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Background: Heart failure continues to be a leading cause of hospitalization worldwide, and acute heart failure (AHF) poses a significant risk of morbidity and mortality in the short term1. Acute heart failure (AHF)
is a clinical syndrome with different triggering factors and manifests either as new onset or as an acute decompensation of chronic HF5,6.
In Vietnam, heart failure also accounts for a considerable proportion. Hospitalized heart failure patients at the Vietnam National Heart Institute in 2007 were 1,962 patients, accounting for 19.8% of total
admissions.10 According to the 2010 statistics of the Ministry of Health, the incidence was 43.7%, of which the mortality rate was 1.2%. According to the 2015 statistical yearbook of the Department of medical service administration - Ministry of Health, the mortality rate from heart failure in 2013 accounted for 0.51% of total deaths from all causes, ranking 10th among the causes of death in Vietnam.
Despite being actively treated and symptom improvement, patients hospitalized with AHF still have a considerable risk of mortality ranging from 10-20% within the next 6 months2,7-9.
Subjects & methods: A total of 103 patients were successfully followed up in the first year. The mean followup time was 1 year.
Results: The main result of the study was the all-cause mortality rate within 1 year was 68%.