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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: New onset heart failure with reduced ejection fraction management: single center, real-life Tunisian experience

 

N = 210

Male, n (%)

155 (73.8)

Smoking, n (%)

105 (50)

Hypertension, n (%)

91 (43.3)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

89 (42)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

63 (30)

Chest pain, n (%)

88 (42)

Heart rate > 70 bpm, n (%)

201 (95)

Arterial pressure

 

Systolic, mmHg

115 ± 22

diastolic, mmHg

73 ± 13

Congestive heart failure, n (%)

136 (64.7)

AF, n (%)

84 (40)

NSVT, n (%)

6 (2.8)

Ventricular premature beats, n (%)

64 (30)

LBBB, n (%)

60 (28.6)

LBBB < 120ms, %

45

LBBB [120–130], %

38.4

LBBB [130-150ms], %

11.6

LBBB > 150ms, %

5

Q wave, n (%)

21 (19)

Hemoglobin level, g/dl

12 ± 1

Creatinine level, ùmol/l

97.1 ± 32.4

LVEF < 35%, n (%)

130 (61.9)

RV dysfunction, n (%)

21 (10)

Causes of HFrEF

 

Ischemic cause, n (%)

97 (46.2)

Valvular cause, n (%)

50 (23.8)

Idiopathic, n (%)

34 (16.2)

Hypertensive, n (%)

29 (13.8)

ACEi, n (%)

182 (86,6)

BB, n (%)

186 (88,6)

MRA, n (%)

75 (35,7)

Furosemide, n (%)

210 (100)

Ivabradine, n (%)

10 (21)

SGLT2i, n (%)

19 (9)

Sacubitril/Valsartan, n (%)

31 (15)

ACEI + BB + MRA + SLGT2i, n (%)

17 (8.1)

ACEI + BB + MRA, n (%)

75(35.7)

ACEI + BB, n (%)

164 (78)

ACEI or BB, n (%)

30 (14.3)

CRT-P, n (%)

10 (4.8)

CRT-D, n (%)

6 (2.8)

ICD, n (%)

8 (3.8)

  1. AF, atrial fibrillation; NSVT, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia; LBBB, left bundle branch block; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction; RV, right ventricle; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; ACEi, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; BB, Beta-blockers; MRA, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists; SGLT2, Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors; CRT-P, cardiac resynchronization therapy with pacemaker; CRT-D, cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator