Residual stress ischaemia is associated with blood markers of myocardial structural remodelling.

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are global epidemics incurring significant morbidity and mortality. The combination presents many diagnostic challenges. Clinical symptoms and signs frequently overlap. Evaluation of cardiac and pulmonary function is often problematic and occasionally...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Hawkins NM,Petrie MC,Jhund PS,Chalmers GW,Dunn FG,McMurray JJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is common and is associated with increased mortality. Impaired renal function is also a risk factor for developing HFpEF. A new paradigm for HFpEF, proposing a sequence of events leading to myocardial remodelling and dysfunction in HFpEF, was ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Ter Maaten JM,Damman K,Verhaar MC,Paulus WJ,Duncker DJ,Cheng C,van Heerebeek L,Hillege HL,Lam CS,Navis G,Voors AA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been associated with cardiovascular disease, but the relation to heart failure (HF) is unclear. We investigated the association between RDW and incidence of first hospitalization due to HF in a population-based cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:Red cell distribution width was measu...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Borné Y,Smith JG,Melander O,Hedblad B,Engström G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Structural abnormalities causing cardiac deterioration in hypertensive heart disease (HHD) are poorly understood. The aim of the study was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) myocardial changes in patients with HHD and cardiac failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Among 1229 patients undergoing an LV or biventricular endomy...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Frustaci A,Francone M,Petrosillo N,Chimenti C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The cardio-renal syndrome plays a critical role in acute heart failure (HF). Levosimendan, an inodilator drug, has a positive but controversial effect on kidney. Our aim was to evaluate its effects on both renal and systemic haemodynamic parameters as well as on renal function, explaining the possible mechanisms i...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Fedele F,Bruno N,Brasolin B,Caira C,D'Ambrosi A,Mancone M

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF) is common and, to date, therapeutic options are limited. Increased left atrial pressure is a key contributor to the symptoms associated with HFpEF, particularly during physical activity. We report the 30-day outcome of patients treated ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Søndergaard L,Reddy V,Kaye D,Malek F,Walton A,Mates M,Franzen O,Neuzil P,Ihlemann N,Gustafsson F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No specific guidelines exist on how to manage renal dysfunction (RD) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). AIMS:To identify the proportion of patients with moderate to severe RD and CHF who showed an improvement in their renal function in response to a systematic management algorithm. METHODS:Stabl...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： de Silva R,Nikitin NP,Witte KK,Rigby AS,Loh H,Nicholson A,Bhandari S,Clark AL,Cleland JG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Exercise oscillatory breathing (EOB) is a ventilatory abnormality that occurs in ∼20% of heart failure (HF) patients and carries a very unfavourable prognosis. Pulmonary vasoconstriction has been suggested to be involved in this disorder. We hypothesized that modulation of pulmonary vascular hypertone by oversigna...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Guazzi M,Vicenzi M,Arena R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Acute heart failure (AHF) has a poor prognosis. We evaluated 3- and 12-month mortality in different clinical classes of AHF patients from 30 European countries who were included in the EuroHeart Failure Survey (EHFS) II. METHODS AND RESULTS:Follow-up data were available for 2981 AHF patients, of these 62% had a h...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Harjola VP,Follath F,Nieminen MS,Brutsaert D,Dickstein K,Drexler H,Hochadel M,Komajda M,Lopez-Sendon JL,Ponikowski P,Tavazzi L

更新日期：2010-03-01 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:In acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS), the prognostic value of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), although widely accepted, has been recently challenged. In contrast, blood pressure is increasingly gaining ground over LVEF as predictor of mortality. Therefore, it is not clear whether both LVEF and ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Adamopoulos C,Zannad F,Fay R,Mebazaa A,Cohen-Solal A,Guize L,Juillière Y,Alla F

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between quality of life (QoL) and survival have been poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the value of QoL score as a prognostic factor in a prospective cohort of patients with advanced chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS:QoL assessment was performed with a generic q...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Alla F,Briançon S,Guillemin F,Juillière Y,Mertès PM,Villemot JP,Zannad F,EPICAL Investigators.

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most animal models of chronic hemodynamic overload of the left ventricle (LV) as well as in human end stage heart failure, the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) mRNA levels are decreased in parallel with increased atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) mRNA levels. The situation in the remote my...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Prunier F,Chen Y,Gellen B,Heimburger M,Choqueux C,Escoubet B,Michel JB,Mercadier JJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Knowledge of patient preferences is vital for delivering optimal healthcare. This study uses utility measurement to assess the preferences of heart failure (HF) patients regarding quality of life or longevity. The utility approach represents the perspective of a patient; facilitates the combination of mortality, m...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Kraai IH,Vermeulen KM,Luttik ML,Hoekstra T,Jaarsma T,Hillege HL

更新日期：2013-10-01 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:Galectin-3 is a prognostic heart failure (HF) biomarker that may mediate cardiac fibrosis. We examined the value of serial galectin-3 measurement for prognosis and response to therapy in chronic HF. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 151 subjects with LV systolic dysfunction (LVSD) were followed through 908 visits ov...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Motiwala SR,Szymonifka J,Belcher A,Weiner RB,Baggish AL,Sluss P,Gaggin HK,Bhardwaj A,Januzzi JL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe the baseline characteristics of subjects randomised in the largest placebo-controlled, morbidity-mortality trial to date in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction - the irbesartan in heart failure with preserved systolic function trial (I-PRESERVE). METHODS AND RESULTS:4133 ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： McMurray JJ,Carson PE,Komajda M,McKelvie R,Zile MR,Ptaszynska A,Staiger C,Donovan JM,Massie BM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Experimental data have shown that rIL2 has negative inotropic properties. This has not been investigated in humans with normal left ventricular function. Seventeen consecutive renal cell carcinoma patients who received rIL2 therapy because of dissemination were analyzed before and after treatment with a low ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Tio RA,Nieken J,de Vries EG,Pfeiffer C,de Jongste MJ,Pieper E,Moshage H,Limburg PC,Mulder NH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Reliable detectors of worsening renal function (WRF) in Emergency Department (ED) patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are limited. We hypothesized that initial urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalcin (NGAL) levels, and changes in urinary NGAL levels after initial ED AHF therapy, would be associated...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Collins SP,Hart KW,Lindsell CJ,Fermann GJ,Weintraub NL,Miller KF,Roll SN,Sperling MI,Sawyer DB,Storrow AB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular disease increases progressively with advancing age. Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Western Countries. In the near future, as the population ages, it is expected that the population prevalence of cardiovascular disease will increase d...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Wong LS,de Boer RA,Samani NJ,van Veldhuisen DJ,van der Harst P

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：AIMS:Urine proteome analysis (UPA) has already provided accurate discriminatory patterns of urinary peptides for renal disease, coronary artery disease, and asymptomatic LV diastolic dysfunction. UPA has now been used to characterize a discriminatory peptide biomarker pattern and establish a diagnostic classifier for h...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Farmakis D,Koeck T,Mullen W,Parissis J,Gogas BD,Nikolaou M,Lekakis J,Mischak H,Filippatos G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infused C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) was recently found to play a cardioprotective role in preventing myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and improving cardiac remodelling after myocardial infarction (MI) in rats. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of cardiomyocyte-specific CNP over-expre...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Wang Y,de Waard MC,Sterner-Kock A,Stepan H,Schultheiss HP,Duncker DJ,Walther T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac contractility modulating (CCM) signals delivered by the OPTIMIZER System are being investigated as a treatment for medically refractory heart failure. Previous chronic studies of CCM have excluded patients with prolonged QRS and a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device. However, symptoms persist in mor...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Butter C,Meyhöfer J,Seifert M,Neuss M,Minden HH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that discharge planning and post-discharge support for CHF patients can contribute greatly to the medical management of heart failure (CHF) in the community and that the quality of the CHF patient's close personal relationships can influence outcome in CHF. However, there has bee...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Molloy GJ,Johnston DW,Witham MD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Data are scant on the incidence and prognosis of heart failure (HF) with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF, EF >49%) in an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) setting. The aim of this study was to examine incidence and predictors of HFNEF during an index acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its subsequent associations...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Desta L,Jernberg T,Spaak J,Hofman-Bang C,Persson H

更新日期：2016-01-01 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

abstract：AIMS:We sought to test the utility of weight gain algorithms to predict episodes of worsening heart failure (WHF) using home-telemonitoring data collected as part of the TEN-HMS study. METHODS AND RESULTS:Simple rule-of-thumb (RoT) algorithms (i.e. 3 lbs in 1 day and 5 lbs in 3 days) and a moving average convergence d...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Zhang J,Goode KM,Cuddihy PE,Cleland JG,TEN-HMS Investigators.

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Home or Hospital in Heart failure (HHH) study was a European Community-funded, multinational, randomized controlled clinical trial, conducted in the UK, Poland, and Italy, to assess the feasibility of a new system of home telemonitoring (HT). The HT system was used to monitor clinical and physiological paramet...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mortara A,Pinna GD,Johnson P,Maestri R,Capomolla S,La Rovere MT,Ponikowski P,Tavazzi L,Sleight P,HHH Investigators.

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00