Prognosis value of Forrester's classification in advanced heart failure patients awaiting heart transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The value of Forrester's perfusion/congestion profiles assessed by invasive catheter evaluation in non-inotrope advanced heart failure patients listed for heart transplant (HT) is unclear. We aimed to assess the value of haemodynamic evaluation according to Forrester's profiles to predict events on the HT waitlist.

Methods and results

All non-inotrope patients (n = 837, 79% ambulatory at listing) registered on the French national HT waiting list between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2019 with right heart catheterization (RHC) were included. The primary outcome was a combined criteria of waitlist death, delisting for aggravation, urgent HT or left ventricular assist device implantation. Secondary outcome was waitlist death. The 'warm-dry', 'cold-dry', 'warm-wet', and 'c

SUBMITTER: Baudry G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9715881 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature