Current presentation and management of heart failure in cardiology and internal medicine hospital units: A tale of two worlds - The TEMISTOCLE study
Current presentation and management of heart failure in cardiology and internal medicine hospital units: A tale of two worlds - The TEMISTOCLE study
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-8703(03)00315-6
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发表时间:
2003-10-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Cafiero, M
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作者:
Di Lenarda, A;Scherillo, M;Cafiero, M
Background The purpose pf the current article is to describe the clinical profile, use of resources, I management and outcome in a population of real-world inpatients with heart failure.Methods and Results With a prospective, cross-sectional survey on acute hospital admissions, we evaluated the overall and provider-related differences in patient characteristics, diagnostic work-up, treatment and inhospital outcome of 2127 patients with heart failure admitted to 167 cardiology departments and 250 internal medicine departments between February 14 and 25, 2000. Patients admitted to cardiology units were younger (56.3% >70 years vs 76.2%, P