Targeting N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Older Versus Younger Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients

Autor: Marco Metra, Paulo Bettencourt, Susan Stienen, Wouter E. Kok, Jan P. Tijssen, Valerio Verdiani, Khibar Salah, Luca Bettari, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Yigal M. Pinto, Luc W. Eurlings, Valentina Lazzarini, Joana Pimenta
Přispěvatelé: Graduate School, Other departments, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
acute decompensated heart failure
Acute decompensated heart failure
medicine.drug_class
Anemia
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
elderly
Patient Care Planning
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cause of Death
Internal medicine
Natriuretic Peptide
Brain

medicine
Natriuretic peptide
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Mortality
Diuretics
Intensive care medicine
Aged
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
Proportional Hazards Models
Cause of death
Aged
80 and over

Heart Failure
NT-proBNP targets
Proportional hazards model
business.industry
young
Age Factors
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Peptide Fragments
Heart failure
Acute Disease
Disease Progression
Etiology
Population study
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Zdroj: JACC. Heart failure, 4(9), 736-745. Elsevier BV
ISSN: 2213-1779
Popis: The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic value and attainability of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels in young and elderly acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients. Less-effective NT-proBNP-guided therapy in chronic heart failure (HF) has been reported in elderly patients. Whether this can be attributed to differences in prognostic value of NT-proBNP or to differences in attaining a prognostic value is unclear. The authors studied this question in ADHF patients. Our study population comprised 7 ADHF cohorts. We defined absolute ( 30%, >50%, and >70%). Six-month all-cause mortality after discharge was studied for each level in Cox regression analyses, and compared between elderly (age >75 years) and young patients (age ≤75 years). Thereafter, we compared percentages of elderly and young patients attaining NT-proBNP levels (= attainability). A total of 1,235 patients (59% male, 45% >75 years of age) was studied. Admission levels of NT-proBNP were significantly higher in elderly versus younger patients. The prognostic value of absolute and relative NT-proBNP levels was similar in elderly and young patients. Attainability was significantly lower in elderly patients for all absolute levels and a >50% relative reduction, but not for >30% and >70%. For absolute levels, attainability differences between age groups were decreased to a large extent after correction for admission NT-proBNP and anemia at discharge. For relative levels, attainability differences disappeared after correction for HF etiology and anemia at discharge. In young and elderly ADHF patients, it is not the prognostic value of absolute and relative NT-proBNP levels that is different, but the attainability of these levels that is lower in the elderly. This can largely be attributed to factors other than age
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