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BACKGROUND:Therapies for heart failure (HF) with a low ejection fraction (EF) have delayed disease progression and prolonged survival, but the implications of these therapies on the end stages of HF have not been examined. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients seen by the Brigham and Women's cardiomyopathy service with an EF < or =35%, at least 1 outpatient visit or at least 30 days of follow-up who died between January 1, 2000, and October 20, 2003, were evaluated retrospectively. Of the 160 patients who died since 2000, 80 (50%) were outpatients. In the 6 months before death, 93% of patients had New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV symptoms. The NYHA class, clinical characteristics, medications, and comorbidities differed little between inpatient and outpatient deaths. Renal insufficiency and hyponatremia were worse in the months preceding death than at the time of death (creatinine: 3.2 versus 2.3 mg/dL, P < .0001; sodium: 128 versus 135 mmol/L, P < .0001, respectively). Death was considered sudden in only 21% of patients. CONCLUSION:Deaths in the current era of HF management occur in patients with long-standing HF characterized by biventricular dysfunction and advanced symptoms. Most deaths are heralded by hyponatremia, acute on chronic renal insufficiency, and frequent hospitalizations.
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J Card Failjournal_title
Journal of cardiac failureauthors
Teuteberg JJ,Lewis EF,Nohria A,Tsang SW,Fang JC,Givertz MM,Jarcho JA,Mudge GH,Baughman KL,Stevenson LWdoi
10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.08.001keywords:
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2006-02-01 00:00:00pages
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