Pulmonary congestion evaluated by lung ultrasound predicts decompensation in heart failure outpatients

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

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Miglioranza, Marcelo H.¹  Picano, Eugenio²  Badano, Luigi P.³  Sant'Anna, Roberto¹  Rover, Marciane¹  Zaffaroni, Facundo⁴  Sicari, Rosa²  Kalil, Renato K.^1,5  Leiria, Tiago L.¹  Gargani, Luna² 

[1] Cardiol Inst Rio Grande do Sul, Av Princesa Isabel 370, BR-90620000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

[2] Natl Res Council Pisa, Inst Clin Physiol, Pisa, Italy

[3] Univ Padua, Dept Cardiac Thorac & Vasc Sci, Padua, Italy

[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

[5] Fed Hlth Sci Univ Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

关键词: Heart failure;    Pulmonary congestion;    Lung ultrasound;    Acute pulmonary edema;    B-lines;    Ultrasound lung comets;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.150

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Background: Pulmonary congestion is the main cause of hospital admission among heart failure (HF) patients. Lung ultrasound (LUS) assessment of B-lines has been recently proposed as a reliable and easy tool for evaluating pulmonary congestion. Objective: To determine the prognostic value of LUS in predicting adverse events in HF outpatients. Methods: Single-center prospective cohort of 97 moderate-to-severe systolic HF patients (53 +/- 13 years; 61% males) consecutively enrolled between November 2011 and October 2012. LUS evaluation was performed during the regular outpatient visit to evaluate the presence of pulmonary congestion, determined by B-lines number. Patients were followed up for 4 months to assess admission due to acute pulmonary edema. Results: During follow-up period (106 +/- 12 days), 21 hospitalizations for acute pulmonary edema occurred. At Cox regression analysis, B-lines number >= 30 (HR 8.62; 95% CI: 1.8-40.1; p = 0.006) identified a group at high risk for acute pulmonary edema admission at 120 days, and was the strongest predictor of events compared to other established clinical, laboratory and instrumental findings. No acute pulmonary edema occurred in patients without significant pulmonary congestion at LUS (number of B-lines < 15). Conclusion: In a HF outpatient setting, B-line assessment by LUS identifies patients more likely to be admitted for decompensated HF in the following 4 months. This simple evaluation could allow prompt therapy optimization in those patients who, although asymptomatic, carry a significant degree of extravascular lung water. Condensed abstract: Pulmonary congestion is the main cause of hospital admissions among heart failure patients. Lung ultrasound can be used as a reliable and easy way to evaluate pulmonary congestion through assessment of B-lines. In a cohort of heart failure outpatients, a B-lines cutoff = 30 (HR 8.62; 95% CI: 1.8-40.1) identified patients most likely to develop acute pulmonary edema at 120-days. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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