Changes of plasma norepinephrine and serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide after exercise training predict survival in patients with heart failure

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BACKGROUND: Short-term changes of neurohormones can give important prognostic information in heart failure (HF) patients. In this study, we evaluate whether changes in plasma Norepinephrine (NE) and serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) after exercise training predict cardiac mortality in HF patients.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We enrolled 221 HF patients (mean age 72.5 ± 10.2 year) followed-up for a mean period of 27.64 ± 10.7 months. All pts underwent a 3-month exercise training. Before training, clinical examination, echocardiography, peak VO2 determination, and blood draw for NT-proBNP and NE measurements were performed. Primary end-point was cardiac related mortality. Eighty-six-nine percent of patients were in NYHA class III, mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 32.5 ± 10.4%, and mean peak VO2 was 12.36 ± 1.45 ml/kg/min. At baseline, mean NT-proBNP was 2111.4 ± 1145.6 pg/ml and mean NE was 641.8 ± 215.3 pg/ml. One hundred-one subjects died for cardiac causes. Training was associated with a significant increase of peak VO2 and LVEF, whereas NE, NT-proBNP, and heart rate decreased. Multiple Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was performed using delta% values (post vs pre-training) of LVEF, heart rate, NE, and NT-proBNP along with baseline covariates, revealing delta value of NE as the strongest predictor of cardiac mortality. Noteworthy, training reduced NT-proBNP in both survivor and non-survivor patients, while a lack of reduction of NE was observed in non survivors.

CONCLUSIONS: In our HF population, short-term changes of NE after exercise training independently predicted long-term cardiac mortality.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:171

Enthalten in:

International journal of cardiology - 171(2014), 3 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 384-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rengo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Pagano, Gennaro [VerfasserIn]
Parisi, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Femminella, Grazia Daniela [VerfasserIn]
de Lucia, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Liccardo, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Cannavo, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Zincarelli, Carmela [VerfasserIn]
Komici, Klara [VerfasserIn]
Paolillo, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Fusco, Flavia [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Walter J [VerfasserIn]
Perrone Filardi, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Ferrara, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Leosco, Dario [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

114471-18-0
Biomarkers
Exercise training
Heart failure
Journal Article
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
Norepinephrine
Peptide Fragments
Pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
Prognosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Date Completed 20.10.2014

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.024

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM234142340