Heart Failure - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Left ventricular assist devices: psychosocial challenges in the elderly.

30 Oct 2009 As the baby boom generation ages, the number of people with heart failure is expected to rise exponentially. A rapid increase in the demand for heart transplants will result in an increased use of left ventricular assist devices. This case ... Read more...

Use of the concordance correlation coefficient when examining agreement in dyadic research.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The statistical measure used to quantify the degree of agreement or congruence between two research subjects has been the intraclass or the Pearson correlation coefficient; however, the concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) is ... Read more...

Circulating CD34+/KDR+ endothelial progenitor cells are reduced in chronic heart failure patients as a function of Type D personality.

14 Jul 2009 The aim of the present study was to assess whether EPC (endothelial progenitor cell) number/function might be an explanatory factor for the observed relationship between Type D personality (a joint tendency towards negative affectivity and social ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart Failure - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Left ventricular assist devices: psychosocial challenges in the elderly. 30 Oct 2009
• Use of the concordance correlation coefficient when examining agreement in dyadic research. 30 Aug 2009
• State of the science: promoting self-care in persons with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 29 Aug 2009
• Circulating CD34+/KDR+ endothelial progenitor cells are reduced in chronic heart failure patients as a function of Type D personality. 14 Jul 2009
• Growth hormone deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure and beneficial effects of its correction. 5 Jul 2009
• Learning for heart failure patients (The L-HF patient study). 29 Jun 2009
• Caring for special populations: total pain theory in advanced heart failure: applications to research and practice. 29 Jun 2009
• Predictors of depressive symptoms in older veterans with heart failure. 29 Jun 2009
• Relationship of depressive symptoms to the impact of physical symptoms on functional status in women with heart failure. 29 Jun 2009
• Living with depressive symptoms: patients with heart failure. 29 Jun 2009
• Heart failure: Support for exercise training in CHF. 29 Jun 2009
• Why do elders delay responding to heart failure symptoms? 29 Jun 2009
• Elevated depression symptoms predict long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. 27 Jun 2009
• [Preserving eating pleasure in heart failure patients] 30 May 2009
• Neurocognitive assessments in advanced heart failure patients receiving continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. 30 May 2009
• Beyond Type D personality: reduced positive affect (anhedonia) predicts impaired health status in chronic heart failure. 7 May 2009
• Mindfulness helps ease heart failure. 29 Apr 2009
• Quality of life in a diverse population of patients with heart failure: BASELINE FINDINGS FROM THE HEART FAILURE ADHERENCE AND RETENTION TRIAL (HART). 29 Apr 2009
• Risk factors as predictors of sexual activity in heart failure. 29 Apr 2009
• The influence of heart failure self-care on health outcomes: hypothetical cardioprotective mechanisms. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Heart Failure'

Definition: A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

Descriptor UI: D006333

Alternative terms: Heart Failure; Cardiac Failure; Myocardial Failure; Heart Failure, Left-Sided; Heart Failure, Left Sided; Left-Sided Heart Failure; Left Sided Heart Failure; Heart Failure, Right-Sided; Heart Failure, Right Sided; Right-Sided Heart Failure; Right Sided Heart Failure; Congestive Heart Failure; Heart Failure, Congestive; Heart Decompensation; Decompensation, Heart;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.434;

History Note: 2008 (1966)

Technical Notes: "scompenso di cuore" is "heart decompensation" in Italian; do not confuse with CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE