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Abbreviations:

CHF: Congestive Heart Failure

EMR: Electronic Medical Record

HF: Heart Failure

HFpEF: Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction

HFrEF: Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction

HR: Hazard Ratio

NP: Natriuetic Peptide

NT-proBNP: N terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide

Echo: Echocardiogram

sd: standard deviation

ICD9: International Classification of Diseases

IQR: Interquartile Range