Heart failure was associated with an increase in postdischarge mortality in acute ischaemic stroke (HR 1.69; 99% CI 1.64-1.74) and intracerebral haemorrhage (HR 2.59; 99% CI 2.07-3.26).
Cohort (n=608,890)
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Does heart failure increase mortality and recurrence in patients with stroke?
Heart failure significantly increases the risk of postdischarge mortality in both acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, and increases ICH recurrence within the first 3 years.
Effect estimate: HR 1.69 (AIS), HR 2.59 (ICH) (95% CI 1.64-1.74 (AIS), 2.07-3.26 (ICH) [99% CI])
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the impact of heart failure (HF) on stroke mortality (in-hospital and postdischarge) and recurrence in a national stroke cohort from Thailand. METHODS: We used a large, insurance-based database including all stroke admissions in the public health sector in Thailand between 2004 and 2015. Logistic and Royston-Parmar regressions were used to quantify the effect of HF on in-hospital and long-term outcomes, respectively. All models were adjusted for age, sex and comorbidities and stratified by stroke type: acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) or intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). Multistate models were constructed using flexible survival techniques to predict the impact of HF on the disease course of a patient with stroke (baseline-recurrence-death). Only first-ever cases of AIS or ICH were included in the multistate analysis. RESULTS: 608 890 patients (mean age 64.29±13.72 years, 55.07% men) were hospitalised (370 527 AIS, 173 236 ICH and 65 127 undetermined pathology). There were 398 663 patients with first-ever AIS and ICH. Patients were followed up for a median (95% CI) of 4.47 years (4.45 to 4.49). HF was associated with an increase in postdischarge mortality in AIS (HR 99% CI 1.69 1.64 to 1.74) and ICH (2.59 2.07 to 3.26). HF was not associated with AIS recurrence, while ICH recurrence was only significantly increased within the first 3 years after discharge (1.79 1.18 to 2.73). CONCLUSIONS: HF increases the risk of mortality in both AIS and ICH. We are the first to report on high-risk periods of stroke recurrence in patients with HF with ICH. Specific targeted risk reduction strategies may have significant clinical impact for mortality and recurrence in stroke.
Pana et al. (Mon,) conducted a cohort in Stroke (n=608,890). Heart failure vs. No heart failure was evaluated on Postdischarge mortality (HR 1.69 (AIS), HR 2.59 (ICH), 95% CI 1.64-1.74 (AIS), 2.07-3.26 (ICH) [99% CI]). Heart failure was associated with an increase in postdischarge mortality in acute ischaemic stroke (HR 1.69; 99% CI 1.64-1.74) and intracerebral haemorrhage (HR 2.59; 99% CI 2.07-3.26).