Open AccessThe contribution of comorbidities to mortality in hospitalized patients with heart failure
Author(s) -
Oliver Riedel,
Christoph Ohlmeier,
Dirk Enders,
Albrecht Elsässer,
David Vizcaya,
Alexander Michel,
Sveja Eberhard,
N. Schlothauer,
Jan Berg,
Edeltraut Garbe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical research in cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.838
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1861-0692
pISSN - 1861-0684
DOI - 10.1007/s00392-018-1210-x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , comorbidity , intensive care medicine
Heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) has a worse prognosis than HF with preserved EF (HFpEF). The study aimed to evaluate whether different comorbidity profiles of HFrEF- and HFpEF-patients or HF-specific mechanisms contribute to a greater extent to this difference.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom