Patterns of comorbidities differentially impact on in-hospital outcomes in heart failure patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac and non-cardiac comorbidities are highly prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF). The aim of the present study was to describe their selective impact on in-hospital outcomes (length of hospitalization and mortality) of HF patients hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Unit.

Methods

Between January 2017 and December 2022, 12,435 (6146 F, 6289 M) inpatients were hospitalized in our Internal Medicine Unit. HF was defined according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) version 9 codes 428, 402.01, 402.11, 402.91, 404.11, 404.13, 404.91, 404.93. Patients were classified by burden of overall, cardiac, and of non-cardiac comorbidities (0, 1, 2, 3 +). Multivariable regression models were used to assess a

SUBMITTER: Murru V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12100837 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature