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GWTG-Heart Failure Risk Score

Predicts in-hospital all-cause heart failure mortality.

This calculator includes inputs based on race, which may or may not provide better estimates, so we have decided to make race optional. See here for more on our approach to addressing race and bias on MDCalc.

For the same other inputs, this calculator estimates lower in-hospital mortality risk in Black patients.

mm Hg
years
beats/min
COPD history
Black race
Race may/may not provide better estimates of in-hospital mortality; optional

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Advice
  • If the score identifies the patient to be high risk, early consultation to cardiology is crucial to appropriately treat these patients and reduce risk of readmission.
  • Appropriate planning and care coordination between multidisciplinary teams, and early and frequent follow-up in the cardiologist’s office is essential.
  • Evidence-based guideline directed medical therapy is meant to be used for both high and low risk patients with CHF. However, in the era of resource constraints, these limited resources may not be allocated to low risk patients.
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