Heart Failure - Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A hemodynamic profile for consciousness during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

30 Oct 2009 We report the quantification of a hemodynamic profile sufficient to support consciousness during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A 62-yr-old man experienced cardiac arrest while being evaluated for heart failure after heart transplantation. During ... Read more...

Hospitalizations after heart failure diagnosis a community perspective.

25 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the lifetime burden and risk factors for hospitalization after heart failure (HF) diagnosis in the community. BACKGROUND: Hospitalizations in patients with HF represent a major public health ... Read more...

Short-term hemodynamic effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure, a narrow QRS duration, and no dyssynchrony.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization therapy produces both short-term hemodynamic and long-term symptomatic/mortality benefits in symptomatic heart failure patients with a QRS duration >120 ms. This is conventionally believed to be due principally ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart Failure - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A hemodynamic profile for consciousness during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Hospitalizations in patients with heart failure: who and why. 25 Oct 2009
• Hospitalizations after heart failure diagnosis a community perspective. 25 Oct 2009
• Short-term hemodynamic effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure, a narrow QRS duration, and no dyssynchrony. 10 Oct 2009
• Pacing in heart failure patients with narrow QRS: is there more to gain than resynchronization? 10 Oct 2009
• Filling the heart failure management void with positive airway pressure. 29 Sep 2009
• Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Myocardial perfusion, function, and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: baseline results from the single-photon emission computed tomography imaging ancillary study of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION) Trial. 29 Sep 2009
• New York Heart Association functional class predicts exercise parameters in the current era. 29 Sep 2009
• Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of acute heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Factors related to time to admission to specialized multidisciplinary clinics in patients with congestive heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Outcomes in heart failure patients referred for consideration of implantable cardioverter defibrillator for primary prophylaxis of sudden cardiac death: what are the risks of waiting? 29 Sep 2009
• Blood transfusion for acute decompensated heart failure--friend or foe? 29 Sep 2009
• Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF). 29 Sep 2009
• Hospital performance recognition with the Get With The Guidelines Program and mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Does the need for noncardiac surgery during ventricular assist device therapy impact clinical outcome? 29 Sep 2009
• Preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular twist. 27 Sep 2009
• Hospital at home for elderly patients with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure: a prospective randomized controlled trial. 26 Sep 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