Arteriovenous renal replacement therapy in end-stage left-sided heart failure patients has a detrimental effect on patients with impaired right ventricular function.

Objective: Chronic intermittent renal replacement therapy(RRT) is an alternate method of decongestion for patients presenting with diuretic-resistant, end-stage heart failure(HF) and cardiorenal syndrome. The optimal method of vascular access has not been confirmed. This study investigated the 6-month outcomes of patients with end-stage HF after the creation of arteriovenous communications (AVC) compared with other means of RRT.

Effects of High-Intensity Interval Exercise Training on Skeletal Myopathy of Chronic Heart Failure.

Background: It remains controversial which type of exercise elicits optimum adaptations on skeletal myopathy of heart failure (HF). Our aim was to evaluate the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT), with or without the addition of strength training, on skeletal muscle of HF patients.

Methods And Results: Thirteen male HF patients (age 51 ± 13 years, body mass index 27 ± 4 kg/m) participated in either an HIIT (AER) or an HIIT combined with strength training (COM) 3-month program.

Late-onset right ventricular dysfunction after mechanical support by a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.

Background: Right heart failure (RHF) is a serious post-operative complication of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, with significant morbidity and mortality. Many clinical, hemodynamic and laboratory variables have been shown to have prognostic value for appearance of RHF. We sought to investigate the incidence of new-onset right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) complicating the long-term use of LVADs.

Prolonged intra-aortic balloon pump support in biventricular heart failure induces right ventricular reverse remodeling.

Background: Right ventricular dysfunction is associated with high morbidity and mortality in candidates for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation or cardiac transplantation.

Methods: We examined the effects of prolonged intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support on right ventricular, renal and hepatic functions in patients presenting with end-stage heart failure.

Results: Between March 2008 and June 2013, fifteen patients (mean age = 49.

Resuscitation after cardiac arrest in a septic porcine model: adding vasopressin vs epinephrine alone administration.

Background: Vasopressin administration has been tested in cardiac arrest. However it has not been tested when cardiac arrest occurs in certain circumstances, as in sepsis, where it may have a major role. The aim of the study was to investigate survival after cardiac arrest in a septic porcine model compared with healthy animals and to explore the effectiveness of adding vasopressin vs epinephrine alone administration.