Association of Ischemic Evaluation and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Admitted With New-Onset Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT: Background The significant morbidity associated with systolic heart failure makes it imperative to identify patients with a reversible cause. We thus sought to evaluate the proportion of patients who received an ischemic evaluation after a hospitalization for new-onset systolic heart failure. Methods and Results Patients admitted with a new diagnosis of heart failure and a reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction (≤40%) were identified in the VA Healthcare System from January 2006 to August 2017. Among those who survived 90 days without a readmission, we evaluated the proportion of patients who underwent an ischemic evaluation. We identified 9625 patients who were admitted with a new diagnosis of systolic heart failure with a concomitant reduction in ejection fraction. A minority of

SUBMITTER: McGuinn E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8174286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature