Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Heart Failure
Transtubular Potassium Concentration Gradient as a Surrogate Measure of Arterial Underfilling in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Taiki SakaguchiAkio HirataKazunori KashiwaseYoshiharu HiguchiTomohito OhtaniYasushi SakataYukihiro KoretsuneYoshio Yasumura
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2016 Volume 80 Issue 9 Pages 1965-1970

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Background:The monitoring of tissue hypoperfusion and the subsequent neurohumoral activation (ie, arterial underfilling) during decongestion is important for the management of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). The transtubular potassium concentration gradient (TTKG) has been reported to be a marker of renal aldosterone bioactivity. This study tested the hypothesis that TTKG can be a surrogate of arterial underfilling in patients with ADHF.

Methods and Results:We measured TTKG at discharge in 100 ADHF patients. The primary outcome measure was the occurrence of tissue hypoperfusion events (defined according to the “Cold Modified 2014” definition criteria) within 1 month after discharge. The secondary outcome measure was the occurrence of cardiac death or ADHF readmission within 3 months after discharge. On receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, TTKG predicted tissue hypoperfusion events with high accuracy (C-statistic, 0.889) for a cut-off of 6.0. Multivariate Cox regression analyses demonstrated independent relationships between TTKG and both the primary and secondary outcomes.

Conclusions:TTKG has utility as a surrogate of arterial underfilling, and spot TTKG at discharge may be a prognostic marker in ADHF patients. (Circ J 2016; 80: 1965–1970)

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