OBJECTIVES In Switzerland there is a shortage of population-based information on heart failure (HF) incidence and case fatalities (CF). The aim of this study was to estimate HF event rates and both in- and out-of-hospital CF rates. METHODS Data on HF diagnoses coded according to I 50 (ICD 10) were taken from the Federal Hospital Statistics Database and the Cause of Death Database for the year...

OBJECTIVES To investigate perceived sexual problems in a large group of younger and older patients with heart failure (HF), with and without a partner, focusing on a broad range of perceived sexual problems, and compare this with a sample of healthy community-dwelling elderly people. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING 17 HF clinics and general practices in The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS...

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) share common risk factors and often coexist. The combination of HF and AF may carry a worse prognosis than either condition alone; however, the magnitude of this risk remains controversial and it is not known whether the timing of AF influences the risk of death. METHODS AND RESULTS We determined the risk of all-cause mortality in rel...

BACKGROUND Endothelial dysfunction plays a crucial role in heart failure (HF), but the association between peripheral microvascular endothelial function assessed by reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) and prognosis remains unknown in HF with reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFREF). We prospectively investigated the association between peripheral microvascul...

different types of high-fat (Hf) diets are used to study diet-induced obesity (dio) in rodents and this has led to different phenotypes. this study assesses whether different Hf diets differentially affect striatal dopamine d 2/3 receptor (drd 2/3 ) availability, as decreased striatal drd 2/3 availability has been implicated in obesity in relation to reward deficiency for food. thirty rats were...

BACKGROUND Although similar to cancer patients regarding symptom burden and prognosis, patients with heart failure (HF) tend to receive palliative care far less frequently. We sought to explore factors perceived by cardiology, primary care, and palliative care providers to impede palliative care referral for HF patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted semistructured interviews regarding (1)...

BACKGROUND Population-based research on heart failure (HF) is hindered by lack of consensus on diagnostic criteria. Framingham (FRM), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Modified Boston (MBS), Gothenburg (GTH), and International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code criteria, do not differentiate acute decompensated heart failure (...

Exercise training (ExT) normalizes the increased sympathetic outflow in heart failure (HF), but the mechanisms are not known. We hypothesized that ExT would normalize the augmented glutamatergic mechanisms mediated by N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors within the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) that occur with HF. Four groups of rats were used: 1) sham-operated (Sham) sedentary (Sed), 2) S...

The PF3H+ ion is prepared as PF3H+.SbF6-.HF by protonation of PF3 with HF/SbF5 at low temperatures in anhydrous HF. Crystals are obtained directly from this solvent. A crystal structure determination shows the presence of a pseudo-tetrahedral PF3H+ ion with a mean P-F distance of 148.7(2) pm, a P-H distance of 122(4) pm, and a mean PF2 angle of 106.1(1) degrees. Raman spectra were recorded of P...

To cite: Catchpole K. BMJ Qual Saf 2013;22:793–797. INTRODUCTION Human factors (HF) is a term many involved in healthcare delivery are now familiar with, even though a decade ago most had never heard of the concept. The majority of clinicians and healthcare improvement specialists have learned of HF through a particular branch of practice that derived from aviation and arose from the need to ad...