...; Andrés Felipe Buitrago; Jorge Alberto Sandoval-Luna; Clara Saldarriaga; Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa Introduction: Arterial hypertension represents one of the main comorbidities observed in patients with heart failure (HF) and one of the main risk factors for its development. Despite this, studies assessing...

... responsible for fluid overload in different clinical contexts, including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and heart failure, emphasizing the potential impact provided by the implementation of the new technologies. Ultrasonography is widely applied in the study of the inferior vena cava (IVC) size, which...

...Luca Monzo; Martin Kotrc; Jan Benes; Kamil Sedlacek; Ivana Jurcova; Janka Franekova; Petr Jarolim; Josef Kautzner; Vojtech Melenovsky Background: Some patients with heart failure (HF) are more prone to systemic congestion than others. The goal of this study was to identify clinical and humoral...

...Vojtěch Krátký; Soňa Kikerlová; Zuzana Husková; Janusz Sadowski; František Kolář; Luděk Červenka Background/Aims: We found recently that the aortocaval fistula (ACF)-induced heart failure (HF) results in higher mortality in female than in male rats. Possibly, the development of renal dysfunction...

... who were referred for coronary angiography due to stable coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral artery disease (PAD), or heart failure (HF). Hemodynamic measurement was performed, and plasma cTnT, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), and A-type natriuretic peptide (ANP) were measured at the same time...

... on hospital admissions and health care costs. Indeed, loop diuretics are the first-line therapy to overcome fluid overload in heart failure patients. The pathophysiological mechanisms of fluid and sodium retention are complex and depend on several neuro-hormonal signals mainly acting on sodium reabsorption...

...-inflammation, cancer immunology, and cardiovascular inflammation, and has been shown to predict cardiovascular events. Objectives: It was our objective to increase the body of data regarding the value of kynurenine as a biomarker in chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods: We investigated the predictive value...

...Hong Zhang; Shuang Shi; Xiu-Juan Zhao; Jun-Kui Wang; Zhong-Wei Liu; Fu-Qiang Liu; Ling Zhu; Shun-Ming Zhu; Yong Zhang; Shuo Pan Background/Aims: In heart failure patients with high prevalence of chronic renal disease (CKD), hospitalization and mortality, whether the lipid profile was associated...

...Vojtech Melenovsky; Ludek Cervenka; Ondrej Viklicky; Janka Franekova; Tereza Havlenova; Matej Behounek; Martin Chmel; Jiri Petrak Background/Aims: Chronic heart failure (HF) disrupts normal kidney function and leads to cardiorenal syndrome that further promotes HF progression. To identify potential...

...Marlies Antlanger; Stefan Aschauer; Chantal Kopecky; Manfred Hecking; Johannes J. Kovarik; Johannes Werzowa; Julia Mascherbauer; Bernd Genser; Marcus D. Säemann; Diana Bonderman Background/Aims: Heart failure (HF) is a main cause of mortality of hemodialysis (HD) patients. While HF with reduced...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Hypertension Renal denervation Blood pressure Heart failure Chronic kidney disease...

...Vojtech Melenovsky; Petra Skaroupkova; Jan Benes; Vera Torresova; Libor Kopkan; Ludek Cervenka Background: There are only few studies documenting the long-term outcome of aorto-caval fistula (ACF) in rats, a model of volume overload heart failure (HF). The aim of the present study was to describe...

...J. Spinar; O. Ludka; L. Dusek; L. Vitovcova; D. Sobotova; L. Spinarova; J. Tomandl; J. Vitovec Background: Chronic renal failure treated by regular hemodialysis is frequently accompanied by chronic heart failure; the mortality of both is high. Aim: To evaluate the role of markers of neurohumoral...

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...R. Schulz; G. Heusch In the failing heart, the local angiotensin II concentration is increased, and the extent of cardiac angiotensin II release is related to the clinical signs of heart failure. The enzymes involved in myocardial generation of angiotensin II are the angiotensin-converting enzyme...

...Donald S. Silverberg; Dov Wexler; Miriam Blum; Adrian Iaina; David Sheps; Gad Keren; Armin Scherhag; Doron Schwartz Anaemia is frequently found in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and has been associated with an increase in mortality and morbidity, impaired cardiac and renal function...