Changing characteristics and mode of death associated with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a study across therapeutic eras.


Cubbon, Richard M, Gale, Christopher P ORCID: 0000-0003-4732-382X, Kearney, Lorraine C, Schechter, Clyde B, Brooksby, W Paul, Nolan, Jim, Fox, Keith AA ORCID: 0000-0002-0140-2752, Rajwani, Adil ORCID: 0000-0002-9228-4156, Rajwani, Adil ORCID: 0000-0002-4196-7205, Baig, Wazir et al (show 13 more authors) (2011) Changing characteristics and mode of death associated with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a study across therapeutic eras. Circulation. Heart failure, 4 (4). pp. 396-403.

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Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Therapies for patients with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction have advanced substantially over recent decades. The cumulative effect of these therapies on mortality, mode of death, symptoms, and clinical characteristics has yet to be defined.<h4>Methods and results</h4>This study was a comparison of 2 prospective cohort studies of outpatients with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction performed between 1993 and 1995 (historic cohort: n=281) and 2006 and 2009 (contemporary cohort: n=357). In the historic cohort, 83% were prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and 8.5% were prescribed β-adrenoceptor antagonists, compared with 89% and 80%, respectively, in the contemporary cohort. Mortality rates over the first year of follow-up declined from 12.5% to 7.8% between eras (P=0.04), and sudden death contributed less to contemporary mortality (33.6% versus 12.7%; P<0.001). New York Heart Association class declined between eras (P<0.001). QTc dispersion across the chest leads declined from 85 ms (SD, 2) to 34 ms (SD, 1) and left ventricular end-diastolic dimensions declined from 65 mm (SD, 0.6) to 59 mm (SD, 0.5) (both P<0.001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Survival has significantly improved in patients with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction over the past 15 years; furthermore, sudden death makes a much smaller contribution to mortality, and noncardiac mortality is a correspondingly greater contribution. This has been accompanied by an improvement in symptoms and some markers of adverse electric and structural left ventricular remodeling.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Incidence, Survival Rate, Retrospective Studies, Cohort Studies, Follow-Up Studies, Prospective Studies, Defibrillators, Implantable, Aged, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Heart Failure, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, United Kingdom
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Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2015 16:58
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2024 16:03
DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.110.959882
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2034233
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