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Should Patients who have Persistent Severe Symptoms
Receive ... [5].
Withdrawal of nonsteroidal anti -in ammatory
drugs, including aspirin, also seems to reduce the
need for hospitalization for worsening heart fail-
ure [6,7]. However, when...
... disease of the elderly, and the prevalence of
chronic heart failure increases with advancing age.
Currently, chronic heart failure is the most
common hospital discharge diagnosis in patients
over the ... shortage
of donor hearts. Currently, the mainstay of heart
failure treatment is pharmacologic and includes
angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angio-
ten...
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Heart ... results in stabiliza-
tion or even improvement in ventricular function
most commonly in patients who have viable, hiber-
nating myocardium [11, 12] .
This arti...
... changes in matrix metalloproteinase ac-
tivity and expression during the progression of con-
gestive heart failure: relation to ventricular and
myocyte function. Circ Res 1998; 82: 4 82 95.
[ 122 ] Spinale ... changes on the understand-
ing and refinement of the therapeutic orchestra
available for patients in the advanced phase of
heart failure have occurred, specifical...
... there is a change
in clinical status. However patients who have bio-
prosthetic valves may be considered for annual
echocardiography after the first 5 years in the ab-
sence of a change in clinical ... hypertrophy during LVAD support. (From Mancini D, Burkhoff D. Mechanical device-based methods of manag-
ing and treating heart failure. Circulation 20 05;1 12: 444; with permiss...
... correction of mitral regurgitation.
In the event of spontaneous or inducible ventricu-
lar tachycardia, cryotherapy was also applied to
the edges of the resection (50% of cases). Between
development of ... global
function following revascularization of hibernat-
ing myocardium [47,48]. This procedure provides
relief from heart failure symptoms, improved sur-
vival, and...
... result of emerging knowl-
edge, new procedures, and technical advances. This
article addresses the pathophysiology, the treat-
ment options, and their rationale in the setting of
life-threatening ... has
played a key role in addressing emergent catastro-
phes with resultant improvement in mortality and
salvage of myocardium in the aftermath of AMI.
Surgery has also...