Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Echocardiographic Predictors of Cardiovascular Outcome in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Eur J Heart FailPublished Systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors' conclusion

Impaired LV global longitudinal strain, lower LA reservoir strain and lower TAPSE/PASP ratio predict cardiovascular death and HF hospitalization in HFpEF and are independent of filling pressures, clinical characteristics and natriuretic peptides.

Study context

Population
Patients with HFpEF
Participants
20,056 patients46 studies
Outcome
Composite of:
  • CV death
  • Heart failure (HF) hospitalization
Methodological detailsrandom effects meta-analysis
  • Random effects meta-analysis

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

CV death and HF hospitalisation (composite primary endpoint)
Estimate (95% CI)
Decreased LV global longitudinal strain
HR 1.24 per 5% decrease(1.10–1.39)
Lower TAPSE/PASP ratio
HR 1.17 per 0.1 unit decrease(1.07–1.25)

Each row per its own increment, as printed

Decreased left atrial (LA) reservoir strain
HR 1.30 per 5% decrease

Further pooled results

Other independent predictors (less robust)

Higher E/e', moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation, left ventricular (LV) mass index and LA ejection fraction were also independent predictors, but less robust

Original publication

Echocardiographic Predictors of Cardiovascular Outcome in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 7 May 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3271

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