Health Status Identifies Heart Failure Outpatients at Risk for Hospitalization or Death
| Autor: | Randall E. Williams, Edward P. Havranek, Harlan M. Krumholz, Philip G. Jones, Frederick A. Masoudi, Saif S. Rathore, William S. Weintraub, John S. Rumsfeld, Paul A. Heidenreich, Eric D. Peterson, Mark W. Conard, John A. Spertus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Health Status Disease-Free Survival Ambulatory care Risk Factors Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Ambulatory Care Outpatient clinic Humans Risk factor Intensive care medicine Survival rate Proportional Hazards Models Heart Failure Ejection fraction business.industry Proportional hazards model Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis Hospitalization Survival Rate Heart failure Quality of Life Female business Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 47(4):752-756 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.021 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesWe tested the hypothesis that one health status measure, the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ), provides prognostic information independent of other clinical data in outpatients with heart failure (HF).BackgroundHealth status measures are used to describe a patient’s clinical condition and have been shown to predict mortality in some populations. Their prognostic value may be particularly useful among patients with HF for identifying candidates for disease management in whom increased care may reduce hospitalizations and prevent death.MethodsWe evaluated 505 HF patients from 13 outpatient clinics who had an ejection fraction |
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