PMID- 33565237 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210924 LR - 20220531 IS - 1879-0844 (Electronic) IS - 1388-9842 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Dynamic changes in cardiovascular and systemic parameters prior to sudden cardiac death in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a PARADIGM-HF analysis. PG - 1346-1356 LID - 10.1002/ejhf.2120 [doi] AB - AIMS: Prognostic models of sudden cardiac death (SCD) typically incorporate data at only a single time-point. We investigated independent predictors of SCD addressing the impact of integrating time-varying covariates to improve prediction assessment. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 8399 patients enrolled in the PARADIGM-HF trial and identified independent predictors of SCD (n = 561, 36% of total deaths) using time-updated multivariable-adjusted Cox models, classification and regression tree (CART), and logistic regression analysis. Compared with patients who were alive or died from non-sudden cardiovascular deaths, patients who suffered a SCD displayed a distinct temporal profile of New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, heart rate and levels of three biomarkers (albumin, uric acid and total bilirubin), with significant differences observed more than 1 year prior to the event (P(interaction) < 0.001). In multivariable models adjusted for baseline covariates, seven time-updated variables independently contributed to SCD risk (incremental likelihood chi-square = 46.2). CART analysis identified that baseline variables (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator use and N-terminal prohormone of B-type natriuretic peptide levels) and time-updated covariates (NYHA class, total bilirubin, and total cholesterol) improved risk stratification. CART-defined subgroup of highest risk had nearly an eightfold increment in SCD hazard (hazard ratio 7.7, 95% confidence interval 3.6-16.5; P < 0.001). Finally, changes over time in heart rate, NYHA class, blood urea nitrogen and albumin levels were associated with differential risk of sudden vs. non-sudden cardiovascular deaths (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Beyond single time-point assessments, distinct changes in multiple cardiac-specific and systemic variables improved SCD risk prediction and were helpful in differentiating mode of death in chronic heart failure. CI - (c) 2021 European Society of Cardiology. FAU - Rohde, Luis E AU - Rohde LE AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre and UFRGS Medical School, Porto Alegre, Brazil. FAU - Vaduganathan, Muthiah AU - Vaduganathan M AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Claggett, Brian L AU - Claggett BL AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Polanczyk, Carisi A AU - Polanczyk CA AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre and UFRGS Medical School, Porto Alegre, Brazil. FAU - Dorbala, Pranav AU - Dorbala P AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Packer, Milton AU - Packer M AD - Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. FAU - Desai, Akshay S AU - Desai AS AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Zile, Michael AU - Zile M AD - Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA. FAU - Rouleau, Jean AU - Rouleau J AD - Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada. FAU - Swedberg, Karl AU - Swedberg K AD - Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, London, UK. FAU - Lefkowitz, Martin AU - Lefkowitz M AD - Novartis, East Hanover, NJ, USA. FAU - Shi, Victor AU - Shi V AD - Novartis, East Hanover, NJ, USA. FAU - McMurray, John J V AU - McMurray JJV AD - BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. FAU - Solomon, Scott D AU - Solomon SD AD - Division of Cardiovascular, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210309 PL - England TA - Eur J Heart Fail JT - European journal of heart failure JID - 100887595 SB - IM CIN - Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Aug;23(8):1357-1360. PMID: 33768627 CIN - Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Aug;23(8):1361-1363. PMID: 33932259 MH - Death, Sudden, Cardiac/epidemiology/etiology MH - *Defibrillators, Implantable MH - *Heart Failure/epidemiology/therapy MH - Humans MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Risk Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Clinical predictors OT - Heart failure OT - Sudden cardiac death EDAT- 2021/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/25 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/10 06:03 PHST- 2021/01/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/10 06:03 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ejhf.2120 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Aug;23(8):1346-1356. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2120. Epub 2021 Mar 9.