Hospital readmissions and death from Heart Failure--rates still alarming.

Background: Patients who require hospitalization because of decompensated HF represent a group of the most seriously ill individuals who evolve with high mortality and hospital readmission rates.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the current natural course of HF by analyzing mortality and readmission rates in this new era of neurohormonal blockage.

Methods: We followed the progress of 263 patients with a mean EF of 27.