Lifetime Analysis of Hospitalizations and Survival of Patients Newly-Admitted with Heart …

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Renal Dysfunction in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved versus Reduced Ejection Fracti…

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Care and Outcomes of Hispanic Patients Admitted with Heart Failure with Preserved or Redu…

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Multiple Biomarkers for Risk Prediction in Chronic Heart Failure.
Circ Heart Fail…

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Presence of Atrial Fibrillation is Independently Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Pati…

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Admission, discharge, or change in B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term outcomes: dat…

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Association of Beta Blocker Exposure with Outcomes in Heart Failure Differs Between Afric…

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Is Worsening Renal Function an Ominous Prognostic Sign in Patients with Acute Heart Failu…

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Increased 90-day mortality in patients with acute heart failure with elevated copeptin: s…

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Prognostic Importance of Early Worsening Renal Function Following Initiation of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with Cardiac Dysfunction.
Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Sep 8;
Authors: Testani JM, Kimmel SE,…

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Thromboembolism and antithrombotic therapy in patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm: current status and future directions.
Circ Heart Fail. 2011 May 1;4(3):361-8
Authors: Bettari L, Fiuzat M, Becker R, Felker GM, Metra M…

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Characteristics and Outcomes of Very Elderly Patients Following First Hospitalization for Heart Failure.
Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Apr 5;
Authors: Shah RU, Tsai V, Klein L, Heidenreich PA
BACKGROUND: -The very elderly (age…

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Discharge to a Skilled Nursing Facility and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes Among Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure.
Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Mar 29;
Authors: Allen LA, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Curtis LH, Dai D, Masoud…

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Factors associated with outcome in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: findings from the Irbesartan in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Study (I-PRESERVE).

Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Jan 1;4(1):27-35

Authors: Komajda M, Carson PE, Hetzel S, McKelvie R, McMurray J, Ptaszynska A, Zile MR, Demets D, Massie BM

The determinants of prognosis in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HF-PEF) are poorly documented.

PMID: 21068341 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Race, Gender, and Age Differences in Heart Failure-Related Hospitalizations in a Southern State: Implications for Prevention.

Circ Heart Fail. 2010 Dec 22;

Authors: Husaini BA, Mensah GA, Sawyer D, Cain VA, Samad Z, Hull PC, Levine RS, Sampson UK

BACKGROUND: -Since heart failure (HF) is the final common pathway for most heart diseases, we examined its 10-year prevalence trend by race, gender, and age in Tennessee. METHODS AND RESULTS: -HF hospitalization data from the Tennessee Hospital Discharge Data System were analyzed by race, gender and age. Rates were directly age-adjusted using the Year 2000 standard population. Adult (age 20+) in-patient hospitalization for primary diagnosis of HF (HFPD) increased from 4.2% in 1997 to 4.5% in 2006. Age-adjusted hospitalization for HF (per 10,000 population) rose by 11.3% (from 29.3 in 1997 to 32.6 in 2006). Parallel changes in secondary HF admissions were also noted. Age-adjusted rates were higher among blacks than whites and higher among men than women. The ratios of black to white by gender admitted with HFPD in 2006 were highest (9:1) among the youngest age categories (20-34 and 35-44 years). Furthermore, for each age category of black men below 65 years, there were higher HF admission rates than for white men in the immediate older age category. In 2006, the adjusted rate ratios for HFPD in black to white men aged 20-34 and 35-44 years were OR=4.75, CI (3.29-6.86) and OR 5.10, CI (4.15-6.25) respectively. Hypertension was the independent predictor of HF admissions in black men age 20-34 years. CONCLUSIONS: -The higher occurrence of HF among young adults in general, particularly among young black men, highlights the need for prevention by identifying modifiable biological and social determinants in order to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in this vulnerable group.

PMID: 21178017 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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