Prognostic Value of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Elderly Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

Zhang, Bin; Xu, Haiyan; Zhang, Haitong; Liu, Qingrong; Ye, Yunqing; Hao, Jie; Zhao, Qinghao; Qi, Xiling; Liu, Sisi; Zhang, Erli; Xu, Yujun; Gao, Runlin; Pibarot, Philippe; Clavel, Marie-Annick und Wu, Yongjian (2020): Prognostic Value of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Elderly Patients With Valvular Heart Disease. In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Bd. 75, Nr. 14: S. 1659-1672

Abstract

Background: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) may reflect early prognosis in patients with valvular heart disease (VHD). OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the association between NT-proBNP and mortality in elderly patients with VHD. METHODS A total of 5,983 elderly patients (age >= 60 years) with moderate or severe VHD underwent echocardiography and NT-proBNP measurement. VHD examined included aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, and multivalvular heart disease. NT-proBNP ratio was defined as measured NT-proBNP relative to the maximal normal values specific to age and sex. Disease-specific thresholds were defined on the basis of penalized splines and maximally selected rank statistics. RESULTS The cohort had a mean age of 71.1 +/- 7.6 years. At 1-year follow-up, 561 deaths (9.4%) had occurred. In penalized splines, relative hazards showed a monotonic increase with greater NT-proBNP ratio for death with different VHDs (p < 0.001 for all) except mitral stenosis. Higher NT-proBNP ratio, categorized by disease-specific thresholds, was independently associated with mortality (overall adjusted hazard ratio: 1.99;95% confidence interval: 1.76 to 2.24;p < 0.001). Different subtypes of VHD all incurred excess mortality with elevated NT-proBNP ratio, with the strongest association detected for aortic stenosis (adjusted hazard ratio: 10.5;95% confidence interval: 3.9 to 28.27;p < 0.001). The addition of NT-proBNP ratio to the prediction algorithm including traditional risk factors improved outcome prediction (overall net reclassification index = 0.28;95% CI: 0.24 to 0.34;p < 0.001;likelihood ratio test p < 0.001). Results remained consistent in patients under medical care, with normal left ventricular ejection fractions, and with primary VHD. CONCLUSIONS NT-proBNP provides incremental prognostic information for mortality in various VHDs. It could aid in risk stratification as a pragmatic and versatile biomarker in elderly patients. (C) 2020 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 0735-1097
• Sprache: Englisch