Abstract
Background: Heart failure is a common, disabling, deadly, and highly threatening disease. Despite advances in the treatment of heart failure over the past decade, the prognosis remains poor.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the mortality frequency and length of hospital stay in elderly with systolic heart failure at Alborz Hospital in Karaj during 2009.
Methods: This was a cross sectional study in which a total of 154 heart failure patients aged ≥65 years and low ejection fraction (EF)(
Keywords
Mortality Hospital Stay Length Systolic Heart Failure Elderly
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