2015
Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes)
Qian F, Parzynski CS, Chaudhry SI, Hannan EL, Shaw BA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes). JACC Heart Failure 2015, 3: 531-538. PMID: 26160368, PMCID: PMC8635169, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported health statusKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHeart failureBlack patientsHealth statusHF hospitalizationRacial differencesBaseline KCCQ scoresClinical laboratory valuesPatient-reported outcomesSignificant racial differencesKCCQ scoresHF admissionsPatient demographicsWhite patientsLaboratory valuesPropensity score methodsPatientsHospitalizationOutcome evidenceMonthsLinear mixed modelsBaselineTrialsStatus
2003
Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure
Rumsfeld JS, Havranek E, Masoudi FA, Peterson ED, Jones P, Tooley JF, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Consortium C. Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 42: 1811-1817. PMID: 14642693, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireKCCQ summary scoreDepressive symptomsQuality of lifeHealth statusKCCQ scoresHeart failureDepressed patientsSummary scoresMulticenter prospective cohort studyStrongest predictorBaseline KCCQ scoresProspective cohort studySignificant depressive symptomsSpecific health statusTreatment of depressionShort-term worseningPredictors of changeHF careHF symptomsCohort studyPrimary outcomePotential confoundersPatient variablesMultivariable model