Severe anaemia and subcapital femur fracture in a patient with Left Ventricular Assist Device Heart Mate II: the cardiologist's management of this rare patient.

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:Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) support stabilizes patients with cardiogenic shock. Despite improved oxygenation and peripheral circulation, LV unloading may be impeded due to the increased afterload, resulting in a failing static left ventricle and in high mortality. METHODS AND RESUL...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Pappalardo F,Schulte C,Pieri M,Schrage B,Contri R,Soeffker G,Greco T,Lembo R,Müllerleile K,Colombo A,Sydow K,De Bonis M,Wagner F,Reichenspurner H,Blankenberg S,Zangrillo A,Westermann D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic impact of right ventricular (RV) size in patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Normal volunteers (n = 80) and patients (n = 380) with left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction <45% on echocardiography and on optimal treatment for heart failu...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Bourantas CV,Loh HP,Bragadeesh T,Rigby AS,Lukaschuk EI,Garg S,Tweddel AC,Alamgir FM,Nikitin NP,Clark AL,Cleland JG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of AT1 receptors in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury is unclear. We, therefore, investigated the effects of the AT1 receptor antagonist irbesartan (Irb) in isolated hearts of selective myocardial AT1 overexpressing transgenic [transgenic(alphaMHC-hAT1)594-17] and Sprague-Dawley rats (SD) subje...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Han H,Hoffmann S,Hu K,Ertl G

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：AIM:The exercise Doppler echocardiographic stress test can be of interest in the management of asymptomatic patients with primary mitral regurgitation (MR). The resting brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level is a good surrogate marker of the consequences of MR and is a powerful predictor of outcome. The incremental prog...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Magne J,Mahjoub H,Pibarot P,Pirlet C,Pierard LA,Lancellotti P

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The diagnosis of heart failure is an important clinical problem and yet reported diagnostic accuracy in primary care is less than 50%. We established a Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic (RAHFC) in a district general hospital serving a population of 292,000 in SE London, UK, to diagnose and manage ne...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Fox KF,Cowie MR,Wood DA,Coats AJ,Poole-Wilson PA,Sutton GC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A recent study suggested that no single echocardiographic index of cardiac dyssynchrony can reliably identify candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We examined the value of three simple echocardiographic indices for predicting the 6-month clinical and echocardiographic responses to CRT. METHODS ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Bordachar P,Lafitte S,Réant P,Reuter S,Clementy J,Mletzko RU,Siegel RM,Goscinska-Bis K,Bowes R,Morgan J,Bénard S,Leclercq C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiography with Doppler examination of the aortic valve provides a very accurate assessment of the transvalvular gradient and is used to monitor progression of aortic stenosis (AS). Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been shown to correlate with end-systolic wall stress in patients with AS. AI...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Talwar S,Downie PF,Squire IB,Davies JE,Barnett DB,Ng LL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Most studies on acute heart failure (HF) exploring the relationship between admissions to hospital for HF and subsequent outcomes have focused only on HF coded as the primary diagnosis, but many other patients have admissions complicated by HF requiring attention. Failure to quantify the total hospital burden of H...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Shoaib A,Farag M,Nasir M,John J,Gupta S,Pellicori P,Antony R,Perveen R,Rigby A,Goode KM,Yassin A,Clark AL,Cleland JG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Over the last 30 years, many medicine development programmes in acute and chronic heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) have failed, in contrast to those in HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). We explore how the neutral results in larger HF trials may be attributable to chance and/or t...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Davison BA,Takagi K,Senger S,Koch G,Metra M,Kimmoun A,Mebazaa A,Voors AA,Nielsen OW,Chioncel O,Pang PS,Greenberg BH,Maggioni AP,Cohen-Solal A,Ertl G,Sato N,Teerlink JR,Filippatos G,Ponikowski P,Gayat E,Edwards C,

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) became a rare mechanical complication of myocardial infarction in the era of percutaneous coronary interventions but is associated with extreme mortality in patients who present with cardiogenic shock (CS). Promising outcomes have been reported with the use of circulatory support a...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Rob D,Špunda R,Lindner J,Rohn V,Kunstýř J,Balík M,Rulíšek J,Kopecký P,Lipš M,Šmíd O,Kovárník T,Mlejnský F,Linhart A,Bělohlávek J

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 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：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:Acute heart failure is a high mortality disease and its pathophysiology is not completely understood. Dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (DPP3) is a cytosolic enzyme involved in angiotensin II and enkephalins cleavage. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of circulating DPP3 (cDPP3) levels and mortality in...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Deniau B,Rehfeld L,Santos K,Dienelt A,Azibani F,Sadoune M,Kounde PR,Samuel JL,Tolpannen H,Lassus J,Harjola VP,Vodovar N,Bergmann A,Hartmann O,Mebazaa A,Blet A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Heart failure (HF) is a common condition with which high mortality, morbidity, and poor quality of life are associated. It has previously been shown that use of HF management programmes (HFMPs) in HF clinics can be beneficial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if the use of HFMPs also has beneficial effects...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Agvall B,Alehagen U,Dahlström U

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Chronic heart failure (CHF) due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction is associated with poor quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to assess factors affecting health-related QoL in CHF patients and their carers and the impact of QoL on clinical outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS:Demographic, social, and clinical...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Iqbal J,Francis L,Reid J,Murray S,Denvir M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited comparative studies assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQL) in heart failure (HF) patients with preserved vs. low ejection fraction (LVEF) have been disparate. AIMS:The aims of this study were a) to characterize HRQL in a large population of HF patients with preserved and low LVEF and b)...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Lewis EF,Lamas GA,O'Meara E,Granger CB,Dunlap ME,McKelvie RS,Probstfield JL,Young JB,Michelson EL,Halling K,Carlsson J,Olofsson B,McMurray JJ,Yusuf S,Swedberg K,Pfeffer MA,CHARM Investigators.

更新日期：2007-01-01 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 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：: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：AIMS:To investigate temporal trends in the risk of heart failure (HF) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to determine whether these trends differ by gender or age. METHODS AND RESULTS:The national Swedish hospital discharge and death registries from 1993 to 2004 were used to calculate age- and gender-s...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Shafazand M,Rosengren A,Lappas G,Swedberg K,Schaufelberger M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome, in which reactive oxygen species and inflammatory cytokines are important stressors that contribute to the pathogenesis. AIM:We have studied physiological stress response parameters in CHF, in particular the redox-active regulator thioredoxin. SUBJECTS:A c...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Jekell A,Hossain A,Alehagen U,Dahlström U,Rosén A

更新日期：2004-12-01 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: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：: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:Monitoring early signs of clinical deterioration could allow physicians to adjust medical treatment for patients at risk of acute heart failure decompensation. To date, several strategies using different surrogate measures of clinical status emerged, but none has yet been proven to predict clinical events. We hypo...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Auricchio A,Gold MR,Brugada J,Nölker G,Arunasalam S,Leclercq C,Defaye P,Calò L,Baumann O,Leyva F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Aim Frequent ventricular premature contractions (VPCs) may cause haemodynamic deterioration and reversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. We aimed to clarify this mechanism. METHODS AND RESULTS:The haemodynamics, echocardiographic parameters, and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level were assesse...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Kuroki K,Tada H,Seo Y,Ishizu T,Igawa M,Yamasaki H,Igarashi M,Machino T,Naruse Y,Sekiguchi Y,Murakoshi N,Aonuma K

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00