What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Review. Population: Heart failure. Intervention: Cognitive assessment.

What does this research mean for the field?

Integrating routine, multidomain cognitive assessment into heart failure management is essential for accurate risk stratification, individualized therapeutic planning, and reducing the neurocognitive burden in this population. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To review the epidemiology, underlying pathophysiology, clinical impact, and practical screening strategies for cognitive impairment in patients with heart failure.

August 31, 2026Heart Failure Reviews

Cognitive assessment in heart failure: clinical value, timing, and practical tools

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Key result

Routine cognitive assessment is essential in HF management as impairment affects ~41% and undermines self-management.

Why the study?

Although cognitive impairment affects approximately 41% of patients with heart failure and undermines self-management, it remains frequently underdiagnosed in routine practice.

Does routine cognitive assessment improve risk stratification and management in patients with heart failure?

Design

Narrative review

Authors

SHSoenarno HoetomoYahoo (Spain)DHDesmond HoetomoMonash University MTMya Zin TunMelbourne Health

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Implication

Supports routine multidomain screening in heart failure; leaves open impact on outcomes pending prospective trials.

Key Points

To review the epidemiology, underlying pathophysiology, clinical impact, and practical screening strategies for cognitive impairment in patients with heart failure.
Narrative review synthesizing evidence on the mechanisms, timing, and clinical significance of cognitive impairment in heart failure.
Evaluated the utility and limitations of standard screening instruments, such as the Mini-Mental State Examination, across specific cognitive domains.
Cognitive impairment affects approximately 41% of patients with heart failure but remains frequently underdiagnosed in standard clinical practice.
Deficits predominantly involve executive function, attention, and memory—driven by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion, blood-brain barrier disruption, and neuroinflammation—which impair treatment adherence.
Conventional tools like the Mini-Mental State Examination lack sensitivity for executive dysfunction, supporting the need for routine multidomain assessments in stable heart failure and atrial fibrillation.

Structured PICO

Does routine cognitive assessment improve risk stratification and management in patients with heart failure?

Population

Patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation

Intervention

Routine multidomain cognitive assessment/screening

Outcome

Detection of cognitive impairment, accurate risk stratification, and individualised therapeutic planning

Integrating routine multidomain cognitive assessment into heart failure management is essential to address the high prevalence of underdiagnosed cognitive impairment and improve patient self-management.

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Hoetomo et al. (2026) conducted a review in Heart failure. Cognitive assessment was evaluated. Routine multidomain cognitive assessment is essential in heart failure management, as cognitive impairment affects approximately 41% of patients and critically undermines self-management.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a953b4c6af7ed2fcaea0c90 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-026-10673-9

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Cognitive assessment in heart failure: clinical value, timing, and practical tools

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