Can readily available clinical characteristics at hospital discharge identify heart failure patients at high risk for persistently unfavorable quality of life or death?
Identifying clinical characteristics at discharge can help target high-risk heart failure patients for aggressive therapies or end-of-life discussions.
At the time of hospital discharge, readily available clinical characteristics are associated with HF patients at high risk for persistently unfavorable QoL or death over the next 6 months. Such information can target patients for whom aggressive treatment options (eg, devices or transplantation) and/or end-of-life discussions should be strongly considered before hospital discharge.
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