2005
Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: A comparison of methods
Spertus J, Peterson E, Conard MW, Heidenreich PA, Krumholz HM, Jones P, McCullough PA, Pina I, Tooley J, Weintraub WS, Rumsfeld JS, Consortium F. Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: A comparison of methods. American Heart Journal 2005, 150: 707-715. PMID: 16209970, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical changesHeart failureWalk testNew York Heart AssociationHeart failure measuresHealth status instrumentsHighest c-statisticClinical deteriorationWalk distanceClinical statusPatient weightC-statisticHeart AssociationExercise testKCCQIndividual patientsNYHAPatientsDisease statusFunctional classClinical medicineLarge improvementStatusDeteriorationOutpatients
2002
The kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire is sensitive to clinical change in congestive heart failure
Spertus J, Conard M, Rinaldi J, Tsuyuki R, Krumholz H, Pina I, Havranek E, Tooley J. The kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire is sensitive to clinical change in congestive heart failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2002, 39: 460. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)82069-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research