2020
Psychological stress in heart failure: a potentially actionable disease modifier
Harris KM, Jacoby DL, Lampert R, Soucier RJ, Burg MM. Psychological stress in heart failure: a potentially actionable disease modifier. Heart Failure Reviews 2020, 26: 561-575. PMID: 33215323, PMCID: PMC8026548, DOI: 10.1007/s10741-020-10056-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHeart failurePsychological stressHeart failure symptomsHeart failure patientsLife stressorsDisease-related consequencesQuality of lifePatterns of exposureAdverse eventsFailure patientsDisease courseEjection fractionPatients' qualityModifiable factorsPatient subgroupsSymptom exacerbationDaily life stressorsFailure symptomsPathophysiological pathwaysEffective diseaseFunctional limitationsDiminished qualityPatientsActionable pathwaysStress exposure
2016
Psychological stress and short-term hospitalisations or death in patients with heart failure
Endrighi R, Waters AJ, Gottlieb SS, Harris KM, Wawrzyniak AJ, Bekkouche NS, Li Y, Kop WJ, Krantz DS. Psychological stress and short-term hospitalisations or death in patients with heart failure. Heart 2016, 102: 1820. PMID: 27357124, PMCID: PMC5237617, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse eventsCV hospitalisationPsychological stressProspective associationsRisk of AEsShort-term hospitalisationAcute cardiovascular eventsPerceived stressPrior hospitalisationCardiovascular eventsHeart failureHospitalisationImportant target groupHF interventionsPatientsAverage perceived stressStudy periodHigher likelihoodStudy measurementsAssociationTarget groupStandard predictorsAverage levelMonths