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The Prognostic Impact Of Pulse Pressure In Acute Heart Failure: Insights From The Hearts Registry, Alwaleed Aljohar, Khalid Alhabib, Hussam Alfaleh, Ahmad Hersi, Waleed Al Habeeb, Anhar Ullah, Abdelfatah Elasfar, Ali Almasood, Abdullah Ghabashi, Layth Mimish, Saleh Alghamdi Alghamdi, Ahmed Abuosa, Asif Malik, Gamal Abdin Hussein, Mushabab Al Murayeh, Tarek Kashour
The Prognostic Impact Of Pulse Pressure In Acute Heart Failure: Insights From The Hearts Registry, Alwaleed Aljohar, Khalid Alhabib, Hussam Alfaleh, Ahmad Hersi, Waleed Al Habeeb, Anhar Ullah, Abdelfatah Elasfar, Ali Almasood, Abdullah Ghabashi, Layth Mimish, Saleh Alghamdi Alghamdi, Ahmed Abuosa, Asif Malik, Gamal Abdin Hussein, Mushabab Al Murayeh, Tarek Kashour
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Background: Low pulse pressure predicts long-term mortality in chronic heart failure, but its prognostic value in acute heart failure is less understood. The present study was designed to examine the prognostic value of pulse pressure in acute heart failure.
Methods: Pulse pressure was tested for its impact on short- and long-term mortality in all patients admitted with acute heart failure from October 2009 to December 2010 in eighteen tertiary centers in Saudi Arabia (n ¼ 2609). All comparisons were based on the median value (50 mmHg). Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction was defined as less than 40%.
Results: Low …
Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Predicts Mortality In Infective Endocarditis, Hicaz Z. Agus, Serkan Kahraman, Cagdas Arslan, Ceren Yildirim, Mehmet Erturk, Ali K. Kalkan, Mustafa Yildiz
Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Predicts Mortality In Infective Endocarditis, Hicaz Z. Agus, Serkan Kahraman, Cagdas Arslan, Ceren Yildirim, Mehmet Erturk, Ali K. Kalkan, Mustafa Yildiz
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) at admission in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with infective endocarditis. Methods: 133 definite IE patients (≥18 years) according to modified Duke criteria, treated in our tertiary care hospital between December 2009 and May 2019, were retrospectively analysed. Symptoms, comorbidities, predisposing valvular diseases, prosthetic valve, device, history of injectable drug use, blood culture results, echocardiography findings, and complications were collected. We calculated the SII as follows: SII¼platelet count£neutrophil count/lymphocyte count at admission. Results: The median age of the patients was 56 (40e66) years. Prosthetic …