ALERT-HF: adherence to guidelines in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure.

Background: The prognosis of chronic heart failure (CHF) may be substantially improved by strict adherence to current therapeutic guidelines.

Aim And Methods: To assess the adherence to current guidelines, 660 CHF patients consecutively referred to the ARCA (Associazioni Regionali Cardiologi Ambulatoriali Campania) cardiologists were evaluated. As indicators of adherence to the guidelines, we considered use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers, beta-blockers, loop diuretics, aldosterone antagonists, digoxin, anticoagulant therapy, and implantation of cardiac devices.

Digestive morphophysiology of Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae).

The evolution of the digestive system in the Order Orthoptera is disclosed from the study of the morphophysiology of the digestive process in its major taxa. This paper deals with a cricket representing the less known suborder Ensifera. Most amylase and trypsin activities occur in crop and caeca, respectively.