Hospitalization Linked To Increased Mortality In Heart Failure Patients

Patients with heart failure are at increased risk of death if they are hospitalized for worsening heart failure symptoms, according to new research from UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham). The findings, published this month in the Journal of Cardiac Failure, suggest that a new emphasis on avoiding the need to hospitalize heart failure patients is required in medicine.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on April 13th, 2008