Washington, July 14 (ANI): A new study has found that heart failure patients who comply with doctors' self-care plans are at a lesser risk from mortality, urgent ventricular assist device implantation, and urgent heart transplantation.
Christopher S. Lee, PhD, RN of the Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing led a team of researchers who examined the biological mechanisms by which self-care influences heart failure outcomes.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical investigation of the relationship between participant reported self-care and serum biomarkers of myocardial stress and systemic inflammation in persons with heart failure," study co-author Barbara J. Riegel, a professor at Penn Nursing, said.
This study investigated the relationship between heart failure patients who complied with self-care plans and serum biomarkers of myocardial stress and systemic inflammation.
Heart failure patients who followed doctor's advice for self-care (such as taking medications, monitoring and interpreting symptoms, eating a low-sodium diet, and exercising) showed lower levels of myocardial stress and systemic inflammation, thought to be associated with greater risk of mortality, urgent ventricular assist device implantation, and urgent heart transplantation.
The findings have been published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. (ANI)
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