Publications by authors named "S Pressler"
Background: Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common causes of hospital readmission in the United States. These hospitalizations are often driven by insufficient self-care. Commercial mobile health (mHealth) technologies, such as consumer-grade apps and wearable devices, offer opportunities for improving HF self-care, but their efficacy remains largely underexplored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Incidence of cognitive impairment and its consequences have not been fully examined in heart failure (HF).
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine associations of HF with cognitive decline, frequencies and risks of, and time-to-develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia during 15-year follow-up.
Methods: For this retrospective cohort study, data were retrieved from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center.
Background: Vascular diseases, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and stroke, increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment. Serum biomarkers, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), may be indicators of cognitive health.
Objective: We examined whether vascular risk was associated with levels of cognition and serum biomarkers in older women with cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Background: Predictors have not been determined of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels among patients with heart failure (HF).
Objective: The primary purpose was to evaluate history of atrial fibrillation, age, gender, and left ventricular ejection fraction as predictors of serum BDNF levels at baseline, 10 weeks, and 4 and 8 months after baseline among patients with HF.
Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort analyses of 241 patients with HF.