Table 1. The 10 Most Common Readmission Diagnoses Among Older Patients Initially Hospitalized with Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Rank	Heart failure	Acute myocardial infarction
	Readmission diagnosis (% of 30-day readmissions)	Readmission diagnosis (% of 30-day readmissions)
1	Heart failure (35.22%)	Heart failure (19.27%)
2	Renal disorders (8.11%)	Acute myocardial infarction (9.95%)
3	Pneumonia (4.98%)	Renal disorders (5.28%)
4	Arrhythmias and conduction disorders (4.04%)	Arrhythmias and conduction disorders (4.95%)
5	Septicemia/shock (3.55%)	Pneumonia (4.89%)
6	Cardiorespiratory failure (3.50%)	Chronic angina and coronary artery disease (4.85%)
7	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/asthma (3.14%)	Septicemia/shock (3.96%)
8	Chronic angina and coronary artery disease (2.36%)	Complications of care (3.86%)
9	Acute myocardial infarction (2.32%)	Cardio-respiratory failure (3.14%)
10	Complications of care (2.18%)	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (3.09%)