Wall motion index, estimated glomerular filtration rate and mortality risk in patients with heart failure or myocardial infarction: a pooled analysis of 18,010 patients.

abstract：AIMS:Left ventricular contractile reserve is a prognostic indicator for adverse outcome in patients with severe chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). We investigated the dobutamine-induced changes of LV multidimensional deformation and their predictive value for cardiac mortality of patients wit...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Paraskevaidis IA,Ikonomidis I,Simitsis P,Parissis J,Stasinos V,Makavos G,Lekakis J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of heart failure in Arabia, with a population different from the West in cultural and ethnic origin, has not been studied before. AIMS:To determine the prevalence and aetiologies of symptomatic heart failure in an indigenous Arab population over a 3-year period. METHODS:All patients with h...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Agarwal AK,Venugopalan P,de Bono D

更新日期：2001-06-01 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: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: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：:Galectins are a family of soluble beta-galactoside-binding lectins that play many important regulatory roles in inflammation, immunity, and cancer. Recently, a role for galectin-3 in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) has been suggested. Numerous studies have demonstrated the up-regulation of galectin-3 in hype...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： de Boer RA,Voors AA,Muntendam P,van Gilst WH,van Veldhuisen DJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：AIMS:The Exercise Joins Education: Combined Therapy to Improve Outcomes in Newly-discharged Heart Failure (EJECTION-HF) study will evaluate the impact of a supervised exercise training programme (ETP) on clinical outcomes in recently hospitalized heart failure patients attending a disease management programme (DMP). Me...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mudge AM,Denaro CP,Scott AC,Atherton JJ,Meyers DE,Marwick TH,Adsett JA,Mullins RW,Suna JM,Scuffham PA,O'Rourke PK

更新日期：2011-12-01 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: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：:We investigated the hypothesis that increased intracellular [Na+]i in heart failure contributes to preservation of SR Ca2+ load which may become particularly evident at slow heart rates. [Na+]i in SBFI-loaded myocytes from rabbits with pacing-induced heart failure (PHF) was significantly higher at each frequency as co...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Schillinger W,Teucher N,Christians C,Kohlhaas M,Sossalla S,Van Nguyen P,Schmidt AG,Schunck O,Nebendahl K,Maier LS,Zeitz O,Hasenfuss G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biventricular (BiV) pacing has been found to improve systolic function and exercise tolerance in patients with severe congestive heart failure and bundle branch block. The mechanisms behind this beneficial effect is still not sufficiently clarified. AIM:To evaluate the regional myocardial perfusion (MP) dur...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Nielsen JC,Bøttcher M,Jensen HK,Nielsen TT,Pedersen AK,Mortensen PT

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：AIMS:The primary objective of this systematic review was to estimate the prevalence and temporal changes in chronic comorbid conditions reported in heart failure (HF) clinical trials. METHODS AND RESULTS:We searched MEDLINE for HF trials enrolling more than 400 patients published between 2001 and 2016.Trials were divi...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Khan MS,Samman Tahhan A,Vaduganathan M,Greene SJ,Alrohaibani A,Anker SD,Vardeny O,Fonarow GC,Butler J

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has established its use in the definition of white coat hypertension and monitoring of treatment of essential hypertension. Any role for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in heart failure is not well defined. However, from the limited studies available, ambulatory blood pressure...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Goyal D,Macfadyen RJ,Watson RD,Lip GY

更新日期：2005-03-02 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：:The Elecsys NT-proBNP assay is based on two polyclonal antibodies directed at residues 1-21 and 39-50 of the NT-proBNP molecule. Analytical performance was assessed using NCCLS protocol EP-5A using three serum pools in a preliminary study then as part of a multicentre evaluation (16 instruments in 8 hospitals). Using ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Collinson PO,Barnes SC,Gaze DC,Galasko G,Lahiri A,Senior R

更新日期：2004-03-15 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:Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) improve outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but are underutilized. Hyperkalaemia may be one reason, but the underlying reasons for underuse are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the independent predictors of MRA underuse in ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Savarese G,Carrero JJ,Pitt B,Anker SD,Rosano GMC,Dahlström U,Lund LH

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Patients with obesity, a reduced exercise capacity, increased cardiac filling pressures and a measured left ventricular ejection fraction in the normal range do not have a homogeneous disorder, but instead, exhibit one of three phenotypes. First, many obese people exhibit sodium retention, plasma volume expansion and ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Packer M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Guidelines recommend down-titration of loop diuretics (LD) once euvolaemia is achieved. In outpatients with heart failure (HF), we investigated LD dose changes in daily cardiology practice, agreement with guideline recommendations, predictors of successful LD down-titration and association between dose changes and...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Kapelios CJ,Laroche C,Crespo-Leiro MG,Anker SD,Coats AJS,Díaz-Molina B,Filippatos G,Lainscak M,Maggioni AP,McDonagh T,Mebazaa A,Metra M,Moura B,Mullens W,Piepoli MF,Rosano GMC,Ruschitzka F,Seferovic PM,Lund LH,Heart

更新日期：2020-08-01 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 AND AIMS:Sleep disordered breathing (SDB), especially Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Adaptive servoventilation (ASV) was recently introduced to treat CSR in CHF. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ASV on CSR and CHF parameters. ME...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Oldenburg O,Schmidt A,Lamp B,Bitter T,Muntean BG,Langer C,Horstkotte D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in ICD patients with cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT-D) is not well studied. AIM:To analyse event free survival in CRT-D patients with a primary or a secondary prophylactic ICD indication. METHODS:Prospective, single centre. Eighty-six patients, 44% with...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Theuns DA,Thornton AS,Klootwijk AP,Scholten MF,Vantrimpont PJ,Balk AH,Jordaens LJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

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：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: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：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