[Influence of gender on the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients hospitalized for heart failure]
| Autor: | Domingo A. Pascual-Figal, Pablo Peñafiel-Verdú, Belén Redondo-Bermejo, José A. Hurtado-Martínez, Mariano Valdés-Chávarri, Juan Martínez-Sánchez, Daniel Saura-Espín, Iris P. Garrido-Bravo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Anemia Cardiomyopathy Renal function Hemoglobin levels Sex Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Prospective Studies Aged Heart Failure Ejection fraction business.industry Hazard ratio General Medicine medicine.disease Prognosis Confidence interval Hospitalization Survival Rate Heart failure Cardiology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Revista espanola de cardiologia. 60(11) |
| ISSN: | 1579-2242 |
| Popis: | Background and objectives. The natural history of heart failure (HF) may be different in women due to their clinical characteristics, treatment and prognosis being distinct. Our aim was to describe the differential characteristics of women hospitalized with HF. Methods. We prospectively studied consecutive patients who were discharged with a diagnosis of HF (n=412). Clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic, and therapeutic variables were recorded at discharge. During follow-up (16 [9] months), all-cause mortality and the need for rehospitalization were recorded. Results. Compared with men, women (n=157, 38%) were older (75 [12] years vs 71 [18] years, P |
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