What is the long-term survival and life expectancy following an acute heart failure hospitalization compared to the general population?
Patients hospitalized for acute heart failure face a dismal long-term prognosis, with less than 20% surviving at 10 years and a 60% reduction in life expectancy compared to the general population.
Less than one in five patients hospitalized for HF were surviving by 10 years with patients experiencing almost 60% loss in life expectancy compared with the general population, highlighting the considerable persisting societal burden of HF. Concerted multidisciplinary efforts are needed to improve post-hospitalization outcomes of HF.
Hariharaputhiran et al. (2022) studied this question.