Clinical risk markers and thorough characterization of AHF populations according to history and clinical presentation are important for predicting early and late mortality.
Early and late mortality differ between de novo AHF and ADCHF and between clinical classes of AHF. EHFS II identifies clinical risk markers and demonstrates the importance of a thorough characterization of AHF populations according to history and clinical presentation.
Harjola et al. (Mon,) studied this question.