Gustav Smith
Associate professor
Longitudinal evaluation of ventricular ejection fraction and NT-proBNP across heart failure subgroups
Author
Summary, in English
Objectives: Left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are important surrogate markers of cardiac function and wall stress. Randomized trials of heart failure (HF) have shown improvements in survival in patients with reduced EF (<40%, HFrEF) but not with preserved EF (≥50%, HFpEF) or mid-range EF (40-49%, HFmrEF). Limited information is available on the trajectory of EF in contemporary heart failure management programs (HFMPs). Design: 201 HF patients consecutively enrolled 2010–2011 in the outpatient-based HFMP of Skåne University Hospital in Lund were included in the study. Probable etiology, EF, NT-proBNP and medications were assessed at baseline and 1 year after enrollment. Results: HFrEF was the most common heart failure subgroup (78.1% of patients) in this HFMP, followed by HFmrEF (14.9%) and HFpEF (7.0%). The most common etiology was ischemic heart disease (IHD, 40.8%). Complete recovery of EF (>50%) was rare (14.1% of patients with HFrEF and 26.7% with HFmrEF), some degree of improvement was observed in 57.7% and 46.7% of patients. LVEF improved on average 9.1% in patients with HFrEF (p < .001) and NT-proBNP decreased from 4,202 to 2,030 pg/ml (p < .001). A similar trend was noticed for the HFmrEF group but was not statistically significant. The improvement in LVEF was consistent across subgroups with HF attributable to IHD (6.2%), idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (7.1%) and tachycardia-induced HF (17.5%). Conclusions: This study provides estimates of the improvement in LVEF and NT-proBNP that can be expected with contemporary management across subgroups of HF and different etiologies in a contemporary HFMP.
Department/s
- Cardiology
- EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
Publishing year
2018-04-13
Language
English
Pages
205-210
Publication/Series
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal
Volume
52
Issue
4
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
Keywords
- ejection fraction
- Heart failure
- heart failure management program
- heart failure therapy
- NT-proBNP
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1401-7431