Therapy of patients hospitalized for heart failure with abnormal versus normal left ventricular ejection fraction.

Abstract

We investigated treatment of 200 consecutive patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF). Of the 200 patients, 100 (50%) had an abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and 100 (50%) had a normal LVEF. Although in-hospital mortality was significantly increased in patients with HF and an abnormal LVEF, the duration of hospitalization and the NYHA class at discharge were similar in patients with HF and abnormal or normal LVEF.