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Clinical phenotypes of acute heart failure based on signs and symptoms of perfusion and congestion at emergency department presentation and their relationship with patient management and outcomes
Objective To compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of
patients with acute heart failure (AHF) according to clinical profiles
based on congestion and perfusion determined in the emergency department
(ED).
Methods and results Overall, 11 261 unselected AHF patients from 41
Spanish EDs were classified according to perfusion (normoperfusion =
warm; hypoperfusion = cold) and congestion (not = dry; yes = wet).
Baseline and decompensation characteristics were recorded as were the
main wards to which patients were admitted. The primary outcome was
1-year all-cause mortality; secondary outcomes were need for
hospitalisation during the index AHF event, in-hospital all-cause
mortality, prolonged hospitalisation, 7-day post-discharge ED revisit
for AHF and 30-day post-discharge rehospitalisation for AHF. A total of
8558 patients (76.0%) were warm+ wet, 1929 (17.1%) cold+ wet, 675
(6.0%) warm+ dry, and 99 (0.9%) cold+ dry; hypoperfused (cold)
patients were more frequently admitted to intensive care units and
geriatrics departments, and warm+ wet patients were discharged home
without admission. The four phenotypes differed in most of the baseline
and decompensation characteristics. The 1-year mortality was 30.8%, and
compared to warm+ dry, the adjusted hazard ratios were significantly
increased for cold+ wet (1.660; 95% confidence interval 1.400-1.968)
and cold+ dry (1.672; 95% confidence interval 1.189-2.351).
Hypoperfused (cold) phenotypes also showed higher rates of index episode
hospitalisation and in-hospital mortality, while congestive (wet)
phenotypes had a higher risk of prolonged hospitalisation but decreased
risk of rehospitalisation. No differences were observed among phenotypes
in ED revisit risk.
Conclusions Bedside clinical evaluation of congestion and perfusion of
AHF patients upon ED arrival and classification according to phenotypic
profiles proposed by the latest European Society of Cardiology
guidelines provide useful complementary information and help to rapidly
predict patient outcomes shortly after ED patient arrival