Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Aug 2006
[Predictors of in-hospital lethality in patients with advanced heart failure].
Describe the clinical characteristics and identify potential risk factors for in-hospital lethality in patients with decompensated heart failure admitted to an intensive care unit. ⋯ Patients admitted to an intensive care unit due to decompensated heart failure have high in-hospital lethality. In this study, variables recorded at admission, such as previous stroke, atrial fibrillation, hyponatremia, renal failure, and age > 70 years were predictors of in-hospital lethality.