The contribution of comorbidities to mortality in hospitalized patients with heart failure.
Oliver RiedelC OhlmeierD EndersA ElsässerD VizcayaA MichelS EberhardN SchlothauerJ BergE GarbePublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2018)
Given the similar comorbidity profiles between HF-patients and controls, the higher difference in mortality rates between HFrEF-patients and controls points more to HF-specific mechanisms for these patients, whereas for HFpEF-patients a higher contribution of comorbidity is suggested by our results.