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SUBMITTER: Cooper LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4607925 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cooper Lauren B LB DeVore Adam D AD Michael Felker G G
Heart failure clinics 20150811 4
In-hospital worsening heart failure represents a clinical scenario wherein a patient hospitalized for acute heart failure experiences a worsening of their condition, requiring escalation of therapy. Worsening heart failure is associated with worse in-hospital and postdischarge outcomes. Worsening heart failure is increasingly being used as an endpoint or combined endpoint in clinical trials, as it is unique to episodes of acute heart failure and captures an important event during the inpatient c ...[more]