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Kim MS, Lee JH, Kim EJ, Park DG, Park SJ, Park JJ, Shin MS, Yoo BS, Youn JC, Lee SE, Ihm SH, Jang SY, Jo SH, Cho JY, Cho HJ, Choi S, Choi JO, Han SW, Hwang KK, Jeon ES, Cho MC, Chae SC, Choi DJ. Korean Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure. Korean Circ J 2017; 47:555-643. [PMID: 28955381 PMCID: PMC5614939 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2017.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The prevalence of heart failure (HF) is skyrocketing worldwide, and is closely associated with serious morbidity and mortality. In particular, HF is one of the main causes for the hospitalization and mortality in elderly individuals. Korea also has these epidemiological problems, and HF is responsible for huge socioeconomic burden. However, there has been no clinical guideline for HF management in Korea.
The present guideline provides the first set of practical guidelines for the management of HF in Korea and was developed using the guideline adaptation process while including as many data from Korean studies as possible. The scope of the present guideline includes the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic HF with reduced/preserved ejection fraction of various etiologies.
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- Min-Seok Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Hallym University Pyeongchon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Gupta VA, Nanda NC, Sorrell VL. Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnostic Assessment and Etiology of Heart Failure in Older Adults. Heart Fail Clin 2017; 13:445-466. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ghali JK. A new direction for albuminuria: an enigmatic multibiomarker. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2014; 2:597-9. [PMID: 25282028 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Jalal K Ghali
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia.
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Yan GH, Wang M, Yue WS, Yiu KH, Siu CW, Lee SW, Lau CP, Tse HF. Elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dyssynchrony. Eur J Heart Fail 2014; 12:1067-75. [DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Guo-Hui Yan
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
- Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Rm 1928, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong Hong Kong
- Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Ho JE, Lyass A, Lee DS, Vasan RS, Kannel WB, Larson MG, Levy D. Predictors of new-onset heart failure: differences in preserved versus reduced ejection fraction. Circ Heart Fail 2013; 6:279-86. [PMID: 23271790 PMCID: PMC3705220 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.972828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND About one half of patients with heart failure (HF) have preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) rather than reduced ejection fraction (HFREF). The differences in risk factors predisposing to the 2 subtypes of HF are poorly understood. We sought to identify clinical predictors of new-onset HF and to explore differences in HFPEF versus HFREF. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied new-onset HF cases between 1981 and 2008 in Framingham Heart Study participants, classified into HFPEF and HFREF (ejection fraction >45% versus ≤45%). We used Cox multivariable regression to examine predictors of 8-year risk of incident HF and competing-risks analysis to identify predictors that differed between HFPEF and HFREF. Among 6340 participants (60±12 years) with 97 808 person-years of follow-up, 512 developed incident HF. Of 457 participants with left ventricular ejection fraction evaluation at the time of HF diagnosis, 196 (43%) were classified as HFPEF and 261 (56%) as HFREF. Fourteen predictors of overall HF were identified. Older age, diabetes mellitus, and a history of valvular disease predicted both types of HF (P≤0.0025 for all). Higher body mass index, smoking, and atrial fibrillation predicted HFPEF only, whereas male sex, higher total cholesterol, higher heart rate, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, and left bundle-branch block predicted risk of HFREF. CONCLUSIONS Although multiple risk factors preceded overall HF, distinct clusters of risk factors determine risk for new-onset HFPEF versus HFREF. This knowledge may enable the design of clinical trials of targeted prevention and the introduction of therapeutic strategies for prevention of HF and its 2 major subtypes.
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- Jennifer E Ho
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
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Ho JE, Gona P, Pencina MJ, Tu JV, Austin PC, Vasan RS, Kannel WB, D'Agostino RB, Lee DS, Levy D. Discriminating clinical features of heart failure with preserved vs. reduced ejection fraction in the community. Eur Heart J 2012; 33:1734-41. [PMID: 22507977 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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AIMS Heart failure (HF) is a major public health burden worldwide. Of patients presenting with HF, 30-55% have a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) rather than a reduced ejection fraction (HFREF). Our objective was to examine discriminating clinical features in new-onset HFPEF vs. HFREF. METHODS AND RESULTS Of 712 participants in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) hospitalized for new-onset HF between 1981 and 2008 (median age 81 years, 53% female), 46% had HFPEF (EF >45%) and 54% had HFREF (EF ≤45%). In multivariable logistic regression, coronary heart disease (CHD), higher heart rate, higher potassium, left bundle branch block, and ischaemic electrocardiographic changes increased the odds of HFREF; female sex and atrial fibrillation increased the odds of HFPEF. In aggregate, these clinical features predicted HF subtype with good discrimination (c-statistic 0.78). Predictors were examined in the Enhanced Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment (EFFECT) study. Of 4436 HF patients (median age 75 years, 47% female), 32% had HFPEF and 68% had HFREF. Distinguishing clinical features were consistent between FHS and EFFECT, with comparable discrimination in EFFECT (c-statistic 0.75). In exploratory analyses examining the traits of the intermediate EF group (EF 35-55%), CHD predisposed to a decrease in EF, whereas other clinical traits showed an overlapping spectrum between HFPEF and HFREF. CONCLUSION Multiple clinical characteristics at the time of initial HF presentation differed in participants with HFPEF vs. HFREF. While CHD was clearly associated with a lower EF, overlapping characteristics were observed in the middle of the left ventricular EF range spectrum.
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- Jennifer E Ho
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Framingham Heart Study, MA, USA
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains the only cardiovascular disease with an increasing hospitalization burden and an ongoing drain on health care expenditures. The prevalence of CHF increases with advancing life span, with diastolic heart failure predominating in the elderly population. Primary prevention of coronary artery disease and risk factor management via aggressive blood pressure control are central in preventing new occurrences of left ventricular dysfunction. Optimal therapy for CHF involves identification and correction of potentially reversible precipitants, target-dose titration of medical therapy, and management of hospitalizations for decompensation. The etiological phenotype, absolute decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction and a widening of QRS duration on electrocardiography, is commonly used to identify patients at increased risk of progression of heart failure and sudden death who may benefit from prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy. Patients who transition to advanced stages of disease despite optimal traditional medical and device therapy may be candidates for hemodynamically directed approaches such as a left ventricular assist device; in selected cases, listing for cardiac transplant may be warranted.
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- Address correspondence to Mandeep R. Mehra, MBBS, Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S Greene St, Room S-3B06, Baltimore, MD 21201-1559 (). Individual reprints of this article and a bound reprint of the entire Symposium on Cardiovascular Diseases will be available for purchase from our Web site www.mayoclinicproceedings.com
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[Pulmonary hypertension and heart failure: the role of pulmonary vasculature]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2009; 58:304-9. [PMID: 19819418 DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2009.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2009] [Accepted: 08/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Left heart disease is the most common cause of pulmonary hypertension. Increased left-sided filling pressure leads to passive postcapillary venous hypertension. In some patients, pulmonary vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling may lead to a further increase in pulmonary pressure. When precapillary hypertension component is associated to left heart failure, the elevation of pulmonary pressure is out of proportion with left atrial pressure: transpulmonary gradient greater than 12 mmHg (mean pulmonary pressure -- mean capillary pressure) and pulmonary vascular resistance greater than three Wood units. Precapillary pulmonary hypertension is common in severe systolic heart failure. Before cardiac transplantation, increased pulmonary vascular resistance greater than 3,5 Wood units are reported in 19 to 35% of patients. In those patients vasoreactivity tests are performed with inotropic and/or systemic and/or pulmonary agents to determine the risk of right heart failure after transplantation. There is no pulmonary vascular resistance level above which transplantation is contraindicated. Cardiac assistance may be used before and after transplantation when pulmonary hypertension is severe and not reversible with conventional treatment and/or pulmonary vasodilators. The contribution of precapillary PH in diastolic heart failure is not known but can be significant and lead to disproportionate PH particularly in elderly. The precapillary component of pulmonary hypertension could be a therapeutic target for specific pulmonary vasodilators. Until now pharmacological trials has been disappointing and those medications can be dangerous because of increasing blood flow to the pulmonary capillaries with a risk of pulmonary edema when left sided pressure are still elevated.
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Hunt SA, Abraham WT, Chin MH, Feldman AM, Francis GS, Ganiats TG, Jessup M, Konstam MA, Mancini DM, Michl K, Oates JA, Rahko PS, Silver MA, Stevenson LW, Yancy CW. 2009 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53:e1-e90. [PMID: 19358937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1183] [Impact Index Per Article: 78.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lam CSP, Roger VL, Rodeheffer RJ, Borlaug BA, Enders FT, Redfield MM. Pulmonary hypertension in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a community-based study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53:1119-26. [PMID: 19324256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 771] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2008] [Revised: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 11/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to define the prevalence, severity, and significance of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in the general community. BACKGROUND Although HFpEF is known to cause PH, its development is highly variable. Community-based data are lacking, and the relative contribution of pulmonary venous versus pulmonary arterial hypertension (HTN) to PH in HFpEF is unknown. We hypothesized that PH would be a marker of symptomatic pulmonary congestion, distinguishing HFpEF from pre-clinical hypertensive heart disease. METHODS This community-based study of 244 HFpEF patients (age 76 +/- 13 years; 45% male) was followed up using Doppler echocardiography over 3 years. Control subjects were 719 adults with HTN without HF (age 66 +/- 10 years; 44% male). Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) was derived from the tricuspid regurgitation velocity and PH defined as PASP >35 mm Hg. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) was estimated from the ratio of early transmitral flow velocity to early mitral annular diastolic velocity. RESULTS In HFpEF, PH was present in 83% and the median (25th, 75th percentile) PASP was 48 (37, 56) mm Hg. PASP increased with PCWP (r = 0.21; p < 0.007). Adjusting for PCWP, PASP was higher in HFpEF than HTN (p < 0.001). The PASP distinguished HFpEF from HTN with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.91 (p < 0.001) and strongly predicted mortality in HFpEF (hazard ratio: 1.3 per 10 mm Hg; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS PH is highly prevalent and often severe in HFpEF. Although pulmonary venous HTN contributes to PH, it does not fully account for the severity of PH in HFpEF, suggesting that a component of pulmonary arterial HTN also contributes. The potent effect of PASP on mortality lends support for therapies aimed at pulmonary arterial HTN in HFpEF.
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- Carolyn S P Lam
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Hunt SA, Abraham WT, Chin MH, Feldman AM, Francis GS, Ganiats TG, Jessup M, Konstam MA, Mancini DM, Michl K, Oates JA, Rahko PS, Silver MA, Stevenson LW, Yancy CW. 2009 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Circulation 2009; 119:e391-479. [PMID: 19324966 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.192065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1080] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sorrell VL, Nanda NC. Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnostic Assessment and Etiology of Heart Failure in the Elderly—Opacify, Quantify, and Rectify. Heart Fail Clin 2007; 3:403-22. [PMID: 17905377 DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2007.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Echocardiography offers comprehensive, noninvasive, and relatively inexpensive tools for diagnosing cardiac pathology in the elderly. With an organized approach using two-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography, clinicians can determine the systolic and diastolic left ventricular performance; estimate the cardiac output, pulmonary artery, and ventricular filling pressures; and identify surgically correctable valve disease. Meanwhile, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography provides unprecedented volume data to quantify the left ventricular status. Tissue Doppler-derived myocardial velocity and strain imaging data provide extremely fine details about the regional variations in myocardial synchrony and predict responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Thus, echocardiographic tools provide the basis for determining when to attempt to rectify the left ventricular dysfunction with strategically placed, biventricular pacemaker leads.
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Most elderly patients, particularly women, who have heart failure have a normal ejection fraction. Patients who have this syndrome have severe symptoms of exercise intolerance, frequent hospitalizations, and increased mortality. The pathophysiology and treatment are not well defined. Control of systemic hypertension may be a key to prevention and treatment. Several large trials of specific agents are currently underway.
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- Dalane W Kitzman
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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Most elderly patients, particularly women, who have heart failure have a normal ejection fraction. Patients who have this syndrome have severe symptoms of exercise intolerance, frequent hospitalizations, and increased mortality. The pathophysiology and treatment are not well defined. Control of systemic hypertension may be a key to prevention and treatment. Several large trials of specific agents are currently underway.
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- Dalane W Kitzman
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Gulliver GA, Sweitzer NK. Risk Factor Management and Lifestyle Modification in Heart Failure. Cardiovasc Ther 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-3358-5.50019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Sorrell VL, Nanda NC. Role of echocardiography in the diagnostic assessment and etiology of heart failure in the elderly--opacify, quantify, and rectify. Clin Geriatr Med 2006; 23:31-59. [PMID: 17126754 DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2006.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Echocardiography offers comprehensive, noninvasive, and relatively inexpensive tools for diagnosing cardiac pathology in the elderly. With an organized approach using two-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography, clinicians can determine the systolic and diastolic left ventricular performance;estimate the cardiac output, pulmonary artery, and ventricular fill-ing pressures; and identify surgically correctable valve disease.Meanwhile, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography provides unprecedented volume data to quantify the left ventricular status. Tissue Doppler-derived myocardial velocity and strain imaging data provide extremely fine details about the regional variations in myocardial synchrony and predict responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Thus, echocardiographic tools provide the basis for determining when to attempt to rectify the left ventricular dysfunction with strategically placed, biventricular pace-maker leads.
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- Vincent L Sorrell
- Division of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724-5037, USA
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Hunt SA. ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure). J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 46:e1-82. [PMID: 16168273 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1123] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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McCullough PA, Khandelwal AK, McKinnon JE, Shenkman HJ, Pampati V, Nori D, Sullivan RA, Sandberg KR, Kaatz S. Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Systolic as Compared With Diastolic Heart Failure in Urban America. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 11:6-11. [PMID: 15722664 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2005.03731.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We sought to describe a large heart failure (HF) population with respect to systolic and diastolic abnormalities in terms of demographics, echocardiographic parameters, and survival. Using data abstracted from the Resource Utilization Among Congestive Heart Failure (REACH) study, a targeted subpopulation of 3471 patients had electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and clinical data taken from automated sources during the first year of diagnosis. Among the HF population, 1811 (52.2%) had diastolic HF. Prevalence of diastolic HF trended with age, from 46.4% in those less than 45 years to 58.7% in those 85 years or older (p=0.001 for trend). Patients with diastolic HF had a higher mean ejection fraction (55.7% vs. 28.0%), lower left ventricular end-systolic diameter (3.11 vs. 4.74 cm), and lower left atrium:aortic outlet ratio (1.28 vs. 1.38) (p=0.001 for each comparison). Annualized age, sex, and race-adjusted mortality were 11.2% and 13.0% for those with diastolic and systolic HF, respectively (p=0.001). In a large, racially mixed, urban HF population, those with diastolic HF predominate and enjoy better-adjusted survival than counterparts with systolic HF.
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- Peter A McCullough
- Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, 4949 Coolidge Highway, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
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Thomas MD, Fox KF, Coats AJS, Sutton GC. The epidemiological enigma of heart failure with preserved systolic function. Eur J Heart Fail 2004; 6:125-36. [PMID: 14984719 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2002] [Revised: 09/16/2003] [Accepted: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Current epidemiological evidence suggests that the prevalence of preserved systolic function in patients with heart failure varies widely from 13 to 74%. This inconsistency suggests a lack of consensus as to what this condition really is and how it has been characterised for epidemiological studies. AIMS In this review, we summarise and discuss the current understanding of the epidemiology of heart failure with preserved systolic function and the challenges that this raises. METHODS Studies were identified from Medline and Embase Literature Database searches using the subject headings heart failure, diastolic heart failure, epidemiology, incidence, prevalence, diagnosis, prognosis and mortality. RESULTS Sixty-one studies of congestive heart failure with preserved systolic function were reviewed. There is great diversity in the criteria used to determine whether heart failure is present, the patient population, the setting of the study and methods of evaluating left ventricular function. This makes epidemiological studies of prevalence, morbidity and mortality impossible to compare. CONCLUSIONS The diagnosis of this syndrome might be better defined in terms of symptoms, elevated neuro hormones and impaired cardiac workload. This would allow accurate identification of cases so that further research could be conducted to measure outcome and assess therapeutic benefit.
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- Martin D Thomas
- Cardiovascular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Charing Cross Campus, Fulham Palace Road, London SW3 6LY, UK.
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The United States is currently in the midst of a heart failure epidemic. This has a tremendous impact on morbidity, mortality, and associated costs to our health care system. With demographic trends expected to double the at-risk cohort over the next 30 years, there is a serious need to develop more efficacious strategies addressing early diagnosis, treatment options, and outcomes in patients stricken with heart failure. This article reviews the newest diagnostics, therapeutics, and strategies for the management of heart failure and suggests appropriate implementation of these approaches in the emergency department observation unit.
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- W Frank Peacock
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, OH 44195, USA.
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Brubaker PH, Marburger CT, Morgan TM, Fray B, Kitzman DW. Exercise responses of elderly patients with diastolic versus systolic heart failure. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2003; 35:1477-85. [PMID: 12972865 DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000084416.71232.ea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Little information is available regarding peak and submaximal exercise performance in elderly heart failure (HF) patients, particularly in those with diastolic dysfunction (DD). Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to compare exercise responses of elderly patients with HF due to either systolic dysfunction (SD) or DD, to age-matched healthy volunteers (HV). METHODS Patients with chronic HF > or = 60 yr (N = 119) due to SD (N = 60) or primary DD (N = 59) underwent a maximal cycle ergometry test with expired gas analysis and venous lactate measurement. Twenty-eight HV > or = 60 yr served as a control group. Anaerobic threshold was determined by gas analysis (ATVEN) and by plasma lactate rise (ATLAC). RESULTS Peak oxygen consumption (VO(2peak)) was significantly (P < 0.001) reduced in both SD and DD patients (13 +/- 0.4 vs 14 +/- 0.4 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1), respectively) versus HV (20 +/- 0.6 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)). Peak heart rate was reduced in patients versus HV (131 +/- 3 bpm vs 145 +/- 4, respectively; P < or = 0.01), but heart rate at a given submaximal work rate was significantly lower (P < or = 0.01) in HV than in SD and DD patients. ATVEN of 11.8 +/- 0.3 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1) for HV was significantly higher than SD (8.9 +/- 0.2) and DD (9.2 +/- 0.3). Peak lactate concentration was 6.6 +/- 0.6 mmol x kg(-1) x l(-1) in HV and was significantly reduced in both SD and DD HF patients. ATVEN correlated well with ATLAC in HV and in DD patients, but not in SD patients. CONCLUSIONS Submaximal and peak exercise performance are markedly altered in elderly HF patients compared with age-matched HV but do not appear to be different between SD and DD patients.
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- Peter H Brubaker
- Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
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Vinch CS, Aurigemma GP, Hill JC, Gaasch WH, Volturo G, Tighe DA, Meyer TE. Usefulness of clinical variables, echocardiography, and levels of brain natriuretic peptide and norepinephrine to distinguish systolic and diastolic causes of acute heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2003; 91:1140-3. [PMID: 12714167 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00170-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Craig S Vinch
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
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Ahmed A, Nanda NC, Weaver MT, Allman RM, DeLong JF. Clinical correlates of isolated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction among hospitalized older heart failure patients. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2003; 12:82-9. [PMID: 12624577 DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2003.01617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Heart failure due to isolated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is common among older adults. The purpose of this study was to develop a model based on admission clinical features to predict isolated LVDD in older adults hospitalized with heart failure. The authors studied 394 Alabama Medicare beneficiaries discharged with a primary discharge diagnosis of heart failure. All patients had data on LV function determined by echocardiography performed during the index hospitalization. Isolated LVDD was defined by LV ejection fraction >/=45% or LV function described as normal. The authors used all subsets multiple logistic regression analyses to examine various models predicting isolated LVDD. Patients had a mean (+/-SD) age of 78 (+/-7) years and 58% were women. One hundred thirty nine (35%) patients had isolated LVDD. More women (47%) than men (21%) had isolated LVDD (p<0.001). Variables independently associated with isolated LVDD in the selected 12-predictor model were female sex (odds ratio [OR]=3.10; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.86-5.15), pulse 100 beats/min or greater (OR=0.43; 95% CI=0.25-0.72), systolic blood pressure (OR=1.01; 95% CI=1.00-1.02), diastolic blood pressure (OR=0.98; 95% CI=0.96-0.99), pulmonary vascular congestion by chest x-ray (OR=0.51; 95% CI=0.30-0.88), coronary artery disease (OR=0.54; 95% CI=0.32-0.92), cardiomyopathy (OR=0.21; 95% CI=0.10-0.47), and admission to a teaching hospital (OR=0.36; 95% CI=0.15-0.88). The authors concluded that the proportion of patients with isolated LVDD among this cohort of elderly hospitalized heart failure patients was low and was associated with few clinical characteristics. Except for female sex and systolic blood pressure, all model variables were negatively associated with isolated LVDD.
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- Ali Ahmed
- Division of Gerontology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Ibrahim SA, Burant CJ, Kent Kwoh C. Elderly hospitalized patients with diastolic heart failure: lack of gender and ethnic differences in 18-month mortality rates. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2003; 58:56-9. [PMID: 12560412 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.1.m56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Racial and gender differences in mortality rates have been reported for patients with systolic heart failure. Relatively little is known regarding diastolic heart failure prognosis. METHODS Our sample consisted of 1058 patients 65 years of age or older who were admitted to 30 hospitals in Northeastern Ohio with a principal diagnosis of heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction of >/=50% by echocardiogram. RESULTS Of the 1058 patients with diastolic heart failure (13% African American and 87% white), African Americans and whites were comparable with respect to history of angina, stroke, being on dialysis, and alcohol use; the proportion of male patients was also comparable. The African American to white adjusted odds ratio for 18-month mortality (all cause) was 1.03 (0.66-1.59). For men versus women (30% vs 70%), the above-mentioned comorbidities were comparable, except women were more likely to have a do not resuscitate status (16% vs 7.3%; p =.000) and to be older (79.5 +/- 8 vs 77 +/- 7; p =.000). Men were more likely to have a history of tobacco use (30% vs 14%; p =.000) and alcohol use (36% vs 15%; p =.000), and a higher serum creatinine level (1.7 +/- 1.2 vs 1.4 +/- 1.1; p =.001). The men to women adjusted odds ratio for 18-month mortality (all cause) was 1.06 (0.76-1.46). CONCLUSION In this cohort of elderly patients admitted with diastolic heart failure, there were no ethnic or gender differences in 18-month mortality rates.
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- Said A Ibrahim
- The Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh HealthCare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA.
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Desco M, Ledesma-Carbayo MJ, Pérez E, Santos A, Antoranz JC, Malpica N, Marcos-Alberca P, García-Fernández MA. Assessment of normal and ischaemic myocardium by quantitative M-mode tissue Doppler imaging. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2002; 28:561-569. [PMID: 12079693 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(02)00496-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This paper presents a methodology and a software package developed to quantify M-mode tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), defining a number of quantitative parameters drawn from velocity and gradient curves obtained after segmenting the myocardial wall into anatomical layers. The independent clinical predictive value of these parameters to detect motion abnormalities in the presence of ischaemia was evaluated in a comparative study between a group of 17 healthy volunteers and 18 ischaemic patients. Factor analysis and stepwise logistic regression were used to assess the independent predictive value of these parameters in detecting abnormal contractility of the basal posterior segment. The statistical analysis performed has proved that any single parameter related to the gradient intensity, particularly the maximum gradient at the moment of the "e" wave, provides meaningful clinical information, achieving a rate of correct classification of 79.1% on the same data set used for the analysis. Adding additional parameters does not improve the diagnostic performance. Further testing with different settings (stress studies, other pathologies or segments) is warranted.
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- Manuel Desco
- Medicina y Cirugía Experimental, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
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Thomas JT, Kelly RF, Thomas SJ, Stamos TD, Albasha K, Parrillo JE, Calvin JE. Utility of history, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and chest radiograph for differentiating normal from decreased systolic function in patients with heart failure. Am J Med 2002; 112:437-45. [PMID: 11959053 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(02)01048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To determine whether clinical parameters alone can differentiate normal versus decreased systolic left ventricular function in patients with heart failure. Detailed clinical data were collected prospectively from 225 consecutive patients who were hospitalized with heart failure. Findings in patients with normal (ejection fraction > or =45%) or decreased (ejection fraction <45%) left ventricular function were compared. Systolic function was normal in 104 patients (46%) and decreased in 121 patients (54%). Patients with normal function were older (mean [+/- SD] age, 59 +/- 13 years vs. 54 +/- 13 years, P = 0.007) and more likely to be female (56% vs. 35%, P = 0.001), obese (body mass index > or =30 kg/m(2), 62% vs. 48%, P = 0.04), have marked systolic (> or =160 mm Hg, 50% vs. 27%, P <0.001) and diastolic (> or =110 mm Hg, 25% vs. 13%, P = 0.02) hypertension, and use calcium antagonists (34% vs. 14%, P = 0.001). Patients with decreased function were more likely to use alcohol (37% vs. 20%, P = 0.007), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (85% vs. 62%, P <0.001), and digoxin (57% vs. 27%, P <0.001); and more likely to have tachycardia (51% vs. 32%, P = 0.004), rales (89% vs. 80%, P = 0.05), electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (42% vs. 22%, P = 0.002), left atrial abnormality (52% vs. 22%, P <0.001), or flow cephalization on chest radiograph (91% vs. 79%, P = 0.02). Only sex, tachycardia, and use of digoxin and ACE inhibitors were associated with ventricular function in multivariable analysis. However, the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for all clinical variables were low. Differences in clinical parameters in heart failure patients with decreased versus normal systolic function cannot predict systolic function in these patients, supporting recommendations that heart failure patients should undergo specialized testing to measure ventricular function.
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- James T Thomas
- Division of Cardiology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Choudhury L, Gheorghiade M, Bonow RO. Coronary artery disease in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function. Am J Cardiol 2002; 89:719-22. [PMID: 11897215 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)02345-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Kitzman DW, Gardin JM, Gottdiener JS, Arnold A, Boineau R, Aurigemma G, Marino EK, Lyles M, Cushman M, Enright PL. Importance of heart failure with preserved systolic function in patients > or = 65 years of age. CHS Research Group. Cardiovascular Health Study. Am J Cardiol 2001; 87:413-9. [PMID: 11179524 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01393-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 432] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common syndrome among the elderly, there is a relative paucity of population-based data, particularly regarding CHF with normal systolic left ventricular function. A total of 4,842 independent living, community-dwelling subjects aged 66 to 103 years received questionnaires on medical history, family history, personal habits, physical activity, and socioeconomic status, confirmation of pre-existing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, anthropometric measurements, casual seated random-zero blood pressure, forced vital capacity and expiratory volume in 1 second, 12-lead supine electrocardiogram, fasting glucose, creatinine, plasma lipids, carotid artery wall thickness by ultrasonography, and echocardiography-Doppler examinations. Participants with at least 1 confirmed episode of CHF by Cardiovascular Health Study criteria were considered prevalent for CHF. The prevalence of CHF was 8.8% and was associated with increased age, particularly for women, in whom it increased more than twofold from age 65 to 69 years (6.6%) to age > or = 85 years (14%). In multivariate analysis, subjects with CHF were more likely to be older (odds ratio [OR] 1.2 for 5-year difference, men OR 1.1), and more often had a history of myocardial infarction (OR 7.3), atrial fibrillation (OR 3.0), diabetes mellitus (OR 2.1), renal dysfunction (OR 2.0 for creatinine < or = 1.5 mg/ dl), and chronic pulmonary disease (OR 1.8; women only). The echocardiographic correlates of CHF were increased left atrial and ventricular dimensions. Importantly, 55% of subjects with CHF had normal left ventricular systolic function and 80% had either normal or only mildly reduced systolic function. Among subjects with CHF, women had normal systolic function more frequently than men (67% vs 42%; p < 0.001). Thus, CHF is common among community-dwelling elderly. It increases with age and is usually associated with normal systolic LV function, particularly among women. The finding that a large proportion of elderly with CHF have preserved LV systolic function is important because there is a paucity of data to guide management in this dominant subset.
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- D W Kitzman
- Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1045, USA
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The acute exacerbation of HF can be treated successfully in the OU. There are significant benefits, such as admission avoidance, decreased 90-day readmissions, and decreased costs. HF requires a comprehensive management program with extensive involvement from a multidisciplinary team committed to improving care for this population, however.
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- W F Peacock
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio State University, USA.
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Philbin EF, Rocco TA, Lindenmuth NW, Ulrich K, Jenkins PL. Systolic versus diastolic heart failure in community practice: clinical features, outcomes, and the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Am J Med 2000; 109:605-13. [PMID: 11099679 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00601-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Among patients with heart failure, there is controversy about whether there are clinical features and laboratory tests that can differentiate patients who have low ejection fractions from those with normal ejection fractions. The usefulness of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors among heart failure patients who have normal left ventricular ejection fractions is also not known. METHODS From a registry of 2,906 unselected consecutive patients with heart failure who were admitted to 10 acute-care community hospitals during 1995 and 1997, we identified 1291 who had a quantitative measurement of their left ventricular ejection fraction. Patients were separated into three groups based on ejection fraction: < or =0.39 (n = 741, 57%), 0.40 to 0.49 (n = 238, 18%), and > or =0.50 (n = 312, 24%). In-hospital mortality, prescription of ACE inhibitors at discharge, subsequent rehospitalization, quality of life, and survival were measured; survivors were observed for at least 6 months after hospitalization. RESULTS The mean (+/- SD) age of the sample was 75+/-11 years; the majority (55%) of patients were women. In multivariate models, age >75 years, female sex, weight >72.7 kg, and a valvular etiology for heart failure were associated with an increased probability of having an ejection fraction > or =0.50; a prior history of heart failure, an ischemic or idiopathic cause of heart failure, and radiographic cardiomegaly were associated with a lower probability of having an ejection fraction > or =0.50. Total mortality was lower in patients with an ejection fraction > or =0.50 than in those with an ejection fraction < or =0.39 (odds ratio [OR] = 0.69, 95% confidence interval [CI 0.49 to 0.98, P = 0.04). Among hospital survivors with an ejection fraction of 0.40 to 0.49, the 65% who were prescribed ACE inhibitors at discharge had better mean adjusted quality-of-life scores (7.0 versus 6.2, P = 0.02), and lower adjusted mortality (OR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.70, P = 0.01) during follow-up than those who were not prescribed ACE inhibitors. Among hospital survivors with an ejection fraction > or =0.50, the 45% who were prescribed ACE inhibitors at discharge had better (lower) adjusted New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class (2.1 versus 2.4, P = 0.04) although there was no significant improvement in survival. CONCLUSIONS Among patients treated for heart failure in community hospitals, 42% of those whose ejection fraction was measured had a relatively normal systolic function (ejection fraction > or 0.40). The clinical characteristics and mortality of these patients differed from those in patients with low ejection fractions. Among the patients with ejection fractions > or =0.40, the prescription of ACE inhibitors at discharge was associated favorable effects.
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- E F Philbin
- Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation (EFP), Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Tresch DD. Clinical manifestations, diagnostic assessment, and etiology of heart failure in elderly patients. Clin Geriatr Med 2000; 16:445-56. [PMID: 10918641 DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70022-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heart failure in elderly patients may be difficult to diagnose because of a lack of typical symptoms and physical findings that are common in younger patients with this disorder. When present, the symptoms and signs are often nonspecific and mistakenly may be thought to be caused by other disorders that are commonly present in elderly patients. In older elderly patients, the symptoms and signs may be obscured by the presence of aging changes or other diseases. As a result of these problems, physicians must be highly suspicious of heart failure in all elderly patients who have underlying heart disease or who present with nonspecific symptoms that may represent heart failure. After the diagnosis of heart failure is established, the cause must be determined and systolic and diastolic ventricular dysfunction must be differentiated.
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- D D Tresch
- Departments of Medicine, Cardiology, and Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Diastolic left ventricular function is altered substantially with advancing age in healthy persons, and diastolic dysfunction impacts most cardiovascular disorders in the elderly. Older, healthy persons have a delayed relaxation Doppler filling pattern and their early deceleration time is similar to, or modestly lengthened, compared with younger, healthy persons. Two abnormal Doppler filling patterns, the pseudo-normal and the restricted, are discerned more easily, and are more specific in the elderly than the young, because they are the opposite (reverse) of the normal elderly pattern. Most heart failure in the elderly occurs in the presence of preserved systolic function (presumed diastolic heart failure). Elderly patients with diastolic heart failure tend to be women with hypertrophied, hyperdynamic left ventricles, and chronic hypertension. Prognosis may be somewhat better than in systolic heart failure, but the difference diminishes when adjusted for gender and in the very elderly. The pathophysiology of this disorder is not well characterized, diagnostic criteria have not been standardized, and there are no large, multicenter, randomized trials to guide therapy. Further research in this area should be a high priority.
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- D W Kitzman
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
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Contrary to popular belief, population studies indicate that most elderly patients with heart failure have preserved left ventricular systolic function (i.e., presumed diastolic heart failure). Several normal aging changes may predispose older individuals to diastolic heart failure, including increased hypertrophy and stiffness of the left ventricle, increased vascular stiffness, and decreased cardiovascular reserve. Progress in diastolic heart failure has been hindered by a lack of standard case definition; absence of a readily available, reliable test to quantitate diastolic function; poor understanding of the pathophysiology of heart failure; and lack of data from randomized, controlled, multicenter trials. Typical patients are older women with chronic hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, chronic exercise intolerance, and occasional acute exacerbations (pulmonary edema). Although heart failure is a clinical, bedside diagnosis, echocardiography is helpful in differentiating diastolic from systolic heart failure and in ruling out other disorders. Although optimal pharmacologic therapy has not been clarified, control of blood pressure; exercise conditioning; and a multidisciplinary, case management approach seem beneficial.
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- D W Kitzman
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1045, USA.
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Sorrell VL, Nanda NC. Role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of heart failure in the elderly. Clin Geriatr Med 2000; 16:457-76. [PMID: 10918642 DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70023-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Heart failure is the most common cause of cardiovascular hospitalization in older adults in the United States. This disease is common, disabling, and commonly fatal, especially in the elderly population. Hypertension and coronary artery disease are the leading causes of heart failure. A precise diagnosis of the cardiac abnormality is paramount for adequate treatment, and echocardiography offers the most comprehensive, noninvasive evaluation. With an organized approach using two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, the systolic and diastolic left ventricular performance can be determined; the cardiac output, pulmonary artery, and ventricular filling pressures can be estimated; and surgically correctable valve disease can be identified. The response and success of treatment also may be monitored by the judicious use of echocardiography.
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- V L Sorrell
- Graphics and Exercise Physiology Laboratories, Sections of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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Cleland JG, Swedberg K, Cohen-Solal A, Cosin-Aguilar J, Dietz R, Follath F, Gavazzi A, Hobbs R, Korewicki J, Madeira HC, Preda I, van Gilst WH, Widimsky J, Mareev V, Mason J, Freemantle N, Eastaugh J. The Euro Heart Failure Survey of the EUROHEART survey programme. A survey on the quality of care among patients with heart failure in Europe. The Study Group on Diagnosis of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. The Medicines Evaluation Group Centre for Health Economics University of York. Eur J Heart Fail 2000; 2:123-32. [PMID: 10856724 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)00081-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The EUROHEART programme is a rolling programme of cardiovascular surveys among the member nations of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). These surveys will provide information on the nature of cardiovascular disease and its management. This manuscript describes a survey into the nature and management of heart failure. AIMS The EuroHeart Failure survey aims to describe the quality of hospital care, diagnostic and therapeutic, for patients with suspected or confirmed heart failure in ESC member countries. Patients will be interviewed subsequent to hospital discharge to assess their understanding of their condition, side effects from and their compliance with therapy and their satisfaction with the management for heart failure. The quality of management will be judged against the recommendations contained in the ESC guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Outcome will be further assessed by repeat interviews in 6-12 months time. A further survey of heart failure in 2001/2002 is also planned. METHODS A prospective survey of all deaths and discharges from medical (cardiology, internal medicine and geriatric medicine) and cardiac surgical wards to identify patients with heart failure, suspected or confirmed. Approximately 70 hospital clusters, comprising two to six hospitals in each cluster, in 24 member countries of the ESC are conducting the study. At the time of writing, approximately 30000 deaths and discharges have been screened and approximately 4000 patients have been enrolled. CONCLUSIONS The EuroHeart Survey will allow actual practice to be compared to ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. The surveys and guidelines should prove mutually informative. The main EuroHeart Failure project will be completed by late 2000. However, new centres volunteering to participate in the study (contact corresponding author) may be accepted providing they have the necessary research personnel and provided funding can be agreed for statistical support and administration.
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McAlister FA, Teo KK, Taher M, Montague TJ, Humen D, Cheung L, Kiaii M, Yim R, Armstrong PW. Insights into the contemporary epidemiology and outpatient management of congestive heart failure. Am Heart J 1999; 138:87-94. [PMID: 10385769 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70251-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the epidemiology, prognosis, and patterns of practice in patients with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) treated and followed at a specialized clinic. METHODS Prospective cohort study of consecutive patients referred to and followed up in a specialized heart failure clinic between September 1989 and March 1996. RESULTS Of the 628 patients referred, 566 were confirmed to have CHF. Mean duration of follow-up was 518 +/- 490 days (range 1 to 2192 days). Vital status was available for 99.3% of patients. Mean age at enrollment was 66 years, 68% were men, 67% had an ischemic cause of heart disease, and 78% had systolic dysfunction. Patients with preserved systolic function were older, more often female, had higher mean systolic blood pressures, and a lower prevalence of ischemic heart disease, ventricular arrhythmias, or impaired renal function when compared with those with systolic dysfunction (all P </=.001). Although there was a significant negative trend in survival with decreasing ejection fraction (P =. 03), the survival experience of those with CHF and preserved systolic function did not significantly differ from those with systolic failure (P =.25). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed increased mortality risk was associated with increasing age, New York Heart Association class IV, ischemic cause of disease, elevated serum creatinine level, use of diuretics, and systolic dysfunction, whereas use of beta-blockers was associated with reduced risk. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that a specialized outpatient clinic can improve practice patterns in patients with CHF. The high mortality risk in CHF with preserved systolic function suggests the need to find efficacious (and effective) therapies for this condition.
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- F A McAlister
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Congestive heart failure (CHF) increases with age, but most CHF in the elderly is due to diastolic dysfunction with preserved systolic function. The etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, natural history, and treatment of hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies in the elderly are discussed as a paradigm for CHF with normal systolic function. Hypertrophic obstructive and hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathies are compared and contrasted. As an example of a restrictive cardiomyopathy, the various types of amyloidosis and their clinical import in older patients are covered.
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- S J Zieman
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Dauterman KW, Massie BM, Gheorghiade M. Heart failure associated with preserved systolic function: a common and costly clinical entity. Am Heart J 1998; 135:S310-9. [PMID: 9630093 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(98)70258-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- K W Dauterman
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- J D Lurie
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vt. 05009, USA
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OBJECTIVE To review the differences in presentation and clinical manifestation of heart failure in older and younger patients and to determine if these differences influence the ability to diagnose the disorder clinically. Based on this information, an approach to diagnosing heart failure in older patients is provided. DATA SOURCE Scientific reports regarding heart failure in both the general population and the geriatric population were identified from repeated searches of MEDLINE data base and citations from appropriate articles. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Relevant data were obtained from articles, with special importance placed on studies designed to examine older patients exclusively or as a subgroup in a larger study. Review of data pertaining to clinical characteristics and presentation of heart failure was performed, with emphasis on comparing the characteristics between age groups. Specific cardiac diseases that cause ventricular impairment in older patients were assessed, and the importance of systolic versus diastolic dysfunction in this age group was analyzed. CONCLUSION Clinical diagnosis of heart failure in older patients may be difficult because of the absence of typical symptoms and physical findings. When present, the symptoms and signs may be mistakenly diagnosed as caused by concomitant disorders or aging changes. In other older patients, the symptoms and signs will be obscured by the presence of aging changes or the presence of other diseases. As a result of these difficulties, the initial diagnosis of heart failure in older patients is made later in the course of the cardiac disease process; older patients will be more unstable, and secondary preventive therapies may be of less benefit than in younger patients with the disorder. Though clinically difficult, the differentiation between systolic and diastolic ventricular dysfunction is mandatory in all older patients with heart failure.
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- D D Tresch
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
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Badgett RG, Mulrow CD, Otto PM, Ramírez G. How well can the chest radiograph diagnose left ventricular dysfunction? J Gen Intern Med 1996; 11:625-34. [PMID: 8945695 DOI: 10.1007/bf02599031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To review the diagnostic utility of the chest radiograph for left ventricular dysfunction. DATA SOURCES Structured MEDLINE searches, citation reviews of relevant primary research, review articles, and textbooks, personal files, and data from experts. STUDY SELECTION Studies of patients without valvular disease that allowed calculation of the sensitivity and specificity of selected radiographic signs compared with a criterion standard of increased left ventricular preload or reduced ejection fraction. DATA EXTRACTION Two independent readers reviewed 29 studies. Studies were pooled after stratification by radiographic finding, criterion standard, and clinical setting. MAIN RESULTS Redistribution best diagnosed increased preload with a sensitivity of 65% (95% confidence interval [CI] 55%, 75%) and specificity 67% (95% CI 53%, 79%). Cardiomegaly best diagnosed decreased ejection fraction with a sensitivity of of 51% (95% CI 43%, 60%) and specificity of 79% (95% CI 71%, 85%). Interrater reliability was fair to moderate for redistribution and moderate for cardiomegaly. The clinical setting affected results by decreasing the specificity of cardiomegaly to 8% in detecting increased preload in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. The absence of redistribution could only exclude increased preload in situations in which the suspicion (pretest probability) of disease was less than 9%, whereas redistribution could confirm increased preload when the pretest probability was greater than 91%. The absence of cardiomegaly could only exclude a reduced ejection fraction if the pretest probability was less than 8%, whereas cardiomegaly could confirm a reduced ejection fraction if the pretest probability was greater than 87%. CONCLUSIONS Redistribution and cardiomegaly are the best chest radiographic findings for diagnosing increased preload and reduced ejection fraction, respectively. Unfortunately, neither finding alone can adequately exclude or confirm left ventricular dysfunction in usual clinical settings. Redistribution is not always reliably interpreted.
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- R G Badgett
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7879, USA
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Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Levy D. Prevalence, clinical features and prognosis of diastolic heart failure: an epidemiologic perspective. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 26:1565-74. [PMID: 7594087 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00381-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 642] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Numerous reports suggest that about one-third of patients with congestive heart failure do not have any abnormality of left ventricular systolic function. These patients presumably have heart failure on the basis of ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Our objective was to develop a comprehensive overview of published reports of the prevalence, clinical features and prognosis of diastolic heart failure and to offer recommendations for future studies. Thirty-one studies of patients with congestive heart failure with normal left ventricular systolic function were published in the time period from January 1970 through March 1995. These studies were identified with the use of computer-based searches in relevant data bases. Among patients with congestive heart failure, the prevalence of normal ventricular systolic performance in the published reports varies widely from 13% to 74%; the reported annual mortality rate also varies from 1.3% to 17.5%. The criteria for congestive heart failure, its chronicity and the age of the study sample affect the reported prevalence and prognosis of the disorder. The clinical signs and symptoms of diastolic heart failure are similar to those of patients with systolic heart failure, underscoring the need for evaluation of ventricular systolic function in patients with congestive heart failure. In the absence of any large-scale randomized clinical trial targeting these patients, the optimal treatment of diastolic heart failure is unclear. We conclude that the heterogeneity in previous studies of diastolic heart failure hinders the comparison of published reports. There is a need to conduct prospective, community-based investigations to better characterize the incidence, prevalence and natural history of diastolic heart failure. Randomized clinical trials are needed to determine optimal treatment strategies.
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- R S Vasan
- Framingham Heart Study, Massachusetts 01701, USA
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Tresch DD, McGough MF. Heart failure with normal systolic function: a common disorder in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 1995; 43:1035-42. [PMID: 7657921 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb05570.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review the incidence, pathophysiology, significance, diagnosis, and treatment of heart failure with normal systolic function in older patients. DATA SOURCE Scientific reports of diastolic ventricular dysfunction in both the general population and the geriatric population were identified from repeated searches of the MEDLINE database and citations from appropriate articles. STUDY SELECTION Studies were included only if they demonstrated proper methodology, were from a reputable source, and were published in a peer-reviewed journal. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Relevant data were obtained from the articles, with special importance placed on studies designed to examine older patients exclusively or as part of a subgroup in a larger study. Emphasis was placed on data pertaining to the pathophysiology, prognosis, and diagnosis of patients with diastolic dysfunction compared with normals and patients with systolic dysfunction as an etiology of heart failure. Therapeutic interventions were selected for the presence of prospective data with concrete end points such as mortality, functional class, exercise capacity, and regression of left ventricular hypertrophy. CONCLUSION Diastolic ventricular dysfunction is a significant problem in older people, with at least 40% of older heart failure patients having diastolic dysfunction as the etiology of their heart failure. The pathophysiology of diastolic dysfunction is varied but usually involves impaired left ventricular relaxation and/or increased ventricular stiffness, each partially related to normal aging changes, as well as underlying cardiovascular diseases. The significance of heart failure caused by diastolic dysfunction is great, with increased morbidity and mortality compared with other cardiac diseases that have the same preserved systolic function. Diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction can be clinically difficult and often requires further testing to determine if diastolic dysfunction is present. At this time, no therapy specifically treats diastolic dysfunction, but several medications, such as diuretics, calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, and angiotension-converting enzyme inhibitors, offer symptomatic relief and may prevent progression of the disorder.
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- D D Tresch
- Department of Cardiology and Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
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Puisieux F, de Groote P, Lemaire JB, Chamas E, Houdas Y, Dewailly P. [Congestive heart failure in the elderly. Value of Doppler echocardiography]. Rev Med Interne 1995; 16:595-601. [PMID: 7569431 DOI: 10.1016/0248-8663(96)80758-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fifty-eight consecutive elderly patients (seven men and 51 women, mean age 84 +/- 6) admitted for congestive heart failure were prospectively investigated by doppler echocardiography in order to 1) define the prevalence of cardiac failure with normal left ventricular systolic function, 2) estimate the role of abnormalities of left ventricular filling (diastolic dysfunction), 3) evaluate echodoppler parameters for assessment of diastolic function: ratio of early peak on atrial peak of filling velocities (E/A), mitral deceleration time (MDT) and isovolumic relaxation time (IRT). Of the 58 patients, 32 (55%) had normal left ventricular systolic function and 26 (45%) had systolic dysfunction. Of the 32 patients with normal systolic function, diastolic function could not be evaluated in nine patients, was abnormal in 16 and normal in seven. Congestive heart failure with normal systolic function is very frequent in the elderly subject. Sensitivity of clinical data being too low, doppler echocardiography is the easiest noninvasive technique for defining abnormalities of both left ventricular systolic and diastolic function. In the elderly, MDT and IRT are more sensitive parameters than E/A for the diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction.
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- F Puisieux
- Service de médecine interne et de gériatrie, CHRU de Lille, France
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Aurigemma GP, Villegas B, Gaasch WH, Meyer TE. Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular mass, chamber volume, and contractile function. Curr Probl Cardiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0146-2806(06)80013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Karwatowski SP, Brecker SJ, Yang GZ, Firmin DN, Sutton MS, Underwood SR. Mitral valve flow measured with cine MR velocity mapping in patients with ischemic heart disease: comparison with Doppler echocardiography. J Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 5:89-92. [PMID: 7696814 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880050116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Diastolic function is an important element of overall left ventricular function. The pattern of flow across the mitral valve is commonly used as a measure of diastolic ventricular function. Magnetic resonance (MR) velocity mapping of blood flow across the mitral valve was compared with Doppler echocardiography. Nineteen patients with known coronary artery disease (mean age, 62 years; 11 with previous myocardial infarction) were studied. The mean value of peak early filling velocity (+/- standard deviation) was 60.1 cm/sec +/- 14.3 with the MR method and 59.4 cm/sec +/- 13.7 with echocardiography (P = .732). The mean difference between the two measurements (95% confidence interval) was -0.8 cm/sec (-5.2 cm/sec, +2.2 cm/sec). The mean value of early deceleration was 4.3 m/sec2 +/- 1.5 with the MR method and 4.0 m/sec2 +/- 1.5 with echocardiography (P = .073). The mean difference was -0.4 cm/sec2 (-0.92 cm/sec2, +0.05 cm/sec2). The mean value of peak atriosystolic velocity was 51 cm/sec +/- 14.6 with the MR method and 62 cm/sec +/- 17.2 with echocardiography (P = .002). The mean difference was -11 cm/sec (-18.1 cm/sec, -3.45 cm/sec). Peak atrial filling was consistently lower with the MR method than with echocardiography. Time-averaged measurements of ventricular filling with MR velocity mapping are an accurate measure of early diastolic filling but underestimate the velocity of atriosystolic filling.
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- S P Karwatowski
- Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, London, England
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