[Quality of life in patients with combined treatments for heart failure].
The low quality of life in patients with end-stage heart failure is correlated, above all, to frequent hospitalization and to the awareness of having an illness that limits survival. The quality of life in these patients with heart failure using treatment with sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED) is determined through the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF) Questionnaire. The reliability of this evaluation system has been examined through consultation with international trials. After 1 yr of this treatment, we observed an improvement in quality of life.
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Struttura Complesa di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Presidio Ospedaliero G De Bosis, Cassino (FR).
Caliendo
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Simonelli
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Violi
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Lamberti
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Rossi
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Mantella
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Iorio
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D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires