TY - JOUR
T1 - Presentation, survival prospects, and predictors of death in Eisenmenger syndrome
T2 - A combined retrospective and case-control study
AU - Diller, Gerhard Paul
AU - Dimopoulos, Konstantinos
AU - Broberg, Craig S.
AU - Kaya, Mehmet G.
AU - Naghotra, Utpal Singh
AU - Uebing, Anselm
AU - Harries, Carl
AU - Goktekin, Omer
AU - Gibbs, J. Simon R.
AU - Gatzoulis, Michael A.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Aims: To characterize contemporary Eisenmenger patients at a large centre for adult congenital heart disease, assess survival prospects, and identify predictors of death in this population. Methods and results: All Eisenmenger patients under follow-up at our centre since 2000 (n=171, mean age 37±12 years) were included. To identify predictors of mortality, a case-control study was performed. Data including symptoms, functional class, medication, laboratory, and electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters are presented. Iron deficiency was common and strongly related to phlebotomy (relative risk 4.1, P<0.0001). Haemoglobin concentration was inversely related to arterial oxygen saturations in iron-replete patients (P<0.001) but not in iron-deficient patients. During a median follow-up of 67 months, 20 patients died. Survival at 40, 50, and 60 years of age was 94, 74, and 52%, respectively. When compared with healthy individuals, median survival was reduced by ∼20 years in Eisenmenger patients and was worst in those with complex lesions. Predictors of mortality included functional class, signs of heart failure, history of clinical arrhythmia, QRS duration and QTc interval, and low serum albumin and potassium levels. Conclusion: Despite good short-term prognosis, life expectancy is markedly reduced in Eisenmenger patients. Markers of heart failure and parameters associated with arrhythmia are of prognostic value in terms of mortality and may guide clinicians caring for Eisenmenger patients.
AB - Aims: To characterize contemporary Eisenmenger patients at a large centre for adult congenital heart disease, assess survival prospects, and identify predictors of death in this population. Methods and results: All Eisenmenger patients under follow-up at our centre since 2000 (n=171, mean age 37±12 years) were included. To identify predictors of mortality, a case-control study was performed. Data including symptoms, functional class, medication, laboratory, and electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters are presented. Iron deficiency was common and strongly related to phlebotomy (relative risk 4.1, P<0.0001). Haemoglobin concentration was inversely related to arterial oxygen saturations in iron-replete patients (P<0.001) but not in iron-deficient patients. During a median follow-up of 67 months, 20 patients died. Survival at 40, 50, and 60 years of age was 94, 74, and 52%, respectively. When compared with healthy individuals, median survival was reduced by ∼20 years in Eisenmenger patients and was worst in those with complex lesions. Predictors of mortality included functional class, signs of heart failure, history of clinical arrhythmia, QRS duration and QTc interval, and low serum albumin and potassium levels. Conclusion: Despite good short-term prognosis, life expectancy is markedly reduced in Eisenmenger patients. Markers of heart failure and parameters associated with arrhythmia are of prognostic value in terms of mortality and may guide clinicians caring for Eisenmenger patients.
KW - Congenital heart disease
KW - Eisenmenger syndrome
KW - Pulmonary hypertension
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl116
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl116
M3 - Article
C2 - 16793921
AN - SCOPUS:33745792342
SN - 0195-668X
VL - 27
SP - 1737
EP - 1742
JO - European heart journal
JF - European heart journal
IS - 14
ER -