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Gustav Smith, MD, PhD

Gustav Smith

Associate professor

Gustav Smith, MD, PhD

Longitudinal evaluation of ventricular ejection fraction and NT-proBNP across heart failure subgroups

Author

  • Andreas Martinsson
  • Petter Oest
  • Maj Britt Wiborg
  • Öyvind Reitan
  • J. Gustav Smith

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

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