PURPOSE: Most of the recent information on the prognosis of @entity1 with @entity712 has come from large clinical trials or tertiary care centers. This study reports current information from a community hospital-based @entity712 registry. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We compiled data from 2,906 unselected consecutive @entity1 with @entity712 who were admitted to 10 acute care community hospitals in New York State between 1995 and 1997. @entity1 were followed prospectively for 6 months after hospital discharge or until their @entity204 . RESULTS: The mean (+/- SI)) age of the sample was 76 +/- 11 years. The majority of the @entity1 were @entity1 (56%) and most were white (95%). Hospital length of stay averaged 7.4 +/- 7.6 days; hospital charges averaged  7,460 +/-  6,114. Mortality during the index admission was 5%. Among the 2,508 @entity1 for whom mortality or follow-up data were available, an additional 411 died during follow-up, for a cumulative 6-month mortality of 23%. @entity177 was the predominant cause of @entity204 in the hospital and after discharge. Although mean functional class (on a 1 to 4 scale) improved from 3.4 +/- 0.7 at hospital admission to 2.3 +/- 0.9 at 1 month after discharge, 43% of @entity1 had at least one hospital readmission during follow-up and 25% had at least one recurrent admission for @entity712 . The mean time from index discharge to first rehospitalization was 60 +/- 56 days. In all, 55% of @entity1 (1,370 of 2,508) were rehospitalized or died during the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Despite advances in the management of @entity712 , @entity1 recently hospitalized for this disorder remain at high risk of @entity204 , hospital readmission, and poor clinical outcome. Discovery or implementation of new or existing methods of prevention and treatment remain a high priority.

Clinical outcomes in XXXX : report from a community hospital-based registry.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients'] @entity177 :: ('MESH:D051437', 'Disease') :: ['Progressive pump failure'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['heart failure'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity712 :: (MESH:D006333,Disease) :: ['heart failure']
