Characteristics and Outcomes of Heart Failure Outpatients with Improvement in Ejection Fraction in Qatar.

Introduction: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in Qatar has not been well characterized in the outpatient setting.

Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients with HFrEF who had improvement in their left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and independent predictors of improvement.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study conducted at the advanced heart failure (HF) clinic in Qatar recruited patients who visited the clinic between January 2017 and December 2018.