Value of Clinician Assessment of Hemodynamics in Advanced Heart Failure
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation: Heart Failure
- Vol. 1 (3), 170-177
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circheartfailure.108.769778
Abstract
Background— We determined whether estimated hemodynamics from history and physical examination (H&P) reflect invasive measurements and predict outcomes in advanced heart failure. The role of the H&P in medical decision making has declined in favor of diagnostic tests, perhaps because of the lack of evidence for utility. Methods and Results— We compared H&P estimates of filling pressures and cardiac index with invasive measurements in 194 patients in the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE) trial. H&P estimates were compared with 6-month outcomes in 388 patients enrolled in ESCAPE. Measured right atrial pressure was 12 mm Hg. From the H&P, only estimated right atrial pressure ≥12 mm Hg (odds ratio, 4.6; P P P =0.09), but “cold” versus “warm” profile was associated with lower median measured cardiac index (1.75 versus 2.0 L/(min�m 2 ); P =0.004). In Cox regression analysis, discharge “cold” or “wet” profile conveyed a 50% increased risk of death or rehospitalization. Conclusions— In advanced heart failure, the presence of orthopnea and increased jugular venous pressure is useful to detect increased pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, and a global assessment of inadequate perfusion (“cold” profile) is useful to detect reduced cardiac index. Hemodynamic profiles estimated from the discharge H&P identify patients at increased risk of early events.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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