Key result
Heart failure in patients with acute ischemic stroke was associated with worse clinical outcomes in terms of mortality, event severity, and duration of hospital stay.
Why the study?
Many patients with ischemic stroke have simultaneous heart failure, but the prognostic implications of presenting with both pathologies required analysis.
Does comorbid heart failure worsen clinical prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke?
Cohort
Does comorbid heart failure worsen clinical prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke?
p-value: p==0.566
The presence of comorbid heart failure in patients with acute ischemic stroke is associated with increased inhospital mortality, greater event severity, and longer hospital stays.
HF may worsen in-hospital stroke outcomes; leaves open whether targeted HF management improves prognosis.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Ischemic stroke is a common cause of death worldwide. In clinical practice it is observed that many individuals who have experienced an ischemic stroke also suffer from simultaneous comorbidities such as heart failure, which could be directly associated with a worse clinical prognosis. Therefore, this study analyzed outcomes in terms of the severity of the event, inhospital mortality, duration of hospital stay, and inhospital recurrence of the episode, in order to determine the implications resulting from the presentation of both pathologies. METHODS: This was a retrospective-cohort, hospital-based study. RESULTS: =0.566). CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with heart failure who suffer from an acute ischemic stroke show worse clinical outcomes in terms of mortality, event severity, and duration of hospital stay.
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Villanueva et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Heart failure vs. Without heart failure was evaluated on Severity of the event, inhospital mortality, duration of hospital stay, and inhospital recurrence (p==0.566). Heart failure in patients with acute ischemic stroke was associated with worse clinical outcomes in terms of mortality, event severity, and duration of hospital stay.
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