The prognostic impact of admission clinical profile and systolic blood pressure in acute heart failure diminishes for patients who survive at least 6 months post-discharge.
May inform survivor-focused risk models in acute HF; leaves open need for prospective validation of time-dependent factors.
Rates of adverse outcomes in AHF remain high, and substantial differences have been found when patients were stratified by clinical profile or SBP. However, patients who survived at least 6 months post-discharge represent a more homogeneous group and their 1-year outcome is less influenced by clinical profile or SBP at admission.
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