1. Screening and Initiating Supportive Care in Patients With Heart Failure
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Quynh Nguyen, Kaiming Wang, Anish Nikhanj, Dale Chen-Song, Ingrid DeKock, Justin Ezekowitz, Mehrnoush Mirhosseini, Bibiana Cujec, and Gavin Y. Oudit
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heart failure ,supportive care ,palliative care ,KCCQ ,quality of life ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) experience a major symptom burden and an overall reduction of quality of life. However, supportive care (SC) remains an under-utilized resource for these patients. Among the many existing barriers to integrating SC into routine care, identifying patients with SC needs remains challenging. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is an important predictor of SC needs in patients with HF.Methods and Results: We used the shortened version KCCQ-12 as a screening tool for SC need in our ambulatory HF patient population using a KCCQ-12 summary score of
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- 2019
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