ArticleBrazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery2021
Comparison of Quality of Life Between Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Recipients.
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- A systematic review of the relationship between race and health-related quality of life outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure who undergo heart transplantation or mechanical circulatory support.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Frailty is associated with poorer health-related quality of life among adult heart transplant recipients: a cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Expanding the scope of SGLT inhibitors in underrepresented cardiac populations: from pathophysiology to clinical evidence.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Does race influence health-related quality of life outcomes in older patients who undergo advanced cardiac surgical therapies?JHLT open · 2025Article
- Exercise as a modality to improve heart transplantation-related functional impairments: An article review.World journal of transplantation · 2024Review
- Metabolic Choreography of Energy Substrates During DCD Heart Perfusion.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
- 2023 National Heart Center/Saudi Heart Association Focused Update of the 2019 Saudi Heart Association Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure.Journal of the Saudi Heart Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionHeart transplantation is the treatment indicated for patients with advanced and refractory heart failure (HF). The transplant is expected to increase survival and improve the level of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this study was to compare the level of HRQoL, as well as social and clinical variables, between patients with advanced HF and heart transplant (HT) recipients.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study, conducted at a Brazilian university hospital, during outpatient consultations. The level of HRQoL was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, and the comparison of the level of HRQoL was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test.
resultsTwo hundred sixty-two patients participated in the study. Seventy-nine of them had advanced-stage HF and 183 were HT recipients. Compared to patients with advanced HF, HT recipients had a better level of HRQoL, were less frequently absent from work due to health problems, had higher income, used a higher number of medications, and there was a higher percentage of retirees among them (P-value < 0.001).
conclusionIn every comparison, HT recipients showed a better level of HRQoL than patients with advanced HF, along with less absence from work and higher income. These results suggest that heart transplantation can improve HRQoL and survival of patients with advanced HF.
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