The MUSIC Risk score: a simple method for predicting mortality in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure


Por: Vazquez, R, Bayes-Genis, A, Cygankiewicz, I, Pascual-Figal, D, Grigorian-Shamagian, L, Pavon, R, Gonzalez-Juanatey, JR, Cubero, JM, Pastor, L, Ordonez-Llanos, J, Cinca, J, de Luna, AB

Publicada: 1 may 2009
Resumen:
The prognosis of chronic heart failure (CHF) is extremely variable, although generally poor. The purpose of this study was to develop prognostic models for CHF patients. A cohort of 992 consecutive ambulatory CHF patients was prospectively followed for a median of 44 months. Multivariable Cox models were developed to predict all-cause mortality (n = 267), cardiac mortality (primary end-point, n = 213), pump-failure death (n = 123), and sudden death (n = 90). The four final models included several combinations of the same 10 independent predictors: prior atherosclerotic vascular event, left atrial size > 26 mm/m(2), ejection fraction <= 35%, atrial fibrillation, left bundle-branch block or intraventricular conduction delay, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia and frequent ventricular premature beats, estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2), hyponatremia <= 138 mEq/L, NT-proBNP > 1.000 ng/L, and troponin-positive. On the basis of Cox models, the MUSIC Risk scores were calculated. A cardiac mortality score > 20 points identified a high-risk subgroup with a four-fold cardiac mortality risk. A simple score with a limited number of non-invasive variables successfully predicted cardiac mortality in a real-life cohort of CHF patients. The use of this model in clinical practice identifies a subgroup of high-risk patients that should be closely managed.

Filiaciones:
Vazquez, R:
 Valme Univ Hosp, Serv Cardiol, Seville 41014, Spain

Bayes-Genis, A:
 Univ Hosp St Pau, Serv Cardiol, Barcelona, Spain

Cygankiewicz, I:
 Univ Hosp St Pau, Serv Cardiol, Barcelona, Spain

Pascual-Figal, D:
 Univ Hosp Arrixaca, Serv Cardiol, Murcia, Spain

Grigorian-Shamagian, L:
 Univ Hosp Santiago Compostela, Serv Cardiol, Galicia, Spain

Pavon, R:
 Valme Univ Hosp, Serv Cardiol, Seville 41014, Spain

Gonzalez-Juanatey, JR:
 Univ Hosp Santiago Compostela, Serv Cardiol, Galicia, Spain

Cubero, JM:
 Valme Univ Hosp, Serv Cardiol, Seville 41014, Spain

Pastor, L:
 Valme Univ Hosp, Serv Cardiol, Seville 41014, Spain

Ordonez-Llanos, J:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Serv Biochem, Barcelona, Spain

Cinca, J:
 Univ Hosp St Pau, Serv Cardiol, Barcelona, Spain

de Luna, AB:
 Univ Hosp St Pau, Serv Cardiol, Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 0195668X





EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
Editorial
OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 30 Número: 9
Páginas: 1088-1096
WOS Id: 000265740200014
ID de PubMed: 19240065
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