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Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Ahmad T, Desai NR, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Martin M, Simonov M, Dhar R, Hsiao A, Kashyap N, Allen L, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP. Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 905-912. PMID: 35947362, PMCID: PMC9366654, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUsual care groupElectronic health recordsHeart failureAlert groupMedian agePrimary outcomeFemale patientsTerminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsYale New Haven Health SystemPro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsMedian NT-proBNP levelLeft ventricular ejection fractionLarge tertiary care centerHeart failure hospitalizationHeart failure medicationsNatriuretic peptide levelsNT-proBNP levelsHealth recordsHours of admissionTertiary care centerVentricular ejection fractionRate of hospitalizationIntensive care unitEthnicity groupsSmall community hospital
2019
Clinical Implications of the New York Heart Association Classification
Caraballo C, Desai NR, Mulder H, Alhanti B, Wilson FP, Fiuzat M, Felker GM, Piña IL, O'Connor CM, Lindenfeld J, Januzzi JL, Cohen LS, Ahmad T. Clinical Implications of the New York Heart Association Classification. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2019, 8: e014240. PMID: 31771438, PMCID: PMC6912957, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.014240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew York Heart Association classificationHF clinical trialsNYHA class IIVentricular ejection fractionGUIDE-ITHeart failureNYHA classWalk distanceEjection fractionRisk stratificationHF-ACTIONAssociation classificationClinical trialsMinute ventilation-carbon dioxide production relationshipKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire scoreClass IIMulticenter National InstituteNYHA class IIINT-proBNP levelsKaplan-Meier curvesLog-rank testClinical trial eligibilityWilcoxon rank sum testMaximal oxygen uptakeRank sum test