Congestive heart failure and cognitive functioning amongst older adults
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Congestive heart failure and cognitive functioning amongst older adults.
BACKGROUND Congestive heart failure is associated with decline in quality of life and, possibly, cognitive functions such as memory and attention. AIMS The present study was designed to investigate the presence of cognitive impairment amongst patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). We hypothesised that CHF patients would have lower scores than elderly controls on general measures of cog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000300003