Patients report more severe daily limitations than recognized by their physicians.

Renata Rodrigues Teixeira CastroEmer JoyceNeal K LakdawalaGarrick StewartAnju NohriaMichael M GivertzAkshay DesaiEldrin F LewisLynne W Stevenson

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2019)

Activity limitations are commonly reported by ambulatory HF patients, but underestimated by physicians. It is not clear how this should guide therapy validated for NYHA class but focused activity questions may merit wider use to track limitations and improvement in ambulatory HF.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
primary care
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
stem cells
physical activity
patient reported outcomes