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Comparative Study
. 2015 Oct;3(10):751-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.05.009.

Competing Risk of Cardiac Status and Renal Function During Hospitalization for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Khibar Salah  1 , Wouter E Kok  1 , Luc W Eurlings  2 , Paulo Bettencourt  3 , Joana M Pimenta  3 , Marco Metra  4 , Valerio Verdiani  5 , Jan G Tijssen  1 , Yigal M Pinto  6
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Comparative Study

Competing Risk of Cardiac Status and Renal Function During Hospitalization for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Khibar Salah et al. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Oct.
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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the dynamic changes in renal function in combination with dynamic changes in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

Background: Treatment of ADHF improves cardiac parameters, as reflected by lower levels of NT-proBNP. However this often comes at the cost of worsening renal parameters (e.g., serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR], or serum urea). Both the cardiac and renal markers are validated indicators of prognosis, but it is not yet clear whether the benefits of lowering NT-proBNP are outweighed by the concomitant worsening of renal parameters.

Methods: This study was an individual patient data analysis assembled from 6 prospective cohorts consisting of 1,232 patients hospitalized for ADHF. Endpoints were all-cause mortality and the composite of all-cause mortality and/or readmission for a cardiovascular reason within 180 days after discharge.

Results: A significant reduction in NT-proBNP was not associated with worsening of renal function (WRF) or severe WRF (sWRF). A reduction of NT-proBNP of more than 30% during hospitalization determined prognosis (all-cause mortality hazard ratio [HR]: 1.81; 95% confidence Interval [CI]: 1.32 to 2.50; composite endpoint: HR: 1.36, 95% CI: 1.13 to 1.64), regardless of changes in renal function and other clinical variables.

Conclusions: When we defined prognosis, NT-proBNP changes during hospitalization for treatment of ADHF prevailed over parameters for worsening renal function. Severe WRF is a measure of prognosis, but is of lesser value than, and independent of the prognostic changes induced by adequate NT-proBNP reduction. This suggests that in ADHF patients it may be warranted to strive for an optimal decrease in NT-proBNP, even if this induces WRF.

Keywords: NT-proBNP; WRF; heart failure; prognosis; renal function.

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