Developments in heart failure 2011

Congest Heart Fail. 2012 Mar-Apr;18(2):112-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2012.00292.x. Epub 2012 Mar 15.

Abstract

Last year, the authors reviewed all studies in the field of heart failure (HF) published in the year 2010. Another year of exciting new developments has gone by and several important papers have been published. Summarized are the important studies published in the year 2011 that may be a useful review for cardiologists and other health care professionals who care for patients with HF.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Eplerenone
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Heart Failure / pathology
  • Heart-Assist Devices
  • Humans
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Prognosis
  • Renin-Angiotensin System / drug effects
  • Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Spironolactone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Spironolactone / therapeutic use
  • Stroke Volume
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ventricular Function, Left

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
  • Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
  • Spironolactone
  • Eplerenone