Additive Value of Biomarkers and Echocardiography to Stratify the Risk of Death in Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction.


Journal

Cardiology research and practice
ISSN: 2090-8016
Titre abrégé: Cardiol Res Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101516542

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 07 01 2019
revised: 01 03 2019
accepted: 19 03 2019
entrez: 14 6 2019
pubmed: 14 6 2019
medline: 14 6 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Risk stratification is a crucial issue in heart failure. Clinicians seek useful tools to tailor therapies according to patient risk. A prospective, observational, multicenter study on stable chronic heart failure outpatients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF). Baseline demographics, blood, natriuretic peptides (NPs), high-sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI), and echocardiographic data, including the ratio between tricuspid annular plane excursion and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (TAPSE/PASP), were collected. Association with death for any cause was analyzed. Four hundred thirty-one (431) consecutive patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty deaths occurred over a median follow-up of 32 months. On the multivariable Cox model analysis, TAPSE/PASP ratio, number of biomarkers above the threshold values, and gender were independent predictors of death. Both the TAPSE/PASP ratio ≥0.36 and TAPSE/PASP unavailable groups had a three-fold decrease in risk of death in comparison to the TAPSE/PASP ratio <0.36 group. The risk of death increased linearly by 1.6 for each additional positive biomarker and by almost two for women compared with men. In a HFrEF outpatient cohort, the evaluation of plasma levels of both NPs and hsTnI can contribute significantly to identifying patients who have a worse prognosis, in addition to the echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular-arterial coupling.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Risk stratification is a crucial issue in heart failure. Clinicians seek useful tools to tailor therapies according to patient risk.
METHODS METHODS
A prospective, observational, multicenter study on stable chronic heart failure outpatients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF). Baseline demographics, blood, natriuretic peptides (NPs), high-sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI), and echocardiographic data, including the ratio between tricuspid annular plane excursion and systolic pulmonary artery pressure (TAPSE/PASP), were collected. Association with death for any cause was analyzed.
RESULTS RESULTS
Four hundred thirty-one (431) consecutive patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty deaths occurred over a median follow-up of 32 months. On the multivariable Cox model analysis, TAPSE/PASP ratio, number of biomarkers above the threshold values, and gender were independent predictors of death. Both the TAPSE/PASP ratio ≥0.36 and TAPSE/PASP unavailable groups had a three-fold decrease in risk of death in comparison to the TAPSE/PASP ratio <0.36 group. The risk of death increased linearly by 1.6 for each additional positive biomarker and by almost two for women compared with men.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
In a HFrEF outpatient cohort, the evaluation of plasma levels of both NPs and hsTnI can contribute significantly to identifying patients who have a worse prognosis, in addition to the echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular-arterial coupling.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31192003
doi: 10.1155/2019/1824816
pmc: PMC6525851
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1824816

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Auteurs

Calogero Falletta (C)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Francesco Clemenza (F)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Catherine Klersy (C)

Service of Clinical Epidemiology & Biometry, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

Valentina Agnese (V)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Diego Bellavia (D)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Gabriele Di Gesaro (G)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Chiara Minà (C)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Giuseppe Romano (G)

Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

Pier Luigi Temporelli (PL)

Division of Cardiology, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy.

Frank Lloyd Dini (FL)

Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Andrea Rossi (A)

Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Claudia Raineri (C)

Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

Annalisa Turco (A)

Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

Egidio Traversi (E)

Division of Cardiology, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Montescano, Italy.

Stefano Ghio (S)

Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

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