BACKGROUND: There are limited data describing the prevalence, type, and severity of
cognitive impairments (CIs) in the general population with chronic heart failure (HF). The …

Aims Self‐care of heart failure (HF) is a process that is important, complex, and challenging.
Little is understood of the contextual factors influencing self‐care. We aimed to examine the …

Background: Persons with heart failure (HF) have significantly lower sleep quantity and
quality than persons without HF. The purpose of this article is to propose a conceptual model …

Развитие современной циви-лизации неизбежно сопряжено с увеличением
продолжительности жизни, что столь неизбежно приводит и к увеличению доли …

With the increasing emphasis on vascular disease as a risk factor for dementia and cognitive
impairment, lowering cholesterol has received much attention to maintain cognitive function …

Objectives Several cardiovascular and biochemical factors including hypertension have
been associated with cognitive decline and dementia, although both epidemiological and …

The use of two clinic office techniques, carotid artery ultrasound and echocardiography
(CAUSE), to detect deficient brain blood flow delivery in the healthy, cognitively normal …

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and particularly heart failure (HF) have been
associated with cognitive impairment in cross-sectional studies, but it is unclear how …

Title. Quality of life in partners of people with congestive heart failure: gender and
involvement in care. Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to investigate quality of …

Over time, vascular risk factors lead to end-organ damage, which includes cardiac and brain
injury. The relation between cardiac integrity and brain function is of fundamental …