$Growth hormone for optimization of refractory heart failure treatment$

Growth hormone for optimization of refractory heart failure treatment

It has been reported that growth hormone may benefit selected patients with congestive heart failure. A 63-year-old man with refractory congestive heart failure waiting for heart transplantation, depending on intravenous drugs (dobutamine) and presenting with progressive worsening of the clinical st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Zyun Massuda, Guimarães Guilherme, Dirceu Carrara, Giovanni Bellotti, Amilcar Mocelin, Carlos Roberto Martins Rodrigues Sobrinho, José Franchini Ramires
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 1999-10-01
Series:	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X1999001000007

Similar Items

Can the Cardiopulmonary 6-Minute Walk Test Reproduce the Usual Activities of Patients with Heart Failure?
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2002-06-01)

Exercise and heart failure. Relation of the severity of the disease to the anaerobic threshold and the respiratory compensation point
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (1999-10-01)

Efeitos do carvedilol (bloqueador <FONT FACE=Symbol>b1,b2,a</FONT>1) na insuficiência cardíaca refratária
by: Edimar Alcides Bocchi, et al.
Published: (1998-08-01)

Validação da versão em português do Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire Validación de la versión en portugués del Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire Validation of the Portuguese version of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire
by: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, et al.
Published: (2009-07-01)

Hydrotherapy in heart failure: a case report
by: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, et al.
Published: (2009-01-01)

Reproducibility of the self-controlled six-minute walking test in heart failure patients
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2008-01-01)

The relationship between heart rate reserve and oxygen uptake reserve in heart failure patients on optimized and non-optimized beta-blocker therapy
by: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, et al.
Published: (2008-01-01)

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure
by: Mauricio Scanavacca, et al.

Quality of Life in Heart Failure: An Important Goal in Treatment
by: Brenno Rizerio Gomes, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01)

Current strategies for preventing renal dysfunction in patients with heart failure: a heart failure stage approach
by: Victor Sarli Issa, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01)

Heart transplants for patients with Chagas' heart disease
by: Edimar Alcides Bocchi

Heart rate dynamics during a treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise test in optimized beta-blocked heart failure patients
by: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, et al.
Published: (2008-01-01)

Treatment of persistent rejection with methotrexate in stable patients submitted to heart transplantation
by: Fernando Bacal, et al.
Published: (2000-02-01)

Comportamento do ergorreflexo na insuficiência cardíaca Comportamiento del ergorreflejo en la insuficiencia cardiaca Ergoreflex activity in heart failure
by: Juliana Fernanda Canhadas Belli, et al.
Published: (2011-08-01)

Comportamento dos quimiorreflexos central e periférico na insuficiência cardíaca Comportamiento de los quimiorreflejos central y periférico en la insuficiencia cardíaca Behavior of central and peripheral chemoreflexes in heart failure
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2011-02-01)

Bloqueio do Ramo Esquerdo Idiopático e Sintomas Inexplicáveis Durante o Exercício: Um Relato de Caso
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.

Inverse correlation between testosterone and ventricle ejection fraction, hemodynamics and exercise capacity in heart failure patients with erectile dysfunction
by: Edimar A. Bocchi, et al.
Published: (2008-06-01)

Analysis of the risk factors for allograft vasculopathy in asymptomatic patients after cardiac transplantation
by: Fernando Bacal, et al.
Published: (2000-11-01)

Norepinephrine remains increased in the six-minute walking test after heart transplantation
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2010-01-01)

Quimiossensibilidade durante exercício na insuficiência cardíaca: respostas ventilatórias, cronotrópicas e neurohormonais Quimiosensibilidad durante ejercicio en la insuficiencia cardíaca: respuestas ventilatorias, cronotrópicas y neurohormonales Exercise chemosensitivity in heart failure: ventilatory, chronotropic and neurohormonal responses
by: Lídia Zytynski Moura, et al.
Published: (2010-09-01)

Endothelial function in pre-pubertal children at risk of developing cardiomyopathy: a new frontier
by: Aline Cristina Tavares, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01)

Functional Class in Children with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. A pilot Study
by: Aline Cristina Tavares, et al.
Published: (2016-01-01)

Insuficiência cardíaca: teste de caminhada versus pico de consumo de oxigênio
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2011-11-01)

Benefits of exercise training in the treatment of heart failure: study with a control group
by: Mário Sérgio Vaz da Silva, et al.
Published: (2002-10-01)

Effects of carvedilol in heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. Results of a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study (CARIBE study)
by: Paulo Roberto Chizzola, et al.
Published: (2000-03-01)

Noninvasive diagnosis of allograft vascular disease after heart transplantation
by: Fernando Bacal, et al.
Published: (2001-01-01)

Histoplasmosis as a late infectious complication following heart transplantation in a patient with Chagas' disease
by: Fernando Bacal, et al.
Published: (2001-05-01)

Efeito do bisoprolol sobre a função cardíaca e o exercício em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca Effects of bisoprolol on cardiac function and exercise in patients with heart failure
by: Victor Sarli Issa, et al.
Published: (2007-03-01)

Comportamento dos quimiorreflexos central e periférico na insuficiência cardíaca
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2011-02-01)

Sex Differences in Prognosis of Heart Failure Due to Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
by: Antonio de Padua Mansur, et al.
Published: (2023-08-01)

VO2 pico e inclinação VE/VCO2 na era dos betabloqueadores na insuficiência cardíaca: uma experiência brasileira Peak VO2 and VE/VCO2 slope in betablockers era in patients with heart failure: a brazilian experience
by: Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, et al.
Published: (2008-07-01)

Determinants of peak VO2 in heart transplant recipients
by: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, et al.
Published: (2015-02-01)

Permanent and temporary pacemaker implantation after orthotopic heart transplantation
by: Bacal Fernando, et al.
Published: (2000-01-01)

Refractory congestive heart failure: when the solution is outside the heart
by: Vicente Pernias, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01)

Application of the principles of evidence-based medicine in programs to assess high-cost procedures and medications
by: Edimar Alcides Bocchi, et al.
Published: (2001-04-01)

Hormone treatments in congestive heart failure
by: Lei Lei, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)

Efficacy of peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of refractory heart failure
by: J.Emilio Sánchez, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)

Peritoneal dialysis in patients with refractory congestive heart failure
by: Raymond Azar, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

MicroRNAs: um novo paradigma no tratamento e diagnóstico da insuficiência cardíaca?
by: Vagner Oliveira-Carvalho, et al.
Published: (2012-04-01)

Exercício físico e microRNAs: novas fronteiras na insuficiência cardíaca
by: Miguel Morita Fernandes-Silva, et al.
Published: (2012-05-01)