Chronic digitalization and ventricular function in systolic heart failure

Preserved Left Ventricular, Systolic Function in Clinical Congestive Heart Failure

Right ventricular systolic function in hypertensive heart failure

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of cardiovascular admissions and hypertensive heart failure (HHF) is the most common cause of HF admissions in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria inclusive. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is being increasingly recognized in HF and found to be an independent predictor of adverse outcomes in HF. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of RV systoli...

Systolic heart failure: chronic and acute syndromes.

Systolic heart failure is characterized by ventricular dilation and reduced ejection fraction, and this syndrome may be either chronic or acute. Left ventricular remodeling is the principal cause of progression of systolic heart failure. Acute heart failure resulting from cardiomyopathy has similar functional and morphologic abnormalities. This review discusses remodeling, initial therapy based...

Importance of ventricular longitudinal function in chronic heart failure.

AIMS Despite its immediate relevance, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is infrequently performed in the presence of chronic heart failure (CHF). Previous studies of patients suffering from CHF have found a closer correlation between exercise capacity and measurements of diastolic than systolic ventricularfunction. We examined the correlation between echocardiographic measurements and (i)...

Self-care behaviors in patients with systolic heart failure

Background and Purpose: To improve life quality, and lower mortality and rehospitalization for heart failure patients, awareness and adherence to self-care behaviors are essential. This study aims to determine the adherence level to self-care behaviors in the patients with systolic heart failure hospitalized in Alborz hospital in Karaj andShahriar hospital, and it was conducted in 2013. Methods...