Heart Failure: Data wanted on Effective Management Strategies for Patients with HF and PSF - wikidoc

Heart Failure: Data wanted on Effective Management Strategies for Patients with HF and PSF - wikidoc

A large percentage of patients with heart failure (HF) have preserved systolic function. Discard the conventional wisdom that these patients do better after hospital discharge. They don’t. Data from OPTIMIZE-HF (Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Hear Failure) reveal a high prevalence of HF with preserved systolic function (PSF) and demonstrate equally high rates of rehospitalization and post discharge mortality as patients with HF and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD). Heart failure with PSF is not a disease that is well understood but is very common. The objective of this analysis of the OPTIMIZE-HF database was to evaluate the characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with both preserved and reduced systolic function heart failure.