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    European Journal of Heart Failure: Volume 17, Issue 2

    119-234
    February 2015
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EDITORIALS

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The European Journal of Heart Failure now and in the years to come: a salutation from the incoming Editor-in-Chief.

Marco Metra, 
  • Pages: 119-121
  • First Published: 10 February 2015
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Why is heart failure so important in the 21st century?

Beth Davison,  Gad Cotter, 
  • Pages: 122-124
  • First Published: 30 December 2014
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Vagal nerve stimulation for heart failure: new pieces to the puzzle?

Michael R. Gold,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,  Douglas L. Mann, 
  • Pages: 125-127
  • First Published: 10 February 2015
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Defining the interaction between exercise and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Andre La Gerche, 
  • Pages: 128-131
  • First Published: 31 December 2014
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Normal resting pulmonary artery wedge pressure: a diagnostic trap for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Constantijn Franssen,  Walter J. Paulus, 
  • Pages: 132-134
  • First Published: 02 January 2015

REVIEW

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with less severe left ventricular dysfunction

Ofek Y. Hai,  Robert J. Mentz,  Faiez Zannad,  Maurizio Gasparini,  Gaetano M. De Ferrari,  Jean-Claude Daubert,  Johannes Holzmeister,  Carolyn S.P. Lam,  Thierry Pochet,  Alphons Vincent,  Cecilia Linde, 
  • Pages: 135-143
  • First Published: 03 December 2014

See Editorial by Maas, A.H. and Westenbrink, B. D

EXPERIMENTAL

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Dietary sodium modulation of aldosterone activation and renal function during the progression of experimental heart failure

Wayne L. Miller,  Daniel D. Borgeson,  J. Aaron Grantham,  Andreas Luchner,  Margaret M. Redfield,  John C. Burnett Jr, 
  • Pages: 144-150
  • First Published: 30 December 2014

DIAGNOSIS

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Exercise haemodynamics may unmask the diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction among patients with pulmonary hypertension

Elad Maor,  Yoni Grossman,  Ronen Gingy Balmor,  Michael Segel,  Paul Fefer,  Sagit Ben-Zekry,  Jonathan Buber,  Elio DiSegni,  Victor Guetta,  Issahar Ben-Dov,  Amit Segev, 
  • Pages: 151-158
  • First Published: 08 December 2014

PROGNOSIS

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Impact of worsening renal function related to medication in heart failure

Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca,  Christian Knackstedt,  Luc Eurlings,  Vinzent Rolny,  Friedemann Krause,  Matthias E. Pfisterer,  Daniel Tobler,  Peter Rickenbacher,  Micha T. Maeder,  for the TIME-CHF investigators , 
  • Pages: 159-168
  • First Published: 30 December 2014
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Comparison of outcomes after hospitalization for worsening heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke in patients with heart failure and reduced and preserved ejection fraction

Søren L. Kristensen,  Pardeep S. Jhund,  Lars Køber,  David Preiss,  John Kjekshus,  Robert S. McKelvie,  Michael R. Zile,  Inder S. Anand,  John Wikstrand,  Hans Wedel,  Michel Komajda,  Peter E. Carson,  John G.F. Cleland,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 169-176
  • First Published: 30 December 2014
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Reduced inotropic reserve is predictive of further degradation in left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

François-Xavier Goudot,  Karim Wahbi,  Linda Aïssou,  Emmanuel Sorbets,  Valérie Siam-Tsieu,  Bruno Eymard,  Christine Themar Noel,  Jean-Yves Devaux,  Odile Dessault,  Denis Duboc,  Christophe Meune, 
  • Pages: 177-181
  • First Published: 30 December 2014

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

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Short-term high altitude exposure at 3454 m is well tolerated in patients with stable heart failure

Jean-Paul Schmid,  Daniel Nobel,  Nicolas Brugger,  Jan Novak,  Patricia Palau,  Anja Trepp,  Matthias Wilhelm,  Hugo Saner, 
  • Pages: 182-186
  • First Published: 19 January 2015

COMORBIDITIES

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Efficiently screening heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes

Leandra J.M. Boonman-de Winter,  Frans H. Rutten,  Maarten J. Cramer,  Marcel J. Landman,  Nicolaas P.A. Zuithoff,  Anho H. Liem,  Arno W. Hoes, 
  • Pages: 187-195
  • First Published: 30 December 2014
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with angina and heart failure in the CHARM (Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity) Programme

Athar A. Badar,  Ana C. Perez-Moreno,  Nathaniel M. Hawkins,  Alan P.T. Brunton,  Pardeep S. Jhund,  Chih M. Wong,  Scott D. Solomon,  Christopher B. Granger,  Salim Yusuf,  Marc A. Pfeffer,  Karl Swedberg,  Roy S. Gardner,  Mark C. Petrie,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 196-204
  • First Published: 10 February 2015
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Risk factors for hyperkalaemia in a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed heart failure: a nested case–control study in UK general practice

Alexander Michel,  Mar Martín-Pérez,  Ana Ruigómez,  Luis A. García Rodríguez, 
  • Pages: 205-213
  • First Published: 10 January 2015

CLINICAL TRIALS

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Galectin-3 in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: results from the Aldo-DHF trial

Frank Edelmann,  Volker Holzendorf,  Rolf Wachter,  Kathleen Nolte,  Albrecht G. Schmidt,  Elisabeth Kraigher-Krainer,  André Duvinage,  Ines Unkelbach,  Hans-Dirk Düngen,  Carsten Tschöpe,  Christoph Herrmann-Lingen,  Martin Halle,  Gerd Hasenfuss,  Götz Gelbrich,  Wendy Gattis Stough,  Burkert M. Pieske, 
  • Pages: 214-223
  • First Published: 24 November 2014
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Rationale and design of MinerAlocorticoid Receptor antagonist Tolerability Study-Heart Failure (ARTS-HF): a randomized study of finerenone vs. eplerenone in patients who have worsening chronic heart failure with diabetes and/or chronic kidney disease

Bertram Pitt,  Stefan D. Anker,  Michael Böhm,  Mihai Gheorghiade,  Lars Køber,  Henry Krum,  Aldo P. Maggioni,  Piotr Ponikowski,  Adriaan A. Voors,  Faiez Zannad,  Christina Nowack,  So-Young Kim,  Alexander Pieper,  Nina Kimmeskamp-Kirschbaum,  Gerasimos Filippatos, 
  • Pages: 224-232
  • First Published: 10 February 2015

CORRESPONDENCE

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Donepezil, a potential therapeutic agent for heart failure

Ao Chen,  Ying-Min Chen, 
  • Page: 233
  • First Published: 10 February 2015
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Wearable cardioverter defibrillator for peripartum cardiomyopathy patients

James D. Frett, 
  • Page: 234
  • First Published: 10 February 2015