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The EuroHeart Failure survey programme—a survey on the quality of care among patients with heart failure in Europe Part 1: patient characteristics and diagnosis [PDF]
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has published guidelines for the investigation of patients with suspected heart failure and, if the diagnosis is proven, their subsequent management.
van Gilst, WH +47 more
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Prevalence and significance of alterations in cardiac structure and function in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction [PDF]
<p><b>Background:</b> The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of abnormalities in cardiac structure and function present in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) and to determine whether ...
Michel Komajda +18 more
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Prevention of heart failure [PDF]
In light of the increasing prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of heart failure, preventative strategies are urgently needed. Risk factors include coronary artery disease, renal insufficiency, diabetes, and smoking. Essential strategies for prevention of heart failure are modification of risk factors for its development, and detection and treatment of
Tamara B, Horwich, Gregg C, Fonarow
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Plasma urocortin 1 in human heart failure. [PDF]
The urocortins are emerging as potentially important contributors to neurohumoral regulation of the circulation with recent reports attributing a powerful array of hemodynamic, renal, and neurohumoral effects to the urocortins in cardiac failure.
Gamble, Gregory +5 more
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Modifiable lifestyle factors and heart failure: A Mendelian randomization study [PDF]
Background: Lifestyle factors may be important targets in the prevention of heart failure. The current knowledge on the relationship between lifestyle factors and heart failure originates mostly from observational studies. The objective of this study was
Handoko, M. Louis +9 more
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Ivabradine in Heart Failure [PDF]
Background: The sinus node inhibitor ivabradine was approved for patients with heart failure (HF) after the ivabradine and outcomes in chronic HF (SHIFT [Systolic Heart Failure Treatment With the IF Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial ...
Das, D. +26 more
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Background Adherence to pharmacotherapeutic treatment guidelines in patients with heart failure (HF) is of major prognostic importance, but thorough implementation of guidelines in routine care remains insufficient.
Caroline Morbach +11 more
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T2 mapping and T2*imaging in heart failure [PDF]
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a versatile imaging modality that enables aetiological assessment and provides additional information to that of standard echocardiography in a significant proportion of patients with heart failure.
R.H. Mohiaddin +5 more
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Purpose of review Hyperkalemia is increasingly prevalent in the heart failure population as more people live with heart failure and comorbid conditions such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Furthermore, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone (RAAS) inhibitors are a key component of clinical therapy in these populations. Until now,
Umar Ismail +2 more
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Developing new treatments for heart failure: focus on the heart [PDF]
Compared with heart failure (HF) care 20 to 30 years ago, there has been tremendous advancement in therapy for ambulatory HF with reduced ejection fraction with the use of agents that block maladaptive neurohormonal pathways.
Gheorghiade, M +22 more
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