Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Characteristics of Patients Admitted with Heart Failure: Insights from the First Malaysian Heart Failure Registry
Authors' conclusion
The MY-HF Registry showed that the HF population in Malaysia is younger, predominantly male, and ischaemic-driven and has good prospects with hospitalization for optimization of treatment.
Study context
- Population
- Malaysian patients admitted for acute heart failure (HF)
- Participants
- 2,717 patients
- Outcome
- Baseline characteristics and index hospitalization outcomes
Methodological details3-year, national registry
- 3-year
- National registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Mean age (years)
- 60.2 ± 13.6
- Male
- 66.8%
- De novo HF
- 34.3%
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV at presentation
- 55.7%
- Ischaemic heart disease as aetiology (most frequent)
- 63.2%
- Admitted via ED
- 87.3%
- Required intensive care
- 13.7%
- Intubation among those in intensive care
- 21.8%
- Median length of stay (days)
- 5
- In-hospital mortality
- 2.9%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Guideline-directed medical therapy, admission vs discharge
- Receiving guideline-directed medical therapy, admission vs discharge
- 84.2% vs. 93.6%
Predictors of length of stay (LOS) and/or in-hospital mortality
- Predictors: age, NYHA class, eGFR, comorbid anaemia
- LOS and in-hospital mortality similar regardless of EF
Original publication
Characteristics of Patients Admitted with Heart Failure: Insights from the First Malaysian Heart Failure Registry. ESC Heart Fail. Published 22 December 2023. doi:10.
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