Background— The predictive value of heart rate variability (HRV) in chronic heart failure (CHF)
has never been tested in a comprehensive multivariate model using short-term laboratory …

The importance of resting heart rate (HR) as a prognostic factor and potential therapeutic
target is not yet generally accepted. Recent large epidemiologic studies have confirmed earlier …

Cardiac remodeling is generally accepted as a determinant of the clinical course of heart
failure (HF). Defined as genome expression resulting in molecular, cellular and interstitial …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with
what is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research, …

The task of developing ESC Guidelines covers not only the integration of the most recent
research, but also the creation of educational tools and implementation programmes for the …

The content of these European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines has been published
for personal and educational use only. No commercial use is authorized. No part of the ESC …

ESC Guidelines 3039 administrative staff and by the referees and supervisory committees
of the two organizations. It is our hope that this huge effort has generated guidelines that will …

Aims Large randomized trials have shown that beta-blockers reduce mortality and hospital
admissions in patients with heart failure. The effects of beta-blockers in elderly patients with a …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with
what is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research, …

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