Heart Failure at European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2009

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Author: Thomas D Giles

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Author: Dirk L Brutsaert

Abstract: Diastolic heart failure (DHF) currently accounts for more than 50% of all heart failure patients. DHF is also referred to as heart failure with normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFNEF) to indicate that HFNEF could be a precursor of hear...

Author: Ferenc Follath

Abstract: Specific criteria have been established to define the occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in cardiovascular clinical trials, but there is not a consistent definition for heart failure. Heart failure events appear to occur at a rate th...

Author: K A Fox

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have a continuing high mortality. Autonomic dysfunction may play an important role in the pathophysiology of cardiac death in CHF. UK-HEART examined the value of heart rate variability (HRV) measu...

Author: C M O'Connor

Abstract: BACKGROUND: The multidisciplinary approach to managing heart failure has been shown to improve outcomes. The role of a clinical pharmacist in treating heart failure has not been evaluated. METHODS: One hundred eighty-one patients with heart failure a...

Author: Michel Komajda

Abstract: Therapy has improved the survival of heart failure (HF) patients. However, many patients progress to advanced chronic HF (ACHF). We propose a practical clinical definition and describe the characteristics of this condition. Patients that are generall...

Author: Christopher M O'Connor

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate physician-determined worsening heart failure (PD-WHF) in patients admitted with acute heart failure (AHF). METHODS: The PROTECT pilot study evaluated rolofylline, an adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist, versus placebo in patien...

Author: J N Cohn

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Heart failure in blacks has been associated with a poorer prognosis than in whites. In such diseases as hypertension, blacks show pathophysiological differences and respond differently to some therapies than whites. The aim of this study ...

Author: Salim Yusuf

Abstract: BACKGROUND: A progressive relationship between hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)) levels and cardiovascular (CV) events has been observed in persons with and without diabetes. To our knowledge, the nature of such a relationship in patients with symptomatic c...

Author: J Widimsky

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Author: Hauptman PJ, Rich MW, Heidenreich PA, Chin J, Cummings N, Dunlap ME, Edwards ML,...

Abstract: Division of Cardiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. hauptmpj@slu.edu

Author: Jens F Rehfeld

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Author: Patrícia M Cury

Abstract: The treatment of chronic heart failure secondary to Chagas disease has been based on extrapolation of data achieved in the treatment of non-Chagas disease heart failure. Because beta-blockers decrease the incidence of sudden cardiac death in non-Chag...

Author: David Tepper

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Author: K A Fox

Abstract: Aims: Mortality in patients with heart failure remains high and is difficult to predict. QT interval parameters on a 12-lead ECG have been shown to predict arrhythmic events in patients with a variety of myocardial diseases. There is some, but not co...

Author: David Tepper

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Abstract: BACKGROUND: beta-Blocker therapy has been shown to increase ejection fraction in patients with heart failure of idiopathic etiology. However, in patients with heart failure of ischemic etiology, the effects of this treatment on left ventricular funct...