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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 14, Issue 5

    451-563
    May 2012
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Position Statement

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Adherence of heart failure patients to exercise: barriers and possible solutions: A position statement of the Study Group on Exercise Training in Heart Failure of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Viviane M. Conraads,  Christi Deaton,  Ewa Piotrowicz,  Nuria Santaularia,  Stephanie Tierney,  Massimo F. Piepoli,  Burkert Pieske,  Jean-Paul Schmid,  Kenneth Dickstein,  Piotr P. Ponikowski,  Tiny Jaarsma, 
  • Pages: 451-458
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Editorials

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Leads for cardiac resynchronization therapy: where and how many?

Marcus J. Hof,  Alexander H. Maass, 
  • Pages: 459-460
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Can we treat fluid overload with fluid? Role of peritoneal dialysis in management of heart failure

Cécile Courivaud,  Amir Kazory, 
  • Pages: 461-463
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Epidemiology

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Management and outcomes following an acute coronary event in patients with chronic heart failure 1999–2007

Isuru Ranasinghe,  Chris Naoum,  Bernadette Aliprandi-Costa,  Andrew P. Sindone,  P. Gabriel Steg,  John Elliott,  Bruce McGarity,  Jeffrey Lefkovits,  David Brieger,  on behalf of the Australia–New Zealand GRACE , 
  • Pages: 464-472
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Prognosis

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Gender and survival in patients with heart failure: interactions with diabetes and aetiology. Results from the MAGGIC individual patient meta-analysis†

Manuel Martínez-Sellés,  Robert N. Doughty,  Katrina Poppe,  Gillian A. Whalley,  Nikki Earle,  Christophe Tribouilloy,  John J.V. McMurray,  Karl Swedberg,  Lars Køber,  Colin Berry,  Iain Squire,  on behalf of the Meta-Analysis Global Group In Chronic Heart Failure (MAGGIC) , 
  • Pages: 473-479
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Diagnosis

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Screening to prevent heart failure (STOP-HF): expanding the focus beyond asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Gillian Murtagh,  Ian R. Dawkins,  Ronan O'Connell,  Mallikarjuna Badabhagni,  Anil Patel,  Elaine Tallon,  Rory O'Hanlon,  Mark T. Ledwidge,  Kenneth M. McDonald, 
  • Pages: 480-486
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Relationship between plasma concentrations of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide and the characteristics and outcome of patients with a clinical diagnosis of diastolic heart failure: a report from the PEP-CHF study

John G.F. Cleland,  Jacqueline Taylor,  Nick Freemantle,  Kevin M. Goode,  Alan S. Rigby,  Michal Tendera, 
  • Pages: 487-494
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

CRT

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A randomized double-blind crossover trial of triventricular versus biventricular pacing in heart failure

Dominic P.S. Rogers,  Pier D. Lambiase,  Martin D. Lowe,  Anthony W.C. Chow, 
  • Pages: 495-505
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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A randomized study of haemodynamic effects and left ventricular dyssynchrony in right ventricular apical vs. high posterior septal pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy

H.M. Kristiansen,  G. Vollan,  T. Hovstad,  H. Keilegavlen,  S. Faerestrand, 
  • Pages: 506-516
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Left ventricular discoordination index measured by speckle tracking strain rate imaging predicts reverse remodelling and survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy

Chun-Li Wang,  Brian D. Powell,  Margaret M. Redfield,  Chinami Miyazaki,  Nowell M. Fine,  Lyle J. Olson,  Yong-Mei Cha,  Raul E. Espinosa,  David L. Hayes,  David O. Hodge,  Grace Lin,  Paul A. Friedman,  Jae K. Oh, 
  • Pages: 517-525
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Short Report

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Unexpected and rapid recovery of left ventricular function in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy: impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy

Frederic Mouquet,  Meriem Mostefa Kara,  Nicolas Lamblin,  Capucine Coulon,  Stephane Langlois,  Christelle Marquie,  Pascal de Groote, 
  • Pages: 526-529
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Therapy

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Peritoneal dialysis relieves clinical symptoms and is well tolerated in patients with refractory heart failure and chronic kidney disease

Michael Koch,  Burkhard Haastert,  Matthias Kohnle,  Lars Christian Rump,  Malte Kelm,  Rudolf Trapp,  Sendogan Aker, 
  • Pages: 530-539
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis as a therapeutic alternative in patients with advanced congestive heart failure

Julio Núñez,  Miguel González,  Gema Miñana,  Rafael Garcia-Ramón,  Juan Sanchis,  Vicent Bodí,  Eduardo Núñez,  Maria Jesús Puchades,  Patricia Palau,  Pilar Merlos,  Angel Llàcer,  Alfonso Miguel, 
  • Pages: 540-548
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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FT011, a new anti-fibrotic drug, attenuates fibrosis and chronic heart failure in experimental diabetic cardiomyopathy

Yuan Zhang,  Amanda J. Edgley,  Alison J. Cox,  Andrew K. Powell,  Bing Wang,  Andrew R. Kompa,  David I. Stapleton,  Steven C. Zammit,  Spencer J. Williams,  Henry Krum,  Richard E. Gilbert,  Darren J. Kelly, 
  • Pages: 549-562
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Corrigenda

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Corrigendum to ‘Brain natriuretic peptide-guided treatment does not improve morbidity and mortality in extensively treated patients with chronic heart failure: responders to treatment have a significantly better outcome’ [Eur J Heart Fail 2011;13:1096–1103]

Patric Karlström,  Urban Alehagen,  Kurt Boman,  Ulf Dahlström,  on behalf of the UPSTEP-study group , 
  • Page: 563
  • First Published: 18 February 2014