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Brachial pulse pressure in acute heart failure. Results of the Heart Failure Registry.

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Aims

To investigate the still uncertain independent prognostic impact of pulse pressure (PP) in acute heart failure (HF), in particular across the left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) phenotypes, and the potential contribution of PP in outlining the individual phenotypes.

Methods and results

We prospectively evaluated 1-year death and rehospitalization in 4314 patients admitted for acute HF grouped by EF and stratified by their PP level on admission. In HF with reduced (< 40%) EF (HFrEF), the highest quartiles of PP had the lowest unadjusted [hazard ratio (HR) 0.77, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.61-0.98] and adjusted (HR 0.64 0.50-0.82) risk of 1 year all cause death compared to the lowest quartile. Its prognostic impact was partially mediated by systolic blood pressure (SBP). In HF with preserved (? 50%) EF (HFpEF), the intermediate quartile of PP showed the lowest 1 year all cause mortality in unadjusted (HR 0.598, CI 0.416-0.858) and adjusted (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.388-0.801) models with no relationship with SBP. In a receiver operating characteristic analysis, a combination of PP > 60 mmHg and SBP > 140 mmHg was associated to a preserved EF with a high performance value. No prognostic significance of PP was found in the HF with mid-range EF subgroup.

Conclusions

In acute HFrEF, there is an almost linear inverse relation between mortality and PP, partly mediated by SBP. In HFpEF, a J-shaped relationship between mortality and PP was present with a better prognosis at the nadir. A combination of PP > 60 mmHg with SBP > 140 mmHg may be clinically helpful as marker of a preserved left ventricular EF.

SUBMITTER: Bonapace S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6989281 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Brachial pulse pressure in acute heart failure. Results of the Heart Failure Registry.

Bonapace Stefano S Rossi Andrea A Laroche Cécile C Crespo-Leiro Maria G MG Piepoli Massimo F MF Coats Andrew J S AJS Dahlström Ulf U Malek Filip F Macarie Cezar C Temporelli Pier Luigi PL Maggioni Aldo P AP Tavazzi Luigi L

ESC heart failure 20191209 6

<h4>Aims</h4>To investigate the still uncertain independent prognostic impact of pulse pressure (PP) in acute heart failure (HF), in particular across the left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) phenotypes, and the potential contribution of PP in outlining the individual phenotypes.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We prospectively evaluated 1-year death and rehospitalization in 4314 patients admitted for acute HF grouped by EF and stratified by their PP level on admission. In HF with reduced (< 40%) ...[more]

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Brachial pulse pressure in acute heart failure. Results of the Heart Failure Registry.

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Brachial pulse pressure in acute heart failure. Results of the Heart Failure Registry.

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