Why the study?
Did one-year survival of hospitalized heart failure patients improve from 1995 to 2000?
Population
4,082 patients 35-79 years old with a congestive heart failure discharge code in 1995 or 2000 across 22…
Comparison
Hospitalization for CHF in the year 2000 vs Hospitalization for CHF in the year 1995
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
one year
Authors
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Potential sex disparities in HF survival trends merit attention; leaves open equitable therapy access and requires prospective validation.
Did one-year survival of hospitalized heart failure patients improve from 1995 to 2000?
Survival of men hospitalized for heart failure improved from 1995 to 2000, likely associated with increased use of ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, whereas survival in women showed little to no change.
Shahar et al. (2007) studied this question.
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