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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 16, Issue 11

    1153-1257
    November 2014
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EDITORIALS

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Diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, and heart failure: Its not all about the sugar

Abhinav Sharma,  Justin A. Ezekowitz, 
  • Pages: 1153-1156
  • First Published: 15 October 2014
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How do patients with previous RV pacing respond to upgrading to CRT? Important messages for pacemaker and ICD follow-up

Cecilia Linde, 
  • Pages: 1157-1159
  • First Published: 04 November 2014

GENETICS

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Sex-dependent regulation of fibrosis and inflammation in human left ventricular remodelling under pressure overload

Georgios Kararigas,  Elke Dworatzek,  George Petrov,  Holger Summer,  Tabea Marie Schulze,  Istvan Baczko,  Christoph Knosalla,  Stefan Golz,  Roland Hetzer,  Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, 
  • Pages: 1160-1167
  • First Published: 07 October 2014

PROGNOSIS

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Systolic blood pressure and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure: insights from the AFFIRM and AF-CHF studies

Maxime Tremblay-Gravel,  Paul Khairy,  Denis Roy,  Hugues Leduc,  D. George Wyse,  Julia Cadrin-Tourigny,  Laurent Macle,  Marc Dubuc,  Jason Andrade,  Lena Rivard,  Peter G. Guerra,  Bernard Thibault,  Ali Ahmed,  Mario Talajic,  Marie-Claude Guertin,  Michel White, 
  • Pages: 1168-1174
  • First Published: 09 October 2014
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A prediction model for sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

Selcuk Adabag,  Thomas S. Rector,  Inder S. Anand,  John J. McMurray,  Michael Zile,  Michel Komajda,  Robert S. McKelvie,  Barry Massie,  Peter E. Carson, 
  • Pages: 1175-1182
  • First Published: 10 October 2014

COMORBIDITIES

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Predictors of mortality in acute heart failure: interaction between diabetes and impaired left ventricular ejection fraction

Yun Yun Go,  John Carson Allen,  Shaw Yang Chia,  Ling Ling Sim,  Fazlur Rehman Jaufeerally,  Jonathan Yap,  Chi Keong Ching,  David Sim,  Bernard Kwok,  Reginald Liew, 
  • Pages: 1183-1189
  • First Published: 05 June 2014
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Impaired fasting glucose: a predictor of reduced survival in patients with heart failure

Israel Gotsman,  Ayelet Shauer,  Chaim Lotan,  Andre Keren, 
  • Pages: 1190-1198
  • First Published: 31 July 2014

CRT

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Echocardiographic and clinical response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with and without previous right ventricular pacing

Ryan M. Gage,  Kevin V. Burns,  Alan J. Bank, 
  • Pages: 1199-1205
  • First Published: 31 July 2014
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Development of a multiparametric score to predict left ventricular remodelling and prognosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy

Anna C. Kydd,  Fakhar Z. Khan,  Liam Ring,  Peter J. Pugh,  Munmohan S. Virdee,  David P. Dutka, 
  • Pages: 1206-1213
  • First Published: 10 October 2014
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Different regions of latest electrical activation during left bundle-branch block and right ventricular pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy patients determined by coronary venous electro-anatomic mapping

Masih Mafi Rad,  Yuri Blaauw,  Trang Dinh,  Laurent Pison,  Harry J. Crijns,  Frits W. Prinzen,  Kevin Vernooy, 
  • Pages: 1214-1222
  • First Published: 15 October 2014

THERAPY

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Clinical outcome of critically ill, not fully recompensated, patients undergoing MitraClip therapy

Volker Rudolph,  Michael Huntgeburth,  Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben,  Peter Boekstegers,  Edith Lubos,  Wolfgang Schillinger,  Taoufik Ouarrak,  Holger Eggebrecht,  Christian Butter,  Björn Plicht,  Andreas May,  Olaf Franzen,  Joachim Schofer,  Jochen Senges,  Stephan Baldus, 
  • Pages: 1223-1229
  • First Published: 15 October 2014

CLINICAL TRIALS

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Diuretic response in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: characteristics and clinical outcome—an analysis from RELAX-AHF

Adriaan A. Voors,  Beth A. Davison,  John R. Teerlink,  G. Michael Felker,  Gad Cotter,  Gerasimos Filippatos,  Barry H. Greenberg,  Peter S. Pang,  Bruce Levin,  Tsushung A. Hua,  Thomas Severin,  Piotr Ponikowski,  Marco Metra,  for the RELAX-AHF Investigators , 
  • Pages: 1230-1240
  • First Published: 07 October 2014
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Long-term follow-up in optimally treated and stable heart failure patients: primary care vs. heart failure clinic. Results of the COACH-2 study

Marie Louise A. Luttik,  Tiny Jaarsma,  Peter Paul van Geel,  Maaike Brons,  Hans L. Hillege,  Arno W. Hoes,  Richard de Jong,  Gerard Linssen,  Dirk J.A. Lok,  Marjolein Berge,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, 
  • Pages: 1241-1248
  • First Published: 10 October 2014
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Effect of extended follow-up in a specialized heart failure clinic on adherence to guideline recommended therapy: NorthStar Adherence Study

Morten Schou,  Gunnar Gislason,  Lars Videbaek,  Lars Kober,  Christian Tuxen,  Christian Torp-Pedersen,  Per R. Hildebrandt,  Finn Gustafsson,  on behalf of the NorthStar Investigators , 
  • Pages: 1249-1255
  • First Published: 14 October 2014

CORRESPONDENCE

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Does increased oxygen extraction contribute to the improvement of VO2peak observed in patients who exercise with increased LVAD speed?

Renzo Ygor Loyaga-Rendon,  Eric P. Plaisance PhD, 
  • Page: 1256
  • First Published: 14 October 2014
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Does increased oxygen extraction contribute to the improvement of VO2peak observed in patients who exercise with increased LVAD speed?: reply

Mette Holme Jung, 
  • Page: 1257
  • First Published: 15 October 2014