PMID- 25576682 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160107 LR - 20150413 IS - 1532-8414 (Electronic) IS - 1071-9164 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 4 DP - 2015 Apr TI - Differential prognostic impact of resting heart rate in older compared with younger patients with chronic heart failure--insights from TIME-CHF. PG - 347-54 LID - S1071-9164(14)01367-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.12.014 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: There is little information regarding the prognostic role of resting heart rate (HR) in older compared with younger patients with chronic heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS: In patients enrolled in the Trial of Intensified Medical Therapy in Elderly Patients With Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF) with sinus rhythm, effects of baseline HR (>/=70 vs <70 beats/min [bpm]) on 18-month outcomes were compared between older (>/=75 years; n = 186) and younger (<75 years; n = 141) patients. Older patients with lower (61 +/- 6 bpm) and higher (83 +/- 9 bpm) HR had similar left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and survival and HF hospitalization-free survival. In contrast, younger patients with higher HR (81 +/- 7 bpm) had higher NT-proBNP and NYHA functional class, lower LVEF, and a higher risk of death (hazard ratio 4.01 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.17 -13.69]; P = .02) and death or HF hospitalization (hazard ratio 2.35 [95% CI 1.01-5.50]; P = .04) than those with lower HR (62 +/- 5 bpm), with the association between higher HR and survival remaining significant after adjustment for NYHA functional class, LVEF, and NT-proBNP. CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to HF patients aged <75 years, we found no association between HR and worse outcomes in HF patients aged >/=75 years. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Zurek, Marzena AU - Zurek M AD - Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland. FAU - Maeder, Micha T AU - Maeder MT AD - Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: micha.maeder@kssg.ch. FAU - Rickli, Hans AU - Rickli H AD - Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland. FAU - Muzzarelli, Stefano AU - Muzzarelli S AD - Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; Cardiocentro, Lugano, Switzerland. FAU - Sanders-van Wijk, Sandra AU - Sanders-van Wijk S AD - Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. FAU - Abbuhl, Heidi AU - Abbuhl H AD - Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, Frauenfeld, Switzerland. FAU - Handschin, Rolf AU - Handschin R AD - Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, Baselland Bruderholz, Switzerland. FAU - Jeker, Urs AU - Jeker U AD - Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland. FAU - Pfisterer, Matthias AU - Pfisterer M AD - Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Brunner-la Rocca, Hans-Peter AU - Brunner-la Rocca HP AD - Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. CN - TIME-CHF Investigators LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150107 PL - United States TA - J Card Fail JT - Journal of cardiac failure JID - 9442138 SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Female MH - Heart Failure/*physiopathology MH - Heart Rate/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Prognosis MH - Rest/*physiology MH - Stroke Volume/physiology MH - Ventricular Function, Left/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Heart rate OT - TIME-CHF OT - age OT - chronic heart failure OT - prognosis EDAT- 2015/01/13 06:00 MHDA- 2016/01/08 06:00 CRDT- 2015/01/11 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/12/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/01/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S1071-9164(14)01367-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.12.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Card Fail. 2015 Apr;21(4):347-54. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.12.014. Epub 2015 Jan 7.