C-reactive protein at discharge and 1-year mortality in hospitalised patients with acute decompensated heart failure: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association of a high C-reactive protein (CRP) level at discharge from an acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) hospitalisation with the 1-year clinical outcomes.

Design

A post-hoc subanalysis of a prospective cohort study of patients hospitalised for ADHF (using the Kyoto Congestive Heart Failure (KCHF) registry) between October 2014 and March 2016 with a 1-year follow-up.

Setting

A physician-initiated multicentre registry enrolled consecutive hospitalised patients with ADHF for the first time at 19 secondary and tertiary hospitals in Japan.

Participants

Among the 4056 patients enrolled in the KCHF registry, the present study population consisted of 2618 patients with an available CRP value both on admission and at discharge and po

SUBMITTER: Nishimoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7778780 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature