TY - JOUR
T1 - Beta-Blocker Use in Hypertension and Heart Failure (A Secondary Analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial)
AU - Silverman, Daniel N.
AU - de Lavallaz, Jeanne du Fay
AU - Plante, Timothy B.
AU - Infeld, Margaret M.
AU - Goyal, Parag
AU - Juraschek, Stephen P.
AU - Dougherty, Geoff B.
AU - Callas, Peter W.
AU - Meyer, Markus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/2/15
Y1 - 2022/2/15
N2 - Given the concern that beta-blocker use may be associated with an increased risk for heart failure (HF) in populations with normal left ventricular systolic function, we evaluated the association between beta-blocker use and incident HF events, as well as loop diuretic initiation in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). SPRINT demonstrated that a blood pressure target of <120 mm Hg reduced cardiovascular outcomes compared with <140 mm Hg in adults with at least one cardiovascular risk factor and without HF. The lower rate of the composite primary outcome in the 120 mm Hg group was primarily driven by a reduction in HF events. Subjects on a beta blocker for the entire trial duration were compared with subjects who never received a beta blocker after 1:1 propensity score matching. A competing risk survival analysis by beta-blocker status was performed to estimate the effect of the drug on incident HF and was then repeated for a secondary end point of cardiovascular disease death. Among the 3,284 propensity score–matched subjects, beta-blocker exposure was associated with an increased HF risk (hazard ratio 5.86; 95% confidence interval 2.73 to 13.04; p <0.001). A sensitivity analysis of propensity score–matched cohorts with a history of coronary artery disease or atrial fibrillation revealed the same association (hazard ratio 3.49; 95% confidence interval 1.15 to 10.06; p = 0.028). In conclusion, beta-blocker exposure in this secondary analysis was associated with increased incident HF in subjects with hypertension without HF at baseline.
AB - Given the concern that beta-blocker use may be associated with an increased risk for heart failure (HF) in populations with normal left ventricular systolic function, we evaluated the association between beta-blocker use and incident HF events, as well as loop diuretic initiation in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). SPRINT demonstrated that a blood pressure target of <120 mm Hg reduced cardiovascular outcomes compared with <140 mm Hg in adults with at least one cardiovascular risk factor and without HF. The lower rate of the composite primary outcome in the 120 mm Hg group was primarily driven by a reduction in HF events. Subjects on a beta blocker for the entire trial duration were compared with subjects who never received a beta blocker after 1:1 propensity score matching. A competing risk survival analysis by beta-blocker status was performed to estimate the effect of the drug on incident HF and was then repeated for a secondary end point of cardiovascular disease death. Among the 3,284 propensity score–matched subjects, beta-blocker exposure was associated with an increased HF risk (hazard ratio 5.86; 95% confidence interval 2.73 to 13.04; p <0.001). A sensitivity analysis of propensity score–matched cohorts with a history of coronary artery disease or atrial fibrillation revealed the same association (hazard ratio 3.49; 95% confidence interval 1.15 to 10.06; p = 0.028). In conclusion, beta-blocker exposure in this secondary analysis was associated with increased incident HF in subjects with hypertension without HF at baseline.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.10.049
DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.10.049
M3 - Article
C2 - 34906366
AN - SCOPUS:85121149861
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 165
SP - 58
EP - 64
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
ER -