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Cardiopulmonary exercise test with bicycle stress echocardiography for predicting adverse cardiac events in patients with stage A or B heart failure

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Background: Given the high prevalence of stage A or B heart failure (HF), comprehensive screening for new-onset HF is cost-prohibitive. Therefore, further risk stratification is warranted to identify at-risk patients. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic utility of cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) with bicycle stress echocardiography (BSE) in patients with stage A or B HF. Methods: Among 687 consecutive patients who underwent CPET-BSE, 410 with stage A or B HF were analyzed. The association between the CPET-BSE parameters and adverse cardiac events (hospitalization for HF or cardiac-related death) was analyzed using the Cox proportional hazard model under univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: at peak exercise (HR 1.164, 95 % CI 1.022-1.325), time to VT (HR 0.993, 95 % CI 0.989-0.997), and exercise E/e' (HR 1.582, 95 % CI 1.199-2.087) were only independent predictors for events. Conclusions: In patients with stage A or B HF, four parameters of CPET-BSE were good predictors of future development of HF or cardiac death. If patients are unable to perform complete exercise, the time to VT may serve as a sufficiently predictive parameter for clinical events.

Source: American Journal of Preventive Cardiology

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100913