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ArticleCirculation. Heart failure2010

Effects of peripheral arterial disease on outcomes in advanced chronic systolic heart failure: a propensity-matched study.

Mustafa I Ahmed, Wilbert S Aronow, Michael H Criqui, Inmaculada Aban, Thomas E Love, Eric J Eichhorn, Ali Ahmed

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Article in Circulation. Heart failure, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mustafa I AhmedUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-2041, USA.
Wilbert S Aronow
Michael H Criqui
Inmaculada Aban
Thomas E Love
Eric J Eichhorn
Ali Ahmed
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USNew York Medical College · USCardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute · USCase Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and renin-angiotensin system inhibitionR01HL085561 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI AHMED, ALI · 2006 to 2009
$1.5M
Neurohormonal Blockade and Outcomes in Diastolic Heart FailureR01HL097047 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI AHMED, ALI · 2009 to 2010
$915k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085561NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL085561NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL097047NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL097047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effect of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) has not been examined in propensity-matched studies. METHODS AND

resultsOf the 2689 patients with advanced chronic systolic HF in the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial, 441 had a history of PAD. Propensity scores for a history of PAD, calculated for each patient using a multivariable logistic regression model, were used to assemble a matched cohort of 299 and 1015 patients, respectively, with and without PAD who were well balanced on 65 measured baseline characteristics. Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios and 95% CIs for associations between PAD and outcomes during 4.1 years of follow-up. Patients had a mean age of 63+/-11 years, 19% were women, and 19% were black. All-cause mortality occurred in 43% and 33% of patients with and without a history of PAD, respectively (hazard ratio when PAD was compared with no history of PAD, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.14 to 1.72; P=0.001). All-cause hospitalization occurred in 75% and 63% of patients with and without PAD, respectively (hazard ratio when PAD was compared with no history of PAD, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.16 to 1.58; P<0.0001). PAD-associated hazard ratios for cardiovascular mortality, HF mortality, and HF hospitalization were 1.31 (95% CI, 1.04 to 1.63; P=0.019), 1.40 (95% CI, 0.97 to 2.02; P=0.076), and 1.05 (95% CI, 0.86 to 1.29; P=0.635), respectively.

conclusionsIn a well-balanced propensity-matched population of chronic systolic HF patients, a history of PAD was independently associated with increased mortality and hospitalization.

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AgedFemaleHeart Failure, SystolicHumansMaleMiddle AgedPeripheral Vascular DiseasesSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment Outcome

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PMID19861658
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