Did You Forget to Assess Cognition in Your Patient With Heart Failure, and Does It Matter?

Heart failure is predominately a disease of older patients with multiple chronic conditions, disability, and frailty. Along with these more physical domains, cognitive issues also arise. In this issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, data are presented from a cohort of patients participating in an ongoing randomized trial of a physical intervention.1 The study enrolled participants near the end of a hospitalization for decompensated heart failure, after stabilization. The authors assessed cognition with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), function with the short physical performance battery and a 6-minute walk distance, and quality of life with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and the Short Form-12.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research