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Congestive heart failure

Known as: CHF, disease congestive heart, Cardiac failure 
Failure of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood to meet the needs of the body tissues, resulting in tissue congestion and edema. Signs and… 
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Heart Diseases

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acute heart failure

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Calcium-Handling Abnormalities Underlying Atrial Arrhythmogenesis and Contractile Dysfunction in Dogs With Congestive Heart Failure
Background—Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common cause of atrial fibrillation. Focal sources of unknown mechanism have been… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
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The members of the European Respiratory Society Task Force on Exercise Testing in Clinical Practice have read with interest the… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Diurnal blood pressure pattern and risk of congestive heart failure.
CONTEXT High blood pressure is the most important risk factor for congestive heart failure (CHF) at a population level, but the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Elevated circulating levels of C-C chemokines in patients with congestive heart failure.
BACKGROUND Immunologic and inflammatory responses appear to play a pathogenic role in the development of congestive heart failure… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a biochemical marker of high left ventricular end-diastolic pressure in patients with symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Tumor necrosis factor soluble receptors in patients with various degrees of congestive heart failure.
BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) increases in patients with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and cachexia… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Acute hemodynamic improvement by thermal vasodilation in congestive heart failure.
BACKGROUND A warm-water bath (WWB) or sauna bath (SB) has generally been considered inappropriate for patients with severe… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Endothelin in human congestive heart failure.
BACKGROUND Although recent investigations report the elevation of plasma endothelin (ET) in congestive heart failure (CHF), it… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Different Secretion Patterns of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
BackgroundThe plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) are increased in relation to… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Impaired chronotropic response to exercise in patients with congestive heart failure. Role of postsynaptic beta-adrenergic desensitization.
The mechanism responsible for the attenuated heart rate (HR) response to exercise in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF… 
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