Moderate Aortic Stenosis in Patients With Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Moderate aortic stenosis (AS) confers a surprisingly adverse prognosis, approaching that of severe AS. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical course of patients with moderate AS with evidence of concomitant heart failure manifesting as elevated brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels.

Methods

This is a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 332 patients with elevated BNP. 165 patients with moderate AS were compared with 167 controls with none-mild AS. The Median follow-up duration was 3.85 years. The primary outcome was a composite endpoint of all-cause hospitalizations and all-cause mortality.

Results

BNP levels were 530 and 515 pg/mL in the study and the control groups, respectively. Moderate AS had significantly high

SUBMITTER: Truong VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature