Journal article
Cognitive status in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in patients with heart failure and is associated with adverse outcomes. However, whether specific cognitive abilities (eg, memory vs executive function) are impaired in heart failure has not been fully examined. We investigated the prevalence of impairment in 3 cognitive domains in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and the associations of impairment with …
Authors
Levin SN; Hajduk AM; McManus DD; Darling CE; Gurwitz JH; Spencer FA; Goldberg RJ; Saczynski JS
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 168, No. 6, pp. 917–923
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2014.08.008
ISSN
0002-8703