Abstract 12812: Leg Muscle Strength Independently Predicts Clinical Outcome In Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-Wook Park ◽  
Jong-Chan Youn ◽  
Jaewon Oh ◽  
Sungha Park ◽  
Sang-Hak Lee ◽  
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Introduction: Leg muscle strength (LMS) could be an index of frailty in patients with heart failure. However, its prognostic value in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is not well investigated. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that impaired LMS was independently associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with ADHF. Methods: We measured LMS in 110 prospectively and consecutively enrolled ADHF patients (75 male, mean age 60 ± 14 years, mean ejection fraction 29.9 ± 14.6%) at predischarge period. Primary endpoint was cardiovascular (CV) events defined as CV mortality, cardiac transplantation or rehospitalization due to HF aggravation. Results: The CV events occurred in 28 (25.5%) patients (5 cardiovascular deaths and 6 cardiac transplantations) during follow up period (median 246 days, 11-888 days). When the patients with ADHF were divided by LMS according to Contal and O’Quigley's method, impaired LMS was shown to be associated with poor clinical outcome (P<0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that LMS was found to be an independent predictor of CV events (P=0.017) when controlled for age, gender, BMI, types of heart failure, hemoglobin, NT-proBNP and beta-blocker use. Conclusions: LMS independently predicts clinical outcome in patients with ADHF and might be used as a surrogate marker of frailty. Further studies are needed to evaluate the prognostic role of leg muscle strengthening exercise in these patients.

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takanari Kimura ◽  
Takahisa Yamada ◽  
Tetsuya Watanabe ◽  
Takashi Morita ◽  
Yoshio Furukawa ◽  
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Background: Diuretic resistance is associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). However, little information is available on the prognostic significance of diuretic resistance in ADHF patients, relating to reduced, mid-range, or preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods: We studied 400 consecutive patients who were admitted for ADHF and survived to discharge. Diuretic resistance (DR) was defined by furosemide dose per body weight (BW) at discharge. Patients were classified by DR, and high dose group (higher DR) was defined by furosemide dose of > median value of DR (0.580). The endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality and unplanned hospitalization for worsening heart failure. Results: There were 139 patients with heart failure with reduced LVEF (HFrEF, LVEF<40%), 86 with mid-range LVEF (HFmrEF, 40%≤LVEF<50%) and 175 with preserved LVEF (HFpEF, LVEF≥50%). There was no significant difference in DR among the three groups (HFrEF; median 0.541 [IQR 0.360-0.786] mg/kg vs HFmrEF; 0.606 [0.398-0.820] mg/kg vs HFpEF; 0.624 [0.380-0.935] mg/kg, p=NS). During follow-up of 2.4±1.6 years, 195 patients reached the endpoint (HFrEF, n=67, HFmrEF, n=44, and HFpEF, n=84). In multivariate Cox analysis, DR was significantly associated with the endpoint independently of age, estimated glomerular filtration rate, plasma brain natriuretic peptide level and LVEF only in HFpEF patients (p<0.0001). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the risk of the endpoint was significantly higher in the patients with higher DR in HFpEF patients, but not in HFrEF or HFmrEF patients (Figure). Conclusions: In this study, higher DR was shown to be associated with poor clinical outcome in HFpEF patients admitted with ADHF.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Sumi ◽  
M Oguri ◽  
K Takahara ◽  
N Umemoto ◽  
K Shimizu ◽  
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Abstract Background Several studies have proved that both poor nutrition (PN) and Frail are associated with poor prognosis among heart failure patients. However, it has not been fully revealed whether PN and frail could have impact on prognosis accumulatively. Purpose The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of nutritional and Frailty status on 1-year mortality among hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). Methods Study subjects comprised of 315 hospitalized patients with ADHF. To evaluate the nutritional and Frailty status, we calculated the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score and the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) index at hospital admission. PN and Frailty were defined as the CONUT score ≥5 and SOF index ≥2, respectively. Results z Sixty-nine subjects (21.9%) were died within 1-year. PN and Frailty were observed in 33.3% and 55.6% of study subjects, respectively. Both PN and Frailty were similarly related to the 1-year mortality by univariate cox regression analysis (Hazard Ratio (HR) 2.43, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.51–3.91, p=0.0003: HR 3.13, 95% CI 1.83–5.66, p<0.0001, respectively). Study subjects were classified into 4 groups according to the nutritional and frailty status: control (normal nutrition without Frailty, n=110), PN alone (PN without Frailty, n=30), Frailty alone (Frailty without PN, n=100), and PN + Frailty (PN with Frailty, n=75). The Kaplan-Meier event curves for 1-year all-cause mortality illustrated that subjects with PN + Frailty had a significantly higher mortality than in subjects with control, PN alone and Frailty alone (log rank p=0.0001, 0.0180, 0.0070, respectively). As well as, cox regression analysis revealed that PN + Frailty showed significantly higher mortality than control, PN alone and Frailty alone. (HR 5.33, 95% CI 2.75–11.1, p<0.0001: HR 2.99, 95% CI 1.26–8.78, p=0.011: HR 2.07, 95% CI 1.21–3.61, p=0.008, respectively). Moreover, multivariate cox regression analysis also revealed that PN with Frailty was independently associated with 1-year mortality even after adjustment for age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and chronic kidney disease. (HR 3.40, 95% CI 1.69–7.32, adjusted p<0.001) Kaplan-Meier curve for 1year mortality Conclusions The combination assessment consisted with nutrition and frailty could identify poor prognosis patients with ADHF.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Yamada ◽  
T Morita ◽  
Y Furukawa ◽  
S Tamaki ◽  
M Kawasaki ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Plasma volume (PV) expansion plays an essential role in heart failure and PV status provides prognostic information in patients (pts) with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). On the other hand, concomitant presence of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure is associated with increased adverse events and may be related to interventricular uncoupling and impaired cardiac efficiency. It has recently been shown that an increased mean pulmonary artery pressure to mean systemic arterial pressure ratio (MPS ratio), a marker of interventricular coupling and efficiency, is associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure. However, there is no information available on the long-term prognostic value of the combination of PV status and MPS ratio in pts admitted for ADHF. Methods We studied 248 pts admitted for ADHF, who underwent right heart catheterization at the admission and were discharged with survival. PV status and MPS ratio were obtained at the admission. PV status was calculated as the following: Actual PV = (1 − hematocrit) x [a + (b x body weight)] (a=1530 in males and a=864 in females, b=41 in males and b=47.9 in females), Ideal PV = c x body weight (c=39 in males and c=40 in females), and PV status = [(actual PV − ideal PV)/ideal PV] x 100(%). The study endpoint was cardiovascular death (CVD). Results During a mean follow-up period of 5.2±4.4 yrs, 62 pts had CVD. PV status (10.0±16.2 vs 5.0±15.3%, p=0.03) and MPS ratio (0.408±0.114 vs 0.347±0.102, p=0.0001) were significantly greater in patients with than without CVD. At multivariate Cox regression analysis, PV status and MPS ratio were significantly associated with CVD, independently of prior heart failure hospitalization, eGFR, and serum sodium level and anemia. Patients with greater PV status (> median value = 4.6%) and MPS ratio (> median value = 0.346) had a significantly higher CVD risk than those with either and none of them (44% vs 22% vs 14%, p<0.0001, respectively). Conclusions The combination of PV status and MPS ratio might be useful for stratifying patients at risk for CVD in patients with ADHF.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Yamada ◽  
T Watanabe ◽  
T Morita ◽  
Y Furukawa ◽  
S Tamaki ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Malnutrition is associated with increased mortality risk in patients (pts) with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). On the other hand, concomitant presence of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure is associated with increased adverse events and may be related to interventricular uncoupling and impaired cardiac efficiency. It has recently been shown that an increased mean pulmonary artery pressure to mean systemic arterial pressure ratio (MPS ratio), a marker of interventricular coupling and efficiency, is associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure. However, there is no information available on the long-term prognostic value of the combination of malnutrition and MPS ratio in pts admitted for ADHF. Methods and results We studied 248 pts admitted for ADHF, who underwent right heart catheterization at the admission and were discharged with survival. Malnutrition was assessed by geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI), prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and controlling nutritional status score (CONUT). During a mean follow-up period of 5.2±4.4 yrs, 62 pts had cardiovascular death (CVD). MPS ratio was significantly greater in pts with than without CVD (0.408±0.114 vs 0.347±0.102, p=0.0001). GNRI and PNI were significantly lower, CONUT was significantly greater in pts with than without CVD. At multivariate Cox regression analysis, GNRI and MPS ratio were significantly associated with CVD, independently of prior heart failure hospitalization, eGFR, and serum sodium level and anemia, although PNI and CONUT showed the association with CVD at unvariate analysis. Pts with malnutrition (GNRI≤median value=96.5) and greater MPS ratio (≥median value=0.346) had a significantly higher CVD risk than those with either and none of them (51% vs 20% vs 12%, p&lt;0.0001, respectively). Conclusions The combination of malnutrition and MPS ratio might be useful for stratifying pts at risk for CVD in patients with ADHF. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao-Wei Lee ◽  
Chin-Chou Huang ◽  
Chih-Yu Yang ◽  
Hsin-Bang Leu ◽  
Po-Hsun Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract It is well known that the heart and kidney have a bi-directional correlation, in which organ dysfunction results in maladaptive changes in the other. We aimed to investigate the impact of renal function and its decline during hospitalization on clinical outcomes in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). A total of 119 consecutive Chinese patients admitted for ADHF were prospectively enrolled. The course of renal function was presented with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), calculated by the four-variable equation proposed by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study. Worsening renal function (WRF), defined as eGFR decline between admission (eGFRadmission) and pre-discharge (eGFRpredischarge), occurred in 41 patients. Clinical outcomes during the follow-up period were defined as 4P-major adverse cardiovascular events (4P-MACE), including the composition of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, and nonfatal HF hospitalization. During an average follow-up period of 2.6±3.2 years, 66 patients experienced 4P-MACE. Cox regression analysis revealed that impaired eGFRpredischarge, but not eGFRadmission or WRF, was significantly correlated with the development of 4P-MACE (HR, 2.003; 95% CI, 1.072–3.744; P=0.029). In conclusion, impaired renal function before discharge, but not WRF, is a significant risk factor for poor outcomes in patients with ADHF.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Barki ◽  
M Losito ◽  
M Carrozzo ◽  
M.M Caracciolo ◽  
M Rovida ◽  
...  

Abstract Background A significant proportion of patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, resulting in a major social and economic burden. Thus, risk stratification and identification of targets of therapy is of basic importance. Non-invasive imaging modality such as transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) represents a cornerstone tool to approach this clinical scenario for early recognition of high-risk patients. Purpose To define whether left atrial (LA) dynamics, evaluated by means of speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), may represent a predictor of cardiac events and early re-hospitalization in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) for ADHF, in comparison with other non-invasive established prognostic index in heart failure (HF) such as NT-proBNP, B-lines at lung ultrasonography (LUS) and right ventricular (RV) to Pulmonary Circulation (PC) uncoupling evaluated through Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE)/Pulmonary Arterial Systolic Pressure (PASP) ratio. Methods Seventy patients (mean age 75.6±11 years, 57% males) presenting with ADHF were prospectively enrolled within 24–48 hours from admission. In the acute phase and at pre-discharge the following variables have been collected: NT-proBNP, B-lines, TAPSE/PASP ratio, Left Atrial Volume indexed (LAVi) and global-peak atrial longitudinal strain (G-PALS). Results During a median follow-up of nine months we observed 18 events consisting of 7 deaths, 8 re-hospitalizations for ADHF, 1 re-hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome, 1 stroke and 1 mitral valve replacement. Multivariate Cox-regression analysis identified LAVi and GPALS at discharge, along with NT-proBNP, B-lines and TAPSE/PASP ratio, as independent predictors of major adverse CV events (LAVi: p=0.04; GPALS: p=0.05; NT-proBNP: p&lt;0.001; B-lines: p=0.03; TAPSE/PASP: p&lt;0.001) (Table 1). Conclusions Short-term re-hospitalization in ADHF is crucial and the identification of a higher risk through sensitive and potentially new hemodynamic phenotypes is of relevance. Our findings, although preliminary, may suggest a primary role of LA dynamics in this context. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Uchida ◽  
K Kamiya ◽  
N Hamazaki ◽  
R Matsuzawa ◽  
K Nozaki ◽  
...  

Abstract Background In elderly people, a decline in activities of daily living is more closely associated with low muscle strength (dynapenia) than with low muscle mass. Moreover, the combination of low muscle strength and obesity (dynapenic obesity) is associated with a higher risk of mortality than dynapenia or obesity alone, but its influence on prognosis is still unknown in elderly heart failure (HF) patients. To clarify these relationships may contribute to the development of rehabilitation programs for elderly HF patients and the improvement their prognoses in the future. Purpose We aimed to investigate the influence of dynapenia and obesity on prognoses of elderly HF patients. Methods We evaluated 1006 elderly HF patients aged ≥65 years (76.5±6.9 years, 579 males) who were admitted to our hospital and participated in an inpatient cardiac rehabilitation program. We assessed patients' characteristics, including body mass index (BMI) and handgrip strength during hospitalization. Patients with low handgrip strength (<26 kg and <18 kg in males and females, respectively) and high BMI (≥25 kg/m2) were considered to have dynapenia and obesity, respectively. Moreover, patients fulfilling the above two criteria (dynapenia, obesity) were considered to have dynapenic obesity. Patients were divided into four groups: normal, dynapenia only, obesity only, and dynapenic obesity. We compared survival rates among the four groups using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. To identify predictors for all-cause mortality, we performed Cox regression analysis. Results During the 8-year follow-up period, 228 patients (21.2%) died. Eight-year cumulative incidences of mortality were 35.4%, 26.0%, 62.6%, and 33.1% in the normal, obesity only, dynapenia only, and dynapenic obesity groups, respectively. Significantly lower survival rates were observed in the dynapenia only group than in the other 3 groups (log-rank: 28.893, P<0.001). Cox regression analysis, after adjusting for age and sex, showed significantly poor prognosis in the dyanapenia only group than in the other 3 groups (normal group, hazard ratio [HR] = 0.684, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.488–0.959, P=0.028; obesity only group, HR = 0.330, 95% CI = 0.182–0.598, P<0.001; dynapenic obesity group, HR = 0.390, 95% CI = 0.206–0.739, P=0.004). Conclusion Elderly HF patients with dynapenia alone had poor prognoses. Obesity may have protective effects on the survival of dynapenia patients with HF.


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