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Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF).

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2015-07
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Lala, Anuradha
McNulty, Steven E
Mentz, Robert J
Dunlay, Shannon M
Vader, Justin M
AbouEzzeddine, Omar F
DeVore, Adam D
Khazanie, Prateeti
Redfield, Margaret M
Goldsmith, Steven R
Bart, Bradley A
Anstrom, Kevin J
Felker, G Michael
Hernandez, Adrian F
Stevenson, Lynne W
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BACKGROUND: Congestion is the most frequent cause for hospitalization in acute decompensated heart failure. Although decongestion is a major goal of acute therapy, it is unclear how the clinical components of congestion (eg, peripheral edema, orthopnea) contribute to outcomes after discharge or how well decongestion is maintained. METHODS AND RESULTS: A post hoc analysis was performed of 496 patients enrolled in the Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARRESS-HF) trials during hospitalization with acute decompensated heart failure and clinical congestion. A simple orthodema congestion score was generated based on symptoms of orthopnea (≥2 pillows=2 points, <2 pillows=0 points) and peripheral edema (trace=0 points, moderate=1 point, severe=2 points) at baseline, discharge, and 60-day follow-up. Orthodema scores were classified as absent (score of 0), low-grade (score of 1-2), and high-grade (score of 3-4), and the association with death, rehospitalization, or unscheduled medical visits through 60 days was assessed. At baseline, 65% of patients had high-grade orthodema and 35% had low-grade orthodema. At discharge, 52% patients were free from orthodema at discharge (score=0) and these patients had lower 60-day rates of death, rehospitalization, or unscheduled visits (50%) compared with those with low-grade or high-grade orthodema (52% and 68%, respectively; P=0.038). Of the patients without orthodema at discharge, 27% relapsed to low-grade orthodema and 38% to high-grade orthodema at 60-day follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Increased severity of congestion by a simple orthodema assessment is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Despite intent to relieve congestion, current therapy often fails to relieve orthodema during hospitalization or to prevent recurrence after discharge. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifiers: NCT00608491, NCT00577135.
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Journal article
Subject
dyspnea
edema
follow-up studies
heart failure
hospitalization
Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diuretics
Dyspnea
Edema
Female
Heart Failure
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge
Patient Readmission
Predictive Value of Tests
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Recurrence
Remission Induction
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Weight Loss
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/11021
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10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001957
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Lala, Anuradha; McNulty, Steven E; Mentz, Robert J; Dunlay, Shannon M; Vader, Justin M; AbouEzzeddine, Omar F; ... Stevenson, Lynne W (2015). Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF). Circ Heart Fail, 8(4). pp. 741-748. 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001957. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/11021.
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Anstrom

Kevin J. Anstrom

Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
My research interests include clinical trials, cost-benefit analysis, health economics, semiparametric estimation, and medical informatics.
DeVore

Adam David DeVore

Associate Professor of Medicine
Adam D. DeVore, MD, MHS Dr. DeVore is a cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, at Duke University School of Medicine. His clinical interests include caring for patients and families with heart failure, including those with left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants. He is involved in and leads multiple large studies of patients with heart failure at both Duke University Medical Center and the
Felker

Gary Michael Felker

Professor of Medicine
Hernandez

Adrian Felipe Hernandez

Professor of Medicine
Mentz

Robert John Mentz

Associate Professor of Medicine
I am a cardiologist with a clinical and research interest in heart failure, including advanced therapies such as cardiac transplantation and mechanical assist devices or &ldquo;heart pumps." I serve our group as Chief of the Heart Failure Section. I became a heart failure cardiologist in order to help patients manage their chronic disease over many months and years. I consider myself strongly committed to compassionate patient care with a focus on quality of life and patient preference.<br
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