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The Analysis of Arterial Stiffness in Heart Failure Patients: The Prognostic Role of Pulse Wave Velocity, Augmentation Index and Stiffness Index

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Journal J Clin Med
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2022 Jun 24
PMID 35743576
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Background: The role of arterial stiffness in the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of heart failure (HF) patients has to be clarified. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic role of arterial stiffness in HF patients discharged after acute episode of decompensation by evaluating cut-off values for clinical assessment. Methods: Patients admitted for decompensated heart failure (ADHF) underwent pre-discharge evaluation. Arterial stiffness was measured by aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), augmentation index (AIx75) and stiffness index (β0). Patients were also evaluated after discharge for a variable follow-up time. Results: We observed 199 patients (male 61.3%, age 76.2 ± 10.7 years) after discharge for a median of 437 days (IQR 247-903), 69 (34.7%) patients suffered HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), 45 (22.6%) patients experienced HF with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmEF) and 85 (42.7%) reported an HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). After the adjustment for principal confounders, aPWV, AIx75 and β0 were inversely correlated with free-event survival (p = 0.006, p < 0.001, p = 0.001): only β0 was inversely correlated with overall survival (p = 0.03). Analysing the threshold, overall survival was inversely correlated with β0 ≥3 (HR 2.1, p = 0.04) and free-event survival was inversely correlated with aPWV ≥10 m/s (HR 1.7, p = 0.03), AIx75 ≥ 25 (HR 2.4, p < 0.001), and β0 ≥ 3 (HR 2.0, p = 0.009). Dividing HF patients for LV ejection fraction, β0 and AIx75 appeared to be accurate prognostic predictors among the three different classes according to free-event survival. Conclusions: The non-invasive measurements of arterial stiffness proved to be strong prognostic parameters in HF patients discharged after an acute HF decompensation.

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