Sudden cardiac death after acute decompensation in heart failure patients: implications of discharge haemoglobin levels

Autor: Ryoma Fukuoka, Shun Kohsaka, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Mitsuaki Sawano, Takayuki Abe, Wayne C. Levy, Yuji Nagatomo, Yosuke Nishihata, Ayumi Goda, Takashi Kohno, Akio Kawamura, Keiichi Fukuda, Tsutomu Yoshikawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: ESC Heart Failure, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp 3917-3928 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-5822
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13414
Popis: Abstract Aims Heart failure (HF) patients have a high risk of mortality due to sudden cardiac death (SCD) and non‐SCD, including pump failure death (PFD). Anaemia predicts more severe symptomatic burden and higher morbidity, as noted by markedly increased hospitalizations and readmission rates, and mortality, underscoring its importance in HF management. Herein, we aimed to determine whether haemoglobin (Hb) level at discharge affects the mode of death and influences SCD risk prediction. Methods We evaluated the data of 3020 consecutive acute HF patients from a Japanese prospective multicentre registry. Patients were divided into four groups based on discharge Hb levels. SCD was defined as an unexpected and otherwise unexplained death in a previously stable patient or death due to documented or presumed cardiac arrhythmia without a clear non‐cardiovascular cause. The mode of death (SCD, PFD or other cause) was adjudicated by a central committee. Finally, we investigated whether adding Hb level to the Seattle Proportional Risk Model (SPRM; established risk score utilized to estimate ‘proportion’ of SCD among death events) would affect its performance. Results The mean age of studied patients was 74.3 ± 12.9 years, and 59.8% were male. The mean Hb level was 12.0 ± 2.1 g/dL (61.3% of patients had anaemia defined by World Health Organization criteria). During the 2‐year follow‐up, 474 deaths (15.7%) occurred, including 93 SCDs (3.1%), 171 PFDs (5.7%) and 210 other deaths (7.0%; predominantly non‐cardiac death). Absolute risk of PFD (P
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