More Heart Failure Info

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Clinical Trials Info

1. Medical trials regulation overview
2. MERIT-HF and other beta-blocker trials
3. CHF pacemaker trials
4. Vasotec (enalapril maleate) trials
5. Prinivil/Zestril (lisinopril) trials
6. Avapro (irbesartan) trials
7. Diovan (valsartan) trials
8. IV Inotropes ease end-stage CHF & improve symptoms

Heart Failure Drugs

1. Losartan (Cozaar - an ARB) and kidney failure studies
2. Toprol-XL is not the same as metoprolol!

Heart Failure Testing & Measurements

1. Vo2max testing as it relates to heart failure patients (this is in rich text format)
2. T-Wave Alternans and Heart Failure Mortality

All Other Info

1. Bundle Branch Block
2. Pulmonary Hypertension basics
3. Heart Assist Device overview
4. Magnesium overview
5. Financial aid for buying meds
6. mediGap insurance companies
7. Angioseal for sealing cath puncture site
8. Good reason to choose cath/angioplasty hospital wisely
9. Be certain your surgeon's team uses a BIS
10. Systolic blood pressure and mortality
11. When your blood potassium levels get too low,...
12. What is the RAS or renin-angiotensin system? (pretty technical)
13. General atrial fibrillation info
14. Sleep-wake rhythms - chronotherapy
15. Heart transplant and pregnancy
16. Religious activities encourage good health
17. Apheresis, Plasmapheresis, Photopheresis - treating organ rejection
18. Diabetes drugs and heart failure warning!

Updated August 18, 2006

All information on this site is opinion only. All concepts, explanations, trials, and studies have been re-written in plain English and may contain errors. I am not a doctor. Use the reference information at the end of each article to search MedLine for more complete and accurate information. All original copyrights apply. No information on this page should be used by any person to affect their medical, legal, educational, social, or psychological treatment in any way. I am not a doctor. This web site and all its pages, graphics, and content copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Jon C.