Multiple chronic conditions: prevalence, health consequences, and implications for quality, care management, and costs

C Vogeli, AE Shields, TA Lee, TB Gibson… - Journal of general …, 2007 - Springer
Persons with multiple chronic conditions are a large and growing segment of the US
population. However, little is known about how chronic conditions cluster, and the …

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine practice guidelines: clinical utilization of cardiac biomarker testing in heart failure

WH Wilson Tang, GS Francis, DA Morrow, LK Newby… - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Biochemical marker testing has revolutionized the approach to diagnosis and management
of heart failure over the past decade. There is an unsurpassed excitement in the heart failure …

Хроническая обструктивная болезнь легких и кардиоваскулярная патология

НА Кароли, АП Ребров - Клиницист, 2007 - cyberleninka.ru
Полиморбидность является одной из особенностей современной клиники внутренних
болезней, а ишемическая болезнь сердца (ИБС), артериальная гипертензия и …

The prognostic influence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients hospitalised for chronic heart failure

A Macchia, S Monte, M Romero… - European journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: To investigate the prevalence and the prognostic impact of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), in patients hospitalised with chronic heart failure (CHF) …

Update in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2006

KF Rabe, B Beghé, F Luppi… - American Journal of …, 2007 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasingly recognized as a major health
care problem and the number of publications in the scientific literature is a reflection of this …

Long‐term prognostic value of B‐type natriuretic peptide in cardiac and non‐cardiac causes of acute dyspnoea

M Christ, A Thuerlimann, K Laule… - European journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels significantly predict increased risk of
death in heart failure. The predictive role of BNP levels in patients with non‐cardiac causes …

Bisoprolol in the treatment of chronic heart failure: from pathophysiology to clinical pharmacology and trial results

M Metra, S Nodari, T Bordonali, P Milani… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Clinical trials have consistently shown the benefits of beta-blocker treatment in patients with
chronic heart failure (HF). As a result, bisoprolol, carvedilol, and metoprolol succinate are …

New approaches in pulmonary rehabilitation

N Ambrosino, G Palmiero, SK Strambi - Clinics in chest medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Patients who have mild to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may obtain
improvement in dyspnea, exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life as a result of …

Right heart failure and cor pulmonale

M Leschke, A Wädlich - Der Internist, 2007 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Der rechte Ventrikel toleriert Volumenbelastungen durch Rekrutierung
von Kapazitätsgefäßen und Kapillaren des Lungenkreislaufs ohne wesentliche …

Pulmonary rehabilitation: recent developments

N Ambrosino, S Agati, M Digiorgio, A Di Paco - Breathe, 2007 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality and an increasing economic problem worldwide [1]. Progressively …