CHANGES IN OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE ON CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE IN THE UNITED STATES OVER THE LAST DECADE

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction or diastolic heart failure (DHF) accounts for about 50% of clinical heart failure and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Only few epidemiological studies addressed the trends in outcomes over the last decade in the U.S We analyzed 20% of all