IMPROV-ED study: outcomes after discharge for an episode of acute-decompensated heart failure and comparison between patients discharged from the emergency department and hospital wards

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 369-378

  Miró, Òscar ^a,b   Gil, Víctor ^a,b   Xipell, Carolina ^a,b   Sánchez, Carolina ^a,b   Aguiló, Sira ^a,b   Martín Sánchez, Francisco J ^c   Herrero, Pablo ^d   Jacob, Javier ^e   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^f   Harjola, Veli Pekka ^g   Llorens, Pere ^h  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Disposition; Emergency department; Hospital admission; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VITAL SIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85006839787     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-016-1065-y     Document Type: Article

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