Abstract:
:The rationale for beta-blockade in heart failure is now well established. Heart failure mortality, which is predicted by neurohormonal activation, remains high despite modern treatment including ACE inhibition, and additional neurohormonal blockade has further therapeutic potential. Previous clinical trial experience in heart failure, most of which has been in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, indicates consistent improvement in ventricular function although variable changes in symptoms and exercise performance. However, the major burden of heart failure occurs in patients with ischaemic heart disease and in this respect it is notable that beta-blockade following myocardial infarction confers significant mortality benefit in subgroups with heart failure. The Australia and New Zealand carvedilol heart failure study is the largest completed study of beta-blocker treatment in patients with heart failure of ischaemic aetiology, including 415 patients randomized to carvedilol or placebo and indicating excellent tolerability of a titrated dose regimen and improved ventricular function after 6 months of treatment. An overview of all currently available randomized clinical trials of beta-blockade in heart failure, which includes more than 1600 patients, indicates a mortality risk reduction of approximately 20% but with wide confidence intervals. A large scale trial with several thousand patients is required to detect reliably a plausible 15-20% mortality reduction with beta-blockade in heart failure. The dissociation of clinical and mortality effects demonstrated with other heart failure treatments indicates the necessity for an appropriately powered mortality study which could define a major improvement in heart failure therapy for the future.
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Eur Heart Jjournal_title
European heart journalauthors
Sharpe Ndoi
10.1093/eurheartj/17.suppl_b.39subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-04-01 00:00:00pages
39-42eissn
0195-668Xissn
1522-9645journal_volume
17 Suppl Bpub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Oxygen consumption was measured during 30 min of work in 16 patients, after a myocardial infarction (anterior or posterior), and compared with 16 normal subjects, of the same age, involved in the same activities, in a steel factory. The VO2 at work of the patients was a little lower than in normals. The mean heart rat...
journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/9.suppl_l.54
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:Valve compliance might determine the onset of symptoms better than resting measures of aortic stenosis. This study compared valve compliance measured by dobutamine stress echocardiography with resting haemodynamic variables against the end-point of symptoms at low workload during exercise testing. METHODS AND RES...
journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0195-668x(03)00235-5
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehr285
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm117
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp109
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:To determine the prevalence, incidence rate, lifetime risk and prognosis of heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Rotterdam Study is a prospective population-based cohort study in 7983 participants aged > or =55. Heart failure was defined according to criteria of the European Society of Cardiology. Prevalence wa...
journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.06.038
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv743
更新日期:2016-05-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq491
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn169
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp180
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a062542
更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq449
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060222
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060139
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp353
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq112
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2422
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn581
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl562
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1530
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0195-668x(03)00480-9
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a062493
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi761
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060895
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi736
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1053/euhj.1998.1098
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was performed in 30 patients to assess the influence of mitral orifice area and velocity on the determination of mitral stroke volume and inflow. Aortic forward stroke volume and outflow were measured at the centre of the aortic annulus, and compared with mitral flow measurements calcul...
journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059821
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:Aims:This study aimed to investigate the association between smoking cessation, post-cessation body mass index (BMI) change and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in men. Methods and results:A prospective cohort study using the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data set collected from 2002 to 2013 wa...
journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehx761
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00