Why the study?
Does worsening of chronic heart failure associate with higher rates of readmission and death compared to new-onset heart failure in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure?
Does worsening of chronic heart failure associate with higher rates of readmission and death compared to new-onset heart failure in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure?
Worsening chronic heart failure carries a worse prognosis than new-onset heart failure among patients hospitalized for decompensation.
Among patients hospitalized with decompensated HF, worsening of chronic HF was associated with poorer outcomes compared with new-onset HF.
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