Congenital heart disease

Clinical features, haemodynamics, and outcomes of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in coarctation of aorta

Eur J Heart FailPublished Retrospective cohort study

Main finding · Death/transplantResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 1.68 95% CI 1.16–3.11

Authors' conclusion

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is common in adults with COA and is associated with greater risk of death/transplant

Study context

Population
Adults with repaired coarctation of aorta (COA) who underwent right heart catheterization
Participants
99 adults
Exposure
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) vs no HFpEF in repaired COA
  • HFpEFn = 32
Outcome
Prevalence of HFpEF and death/transplant
Methodological detailsconsecutive patients
  • Consecutive patients

Main finding

Death/transplant

Hazard ratio

1.68

95% CI 1.16–3.11

Events by group

HFpEF

32%

32 of 32

Without HFpEF

12%

10-year cumulative incidence of death/transplant

HFpEF vs Without HFpEF
HR 1.68 (95% CI 1.16–3.11)

As reported in the abstract

10-year death/transplant 39% vs 12%
P = 0.001

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeAdjusted OR (95% CI)
Correlates of HFpEF (multivariable) — Obesity vs Without HFpEF4.15 (1.31–13.2)
Correlates of HFpEF (multivariable) — Atrial fibrillation vs Without HFpEF3.13 (1.00–10.7)
Correlates of HFpEF (multivariable) — Total arterial compliance index · per 1 ml/mmHg*m²0.12 (0.06–0.41)
Correlates of HFpEF (multivariable) — Pulmonary artery compliance index · per 1 ml/mmHg*m²0.36 (0.15–0.56)

Original publication

Clinical features, haemodynamics, and outcomes of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in coarctation of aorta. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 16 July 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3379

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it

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