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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.

Bisoprolol compared with carvedilol and metoprolol succinate in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure (2017)
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Fröhlich, H., Torres, L., Täger, T., Schellberg, D., Corletto, A., Kazmi, S., …Frankenstein, L. (2017). Bisoprolol compared with carvedilol and metoprolol succinate in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 106(9), 711-721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1115-0

© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Aims: Beta-blockers are recommended for the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). However, it is disputed whether beta-blockers exert a class effect or whether there are differences in efficacy between a... Read More about Bisoprolol compared with carvedilol and metoprolol succinate in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure.

Statins attenuate but do not eliminate the reverse epidemiology of total serum cholesterol in patients with non-ischemic chronic heart failure (2017)
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Fröhlich, H., Raman, N., Täger, T., Schellberg, D., Goode, K. M., Kazmi, S., …Frankenstein, L. (2017). Statins attenuate but do not eliminate the reverse epidemiology of total serum cholesterol in patients with non-ischemic chronic heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 238, 97-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.028

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Background In patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) increasing levels of total serum cholesterol are associated with improved survival – while statin usage is not. The impact of statin treatment on the “reverse epidemiology”... Read More about Statins attenuate but do not eliminate the reverse epidemiology of total serum cholesterol in patients with non-ischemic chronic heart failure.

Simulated case management of home telemonitoring to assess the impact of different alert algorithms on work-load and clinical decisions (2017)
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Gyllensten, I. C., Crundall-Goode, A., Aarts, R. M., & Goode, K. M. (2017). Simulated case management of home telemonitoring to assess the impact of different alert algorithms on work-load and clinical decisions. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 17(1), Article ARTN 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0398-9

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Home telemonitoring (HTM) of chronic heart failure (HF) promises to improve care by timely indications when a patient's condition is worsening. Simple rules of sudden weight change have been demonstrated to generate... Read More about Simulated case management of home telemonitoring to assess the impact of different alert algorithms on work-load and clinical decisions.

Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes (2016)
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Torabi, A., Cleland, J. G. F., Sherwi, N., Atkin, P., Panahi, H., Kilpatrick, E., …Rigby, A. (2016). Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes. Open heart, 3(2), e000487. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000487

© 2016, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are common, but their incidence and outcome might depend greatly on how data are collected. We compared case ascertainment rates for ACS and myocardial infar... Read More about Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes.

Prevalence and outcomes of anemia and hematinic deficiencies in patients with chronic heart failure (2016)
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Cleland, J. G., Zhang, J., Pellicori, P., Dicken, B., Dierckx, R., Shoaib, A., …Clark, A. L. (2016). Prevalence and outcomes of anemia and hematinic deficiencies in patients with chronic heart failure. JAMA Cardiology, 1(5), 539-547. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1161

Copyright © 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Importance: Detailed information on the prevalence, associations, and consequences of anemia and iron deficiency in epidemiologically representative outpatients with chronic heart fa... Read More about Prevalence and outcomes of anemia and hematinic deficiencies in patients with chronic heart failure.

Is the diagnostic coding position of acute heart failure related to mortality? A report from the Euro Heart Failure Survey-1 (2016)
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Shoaib, A., Farag, M., Nasir, M., John, J., Gupta, S., Pellicori, P., …Cleland, J. G. (2016). Is the diagnostic coding position of acute heart failure related to mortality? A report from the Euro Heart Failure Survey-1. European journal of heart failure, 18(5), 556-563. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.505

© 2016 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure. Aims Most studies on acute heart failure (HF) exploring the relationship between admissions to hospital for HF and subsequent outcomes have focused only on HF coded as the primary diagnosis, but... Read More about Is the diagnostic coding position of acute heart failure related to mortality? A report from the Euro Heart Failure Survey-1.

Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure (2014)
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Ingle, L., Rigby, A. S., Sloan, R., Carroll, S., Goode, K. M., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2014). Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure. Heart, 100(10), 781-786. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304614

Objective: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is used to predict outcome in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure (HF). Single CPET-derived variables are often used, but we wanted to see if a composite score achieved better predictive pow... Read More about Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure.

Abnormalities of the ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide in patients with chronic heart failure (2012)
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Ingle, L., Sloan, R., Carroll, S., Goode, K., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2012). Abnormalities of the ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide in patients with chronic heart failure. Pulmonary Medicine, 2012, 589164. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/589164

Introduction. The relation between minute ventilation (VE) and carbon dioxide production (VCO(2)) can be characterised by the instantaneous ratio of ventilation to carbon dioxide production, the ventilatory equivalent for CO(2) (VEqCO(2)). We hypothe... Read More about Abnormalities of the ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide in patients with chronic heart failure.

Prevalence of, associations with, and prognostic value of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) among out-patients referred for the evaluation of heart failure (2012)
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Damy, T., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Goode, K., Khaleva, O., Lewinter, C., Hobkirk, J., …Cleland, J. G. F. (2012). Prevalence of, associations with, and prognostic value of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) among out-patients referred for the evaluation of heart failure. Journal of cardiac failure, 18(3), 216-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.12.003

Background: Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic value of right ventricular (RV) function measured by the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) symptoms with a broad range of left ventricula... Read More about Prevalence of, associations with, and prognostic value of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) among out-patients referred for the evaluation of heart failure.

Does the physical examination still have a role in patients with suspected heart failure? (2011)
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Damy, T., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Zhang, J., Goode, K., Buga, L., Hobkirk, J., …Clark, A. L. (2011). Does the physical examination still have a role in patients with suspected heart failure?. European journal of heart failure, 13(12), 1340-1348. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfr128

AIMS: The prognostic value of signs of congestion in patients suspected of having chronic heart failure (CHF) is unknown. Our objectives were to define their prevalence and specificity in diagnosing CHF and to determine their prognostic value in pati... Read More about Does the physical examination still have a role in patients with suspected heart failure?.

Limited role for ivabradine in the treatment of chronic heart failure (2011)
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Cullington, D., Goode, K. M., Cleland, J. G. F., & Clark, A. L. (2011). Limited role for ivabradine in the treatment of chronic heart failure. Heart, 97(23), 1961-1966. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300041

ObjectiveTo quantify the proportion of patients attending a community heart failure clinic with left ventricular systolic impairment who might be suitable for ivabradine therapy.BackgroundHigh resting heart rate is an important and potentially modifi... Read More about Limited role for ivabradine in the treatment of chronic heart failure.

Prognostic significance of different measures of the ventilation-carbon dioxide relation in patients with suspected heart failure (2011)
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Ingle, L., Sloan, R., Carroll, S., Goode, K., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2011). Prognostic significance of different measures of the ventilation-carbon dioxide relation in patients with suspected heart failure. European journal of heart failure, 13(5), 537-542. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfq238

Aims We studied the prognostic significance of the ventilatory equivalent of carbon dioxide production (VEqCO 2 ) at different time-points of a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) in patients with suspected heart failure (HF). Methods and re... Read More about Prognostic significance of different measures of the ventilation-carbon dioxide relation in patients with suspected heart failure.

Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers? (2009)
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Frankenstein, L., Goode, K., Ingle, L., Remppis, A., Schellberg, D., Nelles, M., …Zugck, C. (2011). Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?. International journal of cardiology, 147(1), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.08.005

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether risk prediction strategies in chronic heart failure (CHF) need to be specific for sex or beta-blockers. We examined this problem and developed and validated the consequent risk models based on 6-minute-walk-test and N... Read More about Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?.

The prognostic value of individual NT-proBNP values in chronic heart failure does not change with advancing age (2009)
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Frankenstein, L., Clark, A. L., Goode, K., Ingle, L., Remppis, A., Schellberg, D., …Zugck, C. (2009). The prognostic value of individual NT-proBNP values in chronic heart failure does not change with advancing age. Heart, 95(10), 825-829. https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2008.158626

Background: It is unclear whether age-related increases in N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) represent a normal physiological process - possibly affecting the prognostic power - of NT-proBNP - or reflect age-related subclinical pat... Read More about The prognostic value of individual NT-proBNP values in chronic heart failure does not change with advancing age.

Predictors of short term mortality in heart failure - insights from the Euro Heart Failure survey (2008)
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Velavan, P., Khan, N. K., Goode, K., Rigby, A. S., Loh, P. H., Komajda, M., …Cleland, J. G. (2010). Predictors of short term mortality in heart failure - insights from the Euro Heart Failure survey. International journal of cardiology, 138(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.08.004

Objective: To identify factors associated with short term mortality in hospitalised patients with heart failure. Background: Hospitalisation is frequent in patients with heart failure and is associated with a high mortality. Methods: The Euro Heart F... Read More about Predictors of short term mortality in heart failure - insights from the Euro Heart Failure survey.

A comparison of patient and physician-rated New York Heart Association class in a community-based heart failure clinic (2008)
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Goode, K. M., Nabb, S., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2008). A comparison of patient and physician-rated New York Heart Association class in a community-based heart failure clinic. Journal of cardiac failure, 14(5), 379-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.01.014

OBJECTIVE: The New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification is recommended for grading symptoms of chronic heart failure and is a powerful prognostic marker. Patient-rated NYHA (Pa-NYHA) and physician-rated NYHA (Dr-NYHA) class have never been co... Read More about A comparison of patient and physician-rated New York Heart Association class in a community-based heart failure clinic.

The timing of development and subsequent clinical course of heart failure after a myocardial infarction (2008)
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Torabi, A., Cleland, J. G., Khan, N. K., Loh, P. H., Clark, A. L., Alamgir, F., …Goode, K. (2008). The timing of development and subsequent clinical course of heart failure after a myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal, 29(7), 859-870. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn096

Aims: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a common cause of heart failure (HF), which may develop early and persist or resolve, or develop late. The cumulative incidence, persistence, and resolution of HF after MI are poorly described. The aim of this stud... Read More about The timing of development and subsequent clinical course of heart failure after a myocardial infarction.

Prognostic value of the VE/VCO2 slope calculated from different time intervals in patients with suspected heart failure (2006)
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Ingle, L., Goode, K., Carroll, S., Sloan, R., Boyes, C., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2007). Prognostic value of the VE/VCO2 slope calculated from different time intervals in patients with suspected heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 118(3), 350-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.105

Background: Maximal exercises testing, whether involving cycling- or walking-based protocols, are often not well tolerated in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The peak oxygen consumption and the slope of the relation between ventilation (V... Read More about Prognostic value of the VE/VCO2 slope calculated from different time intervals in patients with suspected heart failure.