Přidružená onemocnění a jejich význam pro prognózu akutního srdečního selhání – AHEAD score
| Title in English | Concomitant diseases and their importance for the prognosis of patients with acute heart failure – the AHEAD score |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Kardiologická revue - Interní medicína |
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| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | heart failure; comorbidities; AHEAD score |
| Description | The incidence of heart failure is increasing, mainly due to the increasing age of the population and the improvement of care for patients with acute coronary syndromes. The costs of heart failure treatment form approximately 1– 2% of the total costs of medical care in developed European countries. Acute heart failure is a clinical syndrome with low cardiac output, hypoperfusion, increased pulmonary pressure and congestion. The cause can be cardiac or non-cardiac, permanent or temporary and the condition can develop into chronic heart failure. The prognosis of the disease is poor and the in-hospital mortality of patients with acute coronary syndrome and acute heart failure is 17%, while one-year mortality is 30%. The most important factor is the severity of heart failure, but concomitant diseases also play an important role. We describe the AHEAD classifi cation, which categorises patients into six groups based on the concomitant diseases. Group 0 and 1 have the best prognosis, with one-year mortality of less than 20%, while group 4 and 5 have the worst prognosis, with one-year mortality of over 50%. |