosch, Jackie; Lonn, Eva; Dagenais, Gilles; Gao, Peggy; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Zhu, Jun; Pais, Prem; Avezum, Alvaro; Sliwa, Karen; Chazova, Irina E.; Peters, Ron; Held, Claes; Yusoff, Khalid; Lewis, Basil S.; Toff, William D.; Khunti, Kamlesh; Reid, Christopher M.; Leiter, Lawrence A.; Yusuf, Salim; Hart, Robert G.; The HOPE-3 Investigators; MasiraBackground and Purpose: The HOPE-3 trial (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation–3) found that antihypertensive therapy combined with a statin reduced first stroke among people at intermediate cardiovascular risk. We report secondary analyses of stroke outcomes by stroke subtype, predictors, treatment effects in key subgroups. Methods: Using a 2-by-2 factorial design, 12 705 participants from 21 countries with vascular risk factors but without overt cardiovascular disease were randomized to candesartan 16 mg plus hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg daily or placebo and to rosuvastatin 10 mg daily or placebo. The effect of the interventions on stroke subtypes was assessed. Results: Participants were 66 years old and 46% were women. Baseline blood pressure (138/82 mm Hg) was reduced by 6.0/3.0 mm Hg and LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; 3.3 mmol/L) was reduced by 0.90 mmol/L on active treatment. During 5.6 years of follow-up, 169 strokes occurred (117 ischemic, 29 hemorrhagic, 23 undetermined). Blood pressure lowering did not significantly reduce stroke (hazard ratio [HR], 0.80 [95% CI, 0.59–1.08]), ischemic stroke (HR, 0.80 [95% CI, 0.55–1.15]), hemorrhagic stroke (HR, 0.71 [95% CI, 0.34–1.48]), or strokes of undetermined origin (HR, 0.92 [95% CI, 0.41–2.08]). Rosuvastatin significantly reduced strokes (HR, 0.70 [95% CI, 0.52–0.95]), with reductions mainly in ischemic stroke (HR, 0.53 [95% CI, 0.37–0.78]) but did not significantly affect hemorrhagic (HR, 1.22 [95% CI, 0.59–2.54]) or strokes of undetermined origin (HR, 1.29 [95% CI, 0.57–2.95]). The combination of both interventions compared with double placebo substantially and significantly reduced strokes (HR, 0.56 [95% CI, 0.36–0.87]) and ischemic strokes (HR, 0.41 [95% CI, 0.23–0.72]). Conclusions: Among people at intermediate cardiovascular risk but without overt cardiovascular disease, rosuvastatin 10 mg daily significantly reduced first stroke. Blood pressure lowering combined with rosuvastatin reduced ischemic stroke by 59%. Both therapies are safe and generally well tolerated.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoBlood-pressure and cholesterol lowering in persons without cardiovascular disease(2016-04-02) Yusuf, Salim; Lonn, Eva; Pais, Prem; Bosch, Jackie; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Zhu, Jun; Xavier, Denis; Avezum, Alvaro; Leiter, Lawrence A.; Piegas, Leopoldo S.; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Keltai, Matyas; Keltai, Katalin; Sliwa, Karen; Chazova, Irina; Peters, Ron J.G.; Held, Claes; Yusoff, Khalid; Lewis, Basil S.; Jansky, Petr; Khunti, Kamlesh; Toff, William D.; Reid, Christopher M.; Varigos, John; Accini, Jose Luis; McKelvie, Robert; Pogue, Janice; Jung, Hyejung; Liu, Lisheng; Diaz, Rafael; Dans, Antonio; Dagenais, Gilles; HOPE-3 InvestigatorsBACKGROUND Elevated blood pressure and elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lowering both should reduce the risk of cardiovascular events substantially. METHODS In a trial with 2-by-2 factorial design, we randomly assigned 12,705 participants at intermediate risk who did not have cardiovascular disease to rosuvastatin (10 mg perday) or placebo and to candesartan (16 mg per day) plus hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg per day) or placebo. In the analyses reported here, we compared the 3180 participants assigned to combined therapy (with rosuvastatin and the two antihypertensive agents) with the 3168 participants assigned to dual placebo. The first coprimary outcome was the composite of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke, and the second coprimary outcome additionally included heart failure, cardiac arrest, or revascularization. The median follow-up was 5.6 years. RESULTS The decrease in the LDL cholesterol level was 33.7 mg per deciliter (0.87 mmol per liter) greater in the combined-therapy group than in the dual-placebo group, and the decrease in systolic blood pressure was 6.2 mm Hg greater with combined therapy than with dual placebo. The first coprimary outcome occurred in 113 participants (3.6%) in the combined-therapy group and in 157 (5.0%) in the dual-placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.56 to 0.90; P=0.005). The second coprimary outcome occurred in 136 participants (4.3%) and 187 participants (5.9%), respectively (hazard ratio, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.57 to 0.89; P=0.003). Muscle weakness and dizziness were more common in the combined-therapy group than in the dual-placebo group, but the overall rate of discontinuation of the trial regimen was similar in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS The combination of rosuvastatin (10 mg per day), candesartan (16 mg per day), and hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg per day) was associated with a significantly lower rate of cardiovascular events than dual placebo among persons at intermediate risk who did not have cardiovascular disease. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and AstraZeneca; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00468923.)
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoBlood-pressure lowering in intermediate-risk persons without cardiovascular disease(2016-04-26) Lonn, Eva; Bosch, Jackie; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Zhu, Jun; Liu, Lisheng; Pais, Prem; Diaz, Rafael; Xavier, Denis; Sliwa, Karen; Dans, Antonio; Avezum, Alvaro; Leopoldo S., Piegas; Keltai, Katalin; Keltai, Matyas; Chazova, Irina; Peters, Ron J.G.; Held, Claes; Yusoff, Khalid; Lewis, Basil S.; Jansky, Petr; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Khunti, Kamlesh; Toff, William D.; Reid, Christopher M.; Varigos, John; Leiter, Lawrence A.; Molina, Dora I.; McKelvie, Robert; Pogue, Janice; Wilkinson, Joanne; Jung, Hyejung; Dagenais, Gilles; Yusuf, Salim; HOPE-3 InvestigatorsBACKGROUND Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular events among high-risk persons and among those with a systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher, but its role in persons at intermediate risk and with lower blood pressure is unclear. METHODS In one comparison from a 2-by-2 factorial trial, we randomly assigned 12,705 participants at intermediate risk who did not have cardiovascular disease to receive either candesartan at a dose of 16 mg per day plus hydrochlorothiazide at a dose of 12.5 mg per day or placebo. The first coprimary outcome was the composite of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke; the second coprimary outcome additionally included resuscitated cardiac arrest, heart failure, and revascularization. The median follow-up was 5.6 years. RESULTS The mean blood pressure of the participants at baseline was 138.1/81.9 mm Hg; the decrease in blood pressure was 6.0/3.0 mm Hg greater in the active-treatment group than in the placebo group. The first coprimary outcome occurred in 260 participants (4.1%) in the active-treatment group and in 279 (4.4%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.79 to 1.10; P=0.40); the second coprimary outcome occurred in 312 participants (4.9%) and 328 participants (5.2%), respectively (hazard ratio, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.81 to 1.11; P=0.51). In one of the three prespecified hypothesis-based subgroups, participants in the subgroup for the upper third of systolic blood pressure (>143.5 mm Hg) who were in the active-treatment group had significantly lower rates of the first and second coprimary outcomes than those in the placebo group; effects were neutral in the middle and lower thirds (P=0.02 and P=0.009, respectively, for trend in the two outcomes). CONCLUSIONS Therapy with candesartan at a dose of 16 mg per day plus hydrochlorothiazide at a dose of 12.5 mg per day was not associated with a lower rate of major cardiovascular events than placebo among persons at intermediate risk who did not have cardiovascular disease. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and AstraZeneca; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00468923.)
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoCholesterol lowering in intermediate-risk persons without cardiovascular disease(2016-05-26) Yusuf, Salim; Bosch, Jackie; Dagenais, Gilles; Zhu, Jun; Xavier, Denis; Liu, Lisheng; Pais, Prem; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Leiter, Lawrence A.; Dans, Antonio; Avezum, Alvaro; Piegas, Leopoldo S.; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Keltai, Katalin; Keltai, Matyas; Sliwa, Karen; Peters, Ron J.G.; Held, Claes; Chazova, Irina; Yusoff, Khalid; Lewis, Basil S.; Jansky, Petr; Khunti, Kamlesh; Toff, William D.; Reid, Christopher M.; Varigos, John; Sánchez Vallejo, Gregorio; McKelvie, Robert; Pogue, Janice; Jung, Hyejung; Gao, Peggy; Diaz, Rafael; Lonn, Eva; The HOPE-3 InvestigatorsBACKGROUND Previous trials have shown that the use of statins to lower cholesterol reduces the risk of cardiovascular events among persons without cardiovascular disease. Those trials have involved persons with elevated lipid levels or inflammatory markers and involved mainly white persons. It is unclear whether the benefits of statins can be extended to an intermediate-risk, ethnically diverse population without cardiovascular disease. METHODS In one comparison from a 2-by-2 factorial trial, we randomly assigned 12,705 participants in 21 countries who did not have cardiovascular disease and were at intermediate risk to receive rosuvastatin at a dose of 10 mg per day or placebo. The first coprimary outcome was the composite of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke, and the second coprimary outcome additionally included revascularization, heart failure, and resuscitated cardiac arrest. The median follow-up was 5.6 years. RESULTS The overall mean low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was 26.5% lower in the rosuvastatin group than in the placebo group. The first coprimary outcome occurred in 235 participants (3.7%) in the rosuvastatin group and in 304 participants (4.8%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.64 to 0.91; P=0.002). The results for the second coprimary outcome were consistent with the results for the first (occurring in 277 participants [4.4%] in the rosuvastatin group and in 363 participants [5.7%] in the placebo group; hazard ratio, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.64 to 0.88; P<0.001). The results were also consistent in subgroups defined according to cardiovascular risk at baseline, lipid level, C-reactive protein level, blood pressure, and race or ethnic group. In the rosuvastatin group, there was no excess of diabetes or cancers, but there was an excess of cataract surgery (in 3.8% of the participants, vs. 3.1% in the placebo group; P=0.02) and muscle symptoms (in 5.8% of the participants, vs. 4.7% in the placebo group; P=0.005). CONCLUSIONS Treatment with rosuvastatin at a dose of 10 mg per day resulted in a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular events than placebo in an intermediate-risk, ethnically diverse population without cardiovascular disease. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and AstraZeneca; HOPE-3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00468923.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoFixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications(The Lancet, 2019-07-15) Benjamin, Ivor J.; Kreutz, Reinhold; Olsen, Michael H.; Schutte, Aletta E.; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Frieden, Thomas R.; Sliwa, Karen; Lackland, Daniel T.; Brainin, Michael.; Everest
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoFixed-dose combination therapies with and without aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis(The Lancet, 2021-09-25) Joseph, Philip; Roshandel, Gholamreza; Gao, Peggy; Pais, Prem; Lonn, Eva; Xavier, Denis; Avezum, Alvaro; Zhu, Jun; Liu, Lisheng; Sliwa, Karen; Gamra, Habib; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.; Teo, Koon; Diaz, Rafael; Dans, Antonio; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Castellano, Jose Maria; Fuster, Valentin; Rodgers, Anthony; Huffman, Mark D.; Bosch, Jackie; Dagenais, Gilles R.; Malekzadeh, Reza; Yusuf, Salim; Polypill Trialists' Collaboration; MasiraBackground In randomised controlled trials, fixed-dose combination treatments (or polypills) have been shown to reduce a composite of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary prevention. However, whether or not aspirin should be included, effects on specific outcomes, and effects in key subgroups are unknown. Methods We did an individual participant data meta-analysis of large randomised controlled trials (each with ≥1000 participants and ≥2 years of follow-up) of a fixed-dose combination treatment strategy versus control in a primary cardiovascular disease prevention population. We included trials that evaluated a fixed-dose combination strategy of at least two blood pressure lowering agents plus a statin (with or without aspirin), compared with a control strategy (either placebo or usual care). The primary outcome was time to first occurrence of a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or arterial revascularisation. Additional outcomes included individual cardiovascular outcomes and death from any cause. Outcomes were also evaluated in groups stratified by the inclusion of aspirin in the fixed-dose treatment strategy, and effect sizes were estimated in prespecified subgroups based on risk factors. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to compare strategies. Findings Three large randomised trials were included in the analysis (TIPS-3, HOPE-3, and PolyIran), with a total of 18 162 participants. Mean age was 63·0 years (SD 7·1), and 9038 (49·8%) participants were female. Estimated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk for the population was 17·7% (8·7). During a median follow-up of 5 years, the primary outcome occurred in 276 (3·0%) participants in the fixed-dose combination strategy group compared with 445 (4·9%) in the control group (hazard ratio 0·62, 95% CI 0·53–0·73, p<0·0001). Reductions were also observed for the separate components of the primary outcome: myocardial infarction (0·52, 0·38–0·70), revascularisation (0·54, 0·36–0·80), stroke (0·59, 0·45–0·78), and cardiovascular death (0·65, 0·52–0·81). Significant reductions in the primary outcome and its components were observed in the analyses of fixed-dose combination strategies with and without aspirin, with greater reductions for strategies including aspirin. Treatment effects were similar at different lipid and blood pressure levels, and in the presence or absence of diabetes, smoking, or obesity. Gastrointestinal bleeding was uncommon but slightly more frequent in the fixed-dose combination strategy with aspirin group versus control (19 [0·4%] vs 11 [0·2%], p=0·15). The frequencies of haemorrhagic stroke (10 [0·2%] vs 15 [0·3%]), fatal bleeding (two [<0·1%] vs four [0·1%]), and peptic ulcer disease (32 [0·7%] vs 34 [0·8%]) were low and did not differ significantly between groups. Dizziness was more common with fixed-dose combination treatment (1060 [11·7%] vs 834 [9·2%], p<0·0001). Interpretation Fixed-dose combination treatment strategies substantially reduce cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, revascularisation, and cardiovascular death in primary cardiovascular disease prevention. These benefits are consistent irrespective of cardiometabolic risk factors.
- PublicaciónRestringidoGlobal mortality variations in patients with heart failure : Results from the International Congestive Heart Failure (INTER-CHF) prospective cohort study(2017-07-01) Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Dokainish, Hisham; Teo, Koon; Zhu, Jun; Roy, Ambuj; AlHabib, Khalid F.; ElSayed, Ahmed; Palileo Villaneuva, Lia; Karaye, Kamilu; Yusoff, Khalid; Orlandini, Andres; Sliwa, Karen; Mondo, Charles; Lanas, Fernando; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Badr, Amr; Elmaghawry, Mohamed; Damasceno, Albertino; Tibazarwa, Kemi; Belley Cote, Emilie; Balasubramanian, Kumar; Islam, Shofiqul; Yacoub, Magdi H.; Huffman, Mark D.; Harkness, Karen; Grinvalds, Alex; McKelvie, Robert; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.; Yusuf, Salim; On behalf of the INTER-CHF Investigators.Background Most data on mortality and prognostic factors in patients with heart failure come from North America and Europe, with little information from other regions. Here, in the International Congestive Heart Failure (INTERCHF) study, we aimed to measure mortality at 1 year in patients with heart failure in Africa, China, India, the Middle East, southeast Asia and South America; we also explored demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic variables associated with mortality. Methods We enrolled consecutive patients with heart failure (3695 [66%] clinic outpatients, 2105 [34%] hospital in patients) from 108 centres in six geographical regions. We recorded baseline demographic and clinical characteristics and followed up patients at 6 months and 1 year from enrolment to record symptoms, medications, and outcomes. Time to death was studied with Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for demographic and clinical variables, medications, socioeconomic variables, and region. We used the explained risk statistic to calculate the relative contribution of each level of adjustment to the risk of death. Findings We enrolled 5823 patients within 1 year (with 98% follow-up). Overall mortality was 16·5%: highest in Africa (34%) and India (23%), intermediate in southeast Asia (15%), and lowest in China (7%), South America (9%), and the Middle East (9%). Regional differences persisted after multivariable adjustment. Independent predictors of mortality included cardiac variables (New York Heart Association Functional Class III or IV, previous admission for heart failure, and valve disease) and non-cardiac variables (body-mass index, chronic kidney disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). 46% of mortality risk was explained by multivariable modelling with these variables; however, the remainder was unexplained. Interpretation Marked regional differences in mortality in patients with heart failure persisted after multivariable adjustment for cardiac and non-cardiac factors. Therefore, variations in mortality between regions could be the result of health-care infrastructure, quality and access, or environmental and genetic factors. Further studies in large, global cohorts are needed. Funding The study was supported by Novartis.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoHealth-related quality of life and mortality in heart failure. The global congestive heart failure study of 23000 patients from 40 countries(American Heart Association, Inc., 2021-04-28) Johansson, Isabelle; Joseph, Philip; Balasubramanian, Kumar; McMurray, John J.V.; Lund, Lars H.; Ezekowitz, Justin A.; Kamath, Deepak; Alhabib, Khalid; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Budaj, Andrzej; Dans, Antonio; Dzudie, Anastase; Probstfield, Jefferey L.; Fox, Keith A.; Karaye, Kamilu M.; Makubi, Abel; Fukakusa, Bianca; Teo, Koon; Temizhan, Ahmet; Wittlinger, Thomas; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Lanas, Fernando; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Silva-Cardoso, José; Sliwa, Karen; Dokainish, Hisham; Grinvalds, Alex; McCready, Tara; Yusuf, Salim; G-CHF Investigators; MasiraBackground: Poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) is common in heart failure (HF), but there are few data on HRQL in HF and the association between HRQL and mortality outside Western countries. Methods: We used the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire–12 (KCCQ-12) to record HRQL in 23 291 patients with HF from 40 countries in 8 different world regions in the G-CHF study (Global Congestive Heart Failure). We compared standardized KCCQ-12 summary scores (adjusted for age, sex, and markers of HF severity) among regions (scores range from 0 to 100, with higher score indicating better HRQL). We used multivariable Cox regression with adjustment for 15 variables to assess the association between KCCQ-12 summary scores and the composite of all-cause death, HF hospitalization, and each component over a median follow-up of 1.6 years. Results: The mean age of participants was 65 years; 61% were men; 40% had New York Heart Association class III or IV symptoms; and 46% had left ventricular ejection fraction ≥40%. Average HRQL differed between regions (lowest in Africa [mean± SE, 39.5±0.3], highest in Western Europe [62.5±0.4]). There were 4460 (19%) deaths, 3885 (17%) HF hospitalizations, and 6949 (30%) instances of either event. Lower KCCQ-12 summary score was associated with higher risk of all outcomes; the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for each 10-unit KCCQ-12 summary score decrement was 1.18 (95% CI, 1.17–1.20) for death. Although this association was observed in all regions, it was less marked in South Asia, South America, and Africa (weakest association in South Asia: HR, 1.08 [95% CI, 1.03–1.14]; strongest association in Eastern Europe: HR, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.21–1.42]; interaction P<0.0001). Lower HRQL predicted death in patients with New York Heart Association class I or II and III or IV symptoms (HR, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.14–1.19] and HR, 1.14 [95% CI, 1.12–1.17]; interaction P=0.13) and was a stronger predictor for the composite outcome in New York Heart Association class I or II versus class III or IV (HR 1.15 [95% CI, 1.13–1.17] versus 1.09 [95% CI, [1.07–1.11]; interaction P<0.0001). HR for death was greater in ejection fraction ≥40 versus <40% (HR, 1.23 [95% CI, 1.20–1.26] and HR, 1.15 [95% CI, 1.13–1.17]; interaction P<0.0001). Conclusion: HRQL is a strong and independent predictor of all-cause death and HF hospitalization across all geographic regions, in mildly and severe symptomatic HF, and among patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoHeart Failure in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America: The INTER-CHF study(2016-02) Dokainish, Hisham; Teo, Koon; Zhu, Jun; Roy, Ambuj; AlHabib, Khalid F.; ElSayed, Ahmed; Palileo Villaneuva, Lia; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Karaye, Kamilu; Yusoff, Khalid; Orlandini, Andres; Sliwa, Karen; Mondo, Charles; Lanas, Fernando; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Badr, Amr; Elmaghawry, Mohamed; Damasceno, Albertino; Tibazarwa, Kemi; Belley Cote, Emilie; Balasubramanian, Kumar; Yacoub, Magdi H.; Huffman, Mark D.; Harkness, Karen; Grinvalds, Alex; McKelvie, Robert; Yusuf, Salim; The INTER-CHF InvestigatorsBackground There are few data on heart failure (HF) patients from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Methods INTER-CHF is a prospective study that enrolled HF patients in 108 centers in 16 countries from 2012 to 2014. Consecutive ambulatory or hospitalized adult patients with HF were enrolled. Baseline data were recorded on sociodemographics, clinical characteristics, HF etiology and treatments. Age- and sex-adjusted results are reported. Results We recruited 5813 HF patients: mean(SE) age = 59(0.2) years, 39% female, 65% outpatients, 31% from rural areas, 26% with HF with preserved ejection fraction, with 1294 from Africa, 2661 from Asia, 1000 from the Middle-East, and 858 from South America. Participants from Africa—closely followed by Asians—were younger, had lower literacy levels, and were less likely to have health or medication insurance or be on beta-blockers compared with participants from other regions, but were most likely to be in NYHA class IV. Participants from South America were older, had higher insurance and literacy levels, and, along with Middle Eastern participants, were more likely to be on beta-blockers, but had the lowest proportion in NYHA IV. Ischemic heart disease was the most common HF etiology in all regions except Africa where hypertensive heart disease was most common. Conclusions INTER-CHF describes significant regional variability in socioeconomic and clinical factors, etiologies and treatments in HF patients from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Opportunities exist for improvement in health/medication insurance rates and proportions of patients on beta blockers, particularly in Africa and Asia.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoLowering cholesterol, blood pressure, or both to prevent cardiovascular events: Results of 8.7 years of follow-up of Heart Outcomes Evaluation Prevention (HOPE)-3 study participants(Oxford Academic, 2021-08-14) Bosch, Jackie; Lonn, Eva M.; Jung, Hyejung; Zhu, Jun; Liu, Lisheng; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Pais, Prem; Xavier, Denis; Diaz, Rafael; Dagenais, Gilles; Dans, Antonio; Avezum, Alvaro; Piegas, Leopoldo S.; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Keltai, Kati; Keltai, Matya; Sliwa, Karen; Held, Claus; Peters, Ronald J.G.; Lewis, Basil S.; Jansky, Petr; Yusoff, Khalid; Khunti, Kamlesh; Toff, William D.; Reid, Christopher M.; Varigos, John; Joseph, Philip; Leiter, Lawrence A.; Yusuf, Salim; The Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE)-3 Investigators; MasiraAims. Rosuvastatin (10 mg per day) compared with placebo reduced major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events by 24% in 12 705 participants at intermediate CV risk after 5.6 years. There was no benefit of blood pressure (BP) lowering treatment in the overall group, but a reduction in events in the third of participants with elevated systolic BP. After cessation of all the trial medications, we examined whether the benefits observed during the active treatment phase were sustained, enhanced, or attenuated. Methods and results. After the randomized treatment period (5.6 years), participants were invited to participate in 3.1 further years of observation (total 8.7 years). The first co-primary outcome for the entire length of follow-up was the composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or CV death [major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE)-1], and the second was MACE-1 plus resuscitated cardiac arrest, heart failure, or coronary revascularization (MACE-2). In total, 9326 (78%) of 11 994 surviving Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE)-3 subjects consented to participate in extended follow-up. During 3.1 years of post-trial observation (total follow-up of 8.7 years), participants originally randomized to rosuvastatin compared with placebo had a 20% additional reduction in MACE-1 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.64–0.99] and a 17% additional reduction in MACE-2 (95% CI 0.68–1.01). Therefore, over the 8.7 years of follow-up, there was a 21% reduction in MACE-1 (95% CI 0.69–0.90, P = 0.005) and 21% reduction in MACE-2 (95% CI 0.69–0.89, P = 0.002). There was no benefit of BP lowering in the overall study either during the active or post-trial observation period, however, a 24% reduction in MACE-1 was observed over 8.7 years. Conclusion. The CV benefits of rosuvastatin, and BP lowering in those with elevated systolic BP, compared with placebo continue to accrue for at least 3 years after cessation of randomized treatment in individuals without cardiovascular disease indicating a legacy effect
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoNovel Approaches in Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention : The HOPE-3 Trial Rationale, Design, and Participants' Baseline Characteristics(2016-03) Lonn, Eva; Bosch, Jackie; Pogue, Janice; Avezum, Alvaro; Chazova, Irina; Dans, Antonio; Diaz, Rafael; Fodor, George J.; Held, Claes; Jansky, Petr; Keltai, Matyas; Keltai, Katalin; Kunti, Kamlesh; Kim, Jae Hyung; Leiter, Lawrence A.; Lewis, Basil S.; Liu, Lisheng; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Pais, Prem; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Peters, Ron J.G.; Piegas, Leopoldo S.; Reid, Christopher M.; Sliwa, Karen; Toff, William D.; Varigos, John; Xavier, Denis; Yusoff, Khalid; Zhu, Jun; Dagenais, Gilles; Yusuf, Salim; The HOPE-3 InvestigatorsRésumé Introduction Il est possible de faire baisser efficacement et en toute sécurité le cholestérol et la pression artérielle (PA) avec les statines et les antihypertenseurs tout en réduisant de 20 à 30 % les manifestations cardiovasculaires majeures en l’espace de cinq ans chez les personnes à risque élevé. Les données obtenues dans les populations exposées à un risque plus faible sont néanmoins limitées. L’essai HOPE-3 (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation-3) tâche de déterminer si l’abaissement du cholestérol à l’aide d’une statine, l’abaissement de la pression artérielle à l’aide de deux agents antihypertenseurs administrés à raison d’une faible dose et leur association permettent de réduire en toute sécurité les manifestations cardiovasculaires majeures chez les personnes exposées à un risque intermédiaire qui n’ont pas d’antécédents d’événements vasculaires et dont le taux de cholestérol et la PA se situent dans la moyenne. Méthodes Au total, 12 705 femmes et hommes, les unes âgées de 65 ans et plus et les autres de 55 ans et plus, qui présentent au moins un facteur de risque cardiovasculaire et qui n’ont pas de maladie cardiovasculaire connue ni aucune indication ou contre-indication claires aux médicaments à l’étude, ont été répartis aléatoirement pour recevoir de la rosuvastatine à raison de 10 mg par jour ou un placebo et l’association candésartan/hydrochlorothiazide à raison de 16/12,5 mg par jour ou un placebo (plan factoriel 2 × 2). Ces patients seront suivis pendant une moyenne de 5,8 ans. Les principaux paramètres d’évaluation de l’étude combinent le décès d’origine cardiovasculaire, l’infarctus du myocarde non mortel et l’AVC non mortel d’une part, et le décès d’origine cardiovasculaire, l’infarctus du myocarde non mortel, l’AVC non mortel, la réanimation après arrêt cardiaque, l’insuffisance cardiaque et la revascularisation artérielle d’autre part. Résultats Les participants ont été recrutés dans 21 pays situés en Amérique du Nord, en Amérique du Sud, en Europe, en Asie et en Australie. L’âge moyen au moment de la répartition aléatoire était de 66 ans, et 46 % des sujets étaient des femmes. Conclusions L’essai HOPE-3 fournira de nouveaux renseignements sur l’abaissement du taux de cholestérol et de la PA dans des populations exposées à un risque intermédiaire dont le taux de cholestérol et la PA se situent dans la moyenne. Il devrait également fournir des données à l’appui des stratégies de prévention primaire mises en place partout dans le monde (HOPE-3 ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00468923).
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoSalt and cardiovascular disease: Insufficient evidence to recommend low sodium intake(Oxford Academic, 2020-09-14) O’Donnell, Martin; Mente, Andrew; Alderman, Michael H.; Brady, Adrian J.B.; Diaz, Rafael; Gupta, Rajeev; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Luft, Friedrich C.; Luscher, Thomas F.; Mancia, Giuseppe; Mann, Johannes F.E.; McCarron, David; McKee, Martin; Messerli, Franz H.; Moore, Lynn L.; Narula, Jagat; Oparil, Suzanne; Packer, Milton; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Schutte, Alta; Sliwa, Karen; Staessen, Jan A.; Yancy, Clyde; Yusuf, Salim; MasiraSeveral blood pressure guidelines recommend low sodium intake (<2.3 g/day, 100 mmol, 5.8 g/day of salt) for the entire population, on the premise that reductions in sodium intake, irrespective of the levels, will lower blood pressure, and, in turn, reduce cardiovascular disease occurrence. These guidelines have been developed without effective interventions to achieve sustained low sodium intake in free-living individuals, without a feasible method to estimate sodium intake reliably in individuals, and without high-quality evidence that low sodium intake reduces cardiovascular events (compared with moderate intake). In this review, we examine whether the recommendation for low sodium intake, reached by current guideline panels, is supported by robust evidence. Our review provides a counterpoint to the current recommendation for low sodium intake and suggests that a specific low sodium intake target (e.g. <2.3 g/day) for individuals may be unfeasible, of uncertain effect on other dietary factors and of unproven effectiveness in reducing cardiovascular disease. We contend that current evidence, despite methodological limitations, suggests that most of the world’s population consume a moderate range of dietary sodium (2.3–4.6g/day; 1–2 teaspoons of salt) that is not associated with increased cardiovascular risk, and that the risk of cardiovascular disease increases when sodium intakes exceed 5 g/day. While current evidence has limitations, and there are differences of opinion in interpretation of existing evidence, it is reasonable, based upon observational studies, to suggest a population-level mean target of <5 g/day in populations with mean sodium intake of >5 g/day, while awaiting the results of large randomized controlled trials of sodium reduction on incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality.