Farré, NúriaVela, EmiliClèries, MontseBustins, MontseCainzos Achirica, MiguelEnjuanes, CristinaMoliner, PedroRuiz, SoniaVerdú Rotellar, Jose MariaComín Colet, Josep2018-06-112018-06-112017-02-241932-6203https://hdl.handle.net/2445/122884Background: Heart failure (HF) is frequent and its prevalence is increasing. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiologic features of HF patients, the 1-year follow-up outcomes and the independent predictors of those outcomes at a population level. Methods and results: Population-based longitudinal study including all prevalent HF cases in Catalonia (Spain) on December 31st, 2012. Patients were divided in 3 groups: patients without a previous HF hospitalization, patients with a remote (>1 year) HF hospitalization and patients with a recent (<1 year) HF admission. We analyzed 1year all-cause and HF hospitalizations, and all-cause mortality. Logistic regression was used to identify the independent predictors of each of those outcomes. A total of 88,195 patients were included. Mean age was 77 years, 55% were women. Comorbidities were frequent. Fourteen percent of patients had never been hospitalized, 71% had a remote HF hospitalization and 15% a recent hospitalization. At 1-year follow-up, all-cause and HF hospitalization were 53% and 8.8%, respectively. One-year all-cause mortality rate was 14%, and was higher in patients with a recent HF hospitalization (24%). The presence of diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation or chronic kidney disease was independently associated with all-cause and HF hospitalization and all-cause mortality. Hospital admissions and emergency department visits the previous year were also found to be independently associated with the three study outcomes. Conclusions: Outcomes are different depending on the HF population studied. Some comorbidity, an all-cause hospitalization or emergency department visit the previous year were associated with a worse outcome.13 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Farré et al., 2017http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esInsuficiència cardíacaMalalties pulmonars obstructives cròniquesHeart failureChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6746392018-06-11info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess28235067