Clinical phenotypes, aetiologies, management, and mortality in acute heart failure: a single-institution study in Latin-America.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Little is known regarding acute heart failure (AHF) clinical characteristics and its hospital outcome in Latin America. This study sought to assess the prevalence of, and identify differences among, in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized for AHF who were stratified by clinical phenotype at a hospital in Latin America.

Methods and results

This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with AHF who were hospitalized in the coronary care unit of a Latin American teaching hospital from January 2006 to December 2018. Cox regression analysis was used to identify predictors of mortality. Of 21 042 patients admitted, 7759 (36.6%) had AHF. Their median age was 62 years, and 35% were women. De novo heart failure was seen in 39.4% of patients. Most common was AHF-associat

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Pacheco H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835571 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature