Correlation of aortic root dimensions and mortality in acute heart failure: A nationwide prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An association between increased aortic root dimensions (ARD) and elevated risk of cardiovascular mortality has been reported in the general population. However, evidence regarding the association between ARD and mortality in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) is limited.

Methods

In a nationwide prospective cohort of the China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events Prospective Heart Failure Study, ARD was measured during diastole using echocardiography and indexed to body mass index (BMI). Cox proportional hazard models were used to validate the association between BMI-indexed ARD and mortality. Additionally, the relationship between BMI-indexed ARD and mortality was presented using restricted cubic spline in all populations, and both sexes.

SUBMITTER: Zhou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407952 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature