Clinical ResearchHeart FailureTriage After Hospitalization With Advanced Heart Failure: The ESCAPE (Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness) Risk Model and Discharge Score
Heart Failure
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Key Words
heart failure
risk stratification
discharge risk model
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACE
angiotensin-converting enzyme
BNP
B-type natriuretic peptide
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
HF
heart failure
LV
left ventricular
NYHA
New York Heart Association
PAC
pulmonary artery catheter
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Sources of funding for this study are the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute(N01-HV-98177) and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina. Dr. O'Connor is a consultant for Amgen, AstraZeneca, Forest, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Medtronic, and Novartis. Dr. Califf has received research funding for a clinical trial by SCIOS, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. Dr. Fiuzat is a shareholder of ARCA Biopharma, Inc.
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