Cognitive Decline Over Time in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure : Insights From WARCEF

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OBJECTIVES: This study sought to characterize cognitive decline (CD) over time and its predictors in patients with systolic heart failure (HF).

BACKGROUND: Despite the high prevalence of CD and its impact on mortality, predictors of CD in HF have not been established.

METHODS: This study investigated CD in the WARCEF (Warfarin versus Aspirin in Reduced Ejection Fraction) trial, which performed yearly Mini-Mental State Examinations (MMSE) (higher scores indicate better cognitive function; e.g., normal score: 24 or higher). A longitudinal time-varying analysis was performed among pertinent covariates, including baseline MMSE and MMSE scores during follow-up, analyzed both as a continuous variable and a 2-point decrease. To account for a loss to follow-up, data at the baseline and at the 12-month visit were analyzed separately (sensitivity analysis).

RESULTS: A total of 1,846 patients were included. In linear regression, MMSE decrease was independently associated with higher baseline MMSE score (p < 0.0001), older age (p < 0.0001), nonwhite race/ethnicity (p < 0.0001), and lower education (p < 0.0001). In logistic regression, CD was independently associated with higher baseline MMSE scores (odds ratio [OR]: 1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07 to 1.20]; p < 0.001), older age (OR: 1.37; 95% CI: 1.24 to 1.50; p < 0.001), nonwhite race/ethnicity (OR: 2.32; 95% CI: 1.72 to 3.13 for black; OR: 1.94; 95% CI: 1.40 to 2.69 for Hispanic vs. white; p < 0.001), lower education (p < 0.001), and New York Heart Association functional class II or higher (p = 0.03). Warfarin and other medications were not associated with CD. Similar trends were seen in the sensitivity analysis (n = 1,439).

CONCLUSIONS: CD in HF is predicted by baseline cognitive status, demographic variables, and NYHA functional class. The possibility of intervening on some of its predictors suggests the need for the frequent assessment of cognitive function in patients with HF. (Warfarin versus Aspirin in Reduced Cardiac Ejection Fraction [WARCEF]; NCT00041938).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Dec;7(12):1054-1055. - PMID 31779927

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

JACC. Heart failure - 7(2019), 12 vom: 03. Dez., Seite 1042-1053

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Tetz C [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Min [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yutong [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Mann, Douglas L [VerfasserIn]
Nakanishi, Koki [VerfasserIn]
Teerlink, John R [VerfasserIn]
Lip, Gregory Y H [VerfasserIn]
Freudenberger, Ronald S [VerfasserIn]
Sacco, Ralph L [VerfasserIn]
Mohr, Jay P [VerfasserIn]
Labovitz, Arthur J [VerfasserIn]
Ponikowski, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Lok, Dirk J [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Estol, Conrado [VerfasserIn]
Anker, Stefan D [VerfasserIn]
Pullicino, Patrick M [VerfasserIn]
Buchsbaum, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Bruce [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, John L P [VerfasserIn]
Homma, Shunichi [VerfasserIn]
Di Tullio, Marco R [VerfasserIn]
WARCEF Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Anticoagulants
Aspirin
Cognitive function
Comorbidities
Dementia
Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Longitudinal analysis
Mini-Mental State Examination
R16CO5Y76E
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Warfarin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.12.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00041938

CommentIn: JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Dec;7(12):1054-1055. - PMID 31779927

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jchf.2019.09.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30382106X