Reasons for seeking acute care in chronic heart failure.

abstract：AIMS:Previous evaluations of natriuretic peptide (NP) levels in patients with acute dyspnoea presenting to the emergency department (ED) have selected only a minority of patients for echocardiography. We aimed to evaluate the association between NPs and more subtle echocardiographic findings and to assess the potential...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Shah KB,Kop WJ,Christenson RH,Diercks DB,Kuo D,Henderson S,Hanson K,Li SY,deFilippi CR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current pharmacological therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction are largely either repurposed anti-hypertensives that blunt overactivation of the neurohormonal system or diuretics that decrease congestion. However, they do not address the symptoms of heart failure that result from reductions in card...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Ahmad T,Miller PE,McCullough M,Desai NR,Riello R,Psotka M,Böhm M,Allen LA,Teerlink JR,Rosano GMC,Lindenfeld J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors (ARNis) acts an ARB and neprilysin inhibitor. Diabetes mellitus significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart failure (HF). Therefore, we evaluated the effects and mechanisms of ARNi in HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in streptozotocin-ind...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Suematsu Y,Miura S,Goto M,Matsuo Y,Arimura T,Kuwano T,Imaizumi S,Iwata A,Yahiro E,Saku K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) in elderly patients is associated with more diffuse symptoms and signs due to the presence of other noncardiac comorbidities. This can cause difficulties in assessing the correct diagnosis and initiating appropriate therapy. The four most frequently occurring noncardiac comorbidities and therapies u...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Dahlström U

更新日期：2005-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiogenic shock is the leading cause of in-hospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction (MI). This study investigates the importance of age and preexisting diabetes mellitus on the incidence and prognosis of cardiogenic shock in a large group of consecutive patients with MI. METHODS AND RESULTS:Baseline...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Lindholm MG,Boesgaard S,Torp-Pedersen C,Køber L,TRACE registry study group.

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：: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:To investigate the annual hospitalization rate and seasonal variation in confirmed heart failure (HF) admissions. METHODS AND RESULTS:Records from all admissions to one hospital during 1 year with a HF diagnostic code were reviewed. From 1953 admissions, 595 were excluded because they did not fulfill the diagnost...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Martínez-Sellés M,García Robles JA,Prieto L,Serrano JA,Muñoz R,Frades E,Almendral J

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：AIMS:The aim of this study was to evaluate myocarditis as a precipitating factor for heart failure using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and endomyocardial biopsy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eighty-five patients with suspected myocarditis and 20 controls were evaluated. Seventy-one patients with positive CMR were ref...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mavrogeni S,Spargias C,Bratis C,Kolovou G,Markussis V,Papadopoulou E,Constadoulakis P,Papadimitropoulos M,Douskou M,Pavlides G,Cokkinos D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVR) is an emerging technique to treat tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Predictors of adverse outcomes are scarce, and stratification by TR aetiologies is lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS:We report the bi-centre procedural outcomes of 164 patients undergoing TTVR for TR stratified ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Schlotter F,Orban M,Rommel KP,Besler C,von Roeder M,Braun D,Unterhuber M,Borger M,Hagl C,Orban M,Nabauer M,Massberg S,Thiele H,Hausleiter J,Lurz P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a rare, yet underdiagnosed disease characterized by progressive impairment of neurologic and cardiac function due to deposition of misfolded transthyretin. Despite great efforts, such as the introduction of orthotopic liver transplant, the devastating prognosis for both variant and ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Müller ML,Butler J,Heidecker B

更新日期：2020-01-01 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

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：BACKGROUND:In patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, angiotensin receptor blockers have been found to reduce mortality and morbidity and to prevent or reverse left ventricular remodelling, compared to optimized background treatment. In light of these data, The Heart failure Endpoint...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Konstam MA,Poole-Wilson PA,Dickstein K,Drexler H,Justice SJ,Komajda M,Malbecq W,Martinez FA,Neaton JD,Riegger GA,Guptha S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate in patients with heart failure (HF) due to systolic dysfunction the occurrence of polypharmacy, alternative medicine, immunization against influenza, and patients' knowledge about their medication. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixty-five patients, 49 men, mean age 60.5+/-12.0 years answered a confidential ques...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Martínez-Sellés M,García Robles JA,Muñoz R,Serrano JA,Frades E,Domínguez Muñoa M,Almendral J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) appears to play a role in modulating cardiac function in both health and disease. Early studies in isolated rodent cardiac myocytes demonstrated a depressant effect of NO supplied by NO donors (exogenous) as well as NO generated within myocytes (endogenous). There is increasing evidence for a functio...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Sarkar D,Vallance P,Harding SE

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：AIMS:Heart failure (HF) with normal or preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFPEF) has been reported to be associated with similar outcome as HF with reduced EF (HFREF) in registry-based and epidemiological analyses, but many of these studies excluded patients who did not have EF measurements. Conversely,...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Somaratne JB,Berry C,McMurray JJ,Poppe KK,Doughty RN,Whalley GA

更新日期：2009-09-01 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: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:Quantification of linear lung ultrasound (LUS) artefacts (B-lines) represents a novel, non-invasive approach to assess pulmonary congestion. We investigated the relationship between the number of B-lines (vertical artefacts arising from the pleural line) and intracardiac pressures. METHODS AND RESULTS:Prior to sc...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Platz E,Lattanzi A,Agbo C,Takeuchi M,Resnic FS,Solomon SD,Desai AS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that oxidative stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of heart failure, this may have potential implications for therapeutic strategies. However, measures of oxidative stress are subject to confounding inaccuracies. IgG antibodies to oxidized LDL reflect exposure to the lipoprotein ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： George J,Wexler D,Roth A,Barak T,Sheps D,Keren G

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：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：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：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：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:To determine whether a strategy of intensive blood pressure control reduces the risk of heart failure (HF) events consistently across the spectrum of kidney function and albuminuria. METHODS AND RESULTS:SPRINT was a randomized clinical trial in which 9361 individuals ≥50 years, at high risk for or with cardiovasc...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Vaduganathan M,Pareek M,Kristensen AMD,Biering-Sørensen T,Byrne C,Almarzooq Z,Olesen TB,Olsen MH,Bhatt DL

更新日期：2020-07-21 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