2017
Sudden cardiac death after acute heart failure hospital admission: insights from ASCEND‐HF
Pokorney SD, Al‐Khatib S, Sun J, Schulte P, O'Connor CM, Teerlink JR, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA, Starling RC, Voors AA, Velazquez EJ, Hernandez AF, Mentz RJ. Sudden cardiac death after acute heart failure hospital admission: insights from ASCEND‐HF. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2017, 20: 525-532. PMID: 29266564, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden cardiac deathVT/VFHeart failure hospital admissionsAcute HFCardiac deathHospital admissionVentricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillationDecompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF) trialChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseVT/VF eventsEvent ratesComposite event rateMeier event ratesHeart Failure TrialCause mortality ratesDay of admissionObstructive pulmonary diseaseLonger QRS durationCause mortalityBaseline characteristicsComposite endpointEjection fractionPulmonary diseaseASCEND-HFFailure Trial
2008
Improvements in Signs and Symptoms During Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure Follow Different Patterns and Depend on the Measurement Scales Used: An International, Prospective Registry to Evaluate the Evolution of Measures of Disease Severity in Acute Heart Failure (MEASURE-AHF)
Allen LA, Metra M, Milo-Cotter O, Filippatos G, Reisin LH, Bensimhon DR, Gronda EG, Colombo P, Felker GM, Dei L, Kremastinos DT, O'connor CM, Cotter G, Davison BA, Dittrich HC, Velazquez EJ. Improvements in Signs and Symptoms During Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure Follow Different Patterns and Depend on the Measurement Scales Used: An International, Prospective Registry to Evaluate the Evolution of Measures of Disease Severity in Acute Heart Failure (MEASURE-AHF). Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2008, 14: 777-784. PMID: 18995183, PMCID: PMC3961584, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.07.188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute heart failureHeart failurePatient-reported dyspneaProspective international cohortSymptoms of dyspneaPatient-reported symptomsVisual analog scaleMultiple clinical measuresAHF episodeAHF therapiesProspective registryEjection fractionPhysician assessmentAnalog scaleMean ageVAS measuresInternational cohortClinical measuresDyspneaPhysical signsDischarge decisionsDisease severitySymptomsDifferent patternsHospitalization