title: Prognostic factors associated with 15-year mortality in patients with hospitalized systolic HF: Results of the observational community-based EPICAL cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little data on very long-term survival and associated prognostic factors in heart failure (HF) are available. The aim was to describe 15-year survival and to identify the baseline prognostic factors associated with mortality in a community-based sample of patients hospitalized for systolic HF.
  
  
  METHODS
  Vital status was collected 15years after inclusion of 352 patients hospitalized for systolic HF born in France from the prospective cohort EPICAL. The prognostic value of baseline socioeconomic, clinical and biological characteristics on 15-year mortality was assessed using Cox models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean (±SD) age was 63.9 (±10.8)years, 76% of the patients were male, median left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 23% IR [18-27]. Overall, the mean (±SD) follow-up was 1826 (±111)days. A total of 290 (82.4%) deaths and 22 heart transplantations occurred during the follow-up. The 15-year survival rate was 13.2% (95% CI [9.0-16.3]), i.e. 4.7 times lower than the one observed in the general population. Baseline characteristics associated with 15-year mortality were: age older than 65years (HR=1.48, CI 95% [1.15-1.90]), diabetes mellitus (1.31 [1.00-1.72]), chronic kidney disease (1.73 [1.23-2.43]), serious comorbidity (1.29 [1.02-1.64]), time from first HF diagnosis exceeding 1year at inclusion (1.68 [1.26-2.24]), HF hospitalization during the previous 12months (1.36 [1.04-1.78]), heart rate higher than 110 beats per minute (1.87 [1.26-2.76]), LVEF % (0.88 per quartile increase [0.80-1.98]), and serum sodium below 130mmol/L (3.14 [1.76-5.61].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only 13% of patients hospitalized for HF survived at 15years. The usual mid-term prognostic factors are also predictive of very long-term survival.
authors.affiliation: Inserm, CIC-1433-Epidémiologie clinique, CHU Nancy, Nancy, F-54 000, France; Université de Lorraine, Université Paris Descartes, Apemac, EA 4360, Nancy, F-54 000, France. Electronic address: n.agrinier@chru-nancy.fr.
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrinier
authors.affiliation: Inserm, CIC-1433-Epidémiologie clinique, CHU Nancy, Nancy, F-54 000, France; Université de Lorraine, Université Paris Descartes, Apemac, EA 4360, Nancy, F-54 000, France.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thilly
authors.affiliation: Inserm, CIC-1433-Epidémiologie clinique, CHU Nancy, Nancy, F-54 000, France; Université de Lorraine, Université Paris Descartes, Apemac, EA 4360, Nancy, F-54 000, France.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briançon
authors.affiliation: Département de Cardiologie Médicale, Institut Lorrain du Cœur et des Vaisseaux, CHU Nancy, Université de Lorraine, 54500 Vandœuvre les Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Juillière
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anesthésie réanimation, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, FMTS, CHU Strasbourg, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Paul-Michel
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Mertes
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie des Maladies Cardiovasculaires et Transplantations, Institut Lorrain du Cœur et des Vaisseaux, CHU Nancy, Université de Lorraine, 54500 Vandœuvre les Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Villemot
authors.affiliation: Inserm, CIC-1433-Epidémiologie clinique, CHU Nancy, Nancy, F-54 000, France; Université de Lorraine, Université Paris Descartes, Apemac, EA 4360, Nancy, F-54 000, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alla
authors.affiliation: Inserm, CIC-1433, Hypertension and HF Unit, Institut Lorrain du Cœur et des Vaisseaux, CHU Nancy, Université de Lorraine, 54500 Vandœuvre les Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Faiez
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zannad
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Heart failure; Prognosis; Prognostic factors; Survival rate