Get latest articles and stories on Lifestyle at LatestLY. According to new research by the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, unmarried heart failure patients appear less confident in managing their condition and more socially limited than their married counterparts (ESC). These distinctions may have contributed to unmarried patients' poorer long-term survival. Lifestyle News | Study Finds Being Unmarried is Associated with a Higher Risk of Death in Heart Failure Patients.