Key result
Among Korean patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease was the most frequent underlying cause (33.2%) and the main cause in fatal cases (46.2%) at 1 year.
Population
690 hospitalized Korean patients with congestive heart failure
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
one year
Authors
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IHD predominates as HF cause and mortality driver in Koreans; leaves open generalizability to contemporary global cohorts.
Cohort (n=690)
Yes
Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of heart failure and associated mortality in Korean patients, highlighting its primary role in the etiology of heart failure in this population.
Lee et al. (2003) conducted a cohort in Congestive heart failure (n=690). Congestive heart failure was evaluated on One-year mortality. Among Korean patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease was the most frequent underlying cause (33.2%) and the main cause in fatal cases (46.2%) at 1 year.
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