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Lack of Evidence of Lower 30-Day All-Cause Readmission in Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction Discharged on Spironolactone

DOI

10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.006

Journal Title

International Journal of Cardiology

First Page

462

Last Page

466

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2017

Department

Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Therapy with evidence-based heart failure (HF) medications has been shown to be associated with lower risk of 30-day all-cause readmission in patients with HF and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). METHODS: We examined the association of aldosterone antagonist use with 30-day all-cause readmission in this population. Of the 2443 Medicare beneficiaries with HF and left ventricular EF

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