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Acute heart failure carries an in-hospital mortality of 4-7%, a 2- to 3-month postdischarge mortality of 7-11%, and accounts for nearly 70% of total heart failure-related healthcare costs.
Acute heart failure remains a major public health burden with high short-term mortality and readmission rates, driving the majority of heart failure-related healthcare costs.
Highlights the persistent clinical and economic burden of acute heart failure; leaves open the urgent need for novel.
Acute heart failure ( AHF ) is defined as the rapid development or change in symptoms and signs of heart failure that requires urgent medical attention and usually hospitalization. AHF is the first reason for hospital admission in individuals aged 65 or more. Despite therapeutic advances, it remains a syndrome with particularly ominous prognosis, with an in‐hospital mortality rate of 4–7%, a 2‐ to 3‐month postdischarge mortality of 7–11% and a 2‐ to 3‐month readmission rate of 25–30%. In addition, AHF is the single most important determinant of the huge healthcare expenditure related to heart failure, as it accounts for nearly 70% of the total heart failure‐related cost. Answer questions and earn CME: https://wileyhealthlearning.com/Activity2/5608946/Activity.aspx
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Farmakis et al. (2017) conducted a review in Acute heart failure. Acute heart failure carries an in-hospital mortality of 4-7%, a 2- to 3-month postdischarge mortality of 7-11%, and accounts for nearly 70% of total heart failure-related healthcare costs.
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