Mortalidad de la insuficiencia cardiaca en los pacientes que asistieron al Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el periodo 2021-2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Heart failure is considered a growing pandemic. Several factors are related to the mortality of this pathology, such as gender, age, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and comorbidities such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and high body mass index. Objective: Estimate the mortality of heart failure in patients who attended the Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo in the period 2021-2022. Methodology: observational, descriptive, retrospective and crosssectional study in patients diagnosed with heart failure who have been treated at the Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo in the period 2021-2022. Results: From the 168 patients, 63 died, so the mortality of heart failure in this study is 37.5%, being the age range with the highest mortality that of the elderly (>60 years) with 56 individuals (88.8%) and males the most affected sex, with 42 people (66.7%). On the other hand, the only significant risk factor associated with mortality in HF is anaemia (p=0.010) with a total of 91 patients (54.16%), of whom 39 (42.85%) died. Conclusions: Mortality from heart failure in this study is 37.5%, with the age range with the highest mortality being that of the elderly and the sex most affected by this is male. The only significant risk factor associated with mortality in HF is anaemia.