Generic Chronic heart failure-specific or targeted Domain or factor-specific Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF) Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)…
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Pain and discomfort energy and fatigue, sexual activity, sleep and rest and sensory functioning Positive feelings thinking, learning, memory, and concentration; self-esteem; bodily image and appearance; and negative feelings Mobility…
Study Number of patients/observation period Questionnaire used Outcome Lönnerholm [32] N = 48, AF patients resistant to pharmacologic treatment/1 year SF-36 -improvement in all domains of the SF-36 with the…
Relative risk 95 % Confidence interval P value Overall 1.48 1.25–1.74 <0.001 CAD 1.46 1.31–1.63 <0.001 Stroke 1.35 1.19–1.54 <0.001 All-cause mortality 1.19 1.05–1.34 0.005 The FRS is a…
Fig. 20.1 The three-piece inflatable penile prosthesis creates a firmer erection than its two-piece counterpart. This fluid-filled implant features two inflatable cylinders implanted in the penis, a pump placed in…
Artery Diameter (mm) Clinical event Penile 1–2 ED Coronary 3–4 Ischaemic heart disease Carotid 5–7 TIA/stroke Femoral 6–8 Claudication TIA transient ischaemic attack Thus, on the basis of the artery…
Fig. 24.1 Management of hypertensive patients with CVD (a) or without known CVD (b). *Low-risk patients include those with complete revascularization (e.g., via coronary artery bypass grafting, stenting, or angioplasty),…
Reference HR Men (n) CVD (%) Hypertension (%) Mean follow-up (years) All-cause mortality/CVD Shores et al. [23] 1.88 858 20.7 NA 8.0 All cause Khaw et al. [24] 2.29 2,314…
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