Discrepancy between patient-reported quality of life and the prognostic assessment of Japanese patients hospitalized with acute heart failure
Shoji S, Shiraishi Y, Sawano M, Katsumata Y, Yuasa S, Kohno T, Fukuda K, Spertus J, Kohsaka S. Discrepancy between patient-reported quality of life and the prognostic assessment of Japanese patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. Heart And Vessels 2019, 34: 1464-1470. PMID: 30887105, DOI: 10.1007/s00380-019-01378-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical risk scorePatient-reported qualityLong-term prognosisHeart failureHHF patientsRisk scoreComposite outcomeAcute settingGWTG-HF risk scoreHospitalized HF patientsAcute heart failureChronic heart failurePrimary therapeutic targetHealth care providersFirst yearCause mortalityHF patientsHF readmissionPatient characteristicsIndependent predictorsAcute phasePrognostic indicatorJapanese patientsPrognostic assessmentCare providers