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Empagliflozin is associated with a lower risk of post-acute heart failure RE-hospitalization and mortality: insights from the empa-REG outcome trial

J. Butler, G. Savarese, N. Sattar, J. Januzzi, S. Verma, L. Lund, D. Fitchett, C. Zeller et al.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2019

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Abstract

Patients admitted for heart failure (HF) are at a high risk for re-hospitalization. Hospital readmissions drive the majority of HF-related costs and in the United States, performance measures tied to reimbursement now focus on reducing early readmissions. The aim of this analysis was to investigate

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