Dementia screening in elderly high-risk patients following heart failure decompensation may predict unfavorable long-term clinical outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients following decompensated HF, a history of stroke/TIA, PAD and impaired renal function independently influenced SDD. In this high-risk population, SDD was not related with patients' compliance but irrespective of the stroke/TIA history it was associated with the increased risk of HF rehospitalization. PMID: 32643895 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32643895?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Cardioangiologica - July 10, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Minerva Cardioangiol Source Type: research