1. Differential Effect of Sex on Mortality According to Age in Heart Failure
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Yoonpyo Lee, Minjae Yoon, Dong‐Ju Choi, and Jin Joo Park
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age ,Asian ,characteristics ,heart failure ,outcomes ,sex difference ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Background Heart failure exhibits sex‐based differences in prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes. However, these differences may have an interaction with age. This study investigates these disparities in Asian patients with acute heart failure according to age. Methods and Results We pooled data from the KorHF (Korea Heart Failure) and the KorAHF (Korean Acute Heart Failure) registries including 3200 patients between 2005 and 2009 and 5625 patients between 2011 and 2014, respectively, hospitalized for acute heart failure in Korea. Patients were categorized by their age into 2 groups: those with age ≥70 years and those with age
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- 2024
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