European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on December 22, 2007
European Heart Journal 2008 29(3):339-347; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm554
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Prognosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a 5 year prospective population-based study
Department of Cardiovascular Disease, INSERM, ERI 12, Amiens and University Hospital, Amiens 80054, France
Received 22 March 2007; revised 22 October 2007; accepted 29 October 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 22 December 2007.
* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 3 22 45 58 83, Fax: +33 3 22 45 56 58. Email: tribouilloy.christophe{at}chu-amiens.fr
See page 285 for the editorial comment on this article (doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm597)
Aims: This study was designed to identify the characteristics and long-term prognosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) in patients hospitalized for a first episode of HF.
Methods and results: Consecutive patients (n = 799) hospitalized for a first episode of HF during 2000 in the Somme department (France) were recruited. EF was available in 662 (83%) patients, representing the study population. Patients with HFPEF (55.6% of cases) were significantly older, with a high proportion of women. During the 5 year follow-up, 370 patients (56%) died. Patients with HFPEF had a significantly lower 5 year survival than the age- and sex-matched general population (43 vs. 72%). Five year survival rates were not significantly different in patients with preserved and reduced EF (43 vs. 46%; P = 0.95). Both groups had similar relative 5 year survival rates compared with the general population. Multivariable analysis identified age, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, diabetes, low glomerular filtration rate, and hyponatraemia as independent predictors of 5 year mortality in patients with HFPEF.
Conclusions: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction has a poor prognosis, comparable with that of HF with reduced EF, with a 5 year survival rate after a first episode of 43% and a high excess mortality compared with the general population.
Key Words: Heart failure Prognosis Ejection fraction
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