title: [The prognosis of the patient with heart failure: an analysis of the most significant clinical and instrumental parameters].
abstract: Despite the progress of the medical and surgical therapy of cardiac failure, the prognosis of this syndrome remains severe. We studied in a group of cardiac failure patients (n = 203; 18-74 years old) admitted in our division from 1982 to 1987 the most significant clinical and instrumental parameters of prognostic importance. The clinical parameters considered were: age, sex, heart rate, blood pressure, NYHA class, presence of mitral insufficiency, episodes of acute heart failure. The instrumental parameters were: presence of complete left bundle branch block (LBBB), atrial fibrillation, episodes of ventricular tachycardia, cardiothoracic index (C/T), end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters, ejection fraction (EF). Statistical analysis was performed in order to correlate single parameters with mortality. The total survival at 5 years was 50%, being higher in patients with coronary artery disease than in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy. The parameters worsening the prognosis were: mitral insufficiency, III-IV NYHA class, occurrence of repeated episodes of acute heart failure in the last year, complete LBBB, C/T greater than 0.55 and EF less than 20%. In conclusion, considering instrumental parameters high risk patients are detected with a precision of 80%.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Brescia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fappani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caprini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benedini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raddino
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Visioli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Prognosi del paziente con insufficienza cardiaca: analisi dei parametri clinici e strumentali più significativi.