Decompensated heart failure in a single center of a Latin American country: findings from the first 1595 cases in the ICARUS registry.

Objective: Describe the methodological aspects, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and their short-term outcomes.

Methods: Prospective cohort of patients with ADHF from the emergency service of the cardiovascular center. Descriptive statistics were used to synthesize sociodemographic characteristics, clinical characteristics during hospitalization, and outcomes.