Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Crossman R

Publications

• Research Article
  Association of Abnormal Liver Function Tests to Outcomes in Patients with a New Diagnosis of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in the Outpatient Clinic
  Author(s): Koganti S, Dasgupta S, Crossman R and Banerjee PKoganti S, Dasgupta S, Crossman R and Banerjee P
  
  Aim: To evaluate the relationship of abnormal Liver Function Tests (LFTs) to outcomes in patients with heart failure due to reduced ejection fraction (HFREF) at the time of diagnosis in the heart failure clinic. Methods: We undertook a retrospective analysis of all patients diagnosed with HFREF in the heart failure outpatient clinic of a tertiary teaching hospital from 2007 to 2011. Ninety-five patients with abnormal LFTs at presentation were compared with 127 contemporaneous randomly chosen patients with normal LFTs and their outcomes were analyzed. Time to event data mortality and admission rates, as well as length of hospital stay during admissions were assessed. Results: Of 222 patients 69% were Male. The mean age across both the groups was 69.2 ± 13.2 years. The major ethnic group was of white background (7.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000300

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