Low value of simple echocardiographic indices of ventricular dyssynchrony in predicting the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy.

abstract：AIM:Evaluation of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) to confirm or disprove heart failure in community patients complaining of dyspnoea. METHODS AND RESULTS:General practitioners referred 345 consecutive patients complaining of dyspnoea to our hospital-based clinic, where a diagnosis was established ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Nielsen LS,Svanegaard J,Klitgaard NA,Egeblad H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Inflammatory heart disease represents an important cause of chronic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Predicting the clinical course of patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy (iCMP) is difficult, and the prognostic value of current biological markers remains controversial. We tested whether expression of selected m...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Besler C,Urban D,Watzka S,Lang D,Rommel KP,Kandolf R,Klingel K,Thiele H,Linke A,Schuler G,Adams V,Lurz P

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Hospital management of CHF and predictors of hospital mortality remain unclear. METHODS:To address these issues, we analyzed the hospital admissions for CHF during 1996 in a large university hospital. Patients discharged with the principal diagnosis of CHF were considered eligible for the study. RESULTS:Am...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Grigioni F,Carinci V,Favero L,Bacchi Reggiani L,Magnani G,Potena L,Barbieri A,Magelli C,Branzi A,Magnani B

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：AIMS:Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction has been associated with a worse outcome in heart failure patients undergoing CRT. However, evidence on the RV response to CRT is controversial and there are no data regarding the early effects of CRT on RV function (RVF). We sought to investigate whether a CRT device favourably ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Stolfo D,Tonet E,Merlo M,Barbati G,Gigli M,Pinamonti B,Ramani F,Zecchin M,Sinagra G

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:We have documented a pre-junctional beta-2 adrenoceptor mediated reduction in cardiac norepinephrine spillover (CNES) in heart failure patients receiving chronic beta-blockade. Our present objective was to ascertain the consequence of this decrease for vagal heart rate (HR) regulation by determining CNES, arterial bar...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Kubo T,Parker JD,Azevedo ER,Atchison DJ,Newton GE,Picton P,Floras JS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bifocal pacing (BFP) has been proposed as a feasible alternative to cardiac resynchronization therapy. AIM:To evaluate BFP in patients with severe heart failure and significant intraventricular conduction delay and to compare it with biventricular pacing (BVP). METHODS:Echocardiographic examination includi...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Bulava A,Lukl J

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The AdaptResponse trial is designed to test the hypothesis that preferential adaptive left ventricular-only pacing with the AdaptivCRT® algorithm reduces the incidence of the combined endpoint of all-cause mortality and intervention for heart failure (HF) decompensation, compared with conventional cardiac resynchroniz...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Filippatos G,Birnie D,Gold MR,Gerritse B,Hersi A,Jacobs S,Kusano K,Leclercq C,Mullens W,Wilkoff BL,AdaptResponse Investigators.

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：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: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:The true incidence of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmic events and the risk of sudden cardiac death in the early stage of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) are still unknown. We aimed to assess the usefulness of the wearable cardioverter/defibrillator (WCD) to bridge a potential risk for life-threatening...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Duncker D,Haghikia A,König T,Hohmann S,Gutleben KJ,Westenfeld R,Oswald H,Klein H,Bauersachs J,Hilfiker-Kleiner D,Veltmann C

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：AIMS:The goal of the study was to examine the prognostic impact, haemodynamic and clinical features associated with lung congestion in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS:HF patients (n = 186) and HF-free controls (n = 21) underwent right heart catheterization, echocardiography, pulmonary fun...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Melenovsky V,Andersen MJ,Andress K,Reddy YN,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most effective therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and leads to improved quality of life, reductions in heart failure hospitalization rates and reduces all-cause mortality. Nevertheless, up to two-thirds of eligible patients are not referred ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Mullens W,Auricchio A,Martens P,Witte K,Cowie MR,Delgado V,Dickstein K,Linde C,Vernooy K,Leyva F,Bauersachs J,Israel CW,Lund L,Donal E,Boriani G,Jaarsma T,Berruezo A,Traykov V,Yousef Z,Kalarus Z,Nielsen JC,Steff

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the association between obesity and outcomes in post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients with systolic heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS:Of the 6632 Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study (EPHESUS) participants, 6611 had data on baseline bod...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Wu AH,Pitt B,Anker SD,Vincent J,Mujib M,Ahmed A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Non-invasive measures of cardiac mechanical function may have the potential to serve as markers of risk for heart failure; however, limited data exist regarding clinical correlates and heritability of these measures in the community. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used speckle-tracking echocardiography to assess LV strai...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Cheng S,McCabe EL,Larson MG,Chen MH,Osypiuk E,Lehman BT,Stantchev P,Aragam J,Solomon SD,Benjamin EJ,Vasan RS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) represents a particular aetiology of systolic heart failure that frequently has a genetic background and usually affects young patients with few co-morbidities. The prognosis of DCM has improved substantially during the last decades due to more accurate aetiological characterization, the r...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Merlo M,Cannatà A,Gobbo M,Stolfo D,Elliott PM,Sinagra G

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Undetected atrial fibrillation (AF) may be common in the heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) population, and failure to detect this may lead to the missing of opportunities to prevent associated subclinical cerebral infarctions (SCIs) and cognitive decline. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 1527 p...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Cogswell RJ,Norby FL,Gottesman RF,Chen LY,Solomon S,Shah A,Alonso A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of a number of different classes of therapeutic agents with proven efficacy in heart failure, the clinical course of heart failure patients is characterized by a reduction in life expectancy, a progressive decline in health-related quality of life and functional status, as well as a high risk ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Cowie MR,Filippatos GS,Alonso Garcia MLA,Anker SD,Baczynska A,Bloomfield DM,Borentain M,Bruins Slot K,Cronin M,Doevendans PA,El-Gazayerly A,Gimpelewicz C,Honarpour N,Janmohamed S,Janssen H,Kim AM,Lautsch D,Laws I,Lefk

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：AIMS:Women with heart failure (HF) are under-represented in individual randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Little is known about sex-specific treatment effects in HF medications. We evaluated sex differences in the response to mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in major HF MRA trials, including a broad spectr...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Rossello X,Ferreira JP,Pocock SJ,McMurray JJV,Solomon SD,Lam CSP,Girerd N,Pitt B,Rossignol P,Zannad F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Calcium channel plays an important role in the autoimmune pathogenesis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Autoantibodies have emerged as a new upstream target of sudden death in DCM. We sought to validate the hypothesis that autoantibodies against l-type calcium channel (CC-AAbs) are arrhythmogenic and le...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Xiao H,Wang M,Du Y,Yuan J,Cheng X,Chen Z,Zou A,Wei F,Zhao G,Liao YH

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article updates the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2007 classification of advanced heart failure and describes new diagnostic and treatment options for these patients. Recognizing the patient with advanced heart failure is critical to facilitate timely referral to advanced h...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Crespo-Leiro MG,Metra M,Lund LH,Milicic D,Costanzo MR,Filippatos G,Gustafsson F,Tsui S,Barge-Caballero E,De Jonge N,Frigerio M,Hamdan R,Hasin T,Hülsmann M,Nalbantgil S,Potena L,Bauersachs J,Gkouziouta A,Ruhparwar A,

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To characterize the relationship between known and newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) and the risk of death and major cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by heart failure (HF) and/or left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD). METHODS:The VALIANT trial ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Køber L,Swedberg K,McMurray JJ,Pfeffer MA,Velazquez EJ,Diaz R,Maggioni AP,Mareev V,Opolski G,Van de Werf F,Zannad F,Ertl G,Solomon SD,Zelenkofske S,Rouleau JL,Leimberger JD,Califf RM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to determine the relation between baseline systolic blood pressure (SBP), change in SBP, and worsening renal function (WRF) in acute heart failure (AHF) patients enrolled in the Pre-RELAX-AHF trial. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Pre-RELAX-AHF study enrolled 234 patients within 16 h of admission (median 7 h) fo...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Voors AA,Davison BA,Felker GM,Ponikowski P,Unemori E,Cotter G,Teerlink JR,Greenberg BH,Filippatos G,Teichman SL,Metra M,Pre-RELAX-AHF study group.

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TRUE-AHF is a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled trial which is evaluating the effects of a 48-h infusion of ularitide (15 ng/kg/min) on the short- and long-term clinical course of patients with acute heart failure. Noteworthy features of the study include the early enrolment of patients ...

journal_title：European journal of heart failure

authors： Packer M,Holcomb R,Abraham WT,Anker S,Dickstein K,Filippatos G,Krum H,Maggioni AP,McMurray JJV,Mebazaa A,O'Connor C,Peacock F,Ponikowski P,Ruschitzka F,van Veldhuisen DJ,Holzmeister J,TRUE-AHF Investigators and Committees

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00