Association of an increase in serum albumin levels with positive 1-year outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure: A cohort study.
Takao KatoHidenori YakuTakeshi MorimotoYasutaka InuzukaYodo TamakiNeiko OzasaErika YamamotoYusuke YoshikawaTakeshi KitaiRyoji TaniguchiMoritake IguchiMasashi KatoMamoru TakahashiToshikazu JinnaiTomoyuki IkedaKazuya NagaoTakafumi KawaiAkihiro KomasaRyusuke NishikawaYuichi KawaseTakashi MorinagaMitsunori KawatoYuta SekoMasayuki ShibaMamoru ToyofukuYutaka FurukawaKenji AndoKazushige KadotaYukihito SatoKoichiro KuwaharaTakeshi KimuraPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Independent of baseline albumin levels, an increase in albumin during index hospitalization was associated with a lower 1-year risk for a composite of all-cause death and hospitalization in patients with acute heart failure.