Pre-Discharge Evaluation in Heart Failure – Additive Predictive Value of the 6-Minute Walking Test to Clinical Scores –
Why the study?
Does the addition of the 6-minute walking test to clinical scores improve the prediction of 12-month mortality in heart failure patients?
Population
466 consecutive heart failure patients who completed a pre-discharge 6-minute walking test
Comparison
Pre-discharge 6-minute walking test combined… vs 3C-HF and MAGGIC clinical scores alone
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May enhance HF mortality prediction when added to existing scores; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does the addition of the 6-minute walking test to clinical scores improve the prediction of 12-month mortality in heart failure patients?
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Population
466 consecutive heart failure patients who completed a pre-discharge 6-minute walking test
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Intervention
Pre-discharge 6-minute walking test (6MWT) combined with 3C-HF and MAGGIC clinical scores
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Comparator
3C-HF and MAGGIC clinical scores alone
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Outcome
12-month all-cause mortalityhard clinical
The addition of a pre-discharge 6-minute walking test to established clinical scores (3C-HF and MAGGIC) significantly improves the prediction of 12-month mortality in heart failure patients.
Cite This Study
Rovere et al. (2015) studied this question.