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Baker Institute - No Second Chances
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
IN JUST 7 DAYS,
ABOUT 10% OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE
A STROKE WILL
HAVE ANOTHER
TARGETING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
IS POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
INTERVENTION IN PREVENTING ANOTHER
ACUTE HEART ATTACK OR STROKE
$12 BILLION
HEART DISEASE
EXERCISE TRAINING IS
REMAINS THE MOST
ASSOCIATED WITH A
EXPENSIVE DISEASE
22% REDUCTION IN THE COUNTRY. IT
IN CARDIAC DEATH IN
PATIENTS WITH COST $12 BILLION IN
HEART 2012-13 AND IS
DISEASE. ESTIMATED TO RISE
TO OVER $22 BILLION
BY 2032-33
WE NEED TO
CONSIDER
WIDER ACCESS
TO NEW GROUPS
OF DRUGS IN
AUSTRALIA
FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A HEART
EXPERIENCED ATTACK OR STROKE ARE AT HIGH RISK.
A HEART
EVENT
WE NEED A PREVENTION CAMPAIGN TO
IMPROVE DEATH AND DISABILITY RATES
IF YOU’VE HAD A
HEART ATTACK, YOU
ARE TWICE AS LIKELY
TO DIE PREMATURELY
COMPARED TO THE
GENERAL POPULATION
CONTROLLING RISK IN CARDIOVASCUL AR DISEASE 1
OF THE 4.2 MILLION AUSSIES
WITH A CARDIOVASCULAR
CONDITION, 1.2 MILLION
HAVE HEART DISEASE AND
ARE 5 TO 7 TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO SUFFER FUTURE
HEART EVENTS THAN THOSE
WITHOUT HEART DISEASE
CONTENTS FOREWORD 4
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION 6
CHAPTER 2
WHAT ARE SECONDARY CARDIOVASCUL AR EVENTS? 15
CHAPTER 3
IMPACT OF SECONDARY EVENTS IN
CARDIOVASCUL AR DISEASE 18
CHAPTER 4
OVERVIEW OF RISK FACTORS 21
CHAPTER 5
RISK EVALUATION OF SECONDARY EVENTS 32
CHAPTER 6
M ANAGING RISK TO PREVENT SECONDARY
CARDIOVASCUL AR EVENTS: LIFEST YLE MODIFICATIONS,
PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION 39
CHAPTER 7
NEW DRUGS AND INTERVENTIONS – WHAT COULD WE DO? 52
CHAPTER 8
ECONOMIC BURDEN OF SECONDARY
CARDIOVASCUL AR EVENTS 57
CHAPTER 9
CURRENT CARDIOVASCUL AR
DISEASE POLICY & GUIDELINES 64
REFERENCES 73
FOREWORD
There is, and should be, considerable No Second Chances, written by expert
attention given to the primary prevention clinician researchers, epidemiologists and
of cardiovascular disease. We all agree that health economists, highlights the
keeping people healthy and free from opportunities to reduce death and disability
disease for as long as possible makes sense in people who have already experienced a
when it comes to the health and quality cardiovascular event, and outlines why an
of life of people within our community, investment in the secondary prevention of
and the costs to our health care system. cardiovascular disease is not just prudent but
critical to the health of Australians. We need
But for those people in our community strategic leadership and a comprehensive
who have already experienced a devastating approach to this issue to improve the health
event such as a heart attack or stroke, it is of Australians, to save lives, to ensure people
important to understand the increased are productive for as long as possible and to
risks and costs to individuals, their families, help reduce the spiralling costs to our health
the health system and our economy. system. This report provides a blueprint for
Importantly, there are opportunities to action which we hope will stimulate greater
reduce this burden – over a third of focus, investment and action in the area of
admissions to hospital are followed by secondary prevention of cardiovascular
another within 3 months. disease.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE REVIEW AND SUPPORT OF THIS DOCUMENT BY THE
FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND BODIES
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
This report highlights the critical and timely opportunity to invest in secondary prevention in Australia.
An estimated 22% (4.2 million) of cardiovascular disease – preventing cardiovascular disease. We define and
Australian adults aged 18 or over have recurrence or progression is the realm of review secondary prevention, the current
conditions that include any disease secondary prevention. The tools (including approaches to managing risk, and the
involving the heart or circulation. Some reducing high LDL cholesterol, high blood economic burden associated with known
of these conditions are risk factors (e.g. pressure, diabetes risk, smoking and obesity) cardiovascular disease. We review recent
hypertension), while others are disease are similar for both types of prevention. developments and propose progressive,
entities (often termed cardiovascular But the return on investment in prevention newpathways that we believe will improve
diseases) such as heart attack, heart is greatest in the secondary prevention group. outcomes and reduce costs.
rhythm disturbance, heart failure, These people have already experienced a
stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. serious event such as a stroke or an acute Given the high risk faced by people
Cardiovascular disease is related to heart attack and research unequivocally shows who have experienced a heart attack or
1.1 million hospitalisations a year, they are are now at high risk of another stroke, the worrying global trends about
accounting for 11% of all hospitalisations cardiovascular event. Preliminary data from cardiovascular disease and the unabated
in Australia. It remains Australia’s biggest the Queensland cardiovascular registry escalation of costs associated with heart
killer. In 2017, almost 44,000 deaths – 2010-2015 show a 38.5% rate of readmission disease, strategic investment has never
many of which may be considered to hospital within 3 months, and a rate of been more important.
preventable – were attributed to 57.3% within one year. These numbers are
cardiovascular disease in Australia. comparable to Canadian data showing
On average, one Australian dies every 61.7% were readmitted within a year.2
THIS REPORT
12 minutes from cardiovascular disease.1
Understanding what happens physiologically
RECOMMENDS A RAFT OF
After decades of falling mortality from is important. Cardiac function worsens with MEASURES AS FOLLOWS:
cardiovascular disease, the trend is every cardiac event, leading to the risk of
beginning to change, likely a consequence heart rhythm disturbances due to scarring, Renewed commitment
of the obesity and diabetes epidemics. heart failure due to loss of muscle and to proven measures:
The characteristics of the disease have dilation of cardiac chambers, and heart
changed from being acute and fatal, to rupture and aneurysms due to the thinning 1 A secondary prevention
being chronic and debilitating. Hence, the of the infarcted area. To make matters campaign with clear strategies
number of people living with cardiovascular worse, we know that stroke and heart attack and targets
disease is increasing due to factors including share some common risk factors and
2 Improvement in cardiac
population ageing and improved treatments pathological mechanisms, and therefore
rehabilitation funding
that have resulted in people living longer patients who survive a stroke or heart attack
with cardiovascular disease. are also at particularly high risk for other 3 Strategies to enhance adherence
types of cardiovascular events3. Such to disease modifying medications
Despite major advances in the prevention impact has important implications for how
and management of cardiovascular disease, we manage and support these people. 4 Disease management programs,
the financial burden to Australia remains The cornerstones of treatment of patients including patient-centred
large. These costs arise from premature with known cardiovascular disease has been interventions including with
death, disability, and costs of treatment in relatively static over recent decades, and mobile devices
hospital and in the community. In the there are significant opportunities for
coming years, cardiovascular disease is improvement. Research into new approaches:
likely to remain the most expensive disease
group, with a total cost of $12 billion in This review reveals how Australia is faring 1 Development and application
2012-13 which is estimated to rise to over when it comes to secondary prevention of a national standard calculation
$22 billion in 2032-33. of cardiovascular disease, along with of post-event risk
what it is costing our community and the 2 Recognition of subclinical disease
When we hear the word “prevention”, opportunities to significantly improve health
to provide “early secondary
most people think of primary prevention - outcomes and reduce health costs. It opens
prevention”
preventing initial heart attacks and strokes discussion on modifiable risk factors and
by tackling traditional risk factors. targets for medical therapy that should be 3 Wider use of new therapies in
However, the people who are at the aimed at high-risk patients, and lifestyle high risk patients
greatest risk are those who have diagnosed modification in secondary prevention of
WHAT IS
CARDIOVASCUL AR
DISEASE?
PREVALENCE HOSPITALISATIONS
Approximately one in 20 Australians CVD was the main cause for 556,700
(1.2 million) had CVD in 2017-18, with a hospitalisations and related to another
higher prevalence in males (5.4%) than in 576,000 hospitalisations in 2015-16.5
females (4.2%).4 The proportion of people That means CVD was a factor in more
with CVD increases with age (Figure 1.2). than 1.1 million hospitalisations, accounting
for 11% of all hospitalisations in Australia
(*Figure 1.4). The number of hospital stays
MORTALITY due to CVD has increased by 8% during
10 years from 2004-05 to 2014-15.
In 2017, almost 44,000 deaths – which
contributed to 27% of all deaths and were
considered largely preventable – were
attributed to CVD in Australia.1 On average,
one Australian dies every 12 minutes from
CVD. The leading cause of death was
Ischaemic heart disease, accounting for
11.6% of all deaths (Figure 1.3).
A
ISCHAEMIC STROKE DUE TO EMBOLISATION FROM ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE IN
THE CAROTID ARTERY
BLOOD CLOT LODGES
IN CEREBRAL ARTERY,
CAUSING A STROKE
DISEASED NORMAL
CARTOID CARTOID
ARTERY ARTERY
B C
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
(LEADING TO CHEST PAIN, (LEADS TO PAIN, NUMBNESS,
HEART ATTACK, AND HEART INFECTION, GANGRENE; AND
FAILURE) CAN LEAD TO AMPUTATION)
PL AQUE
ARTERY WALL
DECREASED
BLOOD FLOW
PL AQUE
DECREASED
BLOOD FLOW
MALES FEMALES
35
30
25
Percentage
20
15
10
0
0-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 years
and over
Age group (years)
Coronary
heart disease
Stroke
Peripheral
vascular disease
Hypertensive
disease
Rheumatic
heart disease
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Number of Deaths (000)
Coronary
heart disease
Stroke
Peripheral
vascular disease
Hypertensive
disease
Cognitive
heart disease
Rheumatic
heart disease
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Number of hospitalisations (000)
BURDEN OF CVD
Globally in 2016, the World Health Of the 90 million prescriptions dispensed
Organisation (WHO) estimates that over for cardiovascular medications in 2015,
31% of all deaths were due to CVD.6 73% attracted a Pharmaceutical Benefits
Scheme subsidy. These subsidies have
Mortality, or death, from heart disease has increased from $558 million in 1993-94
decreased by >70% since the 1970s in many to $1.2 billion in 2016-17. 9
high-income countries including Australia
(Figure 1.6), owing to effective treatment
and prevention of premature CVD death.7, 8
However, CVD still remains the number one
killer in Australia (Figure 1.5). Ischaemic
heart disease is the principle cardiovascular
cause of premature death in both men and
women, in all states (Figures 1.7 & 1.8).
MALES FEMALES
80
60
Per cent
40
20
0
18–44 45–54 55–64 64–74 75+
Age groups (years)
MALES FEMALES
35,000
30,000
Number of deaths
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1913 1918 1923 1928 1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2012
25
FEMALES
Proportion of deaths (%)
20
15
10
0
Australian New South Queensland South Tasmania Victoria Western Northern
Capital Wales Australia Australia Territory
Territory
25
MALES
Proportion of deaths (%)
20
15
10
0
Australian New South Queensland South Tasmania Victoria Western Northern
Capital Wales Australia Australia Territory
Territory
Atherosclerosis is a disease that involves all admission. Recent Australian data are scant,
the arteries in the body. Similar risk factors but preliminary data from the Queensland
underlie most forms of CVD, and an event CV registry 2010-2015 (shared by Prof
in one vascular territory (e.g. a heart attack) Paul Scuffham, Griffith University) show a
may be followed by a recurrent event in 38.5% rate of readmission within 3 months,
another (e.g. a stroke). However, individual and a rate of 57.3% within one year. Of
patients may be prone to injury of specific those who died, 13.1% died within 3 months
blood vessels – for example the heart and 38.9% died within one year. However,
vessels (heart attack) or brain vessels mortality has fallen – only 22.6% of patients
(stroke). In other words, the most recent with this disease died within the observation
event may predict the next event. period 2010-2015, only 3% within 3 months
and 9% within one year. This adds to the
picture of ACS being less fatal than
POST MYOCARDIAL previously but producing morbidity and cost.
INFARCTION
HEART FAILURE (HF)
REPEATED HEART ATTACK
Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that
There is a high risk of survivors of a first occurs when damage to the heart muscle
acute heart attack experiencing further is severe enough to prevent it from
cardiovascular events, including repeat heart functioning properly as a pump. When this
attacks. Although the incidence rate of is due to obstruction of the blood supply,
repeat heart attacks has declined over the typically by a thrombus or embolus, causing
last decade, one in ten heart attack patients death of the heart muscle, or mechanical
develops recurrent events within one year.25 damage to the heart (e.g. disruption of a
heart valve), heart failure can occur
Readmission to hospital is more common suddenly. HF affects 1–2% of the population
after all acute coronary syndromes (i.e. in Australia (approximately 500,000
including unstable angina as well as myocardial Australians),26, 27 and is associated with
infarction); in a registry of 4311 patients 61,000 deaths per year.27 In developed
from Alberta, 61.7% were readmitted, countries including Australia, HF is the
34.1% as an inpatient, within a year.2 leading cause of hospitalisation and
The 30 day inpatient readmission rate was readmission to hospital in persons
20.3%, and over half of these were due to aged ≥65 years.28, 29
a CV problem. The independent predictors
were an index length of stay >7 days, the
occurrence of non-ST elevation MI, and CARDIAC FUNCTION
lack of coronary angiography at the index
WORSENS WITH EVERY
CARDIAC EVENT
MALES FEMALES
450
First AMI
400
Age-standardised mortality ratio (SMR)
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1–4m 4–8m 8–12m 1–2yrs 2–3yrs 3–4yrs 4–5yrs 5–6yrs 6–7yrs
700
Recurrent AMI
Age-standardised mortality ratio (SMR)
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1–4m 4–8m 8–12m 1–2yrs 2–3yrs 3–4yrs 4–5yrs 5–6yrs 6–7yrs
65%
ABOUT 65% OF STROKE
SURVIVORS SUFFER A
DISABILITY THAT
SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCES THEIR
QUALITY OF
LIFE
OVERVIEW OF
RISK FACTORS
OVERVIEW OF
RISK FACTORS
These risk factors include: hypertension, Studies have found South Asian immigrants
diabetes, dyslipidaemia, abdominal obesity, (e.g. from India and Sri Lanka) tend to have
smoking, insufficient fruit and vegetable more complex and widespread coronary
consumption, alcohol consumption, artery disease, and higher prevalence of
psychosocial factors and lack of regular cardiovascular disease compared to those
physical activity. Nine out of ten Australian of European ancestory.41-43 Compared to
adults have at least one of these risk Europeans, East Asian ethnicities, however,
factors, and two thirds have three or more appear to have a more favourable
(Figure 4.1).39 Absence of these risk factors cardiovascular profile with lower rates of
reduces the risk on Myocardial Infarction atherosclerotic disease.44-46 This section
(Figure 4.2). Compounding this are factors will discuss the roles of these risk factors
specific to Australia that must also be in the development of secondary events
taken into account. There are, for example, in patients with CVD.
ethnic differences in the prevalence of
atherosclerosis relevant to Australia’s
multicultural society. In 2011-13, Indigenous
Australians had higher rates of CVD
than non-Indigenous Australians
(27% vs 21% respectively).40
2– 4 4– 6
DIABETES HAVE DIABETES HAVE
128
64
32
16
8
4
2
1
0
Smk DM HTN ApoB/A1 1+2+3 All 4 +Obes +PS All RFs
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Risk factor
0.5000
Odds ratio (99% CI)
0.2500
0.1250
0.0625
No Smoking Fruit/Veg Exercise Alcohol No Smoking + +Exercise +Alcohol
Fruit/Veg
Risk factor (adjusted for all others)
HYPERTENSION DIABETES
Hypertension is a major risk factor for Diabetes has doubled its prevalence in
developing CVD, and even more so for Australia since the 1980s. In 2017-18,
developing a secondary event in established 4.9% of the Australian population
CVD. Elevated blood pressure is estimated (1.2 million people) had some type of
to cause 7 million premature deaths diabetes (mostly type 2), an increase
worldwide and contributes 4.5% of the from 4.5% in 2011–12.4 Of people aged
disease burden (equal to 64 million 75 years and over, almost one in five (18.7%)
disability-adjusted life years). High blood had diabetes in 2017-18. Pre-diabetes – a
pressure is a major risk factor for developing condition in which blood glucose levels are
CVD and even more so for developing a higher than normal but not high enough
secondary event. In 2017-18, one in ten to be diagnosed as diabetes – affects nearly
Australians (2.6 million people) reported 1 in 6 Australian adults.
having hypertension.4 Findings from a large
meta-analysis with over one million adults Diabetes is associated with accelerated
show a 50% increase in risk of cardiovascular atherosclerosis and confers a two to four
mortality for each 20mmHg increase in times greater risk for acute heart attack
systolic blood pressure above 115mmHg.47 and four to six times greater risk for heart
failure.49 People with diabetes are at two
Targeting hypertension has the highest to three times higher risk of having a
benefit in reducing CVD burden on a cardiovascular event and 60% of all deaths
population level and is possibly the most in people with diabetes are due to CVD 50, 51
important intervention in secondary Secondary events are a particular risk in
prevention of ischemic stroke. The patients with diabetes (Figure 4.3). The
PROGRESS trial – which included 6,105 same applies to secondary prevention,
patients with a history of stroke or TIA where poor sugar control and diabetes
– showed a mean blood pressure reduction increase the risk of mortality and recurrent
of 9/4 mmHg and a 4% absolute risk events.52 Pre-diabetes is not benign either,
reduction in secondary stroke, regardless and is also associated with atherosclerosis.
of a history of hypertension.48
NO DIABETES DIABETES
0.20 0.20
0.15 0.15
Event Rate
Event Rate
0.10 0.10
0.05 0.05
0.15 0.06
0.05
0.10 0.04
Event Rate
Event Rate
0.03
0.05 0.02
0.01
RR=1.44 (1.22, 1.68) p<0.0001 RR=1.68 (1.27, 2.22) p<0.0002
0.0 0.0
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Months Months
0.30 0.25
0.25 0.20
0.20
Event Rate
Event Rate
0.15
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.05 0.05
RR=1.56 (1.4, 1.7) p<0.001 RR=1.82 (1.60, 2.06) p<0.0001
0.0 0.0
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Months Months
MALES FEMALES
80
70
60
50
Percentage
40
30
20
10
0
1995 2007-08 2011-12 2014-15 2017-18
Year
60
50
40
Percentage
30
20
10
0
2001 2004-05 2007-08 2011-12 2014-15 2017-18
Year
FIGURE 4.6 AGE-ADJUSTED 5-YEAR SURVIVAL AFTER FIRST ACUTE HEART ATTACK
AMONG MEN (LEFT) AND WOMEN (WOMEN) WHO SMOKED (BLACK CIRCLE) AND
DID NOT SMOKE (WHITE CIRCLE), COMPARED WITH THEIR EXPECTED SURVIVAL
BEFORE HEART ATTACK (CROSS).
SOURCE: FIGURE FROM PERKINS ET AL . 65
Men Women
100 100
80 80
Percentage
Percentage
60 60
40 40
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5
Time (y) Time (y)
CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE
Cardiac
Hypertension Heart failure Stroke Ischaemia
remodelling
RISK EVALUATION
OF SECONDARY EVENTS
A PICTURE OF RISK
A past diagnosis of cardiovascular disease of repeat heart attacks is approximately 6%.81
and established atherosclerosis is a A follow-up of 4387 Australians who
common, chronic condition that affects presented with a heart attack found an
1.2 million Australians.80 Having a history of overall mortality of 10% at 18 months.83
cardiovascular disease increases the risk of But even with treatment, there is significant
future cardiovascular events by 5 to 7 times residual risk in and control of traditional risk
compared to those without a positive factors’. In the IMPROVE-IT trial, despite
history.81 The risk of a repeat event persists optimal medical treatment, 34% of patients
for many years, though it is highest in the had suffered a major cardiovascular event or
first 6-12 months following the initial heart non-fatal stroke within 7 years of their first
attack.82 Untreated, the average annual rate heart attack (Figure 5.1).84
100
90
80
Event Rate (%)
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Residual risk
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
This is a higher risk group because a) a the blood vessel, c) damage to the heart
history of cardiovascular disease indicates muscle leads to serious consequences such
patients are likely to have or develop as heart failure and heart rhythm disorders.
atherosclerosis at other points in the
coronary arteries and elsewhere, which Table 5.1 below summarises the many
could become a focus for subsequent heart patient and environment-related factors
attacks, b) some of these patients have a that can contribute to residual
propensity to develop blood clots that block atherosclerotic risk in patients.
TIMI GRACE
Age > 65 years Age
Presence of 3 or more CVD risk factors Biomarker evidence of cardiac damage
Known history of CAD SBP (mmHg)
Current aspirin use Heart Rate (bpm)
2 episodes of angina within 24 hours Signs of cardiac failure
ST changes on ECG Cardiac arrest on admission
Positive cardiac markers Presence of ST segment deviation on ECG
Kidney function
INFLAMMATION RISK SCORES FOR Risk scores have also been developed to
AND THROMBOSIS PREDICTING SECONDARY predict the risk of bleeding when patients
have been started on stronger blood
EVENTS thinners.91 Older age, history of bleeding,
Molecular markers in the blood (eg. high
sensitivity C-reactive protein, hs-cRP) Both Australian and international and anaemia are all associated with higher
reflects chronic, low-grade inflammation guidelines classify patients with documented bleeding complications.91 Data from the
and elevated levels are associated with CVD as being at high-risk. This is helpful in REACH registry found that many of the
recurrent events.79 Although it is not routine emphasizing the need for careful risk factor factors associated with recurrent
to measure these markers currently, the control and follow-up. However it does cardiovascular events were also associated
availability of newer therapies that target the obscure the fact that there is a spectrum of with bleeding, such as heart failure,
anti-inflammatory component of risk in these patients. As we move into an era hypertension, smoking, high cholesterol
atherothrombotic risk may result in a change of costly (eg PCSK9) or potentially risky and peripheral arterial disease.92
of practice. Platelet function assessment (NOAC) therapies, an understanding of risk
may help identify those at increased may be of pivotal importance. A number of
thrombotic risk who may benefit from risk scores have been developed for
more potent antithrombotic therapy secondary prevention patients, but these
but more research is required. are not currently widely used.
Table 5.3 Comparison of risk factors considered in a variety of tools available to predict cardiovascular events in secondary prevention.
Age
sex
Ethnicity
Diabetes
Hypertension
Lipid profile
Prior stroke
Prior stent
Renal dysfunction
Current smoking
# of vascular beds
MI/ACS presentation
Time since MI
CHF, low EF
Stent diameter
Stent type
Hs-CRP
Aortic aneuryism
Atrial fibrillation
PERSONALISED MEDICINE
Identifying high risk patients can help target risk levels will provide greatest absolute risk inhibitors, which dramatically reduce
therapy to those most likely to benefit. This reduction in those at the highest risk.95, 99 cholesterol levels, in particular high-risk
is important because interventions providing For example, European guidelines now groups.100
a consistent risk reduction across a range of recommend the use of expensive PCSK9
LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS,
GUIDELINE-DIRECTED MEDICAL THERAPY
Standard lipids (e.g., LDL, hs-CRP; biomarkers of Prevalent type 2 DM, Antiplatelet risk scores PVD, prior VTE,
HDL, TG), advanced lipid inflammation, T cell and Hb A1c, HOMA-IR, BMI, (e.g., DAPT, PARIS, thrombophilia, bleeding
testing, Lp(a), HDL efflux immune dysregulation, and visceral adiposity, liver fat PRECISE-DAPT), risk scores, coagulation
capacity, genetic risk scores, clonal haematoiesis; platelet function testing, biomarkers
atherosclerosis imaging systemic inflammatory pharmacogenomics
disease (e.g., psoriasis)
Such a risk-based strategy could provide (Figure 5.2), as well as the extent of disease pharmacology have already improved the
a significant change from the current itself. Identifying the different causes in treatment of CAD. For example, anti-
approach to guideline-based secondary different people can provide a more refined inflammatory treatment given to patients
prevention, in which groups of patients estimate of risk which would then allow with evidence of low-grade inflammation
are treated much the same. Personalised or treatments to be personalised. This new can reduce recurrent event rates.102
precision medicine strives to accurately frontier of medicine has already arrived, However, these new therapies are not
determine the presence of causal and albeit in its infancy. Advances in genetics, yet available in clinical practice.
mediating pathways that lead to disease medical imaging, biochemistry and
STENTING
SAPHENOUS STENT
VEIN GRAFT
PLAQUE
BUILD UP
INTERNAL
MAMMARY
ARTERY GRAFT
FIGURE 6.2 FACTORS THAT IMPACT CARDIAC REHABILITATION ADHERENCE AND PARTICIPATION
(ASTLEY ET AL.) 156
Table 6.1 Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation participation, Adapted from Menezes157, 158
Renin-angiotensin antagonists
Similar to beta-blockers, angiotensin
converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and
angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) reduce
the risk of secondary cardiovascular events,
preserve heart function and improve
survival.184 Some evidence also suggests that
blocking of specific neurohormonal systems
(such as the renin angiotensin-aldosterone
system) may counteract the evolution of
diabetes and attenuate the adverse effects
CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE USE of hyperglycemia.185 ACE inhibitors and
ARB are also powerful anti-hypertensives
OF STATINS DOES NOT APPLY TO and can protect kidney function in patients
THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY with diabetes or pre-existing kidney disease.
EXPERIENCED A HEART EVENT,
WHERE CHOLESTEROL LOWERING
AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
PROPERTIES ARE BENEFICIAL
Aspirin 170
Anti-platelet Lifelong 25-30%
P2Y12 inhibitors186 Anti-platelet For 12 months, 20-24%
shorter or longer
duration may be
reasonable in select
patients
Beta-blockers187 Neurohormonal At least 1-year, 23%
antagonist, optimal duration
anti-anginal & unknown
anti-arrhythmic
Statins188 Cholesterol lowering Lifelong 20% per 1 mmol/L
reduction in LDL
Renin-angiotensin Neurohormonal Lifelong 18%
antagonists189 antagonist and
anti-hypertensive
Rivaroxaban Anti-coagulant not Based on reguglar 24%
indicated in evaluation of
combination with thrombotic vs
dual anti-platelet bleeding risk
therapy
However, survival has plateaued in recent of causal mechanisms and leads to new
years (figure 7.1). Previous chapters have therapeutic interventions will help address
highlighted opportunities in secondary residual cardiovascular risk. Recently, new
prevention. Improving compliance by interventions and strategies have been
healthcare services and patients with shown to provide additional risk reduction.
guideline directed care is an obvious and This section will discuss some of these
simple strategy to improve outcomes. important developments.
Research that improves our understanding
A B
14% 14%
12% 12%
10% 10%
8% 8%
6% 6%
4% 4%
2% 2%
0% 0%
1995– 1997– 1999– 2001– 2003– 2005– 2007– 2009– 2011– 2013– 1997– 1999– 2001– 2003– 2005– 2007– 2009– 2011–
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
40%
C D
30% 35%
30%
25%
25%
20%
20%
15%
15%
10%
10%
5% 5%
0% 0%
1995– 1997– 1999– 2001– 2003– 2005– 2007– 2009– 2011– 2013– 1997– 1999– 2001– 2003– 2005– 2007– 2009– 2011–
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
High risk (10 year risk 20-29%) Very high risk (10 year risk ≥ 30%)
LDL-C 50% reduction 65% reduction 50% reduction 65% reduction
mmol/L in LDL-C in LDL-C in LDL-C in LDL-C
4.9 19 15 13 10
4.1 23 18 15 12
3.3 28 22 19 15
2.6 37 28 25 19
1.8 53 40 35 27
ECONOMIC BURDEN
OF SECONDARY
CARDIOVASCUL AR
EVENTS
ECONOMIC BURDEN
OF SECONDARY CVD
EVENTS
TABLE 8.2 PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES DUE TO PREMATURE DEATH BY AGE AND GENDER
GROUP (BASED ON HUMAN CAPITAL METHOD), 2016
Based on the more conservative frictional The number of cases of people living with Anesetti-Rothermel and Sambamoorthi
cost method, productivity losses arising each disease was estimated by subtracting 2011.222 The days lost for heart disease were
from premature death are estimated to the number of deaths in each age range also used in the calculations for peripheral
total a more modest $39.79million. from the prevalence. Age- and gender- artery disease.
specific workforce participation rates were
then applied to these surviving cases, to An estimated total of 3,117,653 working
LOST PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES estimate the number of persons with each days are estimated to be lost annually due
DUE TO ABSENTEEISM disease who were likely to be working. The to the three CVD categories. This amounts
Absenteeism refers to the cost of lost expected annual number of days taken off to a productivity loss to the Australian
productivity when employees are absent work was calculated by multiplying the economy of $1.01 billion (Table 8.3). This
from work due to illness. Absenteeism costs number of surviving cases in the labour force loss would be fairly evenly spread across the
to the Australian economy as a consequence by the average number of days of absence three disease categories. By far the greatest
of the three categories of CVD have been due to a disease. Estimates of an average of losses from absenteeism arose from persons
estimated based on lost wages.221 7.89 days lost for ischemic heart disease in the later working years (aged 50-64 years).
and 17.94 for stroke were obtained from
TABLE 8.3 PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES DUE TO ABSENTEEISM BY AGE AND DISEASE (BASED
ON HUMAN CAPITAL METHOD), 2016
TABLE 8.4 PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES ( IN $) DUE TO PRESENTEEISM BY AGE AND DISEASE, 2016
CURRENT CARDIOVASCUL AR
DISEASE POLICY & GUIDELINES
Table 9.1 Comparison among guidelines for secondary prevention of CVD after MI
TREATMENT AUSTRALIAN GUIDELINE US GUIDELINE EUROPEAN GUIDELINE
Antiplatelet • Aspirin 75-150mg/d indefinitely • Aspirin 81-162mg/d indefinitely • Aspirin recommended for
therapy unless contraindicated (in which unless contraindicated patients with SIHD
case, replace aspirin by clopidogrel)
• P2Y12 inhibitor added to aspirin • P2Y12 inhibitor added to aspirin in
for SIHD
after PCI (≥1 month for bare-metal ACS patients for ≥12 months
• DAPT in patients with recurrent stent and ≥6 months for drug-
• In patients with non-cardioembolic
events eluting stent in SIHD; and ≥1 year
ischaemic stroke or TIA, use aspirin
in ACS)
• Dual-antiplatelet therapy with only, or dipyridamole plus aspirin,
aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor • In DAPT, use aspirin 81mg/d or clopidogrel alone
(clopidogrel or ticagrelor) should
• Aspirin 81-325mg/d or clopidogrel
be prescribed for up to 12 months
for all patients following a non-
in patients with ACS
cardioembolic ischemic stroke
• Low-dose aspirin, clodipogrel or
combined low-dose aspirin and
modified release dipyridamole for
all patients with ischaemic stroke
or TIA
Anticoagulant • Anticoagulation recommended in • For patients with AF: • Oral anticoagulation to prevent
therapy patients with AF, mural thrombus thromboembolism for all AF
• NOACs (dabigatran, rivaroxaban,
or previous embolization patients with CHA2DS2-VASC ≥2
apixaban, and edoxaban) are
(male) or CHA2DS2-VASC ≥3
• Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant recommended over warfarin in
(female)
(NOAC) – apixaban, dabigatran NOAC-eligible patients with AF
or rivaroxaban – is recommended (except with moderate-to-severe • NOACs preferred over warfarin
in preference to warfarin mitral stenosis or a mechanical
• Warfarin recommended for AF
heart valve)
patients with ≥moderate mitral
stenosis or mechanical heart valves
Neurohormonal • Start ACEi/ARB and beta-blocker • ACEi/ARB indefinitely in all • ACEi/ARB and beta-blocker
blockade early post-MI event patients with LV dysfunction, and in for previous MI, LVH
those with hypertension, DM or
• Aldosterone blockade early • ACEi/ARB, beta-blocker, MRA,
chronic renal disease
post-MI in patients with LV diuretic for HF
systolic dysfunction or HF • Beta-blocker in all patients with LV
• ACEi, calcium antagonist for PAD
dysfunction, HF or prior MI
• ACEi/ARB for DM, renal
• Aldosterone blockade in post-MI
dysfunction
patients with LV systolic
dysfunction, diabetes or HF,
and without significant renal
dysfunction
Lipid lowering • Statin for all patients with • High-intensity statin • Statin as first choice
therapy established CVD
• If LDL-C ≥1.8mmol/l, non-HDL-C • Combination with ezetimibe (or
• PCSK9 inhibitors are ≥12.6mmol/l, and high risk for PCSK9 inhibitors) when a specific
recommended only for patients another event (e.g., TIMI risk score goal is not achieved with a maximal
with familial hypercholesterolemia for secondary prevention >3) after tolerated dose of statin
trial of highest tolerated dose of a
• Fibrates added to statin if
high-intensity statin, consider
triglycerides remain high and/or
ezetimibe [Class IIa] and/or
HDL-C is very low
PCSK9 inhibitors [Class IIb].
• If triglycerides >5.6mmol/l, then
fibrates [Class I] and/or high-dose
omega 3
ABBREVIATIONS: PCI (PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION), SIHD (STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE), ACS (ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME),
DAPT (DUAL ANTIPL ATELET THERAPY)
Table 9.2 Proposed conceptual framework for risk-targeted approach in secondary prevention of CVD
LOW RISK MODERATE RISK HIGH RISK
Low-dose rivaroxaban
Neurohormonal Echocardiogram, MRI, BB + ACEi/ARB BB + ACEi/ARB BB, ACEi/ARB, MRA
activation DAPT, PARIS,
PRECISE-DAPT Entresto
CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Despite strong evidence of benefit and RENEWED COMMITMENT 3. Strategies to enhance adherence
cost-effectiveness, preventative care to disease modifying medications.
TO PROVEN MEASURES;
remains sub-optimal. In contrast to primary The evidence is that the adherence
prevention, secondary prevention involves 1. A secondary prevention campaign with of patients to these treatments, just
the management of a relatively small clear strategies and targets to improve like their attendance at cardiac
number of patients at high risk. While there death and disability rates. Countries such rehabilitation, is suboptimal. The current
are potential disadvantages to intervening as the US have set audacious national medical therapies for controlling disease
too late in the course of the disease, goals, such as the Million Hearts progression, including statins, aspirin,
investments in secondary intervention may campaign which is focused on primary and neurohormonal modulation are
nonetheless be more efficient than those in and secondary prevention of heart highly effective, and there are well-
primary prevention. disease and seeks to prevent one million defined treatment targets, but many
deaths in a five-year period. By bringing patients are not treated to target. The
together 120 official partners and 20 US greatest areas of need are around high
Federal Agencies, there is significant blood pressure and cholesterol.
collective power to drive change.
4. Disease management programs, similar
2. Improvement in cardiac rehabilitation to those used in heart failure, m-health
following acute presentations. Funding and new delivery mechanisms for
for rehabilitation is often limited, leading rehabilitation should also be considered
to “thin” programs that have been for widespread adoption by hospitals and
shown to be less effective than healthcare organisations nationally.
multidisciplinary care. Optimal delivery There are opportunties to improve
of secondary prevention might be adherence around self-management
achieved with system redesign to with better education and health literacy
integrate general practice and targeted at different ethnicities.
cardiologists, as well as providing career Research strongly supports the benefits
pathways in preventive cardiology. of these programs in reducing further
cardiovascular risk. Patient-centred
interventions such as SMS prompts,
home monitoring, and the use of
software including avatars to educate
DESPITE STRONG EVIDENCE OF and motivate patients will be important
areas of m- health, applied to cardiology.
BENEFIT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS,
PREVENTATIVE CARE REMAINS
SUB-OPTIMAL
THERE IS A NEED TO
PERSONALISE INTERVENTION
TO ENSURE THAT THOSE AT
HIGHEST RISK ARE THE MOST
LIKELY TO BE TREATED
AUTHORS
Prof Tom Marwick MBBS, PhD, MPH is Prof Marj Moodie BA (hons), Dip Ed, Dip
the Director of Baker Heart and Diabetes TRP, DrPH is a Health Economist &
Institute and practises as a cardiologist at Deputy Head, Deakin Health Economics at
Alfred Health and Western Health. He has Deakin University. Her research interests
research interests in the detection and centre on the economics of non-communicable
management of early disease. diseases, with a particular focus on the
economics of obesity and stroke.
Dr Quan Huynh MB, PhD is an
epidemiologist at the Baker Heart and Prof Geoffrey Cloud MBBS, BSc, FRCP
Diabetes Institute. He has research interests (London) FRACP FESO, is Director of
in the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. Stroke Services, The Alfred Hospital,
Adjunct Professor, Stroke, Monash Central
Dr Prasanna Venkataraman MBBS, Medical School and a Consultant/Physician.
FRACP is a clinical cardiologist and current
PhD student at the Baker Heart and Prof Bronwyn Kingwell BSc(Hons), PhD,
Diabetes Institute. His academic and clinical FAHA, FAICD, FAHMS is Head of the
interests cover general cardiology including Translational Research Domain and the
preventative cardiology, cardiac imaging and Metabolic and Vascular Physiology
health economics. Laboratory at Baker Heart and Diabetes
Institute.
Prof Dianna Magliano B.AppSci (Hons),
MPH, PhD is an epidemiologist at the
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. She has
research interests in the epidemiology of
diabetes and its complications.
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