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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 14, Issue 8

    803-953
    August 2012
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ESC Guidelines

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ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

Authors/Task Force Members ,  John J.V. McMurray,  Stamatis Adamopoulos,  Stefan D. Anker,  Angelo Auricchio,  Michael Böhm,  Kenneth Dickstein,  Volkmar Falk,  Gerasimos Filippatos,  Cândida Fonseca,  Miguel Angel Gomez-Sanchez,  Tiny Jaarsma,  Lars Køber,  Gregory Y.H. Lip,  Aldo Pietro Maggioni,  Alexander Parkhomenko,  Burkert M. Pieske,  Bogdan A. Popescu,  Per K. Rønnevik,  Frans H. Rutten,  Juerg Schwitter,  Petar Seferovic,  Janina Stepinska,  Pedro T. Trindade,  Adriaan A. Voors,  Faiez Zannad,  Andreas Zeiher,  ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG) ,  Jeroen J. Bax,  Helmut Baumgartner,  Claudio Ceconi,  Veronica Dean,  Christi Deaton,  Robert Fagard,  Christian Funck-Brentano,  David Hasdai,  Arno Hoes,  Paulus Kirchhof,  Juhani Knuuti,  Philippe Kolh,  Theresa McDonagh,  Cyril Moulin,  Bogdan A. Popescu,  Željko Reiner,  Udo Sechtem,  Per Anton Sirnes,  Michal Tendera,  Adam Torbicki,  Alec Vahanian,  Stephan Windecker,  Document Reviewers ,  Theresa McDonagh,  Udo Sechtem,  Luis Almenar Bonet,  Panayiotis Avraamides,  Hisham A. Ben Lamin,  Michele Brignole,  Antonio Coca,  Peter Cowburn,  Henry Dargie,  Perry Elliott,  Frank Arnold Flachskampf,  Guido Francesco Guida,  Suzanna Hardman,  Bernard Iung,  Bela Merkely,  Christian Mueller,  John N. Nanas,  Olav Wendelboe Nielsen,  Stein Ørn,  John T. Parissis,  Piotr Ponikowski, 
  • Pages: 803-869
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Editorial

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Managing patients with cardiorenal syndrome: time to look to the gut?

Donah Zachariah,  Paul R. Kalra, 
  • Pages: 870-872
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Reviews

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A contemporary view on endothelial function in heart failure

Eduard Shantsila,  Benjamin J. Wrigley,  Andrew D. Blann,  Paramjit S. Gill,  Gregory Y.H. Lip, 
  • Pages: 873-881
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Beyond the cardiorenal anaemia syndrome: recognizing the role of iron deficiency

Iain C. Macdougall,  Bernard Canaud,  Angel L.M. de Francisco,  Gerasimos Filippatos,  Piotr Ponikowski,  Donald Silverberg,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,  Stefan D. Anker, 
  • Pages: 882-886
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Pathophysiology

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The predictive values of beta1-adrenergic and M2 muscarinic receptor autoantibodies for sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic heart failure

Juanhui Pei,  Ning Li,  Jingzhou Chen,  Xian Li,  Yinhui Zhang,  Zengwu Wang,  Ping Zhang,  Kejiang Cao,  Jielin Pu, 
  • Pages: 887-894
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Prognosis

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Delayed recovery in peripartum cardiomyopathy: an indication for long-term follow-up and sustained therapy

Murat Biteker,  Erkan İlhan,  Gul Biteker,  Dursun Duman,  Biykem Bozkurt, 
  • Pages: 895-901
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Impact of functional tricuspid regurgitation on heart failure and death in patients with functional mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction

Eustachio Agricola,  Stefano Stella,  Mariangela Gullace,  Giacomo Ingallina,  Rossella D'Amato,  Massimo Slavich,  Michele Oppizzi,  Marco Bruno Ancona,  Alberto Margonato, 
  • Pages: 902-908
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Comorbidity

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Eplerenone and new-onset diabetes in patients with mild heart failure: results from the Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization and Survival Study in Heart Failure (EMPHASIS-HF)

David Preiss,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,  Naveed Sattar,  Henry Krum,  Karl Swedberg,  Harry Shi,  John Vincent,  Stuart J. Pocock,  Bertram Pitt,  Faiez Zannad,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 909-915
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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A case–control study of determinants for the occurrence of gouty arthritis in heart failure patients

Berdine A.A. Hueskes,  Frank F. Willems,  Aukelien C. Leen,  Patricia A. Ninaber,  Richard Westra,  Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse,  Hein J.E.M. Janssens,  Eloy H. van de Lisdonk,  Elisabeth A. Roovers,  Matthijs Janssen, 
  • Pages: 916-921
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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A double-blind, randomized, parallel, placebo-controlled study examining the effect of cross-linked polyelectrolyte in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease

Maria Rosa Costanzo,  J. Thomas Heywood,  Barry M. Massie,  Julie Iwashita,  Lee Henderson,  Merab Mamatsashvili,  Hamayak Sisakian,  Hamlet Hayrapetyan,  Philip Sager,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,  Detlef Albrecht, 
  • Pages: 922-930
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Treatment

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Treatment of functional mitral regurgitation by percutaneous annuloplasty: results of the TITAN Trial

Tomasz Siminiak,  Justina C. Wu,  Michael Haude,  Uta C. Hoppe,  Jerzy Sadowski,  Janusz Lipiecki,  Jean Fajadet,  Amil M. Shah,  Ted Feldman,  David M. Kaye,  Steven L. Goldberg,  Wayne C. Levy,  Scott D. Solomon,  David G. Reuter, 
  • Pages: 931-938
  • First Published: 18 February 2014
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Acute effect of percutaneous MitraClip therapy in patients with haemodynamic decompensation

Simon Biner,  Robert J. Siegel,  Ted Feldman,  Asim M. Rafique,  Alfredo Trento,  Patrick Whitlow,  Jason Rogers,  Marc Moon,  Brian Lindman,  Alan Zajarias,  Donald Glower,  Saibal Kar,  on behalf of the EVEREST investigators , 
  • Pages: 939-945
  • First Published: 18 February 2014

Study Design Paper

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Left ventricular systolic dysfunction associated with pulmonary hypertension riociguat trial (LEPHT): rationale and design

Stefano Ghio,  Diana Bonderman,  Stephan B. Felix,  Hossein A. Ghofrani,  Evangelos D. Michelakis,  Veselin Mitrovic,  Ronald J. Oudiz,  Reiner Frey,  Lothar Roessig,  Marc J. Semigran, 
  • Pages: 946-953
  • First Published: 18 February 2014