Treatment patterns and trajectories in patients after acute heart failure hospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The trajectories of systolic function after admission for acute heart failure (HF) and their effect on clinical outcomes have not been fully elucidated. We aimed to assess changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) between the index and 1 year after discharge and to examine their prognostic implications.

Methods and results

We extracted data from a prospective multicentre registry of patients hospitalized for acute HF and identified 1636 patients with LVEF data at admission and 1 year after discharge. We categorized them into five groups based on LVEF changes: HF with unchanged-preserved EF [HFunc-pEF (EF ≥ 50%); N = 527, 32.2%], unchanged-mildly reduced EF [HFunc-mrEF (EF 41-49%); N = 86, 5.3%], unchanged-reduced EF [HFunc-rEF (EF ≤ 40%); N = 377, 23.0%], wor

SUBMITTER: Nakamaru R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10966272 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature