Abstract Background Poor self-care is associated with higher risk in heart failure (HF). Self-care may influence patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) such as health-realted quality of life (QoL). Functional and instrumental autonomy are determinants QoL. Literature has shown and/or functional dependency worse Purpose Describe the effect on QoL across to different levels explore potencial interacti...

BACKGROUND Current clinical practices used to functionally classify heart failure (HF) are time-consuming, expensive, or require complex calculations. This study aimed to design an inquiry list from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that could be used in routine clinical practice to resolve these problems. METHODS The severity of documented HF in 115 patients was classifie...

AIMS Recent data from the COMPANION trial have documented that cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with biventricular (BiV) pacing reduces mortality and hospitalization in patients with advanced CHF, but little is known regarding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of CRT. Our aim is to evaluate interstitial remodelling, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) expression, and apoptosis in...

background: caring for a patient with heart failure can be a challenging and stressful situation. however, researchers have paid less attention to caregiving outcomes in heart failure caregivers. this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived life changes and mental health of family caregivers of heart failure patients. methods: through a correlational design, a conv...

BACKGROUND Even with optimal pharmacotherapy, symptomatic heart failure is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. PURPOSE To determine the efficacy and safety of cardiac resynchronization therapy in adults with advanced systolic heart failure. DATA SOURCES The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (2002, volume 4), MEDLINE (1980-2003), EMBASE (1980-2003), other electr...

Aim. To assess the effects of acquired social status, neurotic conditions, type D personality, cognitive functions, quality life and adherence to treatment on psychosocial adaptation patients with coronary heart disease (IHD) chronic failure (CHF), depending severity decompensation.
 Methods. 87 artery aged between 55 72 years were examined. All divided into two groups functional class [Ne...

OBJECTIVE To update the Cochrane systematic review of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for heart failure. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials was undertaken. MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were searched up to January 2013. Trials with 6 or more months of follow-up were included if they assessed the effects of exercise interventions...