title: Cognitive impairment in heart failure.
abstract: Heart failure is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, causing a constellation of disabling symptoms. Cognitive impairment in people with heart failure may be more common than previously known with multiple etiologies from both the disease process and the treatment. Exemplars from a research study are used to illustrate the perspective of heart failure patients. Given the critical importance of memory deficits on patient education, potential nursing interventions to address the issue of cognitive impairment are described.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 78701, USA. apclark@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Angela P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McDougall
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D014481:United States