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Description of Symptom Severity in Heart Failure: Review of the Literature
Home Health Care Management & Practice, 04/01/09

Landrum L et al. - Varying instruments and methods are used to measure symptom severity. The literature includes inappropriate measurement methods of symptom severity. Symptom severity should be clearly defined, differentiated from related terms, and measured appropriately. Comparisons across studies are impeded when terms are not clearly defined or inappropriately measured.

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Heart failure may worsen with statins
CNN Health, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 71%

Death and Dying in Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction
The American Journal of Cardiology, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Physician-Determined Worsening Heart Failure: A Novel Definition for Early Worsening Heart Failure in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure - Association with Signs and Symptoms, Hospitalization Duration, and 60-Day Outcomes
Cardiology, 10/22/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Fatigue in elderly with chronic heart failure: an under-recognized symptom
Aging Health, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Central Aortic Stiffness is Increased in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction
Journal of Cardiac Failure, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 70%