Study of the clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with heart failure

• Grant number: 15/13063-6
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal researcher: Victor Sarli Issa
• Grantee: Caíque Bueno Terhoch
• Home Institution: Instituto do Coração Professor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (INCOR). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The study of clinical data is fundamentally important for medical and scientific practice. However few national case series evaluated the clinical features of decompensated heart failure. Therefore, we propose to study the clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with heart failure and its influence on prognosis.The aim of this study is to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with heart failure and its influence on patient outcomes.We will analyze a prospective cohort of patients hospitalized with heart failure; patient data will be recorded since entering the hospital to discharge, transplant or death.Will be included patients aged over 18 years admitted with diagnosis of heart failure; will be considered both cases that heart failure was the determining cause of hospitalization (decompensated cardiac failure) and cases where hospitalization occurred by another cause. Will be excluded patients hospitalized for less than 24 hours, patients with pericarditis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, deposit diseases, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease and post-operative cardiogenic shock.We believe that the information derived from this analysis will contribute to the recognition of higher-risk patients and support the development of therapeutic and preventive strategies for this population.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TERHOCH, CAIQUE BUENO; MOREIRA, HENRY FUKUDA; AYUB-FERREIRA, SILVIA MOREIRA; CONCEICAO-SOUZA, GERMANO EMILIO; CURY SALEMI, VERA MARIA; CHIZZOLA, PAULO ROBERTO; OLIVEIRA, JR., MUCIO TAVARES; GELAS LAGE, SILVIA HELENA; BOCCHI, EDIMAR ALCIDES; ISSA, VICTOR SARLI. Clinical findings and prognosis of patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: Analysis of the influence of Chagas etiology and ventricular function. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, v. 12, n. 2 FEB 2018. Web of Science Citations: 7.