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1. Characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with preserved systolic function hospitalized for heart failure: a report from the OPTIMIZE-HF Registry.

Author: Fonarow GC; Stough WG; Abraham WT; Albert NM; Gheorghiade M; Greenberg BH; O'Connor CM; Sun JL; Yancy CW; Young JB;
Institution: Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90095-1679, USA. gfonarow@mednet.ucla.edu
Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Aug 21;50(8):768-77. Epub 2007 Aug 6.
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2. Improved survival of patients with end-stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: analysis of organ procurement and transplantation network/U.S. United Network of Organ Sharing data, 1990 to 2005.

Author: Lietz K; Miller LW;
Institution: Cardiovascular Division, Georgetown University, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA. KL2384@columbia.edu
Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Sep 25;50(13):1282-90. Epub 2007 Aug 16.
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3. Prevalence and determinants of cognitive impairment in chronic heart failure patients.

Author: Debette S; Bauters C; Leys D; Lamblin N; Pasquier F; de Groote P;
Institution: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France.
Journal: Congest Heart Fail. 2007 Jul-Aug;13(4):205-8.
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4. Use of disease-modifying therapies in patients hospitalized with heart failure: a population-based perspective.

Author: Goldberg RJ; Spencer FA; Farmer C; Lessard D; Pezzella SM; Meyer TE;
Institution: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass, USA. Robert_Goldberg@brown.edu
Journal: Am J Med. 2007 Jan;120(1):98.e1-8.
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5. Identifying heart failure patients at high risk for near-term cardiovascular events with serial health status assessments.

Author: Kosiborod M; Soto GE; Jones PG; Krumholz HM; Weintraub WS; Deedwania P; Spertus JA;
Institution: Mid America Heart Institute and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA.
Journal: Circulation. 2007 Apr 17;115(15):1975-81. Epub 2007 Apr 9.
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6. Comparison of peak exercise oxygen consumption and the Heart Failure Survival Score for predicting prognosis in women versus men.

Author: Green P; Lund LH; Mancini D;
Institution: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Journal: Am J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 1;99(3):399-403. Epub 2006 Dec 14.
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7. Association of cystatin C with mortality, cardiovascular events, and incident heart failure among persons with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study.

Author: Ix JH; Shlipak MG; Chertow GM; Whooley MA;
Institution: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Box 0532, HSE 672, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0532, USA. jix@medicine.ucsf.edu
Journal: Circulation. 2007 Jan 16;115(2):173-9. Epub 2006 Dec 26.
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8. BiDil for heart failure in black patients: implications of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

Author: Bibbins-Domingo K; Fernandez A;
Institution: Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-1364, USA. bibbinsk@medicine.ucsf.edu
Journal: Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jan 2;146(1):52-6.
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9. BiDil for heart failure in black patients: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration perspective.

Author: Temple R; Stockbridge NL;
Institution: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002, USA. robert.temple@fda.hhs.gov
Journal: Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jan 2;146(1):57-62.
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10. Association between performance measures and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Author: Fonarow GC; Abraham WT; Albert NM; Stough WG; Gheorghiade M; Greenberg BH; O'Connor CM; Pieper K; Sun JL; Yancy C; Young JB;
Institution: University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA. gfonarow@mednet.ucla.edu
Journal: JAMA. 2007 Jan 3;297(1):61-70.
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11. Improving end-of-life care for patients with chronic heart failure: "Let's hope it'll get better, when I know in my heart of hearts it won't".

Author: Selman L; Harding R; Beynon T; Hodson F; Coady E; Hazeldine C; Walton M; Gibbs L; Higginson IJ;
Institution: Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London School of Medicine, Weston Education Centre, London, UK. lucy.selman@kcl.ac.uk
Journal: Heart. 2007 Aug;93(8):963-7. Epub 2007 Feb 19.
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12. Effects of ICD implantation on quality-adjusted life years in patients with congestive heart failure.

Author: Ozasa N; Morimoto T; Furukawa Y; Shizuta S; Nishiyama K; Kita T; Kimura T;
Institution
Journal: Int J Cardiol. 2008 Jan 11;123(2):213-6. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
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13. Long-term survival of incident hemodialysis patients who are hospitalized for congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, or fluid overload.

Author: Banerjee D; Ma JZ; Collins AJ; Herzog CA;
Institution: Renal and Transplantation Unit, St. George's Hospital NHS Trust, Tooting, London, UK, SW17 0QT. Debasish.Banerjee@stgeorges.nhs.uk
Journal: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov;2(6):1186-90. Epub 2007 Oct 17.
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14. Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals.

Author: Nallamothu BK; Wang Y; Cram P; Birkmeyer JD; Ross JS; Normand SL; Krumholz HM;
Institution: Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA. bnallamo@umich.edu
Journal: Circulation. 2007 Nov 13;116(20):2280-7. Epub 2007 Oct 29.
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15. Degree of disability and patterns of caregiving among older Americans with congestive heart failure.

Author: Gure TR; Kabeto MU; Blaum CS; Langa KM;
Institution: Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Practice Management & Outcomes Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. tanruff@med.umich.edu
Journal: J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan;23(1):70-6. Epub 2007 Nov 21.
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16. Congestive heart failure disease management in Medicare-managed care.

Author: Mehrotra A; McNeil BJ; Landon BE;
Institution: RAND Health, the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1153-9. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
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17. Patterns and predictors of early hospital readmission in patients with congestive heart failure.

Author: Hallerbach M; Francoeur A; Pomerantz SC; Oliner C; Morris DL; Eiger G; Cohn J; Goldfinger M;
Institution: Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA. hallerm@einstein.edu
Journal: Am J Med Qual. 2008 Jan-Feb;23(1):18-23.
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18. Major depressive disorder and inflammatory markers in elderly patients with heart failure.

Author: Andrei AM; Fraguas R Jr; Telles RM; Alves TC; Strunz CM; Nussbacher A; Rays J; Iosifescu DV; Wajngarten M;
Institution: Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Journal: Psychosomatics. 2007 Jul-Aug;48(4):319-24.
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19. Relation between cardiac troponin I and mortality in acute decompensated heart failure.

Author: You JJ; Austin PC; Alter DA; Ko DT; Tu JV;
Institution: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Apr;153(4):462-70.
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20. Highlights of the 2006 scientific sessions of the Heart Failure Society of America: Seattle, Washington, September 10-13, 2006.

Author: Gottlieb SS; Mann DL; Francis GS;
Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. sgottlie@medicine.umaryland.edu
Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Feb 6;49(5):608-15. Epub 2007 Jan 22.

21. An obesity paradox in acute heart failure: analysis of body mass index and inhospital mortality for 108,927 patients in the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry.

Author: Fonarow GC; Srikanthan P; Costanzo MR; Cintron GB; Lopatin M;
Institution: Ahmanson/University of California-Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. gfonarow@mednet.ucla.edu
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Jan;153(1):74-81.
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22. The Antihypertensive and Lipid Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) Heart Failure Validation Study: diagnosis and prognosis.

Author: Einhorn PT; Davis BR; Massie BM; Cushman WC; Piller LB; Simpson LM; Levy D; Nwachuku CE; Black HR;
Institution: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, USA. einhornp@mail.nih.gov
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Jan;153(1):42-53.
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23. Influence of water immersion, water gymnastics and swimming on cardiac output in patients with heart failure.

Author: Schmid JP; Noveanu M; Morger C; Gaillet R; Capoferri M; Anderegg M; Saner H;
Institution: Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland. jean-paul.schmid@insel.ch
Journal: Heart. 2007 Jun;93(6):722-7. Epub 2006 Dec 12.
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24. Clinical outcomes are similar in pulsatile and nonpulsatile left ventricular assist device recipients.

Author: Feller ED; Sorensen EN; Haddad M; Pierson RN 3rd; Johnson FL; Brown JM; Griffith BP;
Institution: Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. efeller@medicine.umaryland.edu
Journal: Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):1082-8.
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25. Comparison of usefulness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure versus patients with sinus rhythm and heart failure.

Author: Delnoy PP; Ottervanger JP; Luttikhuis HO; Elvan A; Misier AR; Beukema WP; van Hemel NM; Delnoy PP; Ottervanger JP; Luttikhuis HO; Elvan A; Misier AR; Beukema WP; van Hemel NM;
Institution: Isala klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
Journal: Am J Cardiol. 2007 May 1;99(9):1252-7. Epub 2007 Mar 13.
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26. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease.

Author: Berger AK; Duval S; Manske C; Vazquez G; Barber C; Miller L; Luepker RV;
Institution: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. berger1217@aol.com
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Jun;153(6):1064-73.
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27. Where patients with mild to moderate heart failure die: results from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT).

Author: Olshansky B; Wood F; Hellkamp AS; Poole JE; Anderson J; Johnson GW; Boineau R; Domanski MJ; Mark DB; Lee KL; Bardy GH;
Institution: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals, 4426A JCP, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. brian-olshansky@uiowa.edu
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Jun;153(6):1089-94.
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28. Predicting mortality risk in patients with acute exacerbations of heart failure.

Author: Ebell MH;
Institution: ebell@msu.edu
Journal: Am Fam Physician. 2007 Apr 15;75(8):1231-3.

29. Stable myocardial-specific AAV6-S100A1 gene therapy results in chronic functional heart failure rescue.

Author: Pleger ST; Most P; Boucher M; Soltys S; Chuprun JK; Pleger W; Gao E; Dasgupta A; Rengo G; Remppis A; Katus HA; Eckhart AD; Rabinowitz JE; Koch WJ;
Institution: Center for Translational Medicine and George Zallie and Family Laboratory of Cardiovascular Gene Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut St, Room 317, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Journal: Circulation. 2007 May 15;115(19):2506-15. Epub 2007 Apr 30.
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30. Diagnostic monitoring strategies in heart failure management.

Author: Piccini JP; Hranitzky P;
Institution: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Journal: Am Heart J. 2007 Apr;153(4 Suppl):12-7.
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31. Influence of obstructive sleep apnea on mortality in patients with heart failure.

Author: Wang H; Parker JD; Newton GE; Floras JS; Mak S; Chiu KL; Ruttanaumpawan P; Tomlinson G; Bradley TD; Wang H; Parker JD; Newton GE; Floras JS; Mak S; Chiu KL; Ruttanaumpawan P; Tomlinson G; Bradley TD;
Institution: Sleep Research Laboratory of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Apr 17;49(15):1625-31. Epub 2007 Apr 2.
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32. Estimated longevity and changes in spirituality in the context of advanced congestive heart failure.

Author: Park CL;
Institution: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1020, USA. crystal.park@uconn.edu
Journal: Palliat Support Care. 2008 Mar;6(1):3-11.
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