Impact and Outcomes of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Complicating Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction,Results from a Nationally-Representative United States Cohort
Highlights
- • Among patients with NSTEMI, CHF is one of the most influential predictors of poor prognosis and high in-hospital mortality.
- • CHF development either before or after NSTEMI is associated with significantly prolonged hospital stay.
- • Further prospective studies to determine and overcome barriers to early revascularization among the NSTEMI patients with CHF are needed.
Abstract
Introduction
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is seen in up to 13–25% of patients with NSTEMI. Recent data describing the impact of congestive heart failure (CHF) on in-hospital outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(NSTEMI) in the United States is limited. We sought to examine the in-hospital outcomes, and management of CHF in patients admitted to the hospital with NSTEMI.