Heart Failure Patients Optimistic About Life Expectancy

An article published in the June 4 issue of JAMAreports on the discordance between the clinical predictions and patientexpectations of life expectancy and survival of heart failure patients.Larry A. Allen, M.D., M.H.S. (Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham,N.C.) and colleagues find that younger patients and those with moresevere disease significantly overestimate their remaining life span.

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Filed under: Rehabilitation on June 10th, 2008