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Table 4.

Change in Cognition According to Treatment or Intervention

Intervention Lead Author^{(reference #)}	n	Change in Cognition
Heart Transplant
Bornstein, et al.¶¹⁸	62	Improvement^*^†
Grimm, et al.¹⁹	110	Improvement^*
Schall, et al.²³	54	Stable^*

LVAD Implantation
Petrucci, et al.²¹	93	Improvement^*

Disease Management Program
Karlsson, et al.²⁸	146	Stable^*^†

Clinical/Pharmacological Treatment
Almeida & Tamai¹⁷	61	Improvement^*, Stable^‡
Ghali, et al.²⁷	170	Improvement^*, Stable^†
Kindermann, et al.²⁰	70	Improvement^*, Stable^†, Decline^‡
Zuccala, et al.²⁵	1151	Improvement^*^†
Zuccala, et al.²⁶	1220	Improvement^*^†

No Treatment Specified (Standard Treatment Assumed)
Almeida, et al.¹⁶	231	Decline^‡
Hjelm, et al.¹⁴	702	Decline^‡
Qiu, et al.¹⁵	1301	Decline^‡
Riegel, et al.²²	279	Stable^*
Stanek, et al.²⁴	70	Improvement^*, Stable^‡

compared to self at baseline

^†

compared to control group of HF patients who did not receive the treatment/intervention under study, did not respond to intervention under study, or stable HF patients

^‡

compared to a control group without HF