Heart rate and risk of death among patients with Pulmonary Hypertension : A 12-lead ECG analysis

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BACKGROUND: Despite the emergence of new therapies, Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) still has a high mortality. Several clinical, echocardiographic, biological or hemodynamic prognostic factors have been identified but are of limited predictive value for survival. We aimed to assess whether heart rate (HR) and all ECG abnormalities measured on a 12-lead ECG may help to better identify patients at high risk of death in this population.

METHODS AND RESULTS: 296 patients followed in a registry were included with all types of PH, except group 2 of the WHO clinical classification. After a median follow-up of 10 years, age, male sex, NYHA III/IV status and, among all ECG parameters, HR and corrected QT interval were associated with mortality. In multivariate analysis, HR, age and male sex remained significant independent predictors of mortality. HR has a higher predictive value in the 238 patients in sinus rhythm. In addition, only HR was significantly correlated with clinical and hemodynamic PH prognostic factors.

CONCLUSION: HR measured on a 12-lead ECG at the time of the diagnosis is a strong independent predictor of mortality in PH patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:132

Enthalten in:

Respiratory medicine - 132(2017) vom: 24. Nov., Seite 42-49

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bouchery-Bardet, Helene [VerfasserIn]
Creveuil, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Bauer, Fabrice [VerfasserIn]
Beygui, Farzin [VerfasserIn]
Champ-Rigot, Laure [VerfasserIn]
Saloux, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Labombarda, Fabien [VerfasserIn]
Roule, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Sabatier, Rémi [VerfasserIn]
Legallois, Damien [VerfasserIn]
Zalcman, Gérard [VerfasserIn]
Bergot, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Milliez, Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electrocardiogram
Heart rate
Journal Article
Pulmonary Hypertension
QT interval

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Date Completed 21.08.2018

Date Revised 21.08.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rmed.2017.09.008

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NLM278939325