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Congestive Heart Failure
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| Title: | Congestive heart failure |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to satisfy the needs of the body. The most common cause of congestive heart failure is coronary heart disease. Symptoms include breathlessness during activity and at rest, muscular fatigue, swelling of ankles, legs or the abdomen, and unexplained coughing and wheezing. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Diuretics for heart failure in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic heart failure (CHF) (also called congestive heart failure, cardiac and heart failure) is a disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently throughout the body. The oxygen and nutrients in the blood provide the body with t... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Digitalis for treatment of heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Digitalis is a drug that is extracted from the leaves of the foxglove plant. It contains substances that stimulate heart muscle. The drug has been used for over two centuries to treat heart failure, a condition caused by inability of injured hearts to p... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Healthcare Using Telephone and Telemonitoring Technology Benefits Heart Failure Patients |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Editorial Team |
| Description: | Providing access to remote monitoring, for example by telephone or telemonitoring using wireless technology, for patients with chronic heart failure reduces deaths and hospitalisations and may provide benefits on health care costs and quality of life. These are the conclusions of a new Cochrane Systematic Review by an international team of researchers. |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Heart failure |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of heart failure by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Bronchial asthma and cardiac asthma - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Find out the difference between cardiac and bronchial asthma. |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Heart failure overview - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Heart failure means the heart has a reduced ability to pump blood around the body. |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Shengmai (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine) for heart failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Shengmai is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has long been used for the treatment of heart failure and ischemic heart disease. It is a mixture of three herbal components. Constituent herbs of shengmai include Panax ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicu... |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Heart failure program |
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| Publisher: | National Health and Medical Research Council,National Institute of Clinical Studies |
| Description: | The management of heart failure emerged as a significant area following NICS consultation with stakeholders and an intensive literature review process. The NICS Heart Failure program was developed to address gaps and improve health outcomes through the early diagnosis and appropriate management of heart failure in Australia. |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Congestive heart failure |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of congestive heart failure written by professional medical specialists. |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The term congestive heart failure describes a disorder in which the heart is unable to sufficiently and efficiently pump blood through the body. Depending on the severity of the condition, this causes breathlessness and fatigue due to insufficient oxyge... |
| Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Title: | Link between heart disease & reproductive hormone relaxin |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | What is Relaxin? Relaxin- a marker of heart disease? Functional role for relaxin? Therapeutic potential of relaxin? Future research on relaxin |
| Date: | May 2008 |
| Title: | Living well with chronic heart failure |
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| Publisher: | National Heart Foundation of Australia |
| Description: | Chronic heart failure is an ongoing condition in which the heart muscle is weakened and can not pump as well as it normally does. While it can be life-threatening, you can control the symptoms, avoid unnecessary hospital visits and live a longer, healthier life by taking charge of your condition and working in partnership with your healthcare team. |
| Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Title: | Hawthorn extract may be used as an oral treatment option for chronic heart failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hawthorn extract (made from the dried leaves, flowers and fruits of the hawthorn bush) may be used as an oral treatment option for chronic heart failure. In this review, 14 double-blind, placebo controlled randomised clinical trials (RCTs) were found. T... |
| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Title: | There is insufficient evidence to determine effect of aspirin versus anticoagulation or placebo for thromboembolism in patients with chronic heart failure in sinus rhythm. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Blood clots (thromboembolism) in the lungs, legs and brain (ischaemic stroke) contribute to disability and death of patients with heart failure. Although aspirin is of proven benefit in patients following myocardial infarction, there is inadequate evide... |
| Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Title: | There is not enough evidence yet to determine if anticoagulants safely prevent blood clots in patients with chronic heart failure in normal heart rhythm. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Blood clots (thromboembolism) in the lungs, legs and brain (ischaemic stroke) contribute to disability and death of patients with heart failure. Although anticoagulants such as warfarin are of proven benefit in patients in certain subgroups of patients ... |
| Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Title: | Continuous infusion of loop diuretics are safer and more effective than intermittent administration for people with congestive heart failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Congestive heart failure (CHF) is reduced ability of the heart to pump blood around the body. The body tries to compensate by retaining water to increase blood volume, but this further weakens the heart. Diuretic drugs reduce water in the body. Loop diu... |
| Date: | May 2005 |
| Title: | Intense monitoring of patients with chronic heart failure following discharge from hospital - more studies needed. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are often admitted to hospital as an emergency. The authors looked at 16 clinical trials that tested different ways of organising the care of CHF patients after they leave hospital. Only one of these trials was ... |
| Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Title: | Psychological interventions for depression in heart failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | It is not known whether psychological interventions for people with heart failure reduce symptoms of depression and improve outcome. Occasionally adults with heart failure suffer from depression. Psychological interventions, such as cognitive-behavioura... |
| Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Title: | Phosphodiesterase III inhibitor class drugs taken orally and long term are associated with increased deaths in heart failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | A number of options are available to treat symptomatic chronic heart failure. These include ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers and spironolactone, which result in an increase of life expectancy. Another strategy is to increase the strength of the pumping act... |
| Date: | Nov 2004 |
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