The prognostic impact of specialist cardiology input in patients admitted for heart failure and normal ejection fraction.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Specialist cardiology care is associated with a prognostic benefit in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) admitted with decompensated HF. However, up to one third of patients admitted with HF and normal ejection fraction (HFnEF) do not receive specialist cardiology input. Whether this has prognostic implications is unknown.

Methods and results

Data on patients hospitalized with HFnEF from two tertiary centres were analysed. The primary outcome measure was all-cause mortality during follow-up. The secondary outcome was in-hospital mortality. A total of 1413 patients were included in the study. Of these, 23% (n = 322) did not receive in-hospital specialist cardiology input. Patients seen by a cardiologist were less likely to have hypert

SUBMITTER: Cannata A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature