%0 Journal Article
%T Marcadores cl¨ªnicos y humorales relacionados con la mortalidad en pacientes con insuficiencia card¨ªaca clase funcional III/IV
%A Capece
%A Ra¨²l
%A Santoro
%A Beatriz
%A Mosca
%A Silvia
%A Borgo
%A Jos¨¦
%J Insuficiencia card£¿-aca
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X aim. to study the existence of clinical and humoral variables that behave as predictors of mortality risk in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (dcm) and heart failure (hf) functional class iii/iv new york heart association. material and methods. we consecutively included 84 patients with dcm and hf over a year old of diagnosis (mean 3.3 years/sd 2.1), hospitalized at coronary care unit due to cardiac decompensation. patients were divided into two groups: not dead group (gv) n=60, and group of those who died (gm) n=24. at the end of the study we compared: rehospitalizations, comorbidities, hygienic-dietary treatment accomplishment, adherence to pharmacological treatment, pharmacological treatment at income (drugs), and biochemical variables: natremia, white blood cell count, glucose, creatinine in blood, bilirubinemia. results. every patient had cardiothoracic index >0.5 and moderate to severe impairment of ventricular function by echocardiogram among both groups. within sex distribution there was a masculine predominance (gv: 83.3% and gm: 70.8%; p=ns), age gv: 61.3¡À11.0 years old and gm: 63.9¡À11.3 (p=ns). conclusion. of all analyzed variables, were associated with worst prognosis: the largest number of readmissions, treatment with furosemide, leukocytosis (white blood cells > 11000 per mm3) and creatinine values > 2 mg/dl.
%K heart failure
%K clinical and humoral markers
%K systolic dysfunction.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-38622011000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en