pathophysiology of heart failure

... mild heart failure and include patients treated with diuretics who not have heart failure Incidence of heart failure The Framingham data show an age adjusted annual incidence of heart failure of ... longitudinal source of data on the epidemiology of heart failure Contemporary studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in United Kingdom Study Diagnostic criteria Hillingdon heart failure study ... studies of the epidemiology of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction have been conducted, including a study of the incidence of heart failure in one west London district (Hillingdon heart failure...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... with heart failure Lancet 1997;349:747-52 x Remme WJ The treatment of heart failure The Task Force of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 1997;18:736-53 ... course of alcoholic cardiomyopathy Ann Intern Med 1974;80:293-7 x The Task Force of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on the treatment of heart failure ... the natural course of chronic heart failure The Munich mild heart failure study showed that ACE inhibitors combined with standard treatment slowed the progression of heart failure in patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... mortality Nurse management of heart failure has implications for the provision of care in patients with chronic heart failure, sharing the increasing burden of heart failure Specialist nurses ... Downloaded from bmj.com on October 2006 ABC of heart failure Heart failure in general practice F D R Hobbs, R C Davis, G Y H Lip Management of heart failure in general practice has been hampered ... that only 29% of 122 patients referred to a “rapid access” clinic with a new diagnosis of heart failure fully met the definition of heart failure approved by the European Society of Cardiology—that...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... are listed at the end of this volume Surgical Options for the Treatment of Heart Failure edited by ROY G MASTERS, MD FRCSC Division of Cardiac Surgery; University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ... overall knowledge of the management of the heart failure patient and provides a useful and worthwhile read for every cardiac surgeon of the day Wilbert J Keon University of Ottawa Heart Institute ... impression of adverse outcome in the face of severe right heart failure, we undertook to investigate this factor specifically We used RV HF on liRNA scan as our numerical indicator of right heart failure...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... mechanisms in failing hearts Heart Failure Reviews 1997;2:55-65 Moser DK Palhophysiolog>' of heart failure update: the role of neurohumoral activation in the progression of heart failure Am As.soc ... fraction and the prognosis of heart failure Sarcolemma (SL) in failing hearts The status of the Ca"^ channels may depend on the type ol' heart failure Reports of increased density of Ca'* channels from ... Epidemiological aspects of heart failure Cardiol Clin 1989;7:1-9 Guidelines for the evaluation and management of heart failure Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... of congestive heart failure has improved dramatically as well, especially in the recognition of the importance of treatment with aftcrload reduction This treatment was not available to many of ... the natural history of their regurgitant lesions than previously, largely as a result of identification of appropriate noninvasive indicators of impending decompensation of the left ventricle, ... complete excision of the subvalvular apparatus.''" " * •fhe issues of depression of ejection fraction from elimination of the low-pressure decompression into the left atrium and of interference...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... symptoms of heart failure ^' ^ Medical therapy has had a dramatic impact on the symptoms of heart failure, with less but still significant impact on survival, challenging previous assumptions of when ... entire circumference of tlie base of the aiiemysin at tlie junction of scar and noirnal myocardiuriL The degi^ee of tigblening of this suture will detenmne the final size of the remaining opening ... chance of improvement than cardiomyopathy of other etiologies.' Symptoms often improve remarkably after assisted diuresis post-partum of the excess volume of water accumulated during pregnancy Heart...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... other end of the spectrum of heart failure, there is now increasing evidence that early intervention can reduce the development of heart failure ^*'" Even after the symptoms of heart failure have ... transplantation for treatment of advanced heart failure: effective use of vasodilators and diuretics J Heart Lung Transplant 1991:10:468 21 Stevenson LW, Perloff JK The limited reliability of physical signs ... of heart failure. '^ In 120 transplant candidates without any of these risk factors, the incidence of embolic events during a mean follow-up of 300 days without anticoagulation was 4%.'^ The official...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... worst outcome are less than year of age Patients to years of age have intermediate survival rates Registry -oflnt 'I Soc for Heart

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... patients selected for support in the setting of acute heart failure Patients in chronic severe congestive heart failure however have some degree of end-organ dysfiinction resulting from chronic ... population of patients that require a.ssistance and help Congestive heart failure refers to a clinical syndrome of depressed cardiac output that is unable to meet the metabolic needs of the body ... in medical and surgical therapies for congestive heart failure, mortality and morbidity remain high.' The cost of caring for congestive heart failure patienLs and their repeated readmissions...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... surgical approaches to heart failure, the safe and effective pertbnnance of DCMP requires a dedicated team of medical professionals accustomed to the delicate needs of heart failure patients This ... better understanding of ttie pathophysiology of heart failure, the concepts of the ' girdling' and 'myocardial sparing' have provided a potential explanation on how the reversal of the remodeling ... patients with congestive heart failure: a second frontier Circulation 1985;72:681 NHLBI Report of the task force on research in heart failure Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... variety of disease processes including both chroruc ischemia and the cardiomyopathies) ultimately resulting in death Cost of Heart Failure In terms of human suffering and death, the cost of heart failure ... Wood D/\ et al The epidemiology of heart failure Eur Heart J 1997:18:20825 Dickstein ML, Spotnitz HM, Rose EA, Burkhoff D Heart reduction surgery: An analysis of the impact on cardiac function ... the U.S.A., heart failure is the primary diagnosis of over 900,000 hospitalizations per year with an annual new diagnosis of over 400,000 individuals.*'' The estimated cost of heart failure in...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... Beamish and N.S Dhalla (eds.): Mechanism of Heart Failure 1995 ISBN 0-7923-3490-6 N.S Dhalla, P.K Singal, N Takeda and R.E Beamish (eds.): Pathophysiology ofHeart Failure 1995 ISBN 0-7923-357 1-6 N.S ... fibers, 138 graft failure, 106, 115 haemolysis, 165 haemolytic antipig antibody - APA, 169 hDAF, 168 heart failure, heart transplantation (HTx), 26 heart transplantations; 41, 93 heart- lung transplantations, ... Epidemiology aspects of heart failure Cardiol Clin 1989;7:1-9 Massie BM, Packer M Congestive heart failure: Current controversies and fiiture prospects .

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... (Fig 2) Intravenous injection of ultrasound contrast agent confirmed an area of non-compacted myocardium subtending a thinner walled area of compaction and a diagnosis of IVNC was made (Fig 3) Discussion ... differ significantly The purpose of this case report is to highlight the diagnosis of IVNC and briefly review our current understanding of the condition The presence of marked left ventricular trabeculation ... important form of cardiomyopathy that should not be overlooked in patients presenting with cardiac failure This case report emphasises the importance of differenti- Chin TK, Perloff JK, Williams...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... Hector O Ventura Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) Over the last few decades, our understanding of the pathophysiology, and subsequently treatment, of chronic heart failure with ... et al Tang WH, Tsai EJ, Wilkoff BL 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force ... In heart failure the effects of ANP are attenuated compared to healthy individuals even in the setting of increased circulating levels Theories the attenuated effect of ANP in chronic heart failure...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2016, 11:13

... Furthermore, the shortening of diastolic time is an often overlooked mechanism of cardiac dysfunction The duration of diastole is a principal determinant of myocardial perfusion and of the blood volume ... a reduced myocardial perfusion reserve and diastolic heart failure, are an integral part of systolic heart failure any abnormal shortening of diastolic time, particularly during exercise, should ... effect of exercise on heart rate corrected diastolic time in IDCM patients yielded the following findings: LBBB was a major determinant of the duration of LV systole, irrespective of the presence of...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32

... evidence of chronic heart failure and to investigate other potential causes of breathlessness Determining the underlying cause of heart failure Much of the evidence base for the management of heart failure ... digoxin should be stopped SUMMARY OF THE USE OF MAJOR DRUG CLASSES FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE The use of the major classes of drugs for the control of chronic heart failure is summarised in Table ... sleep apnea and heart failure trial CHARM Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality trial CHD coronary heart disease CHF chronic heart failure CHSS Chest Heart and Stroke...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial Jama 2002, 287:1541-7 Petersen JW, Felker GM: Inotropes in the management of acute heart failure Crit Care Med 2008, ... circulation increases with the severity of heart failure, and the high plasma level of interleukin-6 is an important prognostic predictor in patients with congestive heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 1998, ... and anti-apoptotic effects of levosimendan in decompensated heart failure: a novel mechanism of drug-induced improvement in contractile performance of the failing heart Curr Med Chem Cardiovasc...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... Anastasiadis et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:12 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/12 Page of Chronic ischemic heart failure epidemic Emergence of “destination therapy” ... Role of stem cell therapy in ischemic heart failure Ischemic heart disease remains a major health care challenge, and progenitor cell-based therapy holds potential for treating the spectrum of ... some degree of myocardial regeneration from the native heart tissue, there is a diverse implication of regeneration among scientists [17] Research focused on the mechanism of action of stem cells...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... renin, galectin-3 [16-18], some of which are also important tools in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of heart failure, in the identification of subjects at risk of heart failure, risk stratification, ... patients with chronic stable heart failure for six consecutive months were enrolled at the Cardiology Unit of the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome out of 210 patients admitted to the ... with congestive heart failure Heart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure Heart Fail Clin...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20