Stage B (pre-HF): structural heart disease/objective evidence of minimal cardiovascular disease but without signs or symptoms of heart failure : Structural heart disease includes: Reduced ejection fraction Reduced left or right ventricular systolic function Ventricular hypertrophy Abnormalities in hear...
Furthermore, in the last decades, several trials have been conducted to evaluate if NP-guided treatment would be of benefit for the HF patient to improve clinical status (symptoms), but also to improve prognosis. The outcomes of these trials have generated mixed results, but it seems that if...
heart failure who were treated in our hospital during January 2005 and December 2009.Those aged 60 years were assigned to elderly group while those aged 60 years were assigned to non elderly group.These two groups were compared in terms of clinical symptoms, signs and physical and laboratory ...
In the 4 published sets of guidelines, a definite diagnosis of HFNEF required the simultaneous and obligatory presence of signs and/or symptoms of HF and evidence of normal systolic left ventricular (LV) function and of diastolic LV dysfunction. In 3 of 4 sets of guidelines, normal systolic ...
The clinical syndrome comprising heart failure (HF) symptoms but with a left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) that is not diminished, eg, HF with preserved EF, is increasingly the predominant form of HF in the developed world, and soon to reach epidemic proportions. It remains among the most...
As a practical matter, there is no true placebo in topical treatment studies. The vehicle formulation exerts effects on the skin. In many studies of modern formulations, subjects in the vehicle-only groups have had notable improvements in thesigns and symptomsofpsoriasis, dermatitis, and other ski...
Heart failure (HF) therapies have improved patient outcome over the last decades, however those with worsening symptoms and/or signs of HF still have a poor prognosis [1,2]. Both the etiology of HF and the factors leading to its decompensation may influence outcomes and drug response [3], ...
Heart failure (HF) has been called a clinical syndrome, not a disease. The word syndrome stems from the Greek συνδρομή (syndromḗ, going together), meaning the joint occurrence of different clinical signs and symptoms. Over the last decades, clinicians have endeavoured to disentang...
Why, when, and how to assess pulmonary congestion in heart failure: pathophysiological, clinical, and methodological implications Acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS) is a major public health problem. It is defined as gradual or rapid change in heart failure (HF) signs and symptoms, wh... E Pi...
Chronic CHF was defined as heart failure diagnosed more than 6 months before LVAD insertion. All patients evaluated for LVAD insertion had New York Heart Association class IV symptoms. Patients with diagnoses for less than 6 months and those who underwent LVAD insertion under acute circumstances (eg...