TY - JOUR
T1 - Concomitant factors of decompensation in chronic heart failure
AU - Opasich, Cristina
AU - Febo, Oreste
AU - Riccardi, P. Giorgio
AU - Traversi, Egidio
AU - Forni, Giovanni
AU - Pinna, Gianni
AU - Pozzoli, Massimo
AU - Riccardi, Roberto
AU - Mortara, Andrea
AU - Sanarico, Maurizio
AU - Cobelli, Franco
AU - Tavazzi, Luigi
PY - 1996/8/1
Y1 - 1996/8/1
N2 - The concomitant factors implicated in 328 nonfatal decompensations of 304 patients with congestive heart failure were: arrhythmias in 24%, infections in 23%, poor compliance in 15%, angina in 14%, iatrogenic factors in 10%, and other causes in 5% of cases. New York Heart Association class and right atrial pressure significantly related to the occurrence of decompensation. Poor compliance and angina were unpredictable, infection was related to pulmonary wedge pressure, iatrogemic factors were predicted by the more advanced functional classes, whereas arrhythmias were more frequent in patients with renal failure.
AB - The concomitant factors implicated in 328 nonfatal decompensations of 304 patients with congestive heart failure were: arrhythmias in 24%, infections in 23%, poor compliance in 15%, angina in 14%, iatrogenic factors in 10%, and other causes in 5% of cases. New York Heart Association class and right atrial pressure significantly related to the occurrence of decompensation. Poor compliance and angina were unpredictable, infection was related to pulmonary wedge pressure, iatrogemic factors were predicted by the more advanced functional classes, whereas arrhythmias were more frequent in patients with renal failure.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00294-9
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00294-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 8759821
AN - SCOPUS:0030220766
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 78
SP - 354
EP - 357
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -