The New Heart Failure Association Definition of Advanced Heart Failure

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

The Prevalence of Anemia in Elderly With Systolic Heart Failure

Objectives: Anemia is prevalent in heart failures and is an independent risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with CHF. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of anemia in elderly with systolic heart failure hospitalized in Alborz Hospital of Karaj in 2009. Methods & Materials: This is a descriptive retrospective study that reviewed 154 medical records o...

of the American Heart Association Heart Failure 1 Death in Heart Failure : a Community Perspective Danielle

Management of advanced heart failure: the role of heart transplantation.

Case presentation: A 65-year-old man with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is referred to an advanced heart failure center for heart transplant evaluation. He presented with decompensated heart failure 2 years earlier. At that time, an echocardiogram demonstrated a left ventricular ejection fraction of 25% with a left ventricular end-diastolic diameter of 6.3 cm, mild mitral regurgitation, and...