Association between left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality and use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock

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BACKGROUND: Currently, use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock (CS) is predominantly guided by shock-specific markers, and not by markers of cardiac function. We hypothesise that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) can identify patients with a higher likelihood to benefit from MCS and thus help to optimise their expected benefit.

METHODS: Patients with non-ischaemic CS and available data on LVEF from 16 tertiary-care centres in five countries were analysed. Cox regression models were fitted to evaluate the association between LVEF and mortality, as well as the interaction between LVEF, MCS use and mortality.

RESULTS: N = 807 patients were analysed: mean age 63 [interquartile range (IQR) 51.5-72.0] years, 601 (74.5%) male, lactate 4.9 (IQR 2.6-8.5) mmol/l, LVEF 20 (IQR 15-30) %. Lower LVEF was more frequent amongst patients with more severe CS, and MCS was more likely used in patients with lower LVEF. There was no association between LVEF and 30-day mortality risk in the overall study cohort. However, there was a significant interaction between MCS use and LVEF, indicating a lower 30-day mortality risk with MCS use in patients with LVEF ≤ 20% (hazard ratio 0.72, 95% confidence interval 0.51-1.02 for LVEF ≤ 20% vs. hazard ratio 1.31, 95% confidence interval 0.85-2.01 for LVEF > 20%, interaction-p = 0.017).

CONCLUSION: This retrospective study may indicate a lower mortality risk with MCS use only in patients with severely reduced LVEF. This may propose the inclusion of LVEF as an adjunctive parameter for MCS decision-making in non-ischaemic CS, aiming to optimise the benefit-risk ratio.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

Enthalten in:

Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - 113(2024), 4 vom: 01. März, Seite 570-580

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sundermeyer, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Kellner, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Beer, Benedikt N [VerfasserIn]
Besch, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Dettling, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Bertoldi, Letizia Fausta [VerfasserIn]
Blankenberg, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Dauw, Jeroen [VerfasserIn]
Dindane, Zouhir [VerfasserIn]
Eckner, Dennis [VerfasserIn]
Eitel, Ingo [VerfasserIn]
Graf, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Horn, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Kirchhof, Paulus [VerfasserIn]
Kluge, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Linke, Axel [VerfasserIn]
Landmesser, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Luedike, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Lüsebrink, Enzo [VerfasserIn]
Majunke, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Mangner, Norman [VerfasserIn]
Maniuc, Octavian [VerfasserIn]
Winkler, Sven Möbius [VerfasserIn]
Nordbeck, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Orban, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Pappalardo, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Pauschinger, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Pazdernik, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Proudfoot, Alastair [VerfasserIn]
Kelham, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Rassaf, Tienush [VerfasserIn]
Scherer, Clemens [VerfasserIn]
Schulze, Paul Christian [VerfasserIn]
Schwinger, Robert H G [VerfasserIn]
Skurk, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Sramko, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Tavazzi, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Thiele, Holger [VerfasserIn]
Villanova, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Morici, Nuccia [VerfasserIn]
Westenfeld, Ralf [VerfasserIn]
Winzer, Ephraim B [VerfasserIn]
Westermann, Dirk [VerfasserIn]
Schrage, Benedikt [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiogenic shock
Journal Article
Left ventricular ejection fraction
Mechanical circulatory support
Non-ischaemic

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Date Completed 21.03.2024

Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00392-023-02332-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364743867