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Quality of life in dilated cardiomyopathy with refractory chronic heart failure undergoing devices implantation

dc.contributor.authorNave Leal, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorPais-Ribeiro, José Luís
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Mário Martins
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-23T09:35:06Z
dc.date.available2012-02-23T09:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2012-02
dc.description.abstractHeart failure is the final stage of most of cardiac diseases. It is a complex syndrome in which the patients should have the following features: symptoms of heart failure, typically shortness of breath at rest or during exertion, and/or fatigue; signs of fluid retention such as pulmonary congestion or ankle swelling; and objective evidence of an abnormality of the structure or function of the heart at rest. This progressive syndrome as a high incidence and prevalence and poor prognosis: four-year mortality is around 50% with 40% of the patients admitted to hospital dying or readmitted within a year. With ageing, many patients will develop chronic heart failure, which, because of its symptoms, patient’s awareness of their risk of dying, and the effects of therapy, together with frequent hospitalizations, has considerable impact on patient’s health-related quality of life.por
dc.identifier.citationNave Leal E, Pais-Ribeiro JL, Oliveira MM. Quality of life in dilated cardiomyopathy with refractory chronic heart failure undergoing devices implantation. In: Veselka J, editor. Cardiomyopathies: from basic research to clinical management. InTech; 2012. p. 69-82.por
dc.identifier.isbn978-953-307-834-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1134
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherInTechpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.intechopen.com/source/pdfs/27267/InTech-Quality_of_life_in_dilated_cardiomyopathy_with_refractory_chronic_heart_failure_undergoing_devices_implantation.pdfpor
dc.subjectFisioterapiapor
dc.subjectReabilitaçãopor
dc.subjectCardiomiopatiapor
dc.subjectDoença cardíacapor
dc.subjectEnvelhecimentopor
dc.subjectQualidade de vidapor
dc.titleQuality of life in dilated cardiomyopathy with refractory chronic heart failure undergoing devices implantationpor
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oaire.citation.endPage82por
oaire.citation.startPage69por
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