Sacubitril/valsartan in patients listed for heart transplantation : effect on physical frailty

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AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate prospectively the effect of sacubitril/valsartan in advanced heart failure (HF) patients in waiting list for heart transplantation (HT) and the effect on physical frailty (PF).

METHODS AND RESULTS: We treated 37 consecutive patients with advanced HF with sacubitril/valsartan. Patients were followed up until HT, device implant, or last follow-up visit after 2 years of follow-up. At baseline, mean New York Heart Association (NYHA) class was 3.1 ± 0.4, with 64.9% in NYHA III and 35.1% NYHA IIIB. Left ventricular ejection fraction was 23.5 ± 5.8%, VO2 max was 10.3 ± 2.3 mL/kg/min, cardiac index was 2.3 ± 0.5 L/min/m2 , and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) was 4943.0 ± 5326.8 pg/mL. After a mean follow-up of 17.1 ± 4.4 months, no deaths were observed, but NYHA class improved significantly with 56.8% in NYHA II, 40.5% in NYHA III, and 2.7% in NYHA IIIB (P < 0.001). VO2 max and 6 min walk test (6MWT) increased, whereas pulmonary systolic blood pressure, E/E', VE/VCO2 slope, and NT-pro-BNP decreased. At right heart catheterization performed after 1 year of follow-up, cardiac index and pulmonary vascular resistance remained stable, while a decrease in systolic pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is observed. Furosemide dosage decrease from 102.7 ± 69.4 to 78.7 ± 66.3 mg (P = 0.040). PF decreased from 3.35 ± 1.0 at baseline to 1.57 ± 1.3 at the end of follow-up (P < 0.001), with a reduction in all PF domains.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed a rapid improvement in PF in HT waiting list patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan. The improvement in all PF domains was paralleled by VO2 and 6MWT increase and together with an NT-pro-BNP reduction constant over the follow-up.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

ESC heart failure - 7(2020), 2 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 757-762

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cacciatore, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Amarelli, Cristiano [VerfasserIn]
Maiello, Ciro [VerfasserIn]
Mattucci, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Salerno, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
Di Maio, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Palmieri, Vittorio [VerfasserIn]
Curcio, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Pirozzi, Flora [VerfasserIn]
Mercurio, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Benincasa, Giuditta [VerfasserIn]
Golino, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Bonaduce, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Napoli, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Abete, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80M03YXJ7I
Aminobutyrates
Biphenyl Compounds
Drug Combinations
Frailty
Heart Failure
Journal Article
Sacubitril/Valsartan
Sacubitril and valsartan sodium hydrate drug combination
Valsartan
WB8FT61183

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Date Completed 21.06.2021

Date Revised 21.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ehf2.12610

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306683032