Key result
An AVPD ≤8.2 mm was associated with higher 2-year mortality compared to an AVPD >8.2 mm (43.8% vs 23.3%; P=0.031), whereas 1-year serial changes in AVPD did not significantly predict outcomes.
Why the study?
Does the 1-year change in left ventricular systolic function measured by AVPD predict 2-year mortality and morbidity in elderly patients with heart failure?
Population
123 elderly patients with heart failure, mean age 76.0 +/- 5.4 years.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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Baseline AVPD ≤8.2 mm may stratify 2-year mortality risk in elderly HF; leaves open whether serial changes add prognostic value beyond one measurement.
Cohort (n=123)
Does the 1-year change in left ventricular systolic function measured by AVPD predict 2-year mortality and morbidity in elderly patients with heart failure?
Absolute Event Rate: 43.8% vs 23.3%
p-value: p=0.031
A single assessment of left ventricular systolic function by AVPD, rather than serial changes over 1 year, is valuable for predicting prognosis in elderly patients with heart failure.
Willenheimer et al. (1997) conducted a cohort in heart failure (n=123). Atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) ≤ 8.2 mm vs. AVPD > 8.2 mm was evaluated on Mortality (p=0.031). An AVPD ≤8.2 mm was associated with higher 2-year mortality compared to an AVPD >8.2 mm (43.8% vs 23.3%; P=0.031), whereas 1-year serial changes in AVPD did not significantly predict outcomes.
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