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ArticlePloS one2019

Perturbations of pulsatile hemodynamics and clinical outcomes in patients with acute heart failure and reduced, mid-range or preserved ejection fraction.

Wei-Ming Huang, Shih-Hsien Sung, Wen-Chung Yu, Hao-Min Cheng, Chi-Jung Huang, Chao-Yu Guo, Dai-Yin Lu, Ching-Wei Lee, Chen-Huan Chen

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Wei-Ming HuangDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Hsien SungDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9441-1836
Wen-Chung YuDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hao-Min ChengDepartment of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chi-Jung HuangDepartment of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chao-Yu GuoDepartment of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Dai-Yin LuDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Wei LeeDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen-Huan ChenDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Abstract

backgroundHeart failure with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) has been proposed as a new phenotype of heart failure. We therefore investigated the pulsatile hemodynamic characteristics and outcomes in patients with HFmrEF, in comparison with those with reduced (HFrEF) or preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction.

methodsThe study was composed of two cohorts of patients hospitalized due to acute heart failure. Pulsatile hemodynamic measures, including carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV), carotid pulse pressure (cPP), amplitude of the backward pressure wave (Pb) and carotid augmentation index (cAIx), were recorded on admission and before discharge in Cohort A (n = 230, mean age 69.9 ±15.4 years), and long-term follow-up was performed in Cohort B (n = 2677, mean age 76.3 ± 33.4 years).

resultsIn Cohort A, patients with HFmrEF had persistently greater cf-PWV, cPP, Pb, and cAI than those with HFrEF, both on admission and before discharge. In contrast, patients with HFmrEF and HFpEF had similar pulsatile hemodynamic characteristics. In cohort B, patients with HFmrEF and HFrEF had similar three-year mortality rates and both were significantly higher than that in patients with HFpEF (both P values < 0.05).

conclusionsPatients with HFmrEF were characterized by a worse left ventricular systolic function than patients with HFpEF and excessive wave reflections than patients with HFrEF. Future studies are required to confirm that the unfavorable ventriculo-arterial coupling in HFmrEF might play a role in the pathogenesis of high long-term mortality in these patients.

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Stroke VolumeAcute DiseaseAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansMalePhenotypePrognosisPulsatile Flow

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PMCPMC6681962

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