The impact of in-hospital cardiac rehabilitation program on medication adherence and clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the Lazio region of Italy
Salvatore SoldatiMirko Di MartinoAlessandro Cesare RosaDanilo FuscoMarina DavoliGian Francesco Mureddu
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Abstract Background Medication adherence is a recognized key factor of secondary cardiovascular disease prevention. Cardiac rehabilitation increases medication adherence and adherence to lifestyle changes. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of in-hospital cardiac rehabilitation (IH-CR) on medication adherence as well as other cardiovascular outcomes, following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods This is a population-based study. Data were obtained from the Health Information Systems of the Lazio Region, Italy (5 million inhabitants). Hospitalized patients aged ≥ 18 years with an incident AMI in 2013–2015 were investigated. We divided the whole cohort into 4 groups of patients: ST-elevation AMI (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation AMI (NSTEMI) who underwent or not percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during the hospitalization. Primary outcome was medication adherence. Adherence to chronic poly-therapy, based on prescription claims for both 6- and 12-month follow-up, was defined as Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) ≥ 75% to at least 3 of the following medications: antiplatelets, β-blockers, ACEI/ARBs, statins. Secondary outcomes were all-cause mortality, hospital readmission for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event (MACCE), and admission to the emergency department (ED) occurring within a 3-year follow-up period. Results A total of 13.540 patients were enrolled. The median age was 67 years, 4.552 (34%) patients were female. Among the entire cohort, 1.101 (8%) patients attended IH-CR at 33 regional sites. Relevant differences were observed among the 4 groups previously identified (from 3 to 17%). A strong association between the IH-CR participation and medication adherence was observed among AMI patients who did not undergo PCI, for both 6- and 12-month follow-up. Moreover, NSTEMI-NO-PCI participants had lower risk of all-cause mortality (adjusted IRR 0.76; 95% CI 0.60–0.95), hospital readmission due to MACCE (IRR 0.78; 95% CI 0.65–0.94) and admission to the ED (IRR 0.80; 95% CI 0.70–0.91). Conclusions Our findings highlight the benefits of IH-CR and support clinical guidelines that consider CR an integral part in the treatment of coronary artery disease. However, IH-CR participation was extremely low, suggesting the need to identify and correct the barriers to CR participation for this higher-risk group of patients.Keywords:
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An increasing number of septua- and octogenarians undergo cardiac surgery. Acute kidney injury (AKI) still is a frequent complication after surgery. We examined the incidence of AKI and its impact on 30-day mortality. A retrospective study between 01/2006 and 08/2009 with 299 octogenarians, who were matched for gender and surgical procedure to 299 septuagenarians at a university hospital. Primary endpoint was AKI after surgery as proposed by the RIFLE definition (Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-stage kidney disease). Secondary endpoint was 30-day mortality. Perioperative mortality was predicted with the logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE). Octogenarians significantly had a mean higher logistic EuroSCORE compared to septuagenarians (13.2% versus 8.5%; p < 0.001) and a higher proportion of patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 ml × min-1 × 1.73 m-2. In contrast, septuagenarians showed a slightly higher median body mass index (28 kg × m-2 versus 26 kg × m-2) and were more frequently active smoker at time of surgery (6.4% versus 1.6%, p < 0.001). Acute kidney injury and failure developed in 21.7% of septuagenarians and in 21.4% of octogenarians, whereas more than 30% of patients were at risk for AKI (30% and 36.3%, respectively). Greater degrees of AKI were associated with a stepwise increase in risk for death, renal replacement therapy and prolonged stays at the intensive care unit and at the hospital in both age groups, but without differences between them. Overall 30-day mortality was 6% in septuagenarians and 7.7% in octogenarians (p = 0.52). The RIFLE classification provided accurate risk assessment for 30-day mortality and fair discriminatory power. The RIFLE criteria allow identifying patients with AKI after cardiac surgery. The high incidence of AKI in septua- and octogenarians after cardiac surgery should prompt the use of RIFLE criteria to identify patients at risk and should stimulate institutional measures that target AKI as a quality improvement initiative for patients at advanced age.
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Because of the lack of specific recommendations concerning cardiac risk stratification before vascular surgery, appropriate decisions remain individual. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the perioperative cardiac management in vascular surgery in Germany. This article is based on a survey from 2018 of heads of German vascular surgical departments or units regarding their experience with perioperative cardiac management. The questionnaire asked about the experience with preoperative cardiac evaluation and its extension, awareness of perioperative myocardial ischemia, the art of postoperative monitoring and the routine use of the best medical treatment. In total, 62% of responders agreed that perioperative myocardial ischemia is a relevant postoperative problem in their clinic after open abdominal aortic surgery, while 47% stated the same after vascular surgery (VS) like carotid endarterectomy, peripheral arterial surgery or EVAR. Preoperative cardiological evaluations are performed routinely by 87% of responders before open abdominal aortic surgery and by 42% before VS. Preoperative cardiac evaluation included cardiac echography in 92% and stress diagnostics (stress echography, stress ECG) in 38%. Routine preoperative cardiac catheterisation is performed in 4% before OAS and only 0.5% before VS. In addition, 79% of participants initiate acetylsalicylic acid routinely and 68% use statins preoperatively. The serum troponin diagnostic test in asymptomatic patients was routinely applied by 19% of responders after OAS and by 6% after VS. Perioperative myocardial ischemia is considered a relevant problem, primarily after aortic surgery. The preoperative cardiac stress diagnostics among vascular surgeons does not seem to be sufficiently widespread. The preoperative initiation of acetylsalicylic acid and statins is not routine in 30% of hospitals.
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Summary: Background: The quality of vascular care has significantly improved in part by the expansion of endovascular techniques for the treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in recent years. In Germany these are primarily provided by the three disciplines of vascular surgery, angiology, and interventional radiology (IR). However, the relative contribute of angiologists to the total number of cases performed is unknown. Patients and methods: In the present study, we analysed the respective contribution of vascular surgery, angiology, and IR to the delivery of endovascular revascularisations in symptomatic PAD in Germany based on the legally mandatory quality reports representative for the reporting year 2018. Results: Vascular surgery is the most common speciality reporting procedures in German hospitals (n=579; 25.1%), followed by IR (n=264; 11.5%), angiology (n=189; 8.2%) and cardiology (n=17; 0.7%). The combination of vascular surgery and IR was reported in 202 (8.8%), vascular surgery and angiology in 167 (7.2%) and angiology and IR in 65 (2.8%) hospitals, and 63 (2.7%) hospitals reported the combination of all three disciplines. Not every department performed catheter interventions. The analysis of procedures per centre revealed that angiology centres provided the highest numbers for both basic procedures and more complex techniques such as atherectomy, rotational thrombectomy, lithoplasty, selective thrombolysis or the use of re-entry devices. In total, angiology centres provided 24.4% of the total procedures or 23.9% of the so-called basic procedures as a surrogate for patient numbers. Conclusions: While each of the disciplines contribute significantly to the endovascular procedures, angiology centres perform more procedures per centre and more complex procedures than the other disciplines highlighting the important quantitative and qualitative contribution of angiology specialists to the care of vascular patients. The inpatient catheter interventional care of patients with PAD is still too rarely carried out in a multi-disciplinary manner in Germany.
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