Early and long-term outcomes of decompensated heart failure patients in a tertiary-care centre in India.

Aim: Long-term outcome data of acute decompensated heart failure (HF) are scarce from India. The aim of the study was to collect in-hospital and long-term outcome data of HF patients admitted during 2001-2010 in a tertiary-care centre in South India.

Methods And Results: Consecutive patients admitted with first episode of decompensated HF were part of the registry.