HFpEF without elevated right ventricular systolic pressure is a favorable prognostic indicator in patients with IPF requiring hospitalization for heart failure
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- 22 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS ONE
- Vol. 16 (1), e0245778
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245778
Abstract
Some patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) must be hospitalized because of heart failure (HF), including HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and HF with reduced EF (HFrEF). The association between IPF and HF has not been clarified. We retrospectively investigated the clinical features and outcomes of patients with IPF who required nonelective hospitalization because of HF. We examined data from IPF patients who required nonelective hospitalization for HF at the Kindai University Hospital from January 2008 to December 2018. We divided the patients into 3 groups: those with HFpEF without elevated right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), those with HFpEF and elevated RVSP, and those with HFrEF. The recurrence rates of HF after discharge and the 30- and 90-day mortality rates of the patients were evaluated. During the study period, 37 patients with IPF required hospitalization because of HF. Among the 34 patients included in the study, 17 (50.0%) were diagnosed with HFpEF without elevated RVSP, 11 (32.3%) with HFpEF and elevated RVSP, and 6 (17.6%) with HFrEF. Patients with HFrEF had significantly higher values for B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and left ventricular (LV) end-systolic and end-diastolic diameters than patients with the 2 types of HFpEF (BNP: P = 0.01 and P = 0.0004, LV end-systolic diameter: P P P = 0.01 and P = 0.0004, respectively). Notably, the difference between the LVEFs of the patients with 2 types of HFpEF was not significant. The patients with HFpEF without elevated RVSP had the lowest 30- and 90-day mortality rates (0%, P = 0.02 and 11.7%, P = 0.11, respectively). Among patients with IPF, HFpEF without elevated RVSP was the most common type of HF that required hospitalization. Patients with HFpEF without elevated RVSP survived longer than the patients with the other 2 types of HF.This publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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