Ferreira, J. P., Duarte, K., Pitt, B., Dickstein, K., McMurray, J. J.V. , Zannad, F. and Rossignol, P. (2018) Visit-to-visit blood pressure variation is associated with outcomes in a U-shaped fashion in patients with myocardial infarction complicated with systolic dysfunction and/or heart failure: findings from the EPHESUS and OPTIMAAL trials. Journal of Hypertension, 36(8), pp. 1736-1742. (doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001742) (PMID:29683884)
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Abstract
Background: Visit-to-visit office blood pressure variation (BPV) has prognostic implications independent from mean BP across several populations in the cardiovascular field. The association of BPV with outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) with systolic dysfunction and/or heart failure is yet to be determined. Methods: Two independent cohorts were assessed: the EPHESUS and the OPTIMAAL trials with a total of more than 12 000 patients. The primary outcome was all-cause death. BPV was calculated as a coefficient of variation, that is, the ratio of the SD to the mean BP along the postbaseline follow-up. Cox regression models were used to determine the associations between BPV and events. Results: Compared with the middle and lower BPV tertiles, patients in the upper BPV tertile were older, more often women, hypertensive, diabetic, with peripheral artery disease, and had more frequent use of loop diuretics and ACEi/ARBs. They also had lower LVEF, hemoglobin, and eGFR (all P < 0.001). BPV was independently associated with worse prognosis in a U-shaped manner. In the EPHESUS trial, both low and high BPV were associated with higher rates of death (and also cardiovascular death and the composite of cardiovascular death/ cardiovascular hospitalization): adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) for the outcome of death is 1.99 (1.68–2.36) for high BPV and is 1.60 (1.35–1.90) for low BPV. Similar results were observed in the OPTIMAAL trial population. Conclusion: In two independent cohorts of MI patients with systolic dysfunction and/or heart failure, BPV was associated with worse prognosis in a U-shaped manner independently of the mean BP.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | McMurray, Professor John |
| Authors: | Ferreira, J. P., Duarte, K., Pitt, B., Dickstein, K., McMurray, J. J.V., Zannad, F., and Rossignol, P. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Hypertension |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0263-6352 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1473-5598 |
| Published Online: | 21 April 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Hypertension 36(8): 1736-1742 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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