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Are there patients missing from community heart failure registers? An audit of clinical practice (2018)
Journal Article
Cuthbert, J. J., Gopal, J., Crundall-Goode, A., & Clark, A. L. (2019). Are there patients missing from community heart failure registers? An audit of clinical practice. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 26(3), 204748731881083. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487318810839

Background General practitioners in the UK are financially incentivised, via the Quality Outcomes Framework, to maintain a record of all patients at their practice with heart failure and manage them appropriately. The prevalence of heart failure rec... Read More about Are there patients missing from community heart failure registers? An audit of clinical practice.

Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey (2018)
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Shoaib, A., Farag, M., Nolan, J., Rigby, A., Patwala, A., Rashid, M., …Cleland, J. G. (2019). Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 108(5), 510-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1380-6

© 2018, The Author(s). Background: Heart failure is heterogeneous in aetiology, pathophysiology, and presentation. Despite this diversity, clinical trials of patients hospitalized for HF deal with this problem as a single entity, which may be one rea... Read More about Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey.

Warm water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study: Shah immerse: HF (2018)
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Shah, P., Pellicori, P., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Zhang, J., Pan, D., & Clark, A. L. (2019). Warm water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study: Shah immerse: HF. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 108(5), 468–476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1376-2

Background Patients with chronic conditions, such as heart failure, swim regularly and most rehabilitation exercises are conducted in warm hydrotherapy pools. However, little is known about the acute effects of warm water immersion (WWI) on cardiac... Read More about Warm water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study: Shah immerse: HF.

The impact of heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on mortality in patients presenting with breathlessness (2018)
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Cuthbert, J. J., Kearsley, J. W., Kazmi, S., Kallvikbakka-Bennett, A., Weston, J., Davis, J., …Clark, A. L. (2019). The impact of heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on mortality in patients presenting with breathlessness. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 108(2), 185–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1342-z

© 2018, The Author(s). Background: Differentiating heart failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a patient presenting with breathlessness is difficult but may have implications for outcome. We investigated the prognostic impact o... Read More about The impact of heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on mortality in patients presenting with breathlessness.

Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan (2018)
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Nagai, T., Sundaram, V., Rothnie, K., Quint, J. K., Shoaib, A., Shiraishi, Y., …Cleland, J. G. (2018). Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan. Open heart, 5(2), e000811. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000811

Objective Mortality amongst patients hospitalised for heart failure (HHF) in Western and Asian countries may differ, but this has not been investigated using individual patient-level data (IPLD). We sought to remedy this through rigorous statistical... Read More about Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan.

Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance (2018)
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Cuthbert, J. J., Pellicori, P., Rigby, A., Pan, D., Kazmi, S., Shah, P., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance. European journal of heart failure, 20(10), 1426-1435. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1247

© 2018 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure © 2018 European Society of Cardiology Background: Low serum chloride is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with worse outcomes. We investigated the clinical and... Read More about Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance.

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., …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.

Is cardiorespiratory fitness related to cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality risk in patients with coronary heart disease? A CARE CR study (2018)
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Nichols, S., Taylor, C., Page, R., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Nation, F., Goodman, T., …Ingle, L. (2018). Is cardiorespiratory fitness related to cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality risk in patients with coronary heart disease? A CARE CR study. Sports Medicine - Open, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-018-0138-z

© 2018, The Author(s). Background: Higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with lower morbidity and mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). The mechanisms for this are not fully understood. A more favourable cardiometabo... Read More about Is cardiorespiratory fitness related to cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality risk in patients with coronary heart disease? A CARE CR study.

Effect of increased inspired oxygen on exercise performance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction (2018)
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Shah, P., Pellicori, P., Rimmer, S., Rigby, A. S., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Effect of increased inspired oxygen on exercise performance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction. International journal of cardiology, 268, 166-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.029

Introduction: We investigated whether increased concentrations of inspired oxygen (FiO2) affects exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction (HeFNEF). Methods: 46 patients (mean age 75 years (63% male) and median NT... Read More about Effect of increased inspired oxygen on exercise performance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction.

Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (2018)
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Shiraishi, Y., Nagai, T., Kohsaka, S., Goda, A., Nagatomo, Y., Mizuno, A., …Cleland, J. G. (2018). Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 107(12), 1103-1110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1283-6

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Background: Mortality subsequent to a hospitalisation for heart failure is reported to be much lower in Japan than in the United Kingdom (UK). This could reflect differences in disease se... Read More about Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide.

Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index (2018)
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Sze, S., Pellicori, P., Kazmi, S., Rigby, A., Cleland, J. G., Wong, K., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index. JACC: Heart Failure, 6(6), 476-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2018.02.018

Objectives The authors sought to report the prevalence, clinical associations, and prognostic consequences of malnutrition in outpatients with heart failure (HF). Background Malnutrition may be common in HF and associated with adverse outcomes, but... Read More about Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index.

Cardiogoniometry compared to fractional flow reserve at identifying physiologically significant coronary stenosis: The Cardioflow Study (2018)
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Brown, O. I., Clark, A. L., Chelliah, R., Davison, B. J., Mather, A. N., Cunnington, M. S., …Hoye, A. (2018). Cardiogoniometry compared to fractional flow reserve at identifying physiologically significant coronary stenosis: The Cardioflow Study. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 9(3), 439-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-018-0354-1

Cardiogoniometry (CGM) is method of 3-dimensional electrocardiographic assessment which has been shown to identify patients with angiographically defined, stable coronary artery disease (CAD). However, angiographic evidence of CAD, does not always co... Read More about Cardiogoniometry compared to fractional flow reserve at identifying physiologically significant coronary stenosis: The Cardioflow Study.

Effect of beta-adrenergic blockade on weight changes in patients with chronic heart failure (2018)
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Sze, S., Pellicori, P., Kamzi, S., Anton, A., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Effect of beta-adrenergic blockade on weight changes in patients with chronic heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 264, 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.03.089

Abstract: Background: Weight loss is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with adverse outcome. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system has been implicated in weight loss, wasting and cachexia. However, the effe... Read More about Effect of beta-adrenergic blockade on weight changes in patients with chronic heart failure.

Telemonitoring in subjects with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: From clinical research to everyday practice (2018)
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Koulaouzidis, G., Barrett, D., Mohee, K., & Clark, A. (2019). Telemonitoring in subjects with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: From clinical research to everyday practice. Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 25(3), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X17751004

© 2018, The Author(s) 2018. Introduction: Heart failure is increasingly common, and characterised by frequent admissions to hospital. To try and reduce the risk of hospitalisation, techniques such as telemonitoring (TM) may have a role. We wanted to... Read More about Telemonitoring in subjects with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: From clinical research to everyday practice.

CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods (2018)
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Nichols, S., Nation, F., Goodman, T., Clark, A. L., Carroll, S., & Ingle, L. (2018). CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods. BMJ open, 8(1), e019216. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019216

Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Much of this improvement has been attributed to the beneficial effects of structured exercise training. However, UK... Read More about CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods.

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., …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.

Postmortem ICD interrogation in mode of death classification (2018)
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Nikolaidou, T., Johnson, M. J., Ghosh, J. M., Marincowitz, C., Shah, S., Lammiman, M. J., …Clark, A. L. (2018). Postmortem ICD interrogation in mode of death classification. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 29(4), 573-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.13414

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Background: The definition of sudden death due to arrhythmia relies on the time interval between onset of symptoms and death. However, not all sudden deaths are due to arrhythmia. In patients with an implantable cardiov... Read More about Postmortem ICD interrogation in mode of death classification.

Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study (2018)
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Sokoreli, I., Pauws, S. C., Steyerberg, E. W., de Vries, G., Riistama, J. M., Tesanovic, A., …Clark, A. L. (2018). Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study. European journal of heart failure, 20(4), 689-696. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1112

Aims: Psychosocial factors are rarely collected in studies investigating the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF), and only time to first-event is commonly reported. We investigated the prognostic value of psychosocial factors for predicting... Read More about Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study.