Predictors for hospitalizations in elderly patients with clinical symptoms of heart failure: A 10-year observational primary healthcare study

Conclusion In patients with HF symptoms managed in primary healthcare, age, and underlying heart diseases predicted all-cause hospitalizations. N-terminal of prohormone brain natriuretic peptide added independent prognostic information for cardiovascular hospitalizations.
Source: Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research