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  1. Influence of receptor selectivity on benefits from SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and head-to-head comparative efficacy network meta-analysis
  2. The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium
  3. A Global Perspective of Racial Differences and Outcomes in Patients Presenting with Acute Heart Failure
  4. To master heart failure, first master congestion
  5. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
  6. A qualitative exploration of participant and investigator perspectives from the TRED‐HF trial
  7. Under-recognition of heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation and the impact of gender: a UK population-based cohort study
  8. Proteomic mechanistic profile of patients with diabetes at risk of developing heart failure: insights from the HOMAGE trial
  9. Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Beta-Blocker Effect in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
  10. A novel treatment for heart failure targets myocardial fibrosis
  11. Impact of mitral regurgitation in patients with worsening heart failure: insights from BIOSTAT‐CHF
  12. Ethnic differences in prevalence of actionable HbA1c levels in UK Biobank: implications for screening
  13. Use of Social Media by Cardiovascular Health Care Professionals
  14. Reply to the letter regarding the article ‘Natural history and prognostic significance of iron deficiency and anaemia in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure’
  15. Stem cell therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy
  16. Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID‐19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study
  17. Multimarker profiling identifies protective and harmful immune processes in heart failure: findings from BIOSTAT-CHF
  18. A comparison of non‐invasive methods of measuring body composition in patients with heart failure: a report from SICA‐HF
  19. The Additive Prognostic Value of Serial Plasma Interleukin-6 Levels over Changes in Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
  20. Heart Rate as a Marker of Relapse During Withdrawal of Therapy in Recovered Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  21. Identification of sex‐specific biomarkers predicting new‐onset heart failure
  22. New-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with worsening heart failure and coronary artery disease: an analysis from the COMMANDER-HF trial
  23. Association between up‐titration of medical therapy and total hospitalizations and mortality in patients with recent worsening heart failure across the ejection fraction spectrum
  24. Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Ferric Derisomaltose Compared to Iron Sucrose for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease With and Without Heart Failure
  25. Substantial decline in hospital admissions for heart failure accompanied by increased community mortality during COVID-19 pandemic
  26. Use of diuretics and outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: Findings from the EMPA‐REG OUTCOME trial
  27. Extra‐cardiac targets in the management of cardiometabolic disease: Device‐based therapies
  28. Non‐adherence to heart failure medications predicts clinical outcomes: assessment in a single spot urine sample by liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry (results of a prospective multicentre study)
  29. Global Differences in Burden and Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in Acute Heart Failure
  30. Correspondence to European Heart Journal—Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes in response to paper by Thomas, M. et al. 2021: Predicting the EQ-5D from the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) in patients with heart failures
  31. Impaired High‐Density Lipoprotein Function in Patients With Heart Failure
  32. The struggle towards a Universal Definition of Heart Failure—how to proceed?
  33. Proteomic and Mechanistic Analysis of Spironolactone in Patients at Risk for HF
  34. Telomere length is independently associated with all-cause mortality in chronic heart failure
  35. Intravenous iron for heart failure with evidence of iron deficiency: a meta-analysis of randomised trials
  36. Determinants and consequences of heart rate and stroke volume response to exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction
  37. Prognostic value of the chest X-ray in patients hospitalised for heart failure
  38. The value of spot urinary creatinine as a marker of muscle wasting in patients with new‐onset or worsening heart failure
  39. The management of secondary mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure: a joint position statement from the Heart Failure Association (HFA), European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), and ...
  40. COVID-19 and its cardiovascular effects: a systematic review of prevalence studies
  41. Haemodynamic effects of the nitroxyl donor cimlanod ( BMS ‐986231) in chronic heart failure: a randomized trial
  42. Heart failure re-hospitalizations and subsequent fatal events in coronary artery disease: insights from COMMANDER-HF, EPHESUS, and EXAMINE
  43. Serum potassium and outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a post‐hoc analysis of the PARAGON‐HF trial
  44. Impact of Geographic Region on the COMMANDER-HF Trial
  45. Temporal trends in heart failure medication prescription in a population-based cohort study
  46. Pregnancy intention data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study
  47. Effects of a Novel Nitroxyl Donor in Acute Heart Failure
  48. Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure
  49. The association between blood groups and COVID‐19 infection: a study from the UK Biobank
  50. Is acute heart failure a distinctive disorder? An analysis from BIOSTAT‐CHF
  51. Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  52. Myocardial remodelling after withdrawing therapy for heart failure in patients with recovered dilated cardiomyopathy: insights from TRED‐HF
  53. Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants
  54. High soluble transferrin receptor in patients with heart failure: a measure of iron deficiency and a strong predictor of mortality
  55. Protocol for an implementation study of an evidence-based home cardiac rehabilitation programme for people with heart failure and their caregivers in Scotland (SCOT:REACH-HF)
  56. Effects of Omecamtiv Mecarbil on Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  57. Ultrasound imaging of congestion in heart failure: examinations beyond the heart
  58. A current and future outlook on upcoming technologies in remote monitoring of patients with heart failure
  59. Correction to: The influence of atrial fibrillation on the levels of NT-proBNP versus GDF-15 in patients with heart failure
  60. Conduct of Clinical Trials in the Era of COVID-19
  61. Omecamtiv mecarbil in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: GALACTIC‐HF baseline characteristics and comparison with contemporary clinical trials
  62. Plasma D ‐dimer concentrations predicting stroke risk and rivaroxaban benefit in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm: an analysis from the COMMANDER‐HF trial
  63. Differences in biomarkers and molecular pathways according to age for patients with HFrEF
  64. Serum uric acid, influence of sacubitril–valsartan, and cardiovascular outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: PARAGON‐HF
  65. Muscle wasting as an independent predictor of survival in patients with chronic heart failure
  66. Correction to: Post-discharge prognosis of patients admitted to hospital for heart failure by world region, and national level of income and income disparity (REPORT-HF): a cohort study
  67. Implications of serial measurements of natriuretic peptides in heart failure: insights from BIOSTAT‐CHF
  68. Structural heart disease, cardiac dysfunction and heart failure: the ambiguity of a definition
  69. Author Correction: Glomerular filtration rate by differing measures, albuminuria and prediction of cardiovascular disease, mortality and end-stage kidney disease
  70. Effects of danicamtiv, a novel cardiac myosin activator, in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: experimental data and clinical results from a phase 2a trial
  71. Artificial Intelligence Needs Clinical Intelligence to Succeed
  72. The year in cardiology 2019: heart failure
  73. Effects of combined renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitor and beta‐blocker treatment on outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from BIOSTAT‐CHF and ASIAN‐HF registries
  74. Conducting clinical trials in heart failure during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic: an Expert Consensus Position Paper from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
  75. Caring for people with heart failure and many other medical problems through and beyond the COVID ‐19 pandemic: the advantages of universal access to home telemonitoring
  76. The year in cardiology: heart failure
The year in cardiology 2019
  77. Myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 infection
  78. Relationship between a single measurement at baseline of body mass index, glycated hemoglobin, and the risk of mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in type 2 diabetes mellitus
  79. Circulating plasma concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in men and women with heart failure and effects of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone inhibitors
  80. Tumour biomarkers: association with heart failure outcomes
  81. Future research prioritization in cardiac resynchronization therapy
  82. Natriuretic Peptide-Based Inclusion Criteria in a Heart Failure Clinical Trial
  83. Comparative efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  84. Eplerenone prevents an increase in serum carboxy‐terminal propeptide of procollagen type I after myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular dysfunction and/or heart failure
  85. A network analysis to identify pathophysiological pathways distinguishing ischaemic from non‐ischaemic heart failure
  86. Global Differences in Characteristics, Precipitants, and Initial Management of Patients Presenting With Acute Heart Failure
  87. Heart failure treatment up‐titration and outcome and age: an analysis of BIOSTAT‐CHF
  88. Post-discharge prognosis of patients admitted to hospital for heart failure by world region, and national level of income and income disparity (REPORT-HF): a cohort study
  89. Predictors of left ventricular remodelling in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy – a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
  90. Higher doses of loop diuretics limit uptitration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction
  91. Geographical differences in heart failure characteristics and treatment across Europe: results from the BIOSTAT-CHF study
  92. Effects of spironolactone on serum markers of fibrosis in people at high risk of developing heart failure: rationale, design and baseline characteristics of a proof‐of‐concept, randomised, precision‐medicine, prevention trial. The Heart OMics in AGing ...
  93. The year in cardiology: heart failure
  94. OUP accepted manuscript
  95. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart Failure
  96. Temporal trends in the incidence, treatment patterns, and outcomes of coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease in the UK, 2006–2015
  97. What do patients with heart failure die from? A single assassin or a conspiracy?
  98. Glycated Hemoglobin, Prediabetes, and the Links to Cardiovascular Disease: Data From UK Biobank
  99. Selenium and outcome in heart failure
  100. Clinical value of pre‐discharge bio‐adrenomedullin as a marker of residual congestion and high risk of heart failure hospital readmission
  101. Cardiovascular and non‐cardiovascular death distinction: the utility of troponin beyond N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide. Findings from the BIOSTAT‐CHF study
  102. Impact of Renal Impairment on Beta-Blocker Efficacy in Patients With Heart Failure
  103. Plasma proteomic approach in patients with heart failure: insights into pathogenesis of disease progression and potential novel treatment targets
  104. Association of Fitness and Grip Strength With Heart Failure
  105. Heart failure etiologies and clinical factors precipitating for worsening heart failure: Findings from BIOSTAT-CHF
  106. Glomerular filtration rate by differing measures, albuminuria and prediction of cardiovascular disease, mortality and end-stage kidney disease
  107. Hyperkalemia and Treatment With RAAS Inhibitors During Acute Heart Failure Hospitalizations and Their Association With Mortality
  108. Temporal Trends and Patterns in Mortality After Incident Heart Failure
  109. Trajectories of Changes in Renal Function in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
  110. Angiotensin–Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
  111. Electrocardiographic characteristics in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
  112. Identifying optimal doses of heart failure medications in men compared with women: a prospective, observational, cohort study
  113. Stem cell.
  114. Clinical practice update on heart failure 2019: pharmacotherapy, procedures, devices and patient management. An expert consensus meeting report of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
  115. Effects of Serelaxin in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
  116. Implantable device monitoring versus usual care for managing individuals with heart failure
  117. Myocardial Dysfunction and Coronary Artery Disease as Therapeutic Targets in Heart Failure
  118. Comparison of Conventional Lipoprotein Tests and Apolipoproteins in the Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease
  119. Routinely reported ejection fraction and mortality in clinical practice: where does the nadir of risk lie?
  120. Oral modified release morphine for breathlessness in chronic heart failure: a randomized placebo‐controlled trial
  121. Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Ambulatory Patients with Heart Failure
  122. Comparative effectiveness of loop diuretics on mortality in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure – A multicenter propensity score matched analysis
  123. Outcome in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Related to the Extent, Location, and Pattern of Late Gadolinium Enhancement
  124. Geographical location affects the levels and association of trimethylamine N‐oxide with heart failure mortality in BIOSTAT‐CHF: a post‐hoc analysis
  125. High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Heart Failure: Patient Characteristics, Phenotypes and Mode of Death
  126. Mid-regional proatrial natriuretic peptide for predicting prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  127. New perspectives and future directions in the treatment of heart failure
  128. The influence of atrial fibrillation on the levels of NT-proBNP versus GDF-15 in patients with heart failure
  129. Differences in Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Low Iron Storage vs Defective Iron Utilization in Patients With Heart Failure
  130. When can heart failure treatment be stopped safely? – Authors' reply
  131. The shocking lack of evidence for implantable cardioverter defibrillators for heart failure; with or without cardiac resynchronization
  132. A comprehensive analysis of the effects of rivaroxaban on stroke or transient ischaemic attack in patients with heart failure, coronary artery disease, and sinus rhythm: the COMMANDER HF trial
  133. Rationale and design for the development of a novel nitroxyl donor in patients with acute heart failure
  134. Heart failure in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference
  135. Association of Rivaroxaban With Thromboembolic Events in Patients With Heart Failure, Coronary Disease, and Sinus Rhythm
  136. Characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure patients according to the severity of peripheral oedema
  137. Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology practical guidance on the use of natriuretic peptide concentrations
  138. Diagnostic tests, drug prescriptions, and follow-up patterns after incident heart failure: A cohort study of 93,000 UK patients
  139. The clinical significance of interleukin‐6 in heart failure: results from the BIOSTAT‐CHF study
  140. Erratum to ‘The role of angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitors in cardiovascular disease—existing evidence, knowledge gaps, and future directions' [Eur J Heart Fail 2018;20:963–972]
  141. Prevention or Procrastination for Heart Failure?
  142. Proteomic Bioprofiles and Mechanistic Pathways of Progression to Heart Failure
  143. The rise and fall of aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
  144. Does rhythm matter in acute heart failure? An insight from the British Society for Heart Failure National Audit
  145. Clinical and prognostic association of total atrial conduction time in patients with heart failure
  146. Valuing health-related quality of life in heart failure: a systematic review of methods to derive quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in trial-based cost–utility analyses
  147. Bio‐adrenomedullin as a marker of congestion in patients with new‐onset and worsening heart failure
  148. Added value of frailty and social support in predicting risk of 30-day unplanned re-admission or death for patients with heart failure: An analysis from OPERA-HF
  149. Epidemiology and long-term outcome in outpatients with chronic heart failure in Northwestern Europe
  150. The year in cardiology 2018: heart failure
  151. Towards better definition, quantification and treatment of fibrosis in heart failure. A scientific roadmap by the Committee of Translational Research of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology
  152. Burden of medical co‐morbidities and benefit from surgical revascularization in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy
  153. Prevalence, pattern and clinical relevance of ultrasound indices of congestion in outpatients with heart failure
  154. Prognostic significance of changes in heart rate following uptitration of beta-blockers in patients with sub-optimally treated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in sinus rhythm versus atrial fibrillation
  155. Clinical correlates and outcome associated with changes in 6-minute walking distance in patients with heart failure: findings from the BIOSTAT-CHF study
  156. Percutaneous haemodynamic and renal support in patients presenting with decompensated heart failure: A multi-centre efficacy study using the Reitan Catheter Pump (RCP)
  157. Withdrawal of pharmacological treatment for heart failure in patients with recovered dilated cardiomyopathy (TRED-HF): an open-label, pilot, randomised trial
  158. Novel endotypes in heart failure: effects on guideline-directed medical therapy
  159. Prophylactic use of carvedilol to prevent ventricular dysfunction in patients with cancer treated with doxorubicin
  160. Using matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) profiling in order to predict clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure
  161. Non-cardiac comorbidities in heart failure with reduced, mid-range and preserved ejection fraction
  162. Association with outcomes and response to treatment of trimethylamine N‐oxide in heart failure: results from BIOSTAT‐CHF
  163. Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey
  164. Treatments targeting inotropy
  165. Rivaroxaban in Patients with Heart Failure, Sinus Rhythm, and Coronary Disease
  166. Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure
  167. One-Year Safety and Clinical Outcomes of a Transcatheter Interatrial Shunt Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Reduce Elevated Left Atrial Pressure in Patients With Heart Failure (REDUCE LAP-HF I) Trial
  168. Absence of Myocardial Fibrosis Predicts Favorable Long-Term Survival in New-Onset Heart Failure
  169. Identifying Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Heart Failure With Reduced Versus Preserved Ejection Fraction
  170. Telehealth: delivering high-quality care for heart failure
  171. 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
  172. Comparing biomarker profiles of patients with heart failure: atrial fibrillation vs. sinus rhythm and reduced vs. preserved ejection fraction
  173. Potential spironolactone effects on collagen metabolism biomarkers in patients with uncontrolled blood pressure
  174. Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan
  175. Iron deficiency in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and its association with reduced exercise capacity, muscle strength and quality of life
  176. Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in apparently healthy schoolchildren in India: A multi-center study
  177. Role of immunomodulation on heart functiom following heart attack
  178. Rationale and design of the randomized multicentre His Optimized Pacing Evaluated for Heart Failure (HOPE-HF) trial
  179. Methodological Shortcomings of Wrist-Worn Heart Rate Monitors Validations
  180. Waist-to-hip ratio and mortality in heart failure
  181. Losing Track by Tracking Speckles
  182. Baseline Characteristics of Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction in the PARAGON-HF Trial
  183. Body mass index and all-cause mortality in heart failure patients with normal and reduced ventricular ejection fraction: a dose–response meta-analysis
  184. Psychosocial factors and mortality in patients with heart failure: reply
  185. Sex- and age-based differences in the natural history and outcome of dilated cardiomyopathy
  186. Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure
  187. Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan
  188. Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide
  189. Effect of Systemic Hypertension With Versus Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy on the Progression of Atrial Fibrillation (from the Euro Heart Survey)
  190. Prevalence, predictors and clinical outcome of residual congestion in acute decompensated heart failure
  191. Prognostic Significance of Creatinine Increases During an Acute Heart Failure Admission in Patients With and Without Residual Congestion
  192. Combined use of lung ultrasound, B-type natriuretic peptide, and echocardiography for outcome prediction in patients with acute HFrEF and HFpEF
  193. Acute heart failure: lessons learned, roads ahead
  194. An electronic health records cohort study on heart failure following myocardial infarction in England: incidence and predictors
  195. Treatment with insulin is associated with worse outcome in patients with chronic heart failure and diabetes
  196. The role of angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitors in cardiovascular disease—existing evidence, knowledge gaps, and future directions
  197. CRT Survey II: a European Society of Cardiology survey of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in 11 088 patients—who is doing what to whom and how?
  198. Methodological Shortcomings of Wrist-Worn Heart Rate Monitors Validations (Preprint)
  199. Increased blood lactate is prevalent and identifies poor prognosis in patients with acute heart failure without overt peripheral hypoperfusion
  200. Potassium and the use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: data from BIOSTAT-CHF
  201. Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study
  202. The interaction of sex, height, and QRS duration on the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on morbidity and mortality: an individual-patient data meta-analysis
  203. Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation?
  204. Coronary angiography in worsening heart failure: determinants, findings and prognostic implications
  205. Comparative effectiveness of enalapril, lisinopril, and ramipril in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure: a propensity score-matched cohort study
  206. An m-Health system for education and motivation in cardiac rehabilitation: the experience of HeartCycle guided exercise
  207. Predictors and Associations With Outcomes of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Results From VERITAS
  208. Procalcitonin-based indication of bacterial infection identifies high risk acute heart failure patients
  209. MicroRNAs relate to early worsening of renal function in patients with acute heart failure
  210. Loop diuretics, renal function and clinical outcome in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction
  211. Plasma kidney injury molecule‐1 in heart failure: renal mechanisms and clinical outcome
  212. A personalised mobile-based home monitoring system for heart failure: The SUPPORT-HF Study
  213. A novel method to predict the proportional risk of sudden cardiac death in heart failure: Derivation of the Seattle Proportional Risk Model
  214. Hydralazine and nitrates alone or combined for the management of chronic heart failure: A systematic review
  215. Abordaje multidisciplinario en pacientes hospitalizados por insuficiencia cardiaca
  216. Should β-Blockers Be Used in Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation?
  217. Multicentre randomized controlled trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker withdrawal in advanced renal disease: the STOP-ACEi trial
  218. Signature of circulating microRNAs in patients with acute heart failure
  219. Development of a Human Model for the Study of Effects of Hypoxia, Exercise, and Sildenafil on Cardiac and Vascular Function in Chronic Heart Failure
  220. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Update: Evolving Indications, Expanding Benefit?
  221. Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 3 in Chronic Heart Failure: Analysis from the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
  222. A combined clinical and biomarker approach to predict diuretic response in acute heart failure
  223. Adherence to self-care in patients with heart failure in the HeartCycle study
  224. QRS morphology as a predictor of the response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy: fact or fashion?
  225. Reflections on EchoCRT: sound guidance on QRS duration and morphology for CRT?: Figure 1
  226. Early vs. late worsening heart failure during acute heart failure hospitalization: insights from the PROTECT trial
  227. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: uncertainties and dilemmas
  228. Relative Importance of History of Heart Failure Hospitalization and N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Level as Predictors of Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction
  229. Prognostic significance of ultrasound-assessed jugular vein distensibility in heart failure
  230. The Obesity Paradox in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Relationship of Body Mass Index to Prognosis
  231. Worsening Heart Failure Following Admission for Acute Heart Failure
  232. Rationale and design of a randomized, double‐blind, event‐driven, multicentre study comparing the efficacy and safety of oral rivaroxaban with placebo for reducing the risk of death, myocardial infarction or stroke in subjects with heart failure and si...
  233. The relationship of QRS morphology with cardiac structure and function in patients with heart failure
  234. The effect of duration of follow-up and presence of competing risk on lifespan-gain from implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: who benefits the most?
  235. When Is it Appropriate to Withdraw Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy? Guesses and Evidence ∗
  236. If home telemonitoring reduces mortality in heart failure, is this just due to better guideline-based treatment?
  237. International REgistry to assess medical Practice with lOngitudinal obseRvation for Treatment of Heart Failure (REPORT‐HF): rationale for and design of a global registry
  238. Update on management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  239. Prescribing Patterns to Optimize Heart Rate
  240. Is the Epidemic of Heart Disease Really Over or Just Evolving?
  241. Acute Heart Failure in the Elderly: Differences in Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Prognostic Factors in the VERITAS Study
  242. Bone marrow iron depletion is common in patients with coronary artery disease
  243. The Effect of Carvedilol on B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiac Function in Patients with Heart Failure and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
  244. Comparison of outcomes after hospitalization for worsening heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke in patients with heart failure and reduced and preserved ejection fraction
  245. Efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure plus atrial fibrillation: an individual-patient data meta-analysis
  246. Breathlessness at rest is not the dominant presentation of patients admitted with heart failure
  247. Acute heart failure in elderly patients: worse outcomes and differential utility of standard prognostic variables. Insights from the PROTECT trial
  248. European Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Survey II: rationale and design
  249. Worsening heart failure, a critical event during hospital admission for acute heart failure: results from the VERITAS study
  250. Left atrial function measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic value
  251. Charting a Roadmap for Heart Failure Biomarker Studies
  252. Lipid-Modifying Treatments for Heart Failure
  253. Does Speckle Tracking Really Improve Diagnosis and Risk Stratification in Patients With HF With Normal EF?
  254. Classification of a real live heart failure clinical dataset- Is TAN Bayes better than other Bayes?
  255. Heart ‘omics’ in AGEing (HOMAGE): design, research objectives and characteristics of the common database
  256. Relationship between angina pectoris and outcomes in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: an analysis of the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
  257. Is the Way to a Man’s Heart Through His Stomach?
  258. Exercise Capacity and Mortality in Patients With Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction Randomized to Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery or Medical Therapy
  259. The utility of novel non-invasive technologies for remote hemodynamic monitoring in chronic heart failure
  260. Remote telemonitoring for patients with heart failure: might monitoring pulmonary artery pressure become routine?
  261. Clinical Trials in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
  262. Use of cumulative information estimations for risk assessment of heart failure patients
  263. Telemonitoring in heart failure: Big Brother watching over you
  264. Iron deficiency defined as depleted iron stores accompanied by unmet cellular iron requirements identifies patients at the highest risk of death after an episode of acute heart failure
  265. The remarkable effect of ivabradine in two adolescents with dilated cardiomyopathy
  266. Effect of Rosuvastatin on Repeat Heart Failure Hospitalizations
  267. Is Heart Rate Important for Patients With Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation?
  268. The relation between repeated 6-minute walk test performance and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure
  269. International differences in clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in acute heart failure patients: better short-term outcomes in patients enrolled in Eastern Europe and Russia in the PROTECT trial
  270. Developing Therapies for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  271. Fatigue as a Predictor of Outcome in Patients With Heart Failure
  272. Issues in the Mining of Heart Failure Datasets
  273. Is age a factor in the success or failure of remote monitoring in heart failure? Telemonitoring and structured telephone support in elderly heart failure patients
  274. Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  275. Decongestion in acute heart failure
  276. Aspirin for Heart Failure
  277. Diuretic response in acute heart failure: clinical characteristics and prognostic significance
  278. Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure
  279. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Clinical Outcomes
  280. The in vitro stability of novel cardiovascular and sepsis biomarkers at ambient temperature
  281. Revisiting a classical clinical sign: Jugular venous ultrasound
  282. Guía de práctica clínica de la ESC 2013 sobre estimulación cardiaca y terapia de resincronización cardiaca
  283. Definitions of Outcome, Response and Effect in Imaging Research to Avoid Confusion
  284. Predictors of Postdischarge Outcomes From Information Acquired Shortly After Admission for Acute Heart Failure
  285. Renal Function Trajectories and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure
  286. The Long-Term Prognostic Significance of 6-Minute Walk Test Distance in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
  287. Impact of aspirin and statins on long-term survival in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure: an analysis of 1706 patients
  288. Heart rate: a prognostic factor and therapeutic target in chronic heart failure. The distinct roles of drugs with heart rate-lowering properties
  289. Sex-specific acute heart failure phenotypes and outcomes from PROTECT
  290. The C-CURE Randomized Clinical Trial (Cardiopoietic stem Cell therapy in heart failURE)
  291. Global longitudinal strain in patients with suspected heart failure and a normal ejection fraction: does it improve diagnosis and risk stratification?
  292. Iron Status and Survival in Diabetic Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
  293. Case Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization in Atrial Fibrillation
  294. Clinical outcome endpoints in heart failure trials: a European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association consensus document
  295. Prognostic value of CXCL16 in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure
  296. The effectiveness of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) in patients suffering from chronic refractory angina previously treated with transmyocardial laser revascularisation
  297. Wytyczne ESC dotyczące stymulacji serca i terapii resynchronizującej w 2013 roku
  298. Diabetes, aliskiren, and heart failure: let's bring ASTRONAUT down to earth
  299. Hypoglycaemia in diabetic patients: highly undesirable by cardiologists
  300. Does cirrhotic cardiomyopathy exist? 50 years of uncertainty
  301. Not all systematic reviews are systematic: a meta-review of the quality of systematic reviews for non-invasive remote monitoring in heart failure
  302. Telemonitoring after discharge from hospital with heart failure: cost-effectiveness modelling of alternative service designs
  303. Is aspirin useful in primary prevention?
  304. Digoxin Reduces 30-day All-cause Hospital Admission in Older Patients with Chronic Systolic Heart Failure
  305. An individual patient meta-analysis of five randomized trials assessing the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on morbidity and mortality in patients with symptomatic heart failure
  306. 2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy
  307. 2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Task Force on cardiac pacing and resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Associati...
  308. Remote monitoring after recent hospital discharge in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
  309. Effect of oral digoxin in high-risk heart failure patients: a pre-specified subgroup analysis of the DIG trial
  310. Effects of reducing inspired oxygen concentration for one hour in patients with chronic heart failure: implications for air travel
  311. Improving Quality of Life and Functional Capacity in Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure
  312. Influence of Crossover on Mortality in a Randomized Study of Revascularization in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease
  313. Interplay Between Right Ventricular Function and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  314. The Predictive Value of Short-Term Changes in Hemoglobin Concentration in Patients Presenting With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
  315. Lack of evidence of increased mortality among patients with atrial fibrillation taking digoxin: findings from post hoc propensity-matched analysis of the AFFIRM trial
  316. Why Does CRT Reduce the Risk of Arrhythmias?
  317. Renal Sympathetic Denervation Therapy for Resistant Hypertension
  318. Fish Oil vs Olive Oil for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
  319. Repeat Dose Opioids May Be Effective for Breathlessness in Chronic Heart Failure if Given for Long Enough
  320. Defining Diastolic Heart Failure and Identifying Effective Therapies
  321. Medical Management of Stable Coronary Atherosclerosis
  322. Identifying patients at risk of death or hospitalisation due to worsening heart failure using decision tree analysis: Evidence from the Trans-European Network-Home-Care Management System (TEN-HMS) Study
  323. Causes and treatment of oedema in patients with heart failure
  324. A Meta-Analysis Reporting Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in Patients Without Heart Failure
  325. IVC Diameter in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  326. Sildenafil in Heart Failure (SilHF). An investigator-initiated multinational randomized controlled clinical trial: rationale and design
  327. Soluble Glycoprotein 130 Predicts Fatal Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure: Analysis From the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
  328. Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure
  329. Important Differences in Mode of Death Between Men and Women With Heart Failure Who Would Qualify for a Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
  330. An atrial mass
  331. Site selection in global clinical trials in patients hospitalized for heart failure: perceived problems and potential solutions
  332. Clinical trials with endothelin receptor antagonists: What went wrong and where can we improve?
  333. Diagnosis of elderly patients with heart failure
  334. Heart failure—does it matter whether LVEF is reduced?
  335. Anticoagulation in heart failure: current status and future direction
  336. 2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management
  337. Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: Every little helps
  338. Standardized Reporting Criteria for Studies Evaluating Suspected Acute Heart Failure Syndromes in the Emergency Department
  339. Heart rate achieved or beta-blocker dose in patients with chronic heart failure: which is the better target?
  340. Renal artery stenosis: an innocent bystander or an independent predictor of worse outcome in patients with chronic heart failure? A magnetic resonance imaging study
  341. The PROTECT in‐hospital risk model: 7‐day outcome in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction
  342. Experiences of air travel in patients with chronic heart failure
  343. Long-term mortality with cardiac resynchronization therapy in the Cardiac Resynchronization-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) trial
  344. Soluble guanylate cyclase: a potential therapeutic target for heart failure
  345. Current management and future directions for the treatment of patients hospitalized for heart failure with low blood pressure
  346. A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data
  347. Body mass index is related to the perception of exertional breathlessness in patients presenting with dyspnoea of unknown origin
  348. Handling missing values in data mining - A case study of heart failure dataset
  349. Relationship between plasma concentrations of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide and the characteristics and outcome of patients with a clinical diagnosis of diastolic heart failure: a report from the PEP-CHF study
  350. Galectin-3 predicts response to statin therapy in the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
  351. People with disabilities: the forgotten victims of violence
  352. Role of Antithrombotic Agents in Heart Failure
  353. Diabetes clinical trials: helped or hindered by the current shift in regulatory requirements?
  354. Renal dysfunction in acute and chronic heart failure: prevalence, incidence and prognosis
  355. Soluble ST2 is associated with adverse outcome in patients with heart failure of ischaemic aetiology
  356. Prevalence of, Associations With, and Prognostic Value of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) Among Out-Patients Referred for the Evaluation of Heart Failure
  357. The Safety of an Adenosine A1-Receptor Antagonist, Rolofylline, in Patients with Acute Heart Failure and Renal Impairment
  358. Targeting myocardial substrate metabolism in heart failure: potential for new therapies
  359. Systematic Reporting Bias in Meta-analyses of Trials of Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
  360. Determinants and Consequences of Renal Function Variations With Aldosterone Blocker Therapy in Heart Failure Patients After Myocardial Infarction
  361. Abnormalities of the Ventilatory Equivalent for Carbon Dioxide in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
  362. Association of galectin-3 and fibrosis markers with long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, and dyssynchrony: insights from the CARE-HF (Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure) trial
  363. The European CRT Survey: 1 year (9-15 months) follow-up results
  364. Use of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Regression to Guide Therapy and Management of Cardiac Risks
  365. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Meeting 2011: ARISTOTLE, SMART-AV: QLV substudy, SHIFT: echocardiography and quality of life substudies, European CRT Survey, and Basic Science Update
  366. Does the physical examination still have a role in patients with suspected heart failure?
  367. Right and left bundle branch block as predictors of long-term mortality following myocardial infarction
  368. The determinants of clinical outcome and clinical response to CRT are not the same
  369. Days alive and out of hospital and the patient journey in patients with heart failure: Insights from the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) program
  370. Impact of Serial Troponin Release on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Heart Failure
  371. Atherosclerotic disease of the abdominal aorta and its branches: prognostic implications in patients with heart failure
  372. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure meeting 2011: TEHAF, WHICH, CARVIVA, and atrial fibrillation in GISSI-HF and EMPHASIS-HF
  373. Prevalence of scarred and dysfunctional myocardium in patients with heart failure of ischaemic origin: A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
  374. Increasing knowledge and changing views in cardiac resynchronization therapy
  375. Limited role for ivabradine in the treatment of chronic heart failure
  376. Clinical assessment of acute heart failure syndromes: emergency department through the early post-discharge period
  377. Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial
  378. Questioning the predictive role of carotid intima–media thickness
  379. The European Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Survey: comparison of outcomes between de novo cardiac resynchronization therapy implantations and upgrades
  380. Which components of heart failure programmes are effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the outcomes of structured telephone support or telemonitoring as the primary component of chronic heart failure management in 8323 patients: Abridged Coc
  381. The effects of the cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, on cardiac function in systolic heart failure: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, dose-ranging phase 2 trial
  382. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology Meeting 2011: STICH, NorthStar, TARGET, and EVEREST II
  383. Revascularization for patients with heart failure. Inconsistencies between theory and practice
  384. Prognostic Value of Baseline Plasma Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Its Interactions With Irbesartan Treatment Effects in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: Findings From the I-PRESERVE Trial
  385. The Authors' reply
  386. It makes SENSE to take a safer road
  387. Effects of the Adenosine A1 Receptor Antagonist Rolofylline on Renal Function in Patients With Acute Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction
  388. Prognostic significance of different measures of the ventilation-carbon dioxide relation in patients with suspected heart failure
  389. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association Meeting 2010: EMPHASIS-HF, RAFT, TIM-HF, Tele-HF, ASCEND-HF, ROCKET-AF, and PROTECT
  390. A genome-wide association study identifies two loci associated with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy
  391. Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure
  392. Early dyspnoea relief in acute heart failure: prevalence, association with mortality, and effect of rolofylline in the PROTECT Study
  393. A comparison between monophasic and biphasic defibrillation for the cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with and without heart failure
  394. Body mass indices and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure
  395. Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status – Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?
  396. The Heart Failure Revascularisation Trial (HEART)
  397. Unmasking the truth
  398. Relationship between right ventricular volumes measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure
  399. The national heart failure audit for England and Wales 2008-2009
  400. Diabetes mellitus, cachexia and obesity in heart failure: rationale and design of the Studies Investigating Co-morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure (SICA-HF)
  401. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Meeting 2010: SHIFT, PEARL-HF, STAR-heart, and HEBE-III
  402. La terapia de resincronización es coste-efectiva
  403. An Entirely Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator
  404. Rolofylline, an Adenosine A1−Receptor Antagonist, in Acute Heart Failure
  405. Coenzyme Q10, Rosuvastatin, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure
  406. Enlisting the Help of the Largest Health Care Workforce—Patients
  407. Editorialists' reply
  408. Emerging Therapies for Heart Failure
  409. Applying evidence-based device care in cardiovascular patients: which patient with heart failure and what device?
  410. Cardiac output does not limit submaximal exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure
  411. Determinants and prognostic value of pulmonary arterial pressure in patients with chronic heart failure
  412. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Meeting 2010: TRIDENT 1, BENEFICIAL, CUPID, RFA-HF, MUSIC, DUEL, handheld BNP, phrenic nerve stimulation, CHAMPION and CABG with CRT study
  413. Calcium supplements in people with osteoporosis
  414. Letter by Begg et al Regarding Article, “The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Physical Function and Quality of Life in Older Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
  415. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology meeting 2010: DOSE, ASPIRE, CONNECT, STICH, STOP-AF, CABANA, RACE II, EVEREST II, ACCORD, and NAVIGATOR
  416. Should We Be Trying to Define Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?
  417. Assessing and grading congestion in acute heart failure: a scientific statement from the Acute Heart Failure Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
  418. Dyspnoea in patients with acute heart failure: an analysis of its clinical course, determinants, and relationship to 60-day outcomes in the PROTECT pilot study
  419. Reply
  420. Cost-effectiveness of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) for the treatment of stable angina in the United Kingdom
  421. Clinical Trials of Pharmacological Therapies in Acute Heart Failure Syndromes: Lessons Learned and Directions Forward
  422. Long-term aspirin for coronary artery disease: are we being deceived by a biased presentation of the evidence?
  423. Effects of carvedilol or metoprolol on PAI-1, tPA-mass concentration or Von Willebrand factor in chronic heart failure - a COMET substudy
  424. Defibrillators—a shocking therapy for cardiomyopathy?
  425. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association meeting 2009: HEAAL, FAIR-HF, J-CHF, HeartMate II, PACE and a meta-analysis of dose-ranging studies of beta-blockers in heart failure
  426. Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America Meeting 2009: FAST, IMPROVE-HF, COACH galectin-3 substudy, HF-ACTION nuclear substudy, DAD-HF, and MARVEL-1
  427. Measurement of breathlessness in clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure: the need for a standardized approach: a systematic review
  428. Lack of Diastolic Reserve in Patients With Heart Failure and Normal Ejection Fraction
  429. Predictors of short term mortality in heart failure — Insights from the Euro Heart Failure survey
  430. The Atrial Fibrillation Paradox of Heart Failure
  431. Declining In-Hospital Mortality and Increasing Heart Failure Incidence in Elderly Patients With First Myocardial Infarction
  432. Resource Use and Costs of Treatment With Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents: Results of the WATCH Trial Economic Evaluation
  433. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Meeting 2009: AAA, RELY, PROTECT, ACTIVE-I, European CRT survey, German pre-SCD II registry, and MADIT-CRT
  434. Red cell distribution width: an inexpensive and powerful prognostic marker in heart failure
  435. Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Randomized Trial of Warfarin, Aspirin, and Clopidogrel in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: The Warfarin and Antiplatelet Therapy in Chronic Heart Failure (WATCH) Trial”
  436. The impact of early standard therapy on dyspnoea in patients with acute heart failure: the URGENT-dyspnoea study
  437. Plasma Concentration of Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Chronic Heart Failure: Prediction of Cardiovascular Events and Interaction With the Effects of Rosuvastatin
  438. Is taking part in clinical trials good for your health? A cohort study
  439. Micronutrient Deficiencies
  440. Aspirin in the primary prevention of vascular disease
  441. The European cardiac resynchronization therapy survey
  442. Impact of different diagnostic criteria on the prevalence and prognostic significance of exertional oscillatory ventilation in patients with chronic heart failure
  443. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology heart failure meeting 2009: CHANCE, B-Convinced, CHAT, CIBIS-ELD, and Signal-HF
  444. Surface electrocardiogram to predict outcome in candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy: a sub-analysis of the CARE-HF trial
  445. Relationships between cardiac resynchronization therapy and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure and markers of cardiac dyssynchrony: an analysis from the Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure (CARE-HF) study
  446. Phase III clinical trial end points in acute heart failure syndromes: A virtual roundtable with the acute heart failure syndromes international working group
  447. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology 2009: ADMIRE-HF, PRIMA, STICH, REVERSE, IRIS, partial ventricular support, FIX-HF-5, vagal stimulation, REVIVAL-3, pre-RELAX-AHF, ACTIVE-A, HF-ACTION, JUPITER, AURORA, and OMEGA
  448. Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure in Cardiology Practice: Reciprocal Impact and Combined Management From the Perspective of Atrial Fibrillation
  449. Long-term left ventricular reverse remodelling with cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the CARE-HF trial
  450. Obituary to Philip Poole-Wilson 1943-2009
  451. Self-rated health and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
  452. Unconventional End Points in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Should We Be Moving Away From Morbidity and Mortality?
  453. Enhanced external counterpulsation for the treatment of stable angina and heart failure: a systematic review and economic analysis
  454. Randomized Trial of Warfarin, Aspirin, and Clopidogrel in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  455. Predicting hospitalization due to worsening heart failure using daily weight measurement: analysis of the Trans-European Network-Home-Care Management System (TEN-HMS) study
  456. The prognostic value of repeated measurement of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  457. A randomised, controlled study of rate versus rhythm control in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation and heart failure: (CAFE-II Study)
  458. Current state of knowledge and experts’ perspective on the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
  459. Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on long-term quality of life: An analysis from the CArdiac Resynchronisation-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) study
  460. Digoxin
  461. Predictors of fatal and non-fatal outcomes in the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA): incremental value of apolipoprotein A-1, high-sensitivity C-reactive peptide and N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide
  462. Levosimendan vs. dobutamine: outcomes for acute heart failure patients on β-blockers in SURVIVE†
  463. Telemonitoring for heart failure: the only feasible option for good universal care?
  464. Years-needed-to-treat to add 1 year of life: a new metric to estimate treatment effects in randomized trials
  465. Elevated glycated haemoglobin is a strong predictor of mortality in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction who are not receiving treatment for diabetes mellitus
  466. Smoking cessation in heart failure: easier said than done
  467. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  468. Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Heart Association meetings in 2008: SADHART-CHF, COMPARE, MOMENTUM, thyroid hormone analogue study, HF-ACTION, I-PRESERVE, β-interferon study, BACH, and ATHENA
  469. The prognostic value of individual NT-proBNP values in chronic heart failure does not change with advancing age
  470. Prevalence and inter-relationship of different Doppler measures of dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS: a report from CARE-HF
  471. The effects of aetiology on outcome in patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy in the CARE-HF trial
  472. Clinical trials update from European Society of Cardiology meeting 2008: TIME-CHF, BACH, BEAUTIFUL, GISSI-HF, and HOME-HF
  473. Oral levosimendan in patients with severe chronic heart failure-The PERSIST study
  474. Successful treatment of heart failure with devices requires collaboration
  475. Time for a proper study of aspirin after a vascular event?
  476. Cardiac resynchronization therapy: dyssynchrony imaging from a heart failure perspective
  477. Ruling out heart failure in primary-care: The cost-benefit of pre-screening using NT-proBNP and QRS width
  478. Predictors of Mortality From Pump Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony: Results of the CARE-HF Trial
  479. Clinical trials update from Heart Rhythm 2008 and Heart Failure 2008: ATHENA, URGENT, INH study, HEART and CK-1827452
  480. Interpretation of Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in the HPS and the CORONA Study
  481. State of the art: Using natriuretic peptide levels in clinical practice
  482. Predicting the Long-Term Effects of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Mortality From Baseline Variables and the Early Response
  483. The Epidemiology of Heart Failure
  484. Structured telephone support or telemonitoring programs for patients with chronic heart failure
  485. Design and Rationale of the URGENT Dyspnea Study: An International, Multicenter, Prospective Study
  486. The prevalence and incidence of left bundle branch block in ambulant patients with chronic heart failure
  487. New-onset atrial fibrillation is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in hospitalized heart failure patients: results of the EuroHeart Failure Survey
  488. A Comparison of Patient and Physician-Rated New York Heart Association Class in a Community-Based Heart Failure Clinic
  489. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy upgrade and occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia
  490. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology 2008: Carisma, Trends, meta-analysis of Cox-2 studies, Hat, on-Target, Hyvet, Accomplish, Momentum, Protect, Horizon-hf and Reverse
  491. Perception of symptoms is out of proportion to cardiac pathology in patients with "diastolic heart failure"
  492. The prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing with a peak respiratory exchange ratio of <1.0 in patients with chronic heart failure
  493. Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Treatment of Chronic Refractory Angina: A Long-term Follow-up Outcome from the International Enhanced External Counterpulsation Patient Registry
  494. The effect of pharmacological stress on intraventricular dyssynchrony in left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  495. The timing of development and subsequent clinical course of heart failure after a myocardial infarction
  496. Long-term effect of cardiac resynchronisation in patients reporting mild symptoms of heart failure: a report from the CARE-HF study
  497. Patients with heart failure who require an implantable defibrillator should have cardiac resynchronisation routinely
  498. A proposal to standardize dyspnoea measurement in clinical trials of acute heart failure syndromes: the need for a uniform approach
  499. Heart failure as an endpoint in heart failure and non-heart failure cardiovascular clinical trials: the need for a consensus definition
  500. Relationship of high sensitivity C reactive peptide (hsCRP) to prognosis and other prognostic markers in outpatients with heart failure
  501. NHS heart failure survey: a survey of acute heart failure admissions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  502. Classification of the Level of Evidence in International Guidelines for Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
  503. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association 2007: CORONA, RethinQ, MASCOT, AF-CHF, HART, MASTER, POISE and stem cell therapy
  504. Combining the ventilatory response to exercise and peak oxygen consumption is no better than peak oxygen consumption alone in predicting mortality in chronic heart failure
  505. Is the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Study in Heart Failure (CORONA) the Answer to the Cholesterol Paradox in Heart Failure?
  506. Screening for left ventricular systolic dysfunction in high-risk patients in primary-care: A cost-benefit analysis
  507. Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure
  508. Effects of Tezosentan on Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Heart Failure
  509. Effect of carvedilol and metoprolol on the mode of death in patients with heart failure
  510. Recall of lifestyle advice in patients recently hospitalised with heart failure: A EuroHeart Failure Survey analysis
  511. Role of angiotensin receptor blockers in the prevention and management of ischaemic stroke
  512. The Cholesterol Paradox in Heart Failure
  513. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2007: 3CPO, ALOFT, PROSPECT and statins for heart failure
  514. Novel cardiac myosin activators for acute heart failure
  515. Worsening Renal Function and Prognosis in Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  516. Thiazolidinediones, deadly sins, surrogates, and elephants
  517. Should beta-blocker therapy be reduced or withdrawn after an episode of decompensated heart failure? Results from COMET
  518. Prognosis in Heart Failure with a Normal Ejection Fraction
  519. Guidelines for cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Task Force for Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in Collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association
  520. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of two dosing regimens of darbepoetin alfa in patients with heart failure and anaemia
  521. Cardiorespiratory Requirements of the 6-Min Walk Test in Older Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and No Major Structural Heart Disease
  522. Clinical trials update from Heart Rhythm 2007 and Heart Failure 2007: CARISMA, PREPARE, DAVID II, SAVE-PACE, PROTECT and AREA-IN-CHF
  523. Effects of metoprolol and carvedilol on pre-existing and new onset diabetes in patients with chronic heart failure: data from the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET)
  524. Prognostic importance of plasma NT-pro BNP in chronic heart failure in patients treated with a β-blocker: Results from the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET) trial
  525. Prediction of Mode of Death in Heart Failure
  526. Epidemiology, Associated Factors, and Prognostic Outcomes of Renal Artery Stenosis in Chronic Heart Failure Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  527. Should Patients who have Persistent Severe Symptoms Receive a Left Ventricular Assist Device or Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy as the Next Step?
  528. Relationship of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein to prognosis and other prognostic markers in outpatients with heart failure
  529. Management of octogenarians hospitalized for heart failure in Euro Heart Failure Survey I
  530. Prognostic value of the VE/VCO2 slope calculated from different time intervals in patients with suspected heart failure
  531. The Safety of Amiodarone in Patients With Heart Failure
  532. Predictors and treatment response with cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure characterized by dyssynchrony: a pre-defined analysis from the CARE-HF trial
  533. Implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy systems in the CARE-HF trial: procedural success rate and safety
  534. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology 2007: ALPHA, EVEREST, FUSION II, VALIDD, PARR-2, REMODEL, SPICE, COURAGE, COACH, REMADHE, pro-BNP for the evaluation of dyspnoea and THIS-diet
  535. Prevalence of markers of heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation and the effects of ximelagatran compared to warfarin on the incidence of morbid and fatal events: A report from the SPORTIF III and V trials
  536. Early and sustained effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with moderate to severe heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony
  537. Prevalence of ECG abnormalities in an international survey of patients with suspected or confirmed heart failure at death or discharge
  538. Telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes for patients with chronic heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis
  539. Fighting against sudden death: A single or multidisciplinary approach
  540. The effects of initiation or continuation of statin therapy on cholesterol level and all-cause mortality after the diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  541. Effects of applying a standardised management algorithm for moderate to severe renal dysfunction in patients with chronic stable heart failure
  542. Carvedilol Protects Better Against Vascular Events Than Metoprolol in Heart Failure
  543. Cardiac Resynchronization for Diabetic Heart Failure Patients
  544. International variations in the treatment and co-morbidity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Data from the EuroHeart Failure Survey
  545. Nonpharmacologic Measures and Drug Compliance in Patients with Heart Failure: Data from the EuroHeart Failure Survey
  546. Natriuretic peptides in patients with atrial fibrillation and advanced chronic heart failure: determinants and prognostic value of (NT-)ANP and (NT-pro) BNP
  547. Cardiac resynchronization therapy or atrio-biventricular pacing—what should it be called?
  548. An evaluation of two self-report screening measures for mood in an out-patient chronic heart failure population
  549. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association 2006: OAT, SALT 1 and 2, MAGIC, ABCD, PABA-CHF, IMPROVE-CHF, and percutaneous mitral annuloplasty
  550. Practical Applications of Intravenous Diuretic Therapy in Decompensated Heart Failure
  551. Prognostic value of the 6 min walk test and self-perceived symptom severity in older patients with chronic heart failure
  552. The assessment of autonomic function in chronic atrial fibrillation: description of a non-invasive technique based on circadian rhythm of atrioventricular nodal functional refractory periods
  553. Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America meeting: FIX-CHF-4, selective cardiac myosin activator and OPT-CHF
  554. The effect of altering heart rate on ventricular function in patients with heart failure treated with β-blockers
  555. The diagnostic utility of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for the detection of major structural heart disease in patients with atrial fibrillation
  556. The perindopril in elderly people with chronic heart failure (PEP-CHF) study
  557. Baseline echocardiographic characteristics of heart failure patients enrolled in a large European multicentre trial (CArdiac REsynchronisation Heart Failure study)
  558. New generation 3-dimensional echocardiography for left ventricular volumetric and functional measurements: Comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance
  559. Clinical trials update from the joint European Society and World Congress of Cardiology meeting: PEP-CHF, ACCLAIM and the HHH study
  560. Randomized trials are also essential for device therapy: reply
  561. The effect of ventricular pacing on measurements of left ventricular function: A comparison between echocardiographic methods and with radionuclide ventriculography☆
  562. Anemia, Renal Dysfunction, and Their Interaction in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  563. Cardiac resynchronization therapy: redefining the role of device therapy in heart failure
  564. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology heart failure meeting: TNT subgroup analysis, darbepoetin alfa, FERRIC-HF and KW-3902
  565. Reply
  566. Longer-term effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on mortality in heart failure [the CArdiac REsynchronization-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) trial extension phase]
  567. Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Severe Heart Failure
  568. The long-term cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
  569. Adherence and perception of medication in patients with chronic heart failure during a five-year randomised trial
  570. Cardiac resynchronisation for patients with heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction - a systematic review and meta-analysis
  571. The impact of new onset anaemia on morbidity and mortality in chronic heart failure: results from COMET
  572. Excessive breathlessness in patients with diastolic heart failure
  573. Chronic aspirin therapy for the prevention of cardiovascular events: a waste of time, or worse?
  574. Clinical determinants of poor six-minute walk test performance in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and no major structural heart disease
  575. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology: Darbepoetin alfa, ASTEROID, UNIVERSE, paediatric carvedilol, UNLOAD and ICELAND
  576. Diabetes Lowers Six-Minute Walk Test Performance in Heart Failure
  577. A Comparison of the Effects of Carvedilol and Metoprolol on Well-Being, Morbidity, and Mortality (the “Patient Journey”) in Patients With Heart Failure
  578. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Characteristics of β-Blockers: When Differences May Matter
  579. Left ventricular morphology, global and longitudinal function in normal older individuals: A cardiac magnetic resonance study
  580. The immediate and long-term outcome of enhanced external counterpulsation in treatment of chronic stable refractory angina
  581. Predicting peak oxygen uptake from 6-min walk test performance in male patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  582. Threats, opportunities, and statins in the modern management of heart failureThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiology.
  583. Relation between severity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and repolarisation abnormalities on the surface ECG: a report from the Euro heart failure survey
  584. Metabolic remodeling in the aging heart
  585. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association: REPAIR-AMI, ASTAMI, JELIS, MEGA, REVIVE-II, SURVIVE, and PROACTIVE
  586. Incidence of renal dysfunction over 6 months in patients with chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction: contributing factors and relationship to prognosis
  587. Chronic heart failure, chronotropic incompetence, and the effects of   blockade
  588. How many patients need cardiac resynchronization therapy?The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiology.
  589. N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide as a screening tool for heart failure in the pacemaker population
  590. Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the CARE-HF trial
  591. Comparison of the dual receptor endothelin antagonist enrasentan with enalapril in asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
  592. Prognostic value of systolic mitral annular velocity measured with Doppler tissue imaging in patients with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  593. Cost effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the CARE-HF trial: reply
  594. Effect of a community heart failure clinic on uptake of   blockers by patients with obstructive airways disease and heart failure
  595. Atrial fibrillation management: a prospective survey in ESC Member Countries
  596. The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: full text (update 2005)
  597. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology meeting 2005: CARE-HF extension study, ESSENTIAL, CIBIS-III, S-ICD, ISSUE-2, STRIDE-2, SOFA, IMAGINE, PREAMI, SIRIUS-II and ACTIVE
  598. Metabolic gas kinetics depend upon the level of exercise performed
  599. Poor Relationship Between Exercise Capacity and Spirometric Measurements in Patients With More Symptomatic Heart Failure
  600. Under-utilization of evidence-based drug treatment in patients with heart failure is only partially explained by dissimilarity to patients enrolled in landmark trials: a report from the Euro Heart Survey on Heart Failure
  601. ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Measuring the Clinical Management and Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  602. Anemia and Chronic Heart Failure
  603. ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Measuring the Clinical Management and Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  604. Guías de Práctica Clínica sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardíaca crónica. Versión resumida (actualización 2005)
  605. The effect of micronutrient supplementation on quality-of-life and left ventricular function in elderly patients with chronic heart failure
  606. Clinical trials update from the American College of Cardiology meeting: CARE-HF and the Remission of Heart Failure, Women's Health Study, TNT, COMPASS-HF, VERITAS, CANPAP, PEECH and PREMIER
  607. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure meeting and the American College of Cardiology: Darbepoetin alfa study, ECHOS, and ASCOT-BPLA
  608. Do discharge codes underestimate hospitalisation due to heart failure? Validation study of hospital discharge coding for heart failure
  609. Exploring symptoms in chronic heart failure
  610. Meta-analysis does not show that cardiac resynchronisation reduces all-cause mortality
  611. Once-Monthly Administration of Darbepoetin Alfa for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Anemia
  612. Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression in a sample of chronic heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  613. The diagnosis of heart failure in European primary care: The IMPROVEMENT Programme survey of perception and practice
  614. Influence of heart rate, blood pressure, and beta-blocker dose on outcome and the differences in outcome between carvedilol and metoprolol tartrate in patients with chronic heart failure: results from the COMET trial
  615. Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure
  616. Tezosentan in patients with acute heart failure: Design of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Study (VERITAS)
  617. Multidisciplinary interventions in heart failure
  618. Recurrent infarction causes the most deaths following myocardial infarction with left ventricular dysfunction
  619. β-Blockers, Exercise, and Ventilation in Chronic Heart Failure
  620. Exchange of β-blockers in heart failure patients. Experiences from the poststudy phase of COMET (the Carvedilol or Metoprolol European Trial)
  621. The effects of long-term β-blockade on the ventilatory responses to exercise in chronic heart failure
  622. Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in chronic heart failure: should we intervene?
  623. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005)
  624. Epidemiology and management of heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the aftermath of a myocardial infarction
  625. Hierarchical cardiac MRI segmentation using shaped region-interface descriptors
  626. Noninvasive Home Telemonitoring for Patients With Heart Failure at High Risk of Recurrent Admission and Death
  627. Symptoms in Patients With Heart Failure are Prognostic Predictors: Insights From COMET
  628. The reproducibility and sensitivity of the 6-min walk test in elderly patients with chronic heart failure
  629. The Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on Morbidity and Mortality in Heart Failure
  630. Are There Clinically Important Differences Between Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure?
  631. Six minute corridor walk test as an outcome measure for the assessment of treatment in randomized, blinded intervention trials of chronic heart failure: a systematic review
  632. Prognostic relevance of atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic heart failure on long-term treatment with beta-blockers: results from COMET
  633. Longitudinal myocardial dysfunction in healthy older subjects as a manifestation of cardiac ageing
  634. Baseline characteristics of patients recruited into the CARE-HF study
  635. The impact of chronic heart failure on health-related quality of life data acquired in the baseline phase of the CARE-HF study
  636. Effects of metoprolol and carvedilol on cause-specific mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic heart failure—COMET
  637. Patients with treatable malignant diseases -- including heart failure -- are entitled to specialist care
  638. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association meeting: ACORN-CSD, primary care trial of chronic disease management, PEACE, CREATE, SHIELD, A-HeFT, GEMINI, vitamin E meta-analysis, ESCAPE, CARP, and SCD-HeFT cost-effectiveness study
  639. Comparison of selective ETAand ETBreceptor antagonists in patients with chronic heart failure
  640. Letter from the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure
  641. Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America: EMOTE, HERB-CHF, BEST genetic sub-study and RHYTHM-ICD
  642. Trial finds no evidence that aspirin and warfarin improve outcomes in people with heart failure
  643. The prevalence of abnormal glucose regulation in patients with coronary artery disease across EuropeThe Euro Heart Survey on diabetes and the heart
  644. Can cardiac-resynchronization therapy reduce mortality in patients suffering from advanced chronic heart failure?
  645. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology: SENIORS, ACES, PROVE-IT, ACTION, and the HF-ACTION trial
  646. Diagnosing heart failure in primary care: lessons from EPICA
  647. Exercise capacity and cardiac function assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in chronic heart failure
  648. The utility of a comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance examination for the evaluation of patients with heart failure
  649. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure meeting: SHAPE, BRING-UP 2 VAS, COLA II, FOSIDIAL, BETACAR, CASINO and meta-analysis of cardiac resynchronisation therapy
  650. Relation of sex, age and concomitant diseases to drug prescription for heart failure in primary care in Europe
  651. The TORCH (TOwards a Revolution in COPD Health) survival study protocol: Fig. 1.—
  652. The Warfarin/Aspirin study in heart failure (WASH): a randomized trial comparing antithrombotic strategies for patients with heart failure
  653. Differences between patients with a preserved and a depressed left ventricular function: a report from the EuroHeart Failure Survey
  654. A phase II, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose comparative study of the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of MCC-135 in subjects with chronic heart failure, NYHA class II/III (MCC-135-GO1 study): rationale and design
  655. Clinical trials update and cumulative meta-analyses from the American College of Cardiology: WATCH, SCD-HeFT, DINAMIT, CASINO, INSPIRE, STRATUS-US, RIO-Lipids and cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure
  656. Diastolic heart failure. Paroxysmal or chronic?
  657. Letter to the editor
  658. Are hematinic deficiencies the cause of anemia in chronic heart failure?
  659. The Warfarin and Antiplatelet Therapy in Heart Failure Trial (WATCH): rationale, design, and baseline patient characteristics
  660. The reversibility of increased airways resistance in chronic heart failure measured by impulse oscillometry
  661. A Description of the Clinical Characteristics at Baseline of Patients Recruited into the Carvedilol or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET)
  662. Controlling persistent atrial fibrillation
  663. Natriuretic peptides for heart failure. Fashionable? Useful? Necessary?
  664. A method to reduce loss to follow-up in clinical trials: informed, withdrawal of consent
  665. Carvedilol was more effective than metoprolol tartrate for lowering mortality in chronic heart failure
  666. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association meeting: Ω-3 fatty acids and arrhythmia risk in patients with an implantable defibrillator, ACTIV in CHF, VALIANT, the Hanover autologous bone marrow transplantation study, SPORTIF V, ORBIT and PA
  667. Levosimendan: first in a new class of inodilator for acute and chronic severe heart failure
  668. Carvedilol alone or in combination with digoxin for the management of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure?
  669. Carvedilol reduces mortality compared with metoprolol in chronic heart failure
  670. Cardiovascular prophylaxis with aspirin: costs of supply and management of upper gastrointestinal and renal toxicity
  671. The CHARM programme
  672. A systematic review of telemonitoring for the management of heart failure
  673. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology: CHARM, BASEL, EUROPA and ESTEEM
  674. Delivering the cumulative benefits of triple therapy to improve outcomes in heart failure
  675. Myocardial dysfunction: hibernation and remodelling
  676. Reliability of reporting left ventricular systolic function by echocardiography: A systematic review of 3 methods
  677. Cardiac resynchronization halves death from heart failure
  678. Longitudinal ventricular function: normal values of atrioventricular annular and myocardial velocities measured with quantitative two-dimensional color doppler tissue imaging
  679. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure meeting: COMET, COMPANION, Tezosentan and SHAPE
  680. Pain Management in Patients With Osteoarthritis
  681. Comparison of carvedilol and metoprolol on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure in the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET): randomised controlled trial
  682. Myocardial viability as a determinant of the ejection fraction response to carvedilol in patients with heart failure (CHRISTMAS trial): randomised controlled trial
  683. The prevalence of heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a typical regional pacemaker population
  684. The heart failure revascularisation trial (HEART): rationale, design and methodology
  685. Update of clinical trials from the American College of Cardiology 2003. EPHESUS, SPORTIF-III, ASCOT, COMPANION, UK-PACE and T-wave alternans
  686. The EuroHeart Failure Survey programme—a survey on the quality of care among patients with heart failure in Europe Part 2: treatment
  687. The EuroHeart Failure survey programme—a survey on the quality of care among patients with heart failure in Europe Part 1: patient characteristics and diagnosis
  688. Levosimendan reduces mortality compared wtih dobutamine in severe low output heart failure
  689. There is little evidence that intravenous inotropes improve outcomes in heart failure
  690. β-Blockers for heart failure: why, which, when, and where
  691. A Happy and Prosperous New Year to All Our Readers!
  692. Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association meeting: PROSPER, DIAL, home care monitoring trials, immune modulation therapy, COMPANION and anaemia in heart failure
  693. Intravenous levosimendan treatment is cost-effective compared with dobutamine in severe low-output heart failure: an analysis based on the international LIDO trial
  694. Color tissue Doppler-derived long-axis left ventricular function in heart failure with preserved global systolic function
  695. Management of heart failure in primary care (the IMPROVEMENT of Heart Failure Programme): an international survey
  696. Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology: CARMEN, EARTH, OPTIMAAL, ACE, TEN-HMS, MAGIC, SOLVD-X and PATH-CHF II
  697. Airway resistance in chronic heart failure measured by impulse oscillometry
  698. Clinical trials update: RENEWAL (RENAISSANCE and RECOVER) and ATTACH
  699. The effectiveness and relative effectiveness of intravenous inotropic drugs acting through the adrenergic pathway in patients with heart failure-a meta-regression analysis
  700. Efficacy and safety of intravenous levosimendan compared with dobutamine in severe low-output heart failure (the LIDO study): a randomised double-blind trial
  701. Clinical trials update: highlights of the scientific sessions of The American College of Cardiology 2002: LIFE, DANAMI 2, MADIT-2, MIRACLE-ICD, OVERTURE, OCTAVE, ENABLE 1 & 2, CHRISTMAS, AFFIRM, RACE, WIZARD, AZACS, REMATCH, BNP trial and HARDBALL
  702. How to assess new treatments for the management of heart failure: composite scoring systems to assess the patients’ clinical journey
  703. Rationale and design of the carvedilol or metoprolol European trial in patients with chronic heart failure: COMET
  704. The European Journal of Heart Failure; update on the story so far!
  705. Levosimendan: a new era for inodilator therapy for heart failure?
  706. Clinical trials update: The Heart Protection Study, IONA, CARISA, ENRICHD, ACUTE, ALIVE, MADIT II and REMATCH
  707. Diastolic heart failure: neglected or misdiagnosed?
  708. Is aspirin ″the weakest link” in cardiovascular prophylaxis? The surprising lack of evidence supporting the use of aspirin for cardiovascular disease
  709. No reduction in cardiovascular risk with NSAIDs—including aspirin?
  710. ACE Inhibitors for ‘Diastolic’ Heart Failure? Reasons not to jump to premature conclusions about the efficacy of ACE inhibitors among older patients with heart failure
  711. Clinical trials update: highlights of the scientific sessions of the XXIII Congress of the European Society of Cardiology - WARIS II, ESCAMI, PAFAC, RITZ-1 and TIME
  712. Validation of an echocardiographic wall motion index in heart failure due to ischaemic heart disease
  713. Endothelin antagonists for chronic heart failure: do they have a role?
  714. What is the optimal medical management of ischaemic heart failure?
  715. Cardiovascular critical event pathways for the progression of heart failure; a report from the ATLAS study
  716. Does aspirin attenuate the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in hypertension or heart failure?
  717. Clinical trials update: Highlights of the Scientific Sessions of Heart Failure 2001, a meeting of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. CONTAK-CD, CHRISTMAS, OPTIME-CHF
  718. The CARE-HF study (CArdiac REsynchronisation in Heart Failure study): rationale, design and end-points
  719. Chronic heart failure and micronutrients
  720. Clinical Trials Update: CAPRICORN, COPERNICUS, MIRACLE, STAF, RITZ-2, RECOVER and RENAISSANCE and cachexia and cholesterol in heart failure. Highlights of the Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology, 2001
  721. The heart failure epidemic: exactly how big is it?
  722. How do you measure exercise capacity in chronic heart failure?
  723. What is the optimal medical management of ischemic heart failure?
  724. Clinical events leading to the progression of heart failure: insights from a national database of hospital discharges
  725. Recommendations for exercise testing in chronic heart faliure patients
  726. Clinical trials update: highlights of the scientific sessions of the American Heart Association year 2000: Val HeFT, COPERNICUS, MERIT, CIBIS-II, BEST, AMIOVIRT, V-MAC, BREATHE, HEAT, MIRACL, FLORIDA, VIVA and the first human cardiac skeletal muscle myobl
  727. Clinical trials update: IMPROVEMENT-HF, COPERNICUS, MUSTIC, ASPECT-II, APRICOT and HEART
  728. Low doses vs. high doses of the angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitor lisinopril in chronic heart failure: a cost-effectiveness analysis based on the Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival (ATLAS) study
  729. Is the prognosis of heart failure improving?
  730. Are beta-blockers effective in patients who develop heart failure soon after myocardial infarction? A meta-regression analysis of randomised trials
  731. Comparison of left ventricular ejection fraction and volumes in heart failure by echocardiography, radionuclide ventriculography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Are they interchangeable?
  732. Pulmonary artery pressure measurement during exercise testing in patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension
  733. Clinical trials update: OPTIME-CHF, PRAISE-2, ALL-HAT
  734. Systematic review of the management of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure
  735. Implantable left ventricular assist systems (LVAS): Recent results. A report from a series of meetings sponsored by the Study Group on Advanced Heart Failure of the Working Group on Heart Failure
  736. Implantable left ventricular assist systems: clinical trials
  737. Update of ELITE-II, BEST, CHAMP, and IMPRESS clinical trials in heart failure
  738. The Carvedilol Hibernation Reversible Ischaemia Trial, Marker of Success (CHRISTMAS) study
  739. Review: long-term beta-blocker use reduces mortality after myocardial infarction
  740. Disruption of the relationship between renin and atrial natriuretic peptide early in the course of ventricular dysfunction
  741. The LIDO, HOPE, MOXCON and WASH studies
  742. Depression and heart failure — not yet a target for therapy?
  743. Survival trends, coronary event rates, and the MONICA project
  744. Heart failure update
  745. Is the prognosis of heart failure improving?
  746. Perindopril for elderly people with chronic heart failure: the PEP-CHF study
  747. Heart Failure - taking the lead
  748. Heart Failure due to Ischaemic Heart Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Progression
  749. Increasing awareness and improving the management of heart failure in Europe: the IMPROVEMENT of HF initiative
  750. The Carvedilol Hibernation Reversible Ischaemia Trial; Marker of Success (CHRISTMAS)
  751. Update of REACH-1 and MERIT-HF clinical trials in heart failure
  752. EndothelinBreceptors are functionally important in mediating vasoconstriction in the systemic circulation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  753. Baseline clinical characteristics of patients recruited into the assessment of treatment with lisinopril and survival study
  754. The WASH study (Warfarin/Aspirin Study in Heart failure) rationale, design and end-points
  755. Update of recent clinical trials in heart failure and myocardial infarction
  756. Editor's note
  757. Sudden death in heart failure: vascular or electrical?
  758. Etiology and response to drug treatment in heart failure
  759. Endothelin-1 has haemodynamic effects at pathophysiological concentrations in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
  760. Influence of concomitant disease on patterns of hospitalization in patients with heart failure discharged from Scottish hospitals in 1995
  761. Risk stratification in chronic heart failure
  762. Regional differences in the characteristics and treatment of patients participating in an international heart failure trial
  763. Economic implications of the Total Ischaemic Burden Bisoprolol Study (TIBBS) follow-up
  764. β-Blockers for Chronic Heart Failure: From Prejudice to Enlightenment
  765. Effects of aging on neuroendocrine activation in subjects and patients in the presence and absence of heart failure with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  766. Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in heart failure: new insights from basic clinical research
  767. Shortened duration of post-ischemic hyperemic blood flow in the forearm of patients with heart failure
  768. Clinical Trials Report: Cardiovascular & Renal: Ongoing and planned clinical trials in chronic heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction
  769. The standard electrocardiogram as a screening test for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  770. Is aspirin safe for patients with heart failure?
  771. Angiography and the aetiology of heart failure.
  772. Renal response to candoxatrilat in patients with heart failure
  773. ACE inhibitors in heart failure. What dose?
  774. Short-term effects of right atrial, right ventricular apical, and atrioventricular sequential pacing on myocardial oxygen consumption and cardiac efficiency in patients with coronary artery disease
  775. ACE inhibitors for heart failure: a question of dose
  776. ACE inhibitors: current understanding and future directions
  777. How do ACE inhibitors reduce mortality in patients with left ventricular dysfunction with and without heart failure: remodelling, resetting, or sudden death?
  778. Enhanced basal nitric oxide production in heart failure: another failed counter-regulatory vasodilator mechanism?
  779. Optimising heart failure pharmacotherapy: the ideal combination
  780. Relationship between hemostatic abnormalities and neuroendocrine activity in heart failure
  781. Sarcoid, amyloid and heart failure
  782. Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in Heart Failure
  783. Cardioreparation and the Concept of Modulating Cardiovascular Structure and Function
  784. Modification of atherosclerosis by agents that do not lower cholesterol
  785. A comparison of the effects of the selective peripheralα 1-blocker terazosin with the selectiveβ 1-blocker atenolol on blood pressure, exercise performance and the lipid profile in mild-to-moderate essential hypertension
  786. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, left ventricular dysfunction, and early heart failure
  787. Impaired Left Lower Lobe Ventilation in Patients with Cardiomegaly
  788. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors for hypertension and heart failure?
  789. Arrhythmias, catecholamines and electrolytes
  790. Total body electrolyte composition in patients with heart failure: a comparison with normal subjects and patients with untreated hypertension.
  791. The effects of captopril on serum digoxin and urinary urea and digoxin clearances in patients with congestive heart failure
  792. Combination of verapamil and beta blockers in systemic hypertension
  793. The effects of prostacyclin (PGI2) on haematological and haemodynamic parameters, and lung histology in puppies undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery with profound hypothermia
  794. Angiotensin II levels, hemodynamics, and sympathoadrenal function after low-dose captopril in heart failure