Micronutrient Deficiency Independently Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings show that micronutrient deficiency independently predicted poor HRQoL and earlier cardiac event-free survival in patients with HF. Further research is needed to provide for specific dietary guidelines for better health outcomes in HF patients. PMID: 26544174 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26544174?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - November 5, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Song EK, Kang SM Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research