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    ESC Heart Failure: Volume 5, Issue 6

    987-1199
    December 2018
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Issue Information

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Issue Information

  • Pages: 987-988
  • First Published: 20 December 2018

Guest Editorial

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Updates in heart failure: what last year brought to us

Elisabetta Dinatolo,  Edoardo Sciatti,  Markus S. Anker,  Carlo Lombardi,  Nicolò Dasseni,  Marco Metra, 
  • Pages: 989-1007
  • First Published: 20 December 2018

Review

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The prognosis of mid-range ejection fraction heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Saif Altaie,  Wissam Khalife, 
  • Pages: 1008-1016
  • First Published: 13 September 2018

Original Research Articles

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Towards a multi-marker prognostic strategy in acute heart failure: a role for GDF-15

Paulo Bettencourt,  João Ferreira-Coimbra,  Pedro Rodrigues,  Pedo Marques,  Helena Moreira,  Maria João Pinto,  João Tiago Guimarães,  Patrícia Lourenço, 
  • Pages: 1017-1022
  • First Published: 24 August 2018
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Randomized double-blind clinical studies of ularitide and other vasoactive substances in acute decompensated heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Veselin Mitrovic,  Wolf-Georg Forssmann,  Jan Schnitker,  Stephan B. Felix, 
  • Pages: 1023-1034
  • First Published: 24 September 2018
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Liraglutide and weight loss among patients with advanced heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction: insights from the FIGHT trial

Abhinav Sharma,  Andrew P. Ambrosy,  Adam D. DeVore,  Kenneth B. Margulies,  Steven E. McNulty,  Robert J. Mentz,  Adrian F. Hernandez,  Gary Michael Felker,  Lauren B. Cooper,  Anuradha Lala,  Justin Vader,  John D. Groake,  Barry A. Borlaug,  Eric J. Velazquez, 
  • Pages: 1035-1043
  • First Published: 17 August 2018
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Circulating markers of collagen types I, III, and IV in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: relationships with myocardial collagen expression

Kazuya Nagao,  Tsukasa Inada,  Akinori Tamura,  Kenji Kajitani,  Kiyotaka Shimamura,  Hiroshi Yukawa,  Kenji Aida,  Naoya Sowa,  Masataka Nishiga,  Takahiro Horie,  Toshinori Makita,  Koh Ono,  Masaru Tanaka, 
  • Pages: 1044-1051
  • First Published: 01 October 2018
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Pro-gastrin-releasing peptide and outcome in patients with heart failure and anaemia: results from the RED-HF study

Thor Ueland,  Lars Gullestad,  Lei Kou,  Pål Aukrust,  Inderjit S. Anand,  Marianne Nordlund Broughton,  John J. McMurray,  Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,  David J. Warren,  Nils Bolstad, 
  • Pages: 1052-1059
  • First Published: 25 August 2018
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Echocardiographic predictors of worsening renal function in acute heart failure: observations from the RASHF registry

Mohammad Hossein Soltani,  Mohsen Jamshir,  Sepideh Taghavi,  Reza Golpira,  Mohsen Nasiri,  Ahmad Amin,  Nargeuss Abbaszade Marzbali,  Nasim Naderi, 
  • Pages: 1060-1068
  • First Published: 18 October 2018

Letter to the Editor

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Post hoc analyses of SHIFT and PARADIGM-HF highlight the importance of chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy Comment on: “Safety profile and efficacy of ivabradine in heart failure due to Chagas heart disease: a post hoc analysis of the SHIFT trial” by Bocchi et al.

Felix J.A. Ramires,  Felipe Martinez,  Efraín A. Gómez,  Caroline Demacq,  Claudio R. Gimpelewicz,  Jean L. Rouleau,  Scott D. Solomon,  Karl Swedberg,  Michael R. Zile,  Milton Packer,  John J.V. McMurray, 
  • Pages: 1069-1071
  • First Published: 09 October 2018

Letter to the Editor - reply

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Reply: Sacubitril/valsartan for Chagas' heart disease heart failure?

Edimar Alcides Bocchi,  Salvador Rassi,  Guilherme Veiga Guimarães,  Argentine, Chile, and Brazil SHIFT Investigators , 
  • Pages: 1072-1073
  • First Published: 09 October 2018

Editorial

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Muscle wasting and sarcopenia in heart failure: a brief overview of the current literature

Stephan von Haehling, 
  • Pages: 1074-1082
  • First Published: 20 December 2018

Reviews

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Modern-day cardio-oncology: a report from the ‘Heart Failure and World Congress on Acute Heart Failure 2018’

Markus S. Anker,  Alessia Lena,  Sara Hadzibegovic,  Yury Belenkov,  Jutta Bergler-Klein,  Rudolf A. de Boer,  Alain Cohen-Solal,  Dimitrios Farmakis,  Stephan von Haehling,  Teresa López-Fernández,  Radek Pudil,  Thomas Suter,  Carlo G. Tocchetti,  Alexander R. Lyon,  for the Heart Failure Association Cardio-Oncology Study Group of the European Society of Cardiology , 
  • Pages: 1083-1091
  • First Published: 20 December 2018
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Metabolic disorders in heart failure and cancer

Alessia Lena,  Andrew J.S. Coats,  Markus S. Anker, 
  • Pages: 1092-1098
  • First Published: 20 December 2018
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Skeletal muscle wasting in chronic heart failure

Tsuyoshi Suzuki,  Sandra Palus,  Jochen Springer, 
  • Pages: 1099-1107
  • First Published: 07 December 2018

Original Research Articles

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The need for dedicated advanced heart failure units to optimize heart failure care: impact of optimized advanced heart failure unit care on heart transplant outcome in high-risk patients

Michael M. Kreusser,  Ramon Tschierschke,  Jan Beckendorf,  Tobias Baxmann,  Lutz Frankenstein,  Andreas O. Dösch,  Jobst-Hendrik Schultz,  Evangelos Giannitsis,  Sven T. Pleger,  Arjang Ruhparwar,  Matthias Karck,  Hugo A. Katus,  Philip W. Raake, 
  • Pages: 1108-1117
  • First Published: 09 July 2018
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Timing of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor initiation and allograft vasculopathy progression and outcomes in heart transplant recipients

Rabea Asleh,  Alexandros Briasoulis,  Naveen L. Pereira,  Barry A. Boilson,  Brooks S. Edwards,  Rosalyn Adigun,  Simon Maltais,  Richard C. Daly,  Amir Lerman,  Sudhir S. Kushwaha, 
  • Pages: 1118-1129
  • First Published: 17 July 2018
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Strain imaging to predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: a systematic comparison of strain parameters using multiple imaging techniques

Alwin Zweerink,  Wouter M. van Everdingen,  Robin Nijveldt,  Odette A.E. Salden,  Mathias Meine,  Alexander H. Maass,  Kevin Vernooy,  Frederik J. de Lange,  Marc A. Vos,  Pierre Croisille,  Patrick Clarysse,  Bastiaan Geelhoed,  Michiel Rienstra,  Isabelle C. van Gelder,  Albert C. van Rossum,  Maarten J. Cramer,  Cornelis P. Allaart, 
  • Pages: 1130-1140
  • First Published: 26 July 2018
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Left ventricular assist device implantation improves glycaemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nirav Patel,  Jason A. Gluck,  Joseph Radojevic,  Craig I. Coleman,  William L. Baker, 
  • Pages: 1141-1149
  • First Published: 27 July 2018
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A meta-analysis of MitraClip combined with medical therapy vs. medical therapy alone for treatment of mitral regurgitation in heart failure patients

Cristina Giannini,  Fabrizio D'ascenzo,  Francesca Fiorelli,  Paolo Spontoni,  Martin J. Swaans,  Eric J. Velazquez,  Patrizio Armeni,  Marianna Adamo,  Marco De Carlo,  Anna Sonia Petronio, 
  • Pages: 1150-1158
  • First Published: 06 September 2018
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Gender differences in Egyptian patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

Mahmoud Hassanein,  Magdy Abdelhamid,  Bassem Ibrahim,  Mohamed Sobhy,  Gamela Nasr,  Mohamed Wafaie Aboleineen,  Ashraf Reda,  Nabil Farag,  Ahmed Elshazly,  Tarek Khairy Abdeldayem,  Fatma Elmesseiry,  Hesham Boshra,  Hesham Sobhy,  Atef Elbahry,  Amr Youssef,  Medhat Ashmawy,  Ahmed Abdelmoneim,  Ayman Saleh,  Yahya Elrakshy,  Hamdy Ebeid, 
  • Pages: 1159-1164
  • First Published: 03 September 2018
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Sex differences in surrogate decision-maker preferences for life-sustaining treatments of Japanese patients with heart failure

Kensuke Nakamura,  Yoshiharu Kinugasa,  Shinobu Sugihara,  Masayuki Hirai,  Kiyotaka Yanagihara,  Nobuhiko Haruki,  Koichi Matsubara,  Masahiko Kato,  Kazuhiro Yamamoto, 
  • Pages: 1165-1172
  • First Published: 27 September 2018

Case Report

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Intrarenal venous flow in cardiorenal syndrome: a shining light into the darkness

Rafael de la Espriella-Juan,  Eduardo Núñez,  Gema Miñana,  Juan Sanchis,  Antoni Bayés-Genís,  Jessika González,  Javier Chorro,  Julio Núñez, 
  • Pages: 1173-1175
  • First Published: 08 October 2018

Short Communication

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Acute molecular effects of pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion in patients with advanced heart failure

Werner Mohl,  Ernest Spitzer,  Robert M. Mader,  Vilas Wagh,  Filomain Nguemo,  Dejan Milasinovic,  Alem Jusić,  Cesar Khazen,  Edit Szodorai,  Beatrice Birkenberg,  Gert Lubec,  Juergen Hescheler,  Patrick W. Serruys, 
  • Pages: 1176-1183
  • First Published: 19 September 2018

Study Design

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Rationale and design for ENHANCE CRT: QLV implant strategy for non-left bundle branch block patients

Jagmeet P. Singh,  Ronald D. Berger,  Rahul N. Doshi,  Michael Lloyd,  Douglas Moore,  Emile G. Daoud,  for the ENHANCE CRT Study Group , 
  • Pages: 1184-1190
  • First Published: 27 September 2018

Letter to the Editor

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Short-term and long-term incidence of stroke in Takotsubo syndrome

Ibrahim El-Battrawy,  Thorsten Gietzen,  Uzair Ansari,  Michael Behnes,  Siegfried Lang,  Xiaobo Zhou,  Martin Borggrefe,  Ibrahim Akin, 
  • Pages: 1191-1194
  • First Published: 09 October 2018

Letter to the Editor - reply

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Author response to: Does autonomic re-innervation cause Takotsubo syndrome in a transplanted heart?

Marcello Chinali,  Giorgia Grutter, 
  • Pages: 1195-1196
  • First Published: 03 September 2018

Letter to the Editor

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Does autonomic re-innervation cause Takotsubo syndrome in a transplanted heart? Comment on: “Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a young adult with transplanted heart: what happened to denervation?” by Chinali et al.

Claudia Stöllberger,  Birke Schneider,  Josef Finsterer, 
  • Pages: 1197-1198
  • First Published: 14 August 2018

Erratum

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Erratum

  • Page: 1199
  • First Published: 12 November 2018