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Cardio-ankle vascular index predicts the 1-year prognosis of heart failure patients categorized in clinical scenario 1

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The sudden increase in blood pressure by vascular dysfunction is associated with the development of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) categorized in clinical scenario (CS) 1. However, the relationship between vascular function and prognosis in ADHF patients with CS1 is unclear. 3239 consecutive ADHF patients between January 2012 and June 2018 were enrolled. ADHF patients with CS1 undergoing ankle brachial index/cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) were included and patients with peripheral artery disease were excluded. Finally, 113 patients were analyzed. The primary endpoint of the present study was composite endpoint at 1 year (the cardiac death or re-hospitalization by ADHF). Cox proportional hazard analysis was conducted to identify independent predictors of composite endpoint. 25 patients (22.1%) were developed composite endpoint. CAVI in patients who have composite endpoint were significantly higher than without non-composite endpoint (composite endpoint group: 9.9 ± 1.3 non-composite endpoint group 8.7 ± 1.7, P = 0.001). The composite endpoint group was elderly and had higher ejection fraction, lower hemoglobin, and less used beta blockers, and renin angiotensin aldosterone system inhibitors. After adjustment by these confounding factors, CAVI was independently associated with the occurrence of composite endpoint (hazard ratio 1.69, 95% CI 1.05–2.73, P = 0.032). A cut-off value of CAVI for predicting composite endpoint was 8.65 (sensitivity 0.444, specificity 0.920, area under the curve 0.724, 95% CI 0.614–0.834). High CAVI was associated with the occurrence of composite endpoint after CS1 ADHF.

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This manuscript was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid (to S.K.) for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (19K08498).

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    Takahide Sano, Shunsuke Kiuchi, Shinji Hisatake, Takayuki Kabuki, Takashi Oka, Takahiro Fujii, Shintaro Dobashi & Takanori Ikeda

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Sano, T., Kiuchi, S., Hisatake, S. et al. Cardio-ankle vascular index predicts the 1-year prognosis of heart failure patients categorized in clinical scenario 1. Heart Vessels 35, 1537–1544 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-020-01633-w

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