Heart failure: diagnosis, management and utilization

AA Inamdar, AC Inamdar - Journal of clinical medicine, 2016 - mdpi.com
Despite the advancement in medicine, management of heart failure (HF), which usually
presents as a disease syndrome, has been a challenge to healthcare providers. This is …

A review of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of cardiac remodeling

L Schirone, M Forte, S Palmerio, D Yee… - Oxidative medicine …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pathological molecular mechanisms involved in myocardial remodeling contribute to alter
the existing structure of the heart, leading to cardiac dysfunction. Among the complex …

Cardiovascular remodelling in coronary artery disease and heart failure

G Heusch, P Libby, B Gersh, D Yellon, M Böhm… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Remodelling is a response of the myocardium and vasculature to a range of potentially
noxious haemodynamic, metabolic, and inflammatory stimuli. Remodelling is initially …

Developing therapies for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: current state and future directions

J Butler, GC Fonarow, MR Zile, CS Lam, L Roessig… - JACC: Heart Failure, 2014 - jacc.org
The burden of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is considerable and is
projected to worsen. To date, there are no approved therapies available for reducing …

Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor LCZ696 attenuates cardiac remodeling and dysfunction after myocardial infarction by reducing cardiac fibrosis and …

TG von Lueder, BH Wang, AR Kompa… - Circulation: Heart …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNi), beyond blocking
angiotensin II signaling, augment natriuretic peptides by inhibiting their breakdown by …

Diagnostic accuracy of tissue doppler index E/è for evaluating left ventricular filling pressure and diastolic dysfunction/heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A …

OF Sharifov, CG Schiros, I Aban… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Tissue Doppler index E/è is used clinically and in multidisciplinary research for
estimation of left ventricular filling pressure (LVFP) and diastolic dysfunction (DD)/heart …

Correlation with invasive left ventricular filling pressures and prognostic relevance of the echocardiographic diastolic parameters used in the 2016 ESC heart failure …

JF Nauta, YM Hummel, P van der Meer… - European journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Five echocardiographic parameters—left atrial volume index, left ventricular mass
index, tricuspid regurgitation velocity, myocardial tissue velocity, and the ratio of early mitral …

Prognostic importance of pathophysiologic markers in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

MA Burke, DH Katz, L Beussink, S Selvaraj… - Circulation: Heart …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous
syndrome associated with multiple pathophysiologic abnormalities, including left ventricular …

Rationale and design of the SOluble guanylate Cyclase stimulatoR in heArT failurE Studies (SOCRATES)

B Pieske, J Butler, G Filippatos, C Lam… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The clinical outcomes for patients with worsening chronic heart failure (WCHF) remain
exceedingly poor despite contemporary evidence‐based therapies, and effective therapies …

[HTML][HTML] The (dys) functional extracellular matrix

BR Freedman, ND Bade, CN Riggin, S Zhang… - … Et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a major component of the biomechanical environment with
which cells interact, and it plays important roles in both normal development and disease …