Relation of Angina Pectoris to Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Response to Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (from HF-ACTION)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-15-2016

Publication Title

The American journal of cardiology

Abstract

Angina pectoris (AP) is associated with worse outcomes in heart failure (HF). We investigated the association of AP with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), exercise capacity, and clinical outcomes and its interaction with exercise training in an HF population. We grouped 2,331 patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction in the Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) trial of usual care ± exercise training according to whether they had self-reported AP by Canadian classification score. HRQoL and clinical outcomes were assessed by AP status. In HF-ACTION, 406 patients (17%) had AP at baseline (44% with Canadian classification score ≥II) with HF severity similar to those without AP. Patients with AP had similar baseline exercise capacity but worse depressive symptoms and HRQoL. AP was associated with 22% greater adjusted risk for all-cause mortality/hospitalizations, driven by hospitalizations. There was significant interaction between baseline AP and exercise training peak VO

Medical Subject Headings

Aged; Angina Pectoris; Cause of Death; Chronic Disease; Exercise Therapy; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Heart Failure; Hospitalization; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Oxygen Consumption; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Quality of Life; Treatment Outcome

PubMed ID

27561194

Volume

118

Issue

8

First Page

1211

Last Page

1216

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