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  • Title: Cognitive impairment: a key feature of congestive heart failure in the elderly.
    Author: Trojano L, Antonelli Incalzi R, Acanfora D, Picone C, Mecocci P, Rengo F, Congestive Heart Failure Italian Study Investigators.
    Journal: J Neurol; 2003 Dec; 250(12):1456-63. PubMed ID: 14673579.
    Abstract:
    Congestive heart failure (CHF) has been proposed as a possible cause of cognitive dysfunction but only a few studies have directly assessed cognitive performance in CHF. The aim of the present study was to compare the cognitive patterns of patients with CHF and patients having cardiovascular diseases uncomplicated by CHF (no-CHF group). In a multicenter observational case-control study, we studied 149 hospitalized elderly CHF patients in the New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II (CHFm, m: moderate), 159 CHF patients in NYHA class III-IV (CHFs, s: severe), and 207 no-CHF patients. Patients underwent a multidimensional assessment and neuropsychological tests for the following cognitive domains: attention, visual-spatial intelligence, verbal attainment, verbal and visuo-spatial memory. Neuropsychological performances of groups were compared by multivariate analysis. Correlates of an abnormal performance on at least three neuropsychological tests were assessed by logistic regression analysis. CHFs performed worse than no-CHF patients on 4 of the 7 neuropsychological measures, the largest difference being in tests of attention and verbal learning (p < 0.001). Prevalence of abnormal performance on at least 3 tests was 57.9 % in CHFs, 43% in CHFm and 34.3 % in no-CHF groups (chi square = 17.3, p < 0.0001). The following qualified as independent correlates of the outcome at logistic regression analysis: CHFs group membership (Odds Ratio-OR = 2.56, 95% Confidence Interval-CI = 1.49-4.40), depression (OR = 2.37, 95% CI = 1.54-3.66), hypertension (OR = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.18-2.99). Our results demonstrate that cognitive impairment is common among CHF patients and seems to be causally related to CHF severity, depression and hypertension. The cognitive dysfunction also characterizes a relevant fraction of patients with cardiovascular diseases uncomplicated by CHF.
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