Nora Schwegel, David Zach, Alexander Peikert, Viktoria Santner, Viktoria Höller, Johannes Gollmer, Johannes Späth, Hermann Riepl, Peter P Rainer, Markus Wallner, Stefan Pilz, Andreas Zirlik, Dirk von Lewinski, Klemens Ablasser, Nicolas Verheyen, Ewald Kolesnik
Background: In patients with stable chronic heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) provides limited prognostic value, especially in patients with moderately to severely reduced LVEF. Echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular function may be associated with adverse clinical events in these patients. Therefore, we analyzed 164 patients with HFrEF in a prospective single-center cohort study to evaluate whether the parameters of right ventricular function are associated with worsening heart failure (WHF) hospitalizations, cardiovascular and all-cause deaths and combined endpoints...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine