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Disease progression in chronic heart failure is linear: Insights from multistate modelling (2024)
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Kazmi, S., Kambhampati, C., Rigby, A. S., Cleland, J. G. F., Kazmi, K. S., Cuthbert, J., Pellicori, P., & Clark, A. L. (online). Disease progression in chronic heart failure is linear: Insights from multistate modelling. European journal of heart failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3400

Aims: Understanding the pattern of disease progression in chronic heart failure (HF) may inform patient care and healthcare system design. We used a four-state Markov model to describe the disease trajectory of patients with HF. Methods and results:... Read More about Disease progression in chronic heart failure is linear: Insights from multistate modelling.

Diuretic Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure: Current Evidence and Future Directions-Part II: Combination Therapy (2024)
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Cuthbert, J., Clark, A., & Cleland, J. (2024). Diuretic Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure: Current Evidence and Future Directions-Part II: Combination Therapy. Current Heart Failure Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11897-024-00644-2

Purpose of Review Fluid retention or congestion is a major cause of symptoms, poor quality of life, and adverse outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). Despite advances in disease-modifying therapy, the mainstay of treatment for congestion loop... Read More about Diuretic Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure: Current Evidence and Future Directions-Part II: Combination Therapy.

Are non-invasive estimations of plasma volume an accurate measure of congestion in patients with chronic heart failure? (2023)
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Cuthbert, J. J., Pellicori, P., Rigby, A. S., Abel, A. A., Kalvickbacka-Bennet, A., Shah, P., Kearsley, J. W., Kazmi, S., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2023). Are non-invasive estimations of plasma volume an accurate measure of congestion in patients with chronic heart failure?. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 9(3), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcac035

Aims: We report associations between different formulae for estimating plasma volume status (PVS) and clinical and ultrasound markers of congestion in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) enrolled in the Hull Lifelab registry. Methods and result... Read More about Are non-invasive estimations of plasma volume an accurate measure of congestion in patients with chronic heart failure?.

Inferior vena cava diameter is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure independent of tricuspid regurgitation velocity (2023)
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Iaconelli, A., Cuthbert, J., Kazmi, S., Maffia, P., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G., & Pellicori, P. (2023). Inferior vena cava diameter is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure independent of tricuspid regurgitation velocity. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 112(8), 1077-1086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-023-02178-4

Aims: A high, Doppler-derived, tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TRV) indicates pulmonary hypertension, which may contribute to right ventricular dysfunction and worsening tricuspid regurgitation leading to systemic venous congestion, reflected by an... Read More about Inferior vena cava diameter is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure independent of tricuspid regurgitation velocity.

Dynamic risk stratification using Markov chain modelling in patients with chronic heart failure (2022)
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Kazmi, S., Kambhampati, C., Cleland, J., Cuthbert, J., Kazmi, K. S., Pellicori, P., Rigby, A. S., & Clark, A. L. (2022). Dynamic risk stratification using Markov chain modelling in patients with chronic heart failure. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14028

Aims: Risk changes with the progression of disease and the impact of treatment. We developed a dynamic risk stratification Markov chain model using artificial intelligence in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods and results: We describe... Read More about Dynamic risk stratification using Markov chain modelling in patients with chronic heart failure.

The effect of spironolactone on cardiovascular function and markers of fibrosis in people at increased risk of developing heart failure: the heart 'OMics' in AGEing (HOMAGE) randomized clinical trial (2020)
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Cleland, J. G. F., Ferreira, J. P., Mariottoni, B., Pellicori, P., Cuthbert, J., Verdonschot, J. A. J., Petutschnigg, J., Ahmed, F. Z., Cosmi, F., Brunner La Rocca, H. P., Mamas, M. A., Clark, A. L., Edelmann, F., Pieske, B., Khan, J., McDonald, K., Rouet, P., Staessen, J. A., Mujaj, B., González, A., …the HOMAGE Trial Committees and Investigators. (2021). The effect of spironolactone on cardiovascular function and markers of fibrosis in people at increased risk of developing heart failure: the heart 'OMics' in AGEing (HOMAGE) randomized clinical trial. European Heart Journal, 42(6), 684-696. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa758

Aims: To investigate the effects of spironolactone on fibrosis and cardiac function in people at increased risk of developing heart failure. Methods and results: Randomized, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial comparing spironolactone (50 mg/day) or c... Read More about The effect of spironolactone on cardiovascular function and markers of fibrosis in people at increased risk of developing heart failure: the heart 'OMics' in AGEing (HOMAGE) randomized clinical trial.

Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (2020)
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Samuel, N. A., Cuthbert, J. J., Brown, O. I., Kazmi, S., Cleland, J. G., Rigby, A. S., & Clark, A. L. (2021). Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. The American journal of cardiology, 139, 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.034

Thyroid dysfunction is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), but there is conflicting evidence regarding its prognostic significance. We investigated the relation between thyroid function and prognosis in a large, well characterized co... Read More about Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.

Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure (2019)
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Pellicori, P., Urbinati, A., Kaur, K., Zhang, J., Shah, P., Kazmi, S., Capucci, A., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2019). Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure. The American journal of cardiology, 124(10), 1554-1560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.08.018

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) commonly co-exist. We aimed to determine the prevalence and incidence of AF in ambulatory patients with HF. HF was defined by the presence of symptoms or signs supported by objective evidence of cardiac... Read More about Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure.

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure: Patient characteristics, phenotypes, and mode of death (2019)
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Pellicori, P., Zhang, J., Cuthbert, J., Urbinati, A., Shah, P., Kazmi, S., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2020). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure: Patient characteristics, phenotypes, and mode of death. Cardiovascular research, 116(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvz198

Aims: Plasma concentrations of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are often raised in chronic heart failure (CHF) and might indicate inflammatory processes that could be a therapeutic target. We aimed to study the associations between hsCRP,... Read More about High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure: Patient characteristics, phenotypes, and mode of death.

Clinical and prognostic association of total atrial conduction time in patients with heart failure: A report from studies investigating co-morbidities aggravating heart failure (2019)
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Nuzzi, V., Pellicori, P., Nikolaidou, T., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Torromeo, C., Barilla, F., Salekin, D., Kaur, K., Monzo, L., Cleland, J. G. F., & Clark, A. L. (2019). Clinical and prognostic association of total atrial conduction time in patients with heart failure: A report from studies investigating co-morbidities aggravating heart failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 20(7), 442-449. https://doi.org/10.2459/JCM.0000000000000802

Background The total atrial conduction time can be measured as the time from the onset of the P wave on the ECG to the peak of the A wave recorded at the mitral annulus using tissue Doppler imaging (A'; P-A'TDI); when prolonged, it might predict inci... Read More about Clinical and prognostic association of total atrial conduction time in patients with heart failure: A report from studies investigating co-morbidities aggravating heart failure.

Characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure patients according to the severity of peripheral oedema (2019)
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Shoaib, A., Mamas, M. A., Ahmad, Q. S., McDonagh, T. M., Hardman, S. M., Rashid, M., Butler, R., Duckett, S., Satchithananda, D., Nolan, J., Dargie, H. J., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2019). Characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure patients according to the severity of peripheral oedema. International journal of cardiology, 285, 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.03.020

Background: Most trials of patients hospitalized for heart failure focus on breathlessness (alveolar pulmonary oedema) but worsening peripheral oedema is also an important presentation. We investigated the relationship between the severity of periphe... Read More about Characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure patients according to the severity of peripheral oedema.

Prevalence, pattern and clinical relevance of ultrasound indices of congestion in outpatients with heart failure (2019)
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Pellicori, P., Shah, P., Cuthbert, J., Urbinati, A., Zhang, J., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. F. (2019). Prevalence, pattern and clinical relevance of ultrasound indices of congestion in outpatients with heart failure. European journal of heart failure, 21(7), 904-916. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1383

Aims: Even if treatment controls symptoms, patients with heart failure may still be congested. We aimed at assessing the prevalence and clinical relevance of congestion in outpatients with chronic heart failure. Methods and results: We recorded clini... Read More about Prevalence, pattern and clinical relevance of ultrasound indices of congestion in outpatients with heart failure.

Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure (2018)
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Zhang, J., Pellicori, P., Pan, D., Dierckx, R., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. (2018). Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 269, 196-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.06.070

Background
Prognostic models for patients with chronic heart failure are generally based on a single assessment but treatment is often given with the intention of changing risk; re- evaluation of risk is an important aspect of care. The prognostic va... Read More about Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure.

Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan: Validation of risk models in decompensated heart failure (2018)
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Nagai, T., Sundaram, V., Shoaib, A., Shiraishi, Y., Kohsaka, S., Rothnie, K. J., Piper, S., McDonagh, T. A., Hardman, S. M., Goda, A., Mizuno, A., Sawano, M., Rigby, A. S., Quint, J. K., Yoshikawa, T., Clark, A. L., Anzai, T., & Cleland, J. G. (2018). Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan: Validation of risk models in decompensated heart failure. European journal of heart failure, 20(8), 1179-1190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1210

Aims: Prognostic models for hospitalised heart failure (HHF) were developed predominantly for patients of European origin in the United States of America; it is unclear whether they perform similarly in other health-care systems or for different ethn... Read More about Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan: Validation of risk models in decompensated heart failure.

Clinical and prognostic relationships of pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio in patients with heart failure: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study (2018)
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Pellicori, P., Urbinati, A., Zhang, J., Joseph, A. C., Costanzo, P., Lukaschuk, E., Capucci, A., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Clinical and prognostic relationships of pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio in patients with heart failure: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study. Clinical cardiology, 41(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.22840

Background
The pulmonary artery (PA) distends as pressure increases.

Hypothesis
The ratio of PA to aortic (Ao) diameter may be an indicator of pulmonary hypertension and consequently carry prognostic information in patients with chronic heart failur... Read More about Clinical and prognostic relationships of pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio in patients with heart failure: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study.

Beta-blockers for heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: An individual patient-level analysis of double-blind randomized trials (2017)
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Cleland, J. G., Bunting, K. V., Flather, M., Altman, D. G., Holmes, J., Coats, A. J., Manzano, L., McMurray, J. J., Ruschitzka, F., van Veldhuisen, D. J., Von Lueder, T. G., Böhm, M., Andersson, B., Kjekshus, J., Packer, M., Rigby, A. S., Rosano, G., Wedel, H., Hjalmarson, Å., Wikstrand, J., …Beta-blockers in Heart Failure Collaborative Group. (2018). Beta-blockers for heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: An individual patient-level analysis of double-blind randomized trials. European Heart Journal, 39(1), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx564

Aims: Recent guidelines recommend that patients with heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 40-49% should be managed similar to LVEF ≥50%. We investigated the effect of beta-blockers according to LVEF in double-blind, randomised,... Read More about Beta-blockers for heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: An individual patient-level analysis of double-blind randomized trials.

Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic implications of PR interval prolongation in patients with heart failure (2017)
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Nikolaidou, T., Pellicori, P., Zhang, J., Kazmi, S., Goode, K. M., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic implications of PR interval prolongation in patients with heart failure. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 107(2), 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1162-6

© 2017 The Author(s) Aims: To determine the prevalence, incidence, predictors, and prognostic implications of PR interval prolongation in patients referred with suspected heart failure. Methods and results: Consecutive patients referred with suspecte... Read More about Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic implications of PR interval prolongation in patients with heart failure.

Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation? (2017)
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Nichols, S., Gleadall-Siddall, D. O., Antony, R., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G. F., Carroll, S., & Ingle, L. (2018). Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation?. Clinical physiology and functional imaging, 38(4), 681-688. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12468

Summary Objective Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the ‘gold standard’ method of determining VO2peak. When CPET is unavailable, VO2peak may be estimated from treadmill or cycle ergometer workloads and expressed as estimated metabolic equiva... Read More about Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation?.

Heart rate and rhythm and the benefit of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure (2017)
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Kotecha, D., Flather, M. D., Altman, D. G., Holmes, J., Rosano, G., Wikstrand, J., Packer, M., Coats, A. J., Manzano, L., Böhm, M., van Veldhuisen, D. J., Andersson, B., Wedel, H., von Lueder, T. G., Rigby, A. S., Hjalmarson, Å., Kjekshus, J., & Cleland, J. G. (2017). Heart rate and rhythm and the benefit of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69(24), 2885-2896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.001

Background
The relationship between mortality and heart rate remains unclear for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in either sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation (AF).

Objectives
This analysis explored the prognostic importan... Read More about Heart rate and rhythm and the benefit of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure.