학술논문
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Heart Failure of Hypertensive Etiology: Analysis of Colombian Heart Failure Registry (RECOLFACA)
Document Type
article
Author
Erika Martínez-Carreño; Luis Eduardo Echeverría; Alex Rivera-Toquica; Mario Hernán Zarama-Márquez; Elkin Giovanni Ramírez-Puentes; Rafael Ignacio Bustamante; Rolando Palacio; Luis Manuel Ávila-Barros; Sebastián Campbell-Quintero; Lisbeth Natalia Morales-Rodríguez; Juan David López-Ponce de León; Andrés Felipe Buitrago; Jorge Alberto Sandoval-Luna; Clara Saldarriaga; Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa
Source
Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 165-172 (2024)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1423-0143
00053570
00053570
Abstract
Introduction: Arterial hypertension represents one of the main comorbidities observed in patients with heart failure (HF) and one of the main risk factors for its development. Despite this, studies assessing this hypertensive etiology are scarce in Latin America. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of HF of hypertensive etiology and evaluate its prognosis in patients enrolled in the Colombian Heart Failure Registry (RECOLFACA by its Spanish acronym). Methods: RECOLFACA recruited adult patients diagnosed with HF in 60 centers in Colombia between 2017 and 2019. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to assess factors associated with primary outcomes in patients with hypertensive HF. A p value