TCTMD

Manipulation of Renal Preload and Afterload for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Within the last 24 months, I have financial relationship(s) or affiliation(s) with a manufacturer, marketer, reseller, or distributor of a healthcare product or service involved in the management of ...
JSTOR Daily

Mechanoelectric coupling and arrhythmogenesis in cardiomyocytes contracting under mechanical afterload in a 3D viscoelastic hydrogel

The heart pumps blood against the mechanical afterload from arterial resistance, and increased afterload may alter cardiac electrophysiology and contribute to life-threatening arrhythmias. However, ...
BMJ

Preload maintenance protects against a depression in left ventricular systolic, but not diastolic, function immediately after ultraendurance exercise

1 MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2 Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, ...
Medscape

Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: ARNI vs ACE Inhibitor and ARB

What are the clinical benefits of angiotensin receptor/neprilysin inhibitors compared with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in the setting of heart failure ...
CMAJ

Acute decompensated heart failure

Although Larry Allen and Christopher O'Connor's review of the management of acute decompensated heart failure1 was generally well written, I have reservations about their interpretation of the ...