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Prevention is the best treatment
1. Prevention is the Best TreatmentPrevention is the Best Treatment
Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhDMarc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD
Dzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolDzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women’s HospitalCardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston, MassachusettsBoston, Massachusetts
Disclosures: Marc A. Pfeffer, M.D., Ph.D., reports having serves as consultant to Aastrom, Abbott Vascular, Amgen, Cleveland
Clinic, Concert, Daiichi Sankyo, Fibrogen, Genzyme, GlaxoSmithKline, Hamilton Health Sciences, Medtronic, Merck, Novartis, Novo
Nordisk, Roche, Salix, Sanderling, Sanofi Aventis, Servier, and Teva and having received grant support from Amgen, Celladon,
Novartis, and Sanofi-Aventis. The Brigham and Women’s Hospital has patents for the use of inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin
system in survivors of MI with Novartis. Dr. Pfeffer’s shares are irrevocably transferred to charity.
2. NORMAL
No symptoms
Normal exercise
Normal LV
No symptoms
Normal exercise
Abnormal LV
No symptoms
Exercise
Abnormal LV
Symptoms
Exercise
Abnormal LV
with treatment
Symptoms not controlled
Asymptomatic
LV Dysfunction
Compensated HF
Decompensated
Heart failure
Refractory Heart
Failure
Stage A
Stage B
Stage C
Stage D
NYHA Class
(I–IV)
NYHA IV
Stage C
2001
3. Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension
VA Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents
143 men (DBP 115 to 129 mm Hg), mean follow-up ~18 months, 29 events
Placebo group
(n=70)
HCTZ + Reserpine +
Hydralazine HCl group
(n=73)
Total events 27 2
Deaths (all CV) 4 0
Class A events* 10 0
Other treatment failures 7 1
Class B events† 6 1
CHF 4 0
*
Required treatment with known active agents and permanent removal from protocol assigned
therapy (nature of events included dissecting aortic aneurysm, sudden death, ruptured AAA,
fundi striate hemorrhage and papilledema, CHF, elevated BUN, rehospitalization,VA Cooperative Study Group. JAMA 1967;202(11);1028-33
5. Antihypertensive Rx CHF
SHEP Cooperative Research Group. JAMA 1991;265:3255–64
Dahlöf B et al. Lancet 1991;338:1281–5
SHEP
n
2365
2371
Active
Placebo
Relative
risk
6. Fatal or Nonfatal Stroke Heart Failure
HR = 0.70
(0.49-1.01)
HR = 0.36
(0.22-0.58)
Target blood pressure
150/80 mmHg
The Trial: International, multi centre,
randomised double-blind placebo controlled
Inclusion Criteria:
Aged 80 or more,
Systolic BP; 160 -199mmHg
+ diastolic BP; <110 mmHg
Primary Endpoint:
All strokes (fatal and non-fatal)
2008
7. Lewis EF. JACC 2003;42(8):1446-53
CARE: Multivariable Predictors of
Heart Failure
8. PEACE: Development of HF
Age 65 to <75 years (vs <65)
1.89 (1.4 - 2.5)
<0.00
Age ≥75 years (vs <65)
3.15 (2.2 - 4.5)
<0.00
Hx of Diabetes
2.10 (1.6 - 2.7) Lewis EF et al. Circulation: Heart Failure 2009;2:209-16
Baseline Characteristics
HR (95% CI)
p-value
9. Placebo n = 228/2223 (10.3%)
Simvastatin n = 184/2221 (8.3%)
p <0.015
10. Stages of HF and treatment options for
systolic heart failure
Jessup M and Brozena S. N Engl J Med 2003
ICD
Risk factor reduction, patient and family education
Treat hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes. ACE inhibitors (or ARB) in selected patients
ACE inhibitors (or ARB) in all patients; Beta blockers in selected patients.
1’ Prevention
11. NORMAL
No symptoms
Normal exercise
Normal LV
No symptoms
Normal exercise
Abnormal LV
No symptoms
Exercise
Abnormal LV
Symptoms
Exercise
Abnormal LV
with treatment
Symptoms not controlled
Asymptomatic
LV Dysfunction
Compensated HF
Decompensated
Heart failure
Refractory Heart
Failure
Stage A
Stage B
Stage C
Stage D
NYHA Class
(I–IV)
NYHA IV
Stage C
2001
12. Years following MI
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Cupples et al. The Framingham Study. NIH Publication 1987;87:2703
MI male
Cumulativeprobability
ofevent
The Framingham Heart Study: 1987
Risk of Heart Failure After MI
(Age 35 to 94 at Diagnosis)
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
MI female
Matched male
Matched female
19. 1 2 3 4 5
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Follow-Up (Years)
%
Heart Failure or Death
Heart Failure
HR Death post-HF = 9.8 (95% CI 7.7 – 13.5)
HF: 68 of 243 (28%) died within 3.5 years
Vs.
No HF: 252 of 3617 (7%) died within 5 years
2003
CARECARE
21. ICD
Risk factor reduction, patient and family education
Treat hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes. ACE inhibitors (or ARB) in selected patients
ACE inhibitors (or ARB) in all patients; Beta blockers in selected patients.
1’ Prevention
Stages of HF and treatment options for
systolic heart failure
Jessup M and Brozena S
2003
23. Superior doctors prevent the disease.
Mediocre doctors treat the disease before evident.
Inferior doctors treat the full blown disease.
- Huang Dee: Nai-Ching (2600 B.C. 1st Chinese Medical Text.)
24. Stages of HF and treatment options for
systolic heart failure
Jessup M and Brozena S. N Engl J Med 2003
ICD
Risk factor reduction, patient and family education
Treat hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes. ACE inhibitors (or ARB) in selected patients
ACE inhibitors (or ARB) in all patients; Beta blockers in selected patients.
1’ Prevention