Mahoto Kato, Lynne W Stevenson, Maryse Palardy, Patricia M Campbell, Christopher W May, Neal K Lakdawala, Garrick Stewart, Anju Nohria, Joseph G Rogers, J Thomas Heywood, Mihai Gheorghiade, Eldrin F Lewis, Xiaojuan Mi, Soko Setoguchi
BACKGROUND: Patients perceive different symptoms of heart failure decompensation. It is not known whether the nature of the worst symptom relates to hemodynamic profile, response to therapy, or improvement in clinical trials. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients in the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness trial were hospitalized with advanced heart failure, ejection fraction ≤30%, and at least 1 sign and 1 symptom of elevated filling pressures...
July 2012: Journal of Cardiac Failure