background chronic heart failure (chf) is associated with unpredictably increased prevalence of hospital admissions. self-care is one of the most important aspects of management for patients with chf. self-care adequacy has led to increased satisfaction, independence in daily activities, reduced stress, and morbidity. objectives we aimed to assess the relationship between self-care behavior and...

The human intellect has an almost irresistible urge to categorize and simplify. Thus, over the years, heart failure has been classified as forward or backward, right or left, compensated or decompensated. These distinctions, which were made primarily on the basis of data obtained from the history and physical examination, provided a conceptual framework for thinking about heart failure and for ...

Abstract Objective : Micro- and macrovascular changes can occur in heart failure, could influence its prognosis management. In a prospective study, we proposed the evaluation of arterial stiffness (macrovascular function) correlations patients with systolic failure. Methods 40 (32 men, 8 women, mean age 63±2.9 years), hemodynamically stable failure (left ventricular ejection fraction, EF<40%...