Hydrotherapy in Advanced Heart Failure: the Cardio-HKT Pilot Study

Hydrotherapy in Heart Failure: A Case Report

Heart failure is considered to be the last stage of heart disease and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is characterized by the persistent activation of the neurohormonal system, endothelial dysfunction, exercise intolerance, high mortality and a poor quality of life. Exercise training has been strongly recommended as a safe and important tool for the non-pharmacologi...

Bidirectional Cardio-Respiratory Interactions in Heart Failure

We investigated cardio-respiratory coupling in patients with heart failure by quantification of bidirectional interactions between cardiac (RR intervals) and respiratory signals with complementary measures of time series analysis. Heart failure patients were divided into three groups of twenty, age and gender matched, subjects: with sinus rhythm (HF-Sin), with sinus rhythm and ventricular extra...

Advanced Congestive Heart Failure

Background Sympathetic hyperactivity and parasympathetic withdrawal in patients with congestive heart failure correlate closely with disease severity and overall survival. The modulating effects of drugs on the autonomic dysfunction may contribute to improve survival. Low-dose scopolamine has a vagomimetic effect in normal subjects and patients after acute myocardial infarction. We assessed whe...

Advanced Chronic Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Congestive heart failure adherence redesign trial: a pilot study

OBJECTIVE Heart failure (HF) continues to be a leading cause of hospital admissions, particularly in underserved patients. We hypothesised that providing individualised self-management support to patients and feedback on use of evidence-based HF therapies (EBT) to physicians could lead to improvements in care and decrease hospitalisations. To assess the feasibility of conducting a larger trial ...