Lower admission blood pressure as an independent predictor of 1-year mortality in elderly patients experiencing a first hospitalization for acute heart failure
Background: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is an acknowledged prognostic factor in patients with heart failure (HF). Admission SBP should be a risk factor for 1-year mortality even in elderly patients experiencing a first admission for HF, and this risk may persist in the oldest subset of patients. D...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Hellenic Journal of Cardiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S110996661830229X |