title: Course and prognosis in patients > or = 70 years of age with congestive heart failure and normal versus abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction.
abstract: In this study of 501 patients aged > or =70 years hospitalized with congestive heart failure, 34.1% had normal left ventricular systolic function. Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction was an independent predictor of an adverse prognosis at 3 months but not at 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pernenkil
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vinson
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beckham
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wittenberg
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013599:Systole; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*