American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 4 , Pages 662-673, October 2008

Predictors of mortality after discharge in patients hospitalized with heart failure: An analysis from the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)

  • Christopher M. O'Connor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christopher M. O'Connor, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2400 N. Pratt Street, Durham, NC 27705.
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  • William T. Abraham, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Nancy M. Albert, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
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  • Robert Clare, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Wendy Gattis Stough, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Department of Clinical Research, Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Research Triangle Park, NC
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  • Mihai Gheorghiade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Barry H. Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Diego–Hillcrest Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • James B. Young, MD

      Affiliations

    • George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Received 19 November 2007; accepted 16 April 2008.

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 The OPTIMIZE-HF registry is registered: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov, study number NCT00344513.

 The OPTIMIZE-HF registry was supported by GlaxoSmithKline (Philadelphia, PA).

PII: S0002-8703(08)00323-2

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.04.030

American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 4 , Pages 662-673, October 2008

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