In-Hospital and Three-Year Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients in South India: The Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry

Ganapathi Sanjay*, Panniyammakal Jeemon, Anubha Agarwal, Sunitha Viswanathan, Madhu Sreedharan, Govindan Vijayaraghavan, Charantharayil Gopalan Bahuleyan, R. Biju, Tiny Nair, N. Prathapkumar, G. Krishnakumar, N. Rajalekshmi, Krishnan Suresh, Lawrence P. Park, Mark Daniel Huffman, Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan

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Abstract

Background: Long-term data on outcomes of participants hospitalized with heart failure (HF) from low- and middle-income countries are limited. Methods and Results: In the Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry (THFR) in 2013, 1205 participants from 18 hospitals in Trivandrum, India, were enrolled. Data were collected on demographics, clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes. We performed survival analyses, compared groups and evaluated the association between heart failure (HF) type and mortality, adjusting for covariates that predicted mortality in a global HF risk score. The mean (standard deviation) age of participants was 61.2 (13.7) years. Ischemic heart disease was the most common cause (72%). The in-hospital mortality rate was higher for participants with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF; 9.7%) compared with those with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF; 4.8%; P =.003). After 3 years, 540 (44.8%) participants had died. The all-cause mortality rate was lower for participants with HFpEF (40.8%) compared with HFrEF (46.2%; P =.049). In multivariable models, older age (hazard ratio [HR] 1.24 per decade, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.15-1.33), New York Heart Association functional class IV symptoms (HR 2.80, 95% CI 1.43-5.48), and higher serum creatinine (HR 1.12 per mg/dL, 95% CI 1.04-1.22) were associated with all-cause mortality. Conclusions: Participants with HF in the THFR have high 3-year all-cause mortality. Targeted hospital-based quality improvement initiatives are needed to improve survival during and after hospitalization for HF.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)842-848
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Cardiac Failure
Volume24
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2018

Funding

The authors thank Indian Council of Medical Research for funding this study. In addition, they thank Suresh Babu, Vineeth Purushothaman, Anand Kumar, Ajeesh C., Krishna Sanker, and Manas Chacko for data collection, data entry, and follow-up data collection. They also thank Dr. Priya Sosa James, Dr. Abdul Salam, and Dr. Anil Balachandran for data collection. M.D.H. receives funding from the World Heart Federation to serve as its senior program advisor for the Emerging Leaders program, which is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim and Novartis with previous support from BUPA and Astra Zeneca. M.D.H. also receives support from the American Heart Association, Verily, and Astra Zeneca for work unrelated to this research.

Keywords

  • Heart failure
  • India
  • registry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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