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Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure.

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Wolsk, E; Claggett, B; Køber, L; Pocock, S; Yusuf, S; Swedberg, K; McMurray, JJV; Granger, CB; Pfeffer, MA; Solomon, SD
Published in: Eur J Heart Fail
March 2018

AIMS: Patients with heart failure (HF) often have multiple co-morbidities that contribute to the risk of adverse cardiovascular (CV) and non-CV outcomes. We assessed the relative contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden and demographic factors to CV outcomes in HF patients with reduced (HFrEF) or preserved (HFpEF) left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS AND RESULTS: We utilized data from the CHARM trial, which enrolled HF patients across the ejection fraction spectrum. We decomposed the previously validated MAGGIC risk score into cardiac (LVEF, New York Heart Association class, systolic blood pressure, time since HF diagnosis, HF medication use), extra-cardiac (body mass index, creatinine, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smoker), and demographic (age, gender) categories, and calculated subscores for each patient representing the burden of each component. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the population attributable risk (PAR) associated with each component to the outcomes of death, CV death, HF, myocardial infarction, and stroke relative to patients with the lowest risk score. PARs for each component were depicted across the spectrum of LVEF. in 2675 chronic HF patients from North America [HFrEF (LVEF ≤40%): n = 1589, HFpEF (LVEF >40%): n = 1086] with data available for calculation of the MAGGIC score, the highest risk of death and CV death was attributed to cardiac burden. This was especially evident in HFrEF patients (PAR: 76% cardiac disease vs. 58% extra-cardiac disease, P < 0.05). Conversely, in HFpEF patients, extra-cardiac burden accounted for a greater proportion of risk for death than cardiac burden (PAR: 15% cardiac disease vs. 49% extra-cardiac disease, P < 0.05). For HF hospitalization, the contribution of both cardiac and extra-cardiac burden was comparable in HFpEF patients (PAR: 42% cardiac disease vs. 53% extra-cardiac disease, P = NS). In addition, demographic burden was especially high in HFpEF patients, with 62% of deaths attributable to demographic characteristics. CONCLUSION: In North American HF patients enrolled in the CHARM trials, the relative contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to CV outcomes and death differed depending on LVEF. The high risk of events attributable to non-cardiac disease burden may help explain why cardiac disease-modifying medication proven to be efficacious in HFrEF patients has not proven beneficial in HFpEF.

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Eur J Heart Fail

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EISSN

1879-0844

Publication Date

March 2018

Volume

20

Issue

3

Start / End Page

504 / 510

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Time Factors
  • Tetrazoles
  • Stroke Volume
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • North America
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Wolsk, E., Claggett, B., Køber, L., Pocock, S., Yusuf, S., Swedberg, K., … Solomon, S. D. (2018). Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail, 20(3), 504–510. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1073
Wolsk, Emil, Brian Claggett, Lars Køber, Stuart Pocock, Salim Yusuf, Karl Swedberg, John J. V. McMurray, Christopher B. Granger, Marc A. Pfeffer, and Scott D. Solomon. “Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure.Eur J Heart Fail 20, no. 3 (March 2018): 504–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1073.
Wolsk E, Claggett B, Køber L, Pocock S, Yusuf S, Swedberg K, et al. Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Mar;20(3):504–10.
Wolsk, Emil, et al. “Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure.Eur J Heart Fail, vol. 20, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 504–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/ejhf.1073.
Wolsk E, Claggett B, Køber L, Pocock S, Yusuf S, Swedberg K, McMurray JJV, Granger CB, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD. Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Mar;20(3):504–510.
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Published In

Eur J Heart Fail

DOI

EISSN

1879-0844

Publication Date

March 2018

Volume

20

Issue

3

Start / End Page

504 / 510

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Time Factors
  • Tetrazoles
  • Stroke Volume
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • North America
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans