… angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy on the extracellular collagen matrix during left ventricular assist device support in patients with end-stage heart failure

S Klotz, AHJ Danser, RF Foronjy, MC Oz… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - jacc.org
… were collected from end-stage heart failure patients who were … of cardiac transplantation
from end-stage failing hearts with (n … All patients from which non-LVAD end-stage failing LV and …

… lead insertion using a modified transseptal catheterization technique: a totally endocardial approach for permanent biventricular pacing in endstage heart failure

F Leclercq, FX HAGER, JC MACIA… - Pacing and Clinical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… All patients had idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and experienced end-stage heart
failure despite maximal medical therapy including digitalis, diuretics, and angiotensin-converting …

Reversal of chronic ventricular dilation in patients with end-stage cardiomyopathy by prolonged mechanical unloading

HR Levin, MC Oz, JM Chen, M Packer, EA Rose… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
… toward larger volumes of the end-diastolic pressure-volume … of ventricular remodeling in
end-stage heart failure. However, … seven patients with end-stage idiopathic cardiomyopathy and …

Increased messenger RNA level of the inhibitory G protein alpha subunit Gi alpha-2 in human end-stage heart failure.

T Eschenhagen, U Mende, M Nose, W Schmitz… - Circulation …, 1992 - Am Heart Assoc
… from patients undergoing heart transplantation because of end-stage heart failure caused
by IDC (n=8) or ICM (n=6). The diagnosis of ischemicheart disease was confirmed by left heart

Nesiritide for secondary pulmonary hypertension in patients with end-stage heart failure

KM O'Dell, JS Kalus, S Kucukarslan… - American journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
… in patients with end-stage heart failure and secondary … to end-stage heart failure (New
York Heart Association … symptomatic benefit from standard heart-failure therapy, continuous …

Effects of prostacyclin on the pulmonary vascular tone and cardiac contractility of patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to end-stage heart failure

G Montalescot, G Drobinski, P Meurin, J Maclouf… - The American journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
… afterloads in end-stage heart failure led to a pilot study followed by the large-scale FIRST
testing the efficacy of a continuous intravenous infusion of epoprostenol in heart failure.8, 12 …

Coexistence of sudden cardiac death and end-stage heart failure in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

GM Hecht, HG Klues, WC Roberts, BJ Maron - Journal of the american …, 1993 - Elsevier
… The purpose of this study to determine the occurrence of sudden cardiac death of end-stage
heart failure, two phases of the natural history hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in closely …

Increased Ca2+-sensitivity of the contractile apparatus in end-stage human heart failure results from altered phosphorylation of contractile proteins

J van der Velden, Z Papp, R Zaremba… - Cardiovascular …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Increased Ca2+-sensitivity of the contractile apparatus in end-stage human heart failure
results from altered phosphorylation of contractile proteins | Cardiovascular Research | Oxford …

Structural basis of end-stage failure in ischemic cardiomyopathy in humans.

CA Beltrami, N Finato, M Rocco, GA Feruglio… - Circulation, 1994 - Am Heart Assoc
heart disease and refractory congestive heart failure. Hearts collected at autopsy from
individuals who died from causes other than cardiovascular disease were used as controls. …

Incidence and epidemiology of heart failure

WB Kannel - Heart failure reviews, 2000 - Springer
… the population burden of heart failure (CHF), its prognosis and modiŪable risk factors that
promote it. In the general population CHF is chieŊy the end stage of hypertensive, coronary …