Of these, 5.6% met resynchronization therapy criteria at admission. There was no significant difference in the cardiovascular event rate at 3 months between patients who met resynchronization therapy criteria and those who did not (34.2% vs 23.4%, respectively). Admitting hospital (odds ratio [OR]...
All deaths and hospitalizations were predefined according to prespecified criteria and subclassified as due to a CV cause, a non-CV cause, or an unknown cause. CV death was defined as death from HF, myocardial infarction...
The aetiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is heterogenous and overlaps with that of several comorbidities like atrial fibrill
coronary investigations were carried out without fulfilling prior criteria for IHF. If prior conclusive data were absent and no investigation for IHD was performed, the aetiology was considered unknown. Investigations carried out...
The study selection criteria excluded patients who were not able to stand up to be weighed or measured or who were not able to undergo the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA ) due to functional deterioration prior to admission or which developed during the hospital stay. The exclusion of patients...
(HFNEF) and positive in heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFREF). The neutral outcomes of HFNEF trials were often attributed to deficient HFNEF patient recruitment with inclusion of many HFREF or noncardiac patients. Patient recruitment criteria of 21 HFNEF trials were...
Increased plasma levels of circulating NP in patients with congestive HF are directly related to the severity of congestive heart failure, as classified by the New York Heart Association criteria19. Measuring the plasma or the serum concentrations of both BNP and NT-proBNP is therefore currently ...
The distribution of performance for the heart failure measure was 61 (53.5%), 37 (32.5%), and 16 (14.0%), respectively. Conclusion: Measures of RSAARs for patients with diabetes and heart failure meet criteria for scientific soundness and reveal important variation in quality across ACOs. 展开...
In contrast, large changes were observed among a separate cohort of patients recovering from an admission for decompensated heart failure. The KCCQ offers several advantages over the LiHFe, another disease specific HRQoL instrument for CHF. The KCCQ not only captures physical limitations, but also ...
In addition to these criteria, patients had to have at least one of the following markers of a further increase in risk: an unplanned cardiovascular admission lasting >48 h within the previous 2 years, an LV ejection fraction <25%, or treatment with furosemide at a dose of ≥100 mg/day ...