The Obesity Paradox and Predictors of Thirty Day Mortality in a Single Center Heart Failure Population

Mortality associated with congestive heart failure continues to be a substantial problem. While in-hospital mortality has declined recently, this same trend has not been replicated in 30-day mortality, an important quality marker for many institutions. Thus, it is important to try to identify patient characteristics that would be predictive of increased mortality in order to target these risk factors to improve 30-day mortality.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 951 Source Type: research