Younger Adults Have Discordant Heart Failure Symptoms

Symptoms of a heart failure (HF) exacerbation are numerous, distressing, and a major reason for hospitalization among patients with HF. As HF symptoms rarely occur in isolation, studying symptoms as clusters might be more effective than single symptoms in relationship to patient outcomes. Recent research has focused on the relationship between HF symptom clusters and mortality, hospitalization, functional status and quality of life. No studies to date have focused on the relationship of symptom clusters to delay in seeking treatment.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: 091 Source Type: research