Clinical Review

Watch Out for Recurrent Cardiac Events

The number of prior hospitalizations for cardiac events is a “simple but powerful predictor” of mortality risk for patients with heart failure, say researchers from Institute for Clinical Evaluating Sciences, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital, St. Michael’s Hospital, and University of Toronto, all in Toronto, Canada.


 

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