Sex differences in in-hospital mortality in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction
Hsich E, Grau-Sepulveda M, Hernandez A, Peterson E, Schwamm L, Bhatt D, Fonarow G. Sex differences in in-hospital mortality in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction. American Heart Journal 2012, 163: 430-437.e3. PMID: 22424014, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital mortalityHeart failureRisk factorsHF patientsEjection fractionAcute decompensated heart failureRenal failure/dialysisGuidelines-Heart FailureDecompensated heart failurePrimary end pointPeripheral vascular diseaseSystolic blood pressureCoronary artery diseaseValvular heart diseaseEquation logistic modelsSex differencesMulticenter registryBaseline characteristicsArtery diseaseBlood pressureHospital clusteringHospitalized patientsStudy cohortVascular diseaseHeart disease