Quality of Life as an Independent Predictor for Cardiac Events and Death in Patients With Heart Failure

Little is known about health-related quality of life (QOL) in Japanese patients with heart failure. The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to QOL using a disease-specific QOL instrument, and to clarify whether QOL independently predicts clinical outcomes among Japanese patients with heart failure.A total of 114 outpatients with heart failure were enrolled (mean age 64.7 ± 15.8 years; 73.7% males). The Minnesota Living with...