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July 2017 at a glance: clinical assessment, biomarkers, cardiac imaging and treatment.

Marco Metra
- 01 Jul 2017 - 
- Vol. 19, Iss: 7, pp 819-820
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Both baseline BP and long-term BP changes had independent prognostic value and the patients with the stable BP values during follow-up had the best prognosis.
Abstract
While the relation between absolute blood pressure (BP) and outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) is relatively well established,1,2 the prognostic significance of long-term BP changes has been assessed only in retrospective analyses of randomized clinical trials.3 The prognostic significance of long-term BP changes was assessed by Schmid et al. in a retrospective analysis of 927 HF patients followed at their centre for a median of 7.7 years.4 There were 220 deaths and 70 patients undergoing heart transplantation. Both baseline BP and long-term BP changes had independent prognostic value. The patients with the stable BP values during follow-up had the best prognosis. Either an increase or a decrease > ±10 mmHg per year was associated with reduced survival with hazard ratios of 1.8 and 2.0, respectively.4

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