Key result
Diastolic heart failure was associated with lower annualized adjusted mortality compared to systolic heart failure (11.2% vs. 13.0%, p=0.001) in an urban heart failure population.
Why the study?
Does survival differ between patients with diastolic versus systolic heart failure in an urban American population?
Cohort (n=3,471)
Does survival differ between patients with diastolic versus systolic heart failure in an urban American population?
Absolute Event Rate: 11.2% vs 13%
p-value: p=0.001
In a large urban population, diastolic heart failure is more prevalent than systolic heart failure and is associated with slightly better adjusted survival.
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Cautions against uniform HF prognosis assumptions in urban cohorts; leaves open generalizability and therapeutic implications.
McCullough et al. (2005) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=3,471). Diastolic heart failure vs. Systolic heart failure was evaluated on Annualized age, sex, and race-adjusted mortality (p=0.001). Diastolic heart failure was associated with lower annualized adjusted mortality compared to systolic heart failure (11.2% vs. 13.0%, p=0.001) in an urban heart failure population.
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