Mortality and Readmission Rates in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Comparison Between Cardiology and General‐Medicine Service Outcomes in an Underserved Population

ConclusionsIn this cohort of ADHF patients from the Bronx, New York, involvement of a cardiologist resulted in improved short‐term mortality and readmission outcomes compared with treatment by general internal medicine.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - January 1, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ahmed M. Selim, Jeremy A. Mazurek, Muhammad Iqbal, Dan Wang, Abdissa Negassa, Ronald Zolty Tags: Quality and Outcomes Source Type: research