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Heart failure

Known as: Insufficiency, Cardiac, Hjerteinsufficiens, Cardiac Insufficiency 
A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be… 
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Cardiovascular DiseasesShock, Cardiogenic

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Chronic heart failureCongestive heart failureCor pulmonaleHeart Failure, Right-Sided

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Acc/aha/ase 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: Summary Article a Report of the American College of Cardiology/american Heart Association Task Force on Practice…
ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: Summary Article A Report of the American… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Adenoviral gene transfer of SERCA2a improves left-ventricular function in aortic-banded rats in transition to heart failure.
In human and experimental models of heart failure, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2a) activity is decreased… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Regular Physical Exercise Corrects Endothelial Dysfunction and Improves
Copyright © 1998 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online Circulation is published by the… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Clinical epidemiology of heart failure: public and private health burden.
Clinically overt heart failure is common, costly, disabling, and deadly; it remains so despite the tremendous benefit of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Hormonal changes and catabolic/anabolic imbalance in chronic heart failure and their importance for cardiac cachexia.
BACKGROUND The role of hormonal and cytokine abnormalities in the development of cardiac cachexia remains obscure. METHODS AND… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Long-term follow-up of patients from a randomised trial of atrial versus ventricular pacing for sick-sinus syndrome
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Cardiac sympathetic nerve function in congestive heart failure.
BACKGROUND Increased availability of norepinephrine (NE) for activation of cardiac adrenoceptors (increased cardiac adrenergic… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Altered Myocardial Force‐Frequency Relation in Human Heart Failure
BackgroundIn congestive heart failure (idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy), exercise is accompanied by a smaller-than-normal… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Prognostic value of cardiac metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging in patients with heart failure.
The prognostic value of 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging was compared with that of other noninvasive cardiac imaging… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Norepinephrine spillover to plasma in patients with congestive heart failure: evidence of increased overall and cardiorenal sympathetic nervous activity.
The analysis of plasma kinetics of the sympathetic neurotransmitter norepinephrine can be used to estimate sympathetic nervous… 
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