Trends in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Brigham and Women's Hospital · Harvard University · +6 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (EF) is a common syndrome, but trends in treatments and outcomes are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed data from 275 hospitals in Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure from January 2005 to October 2010. Patients were stratified by EF as reduced EF (EF
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 28.58
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 27
Authors
8- BABenjamin A. SteinbergCorresponding
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Duke University, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
- XZXin Zhao
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
- PAPaul A. Heidenreich
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
- EDEric D. Peterson
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
- DLDeepak L. Bhatt
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Duke University, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Ejection fraction
- Cardiology
- Heart failure
- Internal medicine
- Good health and well-being