Heart Failure
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

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...

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...

Use of aldosterone antagonists in heart failure.

19 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Aldosterone antagonists are recommended for patients with moderate to severe heart failure (HF) and systolic dysfunction. Prior studies suggest underuse of aldosterone antagonists in eligible patients as well as overuse in settings in which ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart Failure'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• When drugs disappear from the patient: elimination of intravenous medication by hemodiafiltration. 30 Oct 2009
• A hemodynamic profile for consciousness during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 30 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
• Renal venous congestion and renal function in congestive heart failure. 18 Oct 2009
• Propofol infusion syndrome with arrhythmia, myocardial fat accumulation and cardiac failure. 13 Oct 2009
• Prevalence, functional impact, and mortality of atrial fibrillation in an older Italian population (from the Pro.V.A. study). 13 Oct 2009
• Diagnosing acute heart failure: the mathematician and the clinician. 11 Oct 2009
• Improving the diagnosis of acute heart failure using a validated prediction model. 11 Oct 2009
• Accuracy of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide to diagnose significant cardiovascular disease in children: the Better Not Pout Children! Study. 4 Oct 2009
• The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in heart failure. 4 Oct 2009
• Safety of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 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
• Relationship of age and exercise performance in patients with heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. 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
• Relationship of Doppler-Echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic function to exercise performance in systolic heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. 29 Sep 2009
• N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study. 29 Sep 2009
• New York Heart Association functional class predicts exercise parameters in the current era. 29 Sep 2009
• Baseline differences in the HF-ACTION trial by sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Understanding heart failure through the HF-ACTION baseline characteristics. 29 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