Comparison of outcomes after hospitalization for worsening heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke in patients with heart failure and reduced and preserved ejection fraction

ConclusionsIn patients with both HF‐REF and HF‐PEF, hospitalization for WHF was associated with high early and late mortality. The early relative risk of death was not as great as following MI or stroke, but the longer term relative risk of death was similar following all three types of event. Numerically, more deaths occurred following WHF because it was a much more common event.

Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - December 30, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Søren L. Kristensen, Pardeep S. Jhund, Lars Køber, David Preiss, John Kjekshus, Robert S. McKelvie, Michael R. Zile, Inder S. Anand, John Wikstrand, Hans Wedel, Michel Komajda, Peter E. Carson, John G.F. Cleland, John J.V. McMurray Tags: Original Article Source Type: research