Authors
Sameer Ather, Wenyaw Chan, Biykem Bozkurt, David Aguilar, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Amit A Zachariah, Xander HT Wehrens, Anita Deswal
Publication date
2012/3/13
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume
59
Issue
11
Pages
998-1005
Publisher
American College of Cardiology Foundation
Description
Objectives
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and prognostic impacts of noncardiac comorbidities in patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) compared with those with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
Background
There is a paucity of information on the comparative prognostic significance of comorbidities between patients with HFpEF and those with HFrEF.
Methods
In a national ambulatory cohort of veterans with HF, the comorbidity burden of 15 noncardiac comorbidities and the impacts of these comorbidities on hospitalization and mortality were compared between patients with HFpEF and those with HFrEF.
Results
The cohort consisted of 2,843 patients with HFpEF and 6,599 with HFrEF with 2-year follow-up. Compared with patients with HFrEF, those with HFpEF were older and had higher prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes …
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