Echocardiographic features and brain natriuretic peptides in patients presenting with heart failure and preserved systolic function

Thomas, MD, Fox, KF, Wood, DA, Gibbs, JS, Coats, AJ, Henein, M, Poole-Wilson, PA and Sutton, GC (2006) Echocardiographic features and brain natriuretic peptides in patients presenting with heart failure and preserved systolic function. Heart, 92 (5). pp. 603-608. ISSN 1468-201X

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Abstract

Objective: To characterise patients who appear to fulfil the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved systolic function clinically, echocardiographically, and by concentrations of brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP). Methods: 102 new cases of heart failure were identified over 24 months in 213 patients referred to a rapid access heart failure clinic. Patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function with contemporary markers of diastolic function were assessed to evaluate their cardiac status further. Results: Forty patients (39%) had an ejection fraction (EF) < 45% and 62 (61%) had an EF ⩾ 45%. Of these 62 patients, 30 (48%) fulfilled the case definition of diastolic heart failure. The remaining 32 (52%) had neither an EF < 45% nor abnormalities of diastolic function. Dobutamine stress echocardiography was performed on 26 (42%) patients with EF ⩾ 45%, which provided an alternative explanation for symptoms in 15 (58%) patients. Concentrations of BNP were higher in patients with diastolic abnormalities (mean (SEM) 101.4 (32.5) pg/ml v 58.4 (6.78) pg/ml, p  =  0.042) and with no diastolic abnormalities (199 (37.9) pg/ml v 58.4 (6.78) pg/ml, p < 0.0001) than in patients with no heart failure. Conclusion: Among ambulatory patients presenting with suspected heart failure in the community 19% have systolic dysfunction, 14% have diastolic dysfunction, and 15% seemingly have heart failure with neither systolic nor diastolic dysfunction. A new understanding, including alternative parameters of diastolic function, seems to be necessary to classify patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function.

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Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2010 11:13
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2023 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15403
DOI:	10.1136/hrt.2005.063768

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