cise capacity (ie, cardiorespiratory fitness) is an independent, clinically meaningful patient outcome, and its measurement is valid, objective, and reproducible. These positive data on exercise capacity for patients with chronic HFpEF provided the impetus for the current American Heart Association and A...
4. Blood pressure measurement ✓ 5. Assessment of clinical sysmptomsof volume overload (excess) ✓ 6. Assessment of clinical signsof volume overload (excess) ✓ 7. Assessment of activity level ✓ 8. Patient education ✓ ✓ 9. Beta-blocker therapy ✓ 10. ACE inhibitor, or...
measurement of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, using the foot-to-foot velocity method from various waveforms (pressure, Doppler, distention).182 The analysis of aortic pressure waveform allows the calculation of central systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure, which are influenced by aortic ...
The ACC/AHA Performance Measurement Sets are to be applied in the inpatient and/or outpatient setting depending upon the topic. Although inpatient measures have traditionally been captured by retrospective data collection, the increased use of electronic medical records allows for prospective collection in...