Link between cognitive impairment and worse prognosis in heart failure patients
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Despite new treatments such as modern medicines and defibrillators, the mortality rate with heart failure is still high and the prognosis worse than for certain cancers. A new study now shows a link between cognitive impairment and an increased risk for rehospitalization, or an early death, in heart failure patients.