Polypharmacy and risk of mortality among patients with heart failure following hospitalization: a nested case–control study

Abstract Heart failure (HF) is associated with morbidity, rehospitalization and polypharmacy. The incidence rate of mortality in HF patients with polypharmacy is poorly studied. We examine the association of polypharmacy with mortality risk in incident hospitalized HF patients with a primary diagnos...

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Main Authors: Sylvie Perreault, Mireille E. Schnitzer, Eliane Disso, Jakub Qazi, Laurie-Anne Boivin-Proulx, Marc Dorais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24285-4