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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 15, Issue 10

    1077-1203
    October 2013
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Editorials

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Screening for left ventricular dysfunction in the community: ready for prime-time?

Martin R. Cowie, 
  • Pages: 1077-1079
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Long-term mechanical circulatory support for advanced heart failure: ‘the tide is turning’

Mark S. Slaughter, 
  • Pages: 1080-1081
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Reviews

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Clinical outcome endpoints in heart failure trials: a European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association consensus document

Faiez Zannad,  Angeles Alonso Garcia,  Stefan D. Anker,  Paul W. Armstrong,  Gonzalo Calvo,  John G.F. Cleland,  Jay N. Cohn,  Kenneth Dickstein,  Michael J. Domanski,  Inger Ekman,  Gerasimos S. Filippatos,  Mihai Gheorghiade,  Adrian F. Hernandez,  Tiny Jaarsma,  Joerg Koglin,  Marvin Konstam,  Stuart Kupfer,  Aldo P. Maggioni,  Alexandre Mebazaa,  Marco Metra,  Christina Nowack,  Burkert Pieske,  Ileana L. Piña,  Stuart J. Pocock,  Piotr Ponikowski,  Giuseppe Rosano,  Luis M. Ruilope,  Frank Ruschitzka,  Thomas Severin,  Scott Solomon,  Kenneth Stein,  Norman L. Stockbridge,  Wendy Gattis Stough,  Karl Swedberg,  Luigi Tavazzi,  Adriaan A. Voors,  Scott M. Wasserman,  Holger Woehrle,  Andrew Zalewski,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 1082-1094
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Galectin-3 in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Rudolf A. de Boer,  Frank Edelmann,  Alain Cohen-Solal,  Mamas A. Mamas,  Alan Maisel,  Burkert Pieske, 
  • Pages: 1095-1101
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Epidemiology

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Evaluation of different strategies for identifying asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction and pre-clinical (stage B) heart failure in the elderly. Results from ‘PREDICTOR’, a population based-study in central Italy

Gian Francesco Mureddu,  Luigi Tarantini,  Nera Agabiti,  Pompilio Faggiano,  Serge Masson,  Roberto Latini,  Giulia Cesaroni,  Maria Miceli,  Francesco Forastiere,  Angela Beatrice Scardovi,  Massimo Uguccioni,  Alessandro Boccanelli, 
  • Pages: 1102-1112
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Preferences of heart failure patients in daily clinical practice: quality of life or longevity?

Imke H. Kraai,  Karin M. Vermeulen,  Marie Louise A. Luttik,  Tialda Hoekstra,  Tiny Jaarsma,  Hans L. Hillege, 
  • Pages: 1113-1121
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Pathophysiology

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Clinical and neurohormonal correlates and prognostic value of serum prolactin levels in patients with chronic heart failure

John T. Parissis,  Dimitrios Farmakis,  Katerina Fountoulaki,  Antonios Rigas,  Maria Nikolaou,  Ioannis A. Paraskevaidis,  Vassiliki Bistola,  Koula Venetsanou,  Ignatios Ikonomidis,  Maria Anastasiou-Nana,  Dimitrios T. Kremastinos,  Gerasimos Filippatos, 
  • Pages: 1122-1130
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Increased catabolic activity in adipose tissue of patients with chronic heart failure

Tibor Szabó,  Elisa Postrach,  Anja Mähler,  Thomas Kung,  Guelistan Turhan,  Stephan von Haehling,  Stefan D. Anker,  Michael Boschmann,  Wolfram Doehner, 
  • Pages: 1131-1137
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Biomarkers

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Circulating microRNAs as candidate markers to distinguish heart failure in breathless patients

Katrina L. Ellis,  Vicky A. Cameron,  Richard W. Troughton,  Chris M. Frampton,  Leigh J. Ellmers,  A. Mark Richards, 
  • Pages: 1138-1147
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide-guided management in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: findings from the Trial of Intensified versus standard Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF)

Micha T. Maeder,  Peter Rickenbacher,  Hans Rickli,  Heidi Abbühl,  Marc Gutmann,  Paul Erne,  André Vuilliomenet,  Martin Peter,  Matthias Pfisterer,  Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca,  for the TIME-CHF Investigators , 
  • Pages: 1148-1156
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Serial measurement of galectin-3 in patients with chronic heart failure: results from the ProBNP Outpatient Tailored Chronic Heart Failure Therapy (PROTECT) study

Shweta R. Motiwala,  Jackie Szymonifka,  Arianna Belcher,  Rory B. Weiner,  Aaron L. Baggish,  Patrick Sluss,  Hanna K. Gaggin,  Anju Bhardwaj,  James L. Januzzi, 
  • Pages: 1157-1163
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Co-Morbidity

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Iron deficiency is a key determinant of health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure regardless of anaemia status

Josep Comín-Colet,  Cristina Enjuanes,  Gina González,  Ainhoa Torrens,  Mercè Cladellas,  Oona Meroño,  Nuria Ribas,  Sonia Ruiz,  Miquel Gómez,  José Maria Verdú,  Jordi Bruguera, 
  • Pages: 1164-1172
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Treatment

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Are hospitalized or ambulatory patients with heart failure treated in accordance with European Society of Cardiology guidelines? Evidence from 12 440 patients of the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

Aldo P. Maggioni,  Stefan D. Anker,  Ulf Dahlström,  Gerasimos Filippatos,  Piotr Ponikowski,  Faiez Zannad,  Offer Amir,  Ovidiu Chioncel,  Marisa Crespo Leiro,  Jaroslaw Drozdz,  Andrejs Erglis,  Emir Fazlibegovic,  Candida Fonseca,  Friedrich Fruhwald,  Plamen Gatzov,  Eva Goncalvesova,  Mahmoud Hassanein,  Jaromir Hradec,  Ausra Kavoliuniene,  Mitja Lainscak,  Damien Logeart,  Bela Merkely,  Marco Metra,  Hans Persson,  Petar Seferovic,  Ahmet Temizhan,  Dimitris Tousoulis,  Luigi Tavazzi,  on behalf of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) , 
  • Pages: 1173-1184
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Trends in long-term mechanical circulatory support for advanced heart failure in the UK

Akan Emin,  Chris A. Rogers,  Jayan Parameshwar,  Guy MacGowan,  Rhiannon Taylor,  Nizar Yonan,  Andre Simon,  Steven Tsui,  Stephan Schueler,  Nicholas R. Banner,  on behalf of the Steering Group of the UK Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit and the UK VAD Forum ,  Nicholas Banner,  Peter Braidley,  Mike Burch,  Stephen Clark,  Dave Collett,  David Cromwell,  Kate Haire,  Jorge Mascaro,  Jayan Parameshwar,  Mark Petrie,  Andre Simon,  Steven Tsui,  Nizar Yonan,  Ms Katherine Collins,  Saleem Haj-Yahia,  Guy MacGowan,  Steven Shaw,  Stephan Schueler,  John Townsend,  Rajamiyer Venkateswaran,  Ian Wilson,  Mike Winter,  Nizar Yonan, 
  • Pages: 1185-1193
  • First Published: 27 January 2014
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Renin–angiotensin system blockade in heart failure patients on long-term haemodialysis in Taiwan

Chao-Hsiun Tang,  Tso-Hsiao Chen,  Chia-Chen Wang,  Chuang-Ye Hong,  Kuan-Chih Huang,  Yuh-Mou Sue, 
  • Pages: 1194-1202
  • First Published: 27 January 2014

Book Review

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BOOK REVIEW

IJsbrand T. Klip, 
  • Page: 1203
  • First Published: 27 January 2014