Cognitive impairment predicts mortality in outpatient veterans with heart failure

In our prior study of 250 outpatient veterans with heart failure (HF), 58% had unrecognized cognitive impairment (CI) which was linked to worsened medication adherence. Literature suggests HF patients with CI have poorer clinical outcomes including higher mortality.The study is to examine mortality rates in outpatients with HF and undiagnosed CI compared to their cognitively intact peers.This is a retrospective study for all-cause...