Identifying Heart Failure Patients at High Risk for Near-Term Cardiovascular Events With Serial Health Status Assessments
Why the study?
Does serial health status assessment with the KCCQ identify heart failure outpatients at increased risk for mortality and hospitalization?
Population
1358 patients with heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction from the Eplerenone's Neurohormonal…
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Implication
Serial KCCQ changes may aid risk stratification in HF outpatients; leaves open whether monitoring alters management or outcomes.
Structured PICO
Does serial health status assessment with the KCCQ identify heart failure outpatients at increased risk for mortality and hospitalization?
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Population
1358 patients with heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction from the Eplerenone's Neurohormonal Efficacy and Survival Study
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Intervention
Serial health status assessments with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)
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Outcome
All-cause mortality and combined outcome of cardiovascular mortality or hospitalizationhard clinical
Serial KCCQ assessments in heart failure outpatients can identify those at high risk for mortality and hospitalization, potentially guiding follow-up frequency and treatment intensity.
Cite This Study
Kosiborod et al. (2007) studied this question.