Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor strongly predicts global mortality in acute heart failure patients: insight from the STADE-HF registry

Background: Whether soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) could be a valuable prognostic indicator remains uncertain.

Materials & methods: Patients from STADE-HF (Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenesis-2 as a Help for Management of Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure) were included for analysis.

Results: 95 patients were included. The suPAR level of expression was significantly higher in the group of patients who died at one month (7.90 ± 4.35 ng/ml vs 11.94 ± 6.86 ng/ml; p < 0.05) or 1 year (7.28 ± 4.27 ng/ml vs 11.81 ± 4.88 ng/ml; p < 0.01), but there was no significant difference according to the readmission.

Conclusion: High suPAR levels during hospitalization for acute heart failure were highly predictive for the risk of mortality, but not the risk of readmission.