Pseudonormal mitral filling pattern predicts hospital re-admission in patients with congestive heart failure
Gillian A. Whalley, MHSc*,*,
Robert N. Doughty, MB BS, MRCP, FRACP, MD*,
Greg D. Gamble, MSc*,
Susan P. Wright, MBChB, MMedSc*,
Helen J. Walsh, RN, BSc*,
Stephanie A. Muncaster, RN* and
Norman Sharpe, MD, FRACP, FACC*
* Division of Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Figure 1 Flow chart of patients and events according to inclusion/exclusion criteria and final mitral filling pattern classification. CHF = congestive heart failure; readm = readmssion.
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Figure 2 Event-free survival plots for all-cause and congestive heart failure (CHF) hospital admissions; time to first event analysis by the Kaplan-Meier method. AR = abnormal relaxation; PN = pseudonormal; RFP = restrictive filling pattern.
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Figure 3 Event-free survival plots for all-cause death and hospital admissions; time to first event analysis by the Kaplan-Meier method. AR = abnormal relaxation; CHF = congestive heart failure; PN = pseudonormal; RFP = restrictive filling pattern.
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