Fig 1.
AHF, acute heart failure; KCHF, Kyoto Congestive Heart Failure; s-Cr, serum creatinine; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide.
Fig 2.
Scheme of the present analysis.
BNP, brain natriuretic peptide.
Table 1.
Patient characteristics at 6-month visit.
Fig 3.
Changes of echocardiographic parameters from discharge to 6-month visit.
Changes of each echocardiographic parameters are represented as mean values. LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LAD, left atrial diameter; IVC, inferior vena cava; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.
Table 2.
Changes in echocardiographic parameters from discharge to 6-month visit.
Fig 4.
Kaplan Meier curves for (A) the primary outcome measure, (B) all-cause death, and (C) hospitalization for heart failure.
The primary outcome measure was defined as a composite of all-cause death or hospitalization for heart failure. BNP, brain natriuretic peptide.
Table 3.
Clinical outcomes.