Multistate Model to Predict Heart Failure Hospitalizations and All-Cause Mortality in Outpatients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Model Derivation and External Validation [Original Article]

Conclusions— Our findings illustrate the advantages of a multistate modeling approach, providing estimates of HF hospitalization and death in the same model, comparison of predictors for the different outcomes and demonstrating the different trajectories of patients based on baseline characteristics and intermediary events. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifiers: NCT00000609 and NCT00090259.
Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Mortality/Survival, Quality and Outcomes Original Article Source Type: research