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Chronic Heart Failure

Free Subscription 09.07.2008 4 Am Heart J 2 Am J Cardiol 1 Arch Intern Med 1 Cardiovasc Res 3 Circulation 1 Eur Heart J 1 Hypertension 4 Int J Cardiol 5 J Am Coll Cardiol 1 J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1 J Mol Cell Cardiol

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Am Heart J

1. POPESCU I , Nallamothu BK, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Cram P, et al
   Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction and heart failure process measures? An empirical assessment using Medicare quality measures: quality of care in cardiac specialty hospitals.
   Am Heart J. 2008;156:155-60.
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2. CHEN JL , Sosnov J, Lessard D, Goldberg RJ, et al
   Impact of do-not-resuscitation orders on quality of care performance measures in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure.
   Am Heart J. 2008;156:78-84.
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3. RIETBROCK S , Heeley E, Plumb J, van Staa T, et al
   Chronic atrial fibrillation: Incidence, prevalence, and prediction of stroke using the Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age >75, Diabetes mellitus, and prior Stroke or transient ischemic attack (CHADS2) risk stratification scheme.
   Am Heart J. 2008;156:57-64.
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4. OREOPOULOS A , Padwal R, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Fonarow GC, et al
   Body mass index and mortality in heart failure: a meta-analysis.
   Am Heart J. 2008;156:13-22.
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   Am J Cardiol

5. KALANTAR-ZADEH K , Anker SD, Horwich TB, Fonarow GC, et al
   Nutritional and anti-inflammatory interventions in chronic heart failure.
   Am J Cardiol. 2008;101.
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6. AQUILANI R , Viglio S, Iadarola P, Opasich C, et al
   Oral amino acid supplements improve exercise capacities in elderly patients with chronic heart failure.
   Am J Cardiol. 2008;101.
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   Arch Intern Med

7. DURSO S
   The next frontier: quantifying risks for interventions with no end in sight.
   Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1230-1.
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   Cardiovasc Res

8. TAMAMORI-ADACHI M , Takagi H, Hashimoto K, Goto K, et al
   Cardiomyocyte proliferation and protection against post-myocardial infarction heart failure by cyclin D1 and Skp2 ubiquitin ligase.
   Cardiovasc Res. 2008;.
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   Circulation

9. HOGLUND P , Nilsson LA
   Letter by Hoglund and Nilsson regarding article, "influence of nonfatal hospitalization for heart failure on subsequent mortality in patients with chronic heart failure".
   Circulation. 2008;118:e7.
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10. HEIDECKER B , Kasper EK, Wittstein IS, Champion HC, et al
    Transcriptomic Biomarkers for Individual Risk Assessment in New-Onset Heart Failure.
    Circulation. 2008;.
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11. MICHELENA HI , Desjardins VA, Avierinos JF, Russo A, et al
    Natural history of asymptomatic patients with normally functioning or minimally dysfunctional bicuspid aortic valve in the community.
    Circulation. 2008;117:2776-84.
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    Eur Heart J

12. MULDER P , Mellin V, Favre J, Vercauteren M, et al
    Aldosterone synthase inhibition improves cardiovascular function and structure in rats with heart failure: a comparison with spironolactone.
    Eur Heart J. 2008;.
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    Hypertension

13. XU X , Fassett J, Hu X, Zhu G, et al
    Ecto-5'-nucleotidase deficiency exacerbates pressure-overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction.
    Hypertension. 2008;51:1557-64.
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    Int J Cardiol

14. VAN VELDHUISEN DJ , de Boer RA
    Low-dose digoxin in heart failure.
    Int J Cardiol. 2008;.
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15. PIEPOLI MF , Dimopoulos K, Concu A, Crisafulli A, et al
    Cardiovascular and ventilatory control during exercise in chronic heart failure: Role of muscle reflexes.
    Int J Cardiol. 2008;.
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16. BARRETTO AC , Santos AC, Munhoz R, Rondon MU, et al
    Increased muscle sympathetic nerve activity predicts mortality in heart failure patients.
    Int J Cardiol. 2008;.
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17. CHEN R , Liang F, Moriya J, Yamakawa JI, et al
    Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) and their agonists for hypertension and heart failure: Are the reagents beneficial or harmful?
    Int J Cardiol. 2008;.
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    J Am Coll Cardiol

18. CARBONE LD , Cross JD, Raza SH, Bush AJ, et al
    Fracture Risk in Men With Congestive Heart Failure Risk Reduction With Spironolactone.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52:135-138.
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19. BEOHAR N , Erdogan AK, Lee DC, Sabbah HN, et al
    Acute heart failure syndromes and coronary perfusion.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52:13-6.
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20. MILLS RM
    Learning to use a biomarker. More about B-type natriuretic peptide.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51:2336-8.
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21. RUPP S , Koyanagi M, Iwasaki M, Diehl F, et al
    Genetic proof-of-concept for cardiac gene expression in human circulating blood-derived progenitor cells.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51:2289-90.
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22. MATTHEWS JC , Koelling TM, Pagani FD, Aaronson KD, et al
    The right ventricular failure risk score a pre-operative tool for assessing the risk of right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device candidates.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;51:2163-72.
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    J Cardiovasc Pharmacol

23. ALFIERI AB , Briceno L, Fragasso G, Spoladore R, et al
    Differential Long-term Effects of Carvedilol on Proinflammatory and Antiinflammatory Cytokines, Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, and Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Heart Failure.
    J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2008;.
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    J Mol Cell Cardiol

24. HUSBERG C , Nygard S, Finsen AV, Damas JK, et al
    Cytokine expression profiling of the myocardium reveals a role for CX3CL1 (fractalkine) in heart failure.
    J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2008;.
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