Role of a multidisciplinary program in improving outcomes in cognitively impaired heart failure older patients

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Cardiac Series

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Del Sindaco, Donatella ^a   Pulignano, Giovanni ^b   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^c   Tarantini, Luigi ^d   Cioffi, Giovanni ^e   Tolone, Stefano ^b   Tinti, Maria Denitza ^b   Monzo, Luca ^b   Barbati, Giulia ^f   Minardi, Giovanni ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Cardiovascular Center and University   (Italy)

^d SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Disease management; Elderly; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLSTEIN MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84866628856     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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