TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise oscillatory breathing in diastolic heart failure
T2 - Prevalence and prognostic insights
AU - Guazzi, Marco
AU - Myers, Jonathan
AU - Peberdy, Mary Ann
AU - Bensimhon, Daniel
AU - Chase, Paul
AU - Arena, Ross
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Aims: Exercise intolerance occurs in both systolic and diastolic heart failure (HF). Exercise oscillatory breathing (EOB) is a powerful predictor of survival in patients with systolic HF. In diastolic HF, EOB prevalence and prognostic impact are unknown. Methods and results: A total of 556 HF patients (405 with systolic HF and 151 with diastolic HF) underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). Diastolic HF was defined as signs and symptoms of HF, a left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%, and a Doppler early (E) mitral to early mitral annulus ratio (E′) ≥8. CPET responses, EOB prevalence and its ability to predict cardiac-related events were examined. EOB prevalence in systolic and diastolic HF was similar (35 vs. 31%). Compared with the patients without EOB, patients with EOB and either systolic or diastolic HF had a higher New York Heart Association class, lower peak VO2 and higher E/E′ ratio (all P <0.01). Univariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope and EOB all were significant predictors of cardiac events in both systolic and diastolic HF. Multivariable analysis revealed that EOB was retained as a prognostic marker in systolic HF and was the strongest predictor of cardiac events in diastolic HF. Conclusion: EOB occurrence is similar in diastolic and systolic HF and provides relevant clues for the identification of diastolic HF patients at increased risk of adverse events.
AB - Aims: Exercise intolerance occurs in both systolic and diastolic heart failure (HF). Exercise oscillatory breathing (EOB) is a powerful predictor of survival in patients with systolic HF. In diastolic HF, EOB prevalence and prognostic impact are unknown. Methods and results: A total of 556 HF patients (405 with systolic HF and 151 with diastolic HF) underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). Diastolic HF was defined as signs and symptoms of HF, a left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%, and a Doppler early (E) mitral to early mitral annulus ratio (E′) ≥8. CPET responses, EOB prevalence and its ability to predict cardiac-related events were examined. EOB prevalence in systolic and diastolic HF was similar (35 vs. 31%). Compared with the patients without EOB, patients with EOB and either systolic or diastolic HF had a higher New York Heart Association class, lower peak VO2 and higher E/E′ ratio (all P <0.01). Univariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope and EOB all were significant predictors of cardiac events in both systolic and diastolic HF. Multivariable analysis revealed that EOB was retained as a prognostic marker in systolic HF and was the strongest predictor of cardiac events in diastolic HF. Conclusion: EOB occurrence is similar in diastolic and systolic HF and provides relevant clues for the identification of diastolic HF patients at increased risk of adverse events.
KW - Diastolic heart failure
KW - Exercise oscillatory breathing
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn437
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn437
M3 - Article
C2 - 18836201
AN - SCOPUS:56449126506
VL - 29
SP - 2751
EP - 2759
JO - European Heart Journal
JF - European Heart Journal
SN - 0195-668X
IS - 22
ER -