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C₂HEST score predicts clinical outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a secondary analysis of the TOPCAT trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The C₂HEST score has been validated for predicting AF in the general population or post-stroke patients. We aimed to assess whether this risk score could predict incident AF and other clinical outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients.

Methods

A total of 2202 HFpEF patients without baseline AF in the TOPCAT trial were stratified by baseline C₂HEST score. Cox proportional hazard model and competing risk regression model was used to explore the relationship between C₂HEST score and outcomes, including incident AF, stroke, all-cause death, cardiovascular death, any hospitalization, and HF hospitalization. The discriminative ability of the C₂HEST score for various outcomes was assessed by calculating the area under the curve (AUC).

Results

The incidence rates of incident AF, stroke, all-cause death, cardiovascular death, any hospitalization, and HF hospitalization were 1.79, 0.70, 3.81, 2.42, 15.50, and 3.32 per 100 person-years, respectively. When the C₂HEST score was analyzed as a continuous variable, increased C₂HEST score was associated with increased risk of incident AF (HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.29-1.75), as well as increased risks of all-cause death, cardiovascular death, any hospitalization, and HF hospitalization. The AUC for the C₂HEST score in predicting incident AF (0.694, 95% CI 0.640-0.748) was higher than all-cause death, cardiovascular death, any hospitalization, or HF hospitalization.

Conclusions

The C₂HEST score could predict the risk of incident AF as well as death and hospitalization with moderately good predictive abilities in patients with HFpEF. Its simplicity may allow the possibility of quick risk assessments in busy clinical settings.

SUBMITTER: Liang W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890599 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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C<sub>2</sub>HEST score predicts clinical outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a secondary analysis of the TOPCAT trial.

Liang Weihao W Wu Yuzhong Y Xue Ruicong R Wu Zexuan Z Wu Dexi D He Jiangui J Dong Yugang Y Lip Gregory Y H GYH Zhu Wengen W Liu Chen C

BMC medicine 20210218 1

<h4>Background</h4>The C<sub>2</sub>HEST score has been validated for predicting AF in the general population or post-stroke patients. We aimed to assess whether this risk score could predict incident AF and other clinical outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 2202 HFpEF patients without baseline AF in the TOPCAT trial were stratified by baseline C<sub>2</sub>HEST score. Cox proportional hazard model and competing risk regression m ...[more]

PMID: 33596909

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