单位:[1]State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.[2]Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.临床科室心血管中心心内科首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院
Aims: Low blood pressure (BP) has been shown to be associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. This study was designed to evaluate the relationships between diagnosed hypertension and the risk of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) and all-cause death in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) and indication for ICD secondary prevention. We hypothesized that a stable hypertension status, along with an increasing BP level, is associated with a reduction in the risk of VA in this population, thereby limiting ICD efficacy. Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 964 CHF patients, with hypertension diagnosis and hospitalized BP measurements obtained before ICD implantation. The primary outcome measure was defined as the composite of SCD, appropriate ICD therapy, and sustained VT. The secondary endpoint was time to death or heart transplantation (HTx). We performed multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression and entropy balancing to calculate weights to control for baseline imbalances with or without hypertension. The Fine-Gray subdistribution hazard model was used to confirm the results. The effect of random BP measurements on the primary outcome was illustrated in the Cox model with inverse probability weighting. Results: The 964 patients had a mean (SD) age of 58.9 (13.1) years; 762 (79.0%) were men. During the interrogation follow-up [median 2.81 years (interquartile range: 1.32-5.27 years)], 380 patients (39.4%) reached the primary outcome. A total of 244 (45.2%) VA events in non-hypertension patients and 136 (32.1%) in hypertension patients were observed. A total of 202 (21.0%) patients died, and 31 (3.2%) patients underwent heart transplantation (incidence 5.89 per 100 person-years; 95% CI: 5.16-6.70 per 100 person-years) during a median survival follow-up of 4.5 (IQR 2.8-6.8) years. A lower cumulative incidence of VA events was observed in hypertension patients in the initial unadjusted Kaplan-Meier time-to-event analysis [hazard ratio (HR): 0.65, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.53-0.80]. The protective effect was robust after entropy balancing (HR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.56-0.89) and counting death as a competing risk (HR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.51-1.00). Hypertension diagnosis did not associate with all-cause mortality in this population. Random systolic blood pressure was negatively associated with VA outcomes (p = 0.065). Conclusions: In hospitalized chronic heart failure patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, the hypertension status and higher systolic blood pressure measurements are independently associated with a lower risk of combined endpoints of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death but not with all-cause mortality. Randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm the protective effect of hypertension on ventricular arrhythmia in chronic heart failure patients.
第一作者单位:[1]State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Huang Hao,Deng Yu,Cheng Sijing,et al.Comorbid Hypertension Reduces the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmia in Chronic Heart Failure Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators[J].JOURNAL of CLINICAL MEDICINE.2022,11(10):doi:10.3390/jcm11102816.
APA:
Huang Hao,Deng Yu,Cheng Sijing,Zhang Nixiao,Cai Minsi...&Hua Wei.(2022).Comorbid Hypertension Reduces the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmia in Chronic Heart Failure Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators.JOURNAL of CLINICAL MEDICINE,11,(10)
MLA:
Huang Hao,et al."Comorbid Hypertension Reduces the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmia in Chronic Heart Failure Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators".JOURNAL of CLINICAL MEDICINE 11..10(2022)