Delay in seeking medical care for worsening heart failure symptoms: predictors and association with cardiac events

Aims The association of delay in seeking medical care to subsequent cardiac events remains unknown in patients with worsening heart failure (HF) symptoms. The aims of this study were to (i) identify factors predicting care-seeking delay and (ii) examine the impact of care-seeking delay on subsequent cardiac rehospitalization or death. Methods and results We studied 153 patients hospitalized with an exacerbation of HF. Potential predictors of...