Emergency department utilization in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a nationwide population-based study.

ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing burden of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) on healthcare resources, data on emergency department (ED) utilization in HCM are lacking. This nationwide population-based study extracted 14,542 HCM patients from the National Health Insurance Service database between 2015-2016, and investigated their ED utilization during a one-year period. The reason for ED utilization was defined as the primary diagnosis upon discharge from EDs. The clinical outcome was defined as hospitalization or all-cause mortality within 90 days after the ED visits. A total of 3209 (22.1%) HCM patients visited EDs within a one-year period (mean age, 66.8 ± 13.8 years; male, 57.4%). The majority (71.1%) of HCM patients who visited the EDs were aged ≥ 60 years. The ED utilization rate was higher in

SUBMITTER: Choi YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894351 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature