INTRODUCTION Inflammatory markers have been identified as potential indicators of future adverse outcome after acute cardiac events. AIM This study aimed to analyze baseline inflammatory cytokines levels in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) and/or acute coronary syndrome (ACS) according to survival. The main objective was to identify risk factors for mortality after an episode of AHF an...

OBJECTIVE We conducted this study to assess the clinical application of obestatin and arginine vasopressin (AVP) levels in cases of acute renal failure (ARF) and acute heart failure (AHF). PATIENTS AND METHODS 30 cases of ARF, 30 cases of AHF, 30 cases of ARF complicated with AHF, and 30 cases of healthy subjects (control group) were successively selected. An ELISA test was conducted to detec...

BACKGROUND Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common presentation in the Emergency Department (ED), and most patients are admitted to the hospital. Identification of patients with AHF who have a low risk of adverse events and are suitable for discharge from the ED is difficult, and an objective tool would be useful. METHODS The highly sensitive Troponin T Rules Out Acute Cardiac Insufficiency Tri...

In contrast to public perception, the morbidity and mortality and the resultant healthcare costs associated with chronic heart failure (HF) are increasing and arguably reaching epidemic proportions. Although basic research efforts have provided unique insights into fundamental processes that govern myocardial extracellular matrix (ECM) growth and function, the translation of these findings to i...

In some instances, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may be the precipitating factor both for acute heart failure (AHF) and for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), with the consequence that the two disorders may occasionally co-exist in the same individual. When de novo AHF has cardiogenic pulmonary oedema as its presenting feature, its co-existence with DKA can pose unique diagnostic and therapeutic ...

Background: This research studied the effect of UV light on pentachlorophenol (PCP) removal in the electro-Fenton (EF) process. Methods: PCP was used as the pollutant in this study. The effects of Fenton’s reagent, i.e. hydrogen peroxide concentration, solution pH, and treatment time by EF (EF) and photoelectro-Fenton (PEF) processes, were studied to determine rates of PCP removal. The r...

We read with great interest an editorial article on sexual function of patients with heart failure (HF) by Tiny Jaarsma published recently in your journal, which provided extremely important data regarding the prevalence of sexual problems, the factors related to these problems, and the counselling and treatment for sexual problems in HF patients. According to the last European Society of Cardi...

Abstract Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common in chronic heart failure (HF) and associated with negative prognosis. However, evidence on prognostic implications of TR acute HF (AHF) lacking. Objectives We sought to investigate the association between mortality interaction pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients admitted for AHF. Methods enrolled 1176 consecutive a primary diagnosis AH...

Objectives: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is frequently present co-morbid condition in patients admitted with acute heart failure (AHF). This study aimed to determine the frequency of in-hospital mortality AHF presenting AKI. Methodology: descriptive case series AKI was conducted at a tertiary care cardiac hospital Karachi, Pakistan. In accordance “Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, and End‐Stage Renal D...