Predictive Value of the Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Risk Score in Unselected Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 9; no. 3; p. e012439
• Main Authors: Lyle, Melissa, Wan, Siu-Hin, Murphree, Dennis, Bennett, Courtney, Wiley, Brandon M, Barsness, Gregory, Redfield, Margaret, Jentzer, Jacob
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 04.02.2020; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; cardiac intensive care unit; Clinical Decision Rules; coronary care unit; Coronary Care Units; Female; Heart Disease Risk Factors; heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; mortality; Original Research; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; risk score; Time Factors; mortality; heart failure; cardiac intensive care unit; coronary care unit; risk score

Background The cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) population is no longer composed of only patients with acute coronary syndromes, and includes those with acute heart failure and multiple comorbidities. We hypothesized that the GWTG-HF (Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure) risk score that predicts...