Journal of the American College of Cardiology
State-of-the-Art Paper
The Global Health and Economic Burden of Hospitalizations for Heart FailureLessons Learned From Hospitalized Heart Failure Registries
Andrew P. Ambrosy, Gregg C. Fonarow, Javed Butler, Ovidiu Chioncel, Stephen J. Greene, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Savina Nodari, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Naoki Sato, Ami N. Shah and Mihai Gheorghiade
Table 2
Table 2
Factors Identified as Precipitating Hospital Admission in the OPTIMIZE-HF Registry
Arrhythmia | 13.5 |
Uncontrolled hypertension | 10.7 |
Ischemia/ACS | 14.7 |
WRF | 6.8 |
PNA/other respiratory | 15.3 |
Medication nonadherence | 8.9 |
Diet nonadherence | 5.2 |
Other | 12.7 |
Number of precipitating factors | |
0 | 38.7 |
1 | 42.2 |
2 | 13.6 |
3 | 4.2 |
≥4 | 1.4 |
Modified and reprinted with permission from Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Albert NM, et al. Factors identified as precipitating hospital admissions for heart failure and clinical outcomes: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF. Arch Intern Med 2008;168:847–54.
Values are %.
ACS = acute coronary syndrome(s); OPTIMIZE-HF = Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure; PNA = pneumonia; WRF = worsening renal function.
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