Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
The Association Between Erector Spinae Muscle Content and Chronic Heart Failure and Its Severity
Authors' conclusion
The ESM is of great value in predicting the onset and severity of CHF.
Study context
- Population
- Patients assessed for chronic heart failure (CHF) by diagnostic criteria
- Participants
- 268 / 384 / 256 / 68
- Exposure
- CHF vs control; Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) vs heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Controln = 268reference
- CHFn = 384
- HFpEFn = 256reference
- HFrEFn = 68
- Outcome
- Association of erector spinae muscle (ESM) content with CHF and its severity
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio (95% CI)P value
CHFvs ControlESM independent predictor of HF; lower ESM in CHF
0.713(0.626–0.811)
P < 0.001HFrEFvs HFpEFESM independent predictor of HF severity; lower ESM in HFrEF
0.514(0.418–0.633)
P < 0.05Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Diagnostic performance of erector spinae muscle (ESM) content (ROC)
- Diagnosis of CHF: sensitivity
- 65.6%
- Diagnosis of CHF: specificity
- 71.6%
- Predicting CHF severity: sensitivity
- 47.1%
- Predicting CHF severity: specificity
- 89.1%
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Original publication
The Association Between Erector Spinae Muscle Content and Chronic Heart Failure and Its Severity. ESC Heart Fail. Published 31 July 2023. doi:10.
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