Comparative Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure With a Mid-Range Ejection Fraction After Acute Decompensation


Por: Miró Ò, Javaloyes P, Gil V, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Jacob J, Herrero P, Marco-Hernández J, Ríos J, Harjola VP, Torres-Gárate R, Alonso MI, Piñera P, Mecina AB, Escoda R, Müller C, Parissis J, Llorens P and ICA-SEMES Research Group researchers

Publicada: 1 ene 2019
Categoría: Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine

Resumen:
To determine short-term outcomes after an episode of acute heart failure in patients with mid-range ejection fraction (40%-49%; HFmrEF) compared with patients with reduced (< 40%) and preserved (> 49%) ejection fractions (HFrEF and HFpEF, respectively) and according to their final destination after emergency department (ED) care. This is an exploratory, secondary analysis of the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency departments Registry, which includes consecutive acute heart failure patients diagnosed in 41 Spanish EDs. Patients with echocardiography data were included and divided into HFrEF, HFmrEF, and HFpEF. The primary outcome was 30-day all-cause mortality, and secondary outcomes were in-hospital all-cause mortality, hospital length of stay > 10 days, and 30-day postdischarge ED revisit due to AHF and combined end point (ED revisit and/or death). We included 6,856 patients (age 79 [10]; 52.1% women): 21.6% had HFrEF, 14.3% HFmrEF, and 64.1% HFpEF. The main destinations for the 982 HFmrEF patients after ED management were internal medicine (293, 29.8%), cardiology (194, 19.9%) and not hospitalized (241, 24.5%), whereas the remaining 254 patients were admitted to other departments, including geriatric wards, short-stay units and intensive care units. Outcomes for HFmrEF did not differ compared with either HFrEF or HFpEF. Compared with HFmrEF admitted to cardiology, internal medicine admission or direct ED discharge increased the 30-day postdischarge ED revisit (hazard ratio [HR] 1.713, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.042 to 2.816; and HR 1.683, 95% CI 1.046 to 2.708, respectively) and the 30-day postdischarge combined end point (HR 1.732, 95% CI 1.070 to 2.803; and HR 1.727, 95% CI 1.083 to 2.756, respectively). In conclusion, patients in the newly created HFmrEF category suffering from an acute decompensation have similar short-term outcomes as those in the classical HFrEF and HFpEF categories; nonetheless, HFmrEF patients handled in cardiology wards during decompensation obtain better outcomes, and reasons for these differences have to be unmasked and corrected. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Miró Ò:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

 Medical School, University of Barcelona, Spain

Javaloyes P:
 Emergency Department, Home Hospitalization and Short Stay Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Gil V:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Martín-Sánchez FJ:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Jacob J:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Herrero P:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Marco-Hernández J:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Ríos J:
 Laboratory of Biostatistics Epidemiology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

 Medical Statistics Core Facility, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Harjola VP:
 Emergency Medicine, Helsinki University, Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Torres-Gárate R:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, Spain

Alonso MI:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Valme, Seville, Spain

Piñera P:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain

Mecina AB:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Escoda R:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Müller C:
 Cardiology Department, Hospital University of Basel, Switzerland

Parissis J:
 Department of Cardiology, Heart Failure Unit, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Llorens P:
 Emergency Department, Home Hospitalization and Short Stay Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

 Medical School, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Alicante, Spain

ICA-SEMES Research Group researchers:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 00029149





AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Editorial
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 685 ROUTE 202-206 STE 3, BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 123 Número: 1
Páginas: 84-92
WOS Id: 000455563100013
ID de PubMed: 30360888

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