Heart Failure - Drug therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The sympathetic nervous system in heart failure physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical implications.

Nov 2009 Heart failure is a syndrome characterized initially by left ventricular dysfunction that triggers countermeasures aimed to restore cardiac output. These responses are compensatory at first but eventually become part of the disease process itself ... Read more...

When drugs disappear from the patient: elimination of intravenous medication by hemodiafiltration.

30 Oct 2009 Twenty-three hours after heart transplantation, life-threatening acute right heart failure was diagnosed in a patient requiring continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF). Increasing doses of catecholamines, sedatives, and muscle relaxants ... Read more...

Micronutrient deficiencies an unmet need in heart failure.

25 Oct 2009 Heart failure (HF) is a common, disabling, and costly disease. Despite major advances in medical therapy, morbidity and mortality remain high, in part because current pharmacological regimens may not fully address some unique requirements of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart Failure - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The sympathetic nervous system in heart failure physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical implications. Nov 2009
• When drugs disappear from the patient: elimination of intravenous medication by hemodiafiltration. 30 Oct 2009
• Micronutrient deficiencies an unmet need in heart failure. 25 Oct 2009
• The adrenergic-fatty acid load in heart failure. 25 Oct 2009
• [A patient with aortic stenosis and reduced left ventricular function] 20 Oct 2009
• Use of aldosterone antagonists in heart failure. 19 Oct 2009
• Proteinuria, chronic kidney disease, and the effect of an angiotensin receptor blocker in addition to an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in patients with moderate to severe heart failure. 3 Oct 2009
• Quinaprilat: a review of its pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicological data and clinical application. 29 Sep 2009
• Safety of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Baseline differences in the HF-ACTION trial by sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Effects of levosimendan versus dobutamine on left atrial function in decompensated heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Quality of care for atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized for heart failure. 27 Sep 2009
• Microvascular oxygen delivery-to-utilization mismatch at the onset of heavy-intensity exercise in optimally treated patients with CHF. 2 Sep 2009
• Low-density lipoprotein in the setting of congestive heart failure: is lower really better? 30 Aug 2009
• [To treat or not to treat with statins patients with chronic heart failure?] 30 Aug 2009
• Inhalative iloprost - pharmacology and clinical application. 30 Aug 2009
• Conivaptan: promise of treatment in heart failure. 30 Aug 2009
• Overview of emerging pharmacotherapy in chronic heart failure. 30 Aug 2009
• The effects of eplerenone on length of stay and total days of heart failure hospitalization after myocardial infarction in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment with spironolactone for 24 weeks decreases the level of matrix metalloproteinases and improves cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure of ischemic etiology. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Heart Failure'

Definition: A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

Descriptor UI: D006333

Alternative terms: Heart Failure; Cardiac Failure; Myocardial Failure; Heart Failure, Left-Sided; Heart Failure, Left Sided; Left-Sided Heart Failure; Left Sided Heart Failure; Heart Failure, Right-Sided; Heart Failure, Right Sided; Right-Sided Heart Failure; Right Sided Heart Failure; Congestive Heart Failure; Heart Failure, Congestive; Heart Decompensation; Decompensation, Heart;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.434;

History Note: 2008 (1966)

Technical Notes: "scompenso di cuore" is "heart decompensation" in Italian; do not confuse with CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE