Journal article
Epidemiology of Decompensated Heart Failure in a Single Community in the Northeastern United States
Abstract
Limited data are available describing the clinical characteristics, hospital treatment practices, and hospital and long-term death rates of patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure (HF). To examine the descriptive epidemiology of acute HF in residents of a large New England metropolitan area during the 2 study years of 1995 and 2000, we reviewed the medical records of patients hospitalized with acute HF at 11 medical centers in …
Authors
Goldberg RJ; Darling C; Joseph B; Saczynski J; Chinali M; Lessard D; Pezzella S; Spencer FA
Journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 104, No. 3, pp. 377–382
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.045
ISSN
0002-9149