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BACKGROUND: The prognosis in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) depends, in large part, on the frequency of exacerbations. Cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure (HF), are the risk factors for exacerbations. However, the importance of HF type over the exacerbations in COPD patients is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether right heart failure (RHF) is an independent risk factor for severe exacerbations in patients with COPD. METHODS: A prospective cohort study of 133 patients diagnosed with COPD with a follow-up period from 2010 to 2016. Patients with bronchial hyperreactivity, asthma, or pulmonary embolism were excluded. RESULTS: The mean age was 74.7 ± 8.2 years and 43.6% were men, 69.9% had severe exacerbations during follow-up. Subjects with RHF had lower FEV1 (50.2 ± 19.9 vs 57.4 ± 16.9, P = .006) and greater incidence of stroke (15.4% vs 1.8%, P = .009) compared to those without RHF. Subjects with RHF were at higher risk of severe exacerbations (HR, 2.46; CI 95%, 1.32-4.58, P = .005) compared to those without RHF after adjusting for confounding variables. CONCLUSION: In patients with COPD, RHF is an independent risk factor for suffering severe exacerbations.
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Insuficiência Cardíaca/complicações , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/diagnóstico , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/mortalidade , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Insuficiência Cardíaca/epidemiologia , Insuficiência Cardíaca/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , México/epidemiologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/epidemiologia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/fisiopatologia , Fatores de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/epidemiologia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Volume Sistólico , Função Ventricular Direita/fisiologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: This study explored whether the cachectic state assessed by bioimpedance vector analysis provides additional prognostic information about mortality from all causes. METHODS: We included 519 consecutive patients with stable chronic heart failure (mean age 62.5 ± 16.4 y; 286 males). Cachexia was identified in those subjects who fell outside the right lower quadrant of the reference curve of 95% on the resistance/reactance graph [bioelectrical impedance vectorial analysis (BIVA)-cachexia]. Clinical, anthropometric, and biochemical data were also evaluated. RESULTS: Patients with BIVA-cachexia (n = 196, 37.8%) were older and had significantly lower ejection fraction, handgrip strength, serum albumin, total cholesterol, and triglycerides. The frequency of patients with body mass index < 20, decreased muscle strength, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, anorexia, New York Heart Association functional classes III/IV and edema, as well as creatinine levels, resistance/height, and impedance index was significantly higher in the cachexia group. During 29 ± 11 mo of follow-up, 39 (19.9%) patients with BIVA-cachexia and 38 (11.7%) patients without BIVA-cachexia (P < 0.0001) died. CONCLUSIONS: The cachectic state is an independent risk factor for mortality in chronic heart failure patients. BIVA could represent a valuable tool to assess presence of cachexia as changes in body cell mass in heart failure patients because provide information additional to weight loss.
