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    Epidemiology of decompensated heart failure in a single community in the northeastern United States

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    Authors
    Goldberg, Robert J.
    Darling, Chad E.
    Joseph, Bernard
    Saczynski, Jane S.
    Chinali, Marcello
    Lessard, Darleen M.
    Pezzella, Steven
    Spencer, Frederick A.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2009-07-21
    Keywords
    Aged
    Aged, 80 and over
    Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
    Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
    Diuretics
    Female
    Heart Failure
    Hospitalization
    Humans
    Male
    Severity of Illness Index
    United States
    Bioinformatics
    Biostatistics
    Epidemiology
    Health Services Research
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.045
    Abstract
    Limited data are available describing the clinical characteristics, hospital treatment practices, and hospital and long-term death rates of patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure (HF). To examine the descriptive epidemiology of acute HF in residents of a large New England metropolitan area during the 2 study years of 1995 and 2000, we reviewed the medical records of patients hospitalized with acute HF at 11 medical centers in the Worcester, Massachusetts, metropolitan area during 1995 and 2000 for purposes of collecting information about patients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, hospital management approaches, and hospital and postdischarge mortalities. The mean age of 4,537 residents of the Worcester metropolitan area hospitalized with decompensated HF was 76 years, 57% were women, and most study patients had been previously diagnosed with several co-morbidities. The average duration of hospitalization was 6.3 days and 6.8% of patients died during hospitalization. Diuretics (98%) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers (54%) were the most common medications used to treat acutely ill patients. The 1- and 5-year death rates of hospital survivors were 39% and 77%, respectively, with no change observed in these death rates between our 2 study years. In conclusion, the results of this observational study in residents of a central New England metropolitan area provide insights into the characteristics, treatment practices, and short- and long-term death rates associated with this increasingly prevalent clinical syndrome.
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    Am J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 1;104(3):377-82. Epub 2009 Jun 6. Link to article on publisher's site
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    10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.045
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47211
    PubMed ID
    19616671
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