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Does poor self-rated health predict long-term mortality in elderly patients with stable chronic heart failure?
Does poor self-rated health predict long-term mortality in elderly patients with stable chronic heart failure?
Patient-reported poor self-rated health is a strong, independent predictor of long-term mortality in stable chronic heart failure, with predictive value comparable to NT-proBNP.
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May aid mortality risk stratification in stable HF; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding care.
Inkrot et al. (2015) studied this question.
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