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General Interest Articles

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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