ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart …

Authors/Task Force Members, K Dickstein… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
ESC Guidelines 2389 disclosure forms are kept on file at the European Heart House,
headquarters of the ESC. Any changes in conflict of interest that arise during the writing …

Cardiogenic shock: current concepts and improving outcomes

HR Reynolds, JS Hochman - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
PCI-assigned patients, just 0.5% developed CS in the group randomized 2 hours from
symptom onset. A major focus of public health campaigns is the very early recognition and …

Telmisartan, ramipril, or both in patients at high risk for vascular events

Ontarget Investigators - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In patients who have vascular disease or high-risk diabetes without heart
failure, angiotensin-converting–enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce mortality and morbidity from …

Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with persistent ST-segment elevation: the Task Force on the Management of ST-Segment Elevation …

Authors/Task Force Members… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Document Reviewers: Sigmund Silber (CPG Review Coordinator)(Germany), Frank V.
Aguirre (USA), Nawwar Al-Attar (France), Eduardo Alegria (Spain), Felicita Andreotti (Italy) …

A dynamic pathway for calcium-independent activation of CaMKII by methionine oxidation

JR Erickson, AJ Mei-ling, X Guan, W Kutschke, J Yang… - Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Summary Calcium/calmodulin (Ca 2+/CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) couples
increases in cellular Ca 2+ to fundamental responses in excitable cells. CaMKII was …

Effects of the angiotensin-receptor blocker telmisartan on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients intolerant to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors: a …

Telmisartan Randomised AssessmeNt Study in ACE … - The Lancet, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce major
cardiovascular events, but are not tolerated by about 20% of patients. We therefore …

Acute myocardial infarction

HD White, DP Chew - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Modern management of acute myocardial infarction is built on a clinical evidence base
drawn from many studies undertaken over the past three decades. The evolution in clinical …

Long-term trends in the incidence of heart failure after myocardial infarction

RS Velagaleti, MJ Pencina, JM Murabito, TJ Wang… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Although mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) has declined in the United
States in recent decades, there have been few community-based investigations of the long …

Prevention of heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Councils on epidemiology and prevention, clinical cardiology, cardiovascular …

DD Schocken, EJ Benjamin, GC Fonarow… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
The increase in heart failure (HF) rates throughout the developed and developing regions of
the world poses enormous challenges for caregivers, researchers, and policymakers …

Aging and disease as modifiers of efficacy of cell therapy

S Dimmeler, A Leri - Circulation research, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Cell therapy is a promising option for treating ischemic diseases and heart failure. Adult
stem and progenitor cells from various sources have experimentally been shown to augment …