Worsening Heart Failure: Nomenclature, Epidemiology, and Future Directions: JACC Review Topic of the Week

SJ Greene, J Bauersachs, JJ Brugts… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease characterized by variable durations of
symptomatic stability often punctuated by episodes of worsening despite continued therapy …

Targeting the sarcomere in inherited cardiomyopathies

SJ Lehman, C Crocini, LA Leinwand - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022 - nature.com
Variants in> 12 genes encoding sarcomeric proteins can cause various cardiomyopathies.
The two most common are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy …

[HTML][HTML] Myosin modulators: emerging approaches for the treatment of cardiomyopathies and heart failure

SM Day, JC Tardiff, EM Ostap - The Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Myosin modulators are a novel class of pharmaceutical agents that are being developed to
treat patients with a range of cardiomyopathies. The therapeutic goal of these drugs is to …

Effect of omecamtiv mecarbil on exercise capacity in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: the METEORIC-HF randomized clinical trial

GD Lewis, AA Voors, A Cohen-Solal, M Metra… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Exercise limitation is a cardinal manifestation of heart failure with reduced
ejection fraction (HFrEF) but is not consistently improved by any of the current guideline …

Heart failure: an update from the last years and a look at the near future

M Riccardi, AM Sammartino, M Piepoli… - ESC heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the last years, major progress occurred in heart failure (HF) management. Quadruple
therapy is now mandatory for all the patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction. Whilst …

Current approaches to worsening heart failure: Pathophysiological and molecular insights

A D'Amato, S Prosperi, P Severino, V Myftari… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Worsening heart failure (WHF) is a severe and dynamic condition characterized by
significant clinical and hemodynamic deterioration. It is characterized by worsening HF …

[HTML][HTML] Hypertensive heart disease: risk factors, complications and mechanisms

SK Masenga, A Kirabo - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hypertensive heart disease constitutes functional and structural dysfunction and
pathogenesis occurring primarily in the left ventricle, the left atrium and the coronary arteries …

Advanced heart failure: guideline‐directed medical therapy, diuretics, inotropes, and palliative care

D Tomasoni, JKK Vishram‐Nielsen… - ESC heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of mortality, hospitalizations, and reduced quality of life
and a major burden for the healthcare system. The number of patients that progress to an …

Guideline‐directed medical therapy in severe heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: An analysis from the HELP‐HF registry

D Tomasoni, M Pagnesi, G Colombo… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Persistent symptoms despite guideline‐directed medical therapy (GDMT) and poor
tolerance of GDMT are hallmarks of patients with advanced heart failure (HF) with reduced …

Prognostic impact of the updated 2018 HFA‐ESC definition of advanced heart failure: Results from the HELP‐HF registry

M Pagnesi, CM Lombardi, M Chiarito… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (HFA‐ESC)
proposed a definition of advanced heart failure (HF) that has not been validated, yet. We …