Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care
March 2022
Aims: The effect of elevated heart rate (HR) on morbidity and mortality is evident in chronic stable heart failure; data in this regard in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) setting are scarce. In this single-centre study, we sought to address the prognostic value of HR and beta-blocker dosage at discharge on all-cause mortality among patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction and ADHF.
Methods And Results: In this retrospective observational study, 2945 patients were admitted for the first time with the primary diagnosis of ADHF between January 2008 and February 2018.