RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Echocardiographic features of left ventricular dysfunction and outcomes in chronic kidney disease JF Heart JO Heart FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society SP 134 OP 142 DO 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321404 VO 109 IS 2 A1 Shuo-Ming Ou A1 Chieh-Ju Chao A1 Ming-Tsun Tsai A1 Kuo-Hua Lee A1 Wei-Cheng Tseng A1 Pin-Jie Bin A1 Yao-Ping Lin A1 Chien-Yi Hsu A1 Der-Cherng Tarng YR 2023 UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/109/2/134.abstract AB Objective Heart failure (HF) imposes a substantial burden and the prevalence of HF is high in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). HF results in multiple hospital admissions, but whether HF subtypes worsen long-term outcomes and renal function in patients with CKD remains inconclusive.Methods The study comprised 10 904 patients with CKD aged ≥20 years who underwent echocardiography between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2018. The patients were stratified into four groups: non-HF, HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) and HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The primary end points were all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and adverse renal outcomes.Results In inverse probability of treatment weighting-adjusted method, the risk of all-cause mortality and MACEs relative to the non-HF group was greatest in the HFrEF group (HR 3.18 (95% CI 2.57 to 3.93) and HR 3.83 (95% CI 3.20 to 4.59)), followed by the HFmrEF (HR 2.75 (95% CI 2.22 to 3.42) and HR 3.08 (95% CI 2.57 to 3.69)) and HFpEF (HR 1.85 (95% CI 1.59 to 2.15) and HR 2.43 (95% CI 2.16 to 2.73) groups. In addition, the HFrEF group had the greatest risks of end-stage renal disease (HR 2.58 (95% CI 1.94 to 3.44)) compared with other groups.Conclusions HF is associated with subsequent worse clinical outcomes, which may be more pronounced in patients with HFrEF, followed by those with HFmrEF and those with HFpEF relative to non-HF group.Data are available on reasonable request.