Prognostic impact of the number and Temporality of heart failure Hospitalisations: Analysis of a National healthcare database.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

 To assess the prognostic impact of both the frequency and timing of prior heart failure (HF) hospitalisations on outcomes in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).

Methods and results

This nationwide retrospective cohort study used the French national health insurance database to identify 730,052 adults with HF in 2017. A validated algorithm classified 226,747 as HF with reduced LVEF (<45 %), of whom 54,504 (24 %) had at least one HF-related hospitalisation >24 h within the preceding 24 months (worsening HF group). Patients were stratified by (1) time since the last HF hospitalisation (0-6, 6-24 months) and (2) number of hospitalisations (1, 2, ≥3). Mean age was 76 ± 15 years. Prior HF hospitalisation was the strongest predictor of mort

SUBMITTER: Logeart D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12648490 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature