Abstract:
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics among three different left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) subtypes of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) in China.
Methods The data were from China National Heart Failure (CN-HF) registry (NCT02079428). Patients were categorized into three groups based on their LVEF: HF with reduced ejection fraction (≤40%) group (HFrEF group), HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction (41%-49%) group (HFmrEF group), and HF with preserved ejection fraction (≥50%) group (HFpEF group). Basic characteristics in each group were analyzed and compared.
Results A total of 5 605 hospitalized patients with HF were enrolled in this real world registry study (mean age was 69.5±13.5 years old, 59.9% were male). Compared to HFrEF group (n=2 068), HFpEF group (n=2 941) had more females (48.5% vs 29.1%) and patients were older (71.1±12.9 years old vs 66.9±13.9 years old), with less New York Heart Assocation (NYHA) Ⅲ-Ⅳ ones (43.3% vs 73.7%), and more hypertension patients (74.3% vs 64.3%). There were significant difference among the three groups in gender, age, NYHA grade and hypertension rate (P < 0.000 1). The 3-year all-cause mortality rate was 20.7% in all patients, 26.4%, 21.6, and 16.5% in HFrEF, HFmrEF, and HFpEF patients, respectively (Z=8.507 4, P < 0.001).
Conclusions Compared with HFrEF patients, HFpEF patients are older, more often women, and have a higher prevalence of comorbidities, and have a relatively favorable prognosis during 3 year follow-up.