Sudden cardiac death after acute decompensation in heart failure patients: implications of discharge haemoglobin levels.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Heart failure (HF) patients have a high risk of mortality due to sudden cardiac death (SCD) and non-SCD, including pump failure death (PFD). Anaemia predicts more severe symptomatic burden and higher morbidity, as noted by markedly increased hospitalizations and readmission rates, and mortality, underscoring its importance in HF management. Herein, we aimed to determine whether haemoglobin (Hb) level at discharge affects the mode of death and influences SCD risk prediction.

Methods

We evaluated the data of 3020 consecutive acute HF patients from a Japanese prospective multicentre registry. Patients were divided into four groups based on discharge Hb levels. SCD was defined as an unexpected and otherwise unexplained death in a previously stable patient or death due to do

SUBMITTER: Fukuoka R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature