2006
Health Status Identifies Heart Failure Outpatients at Risk for Hospitalization or Death
Heidenreich PA, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Weintraub WS, Rumsfeld JS, Rathore SS, Peterson ED, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Havranek EP, Conard MW, Williams RE, Consortium C. Health Status Identifies Heart Failure Outpatients at Risk for Hospitalization or Death. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 47: 752-756. PMID: 16487840, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireB-type natriuretic peptideKCCQ summary scoreHeart failureKCCQ scoresHealth status measuresClinical conditionsNew York Heart Association functional class IVSummary scoresStatus measuresFunctional class IVIschemic HF etiologyLower KCCQ scoresSequential multivariable modelsBaseline patient characteristicsHeart failure outpatientsPatient's clinical conditionProportional hazards regressionBNP levelsHF etiologyHF hospitalizationHF admissionsHF patientsPatient characteristicsWalk distance
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
2004
Age, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure
Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Havranek EP, House JA, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Consortium F. Age, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2004, 10: 368-373. PMID: 15470645, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2004.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHealth-related qualityHeart failureYounger patientsFunctional statusNYHA classOlder patientsBetter HRQLFunctional limitationsWalk distanceNew York Heart Association classificationMulticenter prospective cohort studyOlder personsBaseline NYHA classWorse NYHA classProspective cohort studySignificant functional limitationsBaseline functional limitationsSignificant physical disabilityImportance of treatmentBaseline HRQLMultivariable adjustmentCohort studyAssociation classificationHRQL