Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesMeta-analysis

The Different Risk of New-Onset, Chronic, Worsening, and Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Systematic review and meta-regression analysis of observational studies
  • random effects meta-analysis
  • mixed-effects meta-regression

Authors' conclusion

Our meta-analysis of observational studies confirms the different risk for adverse outcomes across the distinct HF stages.

Study context

Population
Heart failure (HF) patients in observational studies, 2012–2022
Participants
862,046 patients · 66 studies
Comparison
New-onset HF vs chronic HF (CHF) vs worsening HF (WHF) vs advanced HF
Outcome
30-day and 1-year all-cause mortality, and 1-year HF hospitalization
Follow-up
30 days and 1 year

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

1-year all-cause mortality · 1 year

Further pooled results

OutcomeNew-onset HFCHFWHFAdvanced HFP value
30-day all-cause mortality (hospital-admitted) · no significant distinction10.13%Not reported in the abstract8.11%Not reported in the abstractP = 0.10

1-year HF readmission

Followed a similar trend

Original publication

The Different Risk of New-Onset, Chronic, Worsening, and Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 24 November 2023. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3048

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