Clinical profile of elderly patients with chronic heart failure in the presence of bendopnea

Abstract

Statistical analysis Categorical variables were presented as the number and percentage of patients, and continuous variables as mean (SD) or median (IQR, Q1-Q3) as appropriate. Differences in clinical characteristics at baseline with regard to bendopnea were compared using the χ 2 test for categorical variables and the t test or the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables. Normality was assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the odds ratio (OR) and its 95% CI. Bendopnea was a dependent variable. Left ventricular end-systolic dimension, BMI, waist circumference were continuous variables; low left ventricular ejection fraction (<40%), HF decompensation were dichotomized variables. A 2-tailed P value of less than 0.05 was deemed significant. The statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS software, version 22.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York, United States). Results and discussion Bendopnea was present in 35 patients (41.6%). All patients with bendopnea

The Value of Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Heart Failure in Older Age

“…На сегодняшний день установлено, что бендопноэ является единственным видом одышки, не связанной с респираторными проблемами или ишемической болезнью сердца (ИБС), что позволяет рассматривать этот симптом многообещающим для дифференциальной диагностики ХСН, особенно в старшем возрасте [7,8].…”