Taisuke Nakade, Daichi Maeda, Yuya Matsue, Yudai Fujimoto, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Tsutomu Sunayama, Taishi Dotare, Kentaro Jujo, Kazuya Saito, Kentaro Kamiya, Hiroshi Saito, Yuki Ogasahara, Emi Maekawa, Masaaki Konishi, Takeshi Kitai, Kentaro Iwata, Misako Toki, Kenji Yoshioka, Hiroshi Wada, Takatoshi Kasai, Hirofumi Nagamatsu, Shin-Ichi Momomura, Tohru Minamino
AIMS: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and prognostic value of bendopnea in older patients hospitalized for heart failure. METHODS: This post hoc analysis was performed using two prospective, multicenter, observational studies: the FRAGILE-HF (main cohort) and SONIC-HF (validation cohort) cohorts. Patients were categorized based on the presence of bendopnea, which was evaluated before discharge. The primary endpoint was 2-year all-cause mortality after discharge...
April 4, 2024: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology