scholarly journals Incidence Rate of Hospitalization for Heart Failure in a Japanese City ― An Updated Reference for Japan’s Aging Society ―

Author(s):  
Kyohei Marume ◽  
Soshiro Ogata ◽  
Ryota Kaichi ◽  
Michikazu Nakai ◽  
Masanobu Ishii ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Groenewegen ◽  
Victor W. Zwartkruis ◽  
Betül Cekic ◽  
Rudolf. A. de Boer ◽  
Michiel Rienstra ◽  
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Abstract Background Diabetes has strongly been linked to atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure. The epidemiology of these cardiovascular diseases is changing, however, due to changes in prevalence of obesity-related conditions and preventive measures. Recent population studies on incidence of atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure in patients with diabetes are needed. Methods A dynamic longitudinal cohort study was performed using primary care databases of the Julius General Practitioners’ Network. Diabetes status was determined at baseline (1 January 2014 or upon entering the cohort) and participants were followed-up for atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure until 1 February 2019. Age and sex-specific incidence and incidence rate ratios were calculated. Results Mean follow-up was 4.2 years, 12,168 patients were included in the diabetes group, and 130,143 individuals in the background group. Incidence rate ratios, adjusted for age and sex, were 1.17 (95% confidence interval 1.06–1.30) for atrial fibrillation, 1.66 (1.55–1.83) for ischaemic heart disease, and 2.36 (2.10–2.64) for heart failure. Overall, incidence rate ratios were highest in the younger age categories, converging thereafter. Conclusion There is a clear association between diabetes and incidence of the major chronic progressive heart diseases, notably with heart failure with a more than twice increased risk.


Author(s):  
Gosia Sylwestrzak ◽  
Jinan Liu ◽  
Alan Rosenberg ◽  
Jeffrey White ◽  
John Barron ◽  
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Background: Dronedarone is a non-iodinated form of amiodarone that may not cause some of serious adverse effects associated with amiodarone. However, it is less effective than amiodarone in maintaining normal sinus rhythm, and it does not improve success of electrical cardioversion. Additionally, dronedarone use has been associated with new onset or worsening of heart failure (HF), including a doubling of the risk of death in patients with symptomatic heart failure. We aimed to compare the incidence of newly diagnosed HF and HF hospitalizations among dronedarone and amiodarone users. Secondary outcomes of interest included rates of acute ischemic stroke (IS) and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Methods: This retrospective study utilized administrative claims data between 1/1/2007-9/30/2011 from the HealthCore Integrated Research Environment (HIRE ® ). Patients were required to have at least one claim for atrial fibrillation. Propensity score matching was employed to adjust for differences between the cohorts. Incidence rate of HF, HF hospitalizations, IS and TIA events were compared between matched cohorts using Poisson time-to-event model. Results: The cohort consisted of 6,013 amiodarone and 1,534 dronedarone patients. Dronedarone patients were younger, healthier per Deyo-Charlson Index (DCI) and CHADS2 score, and less likely to have underlying heart disease (all p-values<0.05). In the propensity score matching process 838 patients with comparable baseline characteristics were selected in each group. Median follow up was 552 days in the amiodarone cohort and 412 days in the dronedarone cohort. Among patients without HF history, new onset HF incidence rate was 34.6 per 100 person-year in amiodarone cohort and 19.1 per 100 person-year in dronedarone cohort (IRR=1.61, 95% CI: 1.30-2.01, p<0.01). The incidence rate for HF hospitalization was also higher in amiodarone patients-- 10.7 per 100 person-year against 7.8 per 100 person-year for dronedarone (IRR=1.39, 95% CI: 1.02-1.85, p=0.03). For IS, the incidence rate was 1.68 per 100 person-year in amiodarone vs. 0.84 in dronedarone but results did not reach statistical significance (IRR=1.91, 95% CI: 0.84-4.30, p=0.12); for TIA, it was 3.67 vs. 2.35 for amiodarone and dronedarone respectively (IRR=2.01, 95% CI: 1.14-3.57, p=0.02). Conclusions: In a propensity score matched observational cohort study, amiodarone use was associated with higher incidence rate of new onset HF, HF hospitalizations, and TIA as identified from claims. This finding differs from other clinical studies. Future observational cohort studies should incorporate medical record review for validation since information from claims might be insufficient to fully account for underlying patient risk status, or accurately determine if HF was new onset. Key words: amiodarone; dronedarone; atrial fibrillation; heart failure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Chung ◽  
T H Kim ◽  
J S Uhm ◽  
M J Cha ◽  
J M Lee ◽  
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Abstract Purpose Thromboembolic risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in heart failure with preserved (HFpEF), mid-range (HFmrEF), and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is not well identified. This study assessed the thromboembolic risk of AF in patients with HFpEF, HFmrEF and HFrEF. Materials and methods Within the CODE-AF prospective, outpatient registry (COmparison study of Drugs for symptom control and complication prEvention of Atrial Fibrillation), a total of 10476 patients with non-valvular AF including 929 (8.8%) patients with HF was analyzed. Multivariable cox regression was used to evaluate the risk of thromboembolic event, including stroke, systemic embolism and transient ischemic attack. Hazard ratio (HR) was adjusted by each component of CHA2DS2-VASc risk score and the use of oral anticoagulant (OAC). Results The median age of the overall population was 68.0 (interquartile range, 60.0–75.0); 63.9% were male. The proportion of HFpEF, HFmrEF and HFrEF was 43.6%, 26.7% and 29.7%, respectively. CHA2DS2-VASc risk score was higher in HF group than no-HF group. OAC was more commonly used in HF group than no-HF group (85.2% vs. 68.9%, p<0.001). The rate of OAC usage was 85.1%, 86.6%, and 84.0% in HFpEF, HFmrEF, and HFrEF group, respectively. During follow-up period of median 14.3 months, 15 patients experienced thromboembolic event in HF group with incidence rate of 1.39 events per 100 person-years, while 94 patients did in no-HF group with 0.87 events per 100 person-years. In patients without OAC, incidence rate of thromboembolic event was 1.31, 2.77, and 6.24 events per 100 person-years in HFpEF, HFmrEF, and HFrEF, respectively. Compared with no-HF group, HF was associated with increased risk of thromboembolic event with clinical variable adjusted HR of 3.04 (95% CI, 1.12–8.26, p=0.03). Among 3 types of HF, HFrEF increased the risk of thromboembolic event (adjusted HR 7.39, 95% CI 2.15–25.44, P=0.002), while HFmrEF or HFpEF did not. Finally, in patients with optimal OAC, risk of thromboembolic event was not increased by HF or HFrEF. Conclusion In OAC-naïve non-valvular AF, HF was associated with increased risk of thromboembolic event. Among 3 types of HF, HFrEF increased the risk of thromboembolic event, while HFmrEF or HFpEF did not. However, in patients with optimal OAC, even HFrEF was not associated with increased risk of thromboembolic event. These results support current OAC strategy in HF patients, especially emphasizing optimal OAC in HFrEF population. Acknowledgement/Funding The National Research Foundation of Korea


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricky Camplain ◽  
Anna Kucharska-Newton ◽  
Lloyd E Chambless ◽  
Jacqueline D Wright ◽  
Kenneth R Butler ◽  
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Background: Estimation of disease incidence from administrative data requires an adequate look-back (prevalence) period to exclude pre-existing conditions from the incidence risk set. We characterized optimal lengths of the prevalence period to minimize misclassification of incident heart failure (HF) hospitalization, a proxy for incident HF. Methods: Data for participants of the ARIC Study (a prospective longitudinal cohort of 15,792 individuals sampled from 4 US communities) were linked with CMS Medicare claims from the years 2000-2012. We included only participants with >36 months of continuous CMS Medicare fee for service (FFS) enrollment. Each participant’s time-in-observation was divided into two phases. The first 36 months were the prevalence period. Observation time after an index date 36 months following the date of enrollment was the incidence period. HF hospitalizations were identified from CMS MedPAR records using ICD-9 code 428.xx in any position. Patients were classified as having a HF hospitalization in (a) both the prevalence and incidence periods, (b) in the prevalence period only, (c) in the incidence period only, or (d) neither. Incident HF was defined as the first HF hospitalization in the incidence period not preceded by a HF hospitalization in the prevalence period. The proportion of events misclassified as incident HF hospitalization was estimated from incremental reductions of the prevalence period to start 36, 30, 24, 18, 12, or 6 months before the index date. The impact of misclassification was estimated as differences in incidence per 1,000 patients at risk. Results: Of 11,054 ARIC participants enrolled in Medicare FFS, 9,568 met the study inclusion criteria. A total of 1,129 incident HF hospitalizations were identified based on the 36 month prevalence period, considered as the referent (incidence rate 118 HF hospitalizations per 1,000 patients at risk). Shortening the prevalence period to 24 months increased the HF incidence rate to 123 per 1,000, overestimating the number of incident HF hospitalizations by 4.2% while retaining over 90% of the sample. A 12 month prevalence period yielded an overestimation of the number of incident HF hospitalizations by 11% (incidence rate 129 per 1,000 patients at risk) while retaining 95% of the sample. Conclusions: Selection of too short of a prevalence period to define incident hospitalized HF from CMS Medicare claims data can introduce substantial misclassification. Consideration of several prevalence periods indicates that a 24 month prevalence period reduces the potential for bias in the estimation of incident hospitalized HF while retaining most observations.


Lupus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (13) ◽  
pp. 2050-2056 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Y Lim ◽  
E H Bae ◽  
K-D Han ◽  
J-H Jung ◽  
H S Choi ◽  
...  

Objective To investigate the incidence and clinical significance of cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Methods We included systemic lupus erythematosus patients ( n = 18,575) without previous cardiovascular disease and age- and sex-matched individuals without systemic lupus erythematosus (controls; n = 92,875) from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database (2008–2014). Both cohorts were followed up for incident cardiovascular disease and death until 2015. Results During follow up, myocardial infarction occurred in 203 systemic lupus erythematosus patients and 325 controls (incidence rate: 1.76 and 0.56 per 1000 person-years, respectively), stroke occurred in 289 patients and 403 controls (incidence rate: 2.51 and 0.70 per 1000 person-years, respectively), heart failure occurred in 358 patients and 354 controls (incidence rate 3.11 and 0.61 per 1000 person-years, respectively), and death occurred in 744 patients and 948 controls (incidence rate 6.54 and 1.64 per 1000 person-years, respectively). Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had higher risks for myocardial infarction (hazard ratio: 2.74, 95% confidence interval: 2.28–3.37), stroke (hazard ratio: 3.31, 95% confidence interval: 2.84–3.86), heart failure (hazard ratio: 4.60, 95% confidence interval: 3.96–5.35), and cardiac death (hazard ratio: 3.98, 95% confidence interval: 3.61–4.39). Conclusions Here, systemic lupus erythematosus was an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, thus cardiac assessment and management are critical in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Beom Han ◽  
Jung-Ro Yoon ◽  
Ji-Young Cheong ◽  
Sang-Soo Lee ◽  
Young-Soo Shin

Abstract Background: Limited data is available regarding the incidence rate and risk factors for stroke associated with unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and bilateral TKA. This study aims to investigate the incidence rate and risk factors of stroke in patients treated with bilateral TKA compared with patients with unilateral TKA.Methods: In this retrospective nationwide cohort study, we compared patients undergoing unilateral TKA or bilateral TKA using data from the Korean National Health Insurance claims database between January 1, 2009 and August 31, 2017 and included patients older than 40 years of age who underwent primary TKA by the index date as documented primary diagnosis and first additional diagnosis without a history of stroke during the preceding 1 year. We used matched Cox regression models to compare the incidence rate and risk factors of newly acquired stroke among patients treated with unilateral TKA or bilateral TKA after propensity score (PS) matching.Results: In the present study, 163,719 patients who received unilateral TKA were matched to163,719 patients with bilateral TKA (simultaneous and staged without discharge) based on PS. The risk of stroke during the study period was lower in patients treated with bilateral TKA than in patients with unilateral TKA (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0.79; P<0.001). Patients who received bilateral TKA were at decreased risk of stroke when the following variables were present: advanced age (70-79 years, HR 0.76; P<0.001), female sex (HR 0.75; P<0.001), rural area (HR 0.77; P<0.001), small- or medium-sized hospital (HR 0.75; P<0.001), health insurance (HR 0.77; P<0.001), history of hypertension drug use (HR 0.75; P<0.001), congestive heart failure (HR 0.70; P=0.032), connective tissue disease (HR 0.71; P=0.01), diabetes (HR 0.77; P<0.001), and diabetes with complication (HR 0.76; P=0.034).Conclusions: The risk of stroke was lower in patients treated with bilateral TKA (simultaneous and staged without discharge) than in patients with unilateral TKA. Patients treated with bilateral TKA were at decreased risk of stroke when the following variables were present: age (70-79 years), female sex, health insurance, history of hypertension drug use, and comorbidities, such as congestive heart failure, connective tissue disease, and diabetes. More importantly, we do state that those with simultaneous bilateral TKA and staged bilateral TKA without discharge could have been healthier. This is precisely what the guidelines implemented by South Korea for patient selection aim to do and our data show that the risk of stroke is not increased in selected patients undergoing SiBTKA and StBTKA without discharge. Therefore, those who underwent 2 unilateral TKAs could have been at more risk of stroke, especially in the 2nd unilateral TKA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ikeda ◽  
K Hiasa ◽  
H Tsutsui ◽  

Abstract Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are bidirectionally correlated; the more severe the NYHA classification, the higher the incidence rate of atrial fibrillation, and vice versa. HF is included in the items of CHA2DS2-VASc score used to calculate stroke risk in patients with AF, and is itself a risk factor for thromboembolism in such patients. Anticoagulant management in AF patients with HF is thus a key concern that remains to be sufficiently examined, especially in elderly patients aged ≥75 y. Purpose The All Nippon Atrial Fibrillation In the Elderly (ANAFIE) Registry enrolled more than 30,000 elderly (≥75 y) patients with non-valvular AF (NVAF), aiming to produce real-world data on their clinical status and prognosis. This sub-analysis of the ANAFIE Registry assessed the 2-year outcomes and status of anticoagulant treatment in elderly NVAF patients with HF. Methods A total of 32,275 patients from the ANAFIE Registry were divided into two groups according to whether they had HF (HF group and reference group). The incidence rates and adjusted hazard ratios (HR) of clinical outcomes were determined using Kaplan-Meier analysis and the Cox proportional-hazards model, respectively. Results A total of 20,159 (62.5%) patients were included in the reference group, and 12,116 (37.5%) in the HF group. Compared with the reference group, the HF group had higher mean age (82.4 vs 80.9 y), female ratio (46.6% vs 40.4%), non-paroxysmal AF (69.8% vs 50.8%), and had lower mean CrCL (43.3 vs 51.6 mL/min). In the HF group, the rate control drugs were frequently used (50.1% vs 35.8%), and the rhythm control drugs were less used (14.2% vs 22.7%) than in the reference group. More patients in the HF group were using anticoagulants (93.9% vs 91.6%; warfarin (WF), 29.6% vs 23.0%; direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC), 64.2% vs 68.5%) than those in the reference group. The HF group had a numerically higher incidence of stroke or systemic embolic events (SEE) (3.28% vs 2.84%, HR 0.96, p=0.558) and major bleeding (2.35% vs 1.79%, HR 1.14, p=0.130) than the reference group, but the differences were not statistically significant. The HF group had a significantly higher incidence rate of HF requiring hospitalization (12.99% vs 4.59%, HR 1.94, p&lt;0.001) and all-cause mortality (9.83% vs 5.21%, HR 1.32, p&lt;0.001). In the HF group, patients receiving DOAC had significantly lower incidence rates for major bleeding, HF requiring hospitalization, and all-cause mortality than those receiving WF, while there was no difference for stroke/SEE between both groups. Conclusions Elderly NVAF patients with HF had higher risk of HF requiring hospitalization and mortality than those without. Differences were seen in the incidence rates of major bleeding, HF requiring hospitalization, and all-cause mortality between patients on DOAC and those on WF. This study will explore relevant factors affecting clinical outcomes in elderly NVAF patients with HF. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Basic ◽  
P Hansson ◽  
T Zverkova-Sandstrom ◽  
B Johansson ◽  
M Fu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Heart failure (HF) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and also associated with worse outcome. Consequently, it is commonly included in risk prediction models for AF, used in daily clinical praxis. However, knowledge about the association between solely AF and incidental HF is limited. Aim This study aims to evaluate the short and long-term risks for onset of HF in patients with AF and low cardiovascular risk profile. Methods All patients with first recorded hospitalization for AF in the Swedish National Patient Register, were included from the 1St January 1987 to 31st December 2018. Each patient with AF was matched by age, sex and county with two controls from the Swedish Total Population Register. Patients &lt;18 years, or with concomitant hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary and periphery artery disease, previous stroke or transitory ischemic attack, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary arterial hypertension, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease and renal failure prior or at baseline were excluded. Results In total 227 811 patients and 452 712 controls met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were included in the study. The incidence rate for incidental HF per 1000 person-year within one year after AF diagnosis was 6.2 (95% CI: 4.5–8.6) among patient 18–34, increased with increasing age and was 142.8 (95% CI: 139.4–146.3) among those &gt;80 years. Within five years the incidence rate decreased in all age categories and was 2.4 (95% CI: 1.8–3.0) among the youngest and 94.0 (95% CI: 92.4–95.6) in the oldest age group. When compared to matched controls from the general population patients with AF had a hazard ratio (HR) and CI 95% to develop HF within one year at 103.9 (46.3–233.1), 34.9 (26.5–45.9), 17.5 (15.5–19.8), 10.3 (9.6–11.1) and 6.1 (5.8–6.4) among patients aged 18–34, 35–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79 and &gt;80 years, respectively. Conclusion Despite low cardiovascular risk profile AF still carries high risk for developing incidental HF in particular during the first observation year with increasing tendency along with increasing age. Younger patients with AF and without other cardiovascular comorbidities had more than 100 times higher relative risk to develop HF within one year when compared to matched controls. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hankil Lee ◽  
Sung-Hee Oh ◽  
Hyeonseok Cho ◽  
Hyun-Jai Cho ◽  
Hye-Young Kang

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