European journal of heart failure
-
Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Oct 2011
Multicenter StudyClinical and prognostic effects of atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients with reduced and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in heart failure (HF), but few data regarding the prognostic relevance of AF are available in HF patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-PEF). We aimed to study the clinical impact of AF vs. sinus rhythm (SR) in stabilized HF patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-REF) and in those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-PEF). ⋯ Atrial fibrillation is equally common in patients with HF-PEF and HF-REF. In HF-PEF, but not in HF-REF patients, AF was associated with higher NT-proBNP levels and was independently related to death or HF hospitalization.
-
Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Oct 2011
Kidney injury molecule-1 and N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase in chronic heart failure: possible biomarkers of cardiorenal syndrome.
Patients with chronic heart failure are often characterized by impaired renal function, also referred to as cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). The aim of this study was to assess whether novel markers of kidney injury are elevated in chronic heart failure and CRS. ⋯ Kidney injury molecule-1 and NAG are elevated in symptomatic heart failure. This finding may be present in patients with apparently normal kidney function and indicates tubular injury in chronic heart failure. Kidney injury molecule-1 and NAG are potential markers of CRS with additional prognostic value.