THE RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH Identifying patients with heart failure with preserved ejection
fraction (HFpEF) represents a significant public health challenge. In a significant
proportion of patients with HFpEF, no specific underlying etiology has been identified,
with the exception of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes
mellitus, the presence of atrial fibrillation, and others. Many of these patients are
classified as having hypertension and do not receive the necessary amount of preventive
interventions aimed at reducing hospitalizations and increasing life expectancy. The
incidence of hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure is increasing, mainly
due to acute HFpEF. It is hypothesized that systemic inflammation resulting from
comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension is responsible for the
pathogenesis of myocardial structural and functional changes in HFpEF. Therefore,
assessment of clinical and anamnestic factors and their relationship with signs of
structural changes, functional disorders of intracardiac hemodynamics, signs of
congestion and systemic inflammation will help optimize the diagnostic and treatment
algorithm for patients with acute decompensation of HFpEF.
In this context, additional markers such as body composition measures, ultrasound
congestion criteria, and cellular stress-related biomarkers may complement or even
surpass traditional markers in predicting the severity and prognosis of HFpEF.
The creation of a register and analysis of the data entered into it will help improve the
comprehensive diagnosis of decompensated HFpEF
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:
Creation of a register of patients with HFpEF for a comprehensive assessment of the
influence of gender characteristics, clinical and anamnestic factors, body composition,
topical characteristics of congestion, instrumental data and markers of cellular
inflammation and stress on immediate and long-term outcomes in patients with acute
decompensated heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
During the study it is planned
Assess gender, clinical and anamnestic indicators preceding hospitalization of
patients in the hospital.
Characterize the features of comorbid status in the studied group of patients.
To study the features of drug therapy at the prehospital stage and during
hospitalization in the study group of patients.
Assess adverse hospital outcomes and outcomes 6 months after hospital discharge and
identify factors associated with them.
To assess body composition in patients with acute decompensated heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction in obese patients upon admission to the hospital.
Characterize the severity and topical characteristics of congestion and compare with
the phenotypes of acute decompensation of heart failure.
Assess adverse in-hospital outcomes and outcomes 6 months after hospital discharge
and identify factors associated with them.
Conduct a clinical and instrumental examination of patients diagnosed with
compensated and decompensated HFpEF, verified by echocardiography at rest, as well
as in patients with HFpEF verified after an additional diastolic stress test with
assessment of intracardiac hemodynamics.
Analyze the serum concentrations of biochemical markers associated with cellular
stress (heat shock proteins) in these groups of patients, as well as in the control
group of apparently healthy people.
Conduct an analysis of associations of biomarker levels with clinical
characteristics of patients, the presence of comorbid diseases, including obesity,
as well as with data from instrumental examination methods
Assess the diagnostic capabilities of HFpEF, defined by various criteria, based on
the concentration of the new biomarkers studied
STUDY DESIGN:
Descriptive, open-label, observational study, randomization procedure not planned.
STAGES OF RESEARCH:
- hospital: creating a patient database followed by:
It is planned to create a database, followed by:
Stage 2 - determining the nearest outcomes - In-hospital outcomes: death with indication
of the cause of death, transfer with aggravation to another department of the hospital,
discharged
Stage 3 - assessment of long-term outcomes after 6 months, which includes:
creating a phone contact card
determine vital status (alive/died) by telephone, and for the deceased, determine
the cause of death and date, place of death, for the living - the number of
hospitalizations over the past 6 months.
identify repeated hospitalizations over the past period.
entering the received data into the created electronic database in the data register
and conducting statistical analysis
EXPECTED RESULTS The results obtained will allow us to evaluate the characteristics of
the course and outcomes of the disease in Moscow patients, depending on the phenotype of
acute decompensation of HFpEF, hospitalized in the hospital during the study period. When
studying a cohort of patients hospitalized for emergency reasons, it is expected to
identify phenotypes of acute decompensation of HFpEF that affect the duration of
hospitalization and the development of adverse outcomes in the hospital and long-term
period of the disease.
The prospects for further use in clinical practice of analysis of circulating levels of
heat shock proteins in combination with other clinical and instrumental methods will be
analyzed. Based on the data obtained, it is planned to develop laboratory and
instrumental algorithms for additional assessment in patients with HFpEF.