Prognostic value of short-term follow-up BNP in hospitalized patients with heart failure

Background: An elevated pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP), a surrogate of left ventricular filling pressure, is associated with poor outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). In addition, obesity paradox is well recognized in HF patients and body mass index (BMI) also provides a prognostic information. However, there is little information available on the prognostic value of the combination of the echocardiographic derived PAWP and BMI in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Methods and Results: Patients data were extracted from The Prospective mUlticenteR obServational stUdy of patIenTs with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PURSUIT HFpEF) study, which is a prospective multicenter observational registry for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients with HFpEF. We analyzed 548 patients after exclusion of patients undergoing hemodialysis, patients with in-hospital death, missing follow-up data, or missing data to calculate PAWP or BMI. Body weight measurement and echocardiography were performed just before discharge. PAWP was calculated using the Nagueh formula [PAWP = 1.24* (E/e’) + 1.9] with e’ = [(e’ septal + e’ lateral ) /2]. During a mean follow up period of 1.5±0.8 years, 86 patients had all-cause death (ACD). Multivariate Cox analysis showed that both PAWP (p=0.020) and BMI (p=0.0001) were significantly associated with ACD, independently of age and previous history of HF hospitalization, after the adjustment with gender, left ventricular ejection fraction, NT-proBNP and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Kaplan-Meier curve analysis revealed that there was a significant difference in the risk of ACD when patients were stratified into 3 groups based on the median values of PAWP (17.3) and BMI (21.4). Conclusions: The combination of the echocardiographic derived PAWP and BMI might be useful for stratifying ADHF patients with HFpEF at risk for the total mortality.

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Prognostic Value of CA125 Serum Levels in Female Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

10.21203/rs.3.rs-395092/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

YanHong Luo ◽

YongRan Cheng ◽

XiaoFu Zhang ◽

MingWei Wang ◽

Bin Ni ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Serum Levels ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Short Term ◽

Female Patients ◽

Coronary Syndrome ◽

Ca125 Level

Abstract Background: carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) is an increasingly promising biomarker of heart failure (HF), but its prognostic value in female patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is unclear. We aimed to determine the short-term and mid-term prognostic value of CA125 serum levels in female ACS patients.Methods: A total of 131 consecutive female patients with ACS were retrospective enrolled. Their CA125 levels, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and biochemical parameters were measured, and echocardiography was performed at admission. All-cause mortality during hospitalization and two-year follow-up was investigated for the prognosis.Results: The median value of CA125 serum level in the entire ACS patients was 13.85 U/mL. Patients in Killip Ⅲ had the highest values of CA125 level, followed by Killip Ⅱ and then Killip Ⅰ (p < 0.05). However, no statical difference was observed between Killip Ⅳ and Ⅰ-Ⅲ groups respectively (P > 0.05). The CA125 serum levels showed weak positive correlation with left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) (r = 0.3, P < 0.01) and a weak negative correlation with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (r = –0.23, p < 0.01). A receive operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the AUC of CA125 in predicting acute heart failure (AHF) in ACS patients during hospitalization was 0.912, exhibiting higher sensitivity and specificity than BNP (0.846). The optimal cut-off value for CA125 in predicting AHF was 16.4 U/mL with a sensitivity of 0.916 and specificity of 0.893. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated that patients with high values of CA125 level had a poor overall survival than those with low values of CA125 level (log-rank, p < 0.001), whether during hospitalization or mid-term follow-up. Conclusion: Elevated CA125 level can be used to predict AHF in female ACS patients. Patients with elevated CA125 levels had higher mortality in short-term and mid-term than those with low CA125 levels.

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491 Short-term prognostic implications of left ventricular myocardial work indices in advanced heart failure patients treated with repetitive Levosimendan infusions

European Heart Journal Supplements ◽

10.1093/eurheartj/suab132.016 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (Supplement_G) ◽

Author(s):

Fabio Fazzari ◽

Francesco Cannata ◽

Daniele Banfi ◽

Marta Pellegrino ◽

Beniamino Pagliaro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Cardiovascular Events ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Clinical Laboratory ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Advanced Heart Failure ◽

Short Term ◽

Heart Failure Patients ◽

Global Work

Abstract Aims Repetitive Levosimendan treatment in advanced heart failure patients has not been investigated yet via myocardial work indices (MWI), which could more accurately detect the effects of this both inotropic and vasodilatory drug. The aims of this study were (1) to describe variations of myocardial work indices, as a consequence of repetitive Levosimendan infusions and (2) to assess the prognostic value of myocardial work parameters in these patients. Methods and results Fourteen patients with advanced heart failure treated with intermittent in-hospital levosimendan infusions were prospectively included. Clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic assessment were performed before and after every Levosimendan infusion. The primary endpoint was a composite of any episode of decompensated HF, urgent HF rehospitalization, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest and cardiovascular death at 4–6 weeks follow-up after each planned infusion. During follow-up (mean: 150 ± 99 days) a total of 37 infusions were performed and a total of 11 cardiovascular events occurred. Global constructive work (GCW), global work efficiency (GWE), and global work index (GWI) increased after Levosimendan infusion in 62.2%, 73.0%, and 70.3% of cases, with significant differences between patients with and without outcomes [delta GCW: −7.36 mmHg% (134.12) vs. 113.81 mmHg% (204.41), P = 0.007; delta GWE: −3.27% (8.38) vs. 4.30% (5.58), P = 0.002]. Delta value of GWE showed the largest area under curve (AUC: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.64–1.00, P = 0.002) for outcome prediction with a cut-off point of 0.5%. Independent prognostic value of GWE variation was confirmed in multivariable regression models (OR: 0.825, 95% CI: 0.702–0.970, P = 0.02). Conclusions GWE and GCW provided incremental and independent prognostic value at short-term follow-up over traditional echocardiographic parameters. The differentiation of patients into ‘workers’, whose GWE improved after Levosimendan infusion, and ‘non-workers’, who failed to improve their GWE, permitted to identify patients at higher risk of forthcoming cardiovascular events. Monitoring these patients with MWI may have relevant clinical implications.

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P432 Prognostic value of hyponatremia in hospitalized patients with heart failure ? insights from the outcomes of a prospective trial of intravenous milrinone for exacerbations of chronic heart failure

European Heart Journal ◽

10.1016/s0195-668x(03)93870-x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 60

Author(s):

L KLEIN

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Chronic Heart Failure ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Prospective Trial ◽

Hospitalized Patients ◽

Patients With Heart Failure

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Validation of Saiful Anwar Clinical Congestion Score in Comparison with NT-proBNP for Prediction of Short-term Outcome in Acute Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Heart Science Journal ◽

10.21776/ub.hsj.2020.001.04.06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 25-30

Author(s):

Liemena Harold Adrian ◽

Mohammad Saifur Rohman ◽

Muhammad Riski Fadlan ◽

Cholid Tri Tjahjono ◽

Anna Fuji Rahimah ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Ejection Fraction ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Discriminative Power ◽

Index Hospitalization ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Outcome ◽

Reduced Ejection Fraction ◽

Short Term Outcome

Background : Risk stratification of acute heart failure (AHF) patient during hospital admission utilizing clinical scores emerges as an alternative to standart natriuretic peptide measurement. Development of Saiful Anwar clinical congestion score (SACS) as multivariable predictive model for prediction of short-term outcome in AHF with reduced ejection fraction (AHF-rEF) requires validation in comparison to NT-proBNP. Objective : To validate prognostic value of SACS compare with NT-proBNP in AHF-rEF Method : This single-center, prospective cohort study was held in dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital during January 2019 to June 2020. From total 89 AHF-rEF patients who admitted to emergency department, were assigned to SACS prospective questionnaire fulfillment and NT-proBNP measurement during first 12-hours since admission. Patients were divided into two groups based on SACS score and NT-proBNP value during admission. 90-days follow up was performed after index hospitalization with outcome of interest i.e all-cause mortality (ACM) and HF-related rehospitalization (HFR). Results : ACM and HFR rate in this study were 16.8% and 22.5%, respectively. SACS ≥6 demonstrated higher ACM and HFR rate during 90-days follow-up compared to SACS <6 (p=0.000; p=0.000, respectively). Performance of SACS ≥6 on admission showed good discriminative power for predicting 90-days ACM and HFR (AUC 0.841, p=0.000; AUC 0.788, p=0.000, respectively) compared to NT-proBNP ≥5000pg/mL (AUC 0.812, p=0.000; AUC 0.819, p=0.000, respectively). Additive value of NT-proBNP ≥5000pg/mL on top of SACS ≥6 increases discriminative power for predicting 90-days ACM and HFR after index hospitalization (AUC 0.836, p=0.000; AUC 0.90, p=0.000, respectively). Conclusion : SACS has demonstrated prognostic value compared to NT-proBNP for prediction of 90-days ACM and HFR after index hospitalization in AHF-rEF patients.

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Prognostic value of nutritional status in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, with and without atrial fibrillation: insights From PURSUIT-HFpEF Registry

European Heart Journal ◽

10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0859 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽

Author(s):

M Kawasaki ◽

T Yamada ◽

T Watanabe ◽

T Morita ◽

Y Furukawa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Ejection Fraction ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Funding Source ◽

Preserved Ejection Fraction ◽

Nutritional Indices ◽

Patients With Heart Failure

Abstract Background Malnutrition is one of the most important comorbidities among heart failure (HF) patients, and serum cholinesterase (CHE) has been reported to be a prognostic factor in HF patients. On the other hand, atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequently observed in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, there is little information available on the prognostic value of nutritional status in HFpEF patients, with and without AF. We sought to clarify the prognostic value of CHE in HFpEF with and without AF and compare it with that of other nutrition indices such as gastric nutritional risk index (GNRI), controlling nutritional status (CONUT), and the prognostic nutritional index (PNI). Methods and results Patients data were extracted from The Prospective mUlticenteR obServational stUdy of patIenTs with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PURSUIT HFpEF) study, which is a prospective multicenter observational registry for acute decompensated heart failure patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50% in Osaka. We analyzed 380 patients (median age: 80 [75–87] years, male: 46%) after exclusion of patients with in-hospital death, missing follow-up data, or missing data to calculate nutritional indices. On admission, 155 patients had AF. Laboratory data were obtained at discharge. During a mean follow up period of 1.1±0.6 years, 131 patients had a composite endpoint (CE) of all-cause death and hospitalization for worsening heart failure or cerebrovascular disorder. In multivariate Cox analysis, in patients with AF, CHE was significantly associated with CE independently of age, gender and body mass index after the adjustment with serum albumin, total cholesterol levels and total lymphocyte count, while it was not significantly associated with CE in patients without AF. C-index of CHE (0.708) was higher than that of GNRI (0.555, p=0.0028), CONUT (0.651, p=0.208) and PNI (0.635, p=0.208) in AF patients, while there were no significant differences in those nutritional indices in patients without AF. Kaplan-Meier curve analysis revealed that AF patients with lower CHE (<208 U/L = median value) had higher risk of CE than those with higher CHE (44% vs 18%, adjusted HR 3.26 95% CI [1.66–6.67], p=0.0005), while there was no significant difference in the occurrence rate of CE between patients with and without higher CHE in non-AF group (42% vs 31%, adjusted HR 1.28 95% CI [0.78–2.13], p=0.33). Conclusions Prognostic value of CHE would be stronger than other nutritional indices in HFpEF patients with AF, while it would be weak in HFpEF patients without AF. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Private company. Main funding source(s): Roche Diagnostics K.K.; Fuji Film Toyama Chemical Co. Ltd.

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