Patients' Self-Assessed Functional Status in Heart Failure by New York Heart Association Class: A Prognostic Predictor of Hospitalizations, Quality of Life and Death

BACKGROUND: Clinician-assigned New York Heart Association (NYHA) class is an established predictor of outcomes in heart failure. This study aims to test whether patients' self-assessment of functional status by NYHA class predicts hospital admissions, quality of life, and mortality. METHODS AND...

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Autores principales: Holland, Richard, Rechel, Boika, Stepien, Karolina, Harvey, Ian, Brooksby, Iain
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Churchill Livingstone 2010
Materias:
Clinical Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20142027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.08.010

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20142027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.08.010

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