Patients supported for over 4 years with left ventricular assist devices.

abstract：AIMS:Despite improvement in prognosis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, mortality remains high in STEMI patients presenting with cardiogenic shock (CS). Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is an established independent predictor for adverse prognosis in STEMI patients without CS. The purpose of ou...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Engström AE,Vis MM,Bouma BJ,van den Brink RB,Baan J Jr,Claessen BE,Kikkert WJ,Sjauw KD,Meuwissen M,Koch KT,de Winter RJ,Tijssen JG,Piek JJ,Henriques JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired cardiac function is frequently accompanied by peripheral vascular dysfunction and a pro-inflammatory condition, which may be associated with elevated levels of angiotensin II. We hypothesized that the magnitude of flow mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery of post myocardial infarction patients wil...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Kovacs I,Toth J,Tarjan J,Koller A

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：AIM:To evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ≤ 35%) at presentation. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population included 326 patients (mean age 69.5 ± 10.7 years, 28 male) with TTS enrolled in the Takotsubo Italian Network, ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Citro R,Radano I,Parodi G,Di Vece D,Zito C,Novo G,Provenza G,Bellino M,Prota C,Silverio A,Antonini-Canterin F,Rigo F,Vriz O,Galasso G,Bossone E,Salerno-Uriarte J,Piscione F

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The proteasome prevents the intracellular accumulation of proteins and its impairment can lead to structural and functional alterations, as noted for the coronary vasculature in a previous study. Utilizing the same model, this study was designed to test the hypothesis that chronic proteasome inhibition (PSI) also ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Herrmann J,Wohlert C,Saguner AM,Flores A,Nesbitt LL,Chade A,Lerman LO,Lerman A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure is common in diabetes and ischaemic heart disease is the most likely link. Still, it has been suggested that the relation extends beyond such disease. METHODS:7060 subjects with two or more visits in the Reykjavík Study were followed--during 30 years from 1967. All underwent oral glucose toler...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Thrainsdottir IS,Aspelund T,Gudnason V,Malmberg K,Sigurdsson G,Thorgeirsson G,Hardarson T,Rydén L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Heart failure (HF) patients with a mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) are not well characterized. Accordingly, we examined the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical outcomes of HF patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 40-50%. METHODS AND RESULTS:We identified 168 patients with an LVE...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Rastogi A,Novak E,Platts AE,Mann DL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of oral anticoagulation in patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm remains controversial as previous large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have not shown a survival benefit. However, heterogeneity exists among heart failure patients and it is possible that high-risk subgroups may benefit from...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Goudie A,Elder D,Deshmukh H,Szwejkowski BR,Lang CC,George J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of adding the beta-blocker bucindolol to standard therapy shortly after a myocardial infarction in a high-risk population with reduced left ventricular function. METHODS:The study was planned to include 2000 patients with an enzyme confirmed myocardial infa...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Torp-Pedersen C,Køber L,Ball S,Hall A,Brendorp B,Ottesen M,Berning J,Jensen G,Hampton J,Zilles P,Eberle S,Carlsen J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Rho kinases (ROCKs) are the best characterized effectors of the small G-protein RhoA, and play a role in enhanced vasoconstriction in animal models of congestive heart failure (CHF). This study examined if ROCK activity is increased in CHF and how it is associated with the outcome in CHF. METHODS AND RESULTS:Pati...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Dong M,Liao JK,Fang F,Lee AP,Yan BP,Liu M,Yu CM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in patients with heart failure (HF) due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), with conflicting prognostic data. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence and incidence of AF in patients with HF and to determine the prognostic impact of baseline AF and t...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Corell P,Gustafsson F,Schou M,Markenvard J,Nielsen T,Hildebrandt P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effects of a nurse-led intervention designed to improve self-management of patients with heart failure in a primary health care setting regarding health-related quality of life and depression. METHODS:Patients at eight primary health care centres were screened by the Diagnosis Related Groups regi...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mårtensson J,Strömberg A,Dahlström U,Karlsson JE,Fridlund B

更新日期：2005-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is therapeutically valuable in chronic heart failure (CHF). RAAS inhibition can be achieved in a number of ways though an orally active renin inhibitor (RI) has never been studied before. We describe the neurohumoral effects of an RI. METHODS AN...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Seed A,Gardner R,McMurray J,Hillier C,Murdoch D,MacFadyen R,Bobillier A,Mann J,McDonagh T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To characterize the prevalence and clinical relevance of malnutrition in patients undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repair (TTVR). METHODS AND RESULTS:Overall, 86 consecutive patients (mean age 78 ± 7 years) with moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) at prohibitive surgical risk were...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Besler C,Unterhuber M,Rommel KP,Unger E,Hartung P,von Roeder M,Noack T,Zachäus M,Halm U,Borger M,Desch S,Thiele H,Lurz P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the relationship between decongestion, central venous pressure, and risk of worsening renal function (WRF) in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 475 patients with ADHF, of whom 238 underwent right heart catheterization. Right atrial pressure (RAP)...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Aronson D,Abassi Z,Allon E,Burger AJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article contains a series of reports on recent research developments in the field of heart failure. Reports of key presentations made at the European Society of Cardiology meeting, held in Vienna, Austria, between 30 August and 3 September 2003 are reported. In the CHARM study, candesartan reduced cardiovascular ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Coletta AP,Cleland JG,Freemantle N,Loh H,Memon A,Clark AL

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a major health problem and is associated with a high mortality and morbidity. Recently, the role of the genetic background in the onset and the development of the disease has been evidenced in both heart failure with and without systolic dysfunction and in familial and non-familial forms of this condi...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Komajda M,Charron P,Tesson F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aldosterone activation is central to the sodium–fluid retention that marks the progression of heart failure (HF). The actions of dietary sodium restriction, a mainstay in HF management, on cardiorenal and neuroendocrine adaptations during the progression of HF are poorly understood. The study aim was to assess the...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Miller WL,Borgeson DD,Grantham JA,Luchner A,Redfield MM,Burnett JC Jr

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：AIMS:To investigate the relationship between central venous pressure (CVP) at presentation to the emergency room (ER) and the risk of cardiac rehospitalization and mortality in patients with decompensated heart failure (DHF). METHODS AND RESULTS:Central venous pressure was determined non-invasively using high-resoluti...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Uthoff H,Thalhammer C,Potocki M,Reichlin T,Noveanu M,Aschwanden M,Staub D,Arenja N,Socrates T,Twerenbold R,Mutschmann-Sanchez S,Heinisch C,Jaeger KA,Mebazaa A,Mueller C

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：AIMS:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), NT-proBNP and troponins are useful for the assessment of patients with heart failure. Few data exist about their serial changes and their prognostic value in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). METHODS AND RESULTS:NT-proBNP and troponin-T plasma levels were measured at baseli...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Metra M,Nodari S,Parrinello G,Specchia C,Brentana L,Rocca P,Fracassi F,Bordonali T,Milani P,Danesi R,Verzura G,Chiari E,Dei Cas L

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：UNLABELLED:We compare the effectiveness of direct adenoviral angiopoietin-1 (Ad-Ang-1) injection with transplantation of skeletal myoblasts (SkMs) over-expressing angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) for angiogenic response and improvement of heart function in an experimental porcine model of myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:Ad-...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Ye L,Haider HKh,Jiang S,Tan RS,Toh WC,Ge R,Sim EK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are increasingly recognized in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The prevalence and prognostic value of RV dysfunction in HFpEF have been widely but variably reported. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analys...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Gorter TM,Hoendermis ES,van Veldhuisen DJ,Voors AA,Lam CS,Geelhoed B,Willems TP,van Melle JP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Supervised cardiac rehabilitation programs have been offered to patients following myocardial infarct (MI), coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for many years. However, limited information is available on the usefulness of rehabilitation programs in chroni...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Jónsdóttir S,Andersen KK,Sigurosson AF,Sigurosson SB

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Heart rate not only predicts outcome but may also be a therapeutic target in patients with chronic heart failure. Several classes of pharmacological agents can be used to modulate heart rate, including beta-blockers, ivabradine, digoxin, amiodarone, and verapamil. Choice of agent will depend on heart rhythm, co-morbid...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Dobre D,Borer JS,Fox K,Swedberg K,Adams KF,Cleland JG,Cohen-Solal A,Gheorghiade M,Gueyffier F,O'Connor CM,Fiuzat M,Patak A,Piña IL,Rosano G,Sabbah HN,Tavazzi L,Zannad F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptides are correlated with atrial pressures, as are left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular filling abnormalities. AIMS:This study investigated the relation of atrial natriuretic peptides to both left ventricular systolic and diastolic function i...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Wijbenga AA,Balk AH,Jonkman FA,Boomsma F,Simoons ML,Man in t Veld AJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The MITRA-FR trial showed that among symptomatic patients with severe secondary mitral regurgitation, percutaneous repair did not reduce the risk of death or hospitalization for heart failure at 12 months compared with guideline-directed medical treatment alone. We report the 24-month outcome from this trial. MET...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Iung B,Armoiry X,Vahanian A,Boutitie F,Mewton N,Trochu JN,Lefèvre T,Messika-Zeitoun D,Guerin P,Cormier B,Brochet E,Thibault H,Himbert D,Thivolet S,Leurent G,Bonnet G,Donal E,Piriou N,Piot C,Habib G,Rouleau F,Car

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00