Does previous hypertension affect outcome in acute heart failure?

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FELŠŐCI Marián PAŘENICA Jiří ŠPINAR Jindřich VÍTOVEC Jiří WIDIMSKÝ Petr LINHART Aleš FEDORCO Marián MÁLEK Filip ČÍHALÍK Čestmír MIKLÍK Roman JARKOVSKÝ Jiří

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Journal of Internal Medicine
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2011.09.006
Field Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
Keywords Hypertension; Blood pressure; Acute heart failure; Outcome; Mortality
Description The effect of previous long-term hypertension on mortality in acute heart failure (HF), regardless of blood pressure values, has not been well studied. Acute Heart Failure Database (AHEAD) - Czech HF registry enrolled 4153 consecutive patients with acute HF. We excluded severe forms (cardiogenic shock, pulmonary oedema, right HF) and analysed 2421 patientswith known presence or absence of previous hypertension. Demographic, clinical and laboratory profile, treatment and mortality rates were assessed and predictors of outcome were identified. Patients with previous hypertension (71.5%) were older, more of female gender, with worse prehospitalisation NYHA class, increased incidence of co-morbidities and higher left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Although in-hospital mortality was similar in both cohorts, survival at 1, 2 and 3-year was worse in the hypertensive group. Nevertheless, hypertension was not associated with mortality in multivariate analysis and stronger predictors of outcome were identified (Pb0.05): new-onset acute HF [hazard ratio (HR) 0.62] and increased body mass index (HR 0.68) proved to have a protective role. Advanced age (HR 1.86), diabetes (HR 1.45), lower LVEF (HR 1.28) and admission blood pressure (HR 1.54), elevated serum creatinine (HR 1.63), hyponatremia (HR 1.77) and anaemia (HR 1.40) were associated with worse survival. Conclusion: Antecedent hypertension is frequent in patients with acute HF and contributes to organ and vascular impairment. However its presence has no independent influence on short- and medium-term mortality, which is influenced by other related co-morbidities.
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