Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Novartis Corporation Sdn Bhd
Background
In real world settings, factors that may affect prognosis of HF patients include comorbidities, lack of guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) and laboratory findings in particular elevated cardiac biomarkers.
Purpose
This report aimed to provide insights into these important clinical characteristics in hospitalized HF patients.
Methods
MYHF registry is a prospective, observational study of symptomatic HF patients (NYHA II-IV) hospitalized in 18 tertiary care centers in Malaysia over a period of 3 years starting in 2019. The key comorbidities, GDMT and natriuretic peptides (NP) utilization in hospitalized HF patients enrolled in MYHF Registry will be analyzed.
Results
A total of 2,717 patients, mean age 60.17 years (SD 13.62) and predominantly males (66.8%) were recruited. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 36.5% (SD 15.3); with 64.6% HFrEF (LVEF ≤40%), 21.6% HFpEF (LVEF ≥50%) and 11.3% HFmrEF (LVEF 41-49%). Hypertension was the most common comorbidity (71.5%), followed by diabetes (59.8%), ischemic heart disease (55.9%), dyslipidemia (46.6%) and chronic kidney disease (30.9%). At admission, mean SBP was 137.6 mmHg (SD 29), with 5.9% and 42.6% of patients with SBP < 100 mmHg and ≥ 140 mmHg, respectively. Mean HbA1c value was 7.56% (SD 2.0). Mean total cholesterol and LDL-C were 4.30 mmol/L (SD 1.66) and 2.62 mmol/L (SD 1.34), respectively. At admission, mean serum creatinine was 145.76 umol/L (SD 119.64) and 1 out of 2 patients (55.1%) had eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Utilization of natriuretic peptide as biomarker was low (16.5%), with NTproBNP being more commonly used (81.5%). Half (49.2%) of patients with NT-proBNP measured had values >=5000 pg/ml. Hospitalization has been known to provide good opportunity for GDMT optimization. Although about two third (59.2%) of patients in this registry had previous history of heart failure hospitalization, only 33.7% of patients were on dual GDMT (ACEi/ARB/ARNI +BB) and 1 out of 10 (13.5%) were on triple GDMT (ACEi/ARB/ARNI+BB+MRA) during admission.
Conclusions
Hospitalized HF patients in MYHF registry are generally young, with high prevalence of co-morbidities, worse laboratory findings and had under-utilization of GDMT. The knowledge gained will be crucial for guiding management of HF patients to improve the prognosis.
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