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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 16, Issue 10

    1047-1151
    October 2014
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EDITORIALS

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The left atrium: an old ‘barometer’ which can reveal great secrets

Patrizio Lancellotti,  Christine Henri MD, 
  • Pages: 1047-1048
  • First Published: 08 September 2014
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The middle child in heart failure: heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction (40–50%)

Carolyn S.P. Lam,  Scott D. Solomon, 
  • Pages: 1049-1055
  • First Published: 11 September 2014

EXPERIMENTAL

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Adding the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil, to losartan treatment markedly improves long-term survival in rats with chronic heart failure

Meihua Li,  Can Zheng,  Toru Kawada,  Masashi Inagaki,  Kazunori Uemura,  Masaru Sugimachi, 
  • Pages: 1056-1065
  • First Published: 08 September 2014

GENETICS

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Presence of perforin in endomyocardial biopsies of patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy predicts poor outcome

Felicitas Escher,  Uwe Kühl,  Dirk Lassner,  Andrea Stroux,  Dirk Westermann,  Carsten Skurk,  Carsten Tschöpe,  Wolfgang Poller,  Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, 
  • Pages: 1066-1072
  • First Published: 28 August 2014

EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Age, prognostic impact of QRS prolongation and left bundle branch block, and utilization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: findings from 14 713 patients in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry

Lars H. Lund,  Lina Benson,  Marcus Ståhlberg,  Frieder Braunschweig,  Magnus Edner,  Ulf Dahlström,  Cecilia Linde, 
  • Pages: 1073-1081
  • First Published: 08 September 2014

BIOMARKERS

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Mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin: an indicator of the failing Fontan circuit in patients with univentricular hearts?

Ralf Kaiser,  Hashim Abdul-Khaliq,  Heinrike Wilkens,  Eva Herrmann,  Tanja M. Raedle-Hurst, 
  • Pages: 1082-1088
  • First Published: 09 September 2014

PROGNOSIS

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Left atrial volume predicts abnormal exercise left ventricular filling pressure

Nadjib Hammoudi,  Marc Achkar,  Florent Laveau,  Lila Boubrit,  Morad Djebbar,  Yann Allali,  Michel Komajda,  Richard Isnard, 
  • Pages: 1089-1095
  • First Published: 17 July 2014
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Impaired left atrial function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Angela B.S. Santos,  Elisabeth Kraigher-Krainer,  Deepak K. Gupta,  Brian Claggett,  Michael R. Zile,  Burkert Pieske,  Adriaan A. Voors,  Marty Lefkowitz,  Toni Bransford,  Victor Shi,  Milton Packer,  John J.V. McMurray,  Amil M. Shah,  Scott D. Solomon,  for the PARAMOUNT Investigators , 
  • Pages: 1096-1103
  • First Published: 19 August 2014

DEVICE THERAPY

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Super-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy remain at risk for ventricular arrhythmias and benefit from defibrillator treatment

Aafke C. van der Heijden,  Ulas Höke,  Joep Thijssen,  C. Jan Willem Borleffs,  Johannes B. van Rees,  Enno T. van der Velde,  Martin J. Schalij,  Lieselot van Erven, 
  • Pages: 1104-1111
  • First Published: 19 August 2014
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New evidence for favourable effects on haemodynamics and ventricular performance after Parachute® implantation in humans

Tobias Schmidt,  Christian Frerker,  Thomas Thielsen,  Inge Dotz,  Peter Wohlmuth,  Karl-Heinz Kuck,  Ulrich Schäfer, 
  • Pages: 1112-1119
  • First Published: 09 October 2014
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Mechanical circulatory support improves diabetic control in patients with advanced heart failure

Burhan Mohamedali,  Gardner Yost,  Geetha Bhat, 
  • Pages: 1120-1124
  • First Published: 09 October 2014

COMORBIDITIES

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Iron deficiency in a multi-ethnic Asian population with and without heart failure: prevalence, clinical correlates, functional significance and prognosis

Tee Joo Yeo,  Poh Shuan Daniel Yeo,  Raymond Ching-Chiew Wong,  Hean Yee Ong,  Kui Toh Gerard Leong,  Fazlur Jaufeerally,  David Sim,  Rajalakshmi Santhanakrishnan,  Shir Lynn Lim,  Michelle M.Y. Chan,  Ping Chai,  Adrian F. Low,  Lieng H. Ling,  Tze Pin Ng,  A. Mark Richards,  Carolyn S.P. Lam, 
  • Pages: 1125-1132
  • First Published: 11 September 2014

MANAGEMENT

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Effects of structured heart failure disease management on mortality and morbidity depend on patients' mood: results from the Interdisciplinary Network for Heart Failure Study

Götz Gelbrich,  Stefan Störk,  Sonja Kreißl-Kemmer,  Hermann Faller,  Christiane Prettin,  Peter U. Heuschmann,  Georg Ertl,  Christiane E. Angermann, 
  • Pages: 1133-1141
  • First Published: 20 August 2014
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Effects of person-centred and integrated chronic heart failure and palliative home care. PREFER: a randomized controlled study

Margareta Brännström,  Kurt Boman, 
  • Pages: 1142-1151
  • First Published: 27 August 2014