… heart failure into “primary disorders of filling and primary disorders of emptying,” 1 a forerunner
of our current terms diastolic and systolic heart failure. … and in patients with heart failure. 2 …

… congestive heart failure (CHF), the salient features of the natural course of cardiac failure are
… Overt heart disease plus age are the principal determinants of the incidence of CHF. Nearly …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) remains the most common reason for hospitalization in the
United … 2 Patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) frequently present to the …

… The fact that both our understanding and treatment of heart failure … Congestive Heart Failure.
As with the first two editions, the aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of heart failure …

… For the purpose of the present study, records of subjects that had been coded for the presence
of congestive heart failure during the preceding 16 years were retrieved and analyzed by …

… of congestive heart failure (CHF), to assess the time course of progression from hypertension
to CHF, and to identify risk factors that contribute to the development of overt heart failure in …

… The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that among patients with clinical heart
failure, normal global systolic function is common, and that pulmonary congestive symptoms …

… present clinically with heart failure, as many as 40 percent of patients with congestive heart
failure have normal systolic function and thus have primary diastolic heart failure. Diastolic …

… of heart disease can also provoke worsening heart failure. For example, in the patient with
valvular heart disease, … Myocardial Contractility in Heart Failure Let us now turn to some of the …

… pathological states, especially heart failure. Many studies … of heart failure in patients with
dyspnea or fluid retention and for providing prognostic information in those with heart failure or …