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    Management of Sacubitril/Valsartan Combination in an End-stage Heart Failure Patient Hospitalized for COVID-19 Pneumonia: Should we Withdraw Temporarily or Continue?
    (2021) Coner, Ali; Altin, Cihan
    Background: Many factors were blamed for the worse prognosis in COVID-19. Heart failure patients are thought to be under increased risk because of either immune-compromised basal status or possible interaction of viral infection with on-going medications, such as the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system (RAAS) blockers. Sacubitril is a neprilysin inhibitor and its' combination with valsartan is recommended as a novel medication for heart failure. Case Report: A 71 years of age female with end-stage heart failure was hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia. She was under sacubitril/valsartan combination for the heart failure, and at the end of the first week of hospitalization, clinical and laboratory parameters recovered uneventfully. Sacubitril/valsartan therapy was continued without complications during the in-hospital course. Conclusion: Specific therapies for heart failure should not be withdrawn in COVID-19. To our knowledge, this is the first case report documenting the clinical progress of a COVID-19 pneumonia patient who was already under sacubitril/valsartan treatment.
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    Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of acute decompensated heart failure patients with and without atrial fibrillation
    (2020) Kocabas, Umut; Sinan, Umit Yasar; Arugaslan, Emre; Kursun, Mustafa; Coner, Ali; Celebi, Ozlem Ozcan; Ozturk, Cengiz; Dalgic, Onur; Turkoglu, Ebru Ipek; Kemal, Hatice Soner; Gazi, Emine; Altin, Cihan; Zoghi, Mehdi; 32352420
    Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are common cardiovascular diseases. The impact of AF on in-hospital outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is controversial. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of AF among hospitalized patients with ADHF and describe the clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of these patients with and without AF. Methods: We examined the multicenter, observational data from the real-life data of hospitalized patients with HF: Journey HF-TR study in Turkey that studied the clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of hospitalized patients with ADHF between September 2015 and September 2016. Results: Of the 1,606 patients hospitalized with ADHF, 626 (39%) had a history of AF or developed new-onset AF during hospitalization. The patients with AF were older (71 +/- 12 vs. 65 +/- 13 years; p<0.001) and more likely to have a history of hypertension, valvular heart disease, and stroke. The AF patients were less likely to have coronary artery disease and diabetes. In-hospital adverse event rates and length of in-hospital stay were similar in ADHF patients, both with and without AF. In-hospital all-cause mortality rate was higher in patients with AF than in patients without AF, although the difference was not statistically significant (8.9% vs. 6.8%; p=0.121). Conclusion: AF has been found in more than one-third of the patients hospitalized with ADHF, and it has varied clinical features and comorbidities. The presence of AF is not associated with increased adverse events or all-cause mortality during the hospitalization time.