The prognostic impact of admission clinical profile and systolic blood pressure in acute heart failure diminishes for patients who survive at least 6 months post-discharge.
Rates of adverse outcomes in AHF remain high, and substantial differences have been found when patients were stratified by clinical profile or SBP. However, patients who survived at least 6 months post-discharge represent a more homogeneous group and their 1-year outcome is less influenced by clinical profile or SBP at admission.
Chioncel et al. (Sun,) studied this question.