The Prognostic Value of Anemia in Patients with Preserved, Mildly Reduced and Recovered Ejection Fraction

Autor: Anita Pintér, Anett Behon, Boglárka Veres, Eperke Dóra Merkel, Walter Richard Schwertner, Luca Katalin Kuthi, Richard Masszi, Bálint Károly Lakatos, Attila Kovács, Dávid Becker, Béla Merkely, Annamária Kosztin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Diagnostics, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 517 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4418
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12020517
Popis: Data on the relevance of anemia in heart failure (HF) patients with an ejection fraction (EF) > 40% by subgroup—preserved (HFpEF), mildly reduced (HFmrEF) and the newly defined recovered EF (HFrecEF)—are scarce. Patients with HF symptoms, elevated NT-proBNP, EF ≥ 40% and structural abnormalities were registered in the HFpEF-HFmrEF database. We described the outcome of our HFpEF-HFmrEF cohort by the presence of anemia. Additionally, HFrecEF patients were also selected from HFrEF patients who underwent resynchronization and, as responders, reached 40% EF. Using propensity score matching (PSM), 75 pairs from the HFpEF-HFmrEF and HFrecEF groups were matched by their clinical features. After PMS, we compared the survival of the HFpEF-HFmrEF and HFrecEF groups. Log-rank, uni-and multivariate regression analyses were performed. From 375 HFpEF-HFmrEF patients, 42 (11%) died during the median follow-up time of 1.4 years. Anemia (HR 2.77; 95%CI 1.47–5.23; p < 0.01) was one of the strongest mortality predictors, which was also confirmed by the multivariate analysis (aHR 2.33; 95%CI 1.21–4.52; p = 0.01). Through PSM, the outcomes for HFpEF-HFmrEF and HFrecEF patients with anemia were poor, exhibiting no significant difference. In HFpEF-HFmrEF, anemia was an independent mortality predictor. Its presence multiplied the mortality risk in those with EF ≥ 40%, regardless of HF etiology.
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