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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the predictive accuracy of a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPX) score. Background: Cardiopulmonary exercise test responses, including peak VO2, markers of ventilatory inefficiency (eg, the VE/VCO2 slope and oxygen uptake efficiency slope [OUES]), and hemodynamic responses, such as heart rate recovery (HRR) and chronotropic incompetence (CRI) are strong predictors of outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). However, there is a need for simplified approaches that integrate the additive prognostic information from CPX. Methods: At 4 institutions, 710 patients with HF (568 male/142 female, mean age 56 ± 13 years, resting left ventricular ejection fraction 33 ± 14%) underwent CPX and were followed for cardiac-related mortality and separately for major cardiac events (death, hospitalization for HF, transplantation, left ventricular assist device implantation) for a mean of 29 ± 25 months. The age-adjusted prognostic power of peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope, OUES (VO2 = a log10VE + b), resting end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PetCO2), HRR, and CRI were determined using Cox proportional hazards analysis, optimal cutpoints were determined, the variables were weighted, and a multivariate score was derived. Results: There were 175 composite outcomes. The VE/VCO2 slope (≥34) was the strongest predictor of risk and was attributed a relative weight of 7, with weighted scores for abnormal HRR (≤6 beats at 1 minute), OUES (>1.4), PetCO2 (2 (≤14 mL kg-1 min-1) having scores of 5, 3, 3, and 2, respectively. Chronotropic incompetence was not a significant predictor and was excluded from the score. A summed score >15 was associated with an annual mortality rate of 27% and a relative risk of 7.6, whereas a score
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1177-1183 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | American Heart Journal |
| Volume | 156 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2008 |
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A cardiopulmonary exercise testing score for predicting outcomes in patients with heart failure. / Myers, Jonathan; Arena, Ross; Dewey, Frederick; Bensimhon, Daniel; Abella, Joshua; Hsu, Leon; Chase, Paul; Guazzi, Marco; Peberdy, Mary Ann.
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T1 - A cardiopulmonary exercise testing score for predicting outcomes in patients with heart failure
AU - Myers, Jonathan
AU - Arena, Ross
AU - Dewey, Frederick
AU - Bensimhon, Daniel
AU - Abella, Joshua
AU - Hsu, Leon
AU - Chase, Paul
AU - Guazzi, Marco
AU - Peberdy, Mary Ann
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the predictive accuracy of a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPX) score. Background: Cardiopulmonary exercise test responses, including peak VO2, markers of ventilatory inefficiency (eg, the VE/VCO2 slope and oxygen uptake efficiency slope [OUES]), and hemodynamic responses, such as heart rate recovery (HRR) and chronotropic incompetence (CRI) are strong predictors of outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). However, there is a need for simplified approaches that integrate the additive prognostic information from CPX. Methods: At 4 institutions, 710 patients with HF (568 male/142 female, mean age 56 ± 13 years, resting left ventricular ejection fraction 33 ± 14%) underwent CPX and were followed for cardiac-related mortality and separately for major cardiac events (death, hospitalization for HF, transplantation, left ventricular assist device implantation) for a mean of 29 ± 25 months. The age-adjusted prognostic power of peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope, OUES (VO2 = a log10VE + b), resting end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PetCO2), HRR, and CRI were determined using Cox proportional hazards analysis, optimal cutpoints were determined, the variables were weighted, and a multivariate score was derived. Results: There were 175 composite outcomes. The VE/VCO2 slope (≥34) was the strongest predictor of risk and was attributed a relative weight of 7, with weighted scores for abnormal HRR (≤6 beats at 1 minute), OUES (>1.4), PetCO2 (2 (≤14 mL kg-1 min-1) having scores of 5, 3, 3, and 2, respectively. Chronotropic incompetence was not a significant predictor and was excluded from the score. A summed score >15 was associated with an annual mortality rate of 27% and a relative risk of 7.6, whereas a score
AB - Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the predictive accuracy of a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPX) score. Background: Cardiopulmonary exercise test responses, including peak VO2, markers of ventilatory inefficiency (eg, the VE/VCO2 slope and oxygen uptake efficiency slope [OUES]), and hemodynamic responses, such as heart rate recovery (HRR) and chronotropic incompetence (CRI) are strong predictors of outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). However, there is a need for simplified approaches that integrate the additive prognostic information from CPX. Methods: At 4 institutions, 710 patients with HF (568 male/142 female, mean age 56 ± 13 years, resting left ventricular ejection fraction 33 ± 14%) underwent CPX and were followed for cardiac-related mortality and separately for major cardiac events (death, hospitalization for HF, transplantation, left ventricular assist device implantation) for a mean of 29 ± 25 months. The age-adjusted prognostic power of peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope, OUES (VO2 = a log10VE + b), resting end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PetCO2), HRR, and CRI were determined using Cox proportional hazards analysis, optimal cutpoints were determined, the variables were weighted, and a multivariate score was derived. Results: There were 175 composite outcomes. The VE/VCO2 slope (≥34) was the strongest predictor of risk and was attributed a relative weight of 7, with weighted scores for abnormal HRR (≤6 beats at 1 minute), OUES (>1.4), PetCO2 (2 (≤14 mL kg-1 min-1) having scores of 5, 3, 3, and 2, respectively. Chronotropic incompetence was not a significant predictor and was excluded from the score. A summed score >15 was associated with an annual mortality rate of 27% and a relative risk of 7.6, whereas a score
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.010
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JO - American Heart Journal
JF - American Heart Journal
SN - 0002-8703
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