1. Heart Rate and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
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Lam, Phillip H, Dooley, Daniel J, Deedwania, Prakash, Singh, Steven N, Bhatt, Deepak L, Morgan, Charity J, Butler, Javed, Mohammed, Selma F, Wu, Wen-Chih, Panjrath, Gurusher, Zile, Michael R, White, Michel, Arundel, Cherinne, Love, Thomas E, Blackman, Marc R, Allman, Richard M, Aronow, Wilbert S, Anker, Stefan D, Fonarow, Gregg C, and Ahmed, Ali
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Male ,Aging ,Adrenergic beta-Antagonists ,Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology ,Medicare ,Outcome and Process Assessment ,Cardiovascular ,Patient Readmission ,Risk Assessment ,beta-blockers ,Heart Rate ,Clinical Research ,80 and over ,Humans ,all-cause readmission ,atrial fibrillation ,Registries ,Mortality ,propensity score ,Proportional Hazards Models ,Aged ,Heart Failure ,Patient Acuity ,Stroke Volume ,Patient Discharge ,United States ,Hospitalization ,Health Care ,Heart Disease ,Cardiovascular System & Hematology ,Public Health and Health Services ,all-cause mortality ,Female ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
BackgroundA lower heart rate is associated with better outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) with reducedejection fraction (EF). Less is known about this association in patients with HF with preserved ejectionfraction(HFpEF).ObjectivesThe aims of this study were to examine associations of discharge heart rate with outcomes in hospitalized patients withHFpEF.MethodsOf the 8,873 hospitalized patients with HFpEF (EF≥50%) in the Medicare-linked OPTIMIZE-HF (OrganizedProgram to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure) registry, 6,286 had a stable heart rate, defined as≤20 beats/min variation between admission and discharge. Of these, 2,369 (38%) hadadischarge heart rate of 
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- 2017