Circ Cardiovasc Qual
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Circ Cardiovasc Qual · Jan 2010
Multicenter StudyA validated risk score for in-hospital mortality in patients with heart failure from the American Heart Association get with the guidelines program.
Effective risk stratification can inform clinical decision-making. Our objective was to derive and validate a risk score for in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure using American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) program data. ⋯ The GWTG-HF risk score uses commonly available clinical variables to predict in-hospital mortality and provides clinicians with a validated tool for risk stratification that is applicable to a broad spectrum of patients with heart failure, including those with preserved left ventricular systolic function.