Asymptomatic heart failure in patients with history of coronary artery disease

Abstract EN

The early detection of asymptomatic heart failure (HF) is an important approach in modern HF prevention strategies, such as the ACC / AHA (American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association) staging classification of HF.

The aim of this prospective clinical study is to show the efficacy of application of the ACC / AHA staging classification of HF to asymptomatic patients with history of CAD.

For this purpose, one hundred patients were followed up in a specialized private clinic in Aden for 3 years, from December 2005 to December 2008.The follow up results showed a low rate of HF manifestation & improvement of echocardiographic findings in patients who were followed up by the ACC / AHA guidelines, compared with the controlled patients, who were remained without preventive therapy.