Characteristics and outcomes of heart failure hospitalization before implementation of a heart failure clinic: The PRECIC study

Objective: This study aims to characterize patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (HF) in an internal medicine department and their one-year mortality and rate of rehospitalization for decompensated HF. Methods: This retrospective observational study enrolled all patients discharged in 2012 a...

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Main Authors: Irene Marques, Sara Abreu, Manuela V. Bertão, Betânia Ferreira, Raquel Lopes Ramos, Juliana Lopes, Sandra Nunes, Denisa Mendonça, Laetitia Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255117303372