Cognition, Physical Function and Quality-of-Life in Older Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Older adults often experience progressive tandem decrements in cognitive and physical functioning that threaten their independence and quality-of-life (QOL).1,2 The severity of loss in QOL and overall functional ability varies, depending on interactions between aging and comorbid disease processes. Heart failure (HF) is among the most common systemic comorbidities of older adulthood. Given the highly vascularized nature of the brain and systemic effects of HF, particularly on cerebral perfusion, cognitive impairment (CI), may be a key, but clinically underrecognized, feature of HF.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - September 16, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Amy M. Pastva, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Dalane W. Kitzman, M.Benjamin Nelson, Gretchen A. Brenes, Gordon R. Reeves, Robert J. Mentz, David J. Whellan, Haiying Chen, Pamela W. Duncan Source Type: research