The central arterial stiffness parameters in decompensated versus compensated states of heart failure: a paired comparative cohort study.

Ahmed El Fol Waleed Ammar Yasser Sharaf Ghada Youssef

Published in: The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (2022)

Central arterial stiffness indices in patients with HFrEF were significantly lower in the compensated state than in the decompensated state. Patients with NYHA FC IV and female patients showed higher stiffness indices in their decompensated state of heart failure.

Keyphrases

heart failure
ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
blood pressure
acute heart failure
left ventricular
cardiac resynchronization therapy
newly diagnosed
atrial fibrillation
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes