Trends in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Prevalence, Therapies, and Outcomes

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (EF) is a common syndrome, but trends in treatments and outcomes are lacking. 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

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Published in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2012-07, Vol.126 (1), p.65-75
Main Authors: STEINBERG, Benjamin A, XIN ZHAO, HEIDENREICH, Paul A, PETERSON, Eric D, BHATT, Deepak L, CANNON, Christopher P, HERNANDEZ, Adrian F, FONAROW, Gregg C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
American Heart Association
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Blood. Blood coagulation. Reticuloendothelial system
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cohort Studies
Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous
Female
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - therapy
Hospitalization - trends
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards
Prevalence
Stroke Volume - physiology
Treatment Outcome
United States - epidemiology
Ventricular Function, Left - physiology
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Summary:Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (EF) is a common syndrome, but trends in treatments and outcomes are lacking. 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
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.080770