Prognostic significance of new atrial fibrillation and its relation to heart failure following acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxygen (O2) uptake at peak exercise (VO2 peak) is an objective measurement of functional capacity in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The significance of recovery O2 kinetics parameters in predicting exercise capacity, and the parameters of submaximal exercise testing have not been thoroughly exami...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Nanas S,Nanas J,Kassiotis C,Nikolaou C,Tsagalou E,Sakellariou D,Terovitis I,Papazachou O,Drakos S,Papamichalopoulos A,Roussos C

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Scarce data are available on the effect of the traditional Mediterranean diet (TMD) on heart failure biomarkers. We assessed the effect of TMD on biomarkers related to heart failure in a high cardiovascular disease risk population. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 930 subjects at high cardiovascular risk (420 men a...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Fitó M,Estruch R,Salas-Salvadó J,Martínez-Gonzalez MA,Arós F,Vila J,Corella D,Díaz O,Sáez G,de la Torre R,Mitjavila MT,Muñoz MA,Lamuela-Raventós RM,Ruiz-Gutierrez V,Fiol M,Gómez-Gracia E,Lapetra J,Ros E,Serra-Majem L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the effects of lipophilic simvastatin and hydrophilic rosuvastatin on plasma adiponectin and glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in patients with non-ischaemic chronic heart failure (NICHF). METHODS AND RESULTS:Seventy-one stable outpatients with NICHF, who were already receiving standard therapy f...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Tsutamoto T,Yamaji M,Kawahara C,Nishiyama K,Fujii M,Yamamoto T,Horie M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Severe heart failure (HF) is often associated with cachexia that reverses post-heart transplantation (HTx) with frequent development of obesity. Ghrelin is a novel appetite-stimulating hormone. The aim was to determine the role of ghrelin in regulating appetite, food intake, and body composition in HF and post-HTx...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Lund LH,Williams JJ,Freda P,LaManca JJ,LeJemtel TH,Mancini DM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that atrial fibrillation can lead to heart failure, and is attributed to rapid ventricular rate (tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy). Some recent studies suggest the possible existence of an intrinsic left-ventricular factor related to atrial fibrillation, irrespective of other elements. In order to d...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Jourdain P,Bellorini M,Funck F,Fulla Y,Guillard N,Loiret J,Thebault B,Sadeg N,Desnos M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recent studies have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs), besides being potent regulators of gene expression, can additionally serve as circulating biomarkers of disease. The aim of this study is to determine if plasma miRNAs can be used as indicators of disease progression or therapeutic efficacy in hypertension-induced...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Dickinson BA,Semus HM,Montgomery RL,Stack C,Latimer PA,Lewton SM,Lynch JM,Hullinger TG,Seto AG,van Rooij E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Modulation of vagal tone using electrical vagal nerve stimulation or pharmacological acetylcholinesterase inhibition by donepezil exerts beneficial effects in an animal model of chronic heart failure (CHF). Considering different treatment mechanisms underlying renin-angiotensin system (RAS) suppression and parasym...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Li M,Zheng C,Kawada T,Inagaki M,Uemura K,Sugimachi M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Supervised exercise can benefit selected patients with heart failure, however the effectiveness of home-based exercise remains uncertain. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme in addition to specialist heart failure nurse care. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a randomized controlled...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Jolly K,Taylor RS,Lip GY,Davies M,Davis R,Mant J,Singh S,Greenfield S,Ingram J,Stubley J,Bryan S,Stevens A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure (HF) patients with normal vs. abnormal red cell indices (RCI), the associations between iron parameters and RCI, and prognostic consequences of ID independently of RCI. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analysed clinical data of 1821 patients with HF [me...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Tkaczyszyn M,Comín-Colet J,Voors AA,van Veldhuisen DJ,Enjuanes C,Moliner-Borja P,Rozentryt P,Poloński L,Banasiak W,Ponikowski P,van der Meer P,Jankowska EA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the tolerability of initiating/uptitrating sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) from 50 to 200 mg twice daily (target dose) over 3 and 6 weeks in heart failure (HF) patients (ejection fraction ≤35%). METHODS AND RESULTS:A 5-day open-label run-in (sacubitril/valsartan 50 mg twice daily) preceded an 11-week, dou...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Senni M,McMurray JJ,Wachter R,McIntyre HF,Reyes A,Majercak I,Andreka P,Shehova-Yankova N,Anand I,Yilmaz MB,Gogia H,Martinez-Selles M,Fischer S,Zilahi Z,Cosmi F,Gelev V,Galve E,Gómez-Doblas JJ,Nociar J,Radomska M,S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients with acute heart failure (HF) in Africa are rarely being treated with a hydralazine/nitrates combination. Therefore the effect of this treatment was studied here. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study was planned to enrol 500 patients during an acute HF admission, from nine sub-Saharan African countries. Patient...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Sliwa K,Damasceno A,Davison BA,Mayosi BM,Sani MU,Ogah O,Mondo C,Ojji D,Dzudie A,Kouam CK,Yonga G,Ba SA,Ogola E,Edwards C,Milo O,Cotter G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with heart failure (HF) are at an increased risk of stroke, sudden death and venous thromboembolism, which are all linked to thrombus formation (thrombogenesis). The present 'viewpoint' article will discuss how the prothrombotic state in HF may be perpetuated by a chronic inflammatory state that is maladaptiv...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Chong AY,Lip GY

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A low peak oxygen uptake (pVO(2)) and steep VE/VCO(2) slope are independently associated with a worse prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We wished to confirm whether combining these variables as a ratio would lead to a more accurate predictor of prognosis than using either alone. METHOD...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Ingle L,Witte KK,Cleland JG,Clark AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Mutations in the lamin A/C gene (LMNA) cause a variety of clinical phenotypes, including dilated cardiomyopathy. LMNA is one of the most prevalent mutated genes in dilated cardiomyopathy, and is associated with a high risk of arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure. There are few data on the impact of...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： van Rijsingen IA,Nannenberg EA,Arbustini E,Elliott PM,Mogensen J,Hermans-van Ast JF,van der Kooi AJ,van Tintelen JP,van den Berg MP,Grasso M,Serio A,Jenkins S,Rowland C,Richard P,Wilde AA,Perrot A,Pankuweit S,Zwinderman

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To characterize the relationship between known and newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) and the risk of death and major cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by heart failure (HF) and/or left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD). METHODS:The VALIANT trial ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Køber L,Swedberg K,McMurray JJ,Pfeffer MA,Velazquez EJ,Diaz R,Maggioni AP,Mareev V,Opolski G,Van de Werf F,Zannad F,Ertl G,Solomon SD,Zelenkofske S,Rouleau JL,Leimberger JD,Califf RM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients suspected of having heart failure (HF) will get a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) but its utility for excluding HF or assisting in its management has rarely been investigated. METHODS:The EuroHeart Failure survey identified 11,327 patients hospitalised with a suspected diagnosis of HF from 115...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Khan NK,Goode KM,Cleland JG,Rigby AS,Freemantle N,Eastaugh J,Clark AL,de Silva R,Calvert MJ,Swedberg K,Komajda M,Mareev V,Follath F,EuroHeart Failure Survey Investigators.

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Several studies have shown that older patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are undertreated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of up-titration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) and beta-blockers on outcome acros...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mordi IR,Ouwerkerk W,Anker SD,Cleland JG,Dickstein K,Metra M,Ng LL,Samani NJ,van Veldhuisen DJ,Zannad F,Voors AA,Lang CC

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the current status of care and needs of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) services in the Central and South Eastern European (CESEE) region. METHODS AND RESULTS:We obtained data regarding the national ACHD status for 19 CESEE countries from their ACHD representative based on an extensive survey for...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Brida M,Šimkova I,Jovović L,Prokšelj K,Antonová P,Balint HO,Gumbiene L,Lebid IH,Komar M,Kratunkov P,Kovačević Preradović T,Ermel R,Strenge A,Coman IM,Vukomanović V,Gatzoulis MA,Roos-Hesselink JW,Diller GP

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report we describe that NG-monomethyl-L-arginine acetate, a non-specific nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor, administered at 1 mg kg(-1) h(-1) to a patient with critical hypotension following mitral valve surgery combined with passive containment surgery, increased the urinary output and arterial blood pr...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Franco-Cereceda A,Holm P,Bredin F,Adding C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrastructural findings of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) include myocyte atrophy and myofilament loss, yet little is known about the vascular abnormalities present in IDCM. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients with IDCM and controls underwent multi-slice CT to examine length and diameter of epicardial v...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Roura S,Planas F,Prat-Vidal C,Leta R,Soler-Botija C,Carreras F,Llach A,Hove-Madsen L,Pons Lladó G,Farré J,Cinca J,Bayes-Genis A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BNP is a marker of systolic left ventricular dysfunction (LVSD) and heart failure. To assess BNP for the detection of diastolic dysfunction in the general population, we examined 1678 subjects within an age- and sex-stratified survey (MONICA Augsburg). BNP was measured using a commercially available RIA (Shionogi). BN...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Lukowicz TV,Fischer M,Hense HW,Döring A,Stritzke J,Riegger G,Schunkert H,Luchner A,MONICA Investigators.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Women with heart failure (HF) are under-represented in individual randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Little is known about sex-specific treatment effects in HF medications. We evaluated sex differences in the response to mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in major HF MRA trials, including a broad spectr...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Rossello X,Ferreira JP,Pocock SJ,McMurray JJV,Solomon SD,Lam CSP,Girerd N,Pitt B,Rossignol P,Zannad F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most frequent degenerative valvular heart disease in Western countries and its prevalence increases in parallel with the ageing process of the population. Heart failure (HF), defined by the presence of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, may be present in up to a quarter of patients...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Kamperidis V,Delgado V,van Mieghem NM,Kappetein AP,Leon MB,Bax JJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of this study was to establish the acute effects of hypoxia on clinical, spirometric, haemodynamic, and echocardiographic variables. Reducing inspired oxygen to 15%, as experienced during commercial air travel, decreases arterial oxygen saturation, increases respiratory rate and pulmonary artery pres...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Hobkirk JP,Damy T,Walters M,Bennett A,Smith SJ,Ingle L,Clark AL,Cleland JG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary desminopathies are caused by desmin gene [DES (MIM*125660)] mutations. The clinical spectrum includes pure myopathies, cardiomuscular diseases and cardiomyopathies. Patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) plus atrioventricular block (AVB) due to DES defects are frequently unrecognized unless d...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Arbustini E,Pasotti M,Pilotto A,Pellegrini C,Grasso M,Previtali S,Repetto A,Bellini O,Azan G,Scaffino M,Campana C,Piccolo G,Viganò M,Tavazzi L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study aimed to assess the association between left atrial (LA) structure and function and the risk for cardiovascular (CV) death or heart failure (HF) hospitalization in a population with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective echocardiographic substudy of the Effective Anticoa...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Inciardi RM,Giugliano RP,Claggett B,Gupta DK,Chandra A,Ruff CT,Antman EM,Mercuri MF,Grosso MA,Braunwald E,Solomon SD,ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 Investigators.

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Drug-induced changes in QT dispersion may be a way of detecting harmful repolarisation abnormalities for patients receiving antiarrhythmic drugs affecting ventricular repolarisation. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 463 congestive heart failure (CHF) patients enrolled in the Danish Investigations Of Arrhythmia and Mortalit...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Brendorp B,Elming H,Jun L,Køber L,Torp-Pedersen C,DIAMOND Study Group. Danish Investigations Of Arrhythmia and Mortality On Dofetilide.

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the utility of NT-proBNP in the emergency diagnosis and in-hospital monitoring of patients with acute dyspnoea and ventricular dysfunction. BACKGROUND:Misdiagnosis of heart failure (HF) is common in the urgent care setting using clinical diagnostic tests. Reports show that BNP is useful to diagno...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Bayés-Genís A,Santaló-Bel M,Zapico-Muñiz E,López L,Cotes C,Bellido J,Leta R,Casan P,Ordóñez-Llanos J

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital management of CHF and predictors of hospital mortality remain unclear. METHODS:To address these issues, we analyzed the hospital admissions for CHF during 1996 in a large university hospital. Patients discharged with the principal diagnosis of CHF were considered eligible for the study. RESULTS:Am...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Grigioni F,Carinci V,Favero L,Bacchi Reggiani L,Magnani G,Potena L,Barbieri A,Magelli C,Branzi A,Magnani B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy of the homeopathic Crataegus preparation Cralonin for non-inferiority to standard treatment for mild cardiac insufficiency. METHODS:Multicentre non-randomised cohort study in patients aged 50-75 years in New York Heart Association class II. Patients received Cralonin (n=110) or ACE i...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Schröder D,Weiser M,Klein P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00