European journal of heart failure
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Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Oct 2005
Comparative StudyPharmacological left ventricular reverse remodeling in elderly patients receiving optimal therapy for chronic heart failure.
In recent years, reversal of established left ventricular (LV) dilatation has been increasingly recognized in middle-aged patients with dilated cardiomyopathy receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and/or beta-blockers. We performed this prospective study to evaluate whether optimized therapy for heart failure also induces LV reverse remodeling in older patients. ⋯ LV reverse remodeling takes place in elderly as well as in younger heart failure patients. A significant proportion of elderly patients undergoes this favourable process which occurs prevalently in patients receiving beta-blocker therapy with a short history of cardiac disease.
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Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Oct 2005
Multi-site-frequency electromechanocardiography for the prediction of ejection fraction and stroke volume in heart failure.
Methods for stroke volume (SV) and ejection fraction (EF) measurements require the presence of qualified physicians and are not suited for continuous monitoring. ⋯ The new method, which we call multi-site-frequency electromechanocardiography (msf-ELMC) appears promising for the automated electrical measurement of the mechanical heart action in patients with normal and reduced cardiac function.