Impact of comorbidities on health status measured using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in patients with HFrEF and HFpEF

ConclusionsCardiac and non-cardiac comorbidities are common in both HFrEF and HFpEF patients and most are associated with reductions in health status although the impact varied among comorbidities, by the number of comorbidities, and by HF phenotype. Treating/correcting comorbidity is a therapeutic approach that may improve the health status of patients with HF.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - July 4, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mingming Yang, Toru Kondo, Carly Adamson, Jawad H. Butt, William T. Abraham, Akshay S. Desai, Karola S. Jering, Lars K øber, Mikhail N. Kosiborod, Milton Packer, Jean L. Rouleau, Scott D. Solomon, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Michael R. Zile, Pard Tags: Research Article Source Type: research