title: Low admission heart rate is a marker rather than a mediator of increased in-hospital mortality for patients with acute heart failure syndromes in sinus rhythm.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Sensoji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kkajimoto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajimoto
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Musashi-Kosugi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Edogawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keida
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuniya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D012042:Registries
keywords: Acute heart failure syndromes; Heart rate; In-hospital mortality; Sinus rhythm