Does admission Edema Index predict long-term mortality in patients with chronic heart failure?
Admission Edema Index serves as a prognostic marker for long-term mortality in chronic heart failure patients.
Admission EI could be used as a marker for predicting long-term mortality in patients with CHF, and higher EI was associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Furthermore, EI-guided management could be a promising therapy in patients with CHF.
Sasmita et al. (Mon,) studied this question.