Five-year mortality and readmission rates in patients with heart failure in India: Results from the Trivandrum heart failure registry

Heart failure (HF) has emerged as an important and increasing disease burden in India. We present the 5-year outcomes of patients hospitalized for HF in India. The Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry (THFR) recruited consecutive patients admitted for acute HF among 16 hospitals in Trivandrum, Kerala i...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 2021-03, Vol.326, p.139-143
Main Authors: Harikrishnan, Sivadasanpillai, Jeemon, Panniyammakal, Ganapathi, Sanjay, Agarwal, Anubha, Viswanathan, Sunitha, Sreedharan, Madhu, Vijayaraghavan, Govindan, Bahuleyan, Charantharayil G., Biju, Ramabhadran, Nair, Tiny, Pratapkumar, N., Krishnakumar, K., Rajalekshmi, N., Suresh, Krishnan, Huffman, Mark D.
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Language:English
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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - therapeutic use
Aged
Cohort
Female
Heart failure
Heart Failure - diagnosis
Heart Failure - drug therapy
Humans
India
India - epidemiology
Long term
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Patient Readmission
Registries
Registry
Stroke Volume
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Summary:Heart failure (HF) has emerged as an important and increasing disease burden in India. We present the 5-year outcomes of patients hospitalized for HF in India. The Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry (THFR) recruited consecutive patients admitted for acute HF among 16 hospitals in Trivandrum, Kerala in 2013. Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) was defined as the combination of beta-blockers (BB), renin angiotensin system blockers (RAS), and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA) in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF, EF 
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.10.012