Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a final common clinical pathway for several diseases. HD patients are at 12–36× risk for the development of CHF. In the general population, CHF increases the risk of death. However, there is no well-designed relevant study in the Chinese HD population ...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical syndrome that significantly impacts patient outcomes, especially in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). The aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ratio (AST/ALT), has also been reported as...
The use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as a support option for patients with severe, end-stage heart failure is well accepted. LVADs have found application across a range of heart failure syndromes, both acute and chronic. In the acute setting, they have been successfully used fo...
Heart transplantation is the ultimate therapeutic measure in patients with end-stage CHF. The cause of heart failure is not fully understood. In recent years, the pathophysiologic concept of chronic heart failure has changed from an isolated hemodynamic view to a more complex concept involving neuro...
Our aim was to determine whether there is a final transition from left ventricular hypertrophy to congestive heart failure in the late stage of essential hypertension. A theoretic model using the concept of systolic transmural nonuniform wall thickening was applied to develop a concentric two-shell ...
View LargeDownload Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) by Patients With a First Episode of Congestive Heart Failure Table 4. View LargeDownload Relationship Between Odds of First Heart Failure and Half-life of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Used in the Week Prior to Admissio...
Recent research shows that the prevalence of patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic renal failure (CRF) continues to rise over the next years. Scientific studies concerning self-perceived symptoms and care needs in patients ...
This was not performed for two reasons: first, the progression of congestive hepatopathy to advanced cardiac cirrhosis is relatively rare, despite frequent manifestation of centilobular fibrosis,2,5 as discussed above; second, many of the patients in our study died of end-stage heart failure ...
The initial stages of heart failure are managed with medical therapy, and end-stage heart failure is managed with surgical procedures in addition to medical therapy. Some of the proven surgical procedures include myocardial revascularization, ventricular assist devices, and heart transplantation.2 Although...
Methods for the treatment of congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease using prazosin and trimazosin, and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.