Chronic Heart Failure and Morphine Treatment

Optimized Treatment and Heart Rate Reduction in Chronic Heart Failure

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that leads to poor outcome in advanced forms. The neurohormonal blockade modifies this natural history; however, it is often suboptimal. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to assess at what percentage cardiologists used to treating HF can prescribe target doses of drugs of proven efficacy. METHODS A total of 104 outpatients with systolic dysfuncti...

[Current treatment of chronic heart failure].

Cardiovascular diseases including heart failure represent a common disease in patients referred for anesthesia. In most cases, heart failure is caused by left ventricular dysfunction due to coronary heart disease. The aims of the treatment of chronic heart failure are the relief of symptoms, the improvement of prognosis and the prevention of the progression of heart failure. The first-line trea...

Vasodilator treatment for acute and chronic heart failure.

The current status of the use of vasodilator drugs in the treatment of acute and chronic heart failure has been reviewed. It is apparent that vasodilator treatment can be used effectively in some patients with heart failure with a beneficial haemodynamics response, and that vasodilator agents are likely to find an important place in the management of such patients. Vasodilator treatment may be ...

Advanced Chronic Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Selenium and Chronic Heart Failure

To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Inoko et al about selenium deficiency,1 but we do not agree with the interpretation of the data. Selenium deficiency was identified as a factor in the etiology of heart failure syndromes in areas of very low selenium intakes, such as China, where an endemic selenium-responsive cardiomyopathy is called Keshan disease.2 Similar cases of cardiomy...