Effectiveness, Safety, and Costs of Thromboprophylaxis with Enoxaparin or Unfractionated Heparin Among Medical Inpatients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failure by Alpesh N. Amin, Alex Kartashov, Wilson Ngai, Kevin Steele, Ning Rosenthal

“…**Background:** Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) are risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). …”
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Application of Semistructured Interview Based on Doctor-Patient Perspective in Constructing a Palliative Care Regimen for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Ting Zhou, HaiQin Cai, ChunHui Xu

“…The aim of this study is to explore the application of semistructured interview based on doctor-patient perspective in constructing a palliative care regimen for patients with advanced heart failure. Methods. 112 patients with advanced heart failure who were admitted to the hospital were selected between December 2019 and December 2020, and they were randomly divided into an interview group and a routine group, with 56 cases in each group. …”
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Association Between Resting Heart Rate and the Risk of Incident Hypertension Among Older Chinese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study by Shiyu Lou, Zihan Yu, Yizhu Song, Dechen Liu

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Prolonged Helium Postconditioning Protocols during Early Reperfusion Do Not Induce Cardioprotection in the Rat Heart In Vivo: Role of Inflammatory Cytokines by Gezina Tanya Mei Ling Oei, Hamid Aslami, Raphaela Priscilla Kerindongo, Renske Johanna Steenstra, Charlotte Jacqueline Peter Beurskens, Anita Maria Tuip-de Boer, Nicole Petra Juffermans, Markus Werner Hollmann, Benedikt Preckel, Nina Claudia Weber

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Severe Mitral Regurgitation–Induced Acute Heart Failure due to Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Patient With Urothelial Carcinoma Recurrence by Catarina Santos Reis, Francisco Dias, Bárbara Granja, Maria Inês Matos, Ana Ribeiro, Fernando Friões

“…Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is a rare condition characterized by the formation of noninfectious vegetations on the heart valves. It is related with systemic embolic phenomena occurring predominantly in advanced cancer stages, particularly adenocarcinomas. …”
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Association of Immune Nutrition Indices with the Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure in the NHANES (1999–2018) by Feifei Zhang, Yuetao Xie, Litian Liu, Huiliang Liu, Ohua Feng, Yingxiao Li, Yi Dang

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Therapeutic effect and potential mechanism of Fufang Danshen dripping pills for stable coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial by Li-qin Meng, Li-qin Meng, Pei-ying Huang, Qing-min Li, Yu-chao Feng, Yu-chao Feng, Yu-chao Feng, Ding-jian Li, Guang-long Wu, Bo-wen Ao, Guo-chao Wu, Guo-xiong Zhang, Bo-jun Chen, Bo-jun Chen, Bo-jun Chen

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Volumetric and End-Tidal Capnography for the Detection of Cardiac Output Changes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Early after Open Heart Surgery by Ingrid Elise Hoff, Lars Øivind Høiseth, Knut Arvid Kirkebøen, Svein Aslak Landsverk

“…We measured changes in CO, VtCO2, and EtCO2 during right ventricular pacing and passive leg raise in 33 ventilated patients after open heart surgery. CO was measured with oesophageal Doppler. …”
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Corrigendum to “Multifractal-Multiscale Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals: A DFA-Based Characterization of Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Complexity by Gender” by Paolo Castiglioni, Davide Lazzeroni, Paolo Coruzzi, Andrea Faini

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Health Literacy Influences Heart Failure Knowledge Attainment but Not Self-Efficacy for Self-Care or Adherence to Self-Care over Time by Aleda M. H. Chen, Karen S. Yehle, Nancy M. Albert, Kenneth F. Ferraro, Holly L. Mason, Matthew M. Murawski, Kimberly S. Plake

“…Inadequate health literacy may be a barrier to gaining knowledge about heart failure (HF) self-care expectations, strengthening self-efficacy for self-care behaviors, and adhering to self-care behaviors over time. …”
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The simpler modified fried frailty scale predicts 2-year mortality in older adults with heart failure: a pilot study by Celalettin Küçük, Serdar Özkök, Gülistan Bahat, Ekrem Bilal Karaayvaz, Mustafa Altınkaynak, Alpay Medetalibeyoğlu, Mehmet Akif Karan

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Identifying risk factors and constructing a predictive model for heart failure combined with intracardiac thrombus in non-compaction cardiomyopathy patients by Peizhu Dang, Haiyang Wang, Xiaowei Huo, Zheyong Liang, Yongjian Zhang

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A Preliminary Study: The Effect of Slow Deep Breathing Exercise (SDBE) on Resting Heart Rate and Respiration Rate of Hypertension Patients by Candrawati Susiana, Oktaviana Husnul Afifah Rizky, Bening Ati Viva Ratih, Mustofa Mustofa

“…It can be concluded that the administration of slow, deep breathing exercises affected the resting heart rate but did not affect the respiration rate.…”
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Burden of hospitalizations in newly diagnosed heart failure patients in Poland: real world population based study in years 2013–2019 by Przemysław Leszek, Daniel Waś, Kinga Bartolik, Kladiusz Witczak, Andrzej Kleinork, Bohdan Maruszewski, Katarzyna Brukało, Paulina Rolska‐Wójcik, Małgorzata Celińska‐Spodar, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Marta Załęska‐Kocięcka

Subjects: “…Incident heart failure…”
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Carbonic Anhydrases III and IV Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Diabetes, Hypertensive Renal Disease, and Heart Failure by Chengeng Liu, Yue Wei, Jianmin Wang, Langan Pi, Jianjun Huang, Peichang Wang

“…The anti-CA IV antibody titers in patients with RA, SLE, type 1 diabetic nephropathy (T1DN), and heart failure were significantly higher than that in control groups (P<0.05) while anti-CA IV antibody could suppress the total CA activity. …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Right Heart Masses Utilizing the AngioVac System: A 6-Year Single-Center Observational Study by Aashish Katapadi, Lauren Richards, William Fischer, Suhail Q. Allaqaband, Tanvir Bajwa, M. Fuad Jan

“…The data also support the use of AngioVac as a treatment option for the debulking or removal of right heart masses in critically ill patients.…”
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Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation with Cardiogenic Shock and Elevated Systemic Vascular Resistance Treated with a Combination of Nicardipine and Dobutamine Therapy by Lydia E. Issac, Setri Fugar, Naser Yamani, Burhan Mohamedali

“…Acute heart failure is a common reason for hospital admission and is usually caused by decreased cardiac output either as a result of an intrinsic cardiac issue or as a result of severe hypertension with elevated afterload. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency Contributes to the Reduction and Impaired Function of Naïve CD45RA+ Regulatory T Cell in Chronic Heart Failure by Yan-hui Ma, Yun-lan Zhou, Chao-yan Yue, Guang-hui Zhang, Lin Deng, Guo-hua Xie, Wei-ping Xu, Li-song Shen

“…The effect of vitamin D pertinent to cardiovascular health on the heart itself is considered to shift toward an anti-inflammatory response in chronic heart failure (CHF); however, its underlying mechanism is not completely understood. …”
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Retracted: Application of 24 h Dynamic Electrocardiography in the Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Myocardial Ischemia with Arrhythmia in Elderly Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Emergency Medicine International

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Machine Learning–Based Risk Factor Analysis and Prediction Model Construction for the Occurrence of Chronic Heart Failure: Health Ecologic Study by Qian Xu, Xue Cai, Ruicong Yu, Yueyue Zheng, Guanjie Chen, Hui Sun, Tianyun Gao, Cuirong Xu, Jing Sun

“… BackgroundChronic heart failure (CHF) is a serious threat to human health, with high morbidity and mortality rates, imposing a heavy burden on the health care system and society. …”
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