A systematic assessment of causes of death after heart failure onset in the community: impact of age at death, time period, and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
A systematic assessment of causes of death after heart failure onset in the community: impact of age at death, time period, and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
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10.1161/circheartfailure.110.957480
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2011-01
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Vasan RS
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Lee DS;Gona P;Albano I;Larson MG;Benjamin EJ;Levy D;Kannel WB;Vasan RS
The high mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) is influenced by presence of multiple comorbidities. Data are limited on the relative contributions of cardiovascular versus noncardiovascular diseases to death in individuals with HF in the community. We examined the incidence and predictors of cardiovascular vs. noncardiovascular death in participants with HF in the Framingham Heart Study. Underlying, immediate and contributing causes of death (3 key elements of the World Health Organization classification) were adjudicated by a 3-physician review panel. During 1971-2004, 1025 participants with HF died (499 men, mean [SD] age at death 79 [11] years), including 463 participants with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) data. Cardiovascular disease was the cause of death in 66.1% overall. Stratified by LVEF, cardiovascular deaths occurred in 44.5% and 69.9% of those with preserved and reduced LVEF, respectively. Presence of reduced LVEF increased the risk of cardiovascular death with odds ratios of 3.16 (95%CI 1.73-5.78) in men and 2.39 (95%CI 1.39-4.08) in women. Prior myocardial infarction was associated with increased cardiovascular death in women with HF (odds ratio 1.87, 95%CI; 1.10-3.16), but not in men. The risk of cardiovascular disease death decreased in women (odds ratio post-1980 0.41, 95%CI 0.24-0.69) and men (odds ratio 0.66, 95%CI 0.41-1.07, p=0.095) with HF over time. Infections and kidney disease emerged as key immediate and contributing causes of death, respectively. Individuals with HF in the community often experience cardiovascular death, but noncardiovascular disease also contributes significantly especially among those with preserved LVEF.