A cross-sectional study conducted at MedUni Vienna including patients with chronic systolic heart failure has demonstrated great variations in patients' individual therapy response to ACE inhibitors, ...

Incidence of cardiotoxicity after high cumulative dose of anthracyclines in adult patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arterial stiffness and aortic ...

If you're suffering from chronic systolic heart failure, tai chi may help. Although it may not improve your performance on a six-minute walk test, it may improve your mood, your daily activity and ...

May 18, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — Both low and high serum levels of estradiol, compared with mid-range levels, are significantly and independently associated with increased all-cause mortality in men ...

Geriatrics and Aging. 2008;11(1):37-41. © 2008 1453987 Ontario, Ltd. Cite this: An Update on the Role of Digoxin in Older Adults with Chronic Heart Failure ...

Purpose: Angiotensin II, which plays a crucial role in the myocardial remodeling process of heart failure, is generated via the angiotensin-converting enzyme and chymase pathways. We studied ...

Hierarchical composite endpoints for heart failure trials - answering the question: What fraction of the composite endpoint is due to cardiovascular mortality, hospitalization, or quality of life?

One potential therapeutic concept for treating heart failure besides guideline directed medical therapy, is to correct any concomitant severe mitral valve insufficiency (mitral regurgitation). Despite ...

VIENNA, Austria—Patients with chronic heart failure who require cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) fare better when left bundle branch (LBB) pacing is used over traditional biventricular (BiV) ...

This offers a potential treatment target, which could have wide benefit because 14 percent of the U.S. adult population has chronic kidney disease. The research is published in the journal Circulation ...