Independent prognostic value of the congestion and renal index in patients with acute heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical outcomes are poor if patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are discharged with residual congestion in the presence of renal dysfunction. However, there is no single indication to reflect the combined effects of the two related pathophysiological processes. We, therefore, proposed an indicator, congestion and renal index (CRI), and examined the associations between the CRI and one-year outcomes and the incremental prognostic value of CRI compared with the established scoring systems in a multicenter prospective cohort of AHF.

Methods

We enrolled AHF patients and calculated the ratio of thoracic fluid content index divided by estimated glomerular filtration rate before discharge, as CRI. Then we examined the associations between CRI and one-year outcomes.

SUBMITTER: Ji RQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412541 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature