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Interatrial Shunting for Treating Acute and Chronic Left Heart Failure
Author(s): Leonardo Guimaraes , David del Val , Sebastien Bergeron , et al Added: 3 years ago
Major advances in heart failure (HF) management have been achieved over the past three decades, yet it remains a syndrome with high morbidity and mortality, poor quality of life and high healthcare costs. Despite all advances in medical/device therapy, many HF patients continue to deteriorate, leading to poor quality of life and high rehospitalisation and mortality rates.1 The recent European… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure
Author(s): Martin R Cowie Added: 3 years ago
Introduction Management of heart failure consumes 1% to 2% of the healthcare budget in developed countries, with the largest share due to the cost of hospitalisations.1 A pan-European survey has shown that up to 65% of patients hospitalised with heart failure have a past history of chronic heart failure.2 Such admissions are usually long, with an average duration of 11 days. In-hospital… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Antoni Bayés-Genís Added: 3 years ago
The long-awaited 2016 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for heart failure (HF)1 provide the large amount of novel research in HF since the previous guidelines published in 2012.2 Here, highlights of the 2016 guidelines are presented. Definition of Heart Failure The main terminology used to describe HF is historically based on measurement of the left ventricular ejection fraction … View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): Nesan Shanmugam Added: 3 years ago
In this issue of European Cardiology Review, Professor Bayes Genis and team give a clear and robust review of the 2016 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (HF).1The guidelines were last updated in 2012 and combined for the first time chronic and acute care. One year on, and in the wake of the 2017 HF Association conference… View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): Antonio J Vallejo-Vaz Added: 3 years ago
Heart Failure – A Major Global Health Problem Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries and its burden is progressively increasing.1–4 Coronary artery disease (CAD) and other conditions, such as hypertensive heart disease or diabetes mellitus, are rated among the foremost reasons for morbi-mortality worldwide.1–4 In this context,… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Author(s): Andrea Mortara Added: 3 years ago
Data from Italian, European and US registries clearly show that a large proportion of acute hospitalisations for heart failure (HF) could be avoided by improving the follow-up of patients at home after discharge.1–3 There are many factors that may contribute to decompensation, including reduced coronary perfusion, anaemia, hypertension, infections, arrhythmias and renal failure. The important… View more

Heart Failure

Digital Health
Author(s): Mark M Boogers , Frank M Bengel , Juhani Knuuti , et al Added: 3 years ago
Chronic heart failure (HF) is an important healthcare problem in the developed world, since incidence and prevalence numbers have increased rapidly over recent decades. Recently, the American Heart Association (AHA) Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Committee reported that chronic HF affects 5.3 million patients in the US, with approximately 660,000 newly diagnosed patients each year.1… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure
Author(s): Dimitris Tousoulis , Evangelos Oikonomou , Gerasimos Siasos , et al Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of diseases characterised by metabolic disturbances with increasing prevalence worldwide.1 Individuals with DM present several detrimental micro- and macrovascular complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.2,3 Accordingly, efforts for early diagnosis and appropriate management are of ultimate importance… View more

Heart Failure

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Masaaki Takeuchi , Nobuhiko Haruki , Yutaka Otsuji Added: 3 years ago
More than half of the patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have associated sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which consists of either obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) or central sleep apnoea (CSA).1,2 SDB has deleterious effects on systolic and diastolic ventricular function. In patients with CHF, the presence of SDB results in a poorer prognosis;3,4 thus, its early recognition and adequate… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Diuretic Therapy in Heart Failure – Current Approaches
Author(s): Gavino Casu , Pierluigi Merella Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome defined by the failure of the heart to deliver oxygen at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolising tissues, despite normal filling pressures (or only at the expense of increased filling pressures),1 secondary to an abnormality of the cardiac structure or function. HF is the most common cause of hospitalisation in patients over the age of 65.2… View more

Heart Failure