Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2006
Multicenter StudyHealth status identifies heart failure outpatients at risk for hospitalization or death.
We tested the hypothesis that one health status measure, the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ), provides prognostic information independent of other clinical data in outpatients with heart failure (HF). ⋯ A low KCCQ score is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in outpatients with HF.