Risk stratification in heart failure decompensation in the community: HEFESTOS score.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Because evidence regarding risk stratification predicting prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF) decompensation attended in primary care is lacking, we developed and externally validated a model to forecast death/hospitalization during the first 30 days after an episode of decompensation. The predictive model is based on variables easily obtained in primary care settings.

Methods and results

HEFESTOS is a multinational study consisting of a derivation cohort of HF patients recruited in 14 primary healthcare centres in Barcelona and a validation cohort from primary healthcare in 9 other European countries. The derivation and validation cohorts included 561 and 250 patients, respectively. Percentages of women in the derivation and validation cohorts were 56.3% and

SUBMITTER: Verdu-Rotellar JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787964 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature