Heart failure etiologies and clinical factors precipitating for worsening heart failure: Findings from BIOSTAT-CHF.

CONCLUSIONS: In BIOSTAT-CHF, patients with HF of an ischemic etiology, and those with worsening HF precipitated by renal failure (irrespective of the underlying HF etiology), had the highest rates of death and HF hospitalization, but still benefited equally from treatment up-titration.
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Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - November 6, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kobayashi M, Voors AA, Girerd N, Billotte M, Anker SD, Cleland JG, Lang CC, Ng LL, van Veldhuisen DJ, Dickstein K, Metra M, Duarte K, Rossignol P, Zannad F, Ferreira JP Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research