Pulignano et al evaluated prognosis for older adults with heart failure. They showed that gait speed was a valuable predictor of outcomes. The authors are from multiple hospitals in Italy and members of the IMAGE-HF Study.
Patient selection: older adult (>= 70 years) with heart failure, community-dwelling
Outcome: 1-year all cause mortality
Parameters:
(1) 3C-HF score of Senni et al
(2) gait speed group
Gait Speed
Group
>= 1 meter/s
Fast
0.66 to 0.99 meter/s
intermediate
<= 0.65 meter/s
Slow
3C-HF Score
Gait Speed Group
1-Year Mortality Rate
<= 11
5%
7%
31%
12 to 31
13%
21%
slow
30%
>= 32
14%
42%
68%
Performance:
• The area under the ROC curve was 0.76 (Figure 4).
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Specialty: Cardiology
