The aim of the present study is threefold: investigating 1) specific cognitive impairments in patients with congestive heart failure, 2) whether cognitive impairments in patients with decompensated heart failure improve after medical recompensation and 3) whether cognitive functioning is related to the long-term prognosis (mortality, rehospitalisation) of those patients.
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cognitive function in decompensated heart failure patients measured by a cognitive test battery
Timeframe: within 48h of hospitalisation
cognitive function before and after medical recompensation measured by a cognitive test battery
Timeframe: individual time to recompensate
differences in cognitive performance between decompensated heart failure patients, patients with chronic heart failure and healthy controls
Timeframe: 14 months (+/-2 month)