[HTML][HTML] Impact of the geriatric nutritional risk index on in-hospital mortality and length of hospitalization in patients with acute decompensated heart failure with …

S Hirose, S Miyazaki, S Yatsu, A Sato… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In patients with heart failure (HF), the impact of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) on
in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay remains unclear. We aimed to identify the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the usefulness of EQ-5D as a patient-reported outcome measure using the Paretian classification of health change among patients with chronic …

Å Jonsson, L Orwelius, U Dahlstrom… - Journal of patient …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of EQ-5D as a patient-reported
outcome measure using different analytical methods. Especially we used the Paretian …

Incidence and implications of acute kidney injury in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure

R Doshi, T Dhawan, C Rendon, MA Rodriguez… - Internal and Emergency …, 2020 - Springer
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in patients hospitalized with heart failure
(HF). There is a paucity of research on the incidence and consequences of AKI among …

[HTML][HTML] Assembling and validating a heart failure-free cohort from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study

P Goyal, MT Mefford, L Chen, MR Sterling… - BMC Medical Research …, 2020 - Springer
Background Studies examining incident heart failure (HF) have been limited to select
populations. To examine incident HF with broader generalizability, there is need to …

Predictors of in-hospital mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

C Krittanawong, A Kumar, Z Wang, KW Johnson… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of aortic valve stenosis is strongly associated with older adults. Patients
who undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis …

Twist/untwist parameters are promising evaluators of myocardial mechanic changes in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction

Y Zhang, SY Li, JJ Xie, Y Wu - Clinical Cardiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background This study aimed to evaluate the twist/untwist parameters of the left ventricle
(LV) in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) measured by …

Respiratory support in acute heart failure with preserved vs reduced ejection fraction

TS Metkus, RS Stephens, S Schulman, S Hsu… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is little evidence addressing the use and differential impact of respiratory
support in acute heart failure (AHF) patients with preserved (HFPEF) vs reduced (HFREF) …

Performance of electronic health record diagnosis codes for ambulatory heart failure encounters

P Goyal, B Bose, RM Creber, U Krishnan, M Yang… - Journal of cardiac …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is interest in leveraging the electronic medical records (EMRs) to improve
knowledge and understanding of patients' characteristics and outcomes of patients with …

Relation of a simple cardiac co-morbidity count and cardiovascular readmission after a heart failure hospitalization

A Visaria, L Balkan, LC Pinheiro, J Bryan… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although several risk calculators are available to determine risk for readmission following a
heart failure (HF) hospitalization, none provide information on cause-specific readmission …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of coronary artery disease and coronary microvascular dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

CJ Rush - 2020 - theses.gla.ac.uk
Background Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. HF with
preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) now accounts for around half of the HF population. To …