The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Score Is Associated With Incident Heart Failure Hospitalization in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Without Previously Diagnosed Heart Failure: The CRIC Study

摘要

BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a risk factor for heart failure (HF). Patients with CKD without diagnosed HF have an increased burden of symptoms characteristic of HF. It is not known whether these symptoms are associated with occurrence of new onset HF.