Living Without Heart Failure

Patients With and Without Congestive Heart Failure?

Background. Although changes in contractility are often accompanied by changes in relaxation, a mathematical model of ventricular coupling has not been described. A model we examined suggests a hyperbolic relation between measurements of contraction and relaxation. We thus tested the hypothesis that relatively load-independent measurements of contractility (end-systolic elastance [Eesl) and rel...

The Challenges of People With Heart Failure in Activity of Daily Living Performance: A Qualitative Study in Iranian Context

Objectives: People with Heart Failure (HF) encounter many limitations while performing their daily activities. These limitations can have adverse effects on their quality of life and self-satisfaction. Hence, to assess problems in the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and plan effective interventions, we should properly identify people’s challenges in performing daily activities. This study aime...

Activities of daily living and outcomes in heart failure.

BACKGROUND Chronic disease can contribute to functional disability, which can degrade quality of life. However, the prevalence of functional disability and its association with outcomes among patients with heart failure requires further study. METHODS AND RESULTS Southeastern Minnesota residents with heart failure were enrolled from September 2003 through January 2012 into a cohort study with...

A patient's guide to living confidently with chronic heart failure.

Daily energy expenditure in free-living heart failure patients.

We examined the hypothesis that weight loss in heart failure patients is associated with elevated daily energy expenditure. Twelve cachectic patients [age = 73 +/- 6 yr; weight loss = 15 +/- 6 kg; body mass index (BMI) = 21 +/- 5 kg/m2], 13 noncachectic patients (age = 67 +/- 5 yr; BMI = 27 +/- 5 kg/m2), and 50 healthy elderly controls (age = 69 +/- 6 yr; BMI = 26 +/- 4 kg/m2) were studied. Dai...