Eldrin F Lewis, Brian Claggett, Amil M Shah, Jiankang Liu, Sanjiv J Shah, Inder Anand, Eileen O'Meara, Nancy K Sweitzer, Jean L Rouleau, James C Fang, Akshay S Desai, Tamrat M Retta, Scott D Solomon, John F Heitner, Thomas D Stamos, Robin Boineau, Bertram Pitt, Marc A Pfeffer
BACKGROUND: Black patients have been shown to have different baseline characteristics and outcomes compared with nonblack patients in cohort studies. However, few studies have focused on heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients. We aimed to determine the difference in cardiovascular outcomes in black and nonblack patients with HFpEF and to determine the relative efficacy and safety of spironolactone in black and nonblack patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients with HFpEF, randomized to spironolactone versus placebo in the TOPCAT trial (Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure With an Aldosterone Antagonist) in North and South America, were grouped according to self-described black and nonblack race...
March 2018: Circulation. Heart Failure