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• Abstracts for the 4th Asian Pacific Congress of Heart Failure

  • ·Aliskiren increases tissue kallikrein expression and bradykinin levels in the heart

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    Duncan Campbell, Yuan Zhang, Darren Kelly, Richard Gilbert

    
  • ·Urocortin 2 induces potent long-lasting inhibition of cardiac sympathetic drive despite baroreflex activation in conscious sheep

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    Chris Charles, David Jardine, Gary Nicholls, Miriam Rademaker, Mark Richards

    
  • ·A novel aquaretic and GFR enhancing peptide without vascular vasodilatory actions in experimental CHF

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    Horng H. Chen, Shuchong Pan, John C. Burnett, Robert D. Simari

    
  • ·Titration of medications by HF nurses increases optimisation doses of key therapeutic agents

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    Andrea Driscoll, Linda Worrall-Carter, David Hare, Patricia Davidson, Barbara Riegel, Andrew Tonkin, Simon Stewart

    
  • ·Demographics of acute decompensated heart failure hospitalisations in Asia Pacific

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    Christopher Hayward, John Atherton, I. Gde Rurus Suryawan, Jesus Jorge, on behalf of Asia Pacific ADHERE investigators

    
  • ·Home Monitoring^® for early detection of CRT-patients at high risk of stroke

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    Vincent Paul, Christian Wende, Herbert Naegele, Wolfgang Bauer, Klaus Malinowski, Stefan Sack

    
  • ·Correlation between morphological and functional changes, life quality and ventricular dysrhythmias in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

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    Timur Abdullaev, Ilkham Ikramov, Nurali Kurbanov, Bakhodir Mardanov

    
  • ·Predictors of mortality amongst recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators for secondary prevention of cardiac arrest

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    Sunil Agarwal, Ish Singla, Haitham Hreybe, Samir Saba

    
  • ·The protective effect of a purified extract of Withania somnifera against doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity in rats

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    Amr Amin, Alaa Hamza

    
  • ·A novel miniaturised extracorporeal circulation system for emergency percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass in acute heart failure

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    Matthias Arlt, Alois Philipp, Sabine Voelkel, Leopold Rupprecht, Michael Hilker, Maik Foltan, Markus Zimmermann, Christof Schmid

    
  • ·Prognosis of heart rate control on decompensated heart failure patients

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    Alexander G. Aroutunov, Gregory P. Aroutunov, Anna L. Volkova, Nadejda A. Bylova

    
  • ·Study of the effect of self-care behaviours on the quality of life in patients with heart failure in medical centres affiliated to Iran and Tehran universities of medical sciences and health services, 1385

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    Sedigheh Assemi, Fatemeh Shojai, Akram Najfyarandi

    
  • ·Correlations between NT pro-BNP levels and diastolic function in hypertensive patients

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    Elisabeta Badila

    
  • ·A novel, easy-to-measure prognostic marker for heart failure (HF) rehospitalisation: Cardiac medication number at discharge

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    Alexandra (Sasha) Bennett, Graham Jones, Peter Macdonald, Jo-anne Brien

    
  • ·Adapted clinical practice guidelines on heart failure for family physicians: A collaborative project of the World Health Organization and Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education

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    Behnood Bikdeli, Shadi Kalantarian, Maryam Sadeghian, Fereydoon Nouhi, Mohammad Reza Motamedi, Seyed Ahmad Hassantash, Babak Sharif Kashani, Ali Dabbagh, Mohammad Reza Beyranvand, Morteza Safi

    
  • ·Evaluation of a formal trained resuscitation team on outcome of CPR in a general teaching hospital

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    Leili Borimnejad, Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Marjan Rasouli, Masoumeh Ahmadzadeh, Leila Kheirati, Hadi Mohamadi

    
  • ·Learning for heart failure patients (The L-HF Patient Study)

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    Mary Boyde, Anthony Tuckett, Robyn Peters, David R. Thompson, Cathy Turner, Simon Stewart

    
  • ·Left ventricular dysfunction in acute ischaemic stroke

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    Martin Brown, Maged William, William O’Brien, Jonathan Sturm, Scott Whyte, Denis Crimmins

    
  • ·Role of therapy with ivabradine and beta-blockers in patients with decompensated CHF on endogenous intoxication

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    Nadezda Bylova, Gregory Arutyunov, Ludmila Kafarskaya, Alexandr Arutyunov, Anna Volkova

    
  • ·Possible cause of systemic inflammation in patients with chronic heart failure of different classes

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    Nadezda Bylova, Gregory Arutyunov, Ludmila Kafarskaya, Nikolay Savelov, Yurii Pokrovsky, Natalia Kokosadze, Alexey Risnenko, Zoya Chernaya, Tatiana Chernyavskaya, Marina Korsunskaya

    
  • ·The mid-term results of paediatric heart transplantation

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    Jia-Kan Chang, Ming-Chon Hsiung, Sung-How Sue, Kuo-Chen Lee, Yi-Cheng Chuang, Chung-Yi Chang, Jeng Wei, Kai-Sheng Hsieh

    
  • ·Progression of preclinical diastolic dysfunction to the development of symptoms

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    Horng H. Chen, Daniel Correa De Sa, Margaret M. Redfiled, John C. Burnett

    
  • ·Hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis of neonatal rat cardiomyocyte was attenuated by a new active magnolol compound, CH-6784

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    Myeong-Chan Cho, Il-Ha Jeong, Rho-Kwan Park, Kyung-Kuk Hwang

    
  • ·Expressions of thioredoxin and peroxiredoxin in a rat model of pressure overload-induced LV hypertrophy and its regression

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    Myeong-Chan Cho, Yu-Kyung Kim, Il-Ha Jeong, Ah-Reum Han, Rho-Kwan Park, Jang-Whan Bae, Kyung-Kuk Hwang

    
  • ·Detection of acute graft rejection after heart transplantation by two-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking imaging

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    Soo Jin Cho, Seung Woo Park, Sung Won Cho, Jin-Oh Choi, Sang-Chol Lee, Eun Seok Jeon, Hye Jin Han, Sang Yeob Lee

    
  • ·Treadmill exercise echocardiographic evaluation of the left ventricular diastolic function

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    Sung Won Cho, Young Bin Song, Sang Yeob Lee, Jin-oh Choi, Sang Cheol Lee, Seoun Woo Park

    
  • ·Left ventricular remodelling and microvascular circulation after distal coronary protection during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infraction

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    Dong-Ju Choi, Gyu-Hyung Ryu, Eun-Seok Chun, Myung-Chan Cho, Sung-Chul Chae, Jae-Jung Kim

    
  • ·Effect of obesity on left ventricular diastolic function and cardio-respiratory fitness among Filipinos

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    Arnold De Guzman, Erlyn Demerre

    
  • ·Effect of the stent design properties on restenosis in stented human coronary artery

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    Vahab Dehlaghi, Siamak Najarian, Mohammad Tafazzoli Shadpour

    
  • ·Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the Vietnamese community—An echocardiographic epidemiological study

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    Loi Do Doan, Christopher M. Reid, Hoai Nguyen Thi Thu, Son Pham Thai, Quang Nguyen Ngoc, Yen Tran Thi Hai, Viet Nguyen Lan, Khai Pham Gia

    
  • ·Heart failure nurse practitioner clinic: An innovative approach for optimisation of beta-blockers

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    Andrea Driscoll, Deidre Toia, Jackie Gibcus, Piyush Srivastava, David Hare

    
  • ·Service variability of chronic heart failure management programmes questions the quality of health-related outcomes

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    Andrea Driscoll, Linda Worrall-Carter, David Hare, Patricia Davidson, Barbara Riegel, Andrew Tonkin, Simon Stewart

    
  • ·Meta-analysis of effect of ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers on mortality in CHF patients according to renal function

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    Mithilesh Dronavalli, Baki Billah, Henry Krum

    
  • ·Effect of cardiovascular biochemical markers in predicting cardiac hospitalisation for patients with heart failure and associated interaction with ACEi therapy

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    Mithilesh Dronavalli, Lyle Gurrin

    
  • ·Prevalence of interventricular and intraventricular dyssynchrony in heart failure patients regardless of QRS duration

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    Maryam Esmaeilzadeh, Nasser Mohammad Hadi, Zahra Emkanjoo, Anita Sadeghpour, Seyed Zahra M. Ojaghi Haghighi, Niloufar Samiei, Feridoun Noohi, Ahmad Mohebbi, Majid Maleki

    
  • ·Quantitative grading of diastolic dysfunction according to load independent criteria: Tissue Doppler imaging and colour M-mode propagation velocity

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    Maryam Esmaeilzadeh, Niloufar Samiei, Abdolali Ehsani, Feridoun Noohi, Majid Maleki, Ahmad Mohebbi, Seyed Zahra. M. Ojaghi Haghighi, Anita Sadeghpour

    
  • ·Autopsy objective measures of obesity: A pilot study of the correlation of adipose stores to sudden cardiac death

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    John Fernandes, Sara Tam, Brandy Cochrane, Imtiaz Samjoo

    
  • ·Point of care international normalised ratio testing in acute cardiac wards

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    Michelle Giles, Heather Bevan, Jodie Walters, Julie Heads, Ian Wright, Vicki Parker

    
  • ·Variability of coronary vein anatomy: A CMR study

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    Yuchi Han, Reza Nezafat, Dana Peters, Beth Goddu, Kraig Kissinger, Kevin Kwaku, Peter Zimetbaum, Warren Manning, Susan Yeon

    
  • ·Strategies to treat and prevent cardiac diseases by pharmacologically targeted cardiac gap junctions

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    Xu Han-You

    
  • ·Rapidly diagnosing standard electrocardiogram for emergency treatment

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    Xu Han-You

    
  • ·Bridging the continuum of care for heart failure using a community based workforce: A model for the “new” healthcare sector in the management of chronic heart failure (CHF)

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    Tania Harrison, Sepehr Shakib, Leo Mahar

    
  • ·Comparison between systolic HF and HF with PVSF; preliminary data from THAI ADHERE registry

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    Kriengkrai Hengrussamee, P. Laothavorn, W. Moleleerergpoom, R. Kanjanavanit, R. Kunjara-Na-Ayudhya, The working groups of Thai ADHERE Heart Failure Council of Thailand

    
  • ·Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography guided palliative intervention in neonates with critical congenital heart diseases necessitating transcatheter balloon atrial septostomy

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    Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Chu-Chuan Lin, Ta-Chung Huang

    
  • ·Correlation between the quality of life and depressive tendency among primary caregivers of children with congenital heart disease

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    Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Li-Ye Ding, Chu-Chuan Lin, Ta-Chung Huang, Ken-Pen Wong

    
  • ·The characteristics in critical heart failure

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    Chih-Hsin Hsu, Wei-Ting Li, Jun-Neng Roan, Po-Sheng Chen, Yen-Wen Liu, Chang-Wen Chen, Li-Jen Lin, Liang-Minn Tsai

    
  • ·Catechin improves endothelial dysfunction by reducing NADPH oxidase activity in prediabetic stage of type 2 diabetic rat model

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    Sang-Hyun Ihm, Kiyuk Chang, Ho-Joong Youn, Ki-Bae Seung, Youn Jeong Kim, Min-Ho Oak, Jeong-Ok Lee

    
  • ·Levosimendan in postcardiotomy heart failure

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    Bilal Kaan Inan, Veysel Temizkan, Alper Ucak, Murat Ugur, Melih Us, Ahmet Turan Yilmaz

    
  • ·Early results of stem cell implantation for congestive heart failure

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    Bilal Kaan Inan

    
  • ·Heart failure in Australia: Seasonal variations in morbidity and mortality in a South Australian heart failure population

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    Sally Inglis, Robyn Clark, Sepehr Shakib, Simon Stewart

    
  • ·Impact of diabetes on mortality of patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular function

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    Antony Leslie Innasimuthu, Gopal Rao, Brian Naronha, Karen Clarke

    
  • ·Is left ventricular systolic function a predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure?

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    Antony Leslie Innasimuthu, Gopal Rao, Barbara Stephens, Karen Clarke

    
  • ·Ante-natal care and heart disease

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    Golrokh Jahanshahrad

    
  • ·Left ventricle diastolic function in patients undergoing chemotherapy with doxorubicin

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    Martha Januar, Soerianata Sunarya, Soesanto Amiliana

    
  • ·In vitro antiviral activity of Coxsackievirus B3 3C protease inhibitor

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    Eun-Seok Jeon, Soo-Hyeon Yun, hyun Mi Song, Eun-Seon Ju, Sang Hoon Lee, Myeong-Chan Cho, Dong Ju Choi, Jae-Joong Kim, Kyu Hyung Ryu

    
  • ·Changes of NT proBNP correlated with the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with aortic valve replacement

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    Eun-Seok Jeon, Sang-Hoon Lee, Seung-Woo Park, Duk-Kyung Kim, Dong Ju Choi, Myeong-Chan Cho, Kyu Hyung Ryu

    
  • ·Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (pAVR) with the CoreValve self expanding bioprosthesis in severe calcific aortic stenosis results in improvement of symptoms of heart failure and early regression of left ventricular wall thickness

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    Hasan Jilaihawi, Derek Chin, Elaine Logtens, Jean-Claude Laborde, Tomasz Spyt, Jan Kovac

    
  • ·Effect of carvedilol on myocardial perfusion in patients with chronic heart failure

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    Umida Kamilova, Shahlo Jurayeva, Tohira Aliyeva, Amayak Kevorkov, Boris Myasnik

    
  • ·Interrelation of von Willebrand’s factor with endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure

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    Umida Kamilova, Zulfia Shoalimova, Shahlo Jurayeva, Davlat Avezov, Amayak Kevorkov

    
  • ·Role of nHDL and rHDL on Ox-LDL mediated apoptosis in human monocytes/macrophages: Implications for atherosclerotic pathology

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    Navkiran Kaur, Sujata Ghosh, Savita Kumari, Sanjay Jain, Subhash Varma, Siddhartha Majumdar

    
  • ·Dehydroepiandrosterone levels vary according as heart failure condition in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

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    Hiroaki Kawano, Hirofumi Soejima, Yasuhiro Nagayoshi, Yoshihiro Kinoshita

    
  • ·Automated tissue synchronisation imaging: A rapid, accurate method for the assessment of cardiac dyssynchrony

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    Leighton Kearney, Cameron McCormack, Bryan Wai, Nagesh Anavekar, Piyush Srivastava

    
  • ·Assessment of myocardial dysfunction in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction using serum B-type natriuretic peptide level

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    Byung Ok Kim, Byoung Kwon Lee, Choong Won Goh, Young-Sup Byun, Kun Joo Rhee

    
  • ·Clinical significance of cardiac involvements in patients with progressive muscular dystrophy

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    Jaedeok Kim, Se-Joong Rim, Jung Rae Cho, Seong-Woong Kang, Hyeyoung Lee, Pil-Ki Min, Young Won Yoon, Mun-Kee Hong, Hyuk Moon Kwon

    
  • ·Predictive value of blood glucose and brain natriuretic peptides as prognostic factors in patients with congestive heart failure under ventilator care

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    Sang Hyun Kim, Joo Hee Zo, Myung A. Kim

    
  • ·Myocardial revascularization in heart failure patients with renal dysfunction

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    Alka Kochar, Deepak Puri, Arun Kumar, Ajay Sinha, Manoranjan Sahoo

    
  • ·Predictors of surgical outcome in heart failure patients

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    Arun Kochar, T.S. Mahant, Manoranjan Sahoo, Deepak Puri

    
  • ·Cardiac transplantation

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    Yogesh Kumar

    
  • ·Dynamics of heart failure and left ventricular parameters in patients with nonacute coronary artery disease and recurrent ischaemia after percutaneous revascularization

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    Vadim Kuznetsov, Grigoriy Kolunin, Igor Zyrianov, Albert Panin, Dmitriy Krinochkin, Marina Bessonova, Elena Gorbatenko

    
  • ·Heart failure in Thailand: Data from Thai ADHERE Registry

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    Prasart Laothavorn, Kriengkri Hengrusemee, Rungslit Kanjanavanit, Worachat Moleleerergpoom, Piyamitr Sritara, Piyatus Tusanavijarn, Samonporn Boonyarutavej, Rungroj Kritayapichatkul, Rapeephon Kunjara-Na-Ayudhya

    
  • ·Every ECG tells a story: ECG characteristics of heart of Soweto study patients with heart failure

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    Geraldine Lee, Karen Sliwa, Melinda Carrington, Simon Stewart

    
  • ·Intracoronary infusion of mobilized peripheral blood stem cells by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on myocardial perfusion and viability: Improvement of myocardial perfusion as a plausible mechanism of stem cell therapy

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    Hae-Young Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Byung-Hee Oh

    
  • ·The ratio of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic annulus velocity (E/E′) might be associated with pro-brain natriuretic peptides in patients with acute pulmonary oedema and preserved systolic function

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    Young Soo Lee, Kee Sik Kim, So Yeon Kim, Jin Bae Lee, Jae Kean Ryu, Ji Yong Choi, Sung Gug Jang

    
  • ·Early experience in adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Singapore

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    Chong-Hee Lim, Yeong-Phang Lim, Teing-Ee Tan, See-Lim Lim, Yeow-Leng Chua, Cumaraswamy Sivathasan, Yoong-Kong Sin

    
  • ·Nurse-led heart failure clinic in a rural setting a success

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    Brigitte Lindsay, Ian Ternouth

    
  • ·Introduction of a heart failure nurse practitioner clinic; impact on implementation of evidence based medications and patients perceptions

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    Margaret Lucas

    
  • ·Educational interventions to improve prescribing, use of echocardiography and provision of patient information in chronic heart failure in primary care

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    Judith Mackson, Nancy Huang, Sue Phillips, Roshmeen Azam, Emma Slaytor, Andrew Boyden

    
  • ·Improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction and wall motion abnormality after successful angioplasty and stenting in patients with chronic coronary occlusion

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    Mehrpooya Maryam, Ghasemi Masoud, Izadi Shahrzad

    
  • ·Negative impact of cardio-renal anaemia syndrome on beta-blocker tolerance and subsequent major adverse cardiac event in chronic heart failure

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    Yoko Masukata, Kazuhiko Hashimura, Takahiro Ohara, Hideaki Kanzaki, Jiyoong Kim, Satoshi Nakatani, Masafumi Kitakaze

    
  • ·SCREEN-HF: Left ventricular dysfunction in an elderly population with elevated B-type natriuretic peptide and other heart failure risk factors

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    Michele McGrady, Christopher M. Reid, Bert Boffa, Simon Stewart, Louise Shiel, Henry Krum

    
  • ·Need and evolution of need for device therapy in a community heart failure population

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    Habitha Mohammed Sulaiman, Christina O’Loughlin, Carmel Conlon, Mary Daly, Dermot McCaffrey, Kenneth McDonald

    
  • ·Heart failure in patients with diabetes mellitus

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    Ali Esmaeili Nadimi

    
  • ·Effect of atorvastatin on paraoxonase (pon) gene family and oxidative stress in a hypercholesterolemiac Thai population

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    Amar Nagila, Surerrut Porntadavity

    
  • ·Inflammatory markers (TNF-alpha, IL-6, CRP), BNP and spiroergometric stress test parameters in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation

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    Bohdan Nessler, Jadwiga Nessler, Mariusz Kitliñski, Andrzej Gackowski, Wies³awa Piwowarska

    
  • ·Impact of sleep disordered breathing severity on the hemodynamics, functional status and autonomic function of chronic heart failure patients

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    Chin Chwan Austin Ng, Chin Moi Chow, Helen Wong, Andrew Sindone, Glen Davis, Saul Freedman

    
  • ·Ten years experience with transposition of the great arteries associated with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO)

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    Mohammad Nobakht, Mohammad Yousef Aarabi, Akbar Shahmohammadi, Paridokhtnokhostin Davari, Seid Mahmood Meraji, Avisa Tabib, Hojjat Mortazaeiyan

    
  • ·Intravenous amiodarone is superior to DC Cardioversion for maintaining sinus rhythm in new onset atrial fibrillation

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    Brian Noronha, Gopala Rao, Leslie Innasimuthu, Gaurav Mathur

    
  • ·Some pathogenetic differences in heart failure caused by ischemic disease versus idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy may be due to increased responsiveness to endothelin-1 in ischaemia

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    Norayr Nranyan

    
  • ·Hyperuricaemia and heart failure revisited

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    Deepak Pahuja

    
  • ·Cocaine and cardiomopathy

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    Deepak Pahuja, Priyanka Chadha

    
  • ·B-type natriuretic peptide has a close correlation with N-terminal pro-BNP by head-to head comparison: Regression analysis and its independent determinants

    Pagina :S36

    Hun-Jun Park, Sang-Hong Baek, Ju-Yeol Baek, Poom Joon Kim, Hae-Ok Jung, Hui Kyung Jeon, Ki-Bae Seung, Kyu Bo Choi

    
  • ·The role of brain natriuretic peptide in cardiac transplantation patients

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    Jun-Neng Roan, Chih-Hsin Hsu, Hung-Wen Tsai, Shien-Yin Wu, Chung-Dann Kan, Jih-Sheng Wen, Chwan-Yau Luo, Yu-Jen Yang

    
  • ·Myocardial structural changes in long-term human severe sepsis/septic shock may be responsible for cardiac dysfunction

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    Marcos Rossi, Mara Rúbia Celes, Cibele Prado

    
  • ·Reduction of gap junction proteins and intercalated disc structural remodeling in the hearts of mice submitted to sepsis

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    Mara Rúbia Celes, Marcos Rossi

    
  • ·Hantavirus infection induces a typical myocarditis that may be responsible for myocardial depression and shock in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

    Pagina :S38

    Marcos Rossi, Fabiano Saggioro, Luciano Neder

    
  • ·Influence of obstructive sleep apnea on left ventricular remodelling

    Pagina :S38

    Oxana Rotar, Yurii Sviryev, Nadejda Zvartau, Alexandra Conrady, Alexandr Kalinkin

    
  • ·Effect of valsartan on plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in patient with chronic heart failure: Comparison with enalapril

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    Jae Kean Ryu, Kee Sik Kim, Ji Yong Choi

    
  • ·Association between anaemia and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

    Pagina :S39

    Kyu-Hyung Ryu, Myung-Chan Cho, Seong-Cheol Chae, Jae-Joong Kim, Dong-Joo Choi, Sang-Hong Baek, Eun-Seok Jeon, Min-Seok Kang, Seongwoo Han

    
  • ·Validity plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for diastolic heart failure in Bali

    Pagina :S39

    Anwar Santoso, M. Yolanda, M. Donosepoetro

    
  • ·Heart transplantation in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis in Japan

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    Yusuke Sata, Satoshi Nakatani, Tomoko Kato, Akiko Mano, Masanobu Yanase, Noboru Oda

    
  • ·Effect of beta blocker treatment on platelet nitric oxide synthase, cyclic guanosine monophosphate and oxidative stress, in patients with heart failure

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    Ashish Shah, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Julia DeCourcey, Ruth Buckley, James Ritter, Albert Ferro

    
  • ·LV remodelling features in athletes and hypertensive subjects

    Pagina :S40

    Nino Sharashidze, Zurab Pagava, Guram Mamaladze, Tamar Kismareia, Giorgi Saatashvili

    
  • ·How can we grade impaired relaxation pattern with elevated E/E′ as grade 1 diastolic dysfunction by echocardiography?

    Pagina :S41

    Joon-Han Shin, Un-Jung Choi, Hong-Seok Lim, Soo-Jin Kang, Jung-Won Hwang, Byoung-Joo Choi, So-Yeon Choi, Myeong-Ho Yoon, Gyo-Seung Hwang, Seung-Jea Tahk

    
  • ·Impact of stage III and IV diabetic nephropathy on cardiovascular disease

    Pagina :S41

    Ana Paula Silva, Alexandre Baptista, Pedro Leão Neves

    
  • ·Inflammatory markers and progression of end-stage renal and cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetic nephropathy

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    Ana Paula Silva, Alexandre Baptista, Pedro Leão Neves

    
  • ·Interleukin-6 (IL-6): Is a marker for cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetic nephropathy

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    Ana Paula Silva, Alexandre Baptista, Ana Cabrita, Pedro Leão Neves

    
  • ·Donor heart procurement experience in Singapore

    Pagina :S42

    David Kheng Leng Sim, R.N. Ka Lee Kerk, R.N. Chia Lee Neo, Chong-Hee Lim, C. Sivathasan, Teing Ee Tan, Bernard Wing Kuin Kwok

    
  • ·Heart failure patient depression predicted by both partner depression and care-giving insensitivity: The two hearts study

    Pagina :S43

    Andrew Stewart, Paul Dudgeon, Prasuna Reddy, Michael Kyrios, David Hare

    
  • ·Predictors of perceived health in persons with heart failure

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    Jom Suwanno, Rewadee Petsirasan

    
  • ·The plasma level of brain natriuretic peptide does not correlate with acute rejection or hemodynamic changes in heart transplant recipients

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    Ayako Takahashi, Tomoko Kato, Noboru Oda, Masanobu Yanase, Akiko Mano, Kazuhiko Hashimura, Kazuo Komamura, Souichirou Kitamura, Masafumi Kitakaze, Takeshi Nakatani

    
  • ·Tissue Doppler assessment of left atrial appendage wall dynamics and pulsed Doppler flow velocities by transesophageal echocardiography; its correlation to color-M-Mode flow propagation velocities in patients with essential hypertension

    Pagina :S44

    Erhan Tenekecioglu, Tezcan Peker, Fatih Akyazici, Adem Bekler, Mustafa Yilmaz

    
  • ·Medical comorbidities associated with heart failure admissions in Western Australia

    Pagina :S45

    Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Joseph Hung, Judith Finn, Elizabeth Geelhoed, Michael Hobbs

    
  • ·A validation study: How effective is the hospital morbidity data as a surveillance tool for heart failure in Western Australia?

    Pagina :S45

    Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Joseph Hung, Judith Finn, Elizabeth Geelhoed, Michael Hobbs

    
  • ·Association between blood pressure and the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in a Vietnamese population—An echocardiographic epidemiological study

    Pagina :S46

    Son Pham Thai, Christopher M. Reid, Quang Nguyen Ngoc, Hoai Nguyen Thi Thu, Loi Do Doan, Yen Tran Thi Hai, Viet Nguyen Lan, Khai Pham Gia

    
  • ·Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and the risk of stroke in Filipino patients

    Pagina :S46

    John Jerusalem Tiongson, Maria Magdalena Avelino, Raul Ramboyong, Artemio Roxas

    
  • ·Systemic Urotensin II infusion induces diastolic dysfunction in normal rat heart with increased collagen deposition independent of systemic blood pressure effects

    Pagina :S46

    Lavinia Tran, A. Phrommintikul, W. Kemp, H. Krum, A. Kompa

    
  • ·Impaired small arterial stiffness assessed by novel compliance index from digital volume pulse is associated with diastolic heart failure in elderly patients

    Pagina :S47

    Wei-Chuan Tsai, Ju-Yi Chen, Chih-Chan Lin

    
  • ·Clinical manifestations of patients with acute heart failure cared for in a regional hospital

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    Aristidis Tziovas, Theocharis Livieratos, Alexandros Patsilinakos, Panagiotis Koustas, George Fagogenis, Fotini Kontari, George Kordosis

    
  • ·Factors associated with length of hospital stay of patients with heart failure

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    Aristidis Tziovas, Theocharis Livieratos, George Fagogenis, Alexandros Patsilinakos, Fotini Kontari, Panagiotis Koustas, George Kordosis

    
  • ·Therapy for chronic heart failure in the elderly: From international guidelines to the clinical practice

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    Aristidis Tziovas, Theocharis Livieratos, Panagiotis Koustas, Alexandros Patsilinakos, Fotini Kontari, George Fagogenis, George Kordosis

    
  • ·The effects of trimetazidine on the ventricular function of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A meta-analysis

    Pagina :S48

    Anjanette Uy-Yumul, Ria Arlina Calata

    
  • ·Change of renal function by ivabradine therapy in decompensated CHF patients

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    Anna Volkova, Gregory Aroutiounov, Nadezhda Bylova, Alexander Aroutiounov

    
  • ·Does beta blocker use in type 2 diabetics (T2DM) with systolic heart failure worsen glycaemic control? A real world perspective

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    Bryan Wai, Leighton Kearney, Louise Burrell, David Hare, Piyush Srivastava

    
  • ·Identifying high risk patients with heart failure in intensive care unit with N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide—Apollo study

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    Nitin Yadav, Neelam Yadav, G. Ravindra, G.V. Somayajulu

    
  • ·Diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic hypertensives—Apollo study

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    Nitin Yadav, Neelam Yadav, G. Ravindra, G.V. Somayajulu

    
  • ·Incremental value of combined left ventricular volume and matrix metalloproteinase-2 for risk stratification of patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

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    Dong Heon Yang, Sung Chull Chae

    
  • ·Safety and efficacy of levosimendan administration in patients with heart failure and coexisting atrial fibrillation

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    Osman Can Yontar, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

    
  • ·Effect of levosimendan on diastolic functions in patients with heart failure and coexisting atrial fibrillation

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    Osman Can Yontar, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

    
  • ·Cellular retinol-binding protein-1 is expressed by fibroblasts in rat myocardial infarction

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    Mengyue Yu, Runlin Gao, Keiko Ohta, Hiroyuki Hao

    
  • ·Analysis of cardiac troponin I phosphorylation and degradation in injured cardiomyocytes

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    Chun-Xia Zhu, Heng-Fang Wu, Ji-Zheng Ma, Shu-Shu Zhu, Xiaang-Jian Chen

    
  • ·Mesenchymal precursor cells modulate the effect of bacterial endotoxin on inflammatory gene expression in human cells of monocyte lineage

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    Hendrik Zimmet, Andrew Kompa, Bing Wang, Silviu Itescu, Henry Krum

    
  • ·Cost-effectiveness of screening BNP-levels in patients at-risk of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction

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    Ella Zomer, Danny Liew, Bert Boffa

    
  • ·Author Index

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