This Cx43 reduction occurs irrespective of whether heart failure is due to ischaemic heart disease, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, or aortic stenosis.
Recently, in large retrospective study in patients with chronic kidney disease, hyponatremia was found to be independently associated with increased mortality, irrespective of concomitant heart failure, and the survival rates of patients paralleled that of the sodium plasma levels [138].
Recently, in large retrospective study in patients with chronic kidney disease, hyponatremia was found to be independently associated with increased mortality, irrespective of concomitant heart failure, and the survival rates of patients paralleled that of the sodium plasma levels [ 138].
Irrespective of the individual heart rate and the heart rate variability, no beta-blockers were given prior to the scan.
Irrespective of treatment, whole heart levels of VLDLR transcript were unaltered by any treatment used (NS; Fig. 6A).
All patients exercised to exhaustion, irrespective of the achieved heart rate, and were asked not to hold on to the handrails.
Similarly, all patients irrespective of their mean or regularity of heart rate and irrespective of their ability to perform breath-hold were included.
Results of a large sample study assessing health-related quality of life with a multidimensional, well-validated and reliable instrument reveal that approximately 20% of children with heart disease report significantly impaired psychosocial quality of life irrespective of the severity of heart disease [ 23].
Apelin level was found to be lower in uremic patients with dilated cardiomyopathy than in nonuremic counterparts; which leads to the speculation that uremia decreases apelin levels irrespective of the degree of heart failure [ 25].
