Impact of decreased lymphocyte, total cholesterol, and albumin levels at discharge on all-cause death in patients with acute heart failure

Background Lymphocyte, total cholesterol, and albumin levels consist of Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score, which has been reported to prognosticate patients with acute heart failure (AHF). However, the influence of each component of CONUT score on outcomes in patients with AHF was not fully elucidated. Purpose We aimed to evaluate the prognostic implication of the decrease in lymphocyte, total cholesterol, and albumin levels in patients with AHF. Methods We analyzed 1812 AHF patients in whom data at discharge were available from a multicenter registry. The decrease of lymphocyte (Ly) count was assigned with Ly≥1600/mL (31.0%), 1200≤ Ly Results Cumulative one-year incidence of the all-cause death was higher with decreasing Ly, TC, and Alb levels (P Conclusions The prognostic implications after discharge were different in albumin, lymphocyte count, and total cholesterol in patients with AHF. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None. Figure 1