Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Prognostic Impact of MitraScore in Elderly Asian Patients with Heart Failure: Sub-Analysis of FRAGILE-HF

ESC Heart FailPublished Secondary analysis of the FRAGILE-HF prospective cohort study

Primary result · All-cause deathResult — go to the resultAdjusted hazard ratio 1.22 95% CI 1.10–1.36

Authors' conclusion

MitraScore developed for patients undergoing TEER also showed strong discriminative power in HF patients.

Study context

Population
Elderly patients (>65 years) hospitalized for heart failure (HF)
Participants
1,100 patients
Comparison
MitraScore risk groups; MitraScore vs other simple HF risk scores
  • Low-riskn = 326
  • Moderate-riskn = 571
  • High-riskn = 203
Primary endpoint
All-cause death
Follow-up
2 years
Methodological detailsmulticentre
  • Multicentre

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Adjusted hazard ratio

1.22

95% CI 1.10–1.36

P < 0.001

MitraScore
adjusted HR 1.22 (95% CI 1.10–1.36); P < 0.001
All-cause deaths observed
226
MitraScore stratified patients in Kaplan-Meier analysis
P < 0.001
Continuous net reclassification improvement (NRI) vs GWTG-HF, BIOSTAT compact, AHEAD, AHEAD-U, HANBAH
0.20, 0.22, 0.39, 0.39, and 0.29

Secondary outcomes

Composite of all-cause death and HF rehospitalization · 2 years

Adjusted HR (95% CI)P value
MitraScore1.17 (1.09–1.26)P < 0.001

CV death · 2 years

Adjusted HR (95% CI)P value
MitraScore1.24 (1.10–1.39)P < 0.001
Composite of all-cause death and HF rehospitalization — Composite endpoints observed
478
CV death — CV deaths observed
183
CV death — Continuous NRI vs GWTG-HF, BIOSTAT compact, AHEAD, AHEAD-U, HANBAH
0.20, 0.22, 0.42, 0.40, and 0.29
  • CV death: NRI all P-values < 0.02

Original publication

Prognostic Impact of MitraScore in Elderly Asian Patients with Heart Failure: Sub-Analysis of FRAGILE-HF. ESC Heart Fail. Published 19 January 2024. doi:10.1002/ehf2.14658

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