Prognostic Role of Sonographic Decongestion in Patients with Acute Heart Failure with Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Multicentre Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We investigated the role of the dynamic changes of pulmonary congestion, as assessed by sonographic B-lines, as a tool to stratify prognosis in patients admitted for acute heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFpEF).

Methods

In this multicenter, prospective study, lung ultrasound was performed at admission and before discharge by trained investigators, blinded to clinical findings.

Results

We enrolled 208 consecutive patients (mean age 76 [95% confidence interval, 70-84] years), 125 with HFrEF, 83 with HFpEF (mean ejection fraction 32% and 57%, respectively). The primary composite endpoint of cardiovascular death or HF re-hospitalization occurred in 18% of patients within 6 months. In the overall population, independent predict

SUBMITTER: Pugliese NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917462 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature