Why the study?
Does higher comorbidity burden predict 3-year mortality in geriatric outpatients with newly diagnosed heart failure?
Population
93 geriatric outpatients with newly diagnosed heart failure, mean age 82.7 years, 36.6% men.
Comparison
Higher comorbidity burden vs Lower comorbidity burden
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
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Severe comorbidity burden identifies high-risk new HF outpatients; leaves open whether comorbidity-targeted interventions improve survival.
Does higher comorbidity burden predict 3-year mortality in geriatric outpatients with newly diagnosed heart failure?
In geriatric outpatients with newly diagnosed heart failure, severe comorbidity burden is a strong, independent predictor of 3-year mortality, with over half of patients dying within this timeframe.
Oudejans et al. (2011) studied this question.
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