Heart failure and sleep apnoea: to sleep perchance to dream.

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：AIMS:In this randomized, double-blind clinical study, we investigated the relationship between autoantibodies against cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and disease severity in elderly congestive heart failure (CHF) patients before and after titration of beta-blocker therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Anti-cTnI, cTnI, and N-terminal...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Düngen HD,Platzeck M,Vollert J,Searle J,Müller C,Reiche J,Mehrhof F,Müller R,Möckel M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of acute heart failure episodes are characterized by increasing symptoms and signs of congestion with volume overload. The goal of therapy in those patients is the relief of congestion through achieving a state of euvolaemia, mainly through the use of diuretic therapy. The appropriate use of diuretic...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mullens W,Damman K,Harjola VP,Mebazaa A,Brunner-La Rocca HP,Martens P,Testani JM,Tang WHW,Orso F,Rossignol P,Metra M,Filippatos G,Seferovic PM,Ruschitzka F,Coats AJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We used Near Infrared Spectrophotometry (NIRS) during arterial occlusion to measure resting skeletal muscle oxygen consumption in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and in age-matched healthy volunteers (HVs). METHODS:Fifteen CHF patients (ten males) and eleven HVs (six males) had echocardiographic evaluation fo...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Abozguia K,Phan TT,Shivu GN,Maher AR,Ahmed I,Wagenmakers A,Frenneaux MP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ELITE-II, BEST and CHAMP Trials were reported for the first time at the American Heart Association in November 1999. These trials provide valuable new information to guide clinical practice in the management of heart failure and of myocardial infarction, although none mandate a major change from current clinical p...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Witte K,Thackray S,Banerjee T,Clark AL,Cleland JG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) are increased in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Beta-blockers (BB) may influence these levels but it is unclear whether changes in NT-pro BNP reflect concomitant changes in prognosis. OBJECTIVES:To assess the prognostic impor...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Olsson LG,Swedberg K,Cleland JG,Spark PA,Komajda M,Metra M,Torp-Pedersen C,Remme WJ,Scherhag A,Poole-Wilson P,COMET Investigators.

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Oral sucrosomial iron (SI) combines enhanced bioavailability and tolerance compared to conventional oral iron along with similar efficacy compared to intravenous iron in several conditions associated with iron deficiency (ID). METHODS AND RESULTS:In this non-randomized, open-label study, we sought to evaluate pro...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Karavidas A,Troganis E,Lazaros G,Balta D,Karavidas IN,Polyzogopoulou E,Parissis J,Farmakis D

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a strong biochemical marker of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). Due to renal arterio-venous clearance of NT-proBNP and the correlation of plasma concentrations with renal function, we hypothesized that NT-proBNP may have potential ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Jungbauer CG,Buchner S,Birner C,Resch M,Heinicke N,Debl K,Buesing M,Biermeier D,Schmitz G,Riegger G,Luchner A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Leucocyte telomere length is considered a marker of biological ageing and has been suggested to be shorter in patients with CAD and heart failure compared with healthy controls. The aim of this study was to determine whether telomere length is associated with clinical outcomes in patients with ischaemic heart fail...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Haver VG,Mateo Leach I,Kjekshus J,Fox JC,Wedel H,Wikstrand J,de Boer RA,van Gilst WH,McMurray JJ,van Veldhuisen DJ,van der Harst P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial, digoxin reduced mortality or hospitalization due to heart failure (HF) in several pre-specified high-risk subgroups of HF patients, but data on protocol-specified 2-year outcomes were not presented. In the current study, we examined the effect of digoxin on HF deat...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Gheorghiade M,Patel K,Filippatos G,Anker SD,van Veldhuisen DJ,Cleland JG,Metra M,Aban IB,Greene SJ,Adams KF,McMurray JJ,Ahmed A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are established differences in cardiovascular disease in different racial groups. Worldwide, the literature regarding the clinical epidemiology of congestive heart failure (CHF) in non-white populations is scarce. OBJECTIVES:To document the prevalence of CHF in the multiracial population of Malaysia, ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Chong AY,Rajaratnam R,Hussein NR,Lip GY

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) experience breathlessness and fatigue on exercise. One of the abnormalities seen on maximal exercise testing is an increased ventilatory response to exercise (VE/VCO(2) slope). The cause of this is unknown, but is likely to be due to a combination of interacting pe...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Witte KK,Clark AL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet-endothelial interactions modulated by adhesion molecules, may play an important role in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure (CHF). Soluble levels of these molecules and platelet-derived substances are reportedly elevated in patients with CHF. However, no data are available on the plasma lev...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Serebruany VL,Murugesan SR,Pothula A,Atar D,Lowry DR,O'Connor CM,Gurbel PA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Current guidelines for the diagnosis of heart failure with normal or preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are based on measurements at rest. However, in HFpEF ventricular dysfunction is more apparent on exercise. We hypothesized that Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) which is easy to acquire on exerci...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Wenzelburger FW,Tan YT,Choudhary FJ,Lee ES,Leyva F,Sanderson JE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute heart failure (AHF) are at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a routine investigation in patients with AHF used to identify potential causes and/or complications. It is unclear whether 12-lead ECG charac...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Gouda P,Brown P,Rowe BH,McAlister FA,Ezekowitz JA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma renin activity is normal in left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of diuretic therapy. In health there is a reciprocal relationship between renin and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) but a positive correlation in advanced heart failure. The relationship between renin and ANP in mild left ventric...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Dutka DP,Puri S,Strong R,Cleland JG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most effective therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and leads to improved quality of life, reductions in heart failure hospitalization rates and reduces all-cause mortality. Nevertheless, up to two-thirds of eligible patients are not referred ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mullens W,Auricchio A,Martens P,Witte K,Cowie MR,Delgado V,Dickstein K,Linde C,Vernooy K,Leyva F,Bauersachs J,Israel CW,Lund L,Donal E,Boriani G,Jaarsma T,Berruezo A,Traykov V,Yousef Z,Kalarus Z,Nielsen JC,Steff

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and clinical outcome of peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment in patients with severe refractory heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS AND RESULTS:The PD treatment was performed in 118 patients [49.2% New York Heart Association (NYHA) III and 5...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Koch M,Haastert B,Kohnle M,Rump LC,Kelm M,Trapp R,Aker S

更新日期：2012-05-01 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

abstract：AIM:To describe differences in patient characteristics and outcomes by ethnicity in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF, ejection fraction ≤35%) in a multi-ethnic cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patient level data from two cohorts (HF-ACTION and ASIAN-HF) were ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Cooper LB,Yap J,Tay WT,Teng TK,MacDonald M,Anand IS,Sharma A,O'Connor CM,Kraus WE,Mentz RJ,Lam CS,HF-ACTION and ASIAN-HF Investigators.

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information about the occurrence of heart failure in the acute phase of myocardial infarction (MI) in diabetic patients and its impact on prognosis are sparse. AIM:The purpose of the present study was to describe how MI patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) differed from MI patients without DM with respect t...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Melchior T,Rask-Madsen C,Torp-Pedersen C,Hildebrandt P,Køber L,Jensen G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge on clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with heart failure originates from studies of selected populations in clinical trials or from epidemiological observations. Reports on the large numbers of patients with heart failure treated in community hospitals are sparse. OBJECTIVE:Are the...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Taubert G,Bergmeier C,Andresen H,Senges J,Potratz J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Left atrial (LA) mechanical function may play a significant role in the development and progression of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate association of impaired LA function with outcomes in HFpEF. METHODS AND RESULTS:Multiple dat...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Khan MS,Memon MM,Murad MH,Vaduganathan M,Greene SJ,Hall M,Triposkiadis F,Lam CSP,Shah AM,Butler J,Shah SJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 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:Beta-blockers (BBs) improve outcomes in heart failure. Results from the Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study in Elderly (CIBIS-ELD) trial previously demonstrated the feasibility of heart rate, not maximum dose, as a treatment goal. In this pre-specified analysis, we investigated the prognostic value of achieved ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Düngen HD,Musial-Bright L,Inkrot S,Apostolović S,Edelmann F,Lainščak M,Sekularac N,Störk S,Tahirovic E,Tscholl V,Krackhardt F,Loncar G,Trippel TD,Gelbrich G

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that an earlier post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) eplerenone initiation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and heart failure (HF) is associated with better long-term outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS:The 6632 patients of the EPHESUS study were randomized from day...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Adamopoulos C,Ahmed A,Fay R,Angioi M,Filippatos G,Vincent J,Pitt B,Zannad F,EPHESUS Investigators.

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:Although discontinuation of chronic ACE inhibitor (ACEi) therapy after myocardial infarction (MI) is common in clinical practice, some clinical studies reported an increased incidence of ischemia-related events after withdrawal. To further address this issue, we assessed hemodynamic, neurohormonal and vascul...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Westendorp B,Schoemaker RG,Buikema H,Boomsma F,van Veldhuisen DJ,van Gilst WH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor is thought to play a role in cardiovascular disorders such as neointima formation after vascular injury, cardiac hypertrophy and myocardial infarction (MI). Recently, the biallelic polymorphism G + 1675A in intron 1 of the AT2 receptor gene has been associated with le...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Herrmann SM,Nicaud V,Schmidt-Petersen K,Pfeifer J,Erdmann J,McDonagh T,Dargie HJ,Paul M,Regitz-Zagrosek V

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00