Prognostic role of serum albumin levels in patients with chronic heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypoalbuminemia is common in heart failure (HF) patients; however, there are no data regarding the possible long-term prognostic role of serum albumin (SA) in the younger population with chronic HF without malnutrition. The aim of this study was to examine the long-term prognostic role of SA levels in predicting major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in middle-aged outpatients with chronic HF.

Methods

In the present retrospective analysis, 378 subjects with HF were enrolled. MACE (non-fatal ischemic stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction, cardiac revascularization or coronary bypass surgery, and cardiovascular death), total mortality, and HF hospitalizations (hHF) occurrence were evaluated during a median follow-up of 6.1 years.

Results

In all population, 152

SUBMITTER: Armentaro G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364577 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature