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Jozine ter Maaten
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7 months ago
ESC 2023 — Dr Jozine Ter Maaten (University Medical Centre Groningen, NL) joins us to outline the findings from the PUSH-AHF Study (NCT04606927).
PUSH-AHF (University Medical Center Groningen) aimed to assess the effect of natriuresis-guided therapy in patients with acute heart failure to improve diagnostic response, decongestion and clinical outcomes. 310 patients with a primary diagnosis of…
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1 year ago
In this short interview, Dr Joan Carles Trullas (Universitat de Vic-Central de Catalunya, ES) outlines the findings of the CLOROTIC trial, first presented at Heart Failure 2022.In this study, patients with decompensated heart failure were given a combined diuretic therapy using loop diuretics with thiazide diuretics to evaluate efficacy.
Discussion Points:
1. Background
2. Patient Cohort and…
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Author(s):
Jawad Haider Butt
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10 months ago
ESC-HFA 23 - Dr Jawad Haider Butt (Copenhagen University Hospital, DK) outlines the findings of a patient-level meta-analysis of the DAPA-HF and DELIVER trials, which studied the safety and effectiveness of dapagliflozin on patients with both peripheral arterial disease and heart failure. These trials covered the spectrum of patients with heart failure.
The findings of this meta-analysis suggest…
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Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca
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Sema Bektas
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3 years ago
Although the first study on biomarker-guided therapy of chronic heart failure (HF) was published 15 years ago,1 there is still no real proof of the superiority of this approach as compared with standard therapy. The guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology simply state that: “several RCTs that evaluated natriuretic peptide-guided treatment (intensifying treatment in order to lower peptide…
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Gábor Széplaki
Job title: Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Babar Basir
Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
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Author(s):
Maurizio Volterrani
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Ferdinando Iellamo
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3 years ago
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a progressive disorder characterised by elevated cardiac filling pressures, reduced cardiac output and decreased oxygen delivery to the tissues.1 Activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), along with activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS), plays a fundamental role in the pathophysiology of CHF syndrome.2–5 Early in the course of heart…
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Author(s):
Ovidiu Chioncel
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Sean P Collins
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Andrew P Ambrosy
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et al
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3 years ago
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome including diverse phenotypes sharing similar presenting signs and symptoms.1 The diversity of aetiologies and precipitants of HF and their specific pathophysiologic mechanisms, may result in distinct clinical profiles requiring specific treatment approaches.
Pulmonary oedema (PO) is a common manifestation of AHF associated with a…
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Felix Mahfoud
Job title: Associate Professor and Senior Physician
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